Spring Hinges

<sounds, etc>

#124 Carly Simon, No Secrets (which spawned the hit You're So Vain).

'This list, of the greatest albums made by women between 1964 and the present, is an intervention, a remedy, a correction of the historical record, and hopefully the start of a new conversation.'

Pentangle, The House Carpenter.

Monday, 2018 May 7

'Rather than fall into the trap of assuming the world looks this way because it's the natural order of things, take a step back. Imbalance in the sciences is at least partly because women face a web of pressures in their lives that men don't face.' Inferior, 6.

Tuesday, 2018 May 8

lost my glasses. half-blind without them. hard to be a visual artist when you're half-blind. but i like a challenge. i think. s home! she found my glasses. watched civilizations (encounters) and first civilizations (cities).

Wednesday, 2018 May 9

sunny day. laundry on the line. reading about ASCII art, which led to me reading about 'warez' and copyright infringement. why? beats me.... watched nature (natural born rebels: the mating game), nova (are we alone?), and nova wonders (life's rocky start).

Thursday, 2018 May 10

s watched the hockey game while i did art based on this painting painting by lawren harris.

Friday, 2018 May 11

i've been wearing glasses for nearly fifty years. and spring hinges, available only recently, are the best thing ever.

Saturday, 2018 May 12

another sunny day. more laundry on the line. susan is prepping the garden. right now she's battling gout weed.

'Grassroots efforts to protect Toronto's giant ancient red oak are sprouting,... focused on saving what could be the city's oldest tree.' (photo by carlos dorio/toronto star)

Sunday, 2018 May 13

went for my first trike ride of the year. in the evening we played scrabble.