Post Shredded Wheat Sustainability
If I didn’t have a gluten-intolerance, I would be eating nothing but Shredded Wheat.
Gulf Coast, Florida
This weekend Joshua and I are vacationing in Florida for his 30th birthday. Today we’ve seen friends and his old stomping grounds in Tallahassee, and the rest of the weekend we’ll be near St. George Island. Any suggestions for relaxing activities while in the area?
Texas Bound
Alright, friends. I’m letting you know ahead of time that I’ll be in Texas this weekend. So if posting is sparse, this is why. My guru has just let me know about scheduling posts ahead of time; but we’re about to leave for the airport, so it’s too late for that. Next time. Catch me on Twitter if you want updates. Loves!
Angst at the Digital World
As an artist, I have spent the last 13 years of my life as a photographer. Film, darkrooms, smelly chemicals, stained clothes and all. The aspect of analog photography that has become DEEPLY ingrained in me is the archival nature of the medium (black & white and polaroid, that is). I would go so far as to say that I am obsessed with things being archival––i.e. they will last, in good condition, for 100+ years. I will not wall-paper our home, ever, for this reason.
But digital media is not archival. I can be sitting in the same room with files that I have lovingly saved on a hard drive, but the files are lost forever because the hard drive will mount on no computer. Did I DO anything to lose the files? No. Was there a fire in my house? No. Time happened. Corruption happened. And don’t think that backing everything up on DVDs will save the day, because they can be corrupted too. They won’t tell you they’re about to do it. My only hope is to print out everything I create, which completely defeats the purpose of going digital. So then really, what’s the point??
Mary Poppins Electronica
Happy Monday, friends.
Birthday Gift for 5 Year-Old Boy?
I have exactly 10 days to decide on an awesome gift for my nephew Bear. And I don’t think I can afford the small car he wants. Ideas?
FFFFound Me?
Whilst glancing at her neighbor’s very own picture archives on the coveted FFFFound website, Ella elated to obtain her own. It’s bad to covet, she knew this well, but couldn’t help her awe-struck wonderful desire of a place to gather images of random, perhaps attainable, at least visit-able beauty––a virtual scrapbook, without the photo corners or corny stickers, sparse and Swiss-inspired. Hers would have mid-century, fashion-forward, green elegance and urbanity for which to cherish and aspire. Someday…
Don’t Waste Your [Hardship]
Some of you know that I have been sick for about two years. (If you don’t know, it’s been due to a combo of birth control messing with my hormones, REALLY LOW cholesterol, and a gluten-intolerance. As Joshua says, we’re on a House-ian search to find what the heck is wrong with my health). Being sick is awful. But being discouraged by it, especially if it is a long-standing illness, is even worse.
John Piper and David Powlison’s article “Don’t Waste Your Cancer” is a convicting exhortation to those in the midst of sickness. I take great comfort in knowing that whether or not God heals me miraculously, by medicine, or heals me at all, He is bigger than my illness. And He will use it for my good.
Blogging Weakness
Well friends, I’m back. Forgive the random HUGE gap in postings the last week-and-a-half-ish. I have not yet mastered the art of blogging while out of town. This might change, but I don’t know. I must consult my interweb guru for tips. As a welcome back to you, oh delightful readers, I leave you with the above poem.
Sea of Shoes
I have been reading Jane Aldridge’s blog for a while now, and I am AMAZED at how someone so young can have SO much style. She challenges me to follow my fashion instincts.
