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Wisdom From Unexpected Places

How did I get to be 44 years old without ever having heard of this?

Dude, Get Out of My Garbage!

Airstream of My Dreams

One of my many obsessions is the classic American Airstream trailer.  One day, when I win the lottery, I will have one of my own, but until then, I might just console myself with a trip to Kate's Lazy Meadow in the Catskills. Not only is it owned by the fabulous Kate Pierson of the B-52's, but you can stay in an Airstream Trailer!

Father's Day

You know how mylar balloons get a little weird when they start to deflate?  They drift around the house in unpredictable patterns?  A Birthday balloon snuck up on me in the kitchen yesterday, kissed me on the cheek, and then drifted away.  If I were a different person, I might think that my father came to visit me for Father's Day, in the form of a mylar balloon, but since I'm me, I'll just marvel at how oddly semi-deflated balloons behave.

Beauties, One and All!

Pop on over to A Commonplace Life to see some beautiful pictures that Amy took of my sister and her family.

Do You Have a Dish That Makes You Happy?

Then you should enter Sweet Paul's Contest!  The dish that makes me happiest is probably a bowl of really good cherries, but I'm guessing that that's not enough of a recipe to win a contest!  Maybe you'll have better luck.

From Sweet Paul's Blog:

My Happy Dish Recipe Contest!

Its time for another "My Happy Dish" Recipe Contest.
Kriss Mullen won the summer issue contest with her yummy Orange Creamsicle Milkshake.
Check it out right here!

You can now enter the contest for the fall issue.
All you need to do is to email us your favorite fall issue recipe.
It can be anything from a cocktail to a cake. It just needs to be your recipe, not anything you found in a magazine, a book or online.
You also need to send in a hi res portrait of yourself and the a few sentences starting with, "This dish makes me happy because......".
Please email your entries to myhappydish@sweetpaulmag.com
Deadline is july 1st.
Good luck!

 

Happy Birthday to Me!

I'm forty-four and I'm going to celebrate every single second of it.  Wa-hoo!  Pictures of wild debauchery--otherwise known as our town's family-friendly Fireman's Carnival--to follow tomorrow! 

Weird and Wonderful Mr. Rogers Remix

I Dream of Sweden

I dream about IKEA a lot.

I dream about driving there.  (The nearest one is about an hour away from my house.)

I dream about navigating the store.

I dream about lignonberry juice and elderberry syrup.

I dream of a clean, spare life, somewhere in Sweden.

I dream of hanging out with ABBA, circa 1976.

Yes, I do.

Bits and Bobs

--Are you on Pinterest?  Come follow me, and I'll follow you, and we'll share glorious pictures of beautiful places and things!

--Can I decorate my house in suburban New York as if I lived in São Paolo?  So much delicious color!

--I could use 3000 of these Guatemalan Worry Dolls.

--Do you know Uncle Beefy?

--Don't forget to enter my Book Giveaway!