→ November 14, 2009
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Whirlwinds! Running all over and packing and getting ready to move into a new wee house with the Professor! (Who really needs a new nom de blog, by the by. He’s not really a Professor!) Very exciting and very scary too! Shhh! But, life is going faster than blogging is possible, so I have a [...]
→ September 19, 2009
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Rust wind dry grass crackle leaves woodstove smoke summoning mix! Somehow the tones of these songs make me think of crisp air, leaves crunching underfoot, fireplaces. Seadrift ♥ Arborea Don’t You Wish Your Baby was Built Up Like Mine? ♥ Texas Alexander My Daddy Rocks Me ♥ Trixie Smith Bad Blood ♥ Brownie McGhee Katie Cruel ♥ Karen Dalton Went [...]
→ August 17, 2009
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I’m about to go back to Vermont for the elflings’ shared birthday, and I realized I hadn’t shared some of the magical treasures I found last time! These letters (with the Air Mail stamp) are phenomenal – a woman is traveling around the world, and writing back to the man she refused to marry. I looked [...]
→ July 7, 2009
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I’m heading back to California today after 3 weeks in Vermont!! It’s been a whirlwind and there are one million projects and activities I didn’t get around to do – but my main goal was to work on my little cabin in the woods. I have a lot of ideas for the land I have [...]
→ June 21, 2009
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Old barn doors. Cream eyelet and Swiss champagne satin batiste. Mason jars of roses & forget-me-nots. Streamers of bright ribbon clutched by children. Tiny violinists under apple trees. Punched tin can lanterns. Sweet ancient songs sung by schoolchildren. Dancing wildly to a bluegrass band. Sweet sugary white cakes. A tiny wedding night cottage. Tealights floating [...]
→ June 19, 2009
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is it well with thee? is it well with the child? and she answered, it is well. Today was spent in part wandering this very old (for America, of course) graveyard, with graves going back to the 1700s. I was thrifting in a town near where the wedding I’m helping with is happening, so I [...]
→ June 16, 2009
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1st day of thrifting in Vermont – a good many treasures! I also found 2 big bags of clothes – paper bag waist shorts, a bow tie, sailor jeans and a striped shirt for me, & many more lovely dresses and skirts to head onward to Etsy, as soon as my sister in law succumbs [...]