Crafty was extremely productive. I worked on garb for crown. My apron dress is so soft and woolly it is like a teddy bear. I am going to make ears to go with it ( Read more... )

If I had been in Live Journal on September 11, I would've posted this poem then. (It was written before the start of the war in Iraq) But it also fits for Columbus Day ( Read more... )

Here is something I've had occasion to reflect upon tonight ( Read more... )

- you know, the ones where they dug up the trees and planted them again in straight lines ( Read more... )

that I found on a wall in my friend's house. I really like it, but i don't know the author or the ending. It is part of a wallpaper collage that is cut out from magazines, so the last three lines or so are cut off. Does anyone know what they are or want to suggest what they should be ( Read more... )

FREEZING in my office. Freezing, freezing, freezing, freezing ( Read more... )

Can I just say that my interest in the Ommegang refers to the actual Ommegang, i.e. the yearly reenactment of the entry of Charles V into Brussels in 1549 (that takes place in June in the Grand Place in Brussels) and the original Ommegang, which was a Flemish religious festival, and NOT the BEER which is named after the event? I just found my name ( Read more... )

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day ( Read more... )

How do you do memories? I have one, I am reminded of it by my recent post about Ballard and the Scandinavian population of Seattle ( Read more... )

The zero on my keyboard doesn't work, neither does the close parenthesis. Neither does the J. This means that all my correspondence about O.J. that contains a smiley face will have to wait. Also I sound like an inhabitant of Ballard - old Norwegian neighborhood in Seattle, who pronounce all their j's like y's. Yust wanted to update anyone who is ( Read more... )