m. p i l g r i m (art)

 It's been a while since I posted anything.   I recently visited New York, where I ran the NYC marathon.    It provided inspiration for this post election journal entry.    I did this one sitting in Liberty State Park in New Jersey.  Even though I haven't posted I have uploaded journal pages to my Instagram account (mistypilgrim) While I was away... I completed a four week class on pastels, and designed and sold some earrings. I saved the first $10 bill I got from that! Most excitedly, I'm taking a weekend workshop in steampunk  sculpture soon, and a watercolor class soon after that. 

 Way, way up at the top of a ridge line between two nearby canyons is a tree, pretty much by itself.  It's only about 2 miles from my house, and there are three ways to make the 1200 foot climb up over boulders and through scraping bushes.  Ever so often I make the trek up to this tree and put my hands on it.  It often nasty and windy and cold up there, or there's a hot, drying wind blowing, and this tree is growing.  It's twisted, and gnarled, and weathered.  Touching it reminds me of how much tougher I am than I think I am. There's quite a view from up there.  (I feel pretty badass by the time I've made the trek.)

    Wednesday may have been the first official day of fall on the calendar, but today was the actual first day that it felt like fall. I was supposed to get up and do a long hike to get some time on my feet.  Instead, I padded around my house in clothing that was fuzzy and soft. After the sun came up, I went outside and did some pruning.