Category Archives: artists
microabundance/Granada Coffee Shop
In spring 2025, Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson was published, a nonfiction work examining why we can’t seem to get things built for the common good anymore and the bureaucratic difficulties facing small businesses. Using examples like California’s … Continue reading
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my museum rats
In a completely unexpected twist, both my granddaughters have parents who work in museums. In terms of time spent, both kids are bonafide museum rats. In Oregon we volunteer at a small museum, and in Los Angeles we’re constantly exploring … Continue reading
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clippings 2/21/22
Seen on T-shirts and protest signs around the world, now multimedia artist Patrick Martinez has worked Greek poet Dinos Christianopoulos’ words to electrifying effect in neon (which comes from the Greek word for “new”). A sign of and for the … Continue reading
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Laurel Stutsman Design
I found this photo in a 2015 folder on my old photobucket account. The photo was tagged “wildlife-road-malibu2” with no accompanying description. I don’t normally keep unidentified garden photos, but something about it obviously grabbed me in 2015, and it … Continue reading
Posted in artists, design, driveby gardens, garden visit, inspire me
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Coachella Valley Desert X Exhibition Extended to 5/16/21
Fantasizing about road trips is starting to move closer and closer to actually planning road trips. Here’s a possibility, a visit to the Desert X exhibition to coincide with California desert wildflower bloom. From Desert X’s website: “For Nicholas Galanin, … Continue reading
Posted in artists, garden travel, MB Maher
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Fearless Gardening by Loree Bohl; a review/giveaway
I’ve been following Pacific Northwest gardens and nurseries for decades and often fantasize about having a garden in a modified-mediterranean, 40 inches-of-rain-a-year zone 8. There’s lots of plants I’d be able to grow for the first time, but there’d have … Continue reading
Posted in artists, books, climate, design, inspire me, pots and containers
Tagged Fearless Gardening
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Pow! Wow! mural by Gail Werner
This is my favorite mural in my hometown of Long Beach, Calif. To me, it’s a bird perched on an agave bloom (obviously!), painted in a very graphic style reminiscent of a woodcut. I often suspect many people of being … Continue reading
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, artists, design
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visit to Sculptura Botanica part 2
what: in-situ installation showcasing botanical-themed ceramic work of Dustin Gimbel where: Sherman Library & Gardens when: May 15 through September 15, 2020 lunch and lecture: June 26, 2020, 11:30 a.m. and tour of the exhibit by Dustin Gimbel other venues: … Continue reading
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visit to Sculptura Botanica part 1
what: in-situ installation showcasing botanical-themed ceramic work of Dustin Gimbel where: Sherman Library & Gardens when: May 15 through September 15, 2020 lunch and lecture: June 26, 2020, 11:30 a.m. and tour of the exhibit by Dustin Gimbel other venues: … Continue reading
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Sculptura Botanica, Sherman Library & Gardens May-September 2020
I visited Dustin Gimbel’s ceramics exhibition at Sherman Library and Gardens earlier in the week and went crazy with photos. Pure pleasure. I’ll be sharing more next week. Let’s hope for a slow news cycle this weekend!
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