19 November 2007

I like



accidental rhyming, ava's sun, saturday morning soul train reruns, handwritten notes, peppermint soap, paint-by-number ballerinas, the promise of paper whites, old skool sesame street, clothes that don't match, the scent of lemon and sugar, the things that string can do, unpredictable winds, cigar boxes full of crayons, people that care, art that is good, daily drives over the fremont bridge, group choreography, the fourth floor at powell's, midnight bowls of cereal, chandeliers on train cars, secret message writing sets, toes painted burgundy, walks around downtown, dancers who buck the system, headbands that don't pinch, unexpected packages, ezra giddy on the trampoline, shoes that like my feet, deconstructivist tiaras, books stacked precariously, straws that are pink, robots that sing, skin that has been lived in, shiny copper bobby pins, the minute he walks in the door at the end of the day.

12 comments:

  1. portland seems so rockin. gotta go back there soon, :) powells books is reason alone!

    andrea, i'm taggin ya tomorrow - check my blog for more info porfa. you're it! xoxo

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  2. alright missy. you've gone and done it again. i knew you were a kindred spirit but then you go and find old school sesame street vids. get out of town! i love it. i love it so much it hurts.

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  3. i like this list! makes me wonder what i like too... :)

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  4. What a great list!! I think you've given me a prompt for my morning poem... ;)

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  5. What a wonderful list! Just reading it makes me happy.

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  6. I bought Ruby the Old Skool Sesame Street DVD for Christmas (I can't bear subjecting her to Elmo for one more minute), then read that NYT article saying that the Sesame people have labeled it "not suitable for children." What is with the world.

    I also like many of the things you like.

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  7. oh how much do I like you!!
    really love you & your words.
    ox

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  8. i love that ol'sesame song, my brother and i would sing that for days as kids. those were the days...

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  9. I adore your lists, your view of the world. I love the way all your pictures are vibrant and bright; the way you always have an artsy, whirling slant. Still, after a full year of blog love, I still feel the same way. You rock.

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  10. ohmygosh, thats the oak street bldg, isn't it? one block west of, um, grand? main? a couple blocks south of burnside, inner southeast?

    i think my first gallery job was right on the other side of that door, there. winter 2002. no heater. br.

    my word, i miss portland.

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  11. nodding nodding nodding
    old skool sesame and deconstructed tiaras? yeah. oh yeah

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