you might have been wondering….. what have i been up to lately?
well main thing i have been trying to recover from a major double studio move last summer.
it happened just about this time, last year… after an unfortunate initial relocation to a nowhere place in july, on i went in august 2014 across a river and landed into an old school house, big open space that reminded me of the oakland warehouse years.
perfect for a studio….
except that i kept having visitations of critters of all sorts coming into the place through the many cracks – 34 mice, 3 snakes (no, no rattles, but one i didn’t see and stepped on… one of my very rare screams so far in my life!), fended off black widows, hobo spiders and several centipedes, and lastly an 8 inches long one early on a sunday. could not catch it, it got inside and freaked me out for 2 days… until i caught it late one night at 2:35 am.
because i do not kill. i relocated them all.
but THEN it all added up, i lost sleep, studio work, and simply could not spend my time ‘fixing’ the place anymore.
so here we go now…
You are a true survivor! But when, in the end, you create such amazing art – the rest is just “small stuff”. Congratulations, Emanuela! I know you will piece together an artful space!
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one step at a time mckenna…. thanks for stopping by!
🙂
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Ho capito non sei riuscita a sfrattare i vecchi inquilini!!!!!
A parte gli scherzi spero che troverai al più presto un luogo adatto…..un abbraccione
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..be’ alla fine stava diventando lavoro a tempo pieno…e siccome ho altro da fare.. 😉 un abbraccio back
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Omg! Best of luck finding your place!!!
You are are strongest woman I know. XoX
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So sorry for all that. Yes I remember you taking the insects outdoors. Moving’s hard. Be well.
I’m on my way, a brief or a long move to CA for end-of-life of my 97-yr old madre. In a week and a half.
Getting sad.
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melissa…. wishing you a lot of strength.
sending you virtual hugs… keep me posted, hope to see you again soon.
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