^October was a month of solid work, and i find myself wondering when exactly was it that i started viewing anything related to comics as work. November isn't any less busy, but at least now i've acclimated and am going at a good clip. On the front of the stove now: painting commissions and candlewick.
My sister visited mid-month and made some super neat things. she has an arbeit apron which has one of the coolest kermit buttons of all time.
above: jane prepping long tail kitty totebag lining, silkscreened by thien
below: jane sewing with cherry dr.P and roll of sewn tote handles in foreground
janes totes on display at APE
my nice neighbors were (at left) Batton and Jackie of Supernatural Law
and (at right) Rich Koslowski of many comic titles!
photos by rina ayuyang
i didn't walk around APE this year (though i wanted to) but instead spent most of the weekend with family and and the GEEGAR gang. love those guys! highlight was seeing one of my favorite ex-bands, the jesus lizard, at the Fillmore on saturday night. i think thien was slightly traumatized by the experience.
this month has also been thoroughly entrenched in marathon eating. Thien cheffed stuffin' sized portions of meat: sweet pepper and pork shoulder stew and slaughter fresh ("please
lisa, i thought you loved me!") lamb chops. i've baked a bunch of goodies: choco chip and cocoa nib sour cherry cookies, german apple cake, strawberry poptarts all from scratch.
pop tarts before baking
after APE
andrice arp and i went to
seasalt and stuffed ourselves to the hilt with raw oysters, lobster rolls, sauteed sturgeon (gee i can't remember what else but the table was stacked), and then followed up out of the pouring rain with
bakesale betty's shortbread cookies and strawberry shortcake. on the vegetable front, we're now getting a box from
full belly farm once a week. the fresh daikon has been a life changing experience. Click the oodles of links here to get the full run down of what these culinary custodians have to offer
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one of the few homemade costumes
we saw in the parade this year
Halloween coincided with great weather - dragged my husband to the top of the cemetary after the town's parade, had him huffing and puffing the whole way up. view was a little hazy, but still amazing - the bridge was closed at the time, and i wished i brought my binoculars to check out the progress in repairs. Said hello to a few friends before heading back to quarters in the shade. Went for another brief round of fun later that night at the MoLo but came back early to meet my deadlines and snuggle with this furry thing.
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