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Were moving.... plus sharks!

The day has finally come when we’re saying farewell to Tumblr. It has been good to us, and we’ve enjoyed it. But now it’s time for us to experiment with other platforms. We’ve found Blogspot meets ou...

01 aug 11

Things I dont have to do

Map by Amy R —- I don’t know about the rest of you out there, but I find myself often weighted down with obligations. My life is full of great pursuits and great people, and I am so grateful for thos...

07 jul 11

30 New Things

illustration via anachronism —- Trying new things is the best way to learn and grow. We love learning, we love growing and we love newness, so we’re making a list of 30 New Things we want to do befor...

29 jun 11 1 person likes this

On Reading and Writing

Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and expand our sense of life: they feed the soul. When writers make us shake our heads with the exactness of their prose a...

09 jun 11 1 person likes this

Why pessimists make the best optimists

Maybe pessimism isn’t such a curse if multiple pessimists join forces. Somehow we pessimists turn our natural negativity around for good when we’re together. — Quick disclaimer: Be warned, this opini...

26 may 11 1 person likes this

Suggested Road Trip Playlist—Sometime s you just need a...

Suggested Road Trip Playlist — Sometimes you just need a new music suggestion. So here’s a post to get you out of your musical rut. Perhaps. Or maybe you already own all these songs. They’re mostly o...

13 may 11 1 person likes this

Facing Fears: Being Spontaneous

Is it silly to be afraid of spontaneity? Perhaps it is. And perhaps we would’t admit it or care to bring it up. But when it comes down to it, both of us are chronic planners and ponderers, carefully ...

10 may 11 2 people like this

The Graciousness of Uncertainty

(photo by Andre Arment) I don’t know about you, but I like to be certain. Certainty is comfortable. I search for it and cling to it when I think I find it. — And yet I find myself in a perpetual sta...

02 may 11 1 person likes this

We are road tripping through the Southwest right now, with plans...

We are road tripping through the Southwest right now, with plans to see Mumford and Sons perform live tonight. We are having a lovely time! More to come on our travel adventures, but for now we leave...

23 apr 11 1 person likes this

“Her Morning Elegance”This stop-motion animation is...

“Her Morning Elegance” This stop-motion animation is so cool! In a creepy, quirky kind of happy way.

12 apr 11 1 person likes this

Facing Fears

(photo credit) We’ve talked a bit about fear on Words and Whimsy before, but the subject keeps rearing its ugly head in our lives; and now we’re prepared to take a (more) serious tone. — Seriously, ...

11 apr 11 1 person likes this

Why I love this insane weather. And, giveaway winners!

So Spring is here. And yet, the rain continues. Rain, wind, hail, lightning. Truly wintery, gray, “I-don’t-want-to-go-out-in-thi s” weather. Complain about it all you like—You are entitled. It’s prett...

25 mar 11 1 person likes this

Experimental cookies and a delicious giveaway

Bananas and chocolate are a perfect pair. Indeed, even the most hard-hearted person melts a little bit at the taste of a chocolate-dipped frozen banana or a slice of fresh-from the oven banana bread ...

11 mar 11 1 person likes this

Toasted marshmallow milkshakes

The first time I heard about these milkshakes, they were featured on a Travel Channel foods show. The description floored me. Could there really be such a thing? Toasted marshmallows are hot. Milksha...

27 feb 11 1 person likes this

Spicy Caribbean Tilapia

Caribbean Tilapia (adapted from this Caribbean Shrimp recipe) —- Ingredients: 4 boneless fillets of tilapia, cubed (mahi mahi works great as well) 1 fresh pineapple, cut into chunks (or two cans of c...

14 feb 11 1 person likes this

Are you a cook or a baker?

It seems like everyone who likes preparing food is always either a baker or a cook. Rarely both. —-We are a perfect example of this dichotomy. Brandie and I both love to eat, and we love to prepare f...

14 feb 11 1 person likes this

Congratulations, chocolate winners!

Congratulations to Terriann, Charity, and The Ramble! You have each won a dozen hand-made chocolate truffles, the perfect remedy to your deepest chocolate cravings. We’ll deliver them all boxed up fo...

08 feb 11 2 people like this

The Great Chocolate Giveaway

Food. It’s constantly on our minds. A delicious meal or dessert can bring friends together, make us feel comforted, happy, content. It sustains our physical lives, marks our celebrations, sets day ap...

01 feb 11 3 people like this

Waiting, music, and early spring

Ok, so I know we promised to give you the cure for the winter shivers this week… but it seems so silly to post a frozen-weather topic when we’re enjoying extraordinarily warm weather currently. We ha...

26 jan 11 2 people like this

This painting by Danny Roberts (who went to school with us both...

This painting by Danny Roberts (who went to school with us both once-upon-a-time) of Igor + Andre for Chanel is still blowing our minds. Love it.

18 jan 11 1 person likes this

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15 jan 11 1 person likes this

Something that inspires us: MuteMath. These guys are absolutely...

Something that inspires us: MuteMath. These guys are absolutely amazing in concert, and we’re just dying to see them perform again. They are musical perfection plus contagious energy, and they fly th...

14 jan 11 1 person likes this

Scared Silly

Have you ever been surprised by something or someone? Had an experience that wasn’t what you expected? - We had one of those. An unexpectedly frightening experience. With a ferris wheel. - It was a...

09 jan 11 1 person likes this

Our first bit of inspiration in 2011 is a neat do-it-yourself...

Our first bit of inspiration in 2011 is a neat do-it-yourself project. We love it when people get creative. It sparks our own imaginations. My little brother made this amazing fish tank out of an ant...

02 jan 11 2 people like this

Chocolate explosions are the best kind. (Happy New Year!)

2011 began with chaos, chocolate and cleaning. It was intended to be a relaxing, low-key evening but somehow went terribly awry at the last minute. We began by cooking a leisurely Italian meal comple...

02 jan 11

A Whimsical Welcome

Welcome to our blog, Words and Whimsy. We hope to create a small treasure trove of the things that inspire us, make us laugh, and stop us in our tracks to make us ponder. We’re just two twenty-someth...

02 jan 11

This is us. We’ve been friends for 15 years now, so we...

This is us. We’ve been friends for 15 years now, so we tend to finish each other’s sentences. Perhaps we can finish some of yours as well.

29 nov 10

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