Author Archives: andreatancrati

I cut the lawn. The entire thing. After my three mile walk this morning I now have 19,217 steps. Can that be right? Nearly eight miles? Five miles of walking back and forth pushing a mower up and down hills and around bushes. I could be wrong, but should G’s mom be doing this ?Continue reading “One person found this funny: Misadventures in chore doing”

It’s been awhile since I started something new. I forget that all of my illustrations were once single paintings that seemed to paint themselves. I mean not entirely of course, but I felt led along, certain things came up, little surprises here and there. The beginning of any painting is fun. Struggle does eventually enterContinue reading “Things I Forget”

I have been so wrapped up in my books lately that I may have forgotten why I ended up writing them in the first place. One word: ART I didn’t grow up thinking I want to become an artist. On the contrary, I think I was reluctantly born one and then spent a lot ofContinue reading “I may be”

The sun is shining. G decided to barbecue a chicken. He just left for a town hall meeting so now I’m watching it. It smells delicious. There is a place close by that has local, small farmed meat. It’s a tiny hut on the edge of a property that works on the honor system. YouContinue reading “A Day”

A good rule of thumb is to not call when I’m feeling homesick. My good friend tried to trouble shoot and thought I should just go back to CA. She had many suggestions for how it would work. None of which were appealing to me. I know that a little bit of home sickness onContinue reading “Gray Skies”