It doesn’t look like much now, but this is what’s been keeping me busy.  You know, I’ve been so focused on how I haven’t been doing anything artsy, that I’ve forgotten I’ve been doing something really creative– just with words and books and interviews rather than with a needle and thread or paper and glue.
In [...]

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I took more time away from this space than I’d meant to… our trip to the ER butted right up against a major thesis deadline, though I’m now 2/3 of the way through a draft (whoa), and the first rejection letter from PhD programs.
Getting a rejection letter, being busy what feels like all the time, [...]

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The Wind
by Robert Louis Stevenson
I saw you toss the kites on high
And blow the birds about the sky;
And all around I heard you pass,
Like ladies’ skirts across the grass
Oh wind, a blowing all day long,
Oh wind, that sings so loud a song!
I saw the different things you did,
But always you yourself you hid.
I felt you [...]

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Took a quick trip out to DE this weekend, I’ll post pictures and a little about the Dogfish Head brewery soon.  At the moment though, I’m tired and feeling swamped.  We spent part of our weekend in the Lewes, DE emergency room, there were EKGs and long waits for blood test results.  Everything is fine [...]

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“Coming” via Laura Mundee’s Flickr Stream.  Licensed under the Creative Commons.
To a Child
by Sophie Jewett
The leaves talked in the twilight, dear;
Hearken the tale they told:
How in some far-off place and year,
Before the world grew old,
I was a dreaming forest tree,
You were a wild, sweet bird
Who sheltered at the heart of me
Because the north wind stirred;
How, [...]

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Tatanka Stew and Fry Bread in Tilt-Shift
I’ve been admiring tilt-shift photography for a long time.  Perhaps this is because I love smaller versions of very large things (when mini-Milano cookies came out it was a big, no pun intended, event in my life).  Anyway, it is pretty tough.  You’ve got to move lenses and shift [...]

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Just a few things catching my eye around the Internets these days…

Wook Wood Working’s “Modsu Chest” via Etsy
The Saturday Shoppe’s Vintage Blue Seltzer Bottle via Etsy
“Cookie Monster Cupcake” via Nick^D’s Flickr Stream (pictured below)
“The Washing Machine“, a Poladroided photo by Anacaldas via Flickr
Barbie will finally retire, maybe, via Jezebel
Icon Glassware from Simrin Design
Everything in the [...]

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This weekend I did a quick embroidery project.  The pattern came from Sublime Stitching (this is in the Forest Friends set).  It is small, which was nice because I could get it done in about 45 minutes while waiting for Jon before we headed out for our Friday night plans.
I’ve had these hankies since the [...]

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This is not a particulary pretty soup… it isn’t even all that pretty to make.  However, I promise that if you’ll just trust me you’ll be very happy you tried.  I jazzed up the photos (in homage to Orangette) by running them through the Poladroid but it occurs to me that it didn’t do all [...]

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