Shopping for the Bookworm: Bloomsbury Group

Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson Greeting Card by Amanda White

Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson Greeting Card by Amanda White. $3.90.

Portrait of a Marriage by Nigel Nicolson at The Glamourist

Portrait of a Marriage by Nigel Nicolson at The Glamourist. $25.29.

Virginia Woolf Print by Lucy Loves This

Virginia Woolf Print by Lucy Loves This. $25.29.

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Daily Diversion #187: All the Cool Kids

All the cool kids were doing it yesterday…

All the cool kids were doing it yesterday...

All the cool kids were doing it yesterday…

Boiling water + frigid air=this!

Boiling water thrown into frigid air=this!

 

It was so much fun, we ultimately did it three times!

It was so much fun, we ultimately did it three times!

This is what happens when two bored adults are housebound during a vicious cold spell. 

“Winter is not a season, it’s an occupation.”-Sinclair Lewis

Daily Diversion #183: Ghost Tree

I’ve decided to shelve all serious writing for the rest of the year. There is so much life stuff to do: baking, wrapping gifts, cooking, drinking mulled wine, watching holiday movies, and spending time with family and friends. Oh, and organizing my writing schedule and goals for 2014. Fear not! I’ll still be hanging around Ye Olde WordPress, posting easy and feather-light things. Like this:

Ghost Tree

Ghost Tree 

Daily Diversion #178: Penguin in the Snow, or: Proof That I Am a Giant Weirdo

We are in the midst of an unusual (and heavy) early season snowstorm. I took time out from trimming my tree to do this:

Little Penguin in the Snow

Little Penguin in the Snow

I did a whole series, using several ornaments. My neighbors must think me quite the delight. 

“Well, I know now. I know a little more how much a simple thing like a snowfall can mean to a person.”-Sylvia Plath