Ellice came over late in the evening for a rice cake baking session! I taught her a recipe (see below) that was passed to me from my former roommate and best friend Gunyoung. We shared an honest conversation where we opened up to each other. It […]
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Jeni Hansen Gard – Old North Columbus – Day 19
Today after mulling over the pain I was experiencing I decided that I was going to eat alone. I am only human and today I felt I needed to set an intention with my meal and I decided it was best to eat alone. I planned and […]

Jeni Hansen Gard – Old North Columbus – Day 18
I don’t have much to say about today or maybe I have so much I am scared to say it. Either way I was able to share a grapefruit with my mom today and that was special. I think my mom and I are the only […]

Jeni Hansen Gard – Old North Columbus – Day 17
Today turned out to be a pleasant surprise. When Forrest left yesterday I told him I was going to stay at home and do nothing but write my thesis paper. Well it turns out that you can only write for so long before you can’t […]

Jeni Hansen Gard – Old North Columbus – Day 16
Change of plans:::: since a big snow storm is coming in and it would not be safe to leave tonight or tomorrow Forrest is going to leave for North Carolina this afternoon. I can’t go with him because I teach in the evening. He is attending […]

Jeni Hansen Gard – Old North Columbus – Day 15
Forrest and I are leaving to go out of town tomorrow evening so in an effort to not waste food we decided to cook up everything we had left in the fridge carrots, peppers, onion, potato, asparagus and a little sour cream. Since we had some […]

Jeni Hansen Gard – Old North Columbus – Day 14
I had a pleasant afternoon snack with Windyn today. She came over for a visit and we talked about food, husbands, cats, Columbus, and of course the dishes. We each contributed a few items to the meal and I made us both a cup of […]

Jeni Hansen Gard – Old North Columbus – Day 13
I had a studio day with lots of help from Forrest. We shared a meal midday in-between glazing and decaling pots for the pottery sale this coming week. The ceramics club SLIC has a sale every semester and the next one is coming up soon Wednesday, March […]

Jeni Hansen Gard – Old North Columbus – Day 12
I shared a lite snack (sliced pear) and a cup of tea with my new friend Mona. We met for the first time today and shared food together on the table in the gallery. Mona is also an artist and asked me to be apart of her upcoming […]

Jeni Hansen Gard – Old North Columbus – Day 11
Today I shared a meal with my studio mate Natalia. Natalia’s amazing figurative work is also in the exhibition this project is apart of. If you have not made it to Urban Arts Space to see the show I highly recommend it! The show is […]

Jeni Hansen Gard – Old North Columbus – Day 10
Today I shared a meal on campus with Liz one of the undergraduate ceramics majors. I met Liz a few summers ago when she enrolled in a ceramics class I was teaching. She has been apart of the ceramics community ever since. We had scheduled […]

Jeni Hansen Gard – Old North Columbus – Day 9
Late night dinners are becoming a bit of a habit over here. Long day are leading to long evenings. Today I decided I am going to try to move forward with this project making a genuine effort to eat with people other than Forrest. This […]