“what’s the sense in having an eclipse if you can’t look at it? somebody in production sure slipped up this time!”
-charles m. schulz, the complete peanuts, volume 7
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image credit: d.d. mcinnes, astrolabio and bunny
Apr8
Author Archives: beth
Apr7
mo, mo, spaghetto.
If you go into an italian restaurant and order spaghetto, chances are you’ll leave hungry. That’s because “spaghetto” refers to just a lone pasta strand; it’s the singular form of the plural “spaghetti.” Other beloved Italian foods share this same disinction— one cannoli is a “cannolo,” and it’s a single cheese-filled “raviolo” or “panino” sandwich. Italian language rules state that a word ending in -i means it’s plural, whereas an -o or -a suffix, denotes singularity. As for the term for the beloved pasta dish itself, “spaghetti” was inspired by the Italian word ‘spago,’ which means “twine” or “string.”
i highly doubt that i will ever be using this term, as i would have to order many spaghetto to be happy, so it’s back to spaghetti for me.
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“everything you see i owe to spaghetti.”
-sophia loren
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credits: interesting facts, google image
Apr6
here we go!
“april hath put a spirit of youth in everything.”
-william shakespeare
Apr5
style?
not sure what category my style falls into, or is it a style?
it’s me, and i’m happy with that
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“i have grown a little tired of over-careful decorations.
somehow the homeyness is lost when the decorator is too careful.”
-elsie de wolfe
Elsie de Wolfe (born 1865, New York—died 1950, Versailles, France) was an American interior decorator, hostess, and actress, best known for her innovative nad anti-victorian interiors.
Apr4
your words.
when you’ve just settled in for the night
and someone calls asking you to go out
you roll your eyes, you sigh
then have a couple of ways to turn down the offer,
one leaves the caller with a better feeling about you than the other:
option#1
“i don’t feel like going out tonight.”
lazy
unoriginal
puts the blame on you
option#2
“for now, my place is here.”
surprising
philosophical
you answer to a higher power
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choose your words wisely.
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“facts matter not at all. perception is everything. it’s certainty.”
-stephen colbert
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credits: franklin springboro library, take a hike photography
Apr3
mixing.
when you have so much to celebrate but only one space to display it:
on a random moose with a bandana.
end of winter, easter holiday, spring’s arrival, and your home team’s victory.
done.
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“what i adore is mixing the unexpected, things you don’t imagine should go together.”
-paul smith
*Sir Paul Brierley Smith is an English fashion designer. His reputation is founded on his designs for men’s clothing, but his business has expanded into other areas as well. Smith was made a Royal Designer for Industry in 1991.
Apr2
allo…
when speaking to someone with an accent
i accidentally/empathetically pick it up
without even realizing it
maybe kind of trying to meet them halfway
but it doesn’t sound like the real accent
i find myself kind of stuck in an in-between zone.
when i was in austraila
many people guessed that i was canadian
my accent had become a mashup
of american english blended with an aussie-ish sound and a bit of slang thrown in.
people have told me for years
when i answer my phone
that i have a lilting accent
with some sort of an undefined european sound to it
‘allo…’
they are sometimes taken aback for a minute
‘is this beth?’
‘oui, why do you ask?’
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“i subconsciously mimic whomever I’m talking to,
so I’ve been mistaken for a canadian, a south american, and somebody from the west country.”
-chloe pirrie, scottish actress
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photo credit: ruby lane
Apr1
foolish things.
on april fool’s day and most any day
live life with gusto
even if not everyone is quite on board yet.
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“you will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.”
-*sidonie gabrielle colette
*Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, best known as Colette, was a French author and woman of letters. She was also a mime, actress, and journalist. Colette is best known in the English-speaking world for her 1944 novella Gigi, which was the basis for the 1958 film and the 1973 stage production of the same name.
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image credit: a. thomas, redbook magazine
Mar31
hopped up.
put on that easter bonnet
mix up a big pitcher
of sugar and kool aid
just 5 cents a pack
mix in a pack of kids
(free)
sit back
with your own beverage of choice
and watch the parade begin!
what could be more fun??!
looks like these kids
may be on their second pitcher.
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“hippy hoppity easter’s on its way!”
-here comes peter cottontail
What is the origin of Peter Cottontail song?
The famous “Easter Bunny” came to be in the song, “Here Comes Peter Cottontail.” The song, which tells a simple story of the Easter Bunny delivering baskets filled with candy, eggs, and flowers, was written by Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins in 1949.
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image credit: vintage ads 1960, etsy
Mar30
polished.
years ago
when traveling to mexico with friends
we decided on the plane
to each take on an alias for our trip
based upon the nail polish color we were each wearing
i immediately became ‘dusty rose’ for a week
i’ve loved nail polish names ever since.
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here is a fun sampling:
- Alpaca My Bags
- Teal the Cows Come Home
- Suzi Takes the Wheel
- Not Like the Movies
- Indi-go With the Flow
- Please Sea Me
- Pat on the Black
- So Much Fawn
- Gray-t Escape
- I Pink I Can
- No Baggage Please
- what would your nail polish alias be?
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“when life gives you lemons, have a lemonade while getting a pedicure.”
-author unknown
I didn't have my glasses on.... 
random hand model, not me, wearing ‘dusty rose’ polish.
i’m very hard on my nails so polish doesn’t stand a chance of lasting very long.