the outhouse: where art goes | works by kopana
“My therapist told me, ‘If you’re always having to be the bigger person, maybe you shouldn’t be around so many little people.’” ~ Sabra Belle Despite all the illness, Angie remembered to give me the gift(s) she had been collecting … Continued
“If you didn’t hear it with your own ears or see it with your own eyes, don’t invent it with your small mind and share it with your big mouth.” ~ Unknown Last week, I had perhaps the shortest yet … Continued
“People need to hear what they’re doing right, too, not just what they’re doing wrong.” ~ Unknown It was a strange, long day but this was my treat at the end of it. So happy to see my BFF. Related … Continued
“Love is never wasted, for its value does not rest on reciprocity.” ~ C.S. Lewis Look who I got to Facetime with today! BFF Bliss Fanning is improving every day, and this is the second time Brother Billy has hooked … Continued
“You meet saints everywhere. They can be anywhere.They are people behaving decently in an indecent society.” ~ Kurt Vonnegut Oklahoma suffered some horrible storms earlier this week (and other states). Armchair meteorologists Bliss-Fanning and Terry rarely miss an opportunity to … Continued
“The less I needed, the better I felt.” ~ Charles Bukowski My mother is so much more thoughtful than I am. She sent Angie this cute little horsey bag because she knows how much of a horsewoman Angie is. She … Continued
“If speaking kindly to plants helps them grow, imagine what speaking kindly to humans can do.” ~ Unknown I can’t remember the first time I met Bill and Sarah Cloud, but I’m pretty sure it was with Angie, either at … Continued
“If nothing saves us from death, may love at least save us from life.” ~ Pablo Neruda We said a tearful goodbye after a delicious lunch with Angie’s little brother, Billy, whom she has called Billy Bad Ass for so … Continued
“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time.” ~ John Lubbock Though I … Continued
“Your beliefs don’t make you a better person. Your behavior does.” ~ Unknown You first met Steve Kirkpatrick back in 2016. Thanks to Angie, Steve and I met over 30 years ago, and at a point in the early 1990s, … Continued