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Archive for May, 2006
More Cardboard Furniture
I was poking around online looking for sustainable design and found Crazy Cardboard, which offers corrugated cardboard furniture, including the "Royal Assets," at right. They also have tables, a bookcase, a fireless (fire)place, and a line of kids' furniture.
I'm not sure how durable their furniture is, but like the cardboard...
Read More More Spring Observations
Walked by a fenced-in grassy lot tonight that smelled of freshly mown grass, whatever those chemical compounds are that cut grass emits. Which reminds me that I recently read about "freedom lawns" in the book Suburban Safari, by journalist Hannah Holmes. Freedom lawns are free of pesticides and fertilizer and...
Read More Krampus
Went to check out the Whitney Biennial yesterday, the title of the 2006 exhibit being Day for Night. I usually tend to "get" the mixed media projects, appreciate the works displaying obvious technical proficiency, and ignore the films altogether. I am not one of those people who rushed out to...
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Flash of blue: I don't know why I should have been surprised, but I hastened to catch another glimpse. There it was, a bluejay, perched on the gutter of a house. Its feathers were a rich blue, not glossy bright like on the bluejays I've seen (when was the last...
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