Probably nobody remembers that meme I did like four years ago where I promised whoever commented their own piece of "art." Whereas I can hardly consider the random, almost frenetic things I throw on paper - with generally no clear idea of what I'm doing or where I'm going - art, nevertheless people commented anyway ( Read more... )

( Three Brands of Spring )

Does anybody else examine their shopping cart of groceries for its aesthetic appeal like a weirdo every time they shop? I do. This weekend’s trip was particularly triumphant: peaches, blueberries, lemon, orange, snow peas, salmon, chicken, Greek yogurt (such a fad, but I appreciate its lack of wateriness), whole wheat bread, linguine. Bright colors ( Read more... )

I discovered an interesting blog the other day: a couple attached a small camera to their male cat’s collar and programmed it to take pictures every two minutes as he ranged about in his daily wandering. The result is a surprisingly insightful and beautiful perspective from the view of a cat. Here are a few of my favorites:

Under the porch
Under ( Read more... )

I love this!

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Today is the beginning of fake spring…meaning that temperatures are soaring up to the 50s and 60s for two weeks or so, only to (according to my own prediction) plummet back into miserable, clammy winter until April. Now, I like winter, but only in its proper time and place; once I get a taste of spring, it reawakens that hibernating ( Read more... )

I’m sitting in the Omaha airport waiting to head out to Salt Lake City! I just went through yet another lovely TSA patdown (I’m an Opt Out kind of girl), which would have been annoying except that I’m kind of used to it now and I’m happy and excited to be going to Salt Lake and the patdown ladies were more interested in examining Amy’s lovely paper ( Read more... )

In blatant disregard of the accepted winter color scheme for fashion and in celebration of the new year, today my church outfit consists of a mildly ruffley combination of sheer, floaty, peach and pink floral print blouse with equally floaty cream skirt. And tan vintage heels with thin nylons. I was feeling pretty great about this until I stepped ( Read more... )

For the first thirteen years of my life I thought the lyrics to Auld Lang Syne were "Let all the quatience be forgot..." Never mind that "quatience" isn't a word. It made perfect sense to me! (I also used to sing Jingle Bells as, "Dashing through the snow, in a one for soap and sleigh..." I never once questioned the logic of that particular ( Read more... )

I can’t seem to wrap my head around writing these days. The last few months have been so action-packed I kind of gave up halfway through at anything even resembling a chronicle of my life. I mean, usually I at least keep a running commentary going on in my head - formatted and journal-style and everything - it keeps me quite entertained. These days ( Read more... )

I was going to update my journal today, but got distracted making dinner. My degree of success in this endeavor remains to be seen, since I hate buying onions and instead begrudgingly sprinkle in a few flakes of dried ones and nearly always end up regretting it, as dried onions are horrible and strong. Also I'm using a kettle instead of a skillet, ( Read more... )