http://erinmorgenstern.com free mystery with purchase Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:31:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I don't actually know Kyle Cassidy but I admire his photography and I read his blog and I covet his coffin coffee table. A few weeks back he held a contest on his blog giving away some of his fountain pens to penless writers, and to participate you had to take ... http://erinmorgenstern.com/2010/03/this-is-kyle-cassidys-fault/ Things I accomplished in my week of little-to-no internets, an unnumbered list. Finished knitting the huge, boa-esque scarf that I have been working on for ages. Photos forthcoming. Of course, now that it is finished it is too warm outside to wear it. I have lousy knitting karma. Read Shaun Tan's Tales ... http://erinmorgenstern.com/2010/03/unplugged-productivity-a-kitty-in-the-sunshine/ the oracle tower The oracle tower sits in an otherwise empty field, a looming monolith of wood and metal and whatever else oracle towers are made from. It doesn’t move unless it’s being consulted, or it happens to be a particularly windy day. People come from all around to consult the oracle tower. ... http://erinmorgenstern.com/2010/03/flax-golden-tales-the-oracle-tower/ I'm taking this week off from the internet. Mostly. I'll be checking my e-mail but that's about it. Originally I'd intended to do this in order to cocoon myself into the Revisionland Hotel and get large amounts of stuff done rather than little bits and pieces. Now I have the added bonus ... http://erinmorgenstern.com/2010/03/unplugging-sort-of/ perpetual teatime My grandmother is a bit on the eccentric side. My father always says it’s because she has too much money, but he gets weird about money things so I’m not really sure that’s it. I love to visit her house. When I was younger I’d play for hours in the ... http://erinmorgenstern.com/2010/02/flax-golden-tales-perpetual-teatime/ I have been trying to write all day and failing. First I was trying to write in the ever-ongoing Revisionland Scrivener Document of Doom, but I have been looking at the same gap between paragraphs that needs to be sewn together somehow periodically all day and nothing is coming to me. So ... http://erinmorgenstern.com/2010/02/on-not-writing/ sentinels At first there were complaints about the noise. Not that anyone knows what the noise is, precisely, even though it is rather loud. Whatever it is inside the building, echoing and humming and clicking, remains a mystery. The bits that spill out onto the surrounding lot are made of stone and ... http://erinmorgenstern.com/2010/02/flax-golden-tales-sentinels/ Once again, Rob Brezsny makes me feel better about my life: "Jane Austen was the spinster daughter of a clergyman who led an uneventful life," wrote Geoffrey Wheatcroft in The Guardian. "She just happened to write half a dozen flawless masterpieces, which came perfectly formed, not from experience but from imagination." ... http://erinmorgenstern.com/2010/02/cancer-horoscope-for-week-of-february-18-2010/ Happy Valentine's Day! and Happy Chinese New Year! Ring in the year of the Tiger with something heart-shaped. And chocolate. Lots of chocolate. http://erinmorgenstern.com/2010/02/two-holidays-in-one/ heart-shaped cage Sting told me if I love somebody I should set them free. I doubt Sting ever loved anyone with wings. If he did he might rethink such a stupid sentiment. I suppose the point is to wait for your love to come back to you voluntarily. I wonder if there’s a difference ... http://erinmorgenstern.com/2010/02/flax-golden-tales-heart-shaped-cage/