Sara Kirschenbaum

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  1. Hawaii!

    posted Thursday, Jan 26th, 2012 at 3:38pm

    Photographs from the Big Island

    2 comments

  2. The Last Stretch of Construction

    posted Monday, Dec 12th, 2011 at 11:15am

    Color selection and an open house.

    1 comment

  3. Siding And Paint

    posted Sunday, Nov 13th, 2011 at 9:03pm

    siding and paint come to the little house.

    2 comments

  4. Thinking About Color And Posterity

    posted Thursday, Nov 03rd, 2011 at 4:56pm

    Moving towards completion

    1 comment

  5. Windows Roof and Driveway

    posted Tuesday, Oct 25th, 2011 at 1:51pm

    Looking like a house!

    2 comments

  6. A Trip to Cental Oregon

    posted Friday, Oct 21st, 2011 at 10:56pm

    Sara and Christina revel in Central Oregon

    4 comments

  7. Movin' On Up

    posted Thursday, Oct 13th, 2011 at 6:03pm

    The house continues to grow.

    1 comment

  8. The Walls!

    posted Thursday, Oct 06th, 2011 at 11:39pm

    The walls go up on my ADU!

    2 comments

  9. The Pour!

    posted Sunday, Oct 02nd, 2011 at 12:46pm

    A foundation is poured.

  10. Ditches, Sheds, And Arbors, Oh My!

    posted Thursday, Sep 22nd, 2011 at 10:32pm

    The house begins to take form...

    1 comment

  11. New House Update

    posted Thursday, Sep 22nd, 2011 at 9:56pm

    How long does it take to build a house?

  12. Brooklyn Walk

    posted Tuesday, Sep 06th, 2011 at 8:23pm

    Sara takes a walk in Brooklyn

    3 comments

  13. My Garden

    posted Wednesday, Aug 31st, 2011 at 12:12pm

    A garden grows

  14. June & July's Quilt Squares

    posted Tuesday, Aug 09th, 2011 at 8:46pm

    A few more squares...

  15. A Sublime And Ridiculous Trip Part II

    posted Tuesday, Aug 09th, 2011 at 2:35pm

    The East Coast trip continues...

    3 comments

  16. A Sublime And Ridiculous Trip

    posted Tuesday, Aug 02nd, 2011 at 5:54pm

    Snapshots from Sara's trip to Maine, NY, and Connecticut

    3 comments

  17. A Good Memoir

    posted Tuesday, Aug 02nd, 2011 at 1:21pm

    Ann Hood outlines ten key characteristics of successful memoirs and essay collections..

  18. The Quilt Project Progresses

    posted Monday, Jun 20th, 2011 at 10:17pm

    The latest six quilt squares and an adorable photo.

    2 comments

  19. In Process

    posted Tuesday, Jun 14th, 2011 at 1:20pm

    Sara takes a lot of pictures.

  20. Fleeting

    posted Tuesday, Jun 14th, 2011 at 1:05pm

    Sara wrestles with cracks

  21. Affirmation

    posted Tuesday, May 24th, 2011 at 11:47am

    An affirmation arrives in Sara's inbox.

  22. Sacred Work

    posted Monday, May 16th, 2011 at 1:32pm

    Iconography revealed

  23. Manhattan, North To South

    posted Monday, May 16th, 2011 at 9:50am

    Sara walks Manhattan, north to south.

    3 comments

  24. A Quiet Peace Action At Ground Zero

    posted Tuesday, May 03rd, 2011 at 6:13pm

    Sara finds courage and her peace activist heart.

    2 comments

  25. A Sorry Looking Quilt Square

    posted Monday, Apr 25th, 2011 at 7:59pm

    Scrawl

  26. Here We Go!

    posted Saturday, Apr 23rd, 2011 at 11:10pm

    Sara builds a house

  27. New Essay: Sweet Phoenix

    posted Thursday, Apr 14th, 2011 at 12:18pm

    Making Lollipops

  28. Made 8 New Clay Pieces This Week

    posted Thursday, Apr 14th, 2011 at 10:43am

    Yet more hands...

  29. More Palette Portraits

    posted Wednesday, Apr 13th, 2011 at 10:48pm

    A very blue rainy night...

  30. New Photography Section!

    posted Wednesday, Apr 13th, 2011 at 6:23pm

    Listening to drawings whisper to each other...

  31. The First Stitch

    posted Monday, Apr 11th, 2011 at 1:11pm

    Sara begins a big embroidery project.

    3 comments

  32. Palette Bonanza 2011

    posted Thursday, Apr 07th, 2011 at 5:14pm

    A beautiful palette

  33. New Section In My Drawing Gallery: Recycled Drawings

    posted Wednesday, Mar 02nd, 2011 at 12:04pm

    Where do bad drawings go?

  34. Glazing Tiles

    posted Wednesday, Mar 02nd, 2011 at 12:00pm

  35. Getting Back To The Drawing Studio

    posted Monday, Feb 28th, 2011 at 5:40pm

    Fish oversees contour drawing

    1 comment

  36. Sara Kirschenbaum's books are available

    posted Tuesday, Feb 22nd, 2011 at 9:57am

    Five books are currently available.

  37. Spoons

    posted Tuesday, Feb 22nd, 2011 at 9:46am

    Holding spoons

  38. More Slab Work

    posted Tuesday, Feb 15th, 2011 at 2:26pm

    Slab work in the clay studio

  39. Spring Sprung

    posted Tuesday, Feb 15th, 2011 at 2:18pm

    Very beginning of spring.

  40. Slab Work

    posted Monday, Feb 07th, 2011 at 3:09pm

    Slab work

  41. Painting Again

    posted Monday, Feb 07th, 2011 at 3:02pm

  42. A Writer's Nightmare

    posted Thursday, Jan 27th, 2011 at 3:43pm

    Sara has a bad dream.

    1 comment

  43. My Medium Is Not Biting

    posted Monday, Jan 24th, 2011 at 3:58pm

    The ducks refuse to be part of the art.

  44. Leonard Dankmar Weil Program Resurfaces

    posted Monday, Jan 24th, 2011 at 10:55am

    The program for Leonard Dankmar Weil\'s play has resurfaced from the mists of time.

  45. Outer Island Reading on YouTube!

    posted Monday, Jan 10th, 2011 at 11:35am

    Link to the NYC Outer Island Reading.

  46. Recent Publication

    posted Tuesday, Jan 04th, 2011 at 12:46pm

    I've been published in The J Journal - the literary journal of John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

    1 comment

  47. A New York Debut for Outer Island

    posted Tuesday, Jan 04th, 2011 at 10:27am

    Leonard Dankmar Weil\'s NYC book release

    2 comments

  48. Leonard Dankmar Weil's Book Launch

    posted Monday, Jan 03rd, 2011 at 4:09pm

    Leonard Dankmar Weil's book is launched into the world.

  49. A New Medium!

    posted Monday, Jan 03rd, 2011 at 2:13pm

    Sara Kirschenbaum draws in the medium of ducks.

    3 comments

  50. Outer Island Now Available!

    posted Saturday, Dec 04th, 2010 at 9:27pm

    Outer Island by Leonard Dankmar Weil is now available

    1 comment

  51. Two New Artists Share Their Palettes

    posted Thursday, Nov 18th, 2010 at 12:24pm

    Sara gets to photograph in the studios of two wonderful painters.

  52. Outer Island Tidbit

    posted Tuesday, Nov 09th, 2010 at 10:29am

    Outer Island memoir

  53. Outer Island Treasure

    posted Monday, Nov 08th, 2010 at 11:59am

    Finishing touches on the book!

  54. Save The Date - December 3, 2010

    posted Friday, Oct 29th, 2010 at 2:49pm

  55. Self-Reflection

    posted Saturday, Oct 23rd, 2010 at 8:36pm

    Marie Blanchard creates a self-portrait

  56. Outer Island is Coming Along

    posted Friday, Aug 27th, 2010 at 11:36am

    Outer Island nears publication.

  57. Lost and Found Kirschenbaums

    posted Saturday, Jul 10th, 2010 at 11:04pm

    Off and running with re-found works

  58. Fourth Lost and Found Blog Post

    posted Monday, Jun 28th, 2010 at 12:39pm

    Goat topics by Leonard Dankmar Weil.

  59. Second Lost and Found Post

    posted Monday, Jun 14th, 2010 at 2:50pm

    Contents of the Old House

    1522 comments

  60. Spring

    posted Monday, Jun 07th, 2010 at 5:24pm

    Ode to Spring

  61. Going Blurb Crazy

    posted Friday, Jun 04th, 2010 at 3:25pm

    Two new Sara Kirschenbaum Blurb Books available.

  62. The Lost and Found Series is Launched!

    posted Wednesday, Jun 02nd, 2010 at 5:25pm

    Salvage from the Sea

  63. More Beach Pictures

    posted Thursday, May 27th, 2010 at 11:43am

    Beach photos revisited.

  64. A Summer of Lost and Found

    posted Tuesday, May 25th, 2010 at 12:15pm

    Sara starts a new weekly feature for the summer of 2010.

  65. The Last of the Italy Pictures

    posted Thursday, May 13th, 2010 at 11:15am

    Pictures of my Italy trip

    1 comment

  66. Italian Produce

    posted Thursday, May 13th, 2010 at 10:41am

    Italian produce

    1 comment

  67. Itinerary

    posted Monday, May 10th, 2010 at 2:39pm

    Found notes on my 7 days in Italy

    1 comment

  68. Folds

    posted Monday, May 10th, 2010 at 11:10am

    Sara revels in marble folds

  69. The Mediterranean!

    posted Monday, May 10th, 2010 at 10:06am

    Sara finally gets to dip into the beautiful waters of the Mediterranean.

    1 comment

  70. New Italian Palettes

    posted Friday, May 07th, 2010 at 8:54am

    Sara spots palettes in Florence

  71. Back From Rome!

    posted Wednesday, May 05th, 2010 at 4:54pm

    Sara goes to Italy!

    1 comment

  72. In Rome

    posted Friday, Apr 30th, 2010 at 12:33pm

    Sara is in Rome

  73. Waylayed

    posted Saturday, Apr 24th, 2010 at 5:09pm

    A trip to Newport

  74. A Well-Tempered Palette

    posted Friday, Apr 16th, 2010 at 3:22pm

    A palette portrait

  75. New Commentary: Obama is my Daddy

    posted Thursday, Apr 15th, 2010 at 2:32pm

    Obama makes history with his plan to limit the spread of nuclear weapons.

    2 comments

  76. New Drawings

    posted Wednesday, Apr 14th, 2010 at 1:42pm

    My drawing process

  77. New Pottery Pieces

    posted Wednesday, Apr 14th, 2010 at 11:56am

    New Pottery

  78. Another Good Day At Hipbone

    posted Thursday, Apr 08th, 2010 at 5:25pm

    A Good Day at Hipbone Studio

  79. My Mom Turns 80!

    posted Thursday, Apr 08th, 2010 at 4:38pm

    A party for Sue

  80. A Palette Bonanza

    posted Tuesday, Apr 06th, 2010 at 7:46pm

    A Palette A Day

  81. Rebuffing a Bridge

    posted Tuesday, Apr 06th, 2010 at 6:57pm

    Williamsburg Bridge Walks

  82. Picking Raspberries

    posted Tuesday, Apr 06th, 2010 at 10:56am

    Picking Raspberries in the dark

  83. Where All Bad Drawings Go...

    posted Thursday, Mar 18th, 2010 at 9:40am

    Using drawings as mulch in the garden

  84. Here's What A Good Day At The Drawing Studio Looks Like

    posted Monday, Mar 15th, 2010 at 4:10pm

    Sara reconnects...

  85. This Is What A Bad Day At The Drawing Studio Looks Like

    posted Monday, Mar 15th, 2010 at 4:07pm

    Lousy drawings

  86. Multnomah Art Center

    posted Monday, Mar 15th, 2010 at 3:56pm

    Working in the company of greats

  87. Last "Random Chapter" of Home Sweet Nuthouse!

    posted Monday, Mar 15th, 2010 at 3:47pm

    A Chapter from Home Sweet Nuthouse

  88. Low Battery

    posted Monday, Mar 08th, 2010 at 11:33am

    Sara draws in the dark

    1 comment

  89. New Ceramic Delights

    posted Monday, Mar 01st, 2010 at 12:03pm

    Sara looks around the pottery studio...

    1 comment

  90. More Pottery Class Photos

    posted Tuesday, Feb 23rd, 2010 at 11:55am

    More beautiful work around me at the Multnomah Art Center

  91. Sometimes In Life It Is Time To Call It Quits

    posted Tuesday, Feb 23rd, 2010 at 11:14am

    Sara throws in the towel

    1 comment

  92. Now The Palettes Are Coming To Me!

    posted Tuesday, Feb 23rd, 2010 at 9:55am

    My collection of palette portraits keeps growing!

  93. Another Pottery Class; More Dazzling Distractions

    posted Tuesday, Feb 16th, 2010 at 2:52pm

    Another morning's worth of photos

  94. More Palettes

    posted Tuesday, Feb 16th, 2010 at 2:25pm

    More palette portraits

  95. Having Trouble Concentrating...

    posted Thursday, Feb 11th, 2010 at 3:43pm

    Sara marvels at the beauty around her.

  96. Sara's New Photobook: Ocean,Ocean

    posted Tuesday, Feb 09th, 2010 at 2:10pm

    A five-year photo study of water.

    1699 comments

  97. New Series?

    posted Wednesday, Feb 03rd, 2010 at 10:24am

    Sara launches a series of palette portraits.

    2 comments

  98. The Launch of My New Book: "Ruined"

    posted Tuesday, Dec 08th, 2009 at 11:35am

    Sara produces a new collection of photographs.

    1 comment

  99. A Trip to Breitenbush

    posted Monday, Nov 30th, 2009 at 10:31am

    Our Autumn trip to Breitenbush with lots of photos

    1 comment

  100. Another Good Day at the Pottery Studio

    posted Friday, Nov 20th, 2009 at 11:13pm

    Sara gets back on track at the pottery studio.

  101. Spiffed Up Sea Life and Loves

    posted Wednesday, Nov 11th, 2009 at 6:34pm

    Creative Nonfiction by my grandfather, Leonard Dankmar Weil.

    4 comments

  102. Oil Painting Again?!

    posted Thursday, Oct 29th, 2009 at 2:13pm

    She takes the oils out...

  103. In Pursuit of Garbage

    posted Thursday, Oct 29th, 2009 at 11:35am

    Sara's newest garbage picture

    1 comment

  104. Welcoming Fall

    posted Tuesday, Oct 27th, 2009 at 3:13pm

    A luscious walk in the Colubmia Gorge.

  105. New Camera!

    posted Wednesday, Oct 21st, 2009 at 5:40pm

    Sara delights in her new camera...

  106. Moldy Photobooth Pictures

    posted Tuesday, Oct 06th, 2009 at 10:31am

    Sara adds a new section of photographs - the resurrected pheonix of ruined photobooth pictures

  107. Sara is on Smugmug

    posted Wednesday, Sep 16th, 2009 at 3:18pm

    Willowbrook photos available on Smugmug

  108. A Cousin-Fest!

    posted Monday, Sep 14th, 2009 at 11:15am

    The Brandt-Rauf's and the Kirschenbaums and the Bedell get close.

  109. More "What I Did this summer"

    posted Thursday, Sep 10th, 2009 at 4:03pm

    Sara ventures into the radical Michigan countryside...

  110. New Green and Brown Reflections

    posted Tuesday, Sep 08th, 2009 at 4:03pm

    A new batch of water pictures

  111. A Pre-Demolition Photo Jaunt

    posted Thursday, Aug 20th, 2009 at 1:51pm

    A trip to old haunts; Sara visits an old house in its last days.

  112. A Surprise Trip to Outer Island

    posted Tuesday, Aug 18th, 2009 at 10:57am

    A fiftieth birthday present from Sue - a trip to Outer Island

    3 comments

  113. I Can Turn Fifty Now...

    posted Saturday, Aug 01st, 2009 at 5:07pm

    Sara completes a sprint triathlon.

    1 comment

  114. Full Distraction Living

    posted Monday, Jul 06th, 2009 at 11:44pm

    Sara discovers a new radical code of living...

    1 comment

  115. Best Kept Sacred Secret

    posted Monday, Jun 29th, 2009 at 10:43pm

    Sara relishes a visit to her old haunts in Ohio with special kudos for the Serpent Mound.

    1 comment

  116. Hope Springs Eternal

    posted Wednesday, Jun 17th, 2009 at 12:18am

    Sara's decimated photobooth collection is replenished

  117. Annie "Promotes"

    posted Tuesday, Jun 16th, 2009 at 12:07am

    Annie graduates from middle school!

    2 comments

  118. Sage Graduates!

    posted Saturday, Jun 13th, 2009 at 11:04pm

    Sara's son, Sage, gets his high school diploma

    2 comments

  119. A Solution for World Peace

    posted Tuesday, Jun 09th, 2009 at 3:48pm

    How is world peace like a flock of chickens?

  120. Bee Melodrama

    posted Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 at 7:46pm

    Sara confesses her ineptitude

    1 comment

  121. Detritus

    posted Monday, May 11th, 2009 at 2:59pm

    Sara find a treasure trove of detritus...

    1 comment

  122. Self-Portaits Exhibited at Blue Sky Gallery No Strings

    posted Wednesday, May 06th, 2009 at 1:38pm

    Sara exhibits moldy photobooth images

    3 comments

  123. Chickens in the Pottery Studio!

    posted Wednesday, Apr 29th, 2009 at 10:04pm

    Sara takes two chickens to pottery class!

  124. Sara on Outer Island

    posted Friday, Apr 24th, 2009 at 9:25pm

    Pictures of baby Sara on Outer Island

    2 comments

  125. Reflections on a Recession/Depression

    posted Thursday, Apr 23rd, 2009 at 4:26pm

    Leonard Dankmar Weil reflects on the great depression - insights for our time.

  126. A New Series of Self-Portraits

    posted Thursday, Apr 09th, 2009 at 1:13pm

    Sara makes the best of ruined photobooth pictures.

    1 comment

  127. The Book Coalesces

    posted Tuesday, Apr 07th, 2009 at 4:22pm

    Sara's essential tools for her project with her grandfather, Leonard Dankmar Weil.

    43 comments

  128. New Feature - A Random Chapter from Home Sweet Nuthouse

    posted Wednesday, Apr 01st, 2009 at 9:19pm

    New! Free! A random chapter from Home Sweet Nuthouse my memoir about post partum OCD.

  129. Wedding in a Week

    posted Wednesday, Apr 01st, 2009 at 2:29pm

    David and Julia get married!

  130. Leonard Dankmar Weil Himself

    posted Wednesday, Apr 01st, 2009 at 2:18pm

    Sara shows a picture of her new collaborator...

  131. Buried Treasure - Part Two

    posted Monday, Mar 30th, 2009 at 1:43pm

    Sara presents the rest of her grandfather's piece: Sea Life and Loves

  132. Buried Treasure

    posted Monday, Mar 16th, 2009 at 11:44am

    Sara discovers her grandfather's wonderful writings

    3 comments

  133. My YouTube Videos!

    posted Thursday, Mar 05th, 2009 at 10:49pm

    Sara's water-studies on YouTube

  134. My trip to NYC

    posted Thursday, Feb 26th, 2009 at 8:54pm

    A brief photo journey in NYC

  135. A Good Day at the Clay Studio

    posted Saturday, Feb 14th, 2009 at 7:40pm

    Sara offers a glimpse at her latest ceramic endeavors - one of which was doomed.

  136. A Good Day for Drawing

    posted Thursday, Feb 12th, 2009 at 3:22pm

    16 new drawings in one drawing session.

  137. How Well-Equiped Do You Like To Be?

    posted Friday, Jan 30th, 2009 at 6:59pm

    Sara ponders the cons and pros of being a tech-weenie

  138. Oops

    posted Friday, Jan 23rd, 2009 at 3:19pm

    Sara contemplates the lessons that can be learned from Justice Roberts' mistakes in front of millions.

    2 comments

  139. Day One

    posted Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2009 at 10:41pm

    Sara revels in the first day of a new day

  140. Hallelujah!

    posted Tuesday, Jan 20th, 2009 at 5:30pm

    Sara gets so excited by the inauguration that she buys an American flag!

    988 comments

  141. What Is It About Random Arrays of Food?

    posted Monday, Jan 12th, 2009 at 12:59pm

    Sara Kirschenbaum describes her fascination with arrays of food...

  142. Happy New Year!

    posted Thursday, Jan 01st, 2009 at 6:22pm

    Sara wishes everyone well for New Years and posts some photos

  143. Sue and Bernie Smile for Christmas Photos

    posted Thursday, Dec 18th, 2008 at 10:11pm

    Sue Weil and Bernard Kirschenbaum take sweet photos for Christmas 2008.

  144. Woodnymphs

    posted Tuesday, Nov 25th, 2008 at 9:23pm

    A blog post about teenagers running around in dress-up clothes in the woods.

  145. R.I.J. Robert Rauschenberg

    posted Thursday, Nov 20th, 2008 at 1:26pm

    A peek at Bob Rauschenberg's Memorial in NY.

    1 comment

  146. A Summer's Worth of New Water Photos

    posted Tuesday, Nov 18th, 2008 at 1:26pm

    Favorite Water Studies Summer 2008

  147. Time in NYC

    posted Tuesday, Sep 30th, 2008 at 10:38am

    Bernard Kirschenbaum celebrates 84 years of life

  148. First Chapter of Home Sweet Nuthouse

    posted Sunday, Sep 14th, 2008 at 5:54pm

    Memoir of Postpartum Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

    1 comment

  149. Remembering Robert Rauschenberg

    posted Thursday, Jun 05th, 2008 at 1:10pm

    Memories of Robert Rauschenberg

    2 comments

  150. Forgive Me Mothers, For I Have Sinned

    posted Thursday, Apr 17th, 2008 at 3:37pm

    Sara Kirschenbaum describes her latest mis-adventure in bee-keeping.

  151. New Pottery

    posted Friday, Apr 04th, 2008 at 2:36pm

    Sara Kirschenbaum displays her recent pottery

  152. New photos

    posted Thursday, Apr 03rd, 2008 at 11:07am

    New photos in the photo gallery

  153. I finished my book!

    posted Wednesday, Mar 26th, 2008 at 9:26pm

    Home Sweet Nuthouse draft is complete.

    1 comment

  154. Newest first

    posted Tuesday, Mar 11th, 2008 at 8:10pm

  155. Welcome to Sara Kirschenbaum's blog

    posted Tuesday, Feb 26th, 2008 at 10:58pm

    The first post in my new blog detailing my latest adventures in writing, drawing, photography and pottery.

    57 comments
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