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Ending - and beginning again - with the alphabet

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Time is stretching its paws, and trying to decide if it's motivated enough to get up off that couch... No, wait, that's me. Motivation is my middle name. Currently, my first name is Lacking... The opening of my Bestiary show, Where Are We Going? was a lot of fun, with kids and crayons and friends and finger food. I was grateful to Neal and Caroline, and everyone who showed up, dropping my jaw when some friends I'd believed to be in Honduras (where they live) walked through the door. I even sold a painting or two. Or a few more. Already, I am nostalgic for the structure of the alphabet. Every day another letter, another agonizing decision (“Wombat? Warthog? Weasel? Wolverine?”), finishing the Vervet monkey painting the night before the opening. And the pressure of painting on the walls, getting it right. I really had a good time, in spite of the stress. I am trying to get back to writing, but I am also planning to keep up the alphabet. The fox

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