Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Happy Birthday, Karen

Have I ever mentioned that nobody has a better sister than me? She magically gets younger than me every year. This year we have been to two book festivals with Peter in tow. That is a first. He didn't know how much fun they are. Luckily, he is a pleasure to be with, so this addition is not a subtraction. They both walk my feet off, easy to do, as we go to panel after panel of interesting speakers. Karen and I have been going to The Times Festival of Books for years. We used to focus mostly on mysteries. We did a bit of that in Tucson too. We learned that the best panels were done by non-fiction writers. So this year at the FOB, we went primarily to non-fiction panels. That just happens to be Peter's favorite. 

Today Peter's favorite favorite is celebrating her birthday. Non-fiction, nobody would find her a mystery. 

Detail of layers for silhouettes,
maroon, then brown, then black 

I love the fire under his armpit 

At last his torso is done

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