Focus on the good luck
The rocket lands in the ocean
By sheer luck nothing catches on fire this weekend,
We are healthy- alive- under quiet dry skies,
Birds chirp, leaves rustle, even as you scroll the News like you know you shouldn’t
You see the tragedy, worse than you can imagine in terms of Doomsday Scenarios,
But somehow you give yourself permission to not let it send you back into the cave,
You’ve got the walk, you’ve got the talk,
Time to be brave.
Wow!!!! It’s been so long since I have wrote on my lonely Blog!
First update on my life:
I have been working very hard as an Education Specialist K-5.
I am going on my 3rd year as a special education teacher and I really love my job.
But, it’s been difficult to have a work life balance and often my art practice gets put at the bottom of the list.
This summer I rented a studio in Martinez, Ca.
I worked a ton in the summer.
I also stated a new Collaborative project with GAP: Global Art Project.
Dislocations: Books and Frags show. I hope you can make the show.
I am so proud of the GAP participating artists and how the show came out!
And proud of myself for pulling this off!
Here are some images!
I also have a new series of work framed for you to see!
Big Beautiful Book Installation
Dislocations: Books and Frags Show
In what ways do you communicate online?
Every time I open my phone or laptops, I automatically check two e-mail accounts, my work and my personal.
Then I have an i-cloud account that I just use for apps and sending photos.
I am a genx’r so I remember a time when the only way to communicate besides in person was our landline. I remember seeing a computer for the first time and not trusting it!
I did not send an e-mail until I was in my early 20’s and was working at Nordstroms. I got a promotion to department manager and started using a computer for e-mailing other stores looking for different sized clothing for customers.
At that time I bought my first computer. I made a ton of dumb mistakes online!
Today I use e-mail at work religiously. We use it for everything. I would say teachers and administration at schools probably use e-mail more than any other profession!
This year I have been practicing my skills at writing professional e-mails! Its been going well, I have only gad two gaffs, e-mails I wish I would have worded differently!
My personal e-mail, unfortunately is filled with junk! Stores telling me about sales trying to suck me in to online shopping! Which I admit, during the pandemic I became addicted to searching for deals online shopping! Now I have boxes of clothing I will never wear! I’m working on no more online shopping!
I search my personal for anything important. But do not communicate with many people on e-mail. I tend to call or text!
I have heard the younger generations don’t do e-mail at all! It’s funny because one of the self-advocacy skills we try to teach the students is to e-mail their teachers! Maybe we are going about it the wrong way? Maybe we should be texting instead? But that’s not safe because of the obvious, there would be no way to monitor the conversations and would leave kids and teachers vulnerable.
But if e-mail really is dead to the younger generations what will we do in the future?
Dirty Laundry Blog by Jennifer Hynes 