Tilly’s Help/ wish list
Someone strong and wise enough to pull out and disconnect the dishwasher that no longer works. I picture shelves or stashing the recyclables behind a curtain there.
Someone to diagnose the dryer. It’s warm, it spins, it doesn’t dry.
A handyman to fix the front step where I backed into it with the car.
A new sliding glass door installed where the current one has been shattered. (not my doing)
The will power to do sit-ups and get in shape. A personal trainer?
A cup of tea with a girlfriend or a bottle of vodka with a few.
Someone to enter my past inventory on the computer
Someone to make phone calls for me.
Someone to tell me everything is going to be all right.
Courage.
Brain cells
More time
An affordable lawyer who can draw up a divorce
Sales of paintings to quell the nerves as to how I am going to afford to live.
An extra $200 a month for rent now that my studio mate has moved out- or a new studio mate.
A residency somewhere the phones (and even my kids) don’t reach
I could offer:
Paintings.
A mural (I am quick and clean)
Portraits for the holidays?
A room in a lovely studio
Spare room in the house
Fresh eggs…designed? Daily?
A cup of tea.
My daily smile and infectious hope.
Sounds like you and I need a museum/lunch date!
ReplyDeleteI'll do the dishwasher, look at your dryer(no promises), fix your front step, and possibly replace your glass slider. You're on your own with the sit-ups, but I do have some ideas on the personal training thing.
ReplyDeleteGo with the Vodka, even alone.
The inventory, sorry.
Only you can make phone calls like 'you' do
Everything IS going to be alright.
Everything IS going to be alright.
Courage and braincells you have in abundance.....abundance!
Forget the 'time' thing.
Artists draw affordably, lawyers just draw whatever's left.
"I'd like to buy a few large paintings", is just a sampling of what your collectors will be saying to you soon.
For $175., I'll be your studio mate.
A residency is anywhere the phone isn't. Turn it off.
All total, it's on the house, except for the daily smile and
infectious hope....that I require.
I'll see that last guy's offer, and raise him - the fixing of the dryer (I know the problem)and the replacing of the slider. His training
ReplyDeletesuggestion was bogus. All you need for your sit-ups, is a spotter, and I'll be glad to hold your ankles.
The studio? move into mine...it's palatial...you can have your own sink.
I think you're set on everything else.
I'll return the smile.
OH MY!
ReplyDeleteI appreciate the laughs.
This just cracks me up.
Thanks.
Tilly, I'm leaving for Berlin on Tuesday for a few gallery appointments, and if all goes the way I'm hoping, my days there might turn into weeks. I'd like to think that a few weeks out of town might make this 'wish list' fade. Please consider.
ReplyDeleteThe Spiderink dude is obviously not reading the fine print.....looking at art and eating some hip named sandwich after, is not the answer you're looking for. Nor is Berlin, a fixed dryer, cheap studio space, cash,.....I mean, who are they kidding? No, what you need is much
ReplyDeletesimpler then that. What you need is
oh, tilly. wow. my thoughts are with you - you are strong and beautiful, inside and out.
ReplyDeleteTilly’s Help/ Wish List – 7 26 2009
ReplyDelete--Someone strong and wise enough to pull out and disconnect the dishwasher that no longer works.
*Oh, Tilly – Oh my! Can you find a new dishwasher, or are you still the back up?
--I picture shelves or stashing the recyclables behind a curtain there.
*Don’t you love how some kitchens still have that little cozy place covered by an old fabric table cloth that twinkles pleasant memories in - then smoothly out - of your mind?
--Someone to diagnose the dryer. “It’s warm, it spins, it doesn’t dry”.
*Hmmm- what is “warm, and slim, and doesn’t cry?” Well, I can tell you one thing – it isn’t me.
--A handyman to fix the front step where I backed into it with the car.
*In the scheme of your life – how important is it for you to get into your farm house? (This is all being written in a light and fun way, you know) Why do we need shelter in a storm anyway? Or some warmth in winter? Or a sturdy, soft shoulder to cry on? Or just one person who won’t let us down? - - - when I AM is with you at your side?
--A new sliding glass door installed where the current one has been shattered. (not my doing)
*NOW that is important! Far more important than front steps! :)
--The will power to do sit-ups and get in shape. A personal trainer? –
***Nah! Go to the YMCA (scholarships are available to help those of us who are broke)
*Once there:
♦Take a fun noodle (or two) for a swim, and wrap it behind your back so it settles in under your arm pit area. ♦Go deep! ♦Wrap and Hold the noodle(s) tight to you and point your feet straight down (vertical) like a ballerina. ♦Pull your two knees to your chest simultaneously. ♦Hold-2 3 4.
♦Then straighten your legs body out so you are face up- noodle under your back- horizontal – with feet together poke your toes above the surface. ♦Lean your head back some and HOLD your body straight out. ♦If you feel your stomach tighten, you’ve got it. ♦Hold the pose. ♦Breathe ♦Then slowly and gently bring your knees to your chest. ♦You will be vertical again. ♦Repeat these steps as you like. ♦You will notice it creates less back & body pain, not as much stress on your bones, and they are easier than any sit-up I’ve ever done. And fun if you like water.
--A cup of tea with a girlfriend or a bottle of vodka with a few.
ReplyDelete*I’ll be the girlfriend – but I would like hot cocoa, please. Or wait, make that a chocolate shake... no no no....chocolate ice cream... ohh ...frozen between two freshly baked chocolate chip cookies. Now what to drink?? he he he... Hey, I have an idea...let’s have tea. Iced tea... no lemon please...you got splenda?
--Someone to enter my past inventory on the computer.
*MS Word Office 2007? Word 1997-2003? Vista? Works? Apple? Grapes? Raisins?
--Someone to make phone calls for me.
**Send me a list – I am good at this.
---Someone to tell me everything is going to be all right.
**If by “All right” – you mean ‘this’ will be over soon – I’ve never found it works that way.
If by – “all Right” – you mean these and all crises are time- limited - that this is very difficult but will change; life is not stagnant – Everything will be all right.
--Courage.
**Look in your back pocket
--Brain cells
**“Here I Come to save the day.” Who said that? Which cartoon? *Anyway just check the root-ends of a stand of your hair.
--More time
***Ask and you will be answered.
--An affordable lawyer who can draw up a divorce
***1. Make up a list of everyone you know.
2. Ask every one what they would do; who they would call; who does pro bono work and is well versed in divorce (all lawyers in good standing (at least in Maine) must do 10% of their services each year for free (pro bon0).
3. If there was ANY type of domestic violence – call your local Domestic Violence organization and tell them you need legal counsel. They know how to help.
START AT TILLY'S WISH LIST.
ReplyDeletethis is 3rd of 3
--Sales of paintings to quell the nerves as to how I am going to afford to live.
****I know your name, Tilly, and usually where to find your daily work, however I still find it very difficult to find you or what I want on your site unles I bookmark.
***It's Especially difficult finding the correct BLOG.
***Also, Try writing a couple SEO (search engine optimization) articles to market/advertise your work on Google and other popular search Engines. – You have to put yourself out there, so people can find you and your art.
--An extra $200 a month for rent now that my studio mate has moved out- or a new studio mate.
***Money is so tight folks are moving to smaller and smaller apartments and homes. Advertising for a new studio mate – someone with very good references, a clean record, and living style to complement yours. Priceless. $200.00+ mo. Anyone?
A residency somewhere the phones (and even my kids) don’t reach
***I’ve heard Central Capitol Maine, Eastern Coastal Maine, and Western Mountainous Maine, is pretty nice this time of year... cost less, and great for camping, site seeing, shopping, relaxing, star gazing, festivals, country fairs... But to get far, far away – lose/leave your cell phone purposely, and do not replace it until you are ready to get those calls.
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I could offer:
--~~Paintings –
***I do love your work, & my daughter is having her 1st baby and my 1st grandchild in Nov.
--A mural (I am quick and clean)
***interesting
~~Portraits for the holidays?
***From a photo??
---A room in a lovely studio---
***hmmm? For painting.
---Spare room in the house –
***double hmmm? Handicap accessible? How far away?
---Fresh eggs… Daily?
***Mmmm - yummy
---A cup of tea...
***Iced would be nice; no lemon, lots of ice, and packets o’ Splenda to make it taste nicer.
--My daily smile and infectious hope.
***I have to say – you need your smile and hope -- a lot more than I right now. But if there is enough of your infectious hope, I’d like to share.
Your Maine Friend
Cindy
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okay Tilly. Maybe I'm crazy, but has that wish bone been in the picture "Unravelled" all this time?
ReplyDeletethe wishbone was there...
ReplyDelete;-)