October 2009
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katiekateme. →
i’m heading back over to blogger.
follow along and tell me what you think!
“Don’t let it end like this. Tell them I said something.”
– Pancho Villa, last words
1877-1923
September 2009
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“And you,
Were right to bide your time …
Well the good things are never...”
– Badly Drawn Boy
You Were Right
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makings for a perfect picnic...
warm saturday or sunday afternoon.
soft quilt or blanket.
park with a pond or lake.
sour batard or raisin walnut artisan bread.
old bread to feed the ducks.
fresh figs or fig spread.
kalmata olives.
sliced honeycrisp or nittany apples.
wisconsin’s stravecchio parmesan cheese.
brie cheese or another extra soft creamy cheese.
scrabble, chess or checkers.
sparkling water.
someone...
“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.”
– Sir Richard Steele
i’m currently reading:
the new yorker, september 7, 2009
the garden party by katherine mansfield
mustangs—spirit of the shrinking west, national geographic, february 2009
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hot diggity blog! →
a favourite blog written by one of my oldest childhood friends.
color me katie. →
we share first names. but i spell color differently: colour.
say "yes" to hoboken. →
pretty things and craft ideas.
design*sponge. →
designs for inside.
etsy wedding. →
more delightful wedding stuff.
rachel thurston photography. →
angie likes you. →
delight your mind with a short story.
wayward wanderings. →
a favourite site for beautiful scenic and landscape photographs.
we love typography. →
they love typography and so do i!
snippet & ink. →
fun wedding ideas for the wedding i’ll have someday.
oh happy day! →
jordan and i have a few mutual friends and even met once. her blog is inspiring.
kristopher dukes. →
her categories “wanting. hating. wearing. reading. using.” keeps the entries fun and entertaining.
pike/pine. →
this is now a retired site but still fun to breeze through.
italian for "paper collection." →
housecleaning with alice. →
“we believe that the humble dustpan’s days of being shoved away in the closet will soon be over; that a toolbox has feelings, too, and that not all scrub brushes are created equal. we also believe that doormats have been trodden on for too long, that beige is not a real color, and that a plunger will soon once again rule the world. we think you feel the same way as we do.”
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shopping at high tea. →
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“Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is...”
– C. S. Lewis
August 2009
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list: maude's garage.
2 dove gray with white scallop trim salad plates harker pate sur pate ware pottery est. 1840
4 grayish-tan cloth table napkins with corner floral embroidery
1 pair of white wrist-length afternoon tea gloves
the complete works of shakespeare with the temple notes illustrated with original designs by t. m. matterson
published by the world syndicate publishing company
date of publication...
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July 2009
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turns in used bookstores.
old french fairy tales by comtesse de segur
les petites filles modeles (model little girls) by comtesse de segur
written in french
poe poe poe poe poe poe poe by daniel hoffman
copyright 1972
star wars: vision of the future by timothy zahn
copyright 1998
the double life of mr. alfred burton by e. phillips oppenheim
copyright august 1913
roget’s international thesaurus, third...
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“Everybody wants to be kissed, even philosophers.”
– Dick Avery played by Fred Astaire Funny Face
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moon phase. →
new moon.
0% full.
tue 21 jul, 2009
3.30p
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list: farmers market—
visit to the farmers market at the bottom of my hill—
1 quart of freshly picked blueberries (no spray)
3 pints of freshly picked strawberries
3 cosmetically-challenged peaches
1 crusty buttery croissant
list: if i could—
i would—
save the rhinoceros and polar bear from nearing extinction.
take the summer off from city life and spend it on 95.5 acres taking walks with dogs and watching goats battle.
eat strawberries, blueberries, and greek style yogurt with honey every day all the day long.
take a day trip out of the city every weekend.
start and finish reading a new book every week.
conform to relying on...
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“Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.”
– C. S. Lewis
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michael jordan forever. →
then.
now.
forever.
michael jordan.
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gr-8 starting point, g-8 leaders. →
G-8 leaders also agreed that the global economy is too shaky to begin rolling back massive fiscal stimulus plans right now, according to a draft statement obtained by The Associated Press.
The leaders said in the draft that they “note some signs of stabilization” but continued to stress the difficult outlook instead of concerns over debt and high spending.
The leaders gathered...
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surf's up! →
carve those gnarly waves!
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the amazon is getting kicked around. →
sad and dangerous for the local livestock.
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“This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through its own...”
– C. S. Lewis