Stickyrice

Shiny silver fairy floss light shades project batik snowflake patterns on the ceiling. Striking pink lotus float in clean calm ponds. Austere, confident bronze figures both recline and stand to attention.

"Good evening and welcome to Wild Lotus."

Plants and Animals

Here are some things in my house.

Watts. He was only here for the weekend.

The Wizard. She thought the tree was filled with mice (no joke).

Chayote vine. I meant to eat it... then it sprouted.

French lavender. It's almost three years old!

Mouse. The only one alive...

Grocery store vine.

Clementines and eggshells in the Christmas tree.

Crossroads

I can't stop listening to this.

"Little Patch of Heaven"

The perfect singing aside, there is something totally entertaining about watching four middle-aged, paunchy guys have such a great time.

And this:

"Lucky Old Sun"

I'm no Deadhead by a long shot, but this sure is beautiful:

[stills from The Grateful Dead's Sunshine Daydream, 1972, Veneta, Oregon]

The Morgan Library

I went to the Morgan Library during my lunch break last week. It's not a huge actual library but rather a museum of a preserved library of its former tenant - the Mr. Pierpont Morgan, grandfather of J.P. Morgan of banking fame. The man had a study with velvet-lined walls, a steel vault for rare books, the original manuscript for"Yankee Doodle Dandy," and a death mask of George Washington. Insane!!

Cuneiform tablets

A gilded bible from the Carolingian era...

A Gutenberg Bible... ::drool::

The library

More library

A busy week

At least we have a date on Friday! (We're going to see "Lincoln.")