My Art

Everyday dulldrums, enter absinthe.

Every morning, every morning
Wake up, darling, please.
What's for breakfast? What to wear?
Get the baby something to eat!
Brush your hair, pack your bag
I love you sweetie, have a good day.
I love you honey, drive safe.
No baby, come back inside,
Sshh, quiet now, have some juice.
Stillness.........................
Dishes quietly demand my attention
Milk carton screams to be put away.
Breakfast leftovers throw their tantrum
to be pitched in the trash.
I rebel and ignore their demands
and think, "Now what?"


My Mother's Day gift this year was overpriced and impractical, therefore it was the perfect gift, right? A very expensive bottle of absinthe. Absinthe is an alcholic drink, It is an anise-flavored spirit derived from herbs, including the flowers and leaves of the herb Artemisia absinthium, commonly referred to as "grande wormwood". Absinthe traditionally has a natural green color but can also be colorless. It is commonly referred to in historical literature as "la fée verte" (the Green Fairy).

Numerous artists and writers living in France in the late 19th and early 20th century were noted absinthe drinkers who featured absinthe in their work. These included Vincent van Gogh, Édouard Manet, Amedeo Modigliani, Arthur Rimbaud, Guy de Maupassant, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Paul Verlaine. Later artists and writers drew from this cultural well, including Pablo Picasso, August Strindberg, Oscar Wilde, and Ernest Hemingway. Aleister Crowley was also known to be a habitual absinthe drinker.

With a clientele like that, of course I'm going to drink it! Hopefully, I'll be able to channel these great artists!