this and that




 yes 
its still insanely cold

 yes
 i know its winter

 knowing its winter
 does not
 in anyway
 relieve
 the cold
 that makes
 my nose run
 my eyes tear 
my ears ache

 i hate hats
 actually
 i love hats
 on
 other people
 or
 in shops

 i love the concept of a hat
 i buy hats 

rarely do i wear them

 this week
 i wore a hat 
every 
day

 hat hair
 hat head
was 
the result
 flattened
was the look

 somewhere
 i have ear muffs
 somewhere
 now i am hearing 
'there's a place for us ... ' 
sigh

 when i was last in Cincinnati 
my friends 
Mary, Phil and i 
had a lovely lunch 


this photo was taken in October 2011

with
the divine Ms Alice Balterman and her daughter, Meg

Alice is 92 and going strong 
an incredible artist
 i am lucky enough to own several of her pieces 

she made this one especially for me

at the time
 i also got another of her decoupage mirrors

after weeks
 of forgetting
 to bring it to the framer 
last weekend
 i finally brought it in

 its a simple thing
 they put
  two screws and a wire
 across the mirror side 

i hang them on the wall like this

framer asked
 can you come back in half an hour?

 no, but i will come by tomorrow

of course

 Sunday 
i forgot

Monday 
they called

long story short
they made a 'mistake'
they put the screws and wire 
on
 the 
front

i was so upset
i was so upset

but
 i only dropped the f-bomb once
i said
 i cannot fucking believe this

no
 i did 
not 
apologize

we agreed they would try to fix it
 i would come by on Saturday
 to see what it looked like

when i got there
 a full almost week later 
they had removed only 
the screws 
 the holes 
remained

not 
only
 did they put 
the holes and wire 
over
across
 the 
art 
they did it 
vertically 

a good thing!

a good thing?

yes

it was supposed
 to be 
horizontal 

like
 the center mirror
 in that photo up there

so 
while 
there are two large holes
they do not actually affect the art

the framer said
they can fill in the holes

 they have an art restorer
 who will match the paint

i am less insanely upset now
but 
just slightly

GAH