tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-356803202024-03-06T20:42:23.540-08:00very interesting...as a luggage problemmusings, news, ramblings, photos, videos, meeritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05596434407394673119noreply@blogger.comBlogger181125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35680320.post-65005089493758469272014-01-23T14:36:00.001-08:002014-01-23T14:36:21.639-08:00follow me on bloglovin<a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/5148895/?claim=a6s4tsj6qvu">Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a>eritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05596434407394673119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35680320.post-24971800952798973732011-05-01T16:38:00.001-07:002011-05-01T16:38:46.401-07:00The UPPERCASE Letterpress Sampler<div style="padding: 0; overflow: hidden; margin: 0; width: 500px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/uppercaseyyc/5304834433/in/set-72157625703412662/" title="The UPPERCASE Letterpress Sampler" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5208/5304834433_6c28df082b_s.jpg" alt="The UPPERCASE Letterpress Sampler" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/uppercaseyyc/5410079594/in/set-72157625703412662/" title="Austin Press" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5253/5410079594_f7876722c7_s.jpg" alt="Austin Press" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/uppercaseyyc/5410079646/in/set-72157625703412662/" title="Austin Press" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4077/5410079646_4d2d198d0e_s.jpg" alt="Austin Press" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/uppercaseyyc/5409466957/in/set-72157625703412662/" title="Austin Press" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5058/5409466957_6ae65d24d7_s.jpg" alt="Austin Press" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/uppercaseyyc/5409466989/in/set-72157625703412662/" title="Austin Press" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5176/5409466989_cb484b0219_s.jpg" alt="Austin Press" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/uppercaseyyc/5410079722/in/set-72157625703412662/" title="Lucky Bee Press" style="display: block; padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5094/5410079722_b08db5c627_s.jpg" alt="Lucky Bee Press" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><br clear="all"/><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/uppercaseyyc/5409467079/in/set-72157625703412662/" title="Lucky Bee Press" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5251/5409467079_4c2c32f2bc_s.jpg" alt="Lucky Bee Press" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/uppercaseyyc/5410079824/in/set-72157625703412662/" title="Carta Inc" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5179/5410079824_c63e95d3b7_s.jpg" alt="Carta Inc" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/uppercaseyyc/5409467141/in/set-72157625703412662/" title="Carta Inc" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4085/5409467141_c79c9e9f65_s.jpg" alt="Carta Inc" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/uppercaseyyc/5409467163/in/set-72157625703412662/" title="Carta Inc" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5016/5409467163_b5d2829c3a_s.jpg" alt="Carta Inc" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/uppercaseyyc/5409467191/in/set-72157625703412662/" title="Carta Inc" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5095/5409467191_8101a4e879_s.jpg" alt="Carta Inc" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/uppercaseyyc/5410079956/in/set-72157625703412662/" title="Cleanwash Letterpress" style="display: block; padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5057/5410079956_e34b3448f9_s.jpg" alt="Cleanwash Letterpress" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><br clear="all"/><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/uppercaseyyc/5409467257/in/set-72157625703412662/" title="Create Two Letterpress" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5296/5409467257_c82d3aac50_s.jpg" alt="Create Two Letterpress" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/uppercaseyyc/5410080044/in/set-72157625703412662/" title="Delphine" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5300/5410080044_8b887a1e32_s.jpg" alt="Delphine" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/uppercaseyyc/5410080084/in/set-72157625703412662/" title="Delphine" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5016/5410080084_9f242ff2d2_s.jpg" alt="Delphine" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/uppercaseyyc/5410080128/in/set-72157625703412662/" title="Heartfish" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5175/5410080128_fdea4a2d33_s.jpg" alt="Heartfish" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/uppercaseyyc/5410080162/in/set-72157625703412662/" title="Heartfish" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5292/5410080162_7c2bdb08f8_s.jpg" alt="Heartfish" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/uppercaseyyc/5409467433/in/set-72157625703412662/" title="Hello Lucky" style="display: block; padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5253/5409467433_f9ae23b0b1_s.jpg" alt="Hello Lucky" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><br clear="all"/><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/uppercaseyyc/5410080212/in/set-72157625703412662/" title="HYC creative" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5297/5410080212_d915f3ab95_s.jpg" alt="HYC creative" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/uppercaseyyc/5410080260/in/set-72157625703412662/" title="Ink Meets Paper Press" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5179/5410080260_00c642f7e8_s.jpg" alt="Ink Meets Paper Press" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/uppercaseyyc/5409467557/in/set-72157625703412662/" title="Ink Meets Paper Press" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5051/5409467557_0f48b4c96d_s.jpg" alt="Ink Meets Paper Press" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/uppercaseyyc/5409467645/in/set-72157625703412662/" title="Inky Lips Press" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5218/5409467645_b87f9acea6_s.jpg" alt="Inky Lips Press" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/uppercaseyyc/5410080414/in/set-72157625703412662/" title="Linotype the Film" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5098/5410080414_f453b0f533_s.jpg" alt="Linotype the Film" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/uppercaseyyc/5409467733/in/set-72157625703412662/" title="Linotype the Film" style="display: block; padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4079/5409467733_b76d2562f9_s.jpg" alt="Linotype the Film" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><br clear="all"/></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px"><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/uppercaseyyc/sets/72157625703412662/">The UPPERCASE Letterpress Sampler</a>, a set by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/uppercaseyyc/">uppercaseyyc</a> on Flickr.</p></div><p>i. love. letterpress.<br /><br />i stumbled across this great sampler in flickr and just had to share.<br /><br />i wonder how expensive of a hobby this would be? another craft to add to my "learn how to do sometime" list...</p>eritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05596434407394673119noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35680320.post-91165548571694991372010-09-24T16:05:00.000-07:002010-09-24T16:15:05.465-07:0014 hrs and one yearsuddenly awake, cold sweat<br />remnants, dreams lingering<br />past loves, places visited, unseen,<br />brilliant-plumaged large birds<br />confusion now afternoon<br />dreams surrender to wakefulness<br /><br />realization<br />one year<br />blurred, unlived<br />gone forever, wasted, too late?<br /><br />present reclamation<br />reassuring voices<br />wrapped in love<br />change<br />forward<br />hope<br />in handeritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05596434407394673119noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35680320.post-11612566413563433532009-12-04T09:46:00.001-08:002009-12-04T10:00:54.867-08:00sleeping giantso, my<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/egdoll/3903265380/"> photo of sleeping giant</a> from my recent trip to kauai was selected for inclusion in the <a href="http://www.schmap.com/kauai/activities_allcoconutcoast/#r=none&mapview=Map&tab=Places&p=271040&topleft=22.61781,-159.5826&bottomright=21.64339,-159.1967&i=271040.jpg">Schmap guide to kauai</a>--pretty cool! it's a sooc shot (straight out of camera) so the colors can't quite capture the actual beauty of kauai. <s>i've added the widget for the schmap guide to my sidebar,</s> so check it out!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/egdoll/3903265380/" title="sleeping giant, kauai by egdoll, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3487/3903265380_3899664ef1.jpg" alt="sleeping giant, kauai" width="400" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">update: ok, widget generator was broken. i'll have to fix it later in the sidebar. teaches me post prematurely. . .</span></span>eritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05596434407394673119noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35680320.post-19569974996678847412009-11-14T21:22:00.000-08:002009-11-14T21:37:32.547-08:00wool-gatheringwhat is it that makes milk & oreos completely irresistable?<br />staying at home sounds fantastic when i am work, but not so great when i'm stuck at home with the flu.<br /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1358522/">white collar</a> is pulling me in.<br />the snuffling of a baby sleeping is perhaps one of the best sounds in the world.<br />curbside take-away is a wonderful invention.<br />hot shower + clean sheets = blisseritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05596434407394673119noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35680320.post-21054056827488283522009-11-01T00:29:00.000-07:002009-11-01T00:40:46.444-07:00i'd rather dancetonight's halloween options included a costume dance, hosted by my church for the singles in my area. my costume, while in its element at work yesterday, caused much head-scratching and wrong guesses when taken out of context, say at starbucks or any other public gathering that didn't include mt. crumpet, a furry green grinch, and crazy hair. a rabbit? a flower? fail. apparently my <i>who</i> was not <i>who-ville </i>enough to speak for itself. ergo, tonight's dance didn't make the cut of my chosen all-hallow's eve festivities.<div><br /></div><div>another type of dancing caught my eye when i stumbled across this video on another <a href="http://replikate.blogspot.com/">blog</a>; i've always loved this song and the video charmed my socks off. enjoy!</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; white-space: pre; "><object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/C9r9sQ6PHOM&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/C9r9sQ6PHOM&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object></span></div>eritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05596434407394673119noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35680320.post-15011331966908563362009-10-17T09:25:00.000-07:002009-10-17T10:09:40.837-07:00this rainit's raining this morning. <i>not unusual</i>, you say, <i>you live in seattle, the soggy city, surely you must be used to the rain. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; ">but this <i>deluge </i>defies normal seattle precipitation,</span></i> mocking our mist in its usual sweet kiss of moisture when legs can't run between drops fast enough, this new power to drench residing with each fat drop.<div><br /></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; ">awakening this morning from the scattered dreams that follow a restful night's sleep and beyond, the ones that come when sleep is an indulgence, now, way past the time to get up--this rain thunders on the roof, sheeting off the eaves and blanketing my room in that moody darkness, making the clock seem like a life raft in this otherwise surreal morning of timelessness.</span></i><div><br /></div><div>this rain, transforming the trees outside into flames of orange and green and yellow against trunks burnt-blackened by moisture. this rain, cajoling for a morning spent cozily under the covers or next to the fireplace, curled up with a good book until hunger beckons from the kitchen.</div><div><br /></div><div>choosing my comfy bed over fire this morning, this rain accompanies my absorption into a new book delivered yesterday (with my <a href="http://fresh.amazon.com/">groceries</a>!); molly wizenberg, of <i><a href="http://orangette.blogspot.com">orangette</a></i>, has written a memoir/cookbook, <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Homemade-Life-Stories-Recipes-Kitchen/dp/1416551050/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255798498&sr=8-1">a homemade life</a></i>. recipes accompanied by the moments of life, change, beauty, bliss, and heartbreak, all wrapped into one hunger-inducing <s>morsel</s> feast, tempting me, halfway through, to start all over again and just cook my way through the book.</div><div><br /></div><div>meanwhile, this rain floods itself out, giving way to the soft mist outside of fall in seattle, a morning that calls of breakfast and hot chocolate, laundry and contentment, and, of course, a good book.</div></div>eritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05596434407394673119noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35680320.post-10184356797342251072009-09-09T00:04:00.000-07:002009-09-09T00:04:00.519-07:00wordless wednesday<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -webkit-monospace; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap; "><div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/egdoll/3903264924/" title="aerial coastline by egdoll, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2550/3903264924_2096869056.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="aerial coastline" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/egdoll/3903265230/" title="Untitled by egdoll, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2619/3903265230_c66604aa22.jpg" width="400" alt="" /></a></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:-webkit-monospace;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:-webkit-monospace;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:-webkit-monospace;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/egdoll/3903265056/" title="breathless by egdoll, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3425/3903265056_3205bf7c49.jpg" width="400" alt="breathless" /></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:-webkit-monospace;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:-webkit-monospace;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:-webkit-monospace;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div>eritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05596434407394673119noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35680320.post-19789228371771147152009-08-05T00:01:00.000-07:002009-08-05T00:01:00.864-07:00wordless wednesday<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUuy2y0mdvWq6egtgaW9anZYyZ8_0RvI2Kx5v3l9aEgRxYzL-g-D57CWa5Z7_Fh0dznk7wFgb6HzmmzkNcSATsUC-GXL4Iv5ftk1ZDMm0NaTCdPPByvWmfZiGe9HNz4T6oeIihSQ/s1600-h/ww+faceslide+08-05-09.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUuy2y0mdvWq6egtgaW9anZYyZ8_0RvI2Kx5v3l9aEgRxYzL-g-D57CWa5Z7_Fh0dznk7wFgb6HzmmzkNcSATsUC-GXL4Iv5ftk1ZDMm0NaTCdPPByvWmfZiGe9HNz4T6oeIihSQ/s400/ww+faceslide+08-05-09.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365985724565312802" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/2009/07/07/face-slide/">source</a></i></span></div>eritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05596434407394673119noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35680320.post-12907169377088938162009-08-02T00:04:00.001-07:002009-08-02T23:54:27.920-07:00how to spend a warm summer evening1. find some family (friends work, too) and <strike>beg</strike> persuade them to take you out in the boat:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/egdoll/3783470101/" title="Untitled by egdoll, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2488/3783470101_fe862c6e91.jpg" width="400" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />2. find some water (preferably a large body, like the columbia river):<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/egdoll/3783469949/" title="Untitled by egdoll, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2422/3783469949_8a5345a326.jpg" width="400" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />3. bring your shades and enjoy the wind in your hair (ahh, isn't that nice?):<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/egdoll/3784279168/" title="Untitled by egdoll, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2578/3784279168_567fe8a2af.jpg" width="400" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />4. cruise by your local nuclear reservation (harness that atomic power!):<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/egdoll/3783470791/" title="Untitled by egdoll, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3479/3783470791_a0b4676c87.jpg" width="400" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />5. sit back, relax and enjoy the view (ah, the miracle of irrigation farming):<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/egdoll/3783470949/" title="Untitled by egdoll, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2578/3783470949_8a44549950.jpg" width="400" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />6. stay out 'til the sun goes down:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/egdoll/3784280122/" title="Untitled by egdoll, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2506/3784280122_85d66bf238.jpg" width="400" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />7. and down:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/egdoll/3784280238/" title="Untitled by egdoll, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2477/3784280238_9a35fd674d.jpg" width="400" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />8. and then cruise on home (if you must):<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/egdoll/3783472083/" title="Untitled by egdoll, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3426/3783472083_bd8a10674c.jpg" width="400" alt="" /></a>eritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05596434407394673119noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35680320.post-77314601092584845792009-07-22T00:25:00.000-07:002009-07-22T00:37:17.521-07:00wordless wednesday<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:-webkit-monospace;font-size:13px;"><div><br /></div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/egdoll/3744854605/" title="sunspot by egdoll, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2538/3744854605_543688e9fa.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="sunspot" /></a></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:-webkit-monospace;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:-webkit-monospace;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:-webkit-monospace;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: normal; font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:-webkit-monospace;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-size:13px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/egdoll/3744854057/" title="laughing by egdoll, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2574/3744854057_681cefaf3c.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="laughing" /></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:-webkit-monospace;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:-webkit-monospace;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></span></div></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:-webkit-monospace;font-size:13px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/egdoll/3744855487/" title="anticipation by egdoll, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2473/3744855487_935f39633d.jpg" width="400" alt="anticipation" /></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:-webkit-monospace;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:-webkit-monospace;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:-webkit-monospace;font-size:13px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/egdoll/3744854249/" title="windy dawn & e by egdoll, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3455/3744854249_fb5e5691ca.jpg" width="400" alt="windy dawn & e" /></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:-webkit-monospace;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:-webkit-monospace;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:-webkit-monospace;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></span></div></div>eritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05596434407394673119noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35680320.post-23390252912815444922009-07-21T23:35:00.000-07:002009-07-21T23:46:47.543-07:00missedstuck on the 520 bridge tonight. my first time ever in the 3 years of weekly/daily crossings, and never before had the drawbridge opened. slightly stunned, we all crawled to a stop and goggled the perfect summer seattle evening. dusk falling, mt. rainier hazily sheer to the south, sailboats on lake washington as the sun set behind us and the sky turned pinkly purple. car doors opened, humanity emerged. the empty lanes of west-bound traffic filled with car-less drivers. all staring, standing. this bridge, that, without fail, still inspires silent refrains of ''i live here? i. live. here. seattle. i love this place.'<div><br /></div><div>scrabbled in my bag for my camera (how i've missed taking pictures while it languished in a moving box)--battery dead. </div><div><br /></div><div>fail.</div><div><br /></div><div>but that sweet summer air? conversation with monica in the car & nathan on his motorcycle next to us--that nothing but something? it's still here, even if i can't show it to you.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>eritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05596434407394673119noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35680320.post-43987129322276907992009-06-24T00:03:00.000-07:002009-06-24T00:03:02.545-07:00wordless wednesday<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BpWM0FNPZSs&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BpWM0FNPZSs&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>eritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05596434407394673119noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35680320.post-58139272763946664212009-06-20T09:11:00.001-07:002009-06-20T09:38:58.428-07:00wherein i discover today might not go as i plannedi'm moving. in one week. downsizing, no less. a tremendous to-do list awaits me this morning, my last saturday before The Big Move.<br /><br />leeetle problem: i was out of clothes. so 'doing laundry' promptly established itself as numero uno, bumping 'stuff my starving face' to #2.<br /><br />grumbling just a little bit (laundry is so <i>tedious</i>), i gathered all the clothes, sorted them into their little piles and started filling the washing machine. <i>good thing</i>, i thought,<i> that i just bought laundry detergent at costco</i>. the big jug of liquid detergent, with the spout n' all. realizing that i wouldn't be able to reach the little release valve once i hefted it on top of my stacking washer/dryer combo (i'm a shorty, after all), i twisted the little cap, ever so slightly, thereby saving myself the hassle of pulling out a stool to reach it later when i couldn't get the detergent to come out. brilliant, yes?<div><br /></div><div>heaving the jug over my head, i started to balance it onto the top of my dryer. what the?!? </div><div><br /></div><div>brrrrr. eeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwww. laundry detergent. was. pouring. over. my. head. </div><div><br /></div><div>and the floor. </div><div><br /></div><div>and splashing on the closet door.</div><div><br /></div><div>all in a split second, the ramifications of which felt like eternity. and it was cold. and slimy. and sticky. </div><div><br /></div><div><i>you have got to be kidding me. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; ">suddenly, 'take a shower--stat' pre-empted everything else. who knows what laundry detergent would do to my hair, my scalp? i didn't know what's in that stuff.</span></i></div><div><br /></div><div>and now, with the fresh scent of liquid detergent and shampoo in my hair, i'm off to find a mop bucket.</div><div><br /></div><div>but i think i might stop by the freezer first, and find that pint of haagen-daz. it's gonna be a long day.</div>eritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05596434407394673119noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35680320.post-28224208803651120002009-06-10T21:58:00.000-07:002009-06-10T21:59:49.871-07:00wordless wednesday<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/egdoll/3615320787/" title="surprising shanna by egdoll, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3339/3615320787_57340580a2.jpg" width="400" alt="surprising shanna" /></a>eritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05596434407394673119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35680320.post-51741647524406711482009-06-10T19:10:00.001-07:002009-06-10T21:02:07.644-07:00the smell of summer<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/egdoll/3615899430/" title="Untitled by egdoll, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2078/3615899430_3c24baf327.jpg" width="400" alt="" /></a><br /><br />i bought fresh peonies at the farmer's market today. a lovely bundle of pink & white fragrant ruffles, heavy heads nodding gently against their cone of white butcher paper. it felt so <i>right, </i>strolling along the waterfront, that bundle of white paper and blossoms in the crook of my arm, smiling with the farmer as she deftly created bouquet after bouquet of peonies, sweet peas, and poppies, inhaling the aroma of flowers mingling with the brick oven pizza down the way a few booths, the sharp bite of the herbs next farmer over, and crushed grass beneath my feet.<div><br /></div><div>summer's here. </div>eritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05596434407394673119noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35680320.post-69644629016356041162009-06-09T22:59:00.000-07:002009-06-09T23:02:08.875-07:00silver liningmorning commute<br />first day back after 3 days vacation<br /><a href="http://kexp.org/playlist/playlist.aspx?t=1&year=2009&month=6&day=9&hour=7">john at kexp</a> had me tapping my fingers on the wheel inching along the freeway<br /><div>miike snow <i>sylvia</i></div><div>phoenix <i>lisztomania</i></div><div><i></i>full circle: all mashed up <a href="http://replikate.blogspot.com/">here</a> tonight in my google reader</div><div>happy happy happy</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> </div><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qtRQsCgYmtc&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qtRQsCgYmtc&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>eritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05596434407394673119noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35680320.post-85004775118484658502009-05-31T11:07:00.000-07:002009-05-31T11:11:43.886-07:00universal dominationin leaving a product suggestion for a big brand (to remain nameless), i noticed the following statement in the obligatory disclosure-legalese:<br /><br />"{Corporation X} shall exclusively own all now known or hereafter existing rights to the suggestions of every kind and nature throughout the Universe"<br /><br />not just the world, nor the solar system, nor our galaxy. shoot for the stars!eritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05596434407394673119noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35680320.post-55367119168031620982009-05-27T00:03:00.000-07:002009-05-27T00:03:00.577-07:00wordless wednesday<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/egdoll/3568823187/" title="Untitled by egdoll, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3584/3568823187_91c98c7530.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/egdoll/3568826927/" title="Untitled by egdoll, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3573/3568826927_d605c3693f.jpg" width="400" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/egdoll/3569643818/" title="Untitled by egdoll, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3326/3569643818_dbcf8d2259.jpg" width="400" alt="" /></a>eritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05596434407394673119noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35680320.post-60315972137465439182009-05-20T22:36:00.000-07:002009-05-20T22:56:53.433-07:00wordless wednesday<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/egdoll/3550965820/" title="bubbles by egdoll, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2428/3550965820_828024cc5c.jpg" width="400" alt="bubbles" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/egdoll/3550960820/" title="watching dad by egdoll, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3601/3550960820_7a764a0b34.jpg" width="400" alt="watching dad" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/egdoll/3550956302/" title="sunlight by egdoll, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3623/3550956302_1bbfd4877f.jpg" width="400" alt="sunlight" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/egdoll/3550954242/" title="cutie by egdoll, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3415/3550954242_bc5b84d8d3.jpg" width="400" alt="cutie" /></a>eritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05596434407394673119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35680320.post-37897817184876110532009-05-13T20:54:00.000-07:002009-05-13T20:57:52.910-07:00wordless wednesday<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/egdoll/3529531243/" title="1st boat outing of the spring by egdoll, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2381/3529531243_63d51c2ed5.jpg" width="334" height="500" alt="1st boat outing of the spring" /></a>eritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05596434407394673119noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35680320.post-38197972750891006672009-05-03T09:00:00.000-07:002009-05-03T11:12:19.514-07:00a beautiful and blinding morning<blockquote>the world outside begins to breathe"<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">-<em>awake</em>, josh groban</span></blockquote><br /><br />remember <a href="http://egdoll.blogspot.com/2009/05/little-things.html">the tulips from yesterday</a>?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/egdoll/3498013260/" title="tulips by egdoll, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3358/3498013260_c6a152f7f0.jpg" width="400" alt="tulips" /></a><br /><br />can it be possible they are even more beautiful today? i'll let you decide for yourself; clickety-click on the image for more o' this beauty in my flickr account.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/egdoll/3497203819/" title="tulips by egdoll, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3628/3497203819_0161df4923.jpg" width="400" alt="tulips" /></a><br /><br />the clouds are beginning to roll in and mingle with the sunbeams, but for the moment the sun is holding its own, breathing shadows and rays over everything it touches this morning.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/egdoll/3498015234/" title="tulips by egdoll, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3663/3498015234_067c2059be.jpg" width="400" alt="tulips" /></a>eritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05596434407394673119noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35680320.post-13040764737538221462009-05-02T13:14:00.000-07:002009-05-02T16:36:55.123-07:00they're baaack!remember <a href="http://egdoll.blogspot.com/2007/09/it-doesnt-get-much-better-than-this.html">this one</a>?<br /><br />well, the creative heads at cadbury's strike again. check it out:<br /><br /><object height="295" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TVblWq3tDwY&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TVblWq3tDwY&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">thanks, </span><a href="http://sashaspills.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;">sasha</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, for the find!</span></em>eritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05596434407394673119noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35680320.post-1846077278111949582009-05-02T10:00:00.000-07:002009-05-02T11:42:51.396-07:00little thingswhile ordering groceries last night from amazon fresh (brilliant invention) i stumbled across tulips (!) available for delivery with my groceries the next morning. on a whim, i added them to my cart--who knows what they'd be like, but why not?<br /><br />unpacking my groceries this morning, there nestled carefully in its own tote with a cold pack, were a beautiful bunch of tulips. <br /><br />i should buy fresh flowers more often. each time i bring them home, i'm always surprised that i've forgotten what beauty those colorful blossoms bring to my day. an indulgence, to be sure, but worth every penny when i catch them out of the corner of my eye, a little burst of graceful brightness, spring incarnate in my home. hopefully these will tide me over until all the farmers markets open. hurry, summer, hurry!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/egdoll/3494731482/" title="tulips by egdoll, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3611/3494731482_e9539c6f99.jpg" width="400" alt="tulips" /></a>eritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05596434407394673119noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35680320.post-34269492510254200822009-04-21T05:54:00.000-07:002009-04-21T06:00:34.063-07:00good morning, starshinethe moment my eyes opened, i knew it was early. i couldn't see the clock, but i <em></em>felt<em></em> it. darkness and silence. i couldn't quite place my finger on it, at first.<br /><br />birdsong.<br /><br />i've already become used to it, this trilling companion to my alarm, most mornings. and this morning? so early the birds weren't even up yet.<br /><br />my alarm has yet to go off, and i've already been awake for an hour. and that's ok, today.eritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05596434407394673119noreply@blogger.com1