David Sedaris For Sunday ...

"We were not a hugging people. In terms of emotional comfort it was our belief that no amount of physical contact could match the healing powers of a well made cocktail."

David's new book - Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary

Early Autumn in the Bog

DOT - The World's Smallest Film

Check out this little film from Nokia and produced by Aardmann, the creators of Wallace and Gromit.

Dot

In Memoriam: Maude (1992 - 2009)

Isabella Blow

“They are a cheaper and less painful form of plastic surgery.” – explaining her love of hats.

Friday the 13th

Happy Friday the 13th

Many different theories about the origins of Friday the 13th exist, but this one is a favourite from Norse mythology -

Friday is named for Frigga, the free-spirited goddess of love and fertility. When Norse and Germanic tribes converted to Christianity, Frigga was banished in shame to a mountaintop and labeled a witch. It was believed that every Friday, the spiteful goddess convened a meeting with eleven other witches, plus the devil — a gathering of thirteen — and plotted ill turns of fate for the coming week. For many centuries in Scandinavia, Friday was known as "Witches' Sabbath."

Sunflowers

Passed a wonderful field of sunflowers
on a recent trip to Stratford - amazing!

Tilda Swinton is Fierce

Love her so much!

Check out some of her best work in film:

The Last of England (D. Dereck Jarman - 1988)
Orlando (D. Sally Potter - 1992)
The Beach (D. Danny Boyle - 2000)
The Deep End (D. McGehee/Siegel - 2001)
Michael Clayton (D. Tony Gilroy - 2007)
Burn After Reading (D. Cohen Brothers - 2008)
Julia (D. Eric Zonca - 2008)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (D. David Fincher - 2008)
I Am Love (D. Luca Guadagnino - 2009)

Bayou Bog

Had a great morning walking through the Byron Bog last weekend.
Here are some of the pictures - can't believe how dense it is and
how much it feels like the bayou.

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And here are photos of the Louisiana Bayou...
quite similar, non?