January 3, 2023

Paint a little, write a little, John Taverner on Pandora. . .  A fragment of paradise. 

A discovery made while rooting in the shed for a cooler is that the powder bought to poison and discourage varmints has been eaten to the bottom of the bag by some of those very varmints. No wonder it didn’t work. 

Step forward in painting: how much will, as if automatically, go your way if you don’t hurry or force. I think I made the worst of this before because I tried to finish a painting during a single trip to the studio. Working from home allows for judgment and extension. 

Spectacle in DC of the Republicans failing to elect a Speaker of the House. Republicans are unable to govern, a condition made more exquisite by the fact that they have no interest in governing, but only in contradicting the plans of others to do so.