Dear Diary
sarah.achtemeier@gmail.com
Austin, TX
Artist
View from the top of Lookout Mountain - Montreat, NC
Montreat, NC (About 15 mins. outside Asheville, where we’re staying til we find a place in the city)
Well, I’m moving to Asheville, NC tomorrow.
Honestly, the hardest people to leave are the ones I work with. I can rest assured that I’ll see my friends again. But with the nursing home residents I work with through the Mobile Art Program, it’s pretty unlikely. They came into my life at the end of their lives. Which is totally devastating, but also a comforting reminder that nature is in control. That’s why I wanted to move to the mountains in the first place…. to not simply stumble upon a patch of grass here and there, but to be totally bombarded with in-your-face reminders that we are just small humans. Nature should be overwhelming. All day. Everyday.
…That was a tangent.
These people. These beautiful, old, wrinkled, dependent, patience-testing people have taught me more about myself and what I want to be like in this life than anyone or anything I have ever encountered.
On my last day at my favorite nursing home, the residents presented me with a book of their work and well-wishes. Doris told me, “Now we can tell you all day how much you mean to us, but if you just look at those paintings, they say it all. You’ll be able to tell just by lookin’ at them.”
Thank you for all the love you’ve given me, Texas.
Now I’m gonna go spread it in Carolina.
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Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty - Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man
Can’t get this out of my head, and I don’t wanna.
Taylor and I went fishing today at Mckinney Falls. Caught some baby fish.
See more photos here.
Big Boiiiii @ Mohawk!
Will Oldham Interviews R. Kelly 
“It’s all about spirit and having a connection with people. I wouldn’t be able to do the songs as long as I’ve been doing if I didn’t feel the pulse of the world. But I can feel people and I know what they want. I feel like I know how they are, because I am the people. And I just have a gift. I’m like a pastor that can go anywhere and preach—Earth is my turf. And the people have got to relate to him because where he goes, he always feel like he’s talking to that one person in the audience, but he’s really talking to everybody. And me, I’m the same way with my music. It’s not the same as going to church, but it preaches.”
Conference call with Miss Meyers’ 2nd & 3rd graders today. Discussing what life is like as an artist. :)
Iowa state vs. UT
Farm boys got whooped.
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