Fresh Starts

Donna and I have been extremely anxious this holiday season. There are changes afoot making me act like a hermit crab, waiting until no one looks to move along. We have tackled a couple of simple things and found nagging complications that have been completely out of our control. You had to see our newly hung bedroom curtains to see how a seemingly silly detail could throw us off. One set of panels had been resealed into a bag to make them look new and ready to go...but they had been hemmed a full 24 or more inches! So half of the curtains went to the floor and the other half looked like a poor soul who had rushed out of the restroom with her skirt accidentally tucked in her underpants. Not pretty.

I was fixed on unnecessary details~ that is until I got a synchronous phone call with an art show request. Despite the season and our offers our house will be almost bereft of company and the business where I was to show my work in January and February abruptly closed last week. The end of one opportunity has cleared the way for another. Suddenly the priorities are made clear....new work for the first of the year makes sense. The gifts and galas will sort out as the week progresses. All in good time, all in good time.