I Thought I Was New Here

I can't express how excited I am that my husband's first book of poetry is coming out this year! It is being published by BlazeVox Books and now has a page on their site.

I helped my husband set up his blog/website today, where you can find most of his poems, reviews, and information about the book. Now, instead of a running list of his work on my sidebar, you will see a new button that will take you right to his site. In addition to his site, I also got to design the cover of the book using a photo from NASA that my husband liked, which was so much fun.

I will keep you up to date about the progress of the book. It will be on Amazon and some other places when it comes out. I can't wait to hold it in my hands!

Tilt Your Shift

I learned about tiltshiftmaker.com on Modish yesterday and had to try it with some of my photos. So fun! Don't they look like miniatures? The boats kill me. You have to try it.



OK, I'm messing with you, the third photo is actually of a miniature room. All this talk of miniatures reminded me how awesome the Thorne Miniature Rooms at the Art Institute of Chicago are. My mom took this photo there when she was visiting me once. Check out these other tiny rooms. Another thing I will go see when we finally get to go back to Chicago. Hopefully soon!

The Other Lawless

You may have noticed a new addition to the sidebar on the left dedicated to my husband's published poetry. I decided this is as good a place as any for me to glow about my talented husband and share his work. As his poems get published I will link to them here. This also makes the blog a one-stop shop for friends and family to keep up with us.

Right now we are waiting for some of his accepted poems to appear in Drunken Boat, Memorious, Blood Orange Review, H_NGM_N, and the Cortland Review. Keep checking back, I will post them once they are up. Happy reading!

A Fairey in Union Square

I just found out that the new mural in Union Square was done by artist Shepard Fairey, who did the vote poster, the Obama Hope poster, and is well know for his Obey Giant stickers. The mural is on Somerville Ave, on the side of Grand. Here is an interesting interview with Shepard in SuperTouch. I love the small Fairey sticker(s?) on the emergency box nearby. The piece is a great addition to the area. He is going to have a show at the ICA, which I want to check out when it opens.

A New Day

Honestly, I woke up today with You're a Grand Old Flag stuck in my head. I fell asleep smiling last night. I feel so proud, hopeful and relieved. What I really love is that the first and only thing that a whole generation of children will know is life under an African American president. It is not a "what if?" or "when?" anymore, it is a reality.

Adventures of Maisie Dobbs

I have been doing more reading than crafting, I read the third Maisie Dobbs book in about 24 hours. It is one of a series of mystery books set in England between WWI and WWII, and I initially started reading them solely because of the gorgeuos covers. This is the first cover that got my attention. They are fun, light, and as my mother-in-law calls them, "potato chip books." There is some ambiguity - the characters and their actions are in shades of grey, but everything is neatly tied up at the end of each book, as it should be. Sometimes you need a happy ending.