i paint paintings most days: the actual brush time + the divine hustle to sell whatever pieces are commercially viable = a mostly sustainable studio art enterprise via a bustling 2009, and now lately, a quiet end-of-winter early 2010. today, making some paintings patterned after early blooming trees, growing into poems with verve and possibility. singing into the future.

in the midst of this heady, hearty work, i also read the daily business news. here, an ode to the loved ones who help us keep the boat afloat. Explaining Informal Investors - BusinessWeek