This is my wee attempt to transform the desire to curse that usually accompanies Monday mornings into the desire to smile. Please accept this snapshot of blooming beauty and let it remind you to open your eyes wide, breathe deeply and enter your week with hope, gratitude and appreciation for the little, pretty things, if [...]
All posts for the month January, 2010
Blooming Mondays: January 25, 2010
Posted by emmajames on January 25, 2010
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In Praise of Veggies
It has been raining for 40 days and 40 nights 6 days straight, so you will now have front seats to my complete unravelling. First, I start staring out the window in mid-conversation and try to count how many raindrops have hit the pavement. Then, I sink into the couch and engage in lengthy discourse [...]
Posted by emmajames on January 22, 2010
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Guilty Pleasures
How many times have you prefaced a comment about something you love to watch, purchase or do by calling it a “guilty pleasure”? I was recently talking to some friends about our favorite television shows – not the most profound of conversation topics but one in which Angelenos frequently engage – and I was struck [...]
Posted by emmajames on January 21, 2010
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When All the World’s Asleep
I live in an apartment building. The arrangement inspired the following, but it is a work of fiction… When All the World’s Asleep Sometimes I hear the weeping, and I don’t know what to do. Should I call the cops? Would I even get through? They say a 9-1-1 operator fell asleep on the phone. [...]
Posted by emmajames on January 19, 2010
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Rain
“Why do clouds cry so much, growing happier and happier?” Pablo Neruda It has been raining for 24 hours in Los Angeles. It doesn’t look to let up any time soon. But I know that, at some point in the future, the sun will reemerge from behind the grey clouds and shine on a land [...]
Posted by emmajames on January 18, 2010
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Find Pleasure In Being Note-Worthy
Noted Design on Etsy
Follow The Pleasure
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