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Audrey - March, 2009

Audrey - June, 2014

Minneapolis, MN

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waiters and piano players and anarchist friends treat me like a queen why should I care what the rest of the world thinks

me circa July 2000-

Going through old Word docs & notebooks. Still an accurate thought. Reminds me how awesome it is to have a piano player that "gets" you - knows when you're going to breathe, when you're going to let go of a note - and treats you like a queen when you sing.

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From morning-after 2011 Pride in Loring Park, Minneapolis - in front of the Berger Dandelion Fountain... from zen and the art of stacking collection.

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cherimoya, cherry, nectarine, "Underground" by David Macaulay - from zen and the art of stacking... collection. - Summer 2009 -

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Another zen and the art of stacking... composition from 2009.

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The temporary art of Andy Goldsworthy and others have inspired me for years. Over at teandoranges, I have a collection of zen and the art of stacking... which I will be revisiting here with more pictures behind the "final product".

This piece (which revised itself - ahem - "fell over" numerous times) was from the morning-after Movies In The Park - Loring Park, Minneapolis - Summer 2009.

While I sat there stacking my bottle caps, I attracted the attention of police officers wanting to know what I was up to. I remember being peeved at them for interrupting my concentration.

I continue to practice this miniature concentration art though I don't always have a camera handy.

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I learned how to make homemade bread from watching my mom. Before the gluten-free craze set in - I threw bread & wine parties one or two times a year. I'd usually make two or more kinds of bread. I have pics of the process, but none of the final product... too busy getting ready for guests, I guess. I still consider it one of my most "spiritual" practices... bread-making. I need to put this back on the change-of-season events.

Photos from before @ 2006 and 2008.

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Chalk art in the abandoned Abbott Hospital parking lot - Fall 2008 - Minneapolis

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Collection of found art, graffiti & decay around the abandoned Abbott Hospital, Fall 2008 - Minneapolis. Much of it is from the parking lot across the street.

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In the Fall of 2008, as the old Abbott Hospital rotted behind chain link fences, graffiti artists beautified the space. Girl on a tree swing... the very best kind of swing.

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Allow me to give you a mini tour of one of my old haunts: the Original/Old Muddy Waters on 26th/Lyndale in Minneapolis. This was soon after a new (and fairly frequent) buff job... and aptly titled FUCK THE BUFF: toilet tags among my graffiti blog posts over at teandoranges. That's a corner of Angela Carlson's mosaic on the ceiling and floor.

-August 2008, Minneapolis-

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In June of 2009, someone (please let me know if it was you!!!) Love-Bombed my neighborhood... and I am Eternally grateful, though the street art has long since been scrubbed and buffed over.

I wrote about it on my teandoranges blog: street smART: bombed by love.

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There is At Least one place in Minneapolis (and the World) where the apple blossoms fall so heavily that they drift, reminiscent of snow drifts.

May 2009

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There she is - Bea - peeking around the corner at twilight, May 2009 and hiding behind a pole, May 2008. We're still going strong.

Incidentally, the lighter patch of grey concrete wall behind is where they buffed the "she broke my heart" stenciled street art posted below.

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Crab apple blossoms May 2008 & crab apple blossoms May 2009 - and stenciled street art in the crab apple blossoms 2009. Crab apple blossoms and street art FTW.

The blossoms are blossoming as we speak. I wake and fall asleep to their (literally) breath-taking scent.  And the street art is still with us too. Every year, all year long, I look down on it and :)

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This is point-and-shoot pre-digital camera, pre-pre cell phone- back when you had the choice of buying black & white film... and you were stuck with the results.

Madge - circa 2006 - a Huffy ladies cruiser : My second bike after I got rid of my car in 2002. Madge has retired to the basement. She needs some work.

Keep an eye open for pics of my current road bike Bea. Still living car-free in Minneapolis.

Also realizing - this was before I knew, or needed, to lock the tire with my u-lock.

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phone on 7%

I’m listening to jazz wondering how it would feel to be in love with a jazz musician. Hmm I’m sleep deprived and i don’t mind.

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My dad & grandpa were jazz musicians... & I have dated musicians, including a jazz one... & honestly, if I've said it once, I've said it a zillion times... I am DONE dating musicians (and writers... and thespians...). That's my story-plan, and I'm sticking to it, until the next musician/writer/thespian comes along.