“In 2003 the first group of female cadets graduated from Iran’s police academy.”
Photo by Abbas Kowsari, in the current issue of The Paris Review.
Archive for October, 2008
One striking photo
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged photographs, writing on October 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Dostoevsky said this?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged kid, writing on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The soul is healed by being with children.
—Fyodor Dostoevsky
I can’t picture the crazy Russian, bearded and brilliant, desiring to be around children. What would he _say_ to a four year-old?
Yesterday was my birthday, [...]
Rainbow crayons for fall
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged art, Sunday school on October 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I had forgotten about this:
Remember this? You find all the broken crayon stubs, peel off the wrappers, and put them all together in a cupcake tin. I still love peeling off the wrappers-it’s so satisfying. As Louisa put it, “I like this. The teachers don’t let us do it at school.”
I actually was afraid they’d [...]
Today’s best thing: prefab houses
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged art, the City on October 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
One of my former roommates was in town from Boston, so today, with Matt, we were off to the MoMA.
It’s a rainy day here in the City.
Imperfect. I couldn’t get it without someone’s head, so I tilted the frame in frustration, and admittance that it wasn’t going to be centered.
This was made up of thousands [...]
Hallowe’en Treats
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged holidays, kids, Memory on October 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Well, I love Halloween. (I don’t love how hoochy the costumes have gotten, but that’s another post.) Candy! Crisp weather! Bonfires and hayrides and weenie roasts! (I grew up in the country.) Also, my birthday is right before Halloween, so it seems most of my childhood birthdays were related, with costume parties and gross, scary [...]
New idea: less procrastination
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged overthinking, procrastinating, to-do on October 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Yesterday and today, I had a new MO. Do a task right that moment, no waiting. Here’s what usually happens.
In the morning, I get an e-mail. Or, more like it: I start a morning with five e-mails from the previous three-six days. Each of the five is a specific task. Today’s included: proof-read and edit [...]
To-do
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged puttering, to-do, work on October 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Here are things I would like to complete before Friday morning.
1. Back a from-scratch chocolate cake for my former floormate Millard, who was ordained last weekend
2. Re-write my CV
3. Check out (as in borrow from a library) Said’s _Orientalism_ and begin reading
4. Mail three insurance forms and a thank-you note
5. Call Sprint and complain about/revise [...]
Finally!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cooking, Woo-hoo! on October 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As a lifelong (nearly) Girl Scout, I should be ashamed to admit I’m very, very excited that someone has cracked the code, and I can now make these at home. Woo-hoo!
(Found the recipe over at Once Upon a Plate.)
Stained glass and Saint Anthony
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged library, New York, saints on October 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The weather today was so crisp it beckoned. We went on a long, meandering walk, from 18th Street and 7th Avenue down to Houston and finally Lafayette. We spied strange corset art made from old chairs, packed beauty stores, endless windows of shoes, handbags, and jewels, cafes, and thousands of people. We popped into a [...]
Cove of delight
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged decorations, glitter, inspiration on October 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So many things I love…
Glitter? Check.
Tiny paper wedding cakes? Check.
Old-fashioned toys and decorations? Check.
Vintage valentines? Check.
Bayberry Cove is my new favorite webshop. It’s also inspiring me to pull out my own supplies of papier-mache, glitter, and stationery.
Oh, yes: the kinds of cakes I could make to top this!
