A few ideas for you… *Have you seen these Clothbound Penguin Classics for Children? *or these camera straps? *or this 2011 Calendar Poster from Sweet Fine Day? {Confession: I already bought one} *Check out Hammonds candy that looks like it came directly from the North Pole: *or a travel tea infuser. Teavana sells this one called...
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I’m months behind on sharing. Here are a few bits of inspiration for you. *I heard this song {What’s The Altitude -Cut Chemist & Hymnal} in my husband’s car the other day and, I can’t get it out of my head. The video is cheeky, but the song is good. If you like Cut Chemist,...
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Bang your drum. Glowing lights and happy Icelandic rockstars optional. It’s time to fill up the creativity well and find some time to write. Love this quote from John Updike from his introduction to The Writer’s Desk, “Writing at its inner source is a deeply comforting activity, an ordering and a purging and a bringing...
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-TOMS new fall styles are so cute. Love the corduroy and I have worn my wedges all summer. They are more comfortable than flip flops and I didn’t think that was possible. The TOMS blog has a nice September Playlist posted here. My favorite tracks are the ones from Local Natives and Mirah. -NPR posted...
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Some awesome things that were part of my weekend when I wasn’t editing or putting pony tails in Barbie hair… song: Pumped Up Kicks by Foster The People – Even my daughter goes into an elaborate dance for this one. drink: Lindemans Belgian Pecheresse {i.e. peach beer} reading: The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda...
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*I heard this old David Bowie song, Sound & Vision on WRFL driving to work on Monday. How have I never heard this song before? It is the soundtrack for the week. May we always live in a college town so that I can enjoy the quiet airspace between tracks as the novice deejays try...
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Today, the pools open around here which I take as a sign that it’s time to bring out the summer records from artists like Buena Vista Social Club, Beck, DMB, Pink Martini, Jack Johnson, Bob Marley, Al Green, Amos Lee, P Funk, Sam Cooke, G. Love, Orchestra Baobab, etcetera. I’m adding to the rotation this...
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Drinking: coffee Listening to: Regina Spektor – On The Radio Regardless of how many cds and mp3s I collect, there’s no replacing the radio. Even Pandora {while very helpful} isn’t the same. During National Public Radio’s pledge season, I start to believe their messages of why I can’t live without radio. But I like more...
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Jen Gray posted about The Bird & The Bee today and I am really {quite surprisingly} into their Hall & Oates cover album. I have never been much of an H&O fan. I mean, Man Eater scared the hell out of me as a kid because I thought it was an actual villain who was...
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Drinking: coffee at home again – two days in a row at home = happiness Listening to: Virtual Insanity – Jamiroquai {This album, Traveling Without Moving, would be in my trapped-on-a-desert-island bag.} The snow is finally melting here. I took these at sunrise a few weeks ago from a moving car. No worries, I was...
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