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i've been thinking about why i never blog anymore. i guess i just ran out of things to write.

recently i discovered Ayun Halliday's website www.ayunhalliday.com . Ayun is a writer and mother of two who lives in my neighborhood. she has written several books, one which i just finished called "The Big Rumpus" which is a very real and hilarious account of what it's like to be a stay-at-home mom in the city. read it! i so identify with her birth/parenting style, her love of city life, and the wit and compassion with which she cares for her two children, India and Milo (love that name!)

when she first became a parent she began publishing a small quarterly magazine or "zine" called the East Village Inky (named after her nickname for her daughter India) as a creative outlet , and a way to remain sane in the trenches of babyland (man can i relate) . in it i was suprised to find illustrations similar to the ones that i'm always drawing in my sketchbook. there's something about a fast sketch in pen and ink that is very immediate and satisfying. i love the feel of it, i love the look of it, however rudimentary my drawings are.

finally it came to me that i have much more to say visually than i do verbally about my world, and since i'm badly in need an artistic outlet anyway (use the term loosely), here's my new blog based on some random scribblings. hope you like it....

Click on my scribbling to zoom in.