Shoes shoes shoes

And look at these shoes! Ala Rembrandt ...

Fashion at The Rijks

Matilda loved the fashion show at The Rijks Museum.

Amsterdam morning

Breakfast in gorgeous American Cafe watching old and young bicyclists pedal to work amid fountains and fluttering blossoms.

Van Gogh

Van Gogh At Work. A museum describing his painting techniques. Open air, recycling paintings. Material and tools,color, how he does perspective, use of complimentary colors,learning and collaboration. Matilda digs out her pen and brushes.

Wouldn't Van Gogh be thrilled to see these patient folks waiting in the rain to honor him?

Matilda is so glad for her darling boots.

Amsterdam

Arrive in cold early 5 am rain. Schiphol airport. Slick streets and frosty breath. Huddled black clad bodies. Rumbling buses. Seeking coffee only Starbucks is open at 8am. Watch the trashing of old sidewalk chairs. In the cold rain. City Center Museum District

20 pounds

Shedding stuff. Distilling down. Twenty pounds mostly art gear. NYC airport I see A woman reading "Healing the Secular Life". A signpost I think. Where I am going to the Rift Valley far far from commercialism,consumption, materialism and stuff At the Mall. I think keeping company with wildebeests and zebras will be a healing.

Imminent Departure

Eve of departure. Duffle packed. Art supplies most urgent. Stay tuned for Dispatches. Air time tomorrow.

Dreaming of Africa

Here I am dressed in a favorite yellow Chinese robe over striped satin pajama bottoms, an old sweater and a drape cord belt. All thrift store finds. I've pinned on the sweater  souvenir pins from countries I've visited. In just a few days I'll fly to Amsterdam on my way to Tanzania, Africa. My head swells with dreams of Africa and what to pack.

Anywhere. Anywhere

To travel more. Anywhere. Anywhere.

Past smokestacks, train tracks, the row houses of Baltimore, the Susquehanna River, grain mills, mulch yards, wheat fields, the Delaware River, power plants, frozen lakes, icy beaches, seagulls, graffiti, silos,grain elevators, Sunoco fuel tanks, row houses with above ground pools just fifty feet from the train tracks, suspension bridge over the Delaware River, diesel stations, abandoned houses and warehouses, wires poles metal, billboards, sunshine beaming in all the windows warming the residents in all the houses sheltering all the trials of humanity.