it's wickedly hot here. i suspect this happens every summer and, every summer, i announce that it's never been so unbelievably hot. this year, tho', it's true. plus, the humidity. it's dramatic, y'know, the difference between 95 degrees (fahr) + high humidity and 95 degrees w/o humidity. anyway. it's sultry. and not in the good way. we even skipped ( Read more... )

has anyone else (reading this journal) read kazuo ishiguro's latest? at least i think it's his latest. Never Let Me Go. anybody? and if so, thoughts? reactions? likey? no likey? i've got about 20 pages left. love to discuss... anyone?

friends, we are having a tried and true, real deal, hip hoppin', loud as anything thunderstorm. most of you (all of you? i don't know. i don't really know who reads this anymore! after all my hiatuses...) know that i'm a genyooowine thunderstorm lover. must be those indiana roots. we'd get doozies out there in flat as a pancake cornfield country. ( Read more... )

i forgot to mention the yogurt! i've mentioned this before, but it was a while ago. so i'll wax rhapsodic for a few minutes. this country takes yogurt to previously unimagined heights. my recent discoveries are:

framboise violette (raspberry violet),

cerise mimosa (cherry mimosa),

and my personal favorite:

litchi rose (lychee rose ( Read more... )

one way or another i've gotta get my posting chops back into at least semi-regular posting condition. 2 months, i think it's been. that's plenty long. no, that's too long. the longer you go, the harder it gets. right? 'cause the impulse is to bring everyone up to speed on everything and, well, for 2 months to go by that would require an entirely ( Read more... )

that meme thingie put 2 blank spots where there should've been albums! the first blank spot should be Kate Bush, The Kick Inside which, if we're going chronologically (not in terms of album chronology, but in terms of when they appeared in my life), should come before Hounds of Love.

the second blank spot should be Opal's Early Recordings which, ( Read more... )

okay. i never, i mean, i really never do the memes. not because i have any particular problem with them. just because ... i don't know ... they don't really call to me. but this one! i couldn't help myself. and, as others have said, i could've gone on and on and on! so here it is. it starts sort of chronologically. think 7th grade for the first ( Read more... )

okay, i'm not ordinarily a links poster, but this is so cool that i had to!

check it out.

http://www.impactlab.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=7567

earlier today the doorbell rang. it happened at right around mailtime which is always exciting 'cause sometimes it means a package. and indeed. it meant a package. a nice, slim, square box from amazon.com. addressed to me (me!) and i wasted no time in tearing it open which revealed The Three Questions, a beautifully written and illustrated ( Read more... )

i just got the most maaahvelous pkg number one from my super wonderful el fabuloso surly spring faery. thank you faery! i love every single thing that is in that package. the funky folksy-primitive fabric creature, the frog/toad note cards (love 'em!), and that necklace! perfect faery fare. thank you. you made my day, you sweet thing.