Photo by my very talented partner in the
64 Shades of Wax project, Ariel Mieling.
Colors passing through us
by Marge Piercy
Purple as tulips in May, mauve
into lush velvet, purple
as the stain blackberries leave
on the lips, on the hands,
the purple of ripe grapes
sunlit and warm as flesh.
Every day I will give you a color,
like a new flower in [...]

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In honor of Halloween and my new job I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about movies regarding illness, quarantine, and general public control.  Trust me, these things are related but job is actually about doing good.  I swear– it’s all about being the hero.  Anyway, I’ve had to dig out two of my [...]

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Do you remember a few months ago when I was talking about how I really needed a perfect set of candle holders? No?  Well, I did.  Except I never found the perfect candle sticks.  I’m actually not sure these are perfect, but they’re pretty good.  I suppose a lot would depend on how stable they [...]

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Yesterday I ran the Marine Corp Marathon’s 10k (ha! tricked you with that name– just six point two dinky miles for me thank you very much) in one hour, two minutes, and 41 seconds.  Yep, it looks like the 10-min-mile is my new standard pace.
Oorah!

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No, not that kind of “tea party.”  I’ve been reading about tea staining paper for ages now, it’s almost embarrassing for me to admit to you that until this weekend I’d never tea dyed/stained paper before.  When I used to work at a craft store I’d tell people all about tea staining and how super [...]

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Part of the reason Ariel and I wanted to start 64 Shades of Wax in October is because this month is “the big draw”– a program run by the international Campaign for Drawing.  I’ve had their link over in my sidebar for a while now because their mission statement is just wonderful:
The Campaign has created [...]

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Image of Levis “Go Forth” via NotCot
Today I really, really should be prepping my lecture for a class I’m leading into the wild fields of Cedar Creek this weekend– especially since they will be actually reading my thesis!  Yikes.
What am I doing instead?  Wishing I was playing along with the Levis’ Go Forth alternate reality [...]

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What a weekend!  We were up in NYC at a friend’s wedding.  It was busy– I feel like we were going going going since about 7 AM on Friday.  This wedding was a lot of fun, though, and I was so busy catching up with friends that I forgot to take many photos.  Plus, what [...]

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“August 09” from Megan Westerby’s Flickr stream.
Licensed via the Creative Commons.
The Illiterate
by William Meredith
Touching your goodness, I am like a man
Who turns a letter over in his hand
And you might think this was because the hand
Was unfamiliar but, truth is, the man
Has never had a letter from anyone;
And now he is both afraid of what [...]

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I’m so thrilled to be one of the lucky folks who got one of the Letter Writers Alliance project’s Royal Society of Venturesome Parcels.  My first pacakged arrived on Saturday and I’m feeling inspired already!  It’s amazing to me that just getting so lovely vintage ledger paper in the mail can make me ready to [...]

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