the 

raindrops 

catch 

light

 like 

so 

many 

stars

throwing 

back 

high beams 

to the 

road 

from 

the cars

curiousity shop

yesterday, i...

...happened upon a little cafe while on a meandering walk through the city, and found myself pleasantly surprised to be sipping organic, ethical coffee, and liking it;  then staying a while to read a good book, by a window overlooking the street, full of thoughts of fair trade and good fortune and never walking into a Starbucks again.  

confession:

I can't stop buying books.

This week:

• Douglas Coupland's Miss Wyoming
  
• Graham Rawle's (brilliant!) Woman's World
• Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men
• E. Annie Proulx's The Shipping News
• Thomas Wharton's Icefields

we're all in this together

my new favourite...

...song & artist & soundtrack & film:  "My Hands are Shaking" by Sondre Lerche for his lovely sountrack of the film, Dan in Real Life.  I've been covering this song on my beat-up guitar all week!

Here, live at Amoeba Records, in Hollywood:

{she thought road rage was over rated, 

preferring instead to take photographs of the clouds}

book shelf:

Douglas Coupland's 

Life After God

If you're about to write this one off on account of its title, you're making a big mistake.  This quirky set of interwoven short stories (complete with sweet line drawings) is full of characters grappling with life (apparently) after God, and finding out it's pretty bleak.   The stories culminate in a campy (uh, no pun intended) take on an impromptu night spent camping in the woods, and a so-called "secret" revealed.  Go read it right now. 

cape horn interchange

{art is everywhere}