Moonshine Junkyard

i get so dreamy these days. the nights are warmer but the skies are grey. gentle rains come, harried occasionally by a golden sun through clouds like silver pirate ships. my backyard is so green it aches, so growing and fresh, seeds and pollen bursting into the air. i call them beatrix potter days. because they remind me of muddy paths through blossoming english countrysides. bees and birds and willows and lilacs. ruffled skirts and romantic colors to frolic through the wispy spring greens. aprons are the accessory du jour. my choice of music today is a strange ethereal dreamworld. my forays into wildcrafting so far include plucking miner's lettuce and dandelion greens for salads. i collected handfuls of dandelions for wine and plucked their yellow petals. but the process stymies me; i'm stuck at the "wine yeast" ingredient...what is that? where to find it? the big fat bumblebees know just wh...

remember grandma georgie , who turned 99 in february ? don't worry, she's okay! it's just that she took ill a few weeks ago and had to go stay in the hospital for a couple weeks. well now she is back home (begrudgingly accepting a little extra care) and while amy and the kids were in town we paid her a visit. i love the proud look on her face above; it tweaks at my heart. grandma's house has been the same since i can remember.  like her pink bathroom fixtures, shell collection, and clowns. all her little things, each earth-toned afghan, the little plants in her kitchen, the shag carpet, the stacks of photo albums... are forever part of my childhood and engrained in my soul. she was kind of mad that while she was in the hospital they (my dad) moved some things around like a little hallway table so that she can get through more easily with her walker. quite the stubborn little lady! just like how she insists that the strawberries on her morni...

emily just finished reading Just Kids (i'm making everyone i know read it, obviously) and she loved it. so for her birthday, she decided to have a 1960s New York bohemian theme a la warhol's Factory. we called it the velvet underground party and played exclusively late 60s/early 70s psychedelia (til the hiphop dance party took over) amy, me, emily, katie (em's cousin) all in black and white. (not planned!) none of us are actually fans of andy warhol. we're really just a bit in love with edie. i followed another tutorial for my makeup. see what i mean about watching lots of tutorials lately? i haven't the foggiest how to do hair or make-up and thus i'm usually just a mess. anyway, i have never applied so much makeup in my life. but i loved this woman who does the tutorial because she says, in her cute british accent, that you can't go wrong because: "don't be shy," you just "slap it on" and that ed...