All posts for the month May, 2009

Pleasure Finds Friday: Silence

Usually, the Pleasure Find I highlight on any given Friday is some beautiful object you, or your rich uncle, can purchase with the click of a button. Today, however, I want to focus on a much more precious and delightful Pleasure Find… Silence. A moment of silence can seem nearly impossible to find. Surrounded, as [...]

Pleasure Bouquets: Joy

Joy. It’s such a little word, meant to capture such an immense emotion. I don’t hear it used very often, other than in relation to that great old Three Dog Night song. Joy can be a bit scary, even. It is such a potentially explosive feeling. Spontaneous. Expansive. It is more intense than happiness, burning a [...]

Pleasure Finds Friday: Chiyogami Jewelry

Etsy is a very dangerous place. Dare to spend a few minutes perusing the website and you will discover two things – 1) hours have mysteriously disappeared instead of the mere minutes you intended to lose, and 2) there are a hell of a lot of talented people out there. One artist whose work I [...]