The theme this week has been centered on decorating my new apartment - realizing that having my furniture, wall art and "things" around me has made a big difference in feeling cozy at the new admittedly small and somewhat dark space. I made kitchen curtains over the weekend and this week I'm working on drapes for the livingroom/bedroom window. Grateful to have a friend to borrow a sewing machine from and bought a cheap iron from Walmart. I may even try my hand at quilting - I saw a navajo wall hanging pattern in the local quilt shop that really intriqued me.
I've noticed that my color choices are strikingly different than ones I've chosen before. Always a blue and white kitchen in New England - now it's orange and reds - most likely the Southwest influence - as many things are painted in vibrant colors here - to distinguish from the everpresent adobe and desert earth. Taos is famous for its turquoise painted window shutters and doors. Someday I'll have to take pics and share them.
This Friday Natalie Goldberg is doing a reading at SOMOS (Society of the Muse of the Southwest) - it will be fun to hear her read some of her work because in the memoir class she focused on other people's writing rather than her own.... and now back to my own writing....
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