you could win a rabbit

Dear Zanti,

Jack has finally forgiven you for that flash pic you took of him, unannounced and harsh.

He needs his nails clipped, and he is soon due for a vet check-up, so he surely has other worries.
love, Mrs. Ham

p.s. please tell us your mall memories!

mantel lights

mantel lights

Originally uploaded by fresh peth.

You know, it is either mantel, or mantle. I’m pleased to have such a glorious tree this year. I’m pleased to have had such fine help to trim it.

And I’m knitting again. I’ve knitted three little hats for big Grandma, and I’m starting a kerchief for her tonight.

And what are your thoughts on almond bark?

Rabbit.

Quite like this.

crushed

This afternoon I buttoned all 4 buttons on my coat. Winter is so close.

How strange to have a crush again, on a popstar who once I crushed upon, circa 1983. That’s the picture I had hanging on my bedroom wall, yes. I was taken by his music and his voice as much as by his foofy hair and the fact that he wore ladies earrings, one in each ear. Those sorts of things mattered back then.

I never get crushes anymore, but here I am.
Scritti Politti’s new album is lovely. I’m totally charmed by “Cooking” and “Dr. Abernathy”. Crazy sweet harmonics, little bits of a cappella, little quirky bits of synth, little glasses of gin.

I’m pondering squash and apple crisp for Thanksgiving.

it is a vague accent. I blame it on my mother, and Lancaster.

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Northeast     Judging by how you talk you are probably from north Jersey, New York City, Connecticut or Rhode Island. Chances are, if you are from New York City (and not those other places) people would probably be able to tell if they actually heard you speak.
Boston
Philadelphia
The Midland
The Inland North
The West
The South
North Central
What American accent do you have? Take More Quizzes

(from the Misfit)

swan sighting

Last night, whilst pulling into the Acme parking lot in quest of the last of the pumpkins, I spotted an odd streak of light in the sky. I sat in my parked car, trying to figure out what I was seeing. I called my mother, who was only a few blocks away at her house, and she wandered out with the cordless looking for what I could see. We watched it move upwards, a spot of light with a dimmer tail, it’s tail lengthening as it rose. A few of Mom’s neighbors got wrangled into watching with her. No one could suss out what it was. Someone suggested a plane’s vapor trails, but we agreed we’d never seen vapor trails like that.

Came home and told my husband (HAH!), and he started futzing about online. He believes we spotted the comet C/2006 M4 (SWAN). It’s been getting brighter these past few weeks apparently.

Tonight, if you have the chance, go outside around 5:15 or so, the start of dusk, and look in the western skies for a little streak of light. What I saw looked alot like this flickr pic:

comet swan

nothing earth shattering or mesmerizing. well, a little mesmerizing.

chocolate eyeballs?

More or less

the bride stripped bare

The mosquitos like to attack her forehead.

She still does not know what happened on this season’s “Project Runway” finale (but she has it TiVo’d so don’t tell her!)

She probably needs to shave her legs.

She got a wicked blood blister from the pruning shears.

and she’s getting hitched tomorrow.

i would like the background to be more ivory than white.

Remember not to eat so many prunes next time.

The American Masters Documentary on Andy Warhol was pretty fine. Some of the background music was a bit clunky, but otherwise, I was educated n’ entertained.

Let’s go for a walk tonight!

but my fingers are ill.

Talking a walk last night, Kboy and I heard an owl hooting in Knight’s Park.

Driving only a few blocks in Camden yesterday, I saw two tumbleweaves.

I sorely need a haircut. I’m going to the place with the orange brick, and the blue neon. I’m going to show them the lopsided-faced, lisping hippy actress cover girl, and tell em to lowlight me. No butterfly belly tattooes required.

My core is no longer sore.