Getting ready to head over to my other favorite place in Lawrence (and my other employer besides myself), the Lawrence Arts Center, to see Chuck Mead and His Grassy Knoll Boys perform, opening with a documentary about the Quonset Hut Studios in Nashville. Coincidentally, I was at a house party where Chuck (a Lawrence, KS, native) and his band were performing in Nashville a couple years ago and saw him perform again exactly a year ago in Lawrence. They always put on a great show – especially for us hometown folks.
…and over yonder in my yard, I hit a milestone this evening: I cut grass for the first time ever (sad, I know) with my very own manual lawnmower that I acquired today. No motor, no gas – it’s environmentally friendly, not very noisy, and it worked like a charm. I feel like such a grownup. (I should have been working on a couple paper cuttings, but the allure of the new mower wooed me outside.. There’s something very satisfying about cutting the grass with it.)
I always listen to this record when I’m matting prints.. it’s become standard. 10 mats taped and bagged to each record side; flip record, sip coffee, mat again.
I found Relics of The Incredible String Band today, a compilation record from 1971, in the newly available used vinyl section of my local record store, Love Garden Sounds. It features a really interesting paper cutting by illustrator Jacqueline Chwast on the front. Coincidentally, I have a children’s book that she illustrated as well. (I’ve collected quite a few children’s books that have illustration work that I enjoy over the years from various thrift stores.)
