( If you're about to do something complicated and potentially dangerous, ask yourself, would this make a good Wile E. Coyote cartoon? If the answer is yes, stop, and call a contractor instead. )

I'm totally late, and I can't leave the driveway. The dancers have surrounded the car. The ballerinas stretch their long legs and ease their bodies backwards in graceful arcs. Miranda shrieks with delight from her car-seat and chants "Beautiful! Beautiful! Beautiful!" as each dainty form passes her window. Their arms float up and down ( Read more... )

He loves me and he brought me an embarrassment of utterly beautiful Japanese printed and woodblock print patterned art papers, AND an exquisite gold inlay barrette.

After starving for seven days, I must say, he's absolutely delicious.

My dad, a dealer in vintage paper, is sending a bunch of less-saleable stuff to auction. He's letting me go through a bunch of boxes of old postcards before he puts them up, to keep what I like for art or whatever. There are many that I don't think I'll use in my art, or keep for Miranda, but that I still think are charming. Old scenic cards ( Read more... )

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( More than you ever needed to know about the wildlife on my deck )

The tickets for the Conference On International Morals were expensive, but this year it was held in San Francisco, so I wouldn't have to pay for an airfare, and the topic was Peace. I really wanted to attend. nj took care of the baby while I went to the conference. ( I was looking forward to meeting all the world leaders that were attending, and was also pleased to hear that many of the world's Super-Ego-Models would be there. )

Robyne has told the family about her uterine cancer. She's already prepared her room for her recovery just so, with everything she'll need, so she can put the least stress possible on her abdominal muscles while they heal, and still be home, with her things, in her sunny room. It's about a month into the future. My sister has scheduled her ( Read more... )