Cold enough for ice to form on the windows. But what ice formations they are!
Archive for January, 2009
How Cold Is It?
Posted in Branches, Nature Notes, Uncategorized on January 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Virginia Woolf’s Blue & Green
Posted in Uncategorized on January 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
She may be more famous for Mrs Dalloway and Orlando, but it is her Blue & Green that I love the most. Imagine that.
BLUE & GREEN
GREEN
THE POINTED FINGERS of glass hang downwards. The light slides down the glass, and drops a pool of green. All day long the ten fingers of the lustre [...]
The Beauty of the Internet: The Website of Peg Steunenberg
Posted in Uncategorized on January 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have a “thing” about the color blue. As I have written in the past, growing up in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains has certainly shaped my color-love. And, then there’s the fact that my mother loved all things blue. One of the items she treasured most in life was a small cobalt [...]
To the Stars and Beyond
Posted in Books I Love on January 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There are at LEAST two reasons to find a copy of Guy Murchie’s Music of the Spheres. His command of language is one. If you can find a copy, just read the first chapter to get a sense of what I mean. It opens thus: “The stars beneath my feet stare upward, strange and bold. [...]
Cats Found at the Antique Shop
Posted in Uncategorized on January 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Cats’ Arabian Nights was first published by D. Lothrop of Boston in 1881. It was written by Abby Morton Diaz and illustrated by a number of artists. I found the book in a small antiques shop while traveling through Virginia. The images hooked me more so than the book’s story which is a feline [...]
Waiting for Mama
Posted in Uncategorized on January 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was browsing in the Curious George bookstore in Harvard Square when this book called out to me. The story is sweet and simple, about a young child trying to find Mama. The smoky hued illustrations depict a Korean town circa 1938. Written in both Korean and English, I bought it as a gift for [...]
