It’s the holidays.
When I was a kid, painting walls with a roller, trying to make the paint in the pan go a little bit farther, I’d leave behind a lot of spots with no paint. Dad used to call them ‘holidays,’ as though I’d taken a bit of time off from painting.
How true.
The last time it was the holidays, we were painting and messing with trim and changing out doorknobs and light fixtures in Westford, getting ready to move. And pretty much the whole year since has been about starting over and re-building and transition.
Does it seem like we’re making this difficult?
Perhaps. But starting from scratch is in my DNA, and we’ll (eventually) end up with something that would otherwise have been out of reach. A year out of my life seems a reasonable price for the basement shop I’ve got now. Not to mention the rest of the house and yard.
For most people, their holiday message recaps their year in review. But if you’re reading this, you’ve probably already read a lot about the last year of my life, and you wonder about the next one. Basically, my goal/resolution is to NOT be ‘taking a little time off from painting’ the next time the holidays roll around. I want to reclaim my life and hobbies and be deeply involved in some crazy project.
Happy holidays. I’ve got some painting to do.