happy weekend

Friday, at last. This weekend we make plans, work on projects & pick up some herb starts for our new kitchen garden at the Farmers' Market re-opening; it will be good to sit outside & have breakfast with friends, & see faces we haven't seen in a while. Cheers!

spring kitchen

We are finally getting more much-needed rain, & the views outside our kitchen window are exploding with color & texture against a soft, grey sky. 

Fiddleheads have shown themselves, one of the much anticipated springtime edibles that appear for just a short time: tender & tangy little curled up ferns, picked right before they unfurl. Steamed & tossed with minced garlic, crushed toasted sesame seeds, toasted sesame oil, tamari & a dash of mirin is my new favorite preparation, while our traditional approach, sautéed with butter, white wine, garlic, fresh parsley, & a dash of lemon juice, is a close second. The bounty begins...

thankful

Many thanks to Desha, local TV talk show host & avid supporter of the arts, for featuring my work on her blog! Check out her site for inspiration on things fun, fabulous & beautiful.

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happy weekend

Friends are playing music this weekend, & I am looking forward to seeing & hearing good people make good sounds. New scrimshaw pendant designs are in the works, abstract & intricate patterns, some in color, to be released into the world soon. And, next weekend the Farmers Market opens, making my mouth water in anticipation: palak paneer breakfast, early greens, fiddleheads, ramps & soon, scapes!

this is beautiful

Vieux Kanté au kamélen goni. Incroyable.

invisible cities

 

This past weekend we took another trip to MassMoCA to see Invisible Cities, an exhibition by ten artists who use the dreamlike premise of Italo Calvino's seminal book as a jumping off point to contemplate & re-imagine urban landscapes & architecture. Ruminating on how cityscapes exist or continue to exist for us long after we have actually set foot in them, or come to know them through their histories & more recent events, the exhibition explores the power of memory, narrative, history, the media & lingering sensory cues in constructing & re-constructing the geography of our experiences.

According to Architect Aldo Rossi: In order to be significant, architecture must be forgotten, or must present only an image for reverence which subsequently becomes confounded with memories.

pieces pictured above by

Sopheap Pich

Diana Al-Hadid

Lee Bul, last photo sharing the space with Joseph Beuys

happy weekend

A rare long weekend for us, with some day trip adventures planned. The world is waking up & exploding with color & springtime scents. Dive in...