the plums that were in the icebox

Jan 11

Junior’s the best! Also, he was once kidnapped


Jan 9
DEAD! at 88, Art Clokey, check out his childhood, amazing man

DEAD! at 88, Art Clokey, check out his childhood, amazing man


Dec 27

Dec 23
“It was a small tortoise with Julia’s initials set in diamonds in the living shell, and this slightly obscene object, now slipping impotently on the polished boards, now striding across the card table, now lumbering over a rug, now withdrawn at a touch, now stretching its neck and swaying its withered, antediluvian head, became a memorable part of the evening, one of those needle-hooks of experience which catch the attention when larger matters are at stake.”
Evelyn Waugh
Brideshead Revisited

“It was a small tortoise with Julia’s initials set in diamonds in the living shell, and this slightly obscene object, now slipping impotently on the polished boards, now striding across the card table, now lumbering over a rug, now withdrawn at a touch, now stretching its neck and swaying its withered, antediluvian head, became a memorable part of the evening, one of those needle-hooks of experience which catch the attention when larger matters are at stake.”

Evelyn Waugh

Brideshead Revisited




Dec 22
Click through for Karl Blau

Click through for Karl Blau


Dec 20
She can really lay it down…

She can really lay it down…


Nov 17
I hope that where you are now is pagan free
Edward Woodward 1930-2009

I hope that where you are now is pagan free

Edward Woodward 1930-2009


Nov 16

“Traditions inherited from the Rancho period encouraged a tendency to ‘speak in superlatives, to live out-of-doors, to tell tall tales, to deal in real estate, to believe whaat isn’t true, to throw dignity out the window, to dress dramatically, and, last but not least, to tackle the impossible.’ Lee Shippey on Californians from Los Angeles: The Architecture of Four Ecologies


In search of the miraculous

In search of the miraculous


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