asking at the end of the year

when you wake, the morning covers you with light

(credit for the title goes to Counting Crows)

tuesday's happinesses

-getting up early while the house is still quiet

-a bonfire

-the car heater in 2 degree weather

-coffee with an old friend in a diner that looks like a train car, listening to the conversations of the bearded, plaid-wearing men at the counter

-bookshops and gift certificates

-my sister's kitten

-chocolate-covered, candied orange rind

-scraping wallpaper, which is oddly peaceful and satisfying

-the nearly full moon

-scar stories

christmas present ideas

While you're Christmas shopping, check out Global Reach! The unique thing about Global Reach is that 100% or their profits go straight to Sixty1, an organization that two of my friends started to reach women and children trapped in sexual slavery in India and Cambodia. So with every purchase you will make a difference i...n the fight against sex trafficking. For the next week they are offering free shipping- just enter "vintage" as the promo code. Please check out the store and let your holiday shopping make a difference.

find a penny, pick it up

“Sometimes I think the cement of my being was taken from one cultural mould before it cured and was forced into other moulds, one after the other, retaining bits of the form of each but producing a finished sculpture that fitted into none.”

–Sophia Morton

Shrimp and slavery

Abolitionist Christmas

If you're looking for Christmas presents, here's a great idea. I have an amazingly creative friend who has been asking people to design greeting cards and is selling to cards to raise money for the Not For Sale Campaign. The cards are 12 for $6 or 24 for $12, and over half of the profits go to helping women who have survived sex trafficking. The cards are absolutely beautiful (I've seen them) and very unique. If you're interested you can look at the designs and email Sarah (sarahd@notforsale.org) if you'd like to give the cards to someone for Christmas.