There WAS Art!

Dear Everybody,
Mom went. She walked so was sweating like a sow in heat
by the time she got there in the swishy skirt...aside from the
sweatin' and the shameless eating of really incredible
gourmet thingys handmade by Ruben, and other stuff,
it was fun. Hid in a studio, stuffed her face, and got to
know two of the other artists real well and had a good
time. Shouldn't be eatin' all that much when ya's wearing
a swishy skirt...other than that, THERE WAS ART.
IT WAS FUN. SHE CAME HOME. NOW WE GOTZ
HER AND SHE IS OURZ, ALL OURZ!
Thank you, we will post pics in a few days...mebbe!
The gallery truly is beautiful. Rick did good. Ruben
cooked good. Harpist played good. And it WAS ALL GOOD.
Yours Truly,
YumYum
"MOM, LOVE US, FEED US, CLEAN OUR CAGES,
LET US RUN FREE AS THE WIND, BRUSH THE
MITES OUTTA OUR FUR, REFILL OUR HAY BINS,
WHERE OUR PELLETS? DON'T EVER GO OUT
AGAIN!" oops. we still online? oops.

Dum-Dee-Dum-Dum-Dee-Dee-Dum...

Hi Mom, I love you! You don't mind my...oooh, i DO need a nail trim, don't I? just climbing up here...oopsie, didn't mean to scratch ya, mom, HEY! YOU SHAVED YOUR LEGS FINALLY? cool, oh, it for that art thing, huh...don't mind me, just climbing up here to see what you have drawn...oh, not one of your pictures? Of course not, mom, so you won't mind if I just...nom-nom-nom...

{EDITOR: "RAJ MAHAL, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING?"}

nothing. OH BLOODY HORK, she got the eyes of an eagle. oh well, at least she shaved her legs!

PSssssT! Hey, MacNut, Don't Look NOW, but Raj is...

Taj beneath his spongeBobsquare-house snitching on his brother, Raj...no scruples in this herd, none.
We should be ashamed of ourselves.
We just aren't.

Uh-OH: BUSTED!

Dear faithful readers,

Please don't get the wrong impression. We recognize that mom justifies her time spent drawing
(TIME SPENT AWAY FROM US) as a way to generate income so we can enjoy a higher quality
of life.

OF COURSE IT IS, MOM, SUCH A SAINT Y'ARE!

We see through it whereas, since many of you are not guinea pigs (although the Hooligans are
totally gonna be with us on this, we just KNOWZ IT!) you think mom is an altruistic, deeply
committed (well, the "committed" part true) person.

Just ain't so because there is nevah, EVAH any justification for not paying attention to us,
unless it is to work on the wheatgrass farm...

(But we kinda ate that, too...ooops, what I mean by TOO?)

Hey, we are in training for ArtSnackN and - unfortunately - Raj got busted last night practicing on
a paper towel. He got the stealth of a drunk effelant, that one. Some of us (Calvin the small) are
quieter, less obtrusive about our PirateArtRaidZ!

Anyhoo...just sayin' hope we don't get caught again.

Love,
the good one,
YumYum

There WILL BE ART!

Artisans Northwest opens on Cornwall Avenue | BBJ Today

^!^^FRONT PAGE NEWZ^^^ 

Tonight's the night: will mom really wear a swooshy skirt,

cowboy boots, yet do Bollywood dance moves to the two-step

since they're the only ones she knows?

Gawd, we hope not! But what can six guinea pigs do?

sigh...she even gettin' a hair trim, makes it curly, bouncy, and...

DEEP BREATH, y'all: GIRLY! In a Sundance kind of way.

Now, if she can only stand up and get there...

THERE WILL BE ART!

Just, for the love of All Things Sacred and to not hasten

the Apocalypse, PLEASE MOM, no Bollywood!

Richard Engel Named the 2011 Daniel Pearl Awardee « Los Angeles Press Club

Richard Engel Named the 2011 Daniel Pearl Awardee « Los Angeles Press Club

SQUEEEeeeeeeeeeeee!

msnbc video: Engel receives Daniel Pearl award; Craig White retires

msnbc video: Engel receives Daniel Pearl award; Craig White retires

We honor the courage and valor these two men have to bring us
the news nobody else will, or can. Just not sure how much mom
is lovin' hubby's new coif...a little too Hollywood for her brave
bedouin correspondent. No worries, she'll mess it up!

i'm just a little pig and i'm COLD!

Mom, i iZ tucking myself in, see, i got the blanket in my mouth?

Dear Friends in Hot Places,
Please come visit us. Bring those bright yellow bell peppers, please. Did you know guinea pigs do not
make Vitamin C and must receive supplemental vitamin C from those warm places y'all complainin'
about? So, come here. Bring us stuff. Thank you.
Love,
Calvin the brrrrrr....small.

Draw Y'SELF!

Mom gets confoozled when all the animals inSIDE her head go on a rampage to be drawn at the exact same time when all the animals OUTside her head demand to be fed, petted, and allowed to runabout with maps of where the half-sketched little buggerZ are so we can EAT THEM and get her head quiet enough to realize the only aminals that EVAH matter are us!

That is our mission. This sketch from many years ago: We still have not permitted her to finish it. Nor shall we. And, if she does, eat it we will! ARrrgg! We be ArtPiratePigs, Matey, and don'tcha FORGET IT!

works in progress...aren't we all?

rough beginnings to be continued as able...
not so unlike EVERYTHING in life.
PROCESS: start, keep going. stop. start again. repeat
as often as necessary.
And that's all we got for ya, mateys, along with our
favorite Zen saying, so we'll sez it again:
"Fall down seven times, Get up eight."
Day after day.
Week after week.
Month after month.
Year after year.
and, at the end, all we have to show for ourselves
is how much we have LOVED.
it's not about the product, it's about the process.
AND THE QUALITY OF THE COFFEE.
Nevah underestimate the quality of the coffee!

RICK AND "ARTISANS" PREPARE FOR GRAND OPENING!

We haven't been by the gallery all week but know that, for owner Rick, it's "crunch time" preparing for the grand opening of Artisans downtown during Bellingham's famous First Friday ART WALK! We're pretty sure the place won't be recognizable when we arrive and can hardly wait to see what he and the artists have done with it! We know there will be music on this platform where these branches now sit bundled, and plenty of yummy food (Rick is the site manager for our Saturday Downtown Farmer's Market, too!) and LIVE music, with everything he can pull out to make it a Magical Evening for All! As for mom, she found a swirly, layered skirt at the thrift shop like the kind featured in Robert Redford's Sundance Catalog and she wearing her cowboy boots in case the band plays a two-step (because that's as far as she can walk - er- Dance!) with a girly tank top instead of the usual Pacific Northwest "Let's go Climb Mt. Rainier after a coupla lattes!"uniform, worn by all...
This is special: Friday Night ARTWALK GALLERY GRAND OPENING featuring photography of us (and some other pictures she drew with her colored markers)  is COWBOY BOOT-SWIRLY-SKIRT-SPECIAL! Deet! Deet! Deet!

Let's hope she can make it! We have our chilly widdle tails crossed...and our fleece blankets at the ready!

Winter Hath Wrought "Brotherhood"

Taj (on left) and Raj Mahal
"brother up" in Raj's cuddle
cup to stay warm during our
cool (cold) summer nights.