Lisa Mertins’ Life Illustrated » 2008 » May

Shedding Some Monkeys Off My Back

Off on a vircation (A new word! I claim it. But how excited can I get about a virtual vacation?) to think, regroup and decide some Big Things. I’ll be back here next Sunday. Thanks to Emily Gould for a great story about her blogging experience in the New York Times which I read old [...]

The Money Tree

This illo ran Monday in the OC Register with a story about how people aren’t very financially literate. All I could think of was how my son says, “can’t you just go to the bank and get some money?” I’ve resorted to trying to starve our children out, claiming poverty. Sometimes it works…

If I were “Shot in the Butt”* I’d Fly Off Like A Rocket

The IF word this week is wide. And in the 9 months NJ and I have been back together, I’ve gained a ridiculous amount of weight. Do you know the song by the singer formerly known as Cat Stevens “Wild World?” I’m thinkin’ it would be hard for me to get by on a smile [...]

Restoring Vintage Terrazzo With Encaustic

My grandparents lived next door to the Bozzios on 6th St. in Alhambra, CA. I’m not sure if that’s how you spell their last name and I don’t know much about them but Mr. Bozio (sp?) made this terrazzo topped table back in the 1960s and gave it to Mimi and Poppy. In 1983, Mimi [...]

Art In San Juan Capistrano

My dear friend and gifted painter Craig Pursley (on the left, NJ on the right) has a one man show of his work at the Villas and Verandas gallery through June 8th. The paintings of wild areas affected by fire and their rebirth is the theme. My mom came down and sat with the other [...]