Last week, I was here…
He swims! He Dives! He’s Aquaboy! September 3, 2008
I don’t think I’ve mentioned that a couple of weeks before his fourth birthday, The Boy took flight and was able to start swimming on his own. He has wanted this for so long and suddenly everything just clicked and he started swimming like a little eel, or water lizard, or whatever animal that swims well that you like. I was so proud. But honestly, this is nothing compared to how AMAZED I was when I saw him not only start diving in head first, but diving off the DIVING BOARD. Let me be clear. They won’t let anyone dive in if there’s anyone swimming “in the well”. This means that whoever jumps in must swim well enough to make it back to the side of the pool on their own. And there’s my little guy, diving in head first, going down deep, coming back up, and swimming back over to the side. Wow. I don’t think I learned to dive off a diving board until I was 8 or 10. I can remember spending hours standing on the end, looking down at all that water and thinking how deep down my head was going to go when I went in head first. I just couldn’t do it (and I LOVE water).
Anyway, I’m proud and I just wanted to share that.
“The Devil” is Pretty September 3, 2008
Just before I left for vacation, the editor of Belle Armoire magazine, Jenny Doh, contacted me and said she wanted to feature some of my work in their magazine. If you’ve never seen Belle Armoire, it’s a gorgeous glossy magazine with international distribution. French for “beautiful wardrobe,” Belle Armoire® has the tagline “Art to Wear” and showcases “one-of-a-kind, handmade fashions and wearable-art projects.” Um, that sounds like my work. So look for the article in the January ‘09 issue! The pictures should be impressive.
