orange crushing

She from She may be the Song Summer Sings

gave me the Liebster Award 2nd Rround.

Below are her questions 7-11 and my answers.

Me in autumn of 2006

7.    What is your favourite take-out place?

Lately it's been  Jet's Pizza.

 I also like Subway, which was where I worked

when I first turned 16.

My orange vest is thrifted.

8.    If you had the chance to change

 your name would you? And what would

you change it to?

Not anymore, because it's part of my

identity.When I was younger, I would have.

 I never could decide on what name I liked best.

Me in autumn of 2006

9.    What is the wallpaper on your cell-phone/computer?

The wallpaper on  my cell-phone is my nephew Speed Racer.

The wallpaper on my computer is a photo collage of my husband stretching and running on the beach.

my art journal page written in September 2012

Today, when I told my guy my favorite part of his body was his brain.

I said, "What would happen if you got brain damage?
Then you wouldn't be the same.
What would I do?"

He said, "Then you'd find a new part to be your favorite."

Yes, I would.

Left: Jean Paul Gaultier Fall 2012 RTW
Right: Altuzarra Fall 2012 RTW

10. Who or what inspires you?

Art, music, words, fashion, childhood, wonder, nature,

 and the 1960's inspire me

Anna Sui Fall 2012 RTW

My twin nieces Lil Bug, and EJ
My nephew Baby JJ 

My nephew Speed Racer

11. If your house was on fire and you had a

chance to grab only five things before

leaving, they would be…

1,  my laptop (it has all my music & photos)

2.  a mama remembers (a book my mom wrote in for me)

3.  the story my brother wrote me, before we moved

4.  whatever purse contains my wallet (driver's license, credit cards, etc.)

5.  my baby scrapbook with my mom's handwriting,
 baby shower cards, and wrapping paper in it.


Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!
 

brocade

 ..."She did not have dresses with lace bodices or bonnets decorated with velvet ribbon;

I'm on the left, & my friend is on the right.
We met when I was 16, in drama class.

She did not own jewels or cashmere shawls...

My mom made the brocade jacket I'm wearing.
She also made my necklace & earrings.

But Louisa knew she had something far more luxurious within reach:

Metallic Brocade BOW Pumps 1960s

 a thick stack of paper and ink in a well.

Black Silk Brocade Trousers

In the quiet of the evening she could hold
 the blotched sheets in her hands 

Red Peacock Brocade Handbag

and marvel that she had once again captured
and set down in words 

Vintage STUART WEITZMAN Brocade Tapestry Boots

the thoughts and images
that careened through her mind.

1940's Vintage Brocade Platform Shoes

 There was something deliciously permanent
 about these sentences on the page. 

Jean Paul Gaultier Fall 2011 RTW

The world could take
an awful lot away from her, 

Jean Paul Gaultier Fall 2011 RTW 

but it couldn't take those words. 

Jean Paul Gaultier Fall 2011 RTW 

As long as she had her ink, her paper, 

Jean Paul Gaultier Fall 2011 RTW 

she told herself, she was content
with her lot and yearned for nothing....

Jean Paul Gaultier Fall 2011 RTW 

...in the early morning to a pale sky
 and the whispers of raindrops....

 by Kelly O'Connor McNees

...She had never been the kind of child who kept her emotions to herself. Always wanting, yearning, for some intangible thing that she could not identify or understand, let alone strain"...by Kelly O'Connor McNees


Here's a song I like by a band called Brocade.