Concrete doodles and thoughts on happiness

Came back from a great evening with Cathy Rutland to find the new basement concrete has hardened, or at least is too hard to play with anymore. Ah well, probably for the best. And at least I got some fun art out of all the jackhammering and other (expensive) basement repair chaos.

Anyway, you can tell the cement is drying in the photo at the top, which is also one of the last cement doodles I did before leaving the house. The "dmo" and "jwr" are the sets of initials that we went by in our University of Toronto days, and still use with our friends from those days as well as with each other (in signed notes, cards, etc.).

As I did the quickie portraits and added today's date, I found myself being struck by an odd mix of emotions. I've lived long enough and have had my life turned upside down in both good and not-so-good ways in the past that I know how quickly everything can change.

As I did the quickie portraits and added today's date, I found myself being struck by an odd mix of emotions. I've lived long enough and have had my life turned upside down in both good and not-so-good ways in the past that I know how quickly everything can change.