Urban Sketcher

Posted on Nov 6, 2012 in Vancouver | 0 comments

Our cat Raisin, not watching TV. (Sketched on iPad with Paper app)

This morning our cat Raisin tried to jump from the floor onto the bathroom counter. In mid-jump, she floundered, hit the counter at an oblique angle and fell back down to the floor. Needless to say, she had scared herself witless and took off like a streaker at a Whitecaps-vs-Galaxy soccer match.

It’s always surprising to me when cats are clumsy. They normally have a great sense of balance and awareness of their surroundings. So while I was amused by Raisin’s failure to negotiate her jump, I also looked at it as a metaphor. Did she lose heart and give up mid-jump? I know she can clear the counter. She’s done it many times before.

Of course I relate this to my life. Going to Berlin. Jumping into the life of an artist. Taking the leap. Don’t lose faith. If you don’t try, you don’t succeed. And so on.

But then it occurred to me: Might Raisin simply be getting a bit too old for those jumps?

Nawww…

Posted on Oct 17, 2012 in Vancouver | 0 comments

Only four more weeks to go until my trip to Berlin. I have only just begun to think about it. It does not seem real yet. But I have finished my books for the corporate year end of my design business. I have recycled old files. I am tidying up my office. I am pre-paying some bills, so I don’t have to worry about due dates. I have set up this blog.

Of course, there is also Jeff, my husband. Human relationships are not as easily checked off on a list. But he’s coming to visit me at halftime.

And speaking of halftime, maybe we’ll get to watch a Bundesliga soccer game together. It’s only about EUR 12 to see FC Hertha Berlin play from the nosebleed section! A vastly different price scale from the Vancouver Canucks and the whole NHL.

Berlin, here I come.