Between writing and reading and thinking about art, I've been getting into some new projects to clear my head a little. Camera phone pictures are best for these things:
Writing Habitat.
Rainbow cake in gradation using mini bread loaves.
Baked.
Double-waterfall braid-- so much better than boring half-ups.
Burning Bush.
Best friends. 
Lil monster.
The best writing event by far: Tobias Wolff gave a reading at Virginia Tech and it was absolutely fantastic. Not only was he a stellar reader (how rare it seems to be for a great writer to also be a great reader... often I find myself wishing for them to hire an actor) but he also talked about inspiration and long-term commitment to the writing life for about half an hour. It was an illuminating and compelling talk. The thing that's stuck with me is the necessity of writing the "bad work," as we "build our careers on a foundation of discarded work." It's funny how I feel i need permission to write badly sometimes, or reminders that writing badly is essential to learning to write well.
Just FYI, that mustache is 46 years old.
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