Salvation Mountain

This is a folk art installation in Niland, CA. Leonard Knight created this incredible installation using adobe clay mixed with straw to hold it all together. He reinforces the clay with coats of...

New Ellie Goulding!

Light, airy, soulful pop. The new album comes out October 9th. Nice.

Olaf Hajek

See more of Olaf Hajek's illustrations here

The Book Whisperer and minor relapses

Went to the bookstore. Totally intended to just browse, kill time, etc. because I have been on a self mandated 2 step program to quit spending money on books. The steps are: 1. Don't walk into a...

In an ideal world, no one would talk before 10 am. People wouldjust hug, because waking up is really hard.— ZooeyDeschanel

Misunderstood Trends: Keep Calm and Carry On & Ed Hardy

I recently was in a store and a friend turned to me and asked what the big deal was about the "Keep calm and carry on" posters and giftables that we are seeing everywhere. I just shrugged. While I...

Sienna Miller

Love this photo of Sienna Miller by Ryan Mcginley

"I knew that if I allowed fear to overtake me, my journey was doomed. Fear, to a great extent, is born of a story we tell ourselves, and so I chose to tell myself a different story from the one...

Sammy Slabbinck

I love the clean yet whimsical graphics of Sammy Slabbincks work. She merges vibrant color with black and white in a seamless manner and makes you smile. Check out more of her work here.

The Civil Wars sing Billie Jean

Poem for You

Oh, Barney

"I just want it, darling, dont ask me why" Featuring items that are frivolous and fairly useless Grow my own Fairy Garden (sweet peas) to attract fairies and a garden for Being Happy (sunflowers)?...

John Hinde- old school photographer ahead of his time

"While travelling with the circus for twelve years, and in the years after, he began to take colour photographs of the Irish countryside. During this time, Ireland was becoming a popular...

“For what its worth: its never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. Theres no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to...

I Had a Dream I was a Hipster

I had a dream I was a hipster… “A colorful kaleidoscope of rainbows and Indian feathers and a quirky image of an owl with a talk bubble … this morphs into my home which is decorated like a...

Book Review for The Disenchantments

The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour Heres the description if you missed it in my last post: Colby and Bev have a long-standing pact: graduate, hit the road with Bevs band, and then spend the year...

A Dawning Horror and Breakfast Plates

I did some major cleaning today. I cant believe I let it get so bad. Ugh, you know when you are just so behind in everything that cleaning the house just seems overwhelming so you just keep...

Mind Your Manners

I love this old cover. Plus I think I need to the read its contents. (It starts with, "Everyday you meet situations in which you are unsure of yourself"....um..yes. I feel that describes me.)...

New Book

Ran to Hastings to peruse the books (despite the fact that I do not need to buy ANY more books, but oops...) and before I made it inside I was stopped by those cute, eager faces and braids known as...

Brooke Weeber - Quirky and Original

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Random

I think pixies have hair like this.

"If one woman told the whole truth about her life, the world would split open." – Muriel Ruykheyser

The 54th Annual Grammy Awards

LL Cool J started the 54th Annual Grammy Awards with a prayer for Whitney Houston, making a somber beginning to a night of several great performances from the likes of Adele, Coldplay, Rihanna, Foo...

New Music

This is a great band (The Middle East) and I love this video featuring dreamy folk art style imagery (reminds me of a Chagall painting*). If you dont feel like watching the whole thing skip to the...

Word Love

Filibeg - n. (noun) A plaited petticoat or skirt reaching only to the knees, worn by men in the Highlands of Scotland; a kilt Example of usage from The New York Times: “The bagpipe, ancient...

The Comeback of the Fairytale

It seems to me the Fairytale has made a comeback in the last few years, most likely due to its resurgence in childrens and young adult fiction, the movies inspired by them, and high fashions nod to...

Sorry for the lack of writing in posts this week, Im having a crazy work week and will also be leaving to go out of town on Thursday. I will get back to it next week as I have several posts to...

Matthew Jensen

I found this artist on one of the many art websites I stalk follow a while back, and then I couldnt remember where I found them or who the artist was! (This seems to be a reoccurring problem since...

Your Monday Morning Wake Up Sequence Let your sleepy eyes enjoy the feast of color that is Bianca Greens artwork. Please do so while while eating a massive pile of waffles. Or, if you are of the...