February 2012
A TRUE ACCOUNT OF TALKING TO THE SUN AT FIRE...
The Sun woke me this morning loud
and clear, saying "Hey! I've been
trying to wake you up for fifteen
minutes. Don't be so rude, you are
only the second poet I've ever chosen
to speak to personally
so why
aren't you more attentive? If I could
burn you through the window I would
to wake you up. I can't hang around
here all day."
"Sorry,...
skepchick
Jean-Jaques Sempe
My friend Ned told me to look up Sempe, and I did, and now I love him. Why didn’t I know about him before? He illustrated Le Petit Nicolas (one of my mom’s favorite books). It’s amazing how people are able to capture feelings such as these in art.
an exhibition in Paris of his work, below
oklahoma
Martha strikes again
I had to post this. Martha’s chow chow Ghengis Khan was going to be in Westminster, so Martha thought it would be great to treat him to a night at the Plaza hotel. The plaza made an exception to their no dogs allowed rule and they were able to dine together and have cocktails together in the Rose Bar afterwards. Then they got their “hair” done and retired to their bed chamber...
“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again. This time, more intelligently”
– Henry Ford
spring around the riverbend
It feels like I have seen this scene in real life so many times.
Norman Rockwell, Mary, and their dog
Norman Rockwell, his wife Mary, and their dog
