34 minutes left in the year twenty eighteen and these are the lists I'm making:
art I loved
films I loved
books I loved
work I'm proud of
places I stood
times I felt most alive
moments I want to remember
(happy new year, friends)
31 December 2018
30 December 2018
30/365
things about the film roma:
the opening scene
the ending scene
and all the scenes in between
no but really--
the opening scene
(and the ending scene)
and cleo
and water
and laundry
what is it about laundry
the singular way alfonso cuarĂ³n dignifies women and their everyday stories
(I will revisit this film again and again)
29 December 2018
29/365
things I love about the last few days of the year:
the looking backwards
the looking forwards
the way no one ever seems to know what day it is
Labels:
365 lists,
with the fujiX100
28 December 2018
28/365
seen at the thrifts today:
a rainbow donkey pinata
a couple of picnic baskets
a pair of black crocs covered with chili peppers
a bright orange coffee table
failed art projects
so many failed art projects
paperback copies of fifty shades of grey
sooooo many copies of fifty shades of grey
a rainbow donkey pinata
a couple of picnic baskets
a pair of black crocs covered with chili peppers
a bright orange coffee table
failed art projects
so many failed art projects
paperback copies of fifty shades of grey
sooooo many copies of fifty shades of grey
Labels:
365 lists,
seen at the thrifts,
today
27/365
I don't remember when I first made the 70 things list. when I turned 40? 41? I don't remember. what I do remember is that I could not bring myself to think of 50, could not even write it, so I settled on 49. 70 things before I turn 49. seemed light years away, 49. now, it's less than a year.
35 things left to do in 348 days (or, everything that's left on the list and some of these are impossible but here they are anyway and maybe I'll knock out a few before 49):
stand in a field of daffodil gold
develop the box full of film
walk across seventy bridges
fly down seventy slides
label the backs of the polaroids
label the backs of the photobooth strips
wear the fellini dress
attend a photobooth convention
learn to rewire a lamp
bake a lemon meringue pie
shop the world's longest yard sale
write about the charm bracelets
write about my mom
take the kids to chicago
take the kids to new york
archive the old family photographs
fill a book with collages
take one hundred dance classes
make one hundred paper flowers
visit the korean sauna
shoot polaroids in italy
roller skate with friends
transform the garage
plant a little garden
color hunt in cuba
write with friends in oregon
explore new mexico (with ezra)
embroider favorite bridges
revisit the underwater camera
complete the series
finish the book of polaroid portraits
make a little paper zine
get a little permanent ink
visit a rooftop carnival
spend the night in a pink room
Labels:
365 lists,
birthday lists,
with the polaroid SX-70
26 December 2018
26/365
things eaten over the last five days:
lemon tassies
fried pickles
mandarin oranges
mexican wedding cakes
deviled eggs
sugar cookies
avocado toast
pigs in blankets
candy canes
monkey bread
fruit salad
chocolate
like, a lot of chocolate
Labels:
365 lists,
christmas,
with the canon 5d
25 December 2018
24 December 2018
24/365
on this christmas eve:
songs have been sung
oranges have been put in stockings
quiet has set in
a weary world rejoices
Labels:
365 lists,
christmas,
mia famiglia,
projects,
today,
with the canon 5d
23 December 2018
23/365
small pleasures, part two:
peeling oranges
striped socks
christmas lights
clean sheets
midnight movies
jiffy pop
sleeping in
peeling oranges
striped socks
christmas lights
clean sheets
midnight movies
jiffy pop
sleeping in
Labels:
365 lists,
projects,
small pleasures,
things that are good
22 December 2018
22/365
things I remember about this christmas circa 1979:
divinity fudge and hard candy in glass bowls, spaghetti and meatballs for dinner
the sweet smell of my grandpa's pipe, the faint scent of beer
the snow white ceramic christmas tree with the tiny candy rainbow lights that always, always sat on top of my grandparents' enormous television set
the way I loved that darci doll, the one I'm holding in the photograph above, with her more generously proportioned body and her brassy brunette hair and the very, very professional little modeling portfolio she came with
the way my brother loved that howdy doody doll, the one he's holding in the photograph above, with his goofy grin and painted freckles and mouth made to tell a thousand kid jokes
my dad in that burgundy velour, my mom with that sterling silver locket
the way we drank RC cola out of frosty aluminum cups in magenta and amber and royal blue
the way we snuck upstairs to listen to old 45s on my dad's suitcase record player and throw things down the laundry chute
the pallet of quilts and blankets my grandma laid out on the floor of the front room for the kids to sleep on
the way we fell asleep right there, to the blink of christmas lights and the sounds of barney miller on the television
Labels:
365 lists,
christmas,
mia famiglia,
projects,
vintage andrea
21 December 2018
21/365
20 December 2018
19 December 2018
19/365
items considered for purchase tonight at the buford highway farmers market:
a bagful of rambutans
a bagful of tangerines
matcha green tea kit kats
chocolate banana cream pocky
an abnormally large bag of masa harina
an abnormally large jar of nutella
japanese soda in pretty bottles
japanese soda you have to manually add fizz to
properly aged parmesan
a case of topo chico
Labels:
365 lists,
atlanta,
little adventures,
projects,
today,
with the iphone
18 December 2018
17 December 2018
17/365
overheard while writing letters to santa tonight:
"can I write small"
"can I write in pencil"
"are you going to read these"
"I'm serious, are you and dad going to read these"
"so what exactly are we writing to santa"
"I think I'm overthinking it"
"don't over think it, dad"
"it's just for fun, dad"
"you know, some small part of me still believes"
Labels:
365 lists,
christmas,
mia famiglia,
projects,
today,
with the canon 5d
16 December 2018
15 December 2018
15/365
things that absolutely delighted me this week:
rosemary living in my kitchen window sill
christmas cookie recipes in my mom's handwriting
the most golden of magic hours on december eleventh
a fortune from zoltar
a mixtape my brother made me
a mixtape, you understand
a cassette tape, is what I'm telling you
old home movies from my southern illinois childhood in which I sound like a hillbilly
lin-manual miranda on the radio talking about the saddest song
questlove on instagram talking about nancy wilson
ava's painting of this photograph of the two of us
ezra's pencil drawing of the sun
the way my family ate my inexplicably very dry red velvet cake with nary a complaint
the way my husband took such care with me on my birthday
every single time we plugged in the christmas lights
every single time, I tell you
mirrors and lights
lights and mirrors
(yayoi kusama forever)
14 December 2018
14/365
people and things in which I have the highest of hopes:
weighted blankets
every bra I've ever purchased
13 December 2018
12 December 2018
12/365
things I keep in jars:
cloves
pennies
water from the pacific ocean
water from the atlantic ocean
portland rain, collected the day we moved
secret candies
bits of magical thinking
Labels:
365 lists,
projects,
with the nikon
11 December 2018
11/365
things I did on the first day of 48:
slept in
drank all the coffee
felt alive
I mean, really alive
ate breakfast in bed with confetti
did not read the news
did not watch the news
wore a little crown made of sunflowers
put on my reading glasses to read ezra's card
tried not to cry
cried anyway
baked the red velvet cake
let the kids help
had soft pretzels and cherry limeade for lunch
stood in a room full of mirrors and lights
stood in that room for thirty seconds
wanted to stand in it for thirty hours
bought myself a little paint set
felt hopeful
tried on coral lipstick
felt hopeful
took a freight elevator to the rooftop
looked out over the city
closed my eyes
made a wish
Labels:
365 lists,
birthdays are important,
projects,
today,
with the iphone
10 December 2018
10/365
things I did on the last day of 47:
overslept
went to a thousand grocery stores
actually, two
bought cake flour, red food coloring, buttermilk
wondered how many years I have been baking this cake
looked at my eyes in the mirror
googled eye cream
looked at my neck in the mirror
googled neck cream
did a thousand loads of laundry
literally a thousand
actually, seven
actually think seven might as well be a thousand
wondered how my laundromat is still in business
counted the number of machines marked out of order
counted eight
stepped over a washing machine turned on its side, guts and wires spilled out
wondered if they've just given up
listened to a couple argue in russian
listened to the sound of my friend's voice
wondered what I would have done without her this year
cut onions and garlic nice and fine
taught ezra how to saute
contemplated vacuuming
decided against it
looked at the haircut I gave myself
I mean really looked at it
apologized to my hair
put fresh sheets on the bed
felt victorious
surveyed the mountain of towels and clothes yet to be folded
felt defeated
took a hot shower with the lights off
thanked my body for another year
thanked my skin, my muscles and bones
apologized for the many ways in which I have mistreated them
promised to do better this year
meant it
chose the polaroid of the lovely laundromat above
chose it knowing full well it looks nothing like my sad laundromat
posted it anyway
wondered what tomorrow's list will look like
wondered what 48 what will look like
Labels:
365 lists,
projects,
today,
with the polaroid SX-70
09 December 2018
08 December 2018
8/365
small pleasures, part one:
french fries
old photographs
the first page of a new book
sweaters that feel like blankets
sap pinched from the ends of christmas tree branches
handwritten letters
naps
french fries
old photographs
the first page of a new book
sweaters that feel like blankets
sap pinched from the ends of christmas tree branches
handwritten letters
naps
Labels:
365 lists,
projects,
small pleasures,
things that are good
07 December 2018
7/365
I would not be mad if, in a strange turn of events, santa claus turned out to be a real, living guy who, in an even stranger turn of events, hand-delivered one of the following items to my home in the dead of night:
these roller skates
this record album
this bicycle
this book
this camera
note: this is really just an updated version of a christmas wish list my fourth grade self made, though that one probably also included a request for multiple tins of village lip lickers and a dramatic plea for a mister microphone
these roller skates
this record album
this bicycle
this book
this camera
note: this is really just an updated version of a christmas wish list my fourth grade self made, though that one probably also included a request for multiple tins of village lip lickers and a dramatic plea for a mister microphone
06 December 2018
6/365
things I worried about today:
financial aid for ava
an impending deadline
the strange sound the kitchen faucet makes
the strange sound my computer cord makes
ways I've failed as a parent
ways in which I am unable to properly adult
cancer, all of the cancers, always
financial aid for ava
an impending deadline
the strange sound the kitchen faucet makes
the strange sound my computer cord makes
ways I've failed as a parent
ways in which I am unable to properly adult
cancer, all of the cancers, always
05 December 2018
04 December 2018
03 December 2018
3/365
things that got me through monday:
sunlight for breakfast
clementines for lunch
this song on the radio
this library book on deck
the little forest that lives on the mantle
the piece of cheesecake I remembered I'd hid in the back of the refrigerator
the comedy that is the haircut I gave myself a few days ago
the christmas tree we brought home tonight
the way the house smells right now, right this second
02 December 2018
01 December 2018
1/365
on this first day of december:
banana bread, baked
christmas decorations, considered
furniture, moved
hairs, cut
dishes, washed
rain, appreciated
couch, sunk into
Labels:
365 lists,
everyday,
on this first day,
projects
hello december
ready for you, december. ready for all of your things.
Labels:
christmas,
pictures that move
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