Pimping Her Stuff: My Mother's Art

If there's one thing we don't have enough of here at the Cool Kids Table, it's fine art. And by "not enough," I of course mean none.

Well that changes today as my ridiculously talented mother had an open studio this past weekend and I begged her to let me post a few pics of her stuff as well as where she works. My mom's skill and passion for what she does definitely played a major role in getting me into comics and the arts, so it's totally appropriate her work end up here eventually. Plus she's awesome and I love here and I like to brag about how skilled she is every chance I get.

So please, enjoy and if you want to learn more look up Gretchen Morse on the Waltham Mills Art Association homepage. And please please leave comments that she needs to do a super hero cover!

Goodbye, Grandma

Below is a picture of my grandmother, Joan, and my grandfather, Larry, from their wedding day.
Late last night, my grandma passed away peacefully in her sleep, 17 years to the day after she lost her husband. She lived a long, wonderful, fulfilled life and this was not something unexpected, so please understand this is not me asking for pity or even condolences (in fact, I debated even posting this because I don't want it to be misinterpreted as that, but I figured we've got a nuanced audience here at the CKT).

Rather, my grandmother was always a person who loved the field of communication (she worked for the Boston Globe for many years) and enjoyed reaching out to people. I truly believe were my grandma still in her prime, she would have one killer blog. So as a way of celebrating her life and saying goodbye in my own way, I thought I'd post this picture and a few words about it, not really to work through any grief, but because I know she'd get a kick out of it.

Love you, Grandma.