Entries Tagged 'Life' ↓

It is hard to keep track of how many times I moved for past 3 years.  San Antonio > St. Louis > Japan > Roswell, New Mexico > St. Louis > Japan > Albion, Michigan > St. Louis > San Antonio.  I finally settled down in San Antonio about a month ago.  I got luck [...]

Roswell, New Mexico…. I was there for about 15 months since Feburary 2008. It was an incredible time at Roswell Artist in Residency Program. My friend Renee told me that I was the only Japanese woman she knew who truly loved desert…. I really did feel like I was from that climate. Especially working with [...]

Furgie ( I am not sure how to spell her name) is a cat owned by the director of the residency, Steven.  She roams around the compound to make sure if everything is in place, checks everyone’s window and always talks to us.  Yes, she talks a lot in loud voice….  She also like to [...]

So this time, we went back with all the equipments we needed to observe birds, such as egg sandwitch, egg nog, and binocular. It was probably the best sunset of the year. Amazingly beautiful. The air looked pink and more birds than last time. The bird we wanted to see was the sand hill craine. [...]

So here is our pumpkin lantern. The Hubbits are coming.

I have been hearing loud noises coming from the sky recently. Today I went out to find out and it was at least 40 birds flying in perfect V-shape heading toward the Bitter lake. Yes, the birds are back! I came to Roswell at the end of January which was too late to see these [...]

I have never seen so many fries… Here is a Texas style cowboy tater that we found at Eastern New Mexico State Fair. It was really good at the beginning but we started to notice vegetable oil dripping from our faces… After this tater, I still had to consume a funnel cake. Who can pass [...]

For the past 3 weeks, Nancy and Jimmi (our new friend from Colorado Springs) slaved away to make a float for the Democratic Party to participate in the Eastern New Mexico State Fair parade. Many artists on the compound also helped painting, and I think we did make the BEST float in that parade. The [...]

Jimmy is finally here in Roswell. He got here on 15th and since then I have been taking him around Roswell to show him the pretty spots. His first day here, we went to Bitter Lake wildlife refuge (7 miles away from the residency compound). It was just before the sunset, and the sky was [...]

I have been in Roswell for past 7 months living in an artist in residence program. Life here is great, with no schedule and all the time I want for what I want to do. So I am trying to make as much art as possible but I am also enjoying doing things that I [...]