Tonight would have been fun, different. We would have sat outside on the deck under the string of soft yellow lights substituting for stars, and watched the hummingbirds quarrel without apologies. I would have thanked you so much for the day you spent working so hard to put a small roof over the table where we can sit now even when it rains. Adding that roof was something I always wanted to do, and you would’ve known how much I wanted to sit outside last Saturday when the temperature would have melted ice cream slower than any day in the past month. So you came home with a surprise of lumber in the truck we would have bought together after we decided we needed a four-wheel drive, and you measured, sawed and hammered while I made lunch and then the dinner we would have eaten together on this deck we built a million years ago when we believed a night like this would have been just one of thousands.
I currently live in Greenwood, Indiana. I love to listen to music, books on CD, podcasts or NPR as I work in my studio. My favorite artists are Andrew Wyeth and Edward Hopper. I love poetry, but only the good stuff that isn’t so abstract I can’t understand it. Abstraction better lends itself to visual art, I think. Stephen Dunn is my favorite poet. He’s said just about anything that can be said about the inner workings of the heart and mind. My favorite novel is Atonement by Ian McEwan. My all time favorite band is The Cure. I love science, and anything that relates to how the mind works. I don’t believe in the supernatural. If I could meet anyone in the world, it would be Richard Dawkins or Steven Pinker. If you don’t buy my art or read my poetry, buy one of their books. It will enrich if not change your life. My favorite things to do are hiking, kayaking and camping. My favorite food is so common, I’ll keep you in suspense (It starts with a P). I prefer chocolate to vanilla. Green is my favorite color. I have an aversion to planning or scheduling of any kind, and I live for spontaneous adventures! Telephone conversations make me anxious, and I avoid them at almost all cost. I had a happy childhood. I’m having a pretty fantastic adulthood. I have every intention of seeing my 100th birthday, after which I will happily relinquish my guts to the future of medicine.
Cheers! ~DeMaris
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