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Alex
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An omnivorous reader with a strangely retentive memory for trifles.
Interests: Reading, psychology, laziness, The Lord of the Rings, P.G. Wodehouse, Alexandre Dumas, Lake Erie, graveyards, Doctor Who, photography, tea
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Those are gorgeous! Her face in the elephant picture is so expressive. Is this for school?
the secret garden
My illustrations for The Secret Garden have in all been in pieces floating around my room for a while now (I found a an elephant in my slipper the other day), so it's nice to finally get them all stick down and realise I've done more work than I thought. This is an image I've shown before; I...
Grandma Trouble
Ten years ago today, my great-grandma Julia died. I'm not doing a big memoir-y blog post, I just wanted to write down a few things that I loved about her, and what kind of a woman she was. I was only 12 when she died, and we lived three hours... Continue reading
Posted Feb 27, 2011 at Somewhere Quiet
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Josh Ritter, Valentine's Day, 2011
Posted Feb 15, 2011 at Somewhere Quiet
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This Year I...
graduated college visited Alaska moved back home got a job got my driver's license read 34 books watched about a billion hours of Doctor Who named a puppy All in all....not bad! Continue reading
Posted Dec 31, 2010 at Somewhere Quiet
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Puppy!
Posted Dec 16, 2010 at Somewhere Quiet
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Like Me
As I've gotten older, I've started to recognize in myself a desire to meet another person who is like me. Or maybe not like me, but who has been in a situation like mine. My sister has problems, some or most of which look very familiar: drug abuse, body image... Continue reading
Posted Dec 13, 2010 at Somewhere Quiet
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My November Guest
This is me reading Robert Frost's poem My November Guest, with pictures I took back when it was, well, November! :) The sound quality isn't great, but it was the best my otherwise great camera could do. Continue reading
Posted Dec 13, 2010 at Somewhere Quiet
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The Windhover by Gerard Manley Hopkins
To Christ our Lord I CAUGHT this morning morning’s minion, king- dom of daylight’s dauphin, dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon, in his riding Of the rolling level underneath him steady air, and striding High there, how he rung upon the rein of a wimpling wing In his ecstasy! then off, off forth on... Continue reading
Posted Nov 21, 2010 at Somewhere Quiet
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I went back to Lake View
Posted Nov 18, 2010 at Somewhere Quiet
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Queen City Graves
Posted Nov 9, 2010 at Somewhere Quiet
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I love these! They're so quirky and eye-catching. I could see them looking as good on a coffee table as they would on a bookshelf.
Here's the last of my three Gerald Durrel book...
Here's the last of my three Gerald Durrel book covers and its slip case (the photos aren't great because I took them in uni with my phone). Plus a little work in progress scan. :)
We do make "real" dumplings occasionally! Not in my immediate family so much, but my grandmother definitely does.
It may be worth mentioning that my great-grandma was also a notoriously poor cook, in addition to the stretched-for-money thing. :) There was talk about adding salt to the actual dough, but that was Not How We Do It.
Dumpling Day
I went to Buffalo this weekend to visit my grandparents and participate in Dumpling Day, which is just like it sounds. It's a day of contradictions, really. When my grandfather was little, there were too many kids and not enough money, so these cheap-and-easy dumplings were necessary. Now all th...
Dumpling Day
Posted Nov 8, 2010 at Somewhere Quiet
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You should! It's quite short, and it's public domain.
"Alone- it is wonderful how little a man can do alone!"
He dreams of a reign of terror! A reign of terror, I tell you. You must set a watch on trains and roads and shipping. The garrison must help. You must wire for help. I've had a love for reading as long as I can remember. I loved it and was good at it, and as a result I sometimes read books tha...
"Alone- it is wonderful how little a man can do alone!"
He dreams of a reign of terror! A reign of terror, I tell you. You must set a watch on trains and roads and shipping. The garrison must help. You must wire for help. I've had a love for reading as long as I can remember. I loved it and... Continue reading
Posted Oct 28, 2010 at Somewhere Quiet
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Alex is now following Emma Block
Oct 23, 2010
Happy Birthday
"Of all outdoor sports, few are more stimulating than watching middle-aged Frenchmen bathe. Drama, action, suspense, all are here." "As a rule, you see, I'm not lugged into Family Rows. On the occasions when Aunt is calling Aunt like mastodons bellowing across premieval swamps and Uncle James's letter about Cousin... Continue reading
Posted Oct 15, 2010 at Somewhere Quiet
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Thank you, liliales! I had a wonderful time writing it, and I'm glad others like it. :-)
Welcome to Somewhere Quiet
Welcome to Somewhere Quiet, where residents and guests come to watch the seasons change around them and watch the world outside run through their days. Around here we all live in little stone houses. Some are under a hill, others on open ground. Some souls prefer their little homes to have the...
Welcome to Somewhere Quiet
Posted Oct 10, 2010 at Somewhere Quiet
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Oct 9, 2010
The Haserot Angel
Posted Oct 9, 2010 at Somewhere Quiet
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What inspires you in life? What makes you want to reach for the stars and do something truly extraordinary?
I'm trying out this "Q" thing. And bummer, it's mostly corporate shilling. Ah well. TypePad's gotta pay the bills somehow.
Would it be wrong of me to use this question to talk about how nauseating I sometimes find the Disney mystique? Like, I enjoy a good Disney movie and I've enjoyed my vacations to Disneyworld, but I watched this show on people getting married at Disney with frickin' Mickey ears in their wedding cakes and Cinderella dresses and I kind of wanted to vomit. To each his own, I guess, but it seems so infantalizing and stifling personal expression. Continue reading
Posted Oct 1, 2010 at Somewhere Quiet
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Ladies in Black and White
Posted Sep 26, 2010 at Somewhere Quiet
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Gah, silly Typepad. I haven't really sat down and figured it out yet. I didn't know it was set to only let comments in from people who were signed on. Thanks for the heads up!
It makes me sad that Trek was in the 60s and that particular Who was in the 80s, but I guess effects couldn't really change much until computers were much more prominent.
Let's Get Ready To Rumble!
Readers, I present to you two venerable science-fiction and television institutions: Star Trek and Doctor Who. Both are beloved the world over and have showcased some of the most creative minds of their eras. And both have had some spectacularly awful fight sequences. Exhibit 1: Kirk and the Gor...
Let's Get Ready To Rumble!
Readers, I present to you two venerable science-fiction and television institutions: Star Trek and Doctor Who. Both are beloved the world over and have showcased some of the most creative minds of their eras. And both have had some spectacularly awful fight sequences. Exhibit 1: Kirk and the Gorn It's... Continue reading
Posted Sep 25, 2010 at Somewhere Quiet
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