Milk Tongue

Shin Tanaka Spiky Baby Deluxe Series
via Design for Mankind

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Not usually a fan of inaugural poetry…but this really moved me. Somewhat surprisingly. Geez, just read it again and I keep tearing up.

Elizabeth Alexander’s Inaugural Poem:
Praise song for the day.
Each day we go about our business, walking past each other, catching each others’ eyes or not, about to speak or speaking. All about us is […]

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We got our furnace professionally cleaned and inspected today.
Though it is older than I am and held together more by sheer force of habit than actual sheet metal, it passed inspection with flying colors, showing no problems other than a thick and almost decorative patina of rust.
It doesn’t give off any carbon monoxide or other […]

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I finally managed to ditch the minivan. When we leased the Town and Country it seemed like the sensible thing to do. It fit all the kids plus more, you could haul anything, DVD player, those doors that open by themselves, decent gas mileage and a great lease payment because my uncle works for Chrysler […]

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I’m pretty into the shapes in which the cross body bag is making a return. I really like the one below but my current purse is extremely well made and sturdy and roomy - so I can’t justify another one right now. Poodle.

Matt and Nat ‘Leda’ at Nordstrom

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