I spent much of my first Switzerland residency day getting acquainted. With my accommodations. With the other residents. With the village of Trelex. Trelex is located on the edge of Jura Mountain Park, between St Cergue and Nyon. I spent about 15 minutes to tour Trelex on foot, and IContinue Reading
Welcome to my Trelex Writing Desk Residency! I’m staying in the guest room at Maison Binet, an eighty-year-old home in Trelex, Switzerland. I share kitchen and bath space with two other artists: Matthew, a painter from the U.K.; and James, a painter from Chicago. Residencies are communal experiences. Little privacyContinue Reading
My life is a series of wrong turns. Wrong degree. Wrong first marriage. A series of wrong men. Wrong career three times. And wrong instincts in cities. I swear, I can stare at the map, trace the outline of my path with one finger, and STILL go the wrong way.Continue Reading