Balance in my life where are you? Here is where i would like to live right now. In this very room. You can't lose your temper, be in a bad mood, or fret, or feel sorry for yourself in a room such as this one.
Thank goodness I'm off to see my friends Lenora and Robin for some therapy. I've been cranky as hell when I should be celebrating, and my bad mood adds to the guilt. What is wrong with me?! They will tell me for sure.
I am spinning and loving it. Of course I do not mean spinning on those torture devices called stationary bikes. In fact the only exercise I'm getting lately is to my fingers as I type and to my jaw as I munch on snacks. I mean my mind is spinning, I'm fully engaged intellectually and emotionally promoting my novel Hidden in Paris (in case you were hiding under a rock, on planet Mars.) I've received tons of emails and comments of encouragement, and I'm starting to get reviews and they are all GOOD! (thank you mom). Many bloggers have accepted to trade advertisement buttons with me, which is also GOOD and you'll start seeing them in the margin.
I was particularly touched by a certain blogger, who who went out of her way for me, so let me tell you what she does. The blog is called Une Petite Folie and the author of the blog, Linda Carswell lives in Tasmania but travels A LOT and I'm astounded at the beauty of her photography. But forget telling you. Let me show you.
There other thing that she is passionate about are miniatures, so if you're into the mini lifestyle you really should bookmark her site because it's shock full of the most delicate miniature house she is creating, as well as mini rooms, mini furnitures, mini objects and even mini food.
On an embarrassing note: The first edition of the novel has typos in it. I knew it but I did not know where to find them. Now I do... ahem. Sorry guys, I'm fixing this. If you get a copy of Hidden in Paris riddled with as many as twenty typos you can feel special because you know you are in possession of a first edition, (in case i become famous or something--doubtful, but hey, looking for a silver lining to this.) I know some will crucify me for this but what can they do to my sense of shame that I haven't done to myself already :(
You know me by now. You know that for me to post the following images have nothing to do with the fact that Ljiljana of Colorful Senses promoted my new novel Hidden in Paris on her blog. (note the repeating of the title just in case the googlebots are watching) No, it has everything to do with this CHAIR. When I saw it I just about fell off mine. When others would have simply used paint, Ljiljana (how to pronounce please?) crochet every inch of her chair.
Her crochet pillows and other goodies are available on Big Cartel, and if the day is grey where you live just hop on over to her Flikr and of course on her blog where you can hear all about this amazing crochet chair.
The wind and fire have stopped and we’re finally enjoying cooler gorgeous autumn days. Leaves are even beginning to change color and last night was ideal for trick or treating. Our fifteen year old was throwing his own party and we were not invited, so my hubby and I took our 8 year old headless son and his Techno-Amish friend (don’t ask) around for an hour, ending at a friend’s house for a cookie-cake thick with venomous looking icing. It was a lovely evening.
I love color but it seems to me that the rest of the world still likes it better drab. Here is the remedy, discovered in the fantastic site Decor8, where all the good stuff can usually be found, the cool German designer with the hat Lars Contzen. (Isn’t he cute? Totally my type.)
Germany is a forward country when it comes to design innovation in general, but I just love how Lars Contzen doesn’t go for what is predictably sellable. I’m not sure how some of these laminates and furniture, flooring or wall papers can be used, unless you're me or Austin Powers, but I love it all. Here is a sample of what can be found on the Lars Contzen website. It’s wild and free, and it’s happy. (And I might have mentioned that the designer is a cutie.)
Look: he can do sober too:
