My Life at the Theater, THE SECRET RAPTURE

Do you see how bland this playbill is? It perfectly mirrors the play. This was the first and only Broadway premiere we have seen. Oh, so exc...

white tee + jeans

Top: Zara; Jeans: c/o Hudson ; Bag: Asos ; Shoes: J. W. Anderson X Aldo ; Sunglasses: Karen Walker ; Jewelry: J. Crew chain necklace, Michae...

What Speaks to You?

Interesting article in the Huffington Post about what qualities in a novel pull you in. How different people are attracted to different voi...

Wednesday Night Music: Doc Watson

How I Came to Write This Book: Helen FitzGerald

Born in Melbourne, Australia, and one of thirteen c hildren, Helen FitzGerald moved to Glasgow in 1991. She was a criminal justi...

seeing double

Top and skirt: Maje; Bag: Zara; Hat: H&M (similar style here ); Sandals: J. Crew; Sunglasses: Karen Walker ; Jewelry: Michael Kors watch...

From the Desk of Charles Ardai

New Stephen King Novel Coming from Hard Case Crime JOYLAND to be published in June 2013 New York, NY; London, UK ( May ...

Tuesday Night Music: Nancy Sinatra

Spoilers

Stanley Fish wrote a piece that spoke favorably of THE HUNGER GAMES but it also contained spoilers. When this was brought to his attention, ...

Forgotten Movies: Rachel, Rachel

Margaret Laurence is one of my favorite Canadian writers and this movie comes from her book, A Jest of God . This was the first movie Paul ...

pattern play

Top: Elizabeth & James ; Pants: Zara (similar style here ); Shoes: Zara; Bag: Asos ; Sunglasses: Karen Walker ; Jewelry: Michael Kors wa...

Monday Movie Music: Elmer Bernstein

My absolute favorite movie theme music.

snapshots

Just wanted to pop in for a quick hello from the weekend and let you know that I'll be participating in IFB's digital summer road tr...

Happy Memorial Day. And a great poem to remind you of why we will always have memorial days. http://www.fictionaut.com/stories/barry-basden/...

Sunday Night Poetry: John Keats

Cold Rifts, Sandra Seamans

Sandra Seamans' collection (Snubnose Press) is free on Amazon today. Hurry over and get a collection of the best and most versatile sto...

The Big 4-0!

Yes, people, I turn 40 glorious years old today. I could not be more excited and ready for it. This is going to be the year it all happens f...

Dropped Names

This was one of the dozen books I have read in the last week and probably the cheesiest despite its good reviews. If you have nothing more t...

Good Times

I was in the midst of sorting out old work when I found this old photo my friend Greg took of me. This was when I was still at art school, m...

Saturday Night Music: Lady Gaga

The Summing Up, Friday, May 25, 2012

Courtesy of Todd who took pity on me. Patti Abbott, Montana, 1948, Larry Watson Sergio Angelini, Blood on the Mink, Robert Silverberg Joe Ba...

style challenge: swept up

Top: Kimberly Ovitz ; Pants: Zara; Shoes: c/o Pour La Victoire ; Bag: Lodis; Sunglasses: Karen Walker ; Head scarf: Thrifted; Jewelry: Micha...

Friday's Forgotten Books, May 25, 2012

Next Week: Margaret Millar Week Ed Gorman is the author of the Dev Conrad series and the Sam McCain books. You can find him here. For what...

30% Off All Art Prints!

Hello all! I'm offering a 30% sale on all art prints from my shop. Only till this Sunday. Enter HOORAY upon checkout to redeem. Thank y...

currently craving: sunlight stripe pants

10 Crosby by Derek Lam "Sunlight Stripe" pants, on sale at Barneys for $229 With vacation on the brain, I know I should be looking...

A few more photos from my little tie-dye project. Unfortunately, the colours faded a little bit. It's now more of a faded, light purple,...

black/white

Blazer: Elizabeth & James ; Tank top: Urban Outfitters; Pants: Club Monaco (similar style here ); Shoes: Christian Louboutin ; Bag: 3.1 ...

Tuesday Night Music: Minne Ripperton

THE MORE THE MERRIER

This is surely one of the most delightful movies to come out during the war years-and it actually makes good use of it. Jean Arthur, in an a...

on the grid

Top: Zara; Skirt: Topshop (similar style here ); Shoes: Zara; Sunglasses: Ray-Ban ; Jewelry: Michael Kors watch , Maya Brenner "K"...

Evening Tie-dye Session

I have been itching to do some dyeing for a while now. And all this happened an hour ago. I finally went down to Lindcraft and bought suppli...

Movie Theme: Chinatown

Monday Purchases at Library Book Sale-$5.00