Art of KCF: The Exorcism of KCF
The Exorcism of KCF I’m working on an artist statement related to my Kitchen Saints that will be hosted soon on an online space connected to a larger project...
Art of KCF: Dispatches from Rural MN
The Ghosts of our Past: Dispatches from Rural MN The first time I laid eyes on this group of lionesses in the Chauvet Cave of Southeastern France I felt...
Art of KCF: Stuck Like Glue
Stuck Like Glue Astonished that I had made it through a life of over three decades never having to remove wallpaper, last April I took to the internet for...
Art of KCF: When the Heat Goes Out
When the Heat Goes Out Sub-zero temperatures have a way of reminding you of the marvel of nature. Stopping and truly taking the time to observe nature often...
Art of KCF: The Tree-Huggers of the ChicFinn Cottage
The Tree-Huggers of the ChicFinn Cottage “Ya’ll aren’t tree-huggers are you?” Brian, the excavation contractor asked as he surveyed our dirt driveway before...
Art of KCF: Halloween Lady Beetles
Halloween Lady Beetles I have no empirical evidence to support this claim -- only experiential, but I'll declare it anyways-- country homes are particularly...
Art of KCF: A Much Needed Scrub
A Much Needed Scrub When the clock struck midnight on January 1st, 2021 Vaimo and I were deep into our first REM cycle. Having long given up on any fantasy...
Art of KCF: The Ghosts on Our Shelves
The Ghosts on Our Shelves A year ago to the day I was frantically trying to meet my Goodreads book challenge goal. In 2019 I had set a goal of 52 books for...
Art of KCF: Fear of Bats
Fear of Bats As an eternal fan of a scary movie type thrill, you’d think I would've been more into the bat cave exhibit I frequented annually on school field...
Art of KCF: The Ghost in the Well
The Ghost in the Well It had been three days and I’d called three different “businesses” and a neighbor before I finally talked to a human who could help us....
Art of KCF: The Haunting of the ChicFinn Cottage
The Haunting of the ChicFinn Cottage We knew we had a problem when the floor board creaked and it sounded like someone stepped on a waterbed. As the sloshing...
Art of KCF: Ritual Routine
Ritual Routine Seven months ago I doubt any of us would have thought our lives would be so significantly changed on such a collective level as is our new...
Art of KCF: Ritual Memory
Ritual Memory “I love art almost as much as I love books. It’s hard to explain how I feel when I see a beautiful painting. It’s a combination of scared,...
Art of KCF: Ritual Plan
Ritual Plan The 2021 Passion Planners have been released into the wild and as a planner it is difficult to contain my pure joy of a fresh planner. This marks...
Art of KCF: Ritual Rest
Ritual Rest You know that bone-tired, weary feeling after pushing yourself so hard all day for multiple days in a row, not sure where to fit it all in...
Art of KCF: Ritual Anxiety
Ritual Anxiety It was sadly much longer into my time on this planet than I would like to admit that I realized not everyone lives with the constant feeling...
Art of KCF: Ritual Change
Ritual Change Ten years ago if someone would have told me that I wouldn’t be the same person as I was then, I know I really resisted that notion. At 28 I was...
Art of KCF: Ritual Mantra
Ritual Mantra When stay at home protocols went into effect for many in the US in mid-March, I suspect many of us experienced major adjustments related to our...
Art of KCF: Ritual Question
Ritual Question After a lifetime in academia, I returned to the beauty of the biography about a year ago as a means to try to make sense of my new world. At...
Art of KCF: Ritual Pride
Ritual Pride As a baby queer Wednesday nights at Flannigan’s were my weekly ritual. Some weeks, we’d gather at someone’s house or apartment to pre-game and...
Art of KCF: Ritual Protest
Ritual Protest Dr. Sami Schalk, an esteemed Black feminist disability scholar tweeted out late last night a query for her Black twitter community, “How many...
The Art of KCF: Ritual Walk
Ritual Walk Vaimo and I met up for a socially distance date with her sister Jennifer on her birthday in early May. We were headed to the closest Minnesota...
Art of KCF: Ritual Meal
Ritual Meal I have this habit of listing during my writing process. Let me try to show it here. I like to create, to play, to follow a line of inquiry...