February 26, 2011
February 23, 2011
New hobby
The Sunday New York Times crossword puzzle!
Some other hobby's gonna have to go. But which one?
Found in a trash bag
A jacket! (Twas in with the shower curtain.)
Quilted cotton; soooo soft and cozy.
It's super 1980s-ish, with a small waist and large shoulders. It looked freakish on me but it looked awesome on my friend! She took it back to LA with her.
Yeah!!
Quilted cotton; soooo soft and cozy.
It's super 1980s-ish, with a small waist and large shoulders. It looked freakish on me but it looked awesome on my friend! She took it back to LA with her.
Yeah!!
February 20, 2011
On the High Line
"Free" grass.
It is allowed to do whatever it wants.
This so rare in the city—it makes my brain feel good to look at it.
This so rare in the city—it makes my brain feel good to look at it.
Books read in 2011
My new thing is, read actual books! (I mean, books made of paper, not audiobooks on my iPod.)
So far this year, this is what I have gotten through. All good—and all by dead people, as per the usual.
I loved the Lucia books so much I read one of them in the dark, walking home from the subway after work (it wasn't easy!)—something I haven't done since I reread Harriet the Spy a couple years ago. It reminded me of when I was a kid, when my mom would call "Supper time!" but I wouldn't want to put down my book. . .
I loved the Lucia books so much I read one of them in the dark, walking home from the subway after work (it wasn't easy!)—something I haven't done since I reread Harriet the Spy a couple years ago. It reminded me of when I was a kid, when my mom would call "Supper time!" but I wouldn't want to put down my book. . .
Hexagon UPDATE!
All joined together!
Now I just need to deal with the loose ends and crochet the border.
February 18, 2011
February 17, 2011
Old things
Are they objectively better?
Or do I just like them better?
These are old and new locker tags from my gym.
Or do I just like them better?
These are old and new locker tags from my gym.
February 16, 2011
A weird dinner
Featuring all-natural jumbo Polish hotdogs I found in the freezer!!
Plus toast, an egg, salad greens, half a cucumber, and all the condiments you want.
(You can tell Greg is an artist, can't you.)
Plus toast, an egg, salad greens, half a cucumber, and all the condiments you want.
(You can tell Greg is an artist, can't you.)
February 13, 2011
February 10, 2011
February 9, 2011
Tickets to the Met
This is what they looked like in 1961(?).
I love the stripes on the back.
This person paid $1, the day before Christmas. Or do you think that says December 2?
(Found in an old book.)
February 8, 2011
Baby blanket
For a friend.
Three sizes of granny squares! (There's a mini version not visible.)
I packed it up and sent it off to Toronto with:
Two baby hats!
One with pompom!!!!
Three sizes of granny squares! (There's a mini version not visible.)
I packed it up and sent it off to Toronto with:
Two baby hats!
One with pompom!!!!
Found
Awesome paperbacks!
The Shook-Up Generation (1958, third paperback printing 1969)—a "shocking exposé of juvenile delinquency," with an introduction by Eleanor Roosevelt. It reminds me of this (the book, not the sweater).
I'm Done Crying (1969): "THIS BOOK WILL SCARE THE HELL OUT OF YOU!" Ha haaaaaa!
Aren't books great?
The Shook-Up Generation (1958, third paperback printing 1969)—a "shocking exposé of juvenile delinquency," with an introduction by Eleanor Roosevelt. It reminds me of this (the book, not the sweater).
I'm Done Crying (1969): "THIS BOOK WILL SCARE THE HELL OUT OF YOU!" Ha haaaaaa!
Aren't books great?
My favorite chocolate in the entire world
They changed the recipe in the fall—and the new formula is really bad. Since then I have been buying up and stockpiling all the original bars I can find. For a while I had quite the cupboard full.
Tonight I ate the very last piece. I actually feel really sad!
Tonight I ate the very last piece. I actually feel really sad!
Halifax, Nova Scotia
My friend Jennifer secretly recorded this starling on her office windowsill.
Turn up the volume to hear him whistle!! (Did you know that starlings are mimics, like mynas?)
Sigh. I miss animals.
Turn up the volume to hear him whistle!! (Did you know that starlings are mimics, like mynas?)
Sigh. I miss animals.
February 7, 2011
February 6, 2011
Found in a recycling bag
"To the guys on the block, J. T. is the kid who stole the radio out of the red convertible before they could get to it. His neighbor, Mrs. Morris, declares him a first-class nuisance. His mother is bewildered —'He's just gone bad, that's all. . . Stealin' and lyin' and I don't know what all.' But all the sensitivity, responsibility, and care of which ten-year-old J. T. Gamble is capable emerges when he finds an old, one-eyed, badly hurt alley cat."
With pictures by Gordon Parks, Jr., son of photographer and film director Gordon Parks and himself the director of Super Fly (1972).
BEST EVER!
February 3, 2011
Something amazing I found in a box by the curb
The Bluejackets' Manual, 1973: "Since 1902, it has been used by millions of enlisted people—everyone from the most junior seaman to the most senior chief petty officer—as the one most valuable reference book on how to do things the Navy way."
I had no idea this existed! It's pretty fascinating.
Seamanship:
Rules of the Road:
Knots!
And FAQs:
No, the Navy cannot "cure" homosexuality.
I love books so much! They are endlessly interesting, don't you think?
