In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning

So, I spent the week house sitting at Maison Mom's. It was wonderful. She has this great little two-bedroom with a fireplace and an Arabian Nights Princess Bedroom Near a Beach, it was really lovely to have a change of scene; to get away from The Pit for a while, unchain myself from the computer and the endless fundraising worries, to sit by the firelight with a glass of wine and just think.

There is something I love so much about the feel of an empty house. I've lived alone for most of my adult life. And that feeling of coming home from work after a long day, that feeling you get when you first open the door and realize the entire place is empty of all energy save yours...it's brilliant. And now I rent a room in a house inhabited by two high loud talkers, with their pets and the mess and the endless steady stream of cliched, superficial dialogue on which they seem to thrive. Sometimes, I think I will quite literally lose my mind. I'm not built for communal living, clearly. I can deal with any sort of person for a little while, but then I need to go home and find peace and quiet.

debergerac
Tags: artistic activism, nonprofit, philanthropy, zine, artists, bakery of the poets, quiet, peace, solitude, fundraising

December break

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Yes well...this month's issue is going to be pretty light. I've been caught up in organizational issues and am focusing on our first fundraising push. So in addition to a new Artist In Residence, I'll be adding a review or two and a perhaps some poetry and will attempt to catch up on the blog. But I promise, January's issue will be packed. We are expanding our coverage to include film, music and theatre in rather a big way. We'll feature a couple of interviews, one with Alice Friman and another with one of the sound designers of the Chronicles of Narnia. So, I'm taking a kind of holiday-lite in order to rest the brain but you'll be hearing from me. Speaking of speaking check out the PaintingsDirect interview with artist and BotP friend Carole Orr it gives great insight into her work and 'artist mind'.
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Tags: artistic activism, nonprofit, philanthropy, zine, artists, bakery of the poets, carole orr, alice friman

Break Open the Champagne!! Or...

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A fiscal sponsor has come to our rescue! And what a sponsor. Fractured Atlas, a national multidisciplinary arts organization has kindly extended their umbrella to cover us. Donate (tax-deductibly) at will!!! Click and select Bakery of the Poets.org from pull-down menu
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...Or Cremant de Bourgogne...'cause it's only $8 bucks. Okay so last Wednesday we lost our fiscal sponsor. I spent Wednesday thru Friday, attempting to find another. Then I spent Saturday and Sunday pretending not to panic.

And then in the wee small hours of Monday morning it came to me...like a flash, like vision...like a memory! I'd forgotten something. When I applied to the Shunpike, I also applied to another organization called Fractured Atlas, a titan among artists advocates. After filling out an online app in the earliest parts of November, I received an email telling me I should expect a response a few days after the board meeting on December 6th.

I'd completely forgotten about this application! Hard to say why. Lack of confidence maybe, I've been hoping to receive word of their approval all week and yet when the answer came, "yes," it was a delightful surprise. One I celebrated with a night of decadence, a friend, a bottle of Blason de Bourgogne Cremant de Bourgogne, Thomas Keller's Spanglish BLT and Fried Egg Sandwich, parmesan garlic curly fries, a piece of really fine dark chocolate and the movie Spanglish, which I highly recommend. But make the sandwich first otherwise, you'll find yourself distracted by visions of late night BLT's dancing in your periphery.

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Tags: artistic activism, nonprofit, philanthropy, zine, artists, bakery of the poets, champagne