We said good-bye to 2009 with a blue moon ski and a few glasses of Glühwein, as pictured ever-so-poorly below

Wir haben uns von 2009 verabschiedet mit einem Schilauf bei Vollmond (Ein Blue Moon ist der zweiter Vollmond eines Monats)und ein paar Gläßchen Glühweins wie unten geschildert.

Die Schuld liegt bei dem Glühwein

blame it on the glogg

It’s not that 2009 was an awful year. We fought big development, and won. We created sculptures. Dogie was not attacked by a pit pull in 2009 and we were able to enjoy the yard we planted in 2008. But still, it was taxing, and I am looking forward to this bright new decade.

Ehrlich gesagt, war 2009 nicht so schlimm. Wir haben den Großbauunternehmer gekämpft und gesiegt. Wir haben Kunst gemacht. In 2009 wurde Dogie nicht angegriffen und wir durften unserem Garten, den wir in 2008 gepflanzt haben, genießen. Aber trotzdem was er ermüdend und ich freue mich auf das nagelneue Jahrzehnt.

2010 begann mit einem Spaziergang mit Dogie im Park

2010 started with a walk in the park with the d-o-g

Nur wir und die Enten…

Just us and the ducks…

Nachmittags gingen wir auf einen Spaziergang für uns, bei einem Lieblingsort

In the afternoon we took a walk for us, at one of our favorite places.

und haben die Einsamkeit genossen

and enjoyed the solitude

i hope you have a 2010 full of friends, laughter and a bit of solitude

ich hoffe euer 2010 wird mit Freunde, Freude and ein bißchen Einsamkeit gefüllt

Jonathan Coulton makes me want to go on a road trip, just so i can listen some more….

Life is busy and life is fabulous, but if you take the attitude that life is a fucking pain in the ass, well hello welcome to the world you’ve created.
Selina Maitreya (via A Photo Editor)

Thank you, everyone, for your kind thoughts. Diane was a very good, and outrageous, person.

After using up most of our vacation time on sculpture, we managed to escape for the Utah holiday weekend and attend BIFF! Honestly, we only made it to one of the movies – the truly awful “Lady Gangster” – and spent most of our time visiting with friends and hiking. Just what we needed.

Nachdem wir unser Urlaub auf Skulptur verbracht haben, durften wir der Stadt über den Utah-Feiertag entfliehen um BIFF zu besuchen. Ehrlich gesagt, sahen wir nur einen Film – der furchtbare “Lady Gangster” – und haben die meisten Zeit mit FreundInnen und beim Wandern verbracht. Genau was wir gebraucht haben!

Over the past 4 years, many walks have resulted in “Oh, Hey! There’s Diane!” moments. Dogie, or “Big Red” as Diane calls him, perks up at the sight of Diane, with or without Traffic and Sweet Pea. Picking up the pace and shuffling across the street to meet her, she graciously changes her path to meet the oh-so-particular desires of the D-O-G. The “great pit bull attack of 2008′ occurred in front of her house, and she jumped to the occasion, turning the hose on Dogie’s attacker.

It’s no surprise then, that Sunday at an event up at Alta, I walked into a room of acquaintances and thought, “Oh, Hey! There’s Diane!”. No surprise, except for the fact that this was a memorial for her. Diane was diagnosed with metastatic pancreatic cancer about two and a half months ago and died on July 2. Way too soon. Way too fast.

Shit.

Two and a half months ago, we ran into Diane on a walk. She told us the news. “We have to get together soon!” Three to six months was the diagnosis. She went out of town, we worked on sculpture. Shawn saw her on another walk, she had decided to do chemo, “drag it out” she said, as only Diane could. “Dinner, soon!”

Soon didn’t get here before too soon did.

Shit.

Tut mir leid, ich schaffe es nicht das ganze zweimal zu schreiben. Lebe! Lache! Liebe!