Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Mrs. L.V. Hull

L.V. Hull


So I read today that her work is being- at last- noticed! 
A show this year at the Lauren Rogers Gallery. Collectors are beginning to sell it.
Not me.  Kosciusko isn't on the way to anything I'm aware of.  When I went to visit Mrs. Hull, I always drove up with that year's cache of Mardi Gras beads, and came away with a carload of art (including cafeteria plates and c.d.'s--she painted on everything). But it was all incidental to the experience of Mrs. Hull. I couldn't part with a thing. She loved company- and why not stay awhile, when you've bothered to make the trip to Kosciusko? 
Kosciusko's other "native daughter" is Oprah Winfrey, by the way, and Mrs. Hull didn't have much good to say about her. Never got to the bottom of that. The last time I visited, she was on oxygen most of the time, and I ran a few errands... changed light bulbs, made a grocery run for her. 
She died in April of 2008. I found out the day of her funeral, too late to make it, so I made these little altars around my house. Just found these images tucked away in a backup hard drive. 






From YouTube: 'The Artist LV Hull'

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Navigating the Choppy Waters of Medicine, Insurance & Law: An Occasional Adventure

Quoting chapter & verse from my recently updated website:


"Lisa, as of summer 2011, is on sabbatical, after a dust-up with a drunk driver on I-10 (well, two drunk drivers). "Sabbatical" is an awfully civilized term for simply not being able to do the things that are self-defining… Photography, running, kayaking, in my case (yes, this is Lisa- first person). I'm told I am not much fun to be around as a convalescent, so expect a very motivated Physical Therapy patient- and a speedy return to normalcy- or what passes for it here-the fun kind!
There's a link to my blog on this site, and we'll keep you posted there- maybe even put up some of the personal work I don't usually have time to play with. Stay tuned..."

So you made it to the blog...
Let's begin at the beginning. I like my attorney & his staff a lot, but his building- well, the building just rocks:

Convenient Gulfport beachfront location

One-stop shopping!
Well-appointed offices.

Thirsty work, this. I keep it to iced coffee. Salute' is on first floor.


Immediate Attention-getter