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Spam.
Hullo, loves. Sorry to devolve into advertising. I'm posting to Craigslist as well, of course, but I thought it worth asking: would you happen to know anyone who might need an affordable sublet of a furnished master bedroom in a South Philly house for the first three weeks in October? The house comes with a gorgeous kitchen, one and a half ( Read more... ) -
Sharing a good find.
If you don't yet have stretched ears, you may want to start working on that. Giovanna Coraggio on Etsy makes some magnificently dramatic jewellery: twisting piles of spirals and snakes and shells, epic little sculptures to frame your face. I purchased Serendipity at 00g in forest green instead of pink tonight, but I expect to return soon for Lost ( Read more... ) -
Exfoliating and moisturising body scrub; also brining solution.
One of my favourite regular household chores is making my own body scrub. The stuff is marvellous. I make it for my mother and sister, and they're constantly asking me for another batch. My sister even credits it with curing the highly visible stretch marks from her first pregnancy. It's both exfoliating and very moisturising, and, I'm told, an ( Read more... ) -
The fall.
I know that really it's still high summer. But in my moments of greatest content I feel the fall drawing close, waiting, filling in the spaces available to it. I hope for it. I wait to welcome it. -
Thank you, pig.
I eat fish constantly, but meat infrequently. This has much to do with availability, but also ethics. The industrial farming of livestock has been something I've been boycotting since I was fifteen, but more recently I've been wondering whether local farms that treat animals and the labourers who raise them humanely might be something I could ( Read more... ) -
Recent accomplishments.
I'm drinking a bottle of the cider I started brewing in... February? March? Cider is more like wine than beer, so you can ignore it for as long as you like and, as it will only keep improving in flavour and alcohol content, you get to feel productive the entire time. I'm not sure I'd realised quite how long I'd been ignoring it, though. I only just ( Read more... ) -
Time.
Oops! Work, as it is wont to do, is messing with my life.
Might we switch that to 8:00 on Saturday? My sincerest apologies for the switch.
Yours,
Jack -
Then onward, to the dancing girls!
Darlings ( Read more... ) -
Other islands.
I'd assumed that I was the first of my family to see Iceland. But apparently my grandparents were married while my grandfather, the naval captain, was on shore leave. He thought he had a month during which his time was his own, but the day after the wedding he was told that he had a day to get to port before being shipped back to the American ( Read more... ) -
Spirits walk.
I'm approaching a birthday as I mentioned, so forgive me if I describe the past year as somewhat epic. I've had adventures, spent my time in excellent company, filleted a great many fish, and started to learn a number of skills I've always wanted to acquire. But this year I've also stumbled into a shocking number of small tragedies: stupid, random ( Read more... )