The best of flats

Of great expectations

Eudaimonia

Thomas Eyck
This post is about a cushion. This cushion. It's by Thomas Eyck and I think it's charming enough to warrant a post of its own. I hope you agree!

Book report: Invisible
Oh, Paul Auster. You fill me with wonder. Even though you constantly like to remind me that I'm reading a book, that I should not take the words on the page at face value, that you're going to tie me up in knots, I always get sucked in and let you do it. I always fall for your characters, I always love it when you debunk my expectations and hopes.There's a coolness to your approach, but such a warmth in your stories and characters. They're full of foibles and insecurities. And though you keep warning me "this is just a character, it could all be lies", I feel with full force everything you put them through. Even though it took me just 3 days to read

A poem for Wednesday
When I started posting poetry on my blog, it was really to share some of my favourites, some of the works that resonate with me and that have become interwoven with my own stories and history. It never occurred to me that there might be a real poet reading and eager to contribute. So I'm very excited about this poetry post.Joa Suorez lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area. She studied poetry at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in the College of Creative Studies, and at St. Mary’s College of California, in the MFA Program in Creative Writing. Her poetry has been featured in the literary magazine Spectrum and the poetry journal Into the Teeth o

Lover the Label
Once we put them on, winter coats my not come off until March (ugh!) so it's important to have a few you love. And ones that are a little interesting too. I love the shape (and the shoulders especially) of the outerwear from Love the Label.

Bartlett engravings
I found these Howth engravings by W.H. Bartlett on eBay (from this excellent seller). Perhaps you'll recognize the images from some of my shots of Ireland?