Homage to a Perfect Summer

 Comfy?

 Batman's happiest Summer.

 I was on so much medication...

 Our second day together and it felt like we'd always been friends.

 "Pretty Boy" Floyd and Alphonse

 In Savannah for AATA!

 Visiting Cousin Johnny! (Lera behind camera) I'm so glad you came with us :)

No caption can equal this photo. It speaks for itself.

 Onward!

 I was constantly making them pose for tarot card designs.

 A humid, but happier, Abigail.

 Seriously.

 ...And here I am failing at glamourous. Lera, on the other hand...succeeds flawlessly!

 At the White House!

 Katie comes to visit!

 

 The Ocean <3 p="">

 The road, the beloved road.

 Lera

Wonderful Lera, who I am so happy to call my friend and with whom 

I was so very blessed to spend my Summer.

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Lera, I know I speak for Abby and Joe and everyone you met in Emporia when I say you brightened our little town just as your friendship brightens my life. I know you'll be back; I have no doubt. You have family here.

Katie, I'm so glad you got to come visit and drink and sing and meet Lera, have a night-long chat on my porch, and stop Abby and me from killing eachother. Your're so good at that.

Joe, the way you looked at me when I got back from AATA ~ I'll always love it. Also, thank you for saving my life while I was on the ferris wheel.

Abby, my god it was fun, wasn't it? I loved our whole year of being just minutes away from eachother; and we had a hell of a Summer didn't we?

And Mom and Dad, thanks for welcoming yet another daughter to the family, and for talking me down when I had to go buy a baseball bat and spend the night in Denny's and Walmart, and assuring me I didn't jinx us all to doom in that godforsaken hotel in Ohio. Thank you for everything.

And everyone who was a part of this glorious Summer, all my art therapy buddies, old friends, new friends, family, etc. 

Another Portrait of Vencenzo

So, I was playing around with watercolor again for the first time in ages, and thought I'd paint a portrait of Vennie. I have sketches of all the others, but for the life of me, I can't seem to find my sketchbook...it's around here someplace...

Here he is, looking contemplative~

I think next I'll post up those elusive sketches next plus some family histories.

So...in a few months!

An Interview with Vencenzo

This is inspired by a fun little meme I found, which I decided to have Vennie answer as if he was being interviewed. A good way to get to know him I think. By the way, his favorite color is blue.

The Veronesi Siblings - Character Sketch #1

Sorry for the quality, I took the photo with my ipod...

I admit I didn't want to wait around for the scanner to kick into gear. :)

Character Sketch #1 for '1920' - The Veronesi Siblings, Vencenzo and Maria:

Next to draw: The von Blau brothers, followed by the Scott sisters and then the Sokolovski family, followed by the rest of the characters listed in the last post~

A Bit From 1920.

Wow, that whole "I'll update this blog monthly" really didn't pan out, did it? Wellll...anyway, here I am!

I've gotten some lovely reading materials for research!

So, I thought this post would be all about my historical fiction work, 1920 Interbellum (working title) which is currently nearly done and going through edits as I finish the final chapters. I think I'll have it finished by January 2013.

It's only due to Abby's prodding that ANYONE knows about this little work in progress that is now up to 600ish pages.

Here's the teeny blurb again:

The story of Vencenzo, a young "man of honor" and his complex world of family, enemies and forbidden love. Set in prohibition era Chicago amidst a world of speakeasys, opium dens, and brothels. A novel. (1st of perhaps 3 tales of Vennie's life)

Would you like to get to know the main characters? Read a bit of the story?

Mucha and Kahlo

A little something of my two favorite artists.

Frida Kahlo

Thinking of Death - 1943

"The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, 

and I paint whatever passes through my head 

                                                         without any other consideration."

Alphonse Mucha 

 Primrose and Feather - 1899

"The purpose of my work was never to destroy but always to create,

 to construct bridges, because we must live in the hope 

that humankind will draw together and that the better

 we understand each other the easier this will become." 

Inspired by my brilliant cousin, Ribbons Undone, I've decided to make this blog a regularly updated thing. I'll be posting when able, but certainly at least once a month, if not more often. Here, you will find bits of my writing, (which I have hitherto been exceptionally private about), my art, and occasional blogging of daily life.

As to my writing, I have several works in progress, each of which will have excerpts posted here.
I do hope to publish some day, so I'm afraid I'm not going to be posting any of them in their entirety, with the exception of 'Avenging Asgard'.

What have I got in my mind?