the christmas play

oh, earth, you are too wonderful for anybody to realize you

[last summer, from a taxi window]

i am usually so astonished to be somewhere

that i will happily record what seems to be

somewhat mundane to others (although the

driver of this particular taxi made the ride

anything but mundane; a little car, rather

rickety, but capable of great speed on the

highway). anyway. thinking, today, of Thornton

Wilder's Emily, and how happy i am that the

Stage Manager had the best possible answer.

saints and poets, folks. saints and poets.

a midnight clear [glad and golden hours come swiftly on the wing]

a little st. nick's eve ode to designbird

designbird

(what a lovely blog you have, camilla schmidt!)

all photos via items by designbird

(& might there be a better holiday gift than

mr. carpenter's perfect print? i think not.)

items by designbird

found via maison vdj

couldn't be any better, all as it should be

bell'occhio

10 brady street

san francisco

belle epoque

be not weary

in well doing

marianne stokes

ooh little st. nick [lucky]

st. nikolaus tag is the sixth

pls note the dress-up: ever more enchantment from vdj

+ the four boys from crow creek

I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold

this is just to say

william carlos williams

-and some plum syrup, here

photos: vt

a thousand graces diffusing

what you see and hear depends

a good deal on where

you are standing; it also depends

on what sort

of person you are

- c.s. lewis

consider the oyster

jakubowski

crow creek

washimata

maison vdj

amsterdam modern

astier de villatte

mfk fisher

a very merry arrival

unwrapped the pineapple a few minutes ago

thank you

the very merry bannister brush

what's not to love?

red and green &

available from the

UK branch of AI

a very etsy christmas: paper packages

[once again, tied up in string]

lovely

washimatta

[please note the current shipping restrictions before you order]