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In the Halloween spirit, I bring you my two favorite Etsy finds this week. Just look at these gorgeous handmade leather masks! This first one, made by Merimask, is a Copperhead Medusa Mask, hand-sculpted from one piece of leather and then hand-painted with meticulous detail. Merimask has done work for… Continue Reading Velvet Verbosity’s Etsy Find – Halloween Masks
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Bossy and her Beau win for most original Halloween Costume for 2008. I’ll be the judge of that! hehe. / Digg this / Stumble this
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He is a porcelain doll writ large, too tall for grace and yet, it is all he possesses in every gesture and every motion. Even the way he eats cake is graceful, when the length of his limbs says it shouldn’t be anything but awkward. He carries the refined features… Continue Reading Portrait #37
Place – Unaware She was born fierce, never knowing her place whether that be her position, her race, her size, her gender, her skills, or her economic status. Wherever she was, whoever with, her place was there, in that moment. She vaporized boundaries on a minute by minute basis, unnerving… Continue Reading 100 Words on Place
I gave birth, almost fourteen years ago, to an unbelievable life force. Loud, forceful, funny, outgoing, athletic, brave-as-all-hell, thoughtful, organized, and stunningly beautiful. Everything I’m not. How does that happen? Today, she and I were driving around looking for a parking spot, and in one of the few parking lots,… Continue Reading Where Did She Come From?
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I’m on a copywriting deadline that is giving me a bit of a headache. Great gig, but trying to make copy for something completely uninteresting sound interesting is a bit of a challenge. So hold tight folks, I’ll be back tomorrow with the roundup. Or late late tonight if my… Continue Reading 100 Words Tomorrow
Don’t ask me why I’m suddenly into the whole review thing, but obviously I’m on that kick right now. There are just so many cool things on the internet, and so little time. For my few but loyal readers I feel almost responsible to share things that I find. To… Continue Reading Kenneth Parker Photography – Just Stunning
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I am in love with this week’s Etsy Find. I won’t be able to afford this gorgeous handcrafted Paper Lotus Light Shade right now, but I hope someone can. Better yet, I hope someone buys me this for Christmas! You want to know the best part? These hanging light shades… Continue Reading Velvet Verbosity’s Etsy Find of the Week – Paper Lotus Light Shade
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This from “A Girl Named Zippy“, a wonderfully funny and touching memoir about growing up in Mooreland, Indiana. I’ve laughed right out loud at least 10 times reading this, causing my daughter to sigh over her homework, and then demand that I tell her what is soooo funny. “I didn’t… Continue Reading A Good Laugh Does the Body Good
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Two weeks ago, about two hours later than now, I received the phone call no parent wants to receive. Some would say I co-created that reality through my incessant worry that I would receive that phone call one day and it would be about my son. He has been on… Continue Reading A Primal Scream
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