Category Archives: Stuff and Things

Lady Godiva Joins the Princess Wars

Posted on April 14, 2012 by

I am oft accused of being a “one woman theme party” or “the duchess of fancy dress.”  No exaggeration:  I am actually oft accused of those things. I grew up on the precipice of the bizarre, in a house at … Continue reading →

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Temporary One

Posted on April 7, 2012 by

I received a fortune in a cookie a few weeks ago that made absolutely no sense to me at the time, but that I felt I should hang on to: I stuck it in a folder on my desk, and … Continue reading →

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Done…Another Tutorial From Hell

Posted on April 6, 2012 by

I hate to say I hate something, but as the world well knows, I HATE PEEPS. I loathe them. They are disgusting.  They are only useful as a craft supply; they are not fit for human consumption.  So if you … Continue reading →

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Simple Pleasures

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

Scintilla Prompt #8: What are your simplest pleasures? Go beyond description and into showing the experience of each indulgence  1)      Cherry blossoms at the Tidal Basin: I went to Washington over the weekend for an event, and to see friends.  … Continue reading →

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A Little Faith

Posted on March 22, 2012 by

Scintilla Project, Prompt 6: Talk about an experience with faith, your own or someone else’s. When I was at my parents’ house this past July, a number of utterly bizarre things happened.  First, in a Sauvignon blanc induced haze, I … Continue reading →

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Milk Made

Posted on February 28, 2012 by

I think there are two types of people in this world: people who drink milk, and people who don’t know what they are missing. An acquaintance of mine recently confessed that she lies about being “lactose intolerant” because she doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Nichols Canyon, Redux

Posted on February 16, 2012 by

I went to see the David Hockney exhibit at the Royal Academy early this evening.  There were a variety of reasons that I went, but the primary one was that I do love Hockney’s work, and the idea of what … Continue reading →

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Love Among the Ruins

Posted on February 14, 2012 by

…Oh heart! oh blood that freezes, blood that burns! Earth’s returns For whole centuries of folly, noise and sin! Shut them in, With their triumphs and their glories and the rest! Love is best. -Robert Browning, Love Among the Ruins … Continue reading →

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The Road to Hell

Posted on February 7, 2012 by

Oh I had such good intentions! I was going to run and write and pack and do all of the things that needed doing.  I was going to go to bed early.  Monday Meredith had prepped Tuesday Meredith for a … Continue reading →

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Pudding

Posted on February 4, 2012 by

It was our Burns Night dinner, and we had pudding.  I mean we had pudding, but not merely in the British sense of the word.  I’m talking Jell-o instant vanilla, here. I love pudding.  I love anything I can eat … Continue reading →

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