Category Archives: WONDERS

Happy Birthday Pandora!

Friday, July 22, 2011

Today marks a very special holiday indeed – the birthday of my dearest darling, Miss Pandora Gastelum. In lieu of getting to celebrate her whelping with her (the travesty of why this cannot be is detailed below), I am writing this here, so those of you who do not know her can begin to, a [...]

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Cygnet Honey

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Heptu Bidding Farewell To The City Of Obb by John Duncan ✸ An Interview With Roxanne Carter by David Hoenigman from Word Riot I have long admired Roxanne’s work from afar, and this one question interview only solidifies the notion I have of what an excellent person she is. One day, I hope we shall [...]

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A Bright Blue Wish

Friday, December 31, 2010

This is an invocation. Breathe in blue, breathe out black. Throw the old wishes in the river, detritus of the old year, burnt to ash, warped and transformed, buried on the land where your ancestors spun in circles in May, plowed through snow-drifts in winter. Here my great-grandmother stood, under this tree that is now [...]

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The Museum of Ephemerata – Underground

Thursday, August 12, 2010

We recently took a trip deep into the bowels of the earth to visit our dear friends Scott and Jen Webel at their amazing new exhibit of cthonic mysteries. I remember back when I was still living in New Orleans, someone told me about this strange museum that had opened up in East Austin. While [...]

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Jadeite Chrysalis Honey

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

(Photo by Paul Beard) ✸ Amazing photos of the privately owned Natural History Cabinet of Alfred Russel Wallace, 19th Century (via Morbid Anatomy) ✸ Holy cats, check out The Frantic Expressionist Art of Josef Fenneker, a new post from my dear Mlle. S. Elizabeth (aka. Ghoul Next Door) she’s been writing some exemplary blog posts [...]

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Serpentine Honey

Thursday, March 11, 2010

(Photograph by Muhammed Muheisen) A street performer uses a snake in his act on a road near Islamabad, Pakistan. I do not know the provenance of this photo, unfortunately. I tried using TinEye, to no avail. Anyhow, it makes me inordinately happy to see such a tiny snake (and his giant friend, the berry.) Sometimes [...]

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Stargazer Honey

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Our New Year’s Eve was truly magical. Despite a rocky start fraught with Mercury’s meddlings, we managed to create a really solid camp and the coziest tipi yet! In a pinch, duct tape, scavenged rope and a random dental tool can be used to quite ingenious effect – the skin was sewn by Francesca out [...]

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Indigo Honey

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

(Photo by Jane Aldridge) I adore this image captured in Coco Chanel’s gorgeously appointed apartment in Paris. What a dream come true, to explore her domain! I dreamt the other night that a was drinking Chanel No. 5 out of a big teacup. In my dreams, I have a golden indigo lacquered screen like that!. [...]

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Strange Season

Friday, October 16, 2009

One of the many things I appreciate about Texas weather is the constant mercurial shifting between extremes. Honestly! I am, in so many ways, a creature of habit. I can easily get bogged down in work and routines, so perhaps that has something to do with my insatiable craving for variety. I require a steady [...]

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Magic Windows #1

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Want to see into my day-to-day? My crazy-ass hyper-power robot celephone records it fairly faithfully for me, and it’s high-time for a magic window party! Jewels from the shop. Sometimes I cannot resist the sparkle. Okay, I admit that I have a problem- my bijoux collection is getting a bit out of hand! Also from [...]

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