little augury at one kings lane

get thee to the

tag sale

G via BibliOdyssey

go ahead

be a light; use what you've got.

share it. pour forth- spend out, for all the best reasons.

is there anything more beautiful

than generosity of spirit?

happy new year, with love

wishing you a glorious 2012

i shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled

And would it have been worth it, after all,
After the cups, the marmalade, the tea,
Among the porcelain, among some talk of you and me,
Would it have been worth while,
To have bitten off the matter with a smile,
To have squeezed the universe into a ball
To roll it toward some overwhelming question,
To say: “I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all”—
If one, settling a pillow by her head,
Should say: “That is not what I meant at all.
That is not it, at all.”

And would it have been worth it, after all,
Would it have been worth while,
After the sunsets and the dooryards and the sprinkled streets,
After the novels, after the teacups, after the skirts that trail along the floor—
And this, and so much more?—
It is impossible to say just what I mean!
But as if a magic lantern threw the nerves in patterns on a screen:
Would it have been worth while
If one, settling a pillow or throwing off a shawl,
And turning toward the window, should say:
“That is not it at all,
That is not what I meant, at all.”

No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be;
Am an attendant lord, one that will do
To swell a progress, start a scene or two,
Advise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool,
Deferential, glad to be of use,
Politic, cautious, and meticulous;
Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse;
At times, indeed, almost ridiculous—
Almost, at times, the Fool...

love this collection.

have loved j. alfred

since i met him

in professor hanna's

class, c. 1977.

(sue hanna taught me more

about words than i

did imagine at the time)

this?

it's a departure, i

suppose, from the past,

but it also hearkens

back. like all

great collections that

will be remembered,

it looks forward.

i don't really read fashion

press (did for many years)

anymore, just know what

i like. that's that. i can only

imagine what's been said

about all of this.

well. i think this

is one for history,

a game changer.

that's my vote.

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

Eliot, T.S.

1917

images: chanel + vogue + pgt

absolute attention

it's time to take a bit of a break. for now, perhaps, wander over

& visit beth nelson. a sea both poignant & sublime, her blog is.

photo: beth nelson

dear friend,

what a stunning perfectly happy

moment to walk to my door and

see your gift waiting quietly in it's

dear brown box. what a joy it is to

receive! what thanks i have that

you gave. thoughtfulness like this

ripples through lives and changes

them. (it has happened that way

before.) thank you, gift-giver. always.

ALL images:

amazing amassblog (you should go here)