10-20-30- minutes philosophy

I read this book once called 10-20-30- Minutes to Sew, which basically states that you can complete an entire garment even if you only have a few minutes here and there. Well I pretty much have adapted my life to this philosophy of late. I think it has something to do with what my husband calls my "grasshopper mind" or functional a.d.d. I start out blogging, take ten minutes to sew the edges of the pajamas I'm working on, then make a bowl of soup, then blog for a few, then start a load of wash, then out to the studio to set up a glaze session, then back in to the house to wash a tub full of wool, then knit for ten minutes, hang the laundry out to dry, set up the ingredients to make whole grain muffins, blog some more, finish trimming my pots from yesterday, etc.., the only time I really spend a lot of time in one stretch is in the pottery studio because once you put clay clothes on and start getting messy it doesn't make sense to stop every 5 minutes. When you think about it, it harkens back to the time frame segments of the old farm lifestyle; make breakfast, start bread, feed the chickens, collect eggs, feed other livestock, milk the cow, do the laundry, start the seeds. I'm starting to think that a.d.d. is not a dysfunction but an old lifestyle pattern, and that contemporary life is somewhat out of sinc with some our natural rhythms and need for movement and sunlight

property saga-poem

Pipestone pass

or the continental divide

Homestake Pass

and the Hollywood screenwriters place

windswept,unremodelled

garbage pit full of

antique relics, garbage,

and God knows what else

large chunks of crystals

garnets and mica dust

rocks

dilapidated cabin by

the side of the highway

our dream place?

with the allready existent studio

like my studio

"there's hot geothermal water nearby"

"maybe on your land"

says the realtor

sweet as pie

hair piled a mile high

that greenhouse,so charming

in it's rundown state

belying the hailstorms

with busted out glass windows

"we're moving to a quarter million dollar house"

says the current occupants

as if quarter million dollar

with it's word million

had some fairy tale significance to it

your dream

my dream

subdivision vision

log shack by the side of the highway

"Butte's only 25 miles away"

in the summer

"why this community is nestled in the bosom of agriculture"

"that's right"

"it's rural living at it's best"

"with a real sense of community"

"Hey I got some unpatented mining claims to sell ya"

"reeeeeal cheap"

"Why, if you hold onto those long enough"

"you'll have yourself a goldmine all over again"

(written in 1995 while looking for property in Montana)

czech circus (poem-a work in progress)

the czech circus entails
standing on the highway with bags of presents and a pie
waiting for a ride
people stop to see if you're o.k
if you need help
no, I'm just waiting for a ride
are we saving gas? the environment? adhering to someone's time schedule?
no one really knows, it's all part of the directors vision
the czech circus entails the juggling of cell phones, who's calling? oh it's for you
can I borrow your cell phone? Bob's garage is calling, I don't know anyone at Bob's garage, oh it's the circus calling for you
the czech circus always has a large harlequin great dane in it that takes the place of a person in the car,
and speaks a language that closely resembles English
the czech circus involves the juggling of languages. starting out in one language, switching to another and ending up in a third language
it also involves the creation of new hybrid languages, at times resulting in fits of laughter such as after statements of the following; I got a bee stink, move the mouth on your computer, I was chopping at the bit after chopping my wood
the circus involves viewing life through artistic and intellectual refrence points such as;
re-enacting Wyeths Christina's world at an old house only to find out later you brought the film camera with no film in it
not the digital camera, that's why there are no photos
the circus involves visiting guest members with their own particular talents, and creative skills and improvisational input
the Czech circus involves multiple chineese firedrills and improvisational art skits like;
putting your giant wooden art installation piece on the roof of your car, and then failing to secure it,
and wondering what that stuff is that's flying past you on the highway
the czech circus involves the mysterious playing of circus music anytime a member is nearby or in contact
the Czech circus is ongoing with new and repeat performances and coming soon to a theater near you
Anyone can join the Czech circus
you do not have to be Czech to be a member
you should, on the other hand, have a good grasp of the directors vision,
as improvisational skits are easier to perform that way