paula greif ceramics

First thing's first: Happy Birthday to the most wonderful Tia in the world.

I stumbled upon this tumblr (or tumbl'd upon it, perhaps?) thanks to simple things, another lovely little blog. I was immediately drawn to Paula Greif's beautiful ceramic works, and just wish there were a "shop" or "buy" button right on there for those of us not in NY. Here's hoping...

William Edmonds' Eskimo Kiss

I have been extraordinarily absent here, I know, and I apologize. I keep trying to encourage some creativity in myself each day/week lately, and am finding myself coming up short. It'll come back, I know, it's just... missing right now. That said, I saw this image today and fell in love with it for a whole bunch of reasons and had to share. I want a print of this. Maybe the mere act of re-posting will inspire some ideas of my own...

via Miss Moss:

(William Edmonds on Flickr)

Again, Input?

So, I'm just going to call it on the photography challenge, and I'll walk around with my head hung in shame for the next week. Oh well. I'll try it again another time, when I have a more fancy-pants camera, I think.

Back to my solicitation of input, though. I have to turn in my assignment for the non-fiction lesson in my writing class by tonight, and I still haven't decided what to write about. Here's a short-list of "events" that popped into my head as moments that made an impact on me (full assignment can be viewed here)... can you help me narrow??

Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion

Obama Election Night

Katrina

Death of Michael Jackson

Columbine

2000 Presidential Election

Anti-Iraq War Protests in Washington, D.C. (2002-2003)

Red Sox 2004 World Series Victory

...

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