After yesterdays waterlogged post, I stumbled across this images on the Thomsen Paris website. Irresistible. Shop | Twitter | Facebook Ill Seen, Ill Said by Jane Flanagan is licensed under Creative C...
When its hot out, I stand at the bus stop and close my eyes and imagine diving down deep, seaweed tickling the back of my knees, salt water all around me. Later this summer, Im bailing on Torontos so...
On my table are two books: Wittgensteins Tractatus and Maggie Nelsons Bluets. I have moments when I think they might be the two most important books I own. But then I remember Beckett and how its all...
Just a collection of summer-perfect images to cheer your Monday morning after a much-too-short weekend! Image credits: Popbar ice lollies | Bobbin bikes | Rennes purse | Ben Fiess jar from Leif | Eri...
Ive got a tonne of work to do today, so its not likely Ill get to do anything fun. But if the day were truly mine, Id head to the AGO to see the Picasso exhibit. Yesterday, I did a lot of practical c...
Good thing I didnt write this last night, cause I was in a foul mood after a foul week. But the prospect of the weekend is a little balm and, even though Ill be working, it can really only get better...
This weather, the city around me has definitely whet my appetite for green things. I started thinking about the movie Green Card. To be honest, its yonks since I saw that movie, but (like Great Expec...
Right now, I have a huge vase of blue delphiniums on my coffee table. Its such a startling hue, every time I turn around I catch my breath. Im in a "go big or go home" mood with flower arrang...
Yesterday, I set out from home, grabbed a coffee and cookie and sat in the park reading Pessoa. Then I took myself down into the ravine. It was blissfully cool down there, the shade, the smells, butt...
I do feel like a decadent reader today, blanket and basket, bound for the park! Ive been reading Pessoa this week and feel like I need to juggle him with something else. Im not able to keep my distan...
My weeks usually fly, but this one dragged and I thought at every point I was a day farther ahead than I was—a small but pinprick agony all week. But bonus rewards: Its a long weekend here in Canada!...
I seem to be at a loss about what to do for holidays this year. Its definitely the area that Id like decisions and plans made for me (lovely plans of course). Ive run out of steam for all the plannin...
Over the weekend, I made a list of things I want to buy. Ive long made these kinds of lists... what I need to complete my wardrobe, my apartment, my sorry life. When I moved to Canada, and was starti...
"an aroma redolent of fruit blossom, lemon/lime, granny smith apple and wet stone" Could there be a more beautiful description? When it comes to wine, I dont know a lot. My family are huge wi...
I buy many different lotions, potions and pigments. Its such a sweet, easy pleasure... a new lipstick or nail polish, a cream that soothes, a mask that softens. But if I had to choose my everyday ess...
It feels like the season has turned over. After a week of rain, the sun came out with a vengeance. The trees that flank the entrance to my apartment building finally burst with leaves - theyre always...
I cant believe its Friday already. This week has been such a whirligig and Ive been excited about Saturday since last Monday. Last weekend, I found a new favourite coffee shop and Im dying to hang ou...
This shade is becoming a familiar one around here... I love these coral tones that have a bit of terracotta depth to them... a murkiness rather than that more plastic coral sheen. I seem to keep circ...
Ive been reading Rilke at bedtime. Though this poem is at odds with the season outside, there are moments when I am too. And the days feel autumnal when Im tired and look up from my desk too late to ...
One of those strange weeks that simultaneously dragged and flew. But Im happy its Friday, as always! I spotted these botanical portraits in my reader this morning and was instantly smitten. This week...
I spent some lovely time at home over the weekend. I did yoga there. I arranged flowers. I made cups of tea and read books. I tidied. I wrote, sitting in front of my window, light streaming in. It al...
Yesterday was a good day. I didnt work at all... found myself in some new places in the city, happily deciding to walk another block, go for a second coffee, stop to smell the lilacs at every house w...
A little collection from my desktop. Blue and cream is always a classic combo... but I also love sparks of vivid ultramarine in the midst of all that navy and cream; the feather of that one hummingbi...
Quite by accident, I started watching Birdsong on PBS... for some reason it wasnt on my radar at all. The lovely Clémence Poésy is in it (yes, she of the biscuity complexion) and so I found myself dr...
A look back on my April Instagram reminds me of happy moments in a busy month. See bigger here. Past months: February and March. Shop | Twitter | Facebook Ill Seen, Ill Said by Jane Flanagan is licen...
Theres a certain kind of pensive sadness that Im drawn to in portraits and portrayals of women. I like that vaguely troubled, introspective look. But theres also an underlying strength to these portr...
Yesterday, I set out to stroll to the hairdressers and felt that something had ticked over in my brain. Maybe it was just the idea of a new hair colour and an afternoon freed up from work, but the we...
This one rolled around quickly, but Im glad for it as always. My week was short on sleep, high on feeling and busy with work. I didnt drink enough water. I forgot to take my iron supplements. I dodge...
I was working on a short story last night. Everything seemed to get lost in it. My main character couldnt hold onto anything and it all slid out of her hands like they were a buttered cake pan. And s...
My favourite Irish artist, and among my favourite portrait painters of all time, has passed away at the age of 95. I dont have words to tell you how sad I am. I met Mr le Brocquy once and it was one ...
You are no longer following . Undo?
English
Suomi
Svenska