April Catch-up

It's been a little busy the past few weeks. There was a personal event that took place down in Utah, and a lot of Nick's family was able to come out for it (perhaps I'll post about that later). Other things that have been happening: I had a poetry meeting at my house, which was wonderful, I also participated in a monthly art stroll at the beautiful Romance Theater, where I was able to sell a few poetry books, talk about book arts & help people make pamphlets. 

I don't have a picture of the outside of the Romance, but here's the theater part, which has been excellently restored!

In the foyer of the Romance, with my collection of hand-made books, supplies for making pamphlets, and two of my poetry books for sale. 

Another big thing that's happened since my last blog post is the decision my husband & I made to move back east and try to find a spot that suits us best. We'll be looking in upstate NY, but will be looking in the east coast and maybe the south as well. For several reasons, we feel like it's time to move on. 

The weather has finally started to be warm and pleasant. Last week we went for a walk near the Snake River. We found an old farm with lots of abandoned buildings, but weren't able to take a close look, as it was on private property. When I was in Scotland, I learned about the right-of-way there: that if you're on foot and not trying to change or destroy anything, you are able to walk wherever you like, whether it's private property or not. So whenever I see a "No Trespassing" sign, I get pretty frustrated. I'd love to just be able to walk through those gates and look around. Oh, well. I got a picture of one of the buildings from a safe distance. 

A little cactus grove

I love finding bones out in the desert.

One of the derelict buildings.

Lots of pretty river stones all along our walk.

Also, I wanted to remind everyone about my new Newsletter site (It's kind of like a blog too, and I've been going crazy with it lately creating a virtual Book Club). But if anyone visiting this blog would consider becoming a paid subscriber, that would be helpful and supportive and so nice of you! It's also called Magpie Tidings.