kids

My parents in law who live in the country with a number of animals, just welcomed four baby goats. My daughter is delighted because they are as small as cats, and divinely adorable, and she can pretend she is their mommy.

the crimson petal and the black

Since I don't drink coffee, nor commercial juices, and rarely alcohol, my remaining preferred beverage is tea. I would have liked to write more on the topic, but my limit was 800 words and half of the article had to be shops/tea houses, so this is all I could fit in. I do still like the article, and especially the photo. Those are our tea pot and cup, notice the play of the positive and negative spaces in the handles, and the background is my favorite Ikea paisley bedding.

organic

I could write pages upon pages on this subject, but was given a mere one, of which half had to be locations, so this is all I manage.

childhood

My Russian mother enchanted my childhood life with the most wonderful children's literature of her home country. The lengthy stories were often in perfect rhyme, with eloquent and ornate words, accompanied by saturated masterpiece illustrations. Russian art is always colorful in the extreme, yet always far from vulgar.

The story I remember most vividly and nostalgically and magically of them all, involved honorable and handsome circus performers, a doll, though perhaps a tiny princess, and three ruling and gluttonous fat men. To supplement the vibrant story, were even more fantastically excessive and aesthetic illustrations winning the number one spot in my heart.

I rediscovered this 1924 tome not long ago amongst my childhood belongings, and am attempting to read it's difficult for me Russian, which may very well take me a year. Meanwhile the illustrations are there to delight me, or perhaps my mother will read it to me when she visits. This book has been translated into English as well, and titled The Three Fat Men, by Yury Olesha, though I doubt it can ever be the same.

library

soap part 2

I am relieved to have this article completed, now more than a year in the making, and it is a thrilling three full pages of newspaper. Every word is true with no dramatizing, and I love adding wee touches of fun like that "pest killer", and delight when they are not removed by the editor. By the way I have never seen those photos before.
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