come sail away

I've always liked the idea of owning a sailboat. It seems
so American. Think of it: warm summer nights, crisp khakis
and a light sweater, and clam bakes with the whole
Martha Stewart setup.

des œufs

I knew an artist who painted chairs to represent
different people. If I were a chair, I'd want to be
a cozy red Arne Jacobsen Egg Chair.

san fransisco

San Fransisco is one of my favorite places.
I love the morning fog and gray skies.

lottery

The Lottery
-Shirley Jackson

royal

For years I hated anything purple. Lately I've
started to like it...and even wear it a bit.

cache-cache

Whenever I saw Matisse's paper cutouts in books
I thought they were pretty, but I never understood
how incredible they were until I saw a few in person.
These weren't typical collages--they filled 30-foot walls!

spoiled

Tomorrow we go back to the real world. No more vacation. In a way, I'm ready to get back to work and a regular routine. But that doesn't change how nice it is to be spoiled.

pleasantries

When I went to the National Gallery of Art I saw
a special exhibit of drawings and collages made
during WWII. I was surprised at how contemporary
some of them looked.

cryptic

I saw this spray painted on a wall in New York
and I have no idea what it means. But I like it.

deceive

When my live orchid died last year I resorted to buying a fake one.

godhead

The Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible
as man's; the Son also; but the Holy Ghost has not
a body of flesh and bones, but is a personage of Spirit.
Were it not so, the Holy Ghost could not dwell with us.
Doctrine and Covenants 130:22

rothko

It was a very humid day in DC and I spent it
inside the National Gallery of Art.

horrible sanity

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.
-Edgar Allan Poe

les rêves

I still have dreams about living in France.

revelation

Things seem to work out for the best,
even if they appear pretty hopeless at the time.

krakatoa

"Soon after five o'clock the western horizon suddenly
flamed into a brilliant scarlet, which crimsoned sky
and clouds. People in the streets were startled at the
unwonted sight and gathered in little groups on all the
corners to gaze into the west. ...The clouds gradually
deepened to a bloody red hue, and a sanguinary flush
was on the sea."
-New York Times
Nov. 28, 1883

907

In Chelsea I went to a gallery full of pure white panels--at least that's how they looked from far away. Up close I realized they were covered with rows of tiny white numbers. It was a series about time and the artist was counting the days of his life. Talk about tedious.

OOF

Today I went to the MOMA.
Sometimes I don't understand modern art.

snail

Today I saw a snail in Central Park.

tired

I'm not very happy on two hours of sleep.

invictus

I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
-W.E. Henley

competition

I get a little competitive when I play games.
By a little I mean a lot.

harbor

Ben and I are in Chincoteague with his family.
Two years ago we sat in the harbor here and
decided to get married.

porphyry

Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white;
Nor waves the cypress in the palace walk;
Nor winks the gold fin in the porphyry font:
The firefly wakens: waken thou with me.
-Alfred Lord Tennyson

circus

I've never been to a Ringling Brothers style circus.

dead duck

The dead duck scene in About a Boy makes me laugh every time.

lost

High school graduation. I remember feeling like I had all the answers. It's five years later and I think I'm more confused than ever.

guitar

I bought a $50 guitar when I was in middle school
and never learned how to play it.

colonial style

Red doors on colonial houses look lovely.

serenity

We arrived in Maryland tonight. I took a walk around the block with my inlaws and realized just how beautiful it is here. A perfect golden moon greeted us as we turned onto Hughes Road and I thought,
"I never want to go back West again."