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Gray Seattle, originally uploaded by SLV Native.

“Andy … the summer’s over. I never noticed. Did you really think you’d leave so fast.”
This isn’t exactly what it looked like today, in fact there were a few [...]

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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club @ Furia Sound Festival, Cergy-Pontoise, 28/06/2008., originally uploaded by DPC?313.

It’s been a year of no shows due to preoccupation with the boy. We’re finally breaking that with the first show we’ve [...]

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Finished The Road this evening and it was totally heartbreaking. I really need to lay off of books involving children in unbearable places. Although it was a tough read, the painstaking detail of the day-to-day activities of the father and son kept me reading on. That and the want/need to have the end of the [...]

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Desolate Landscape, originally uploaded by Caro Wallis.

Reading The Road for a book club and I have to admit this is a nice palette cleanser after the decadent, wickedness of The Other Boleyn Girl. This photograph [...]

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The husband and I just started a new blog over at Doozlife to provide a home for all of the baby-related information filling our heads. It’s a tragedy really, I had to get rid of all of the INXS lyrics, how to play the flute and the words to It’s The End of the World [...]

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The days are finally warm(er) and the boy was finally able to enjoy some time in the pool. As you can see, he’s very busy. Busy digging, busy investigating, busy pointing at just about everything (especially lights and dogs).
To add to the busy-ness, he just started walking. And by just started, I mean he literally [...]

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It’s been so long, that I almost forgot how much I enjoy hours spent in Photoshop with an idea and my tablet. Today, thanks to some serious napping on the part of the D, I was able to spend a few hours playing around in PS. I’ve realized a few things during this mini sabbatical.

I [...]

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My relationship with the online world is one of love and hate. There are so many things I love about it … inspiring people, beautiful images, amazing communities of creativity. And then so many things I hate … the idea that there is such an increasing loss of real world connectivity. The potential to miss [...]

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How’s that for a title? Besides changing up the theme to something a bit more basic (I’m a big fan of Chris Pearson’s themes). Tomorrow (hopefully, best laid plans and all) I’ll update the theme with some images of my own. I’ve been totally inspired by some of the simple, straightforward recommendations he makes on [...]

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It’s not Friday anymore and I’m not superstitious, but I do enjoy blaming any abnormality on Friday the 13th when I can. For example: a friend and I drove to a fabric store at lunch for a 10 minute peruse of their selection. I found some fantastic vinyl backed fabric (to use for an all [...]

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detroit skyline, originally uploaded by ryan.s o u t h e n.photography.

The husband and I have been having an ongoing conversation (for many years) about Detroit, from its rich history to the continuing saga of its present. It’s a conversation that ultimately leads to the topic of resurgence and more importantly if that can ever [...]

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Look, I even categorized things in case you want to skip over things you might find boring. Can you guess what I do for a living? That’s right, craft emails. Okay, no, not really, but sometimes it seems like it. It seems like I’m striving to communicate to people who don’t speak the same language [...]

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Friday marked the boy’s very first birthday and a whole year we’ve moved from starting out hoping to just keep him alive to wanting to help him satisfy that curiousity for just about everything. Especially, if it barks or is on wheels. If someone could invent a wheely, barking dog who serves bagels and cream [...]

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The Staglieno Cemetery, Genoa - Italy, originally uploaded by cienne45.

A beautiful photo from the Staglieno Cemetery in Genoa, Italy. I have a weakness for both cemeteries and funereal sculpture. Amongst the treasures here are the [...]

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spa bento, originally uploaded by Sakurako Kitsa.

What can be better than this, I ask you?

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It’s the small things. Though this weekend has been less than ideal, ending with conflict and drama, it takes a mere moment with the boy to refocus. He’s the biggest small thing of all, after all. We’re looking towards celebrating his first year outside the belly in just a couple of weeks. It’s been the [...]

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Here’s the problem: there are so many thoughts swirling around in my head that I can’t seem to focus on one for any length of time. The result is a sort of paralysis about sifting through all of the things that appear as one overwhelming mass of tasks, commitments, obligations, anxiety, emotions, worries, etc. I’m [...]

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If I stand really still, you won’t even be able to see me. See. It’s working. At this moment, you have no idea what I’m doing. I should really start using my powers for good.
Okay, so the real reason you can’t see me is because starbody.org is currently sitting being my version of the under [...]

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There are moments when it’s quiet, save for the sound of the furnace and I’m surveying the scattered bits that form our life that I have this strange feeling. Looking at toys peppering the house, tiny socks waiting to be washed, stacks of diapers and half completed projects, I sometimes feel a loss. And I [...]

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Imagine my surprise when I realized that not only did the theme I was running look good, it also has a secret benefit: random switching back to Kubrick, the default theme you see when you first install Wordpress. And as an additional bonus, not only does the theme switch, but it also displays php errors. [...]

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