d.Sharp Journal

Earth

Looking forward to checking out Jon Stewart's new book: Earth: Everything An Alien Tourist Needs To Know About The Planet After Human Beings Are Gone

It’s funny. When we were alive we spent much of our time staring up at the cosmos and wondering what was out there. We were obsessed with the moon and whether we could one day visit it. The day we finally walked on it was celebrated world wide as perhaps man’s greatest achievement. But it was while we were there, gathering rocks from the moon’s desolate landscape, that we looked up and caught a glimpse of just how incredible our own planet was. Its singular astonishing beauty. We called her Mother Earth. Because she gave birth to us, and then we took her for granted and treated her like shit. So welcome to Earth… population, you.                                       - Jon Stewart

 

Religion helped overcome man’s catastrophic tendency toward neighborliness and smoothed the way for millennia of wars – allowing millions of people to discover, first-hand, whether or not their religion was right about the whole “post-death non-oblivion” thing. To sum up: Religion provided great comfort to a world torn apart…by religion.                                - Jon Stewart

More HERE

 

 

Astonishing

Gorgeous photos of a rare encounter with pilot whales. Awe and wonder - so much beauty on this big marble of ours. More here.

 

textbook definition of great.

Seriously, the best math book ever.

I found this c. 1958 book a while back-  I like the illustrations and design. More impressed by how adeptly it explains different math concepts - great for M {and me}.

NEVER,

ever underestimate the ability* of your parents to embarrass you.

{except, of course, mine.}

* I am kind of hoping I get really good at it!

squee!

so happy to find these last week - .99 - a cheap buzz.

 

playing doctor

 Every kid needs to have a medical kit!

Having spent the last weekend/plus sick,  I can tell you that my numerous visits with Dr. C were powerful medicine indeed. I especially enjoyed having all of my fingers adjusted with a wrench. {from his toolbox - alternative medicine?}

in the studio

 more mid-cent. kids stuff:

seriously?

Really? Stirrup pants are trending again? Be warned - it is a slippery slope.

People might start making their hair look like this again:

We should think of the children.

{bon jovi family from here - love that site!}

 

food for thought/thought for food

Goodbye Summer, thanks for the grand stone fruits, peaches and nectarines especially, and the tie-dyed Ranier cherries. For the long awaited and appreciatively consumed berries - red, blue, black and anything in between - and for the full color spectrum of tomatoes, never better than now. Thanks for the corn, oh fresh corn! and the watermelon! So much to miss until next year.

Dear Autumn, welcome! Yummy apples, pears and sweet potatoes. Looking forward to seasonal squash, pumpkins, clementines, my favorite jewel-like pomagranetes and fresh figs to pair with fall greens.

Are you going to miss something? Looking forward to?

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I know this really awesome girl that was brave enough to turn 40 before me this past summer,  so I made her a colorful flower tiara with a wee little bird nest. It looked a lot like this one below - each will be different, with a vintage bird from the collected flock.

I think that this would be sweet for a flower girl at a spring wedding {sans birthday banner}. I love making custom hats and tiaras!