HEY PIGGIES, DOES THIS MAKE ME LOOK...?

                                Not a skirt worn in mebbe 20 years? As girly as she capable of...
            we kinda thought "hmmm, she a girl zoo-keeper or with the Royal Mounty Wimmen?"

When mom asked if her swishy skirt made her look "F-t" our HOMELAND INSECURITY ALARMS EXPLODED!  FEMA (Forget Ever Mind Answeringthisquestion) arrived immediately, screaming: "There's NO RIGHT ANSWER, EVERYTHING YOU SAY > CAN AND WILL BE
USED AGAINST US...er...YOU! Stuff hay in your mouths, smile, and nod approvingly but SAY NOTHING! "

We never mind stuffing hay in our mouths...but...saying nothing?

S.E.A.L. Team Six arrived and stood guard until mom left. Then we were able to talk about "the QUESTION" that no male of any species should EVAH have to answer. They should know: the married S.E.A.L.S would rather land in AbbotoBaddyBadBod than answer that question, they TOLD US THAT!

When she returned, we quoted Clapton's song - in unison - and sang:
"My darling....you look won-der-fulllll...TOoooo-Night." Dee-dee-dee-deee.Dee-dee-dee-dee...
She then gave us treats, scooped up Calvin who tucked himself into his special bed and for the first time she fell asleep with him but when she awoke at 2 a.m. - MORTIFIED! - he had not escaped, and she found him sleeping soundly exactly where he had tucked himself in earlier.

Before leaving the building, a guy had already asked her out.

But that's another story for A-NEVER DAY! He wasn't wearing a lot of clothes...
They rarely do.

ARTISANS GRAND OPENING!

                                        Entrance to Artisan's Gallery on Opening Night~

            The harpist! Hard to dance to it in cowboy boots and swishy skirt...(thank heavens!)

       Looking at mom's cards wondering when to call the men with white coats, before the harpist
                                            was done or after the harpist was done.

                                                           Mom loved this painting.

                                                  The harpist caught EATING! GASP!

Mom really had a good time. (She don't get out much.)
Some of her cards out front and center!  But she hid in a little studio
and hung out with an artist she met and they both shoved their faces
with food and talked about girly stuff. Artistic girly stuff.
Larger drawings are being framed for the wall.
We think the real definition of getting framed is the:
"Sweetie-Piggie-Pies, does this swooshy skirt make me look - "
NOW, THAT IS GETTING FRAMED!

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!