Since the early onset of winter, I've been really resisting the idea of staying here in this house (and Fort Collins), even going so far as to try and figure out the logistics of a return to the Bay Area to live and work. An old boss was at Dolby Labs - a great corporate HQ facility South of Market, and they recently had a network manager position posted that I might have been able to finagle a shot at.

Well, the position is gone, and yesterday I found out my colleague had been axed in a cost-cutting round. Reality check...


Rough sketch for the hotel lobby painting. 16X20.

I spent this morning cleaning the kitchen well, and preparing to get started on a new painting of a Merida (Yucatan, Mexico) hotel lobby from an old photo in my painting idea folder. This is the ideal time of the year to paint here, as the light in the side of the kitchen I use for art is fantastic. This activity has me off the negative loop of escape from here for a while, helped by the return of some semblance of fall. At least for a while...

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