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Beautiful Soup

by Lindsey Charlton on February 23, 2009

Beautiful soup, so rich and green, waiting in a hot tureen - who for such dainties would not stoop - soup of the evening, beautiful soup!
- Alice in Wonderland
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Maybe I should be writing more about how to better market your blog, or how to write a moving personal essay, but over the winter season, my […]

Dangerous Life

by Lindsey Charlton on February 16, 2009

Found this quote posted elsewhere and thought it was awesome:
“Love, like all arts, as Oscar said, is quite useless. It is the useless things that make life worth living, and that make life dangerous, too. Wine, love, art, beauty. Without them life is safe, but not worth bothering with.”
From Moab is my Washpot
This is a […]

Books galore!

by Jacqueline on February 9, 2009

On a quick weekend trip to Washington D.C., none of my destinations were for The Typical Tourist.  Sometimes tourist things are fun, possibly necessary, but this time, I perfectly enjoyed the Eastern Market.  Think open-air, indoor and outdoor, row after row of fish, meat, nuts, vegetables, fruit, art, jewelry, scarves, and vintage dishes vendors.
I could […]

by Jacqueline on February 4, 2009

Not all scenic views are of rolling valleys and ambient streams.

Castle Leuchtenburg, East Germany

Sometimes the truth is
Not what you want it to be.
Is it ever what you expected?
No, probably not.
Are you okay with that?
Are we meant to create truth or
Are we meant to find it?

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