Moonshine Junkyard

i got tagged by andrea at her lovely blog to do this little list and amuse myself for a while on a cloudy day. What is your current obsession? as you can probably tell, French New Wave films. For example, I am addicted to watching the vibrant colors in Pierrot Le Fou: ice blue, blood red, snow white. And the way Corinne Marchand sings this song called Cry of Love (Sans Toi) in Agnes Varda's Cleo 5 to 7 and completely changes her approach to life. I love the way these films explore rebellion and freedom: freedom from ideologies and narratives that impose limits and trap us with their boundaries. What is your weirdest obsession ? ummmm...maybe my new Bonger. Everyone makes fun of me for it but I INSIST UPON ADORING IT. What are you wearing today ? white ruffly skirt, velvety navy blue vest with flowers and birds on it, and a puff sleeve turquoise shirt underneath. barefeet and clean hair. What’s for dinner ? baked tofu, salad, beans. we're trying to be really healthy starting...

My grandparents met as teenagers in the forties in Los Angeles. They were the classic California couple, she a beautiful seaside golden haired mermaid princess and he a impish smiling spry dark skinned boy with glittering green eyes. They fell devastatingly in love and gallivanted around the beaches and photo booths and parks and schoolyards of Southern California together. the adorable Charleen Garn on Easter 1946 and the vigorous Fred Spring, 1946 they married oh-so young had little Danny in 1946 and my adorable momma, Susan Spring, born in 1951. I think she looks like my nephew Orion here at age two. Here's Grandma with the babies in a dress she made herself and some sandals I really want. This was taken on July 25, 1952 and she was now sadly separated from my grandfather Fred Spring, who I only met once in my life, and was now living in an apartment above a garage with her babies. The past turns into the future. Here are Susan and Dan Spring in their early twenties. Everyone sa...

this is an old/new farmgirl obsession of mine, to go along with my post about mama earth farm. i first read about maryjane butters when i read, long ago, a 1995 National Geographic article before many people were even talking about the word organic. i was intrigued by her story, especially about the fact that she dropped out of college to become a wilderness forestry ranger at a young age. and i have been sort of in love with her ever since. I found her magazine while browsing the shelves of Borders one day and since then I've followed her as she has built an empire of organic living stuff. Her husband calls her a visionary, which i think is appropriate: she has a true entrepeneurial spirit but the nice thing about hers is that the ideas she comes up with bring community and organic living together and strive to make the world a better place. For example, she started this thing called the Pay Dirt Farm School which is a non profit organization that teaches young people how to do...

we are lucky enough that our good friends scott and gary work at the infamous Poor Reds which never changes (except the jukebox gets better) and which people travel from all over to visit. so we got to close down the bar with them sunday night and, once again, we had WAY too much fun. addie kicked off the night by starting to cry with nostalgia (you can see the tears running down her nose) when the dixie chicks' "cowboy take me away" came on and so em and i gave her some sweet sweet cowgirl love: which made us all very happy. and that turned addie's mind to dancing, so she grabbed the nearest partner: and she and joey whirled around that narrow little space that has seen so much craziness: and then we all joined in on the dancefest: while artie posed - sexy?- for the camera our friend gary reminds us of joey in ten years. and scott sowa, apparently the only one actually working here, who is going to have a brand new baby girl in about a week! without my little u...

my old dear friend mary lives on a farm. she and her husband ben are living the dream! they work so hard every day on their 5 acre property in somerset and they now have created a CSA (community supported agriculture) and sold ten shares of their farm to their neighbors. in fact, nancy, mom's friend from the library, is one of their lucky buyers. they will provide a box of fresh produce from their garden and eggs from their gorgeous happy hens once a week. they took us on a little tour through their growing goodies. kale, chard, carrots, cucumbers, squash, tomatoes, strawberries, snap peas all flourishing green and lively in pretty curving rows. they also have all types of different herbs and they are starting an orchard with nectarines, plums, apples, two different kinds of pears, cherries. ben told us all about what he feeds the chickens, how they grind it up and what is healthy for chickens. and sylvan, who fell in love with the little crank to grind up the peas, worked on grind...

Oh how i love thee summer, for so many reasons Road trips with Darin: Going to the river: Spontaneous dance parties: Backyard barbecues with all the friends: Backpacking trips: Sleeping outside: My little swimming pool: Walking down to Cozmic Cafe for a beer and some live music: Going to Marco's Cafe for a beer and some live music: Bocce ball games: Going to the river again : Backyard music shows: Making great food with all the girls: my favorite summer treat by far, Mexcian coconut popsicles: Family adventures, like this hiking trip down to Havasu Falls in the Grand Canyon: Summer reading, especially (of course!) at the river Jumping and flying into the gorgeous summer world! AHHH SUMMERTIME! It is the time of life and exuberance...the time of year that everyone comes together to dance and go in the back of old trucks to the look-out tower at the top of the mountain, the time that everyone hikes down to the river almost every day and then goes to FreshMex after, then back to my...

nothin left to do but smile, smile, smile... Alright, can I just take a minute to be completely self-absorbed? Okay, thanks, here goes... my big proud moment; i got special recognition from Dr. Madden for graduating *with Honors* but by the picture you might think my "special" recognition had something to do with me being a special needs student: calming myself down a bit in order to pose with some of my incredible professors Dr. Toise and Dr. Sweet: and Dr. Lee-Keller then, back home to my party, here are my decorations (thanks to em and noel): AND a bright bouquet of spring flowers my mom brought for me: AND my cake from rebecca: (okay maybe you're catching on. it wasn't just MY party. it was art's birthday too. thus, smART cake. together we got the royal treatment, so from here on out I'll drop all the obnoxious mine.mine.mines and sticks with OURS) in fact, here we are in all our glory, sporting enviable party hats ala emily. i also had a dramatic "g...