May 2010
“She had long before this taken old Rome into her confidence, for in a world of...”
– Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady. Pretty exceptional description of a not altogether uncommon feeling. When I was in high school I would try to summarize this sensation, but very vaguely and with lots of gesturing at the horizon. One time in particular: I was with my mom in Chicago and we were...
“When the milk, sugar, and rice begin to simmer, I broke open a few pods of...”
– Monica Bhide, discussing cardamom in Saveur. I want to cook with cardamom this weekend!
high drama with Henry James
“No one hears me. It’s wonderful what you tried to put me off with. I love you as I’ve never loved you.”
“I know it. I knew it as soon as you consented to go.”
“You can’t help it — of course not. You would if you could, but you can’t, unfortunately. Unfortunately for me, I mean. I ask nothing — nothing, that is, I shouldn’t....
you've got some charm i must admit!
relentlessly rainy dayz.
waxandmilk:
Harry...
“From an early age, she drank hard, fell in and out of love with various women...”
– on Patricia Highsmith, a charmer.
will you go out with me tonight?
lose it on a disco floor?
“Bill told me to have a drink, not a ridiculous little glass of wine but a real...”
– Gloria Swanson, here. Your daily dose of whimsy.
“B-B-Bicycles” - The Bicycles
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“wonderin’ (live)” - neil young
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“Crayon Angels (live)” - Judee Sill
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the void, in tulips
“it’s the little things that matter” — life’s pleasures are always in the details. cinnamon-scented pancakes, yellow flowers, sunlight on wood floors in the afternoon, somebody holds you. when i was 12 years old i had a writing teacher who came to my house every week. what i recall now is the carpet (dusty blue), the way her lip gloss gathered in the peaks of her...
"i'm feeling good
and my heart is made of wood.”
