barrington99@gmail.com Seasons Greetings to our Family and Friends, It’s been such an eventful year for so many of us. My inbox and Facebook account are bursting with news of babies, weddings, kids growing up, as well as updates from friends who inspire by facing (and overcoming!) illnesses and changes in fortune. I’m thankful to see old … Read more
It’s quite important that I write now, and I’ve not really written for almost two weeks. For a while I fought it, trying to use the interstitial moments, but finally I gave in, decided to read a book on the bus for a week or so, and make up for it in this coming week … Read more
And for those who write AND draw, I’d like to highlight this comment from Katie B, an awesome writer (if you’ve ever been in a writing workshop, or even if you haven’t, you should check out this hilarious piece in Defenestration) as well as the art editor for The Southeast Review. Katie writes: The Southeast … Read more
This was released today. My inner monologue? Don’t fuck this up.
A few posts back, I received this comment from my old friend Jeff. (By “old,” I mean that we met in fifth-grade.) What I remember most about him was that he was a really good artist and that he was smart. Many years later, following his internet trail, it makes sense that this attractive website … Read more
Happy birthday to me… Okay, to be honest, I’m a bit in the doldrums morale-wise, still getting over a cold, slammed at work, there’s the taking account of one’s life’s accomplishments, etc–but let’s leave all that aside for a moment and talk about my birthday present! Some of you may know that I occasionally become … Read more
I wrote most of this post yesterday (my Dad’s birthday) as I rode the bus to work… My dad was a professor by trade, but also, throughout his life, a practicing artist. He taught sociology at the university, and he painted in the little room in the attic of our house. He had reasons–rational or … Read more
My dad would have been eighty-two years old today. He lived to be just shy of eighty, and his whole life, he made art.
“You thank God for the good things that come to you, but you don’t thank him for the things that seem to you bad; that is where you go wrong.” –Ramana Marharshi This quote has been in my mind lately, kind of flopping around in there like a fish along with this other flopping fish– … Read more
Last Sunday I hosted a short and sweet clothes swap. This was to cap off weeks of cleaning out my closets. I got rid of my suit comprised of a black jacket and pencil skirt that I got for my first interview at Mattel , and I culled the beautiful sage suit I bought after … Read more