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Hello, I'm Rachael.

I am primarily a painter and friendly multi-tasker/ troublemaker in Upstate New York. I try to blog often but mostly I try to paint.
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    Tuesday, June 14, 2005
    processing the fire

    Well, today I saw the remains of our apartment, my back-room studio, and the house that contained it all. We are safe and nobody was hurt. But the destruction amazes me. This was our front room. The place we sat and read, talked and ate.



    This was my studio.



    We are doing OK. The new place (while temporary) is quite comfortable and we have everything we need. Eachother. Family. Friends.

    I'm sure this will take a while to get over and I am going to have to figure out how to save some paintings that are still wet and what to do with those that are obviously ruined. They are still incredibly important to me and will return in some strange and wonderful way, I think. Just don't know how. I keep thinking of the way a mystery man helped get my sweetie out of a burning house in the middle of the night and gave him shorts and shoes so he didn't have to watch the fire in his underwear.

    I'm off to sleep and will keep you posted on this adjustment as well as more notes from my Atlanta adventure.

    Take very good care and help a stranger,
    Rachael

    A happier image is below, a strangely beautiful mystery plant I found on my Atlanta visit. Anyone know what it is?

    Posted at 10:50 pm by balduffington

    riva
    June 23, 2005   02:35 PM PDT
     
    Out of every fire comes new life. There's purification in it somewhere even in the devestation. You are surrounded by more goodness and grace than you know. We all wish you safety and healing and blessings.
    elizabethk1@hotmail.com
    June 21, 2005   12:28 PM PDT
     
    wow....its quite a terrible thing... the only thing that matters is your all safe....you can paint more. I think you have a good attitude and wish you all the best. take good care and look to the future. best regards, Elizabeth
    Anna L. Conti
    June 16, 2005   09:42 PM PDT
     
    Oh my god, I had no idea it was so bad! you seem to be taking it remarkably well.

    It will be interesting to see how this affects your work in the next few years...

    The plant is a Passion vine... they come in many colors and often bear little kiwi-like fruits. I have a pink one on my patio.

    Anne Cox
    June 16, 2005   11:55 AM PDT
     
    Dear R... Oh my. What a dramatic surprise. Yet you can find the sweet education in it somehow, and we will all benefit from what you can tell us about it. Think upon flowers now: Down here in Atlanta I grow those flower-vines (Passiflora Incarnata) by the tens and twenties. They come up everywhere... nuthin' can stop 'em.
    They even make a sweetish yellow fruit. So hail to our growing, and burning, Nature, so powerful...
    bonnie jean woolger
    June 15, 2005   01:32 PM PDT
     
    Oh my...I did not quite know what to invision it is clear than John and kitty being safe is something to be thankful for! Hang in there I know it is sad.
    Marja-Leena
    June 14, 2005   11:03 PM PDT
     
    So sorry about your losses! Keep up your spirits, as you have.

    That's a passionflower - heavenly scent isn't it?
     

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