Crossed off of our Summer To-Do list so far: we’ve had sundaes, a trip to the Drive-In, a sprinkler run, pool time, park visits, dinners on the screened-in porch most nights, catching lightening bugs only to let them go, grilling out, and farmer’s market fruits and veggies. In between has been a very busy time...
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Writing you from here today. I’m still finding homes for things in the new shelves, but it’s nice to have just the keyboard and some pencils in a cup that my sister made for me. I’ve been reading What There Is To Say We Have Said: The Correspondence of Eudora Welty and William Maxwell edited...
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Summer Reading: Blood, Bones & Butter – Gabrielle Hamilton Bossypants -Tina Fey The Boy In The Moon – Ian Brown Listening: Adele – 21 Raphael Saadiq – Stone Rollin‘ Beastie Boys – Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 Matt Duncan – Beacon
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J’adore Adele. Love the black and white photography in this studio footage of her. I’m on a sabbatical from photography for clients for now. New job. New baby boy on the way. Lots of changes in the house. But this video has inspired me to get some good black and white film (TMAX is my...
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I have thoroughly enjoyed Rosanne Cash’s memoir, Composed. It is a beautiful book and you don’t need to be a fan of her music or her father’s to enjoy. I wish I could re-do the cover art. It’s a fine photograph, but even the edgy font doesn’t fit the tone of the book which is...
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Love After Love by Derek Walcott The time will come when, with elation you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror and each will smile at the other’s welcome, and say, sit here. Eat. You will love again the stranger who was your self. Give wine. Give bread. Give back...
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Have you read {or heard} poet Atsuro Riley? He is new to me thanks to an article in The Believer. Listening to him read his poems is like sitting on my parents porch in the low country on a summer night. Click here for his latest collection called Romey’s Order.
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I’m catching up on my RSS reader this morning. Lots of great discoveries to share. The Sartorialist is one of my favorite blogs. I love this video of him in action. His book is amazing too, but I’ve blogged about that before. Trish Keenan of the band Broadcast passed away this week. I’m sad to...
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*My jam this week is Giving Up The Gun from Vampire Weekend – Contra. *Love these photo calendars from Minted.com. *I received one of these personalized desk calendars from Tiny Prints for Christmas and I love it! *Been wanting to try out Paper Culture. Love their clean design. *We’re catching up on missed episodes of...
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Wild Geese by Mary Oliver You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine....
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