Stop all the clocks, cut off the telphone

Do you know this poem? My former boss introduced it to me.
Funeral Blues
by W.H. Auden
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone.
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.
Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling in the sky the message He [...]

Diversions

I’m watching this.
I’m reading this.
I’m loving these.

Yard Sale Find

No. Not the Airstream. The lawn chairs. Apparently, they are old motel pool chairs. I wasn’t even really shopping. I was just running an errand when they caught my eye. I talked the guy down but I still paid too much. $20 a chair. He wanted $25.00. [...]

Sincerest Form of Flattery

Two ideas to make yourself.
I saw these in the “personal shopper” section of the New York Times this morning. They are available on a site called www.gnr8.biz. Truth be told — I am not stealing this idea from gnr8 because my sister-in-law already inspired me to do this. She made one herself and [...]

7 Things About Me

Tag – I’m it. 7 Things about me:
1. I love to read. Today I was waiting to pick up Douglas from school and I was stuck in my car with nothing to read. Alex was asleep in the car so I couldn’t venture off. I saw another mom waiting [...]

Newcastle Commons

Yesterday morning was drizzly and chilly. By late morning the boys were showing signs of cabin fever. The rain stopped so we headed over to Newcastle Commons. It is one of those places that makes me so grateful that I live on the seacoast. Because it was overcast and a little [...]

Peaceful Slumber

You know that song from the Sound of Music where Julie Andrews sings while traveling to report for her nanny position for the first time? She sings about her fears and then her confidence. She sings:
Strength doesn’t lie in numbers
Strength doesn’t lie in wealth
Strength lies in nights of peaceful slumbers
when [...]

T-Shirt Wrap

Necessity is the mother of invention. I needed a light cover-up today so I cut up a t-shirt into a wrap. It was so easy. I want to make another one with long ties so that I can wrap it around myself twice. And I’d like to try [...]

Goodwill Couture

Last night I wrote the post for the Wardrobe Refashion blog. I typed it all out. Uploaded all of the pictures. Then when I went to close the preview I accidentally closed everything and lost it all. Stunned – I walked out to tell Drew and he said — “you should type [...]

Runway Remix

Last night I went to a student fashion show up in Portland, Maine. It was so much fun! I really haven’t matured much beyond these high school girls. I still love to talk about hair and clothes. Can I add that I am MORE than TWICE their age. Lordy, Lordy [...]