Art of KCF: Art is Home
Home is Art During the pandemic my bestie and I read Chani Nicolas’ You Were Born for This and held a two-person book group to discuss our findings. If...
Special Dispatch from Matfield Green, Kansas
I made a pot of beans the first morning of my residency and wondered when was the last time this space held the aroma simmering pinto beans. I wondered when...
Art of KCF: Art is Overpacking
Overpacking is Art Delta sent me an email welcoming me back into the air since the pandemic began. I was charmed in the way that one can be charmed by a...
Art of KCF: Painting is Dreaming
Dreaming is Painting Sometime last week I was in a beautiful dream. I had just wrapped up the last class of the semester as professor, though I couldn’t tell...
Art of KCF: Art is Death and Rebirth
Death and Rebirth is Art I wish I could give you a polished essay, as it is this brief correspondence arrives to in-boxes one day later than the arbitrary...
Art of KCF: The Sport of Art
The Art of Sport The thrum of the beat starts and most folks know exactly what’s coming next. The bass and guitar strum one after another, building momentum....
Art of KCF: One Full Year
One full year A year ago I was deep in revisions of paintings and a digital book chapter for a feminist publication celebrating the 50th anniversary of the...
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,...
