“Champagne Bottle” in Windell Oskay’s Flickr stream.
Licensed via the Creative Commons.
Today, a slightly cliche but oh-so-traditional poem for the new year, Robert Burns’ 1788 crowd-pleaser “Auld Lang Syne.”  In fact, until I looked up the song, I didn’t even know the lyrics.  Probably, if pushed, I could hum the tune– or at least part of [...]

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As we have discussed, I have a real problem with calendars.  A recent count revealed that I have 6, SIX calendars for 2011.  Even for me, I’m afraid this might be a wee bit too much.  This doesn’t even include all the ones that I want(ed).  So, here’s what will be gracing my walls, desks, [...]

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“Bicycle Christmas Lights” in Richard Masoner’s Flickr Stream.
Licensed via the Creative Commons.
Christmas Night
Conrad Hilberry
Let midnight gather up the wind
and the cry of tires on bitter snow.
Let midnight call the cold dogs home,
sleet in their fur—last one can blow
the streetlights out.   If children sleep
after the day’s unfoldings, the wheel
of gifts and griefs, may their breathing
ease the [...]

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“Closure” in David Goehring’s Flickr Stream.
Licensed via the Creative Commons.

Yikes, so I haven’t been checking the BashfullyDesigned email account for quite a while… sorry to those of you who’ve asked me questions, tried to send me corrections, or generally get back in touch.  I’m doing my best to dig out from ahem several months of [...]

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Some very dear friends got engaged a few months ago and, while the wedding wont be until next August, they’ve asked me to help design their Save-the-Date card and wedding invitations.  We have a mutual friend who does letterpress so she’ll do the actual printing.  I’ve got loads of time to work on this (the [...]

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“Confetti, Balloons” from Amy_b’s Flickr stream.  Licensed via the Creative Commons.
Burning the Old Year
by Naomi Shihab Nye
Letters swallow themselves in seconds.
Notes friends tied to the doorknob,
transparent scarlet paper,
sizzle like moth wings,
marry the air.
So much of any year is flammable,
lists of vegetables, partial poems.
Orange swirling flame of days,
so little is a stone.
Where there was something and [...]

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Old Times There Are Not Forgotten
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All of a sudden, my thesis is about 95% behind me.  As of about 11 AM this morning all I have yet to do is proofread, print, and submit to the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.  My goodness, it feels good and completly overwhelming.
I’ve put [...]

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“1963 Matchbox Rubbish Lorrie (Garbage Truck)” via Maggie Osterberg’s Flickr Stream.
Licensed under the Creative Commons.
To the Garbage Collectors in Bloomington, Indiana, the First Pickup of the New Year
by Philip Appleman
(the way bed is in winter, like an aproned lap,
like furry mittens,
like childhood crouching under tables)
The Ninth Day of Xmas, in the morning black
outside our [...]

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Although I have Feministing on my blogroll and consistently read Jezebel, I didn’t always quite self-define as a feminist.  I know, that is part of the problem and I need to get comfortable with what it means to self-identify as a Feminist and not be ashamed or whatever.  I know.  Thing is, recently I’ve started [...]

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