giving orders

It's the straw man who worries me. Mixed media on canvas, 22 x 28 inches. From the string series.

Donated this painting to charity last week. I would like to tell you all about their good works but honestly I don't know; C just came home and informed me that I was donating a painting to some charity auction. This seems to happen about once a month now, and it tastes a lot like the jellied sandwich meats they used to serve in the basement of the church after Sunday School, when I was a kid, with about the same amount of sweating and quivering.

This time, however, I did ask her: Will I be getting a tax receipt?

O, it's not that kind of charity, C said. It's not like charity charity.

So I'm just giving things away, I said.

Are you going to be in a bad mood all evening now? she asked.