So happy to have Cynthia Lee back this week as host of the Scattered Life Collective.
Current time: 7:35 a.m.
Out the window: My annuals are gorgeous. This year I went with shades of yellow, pink and white and I'm pleased with the result. I can see them from my kitchen and bathroom windows and they bring me infinite pleasure.
Current time: 7:35 a.m.
Out the window: My annuals are gorgeous. This year I went with shades of yellow, pink and white and I'm pleased with the result. I can see them from my kitchen and bathroom windows and they bring me infinite pleasure.
Reading: Another random pick from the library's New and Noted section: Under the Jeweled Sky by Alison McQueen, "a breathtaking story of forbidden love and devastating consequences... that deftly explores the loss of innocence, the urgent connection in our stars, and how far we'll go to find our hearts." The story takes place against the backdrop of India at the time of Partition. I'm less than 100 pages in and so far I have yet to catch my breath, but there's still time. :)
Watching: Stephen Fry in the documentary Wagner & Me. This is an engaging look at the complicated history of composer Richard Wagner, in which Fry makes a journey to locations that played key roles in Wagner's turbulent life. Fry is a lifelong fan of Wagner, but he is also Jewish, and lost family members in the Holocaust, so he is acutely aware that Wagner's associations with Hitler and Nazi Germany make this a serious contradiction. I found it fascinating to watch the dichotomy of Fry first expressing childlike glee as he is allowed unprecedented access behind the scenes of Wagner's theatre in Bayreuth, followed by inner turmoil as he visits the site of Hitler's propaganda rallies in Nuremburg. His ultimate quest is an answer to the age-old question of whether it is possible to separate the artist from the art.
Listening: My Mistakes Were Made for You by the Last Shadow Puppets. This is a song that I heard first on the soundtrack to an episode of Numb3rs and immediately had to track down. Love it.
Good stuff:
Out and About:
Good stuff:
- Sitting in the sun doing absolutely nothing.
- Chatting with the clerks at the grocery store like they're old friends. (Which they kind of are.)
- Reading just one more chapter before I turn out the light.
- Reminiscing with other Winnipegers on Twitter about theatres in our downtown core that no longer exist. (Sad ending. Good memories.)
- Sipping lemonade on a patio while catching up with a friend.
Out and About:
- Human faces in stainless steel by Tsang Cheung Shing
- Perspective-changing satellite photos
- A clever Private Eye cartoon
- From National Geographic: Photographers on photography
- It was Prince's birthday this week. Here is every hairstyle of his - from 1978 to 2013
- The art of Canadian artist Zachari Logan
- A billboard that displays personal messages