I no longer feel the heat of summer, for lo, I have an ice cream maker and a lot of recipes for vegan ice cream. Rock.

And of course, I've been writing!

"Vitale's two large paintings are riots of color; at first glance, they don't even seem to be made with watercolor, the colors are so deep, heavy. Her smaller paintings are quieter moments with lighter colors, and suggest abstract images of nature. Meanwhile, her two acrylic pieces in the show belong to other worlds entirely: one of a constant wintry night, as seen in her painting of bare tree limbs, or perhaps an alien planet with a purple sky and unpredictable landforms, as seen in an enormous abstract painting." That's from an article I wrote about a thoroughly enjoyable art show I reviewed; read the rest here!

I also had the extreme pleasure of reviewing a gorgeous show by Margaret Morrison. Do yourself a favor and look at this painting for a minute. Or, I don't know, maybe this one while you're at it. There are more images at the article. Here's an excerpt from that, by the way: "There's a shared sense of place in many of Margaret Morrison's oil paintings, and one gets the feeling something very bad has happened there."

In other news, I have several parenting articles up at Babygooroo, and you can read them all (covering topics from traveling with your kid to advice on working from home) here. I've also been finishing up several articles for the next issue of Athens Magazine, available in fine local bookstores.

Finally, I am super excited about teaching feature writing again this summer to a bunch of bright and wonderful high school students at the prestigious Georgia Journalism Academy. Just two weeks away! What an honor!