at the met

'til September 7th

vote now for new antiquarian

Porter will be on Mad Men.

I can't vote anymore today, so

why don't you? (Click here, please.)

Also, see P. H. and the also-fabulous

Hollister (her dear schwester)

in the nyt Home section yesterday.

These are the Good Old Days.

Quite magnificent!

bb-blog featured on design milk

please to go see one of

my favorite bloggers

right here (is Bridget)

thank you

my crazy sister

[GodILOVEthisbook]

click image for closer look

m. b. goffstein

a writer

[and this one]

click image to read and see

m. b. goffstein

summer: windows, opportunity

foster's fourth

do look

one day three years ago, almost

it was very blue in Paris, and so delightful

marzipan marzipan marzipan

0'dark thirty at the airport,

and i am looking for marzipan?

or chocolate, bread, a tart?

ush

[i love you]

How to Write and Illustrate a Picture Book

Reader, I believe this is the most

magnificent page I have ever seen.

It is beautiful, mainly, in that it encapsulates

perfectly an art which intrigues so many. I've

read so much about this, over the years, and

I can tell you that no one has even come close

to covering the subject so purely and concisely.

And it is in response to a query, once, from

yours truly. Was it a surprise and is it pure joy?

Yes, and yes. Here.

class winners

How did I miss this era?

Did I ever tell you I won the canoe race at camp?

Somehow, this all looks really right to me.

Pair it with a cute midshipman in a raccoon coat, and you've got a deal.

via [marvelous] archival clothing

announcing

home again home again jiggety jig (II)

should one draw, blog, write,

empty the dishwasher, read,

answer emails, tackle projects,

organize mountain of books,

attempt to capture the summer

in 500 words,

or walk the dog?

(also: the springtime-new wisteria needs water)

and, soon, i have something beautiful

to tell you about. written words.

divine ones. [see How to post, above]

(sadie awaits. her leash at the ready.

we walk.)

travel writer

gone camping

back in a bit

camp manners

civilization,

portable

camp equipage

all

available

here

Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile...

"...Smile, boys, that’s the style.

What’s the use of worrying?

It never was worth while, so

Pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag,

And smile, smile, smile."

Military Duffle, WWI

Christopher Clark

art of war

camp watercolor

1853

the camp trunk

Camel as Military Transport

the camp chair

U. S. Grant

the camp desk

WWII

the camp bed

Napolean

Conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

revolution

became hail

raindrops the size of silver dollars soon became hail.

(hail, not small, lasted half hour. simple. magic on a

summer day in zurich. just snow like. then sun.)

clouds, over lake

still

bodensee abc: apples, books, cobblestone

was in Lindau for 45 minutes

and maybe took a million pics

these, some of the first, are

favorites

bodensee

like magic

taking this

filled me

with happiness

early bird gets the worm

Well, while I'd like to explain why a three-day trip to Virginia turned into a weekandahalf, it's something for later. Maybe. In the meantime, being up at this Virginia hour (safely back and cozy in California), I'll just post a few snaps from the Zurich airport. It was quite satisfying; a good place to spend a few extra minutes.