so i've been trying to update blanche's blogspot. we now have a few things up, hooray! we're all over the interweb now, so here are some links...
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check them out! there are a couple of reviews posted that we've recently received.
05 November 2010
30 September 2010
this day in history
get ready, i'm probably going to do this a lot. i get a daily "this day in history" e-mail from history.com, so i read historical facts while i drink my morning coffee. it's a pretty good start to the day and i always feel compelled to share some of this information. this one might be a little on the nerdy side, but i don't care because i myself am i a little on the nerdy side.
This Day in History: September 30, 1868.
The first volume of Louisa May Alcott's beloved children's book Little Women is published on this day. The novel will become Alcott's first bestseller and a beloved children's classic.
Like the fictional Jo March, Alcott was the second of four daughters. She was born in Pennsylvania but spent most of her life in Concord, Massachusetts, where her father, Bronson, associated with Transcendentalist thinkers Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. The liberal attitudes of the Transcendentalists left a strong mark on Louisa May Alcott. Her father started a school based on Transcendentalist teachings, but after six years it failed, and he was left unable to support the family. Louisa dedicated most of her life and writing to supporting her family. In 1852, her first story, the Rival Painters: A Tale of Rome, was published in a periodical, and she made a living off sentimental and melodramatic stories over the next two decades. In 1862, she worked as a nurse for Union troops in the Civil War until typhoid fever broke her health. She turned her experiences into Hospital Sketches (1863), which earned her a reputation as a serious literary writer.
Looking for a bestseller, a publisher asked Alcott to write a book for girls. Although reluctant at first, she poured her best talent into the work, and the first volume of the serialized novel Little Women became an instant success. She wrote a chapter a day for the second half of the book. Her subsequent children's fiction, including Little Men (1871), An Old-Fashioned Girl (1870), Eight Cousins (1875), and Jo's Boys (1886), were not as popular as Little Women. She also wrote many short stories for adults. She became a strong supporter of women's issues and spent most of her life caring for her family's financial, emotional, and physical needs. Her father died in March 1888, and she followed him just two days later at the age of 55.
This Day in History: September 30, 1868.
The first volume of Louisa May Alcott's beloved children's book Little Women is published on this day. The novel will become Alcott's first bestseller and a beloved children's classic.
Like the fictional Jo March, Alcott was the second of four daughters. She was born in Pennsylvania but spent most of her life in Concord, Massachusetts, where her father, Bronson, associated with Transcendentalist thinkers Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. The liberal attitudes of the Transcendentalists left a strong mark on Louisa May Alcott. Her father started a school based on Transcendentalist teachings, but after six years it failed, and he was left unable to support the family. Louisa dedicated most of her life and writing to supporting her family. In 1852, her first story, the Rival Painters: A Tale of Rome, was published in a periodical, and she made a living off sentimental and melodramatic stories over the next two decades. In 1862, she worked as a nurse for Union troops in the Civil War until typhoid fever broke her health. She turned her experiences into Hospital Sketches (1863), which earned her a reputation as a serious literary writer.
Looking for a bestseller, a publisher asked Alcott to write a book for girls. Although reluctant at first, she poured her best talent into the work, and the first volume of the serialized novel Little Women became an instant success. She wrote a chapter a day for the second half of the book. Her subsequent children's fiction, including Little Men (1871), An Old-Fashioned Girl (1870), Eight Cousins (1875), and Jo's Boys (1886), were not as popular as Little Women. She also wrote many short stories for adults. She became a strong supporter of women's issues and spent most of her life caring for her family's financial, emotional, and physical needs. Her father died in March 1888, and she followed him just two days later at the age of 55.
long time no see
so ross started a blog and created a link to kitty pims, so naturally i realized that i haven't posted anything in the longest time and i now feel it necessary to do so so that i don't look like a square.
with that being said, i've been obsessed with shannon and the clams lately and they have been the soundtrack to my daily commute for most of the summer. they make me wish i was a teenager in the mid-60s and that they were playing at my prom.
i mean seriously, of course i love them. anyhoo, i just found out that there is a music video for their song "hunk hunt," which rules. i got really excited when i found it. so here it is...
they are so incredible. well, i'm waiting for the gasman to show up and turn our gas back on. sarah and i had gas apparently leaking under our house, so that's kinda terrifying. it's been a three day ordeal, but it should all be over soon. i'm going to do my best to keep up with posting from this point on, so we shall see. ttyl.
ps-thanks ross.
with that being said, i've been obsessed with shannon and the clams lately and they have been the soundtrack to my daily commute for most of the summer. they make me wish i was a teenager in the mid-60s and that they were playing at my prom.
i mean seriously, of course i love them. anyhoo, i just found out that there is a music video for their song "hunk hunt," which rules. i got really excited when i found it. so here it is...
they are so incredible. well, i'm waiting for the gasman to show up and turn our gas back on. sarah and i had gas apparently leaking under our house, so that's kinda terrifying. it's been a three day ordeal, but it should all be over soon. i'm going to do my best to keep up with posting from this point on, so we shall see. ttyl.
ps-thanks ross.
12 July 2010
monday monday
i have a ton of pictures to upload from my camera, but i'm pooped and i'm being lazy. i went to an awesome show last night: native guilt, legs dead and well, big kids and 1994. so i stayed up late and had to work all day. i'm exhausted. more to come later.
song of the day: the babies-sick kid in the distance
song of the day: the babies-sick kid in the distance
09 July 2010
rainy days
so the rain has only persisted the past couple of days, and its affecting my work. don't get me wrong, i love it, but it just makes me want to sit in my craft room with a quilt and a cup of tea. i'm suppose to go on a picnic tomorrow, so i hope it doesn't rain a ton. overcast i'm okay with. this weather has also made me realize that i could definitely handle living in the northeast or northwest somewhere, and that i'm dreading the looming heat and humidity here. this is a picture of the boy i'll be picnicking with tomorrow, this is from our last picnic at the salt plains...
song of the day: yellowfever-cats and rats
song of the day: yellowfever-cats and rats
08 July 2010
tucked away in a basement
i started my curatorial work today, which means i spent all day in a basement with artifacts and my deathly hallows audiobook. i love my job. i'm in the process of cataloging a ton of edison phonograph records that have multiple (and usually incorrect) accession numbers on them. that probably sounds mind-numbingly boring, but i disagree. on top of all that, i hung out at a park during my lunch hour and ate a vegetable sandwich. not too shabby. after i got off work i hung out with my mom for a little bit, but i ended up feeling bad because i crashed from my caffeine intake and i think i might have been a bit of a crab apple. i'm fighting the urge to take a nap at this very moment because i know it will only lead to another night of me watching futurama until three in the morning and then being exhausted at work. this seems to be a pattern in my life. alright, enough of my rambling for now.
song of the day: songs for moms-expandable
07 July 2010
birthday treats
it's my dad's birthday this weekend, so naturally this is what he will be receiving from me. i've never tried making a checkered cake before and i'm a little nervous. but my excitement definitely outweighs the nervousness.
La La Vasquez - Hello?
i decided to start a blog today. i'm not exactly sure what compelled me to do so, but i'm going with it.
it's been raining here a lot the past few days, so i've been sitting in my house obsessing over british lo-fi. i wanted to post something by one of my new finds, but i didn't have much luck. but here's a video of la la vasquez playing at the cowley club in brighton. they're pretty awesome...
it's been raining here a lot the past few days, so i've been sitting in my house obsessing over british lo-fi. i wanted to post something by one of my new finds, but i didn't have much luck. but here's a video of la la vasquez playing at the cowley club in brighton. they're pretty awesome...
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