Sketchbook Project 2012

Last fall I signed up for the 2012 Sketchbook Project. Today I sent my book to New York. Here are a few of my favorite pages.

I have to say it was a lot harder to part with this little book than I thought it would be. Twenty eight very full pages of photos, collages, drawings, and paintings that I possibly won't hold in my hands again for a very long time. However, I have high hopes that other hands will hold and enjoy it just as much as I did.

Farewell, little book. And safe travels.

Outside In

I stand at my window.

I look to the distant clouds.

They are dark and beautiful

And demand my attention.

They send a gust my way

And call to me

Speaking with the noise

Of the blowing leaves.

I welcome them in

But they can only blow

Through my window

Then must go again.

The cold on my cheeks

Is comfort from the heat inside

That I never want to leave me

And miss when it's gone.

Come live with me, clouds.

Bring the wind

And the leaves

And come stay in my room.

A tree could grow

Next to my bed.

And a cricket on its branch

Could sing me to sleep.