what is a floordrobe?

n. A pile of discarded clothes on the floor of a person's room. [Blend of floor and wardrobe.]


found on word spy.
image snatched from here.

bats and swallows blog

i feel sad i haven't been able to keep up with my blog as usual as of late. i want to give you something to try to make up for it. this is a pretty lovely place, and so is airform archives, a place i've been wanting to share for a while. and then there's woolgathersome, which i've mentioned in the past, all lush with stuff. wish i had more time to knock around there.

aren't there better things to do?

Scientists breed world’s first mentally ill mouse

lisa kokin– an artist after my own heart and self proclaimed "anthropomorphologist"

lisa kokin's online portfolio is brilliant. her pieces are made with found materials and sewn photographs and buttons and things. and then there's the matter of her "dogumentary" entitled "heavy petting," in which she fashions several wonderful costumes for her chihuahuas and takes them out for walks and to parties and museums. i guess you probably have to be a dog person to get the maximum amount of enjoyment out of it, and particularly a dog person who has felt that compulsion at some point to dress up your dog. but i recommend that everyone watch this little film. it's plain wonderful.

thanks to bb for the link.

do you need a few green living ideas?

because if you do you should go straight here. i've been doing an internship with thse guys for the past month or so, writing articles like a fiend. the site went live last week, and though it will eventually be a more comprehensive site for learning about every way you can think of for living more sustainably, there are plenty of good topics to read on right now, and the best part is that some of them were written by me! except you can't tell which ones, because the articles have no bylines. my specialty is in the food and cuisine category– so almost all the ones there are mine.

but really, this is not about me. it's a little plug for a good place to visit and get good information about a good many things. the site also features "green talk radio– for down to earth information on environmental issues," and you can listen to the podcasts on everything from hastings nebraska as the greenest city in america to the future of electric cars.
now i've got to get back to writing.

there are delicacies in you

"there are delicacies in you
like the hearts of watches
there are wheels that turn
on the tips of rubies
& tiny intricate locks

i need your help
to contrive keys
there is so little time
even for the finest
of watches"

~earle birney

pictures from bastille day

the gardens at copia are a lovely place to spend your birthday,
when there's an edith piaf cover band



















and hat-sized hibiscus

















and flowering artichokes

















and your best friends, and wine, and a wacky food museum upstairs













































and eleanor