I wonder if real-world excavation sites are anything like spring cleaning (notwithstanding the fact that it's autumn).  First, you decide on a place to start - a closet, a drawer, a crypt, a mound.  Today, I started in a drawer that was only half full at any given time with bric-a-brac instead of clothes.  You clear the early debris: bits and bobs ( Read more... )

My new icon is a bottle of Nostalgia, the perfume featured in Alan Moore's Watchmen, and I've chosen it because I've felt myself grow nostalgic lately, and not necessarily in a bad way.  I've thought about making it the background on my cell phone but I haven't done that yet.  I love the predominant colors, but then I've always liked dark purples ( Read more... )