happy & new

Wednesday, 31 December 2008, 23:35 | Category : miscellany
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I have sparkling pinot noir and whiny kittens. We had sushi earlier and watched Baz Lurhmann’s Romeo & Juliet and now there is only a measly half an hour left of 2008.
2008 was a weird, tumultuous sort of year and I’m not entirely sure I liked it. It wasn’t that bad but it wasn’t all [...]

winter

Saturday, 20 December 2008, 15:22 | Category : miscellany
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We have lots of snow! Later I am going to bake cookies and then tomorrow is Yule and there will be presents and candles and solstice. Well, solstice first, since I think technically that’s at 7am my time.
And then more cookies. And possibly martinis.
Merry merry. With snow and joy and peace and all that lovely [...]

filling the well

Thursday, 11 December 2008, 17:21 | Category : art, musings
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I think it’s Julia Cameron, maybe in The Artist’s Way or The Right to Write or maybe in both, who talks about filling your creative well on a regular basis. That you need to replenish your creativity by absorbing other creative things or nature or just stuff. Having constant input to properly maintain artistic exportation. [...]

oh, beloved puppycam

Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 19:16 | Category : miscellany
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I have been addicted to the Shiba Inu puppy cam since it was first posted on Cute Overload in October.
The puppies are going to be off to their respective new homes starting this weekend, and I shall miss them terribly.
I am tempted to do nothing but watch puppycam until then, but I have things to [...]