concieve.create.repeat

today, i'm feeling so very creativ.e.
maybe it's the sunshine this morning after the
rain??

i just discovered the answer to a question i've had for months:
question: how to make over a lamp i found on the side of the road?
answer: scales. trust me.

also, how do you people feel about feather headpieces?
not really indian style.
i'm thinking more like zelda-fitzgerald-roaring-twenties-gin-martini-type feather headpieces.
do you think i could make these on my own?? (i'm not afraid to try).

other things on the list: pumpkin carving, halloween costume, decorating the house to look like a spooky mansion...
i can't wait.

do you ever have that funny feeling where your brain suddenly unlocks an idea that it had been holding captive? i live for that.

sometimes i write nursery rhymes

if it grows by leaps and bounds
when it's lead you all around
and it's written on your face
you want to call the chase
what do you do?
sink into the blue
climb back into bed
cover your little head
gracefully fade away
wait for a different day
hope everyone forgets
deal with the regrets?
or do you face it straight on
tell 'em they're all wrong
work until it's done
and fight till you're the one
when you win you'll know
how to stand on your own.
everyone will be proud
celebrate real loud.
until the next thing comes along
and it's started off all wrong
you work to make right
you don't give up the fight.


it's how we learn and know
step by step, we grow.

i'm with the band

friday was just one of those days.

the good kind.

i was productive at work. i did all of my errands. i received an unexpected check in the mail.

the ak came over. we rode the motorcycle down to the crossroads. we had margs and mexican at manny's. we met up with friends and family to hear

some beautiful music. we ran into our favorite waitress while she was playing her flute on the street. we popped into galleries and businesses. we saw friends. we met people.

isn't it funny how somedays are so good and others are so terrible, and it really all comes down to how comfortable you feel in your own skin?

just as we were about to leave, we ran into these guys:

yes, it is a genuine rock band completely comprised of kids. kids that i hope to adopt.

when i went to give them some money, i realized their tip bucket was full. i'm proud to live in a city that encourages young ingenuity.

alan and i ended our night at the skies, rotating slowly above kansas city.

metal heart

you know how some people are just real-life heroes?

for example, my sister chelsea. she's only 21 but she's already lived in italy and costa rica, visted korea, hung out in ecuador, nicagrauga, panama and spain. chelsea can talk to you about Jesus in english or spanish, which ever you prefer.

it's her goal to traipse all over the world, taking care of people in the name of Jesus.

chelsea is my real-life hero.

or drew and alie.

i don't even know where to start.

drew and alie love God. they've been to thailand and sudan and the end of the world because of His love.

even when they're just in plain ol' columbus, their love shines.

(plus they're amazing photographers).

sometimes when i think about how much i love drew and alie, i can't stand it.

drew and alie are my real-life heroes.

i have a new real-life hero. let's call her "ms.k."
every morning, ms.k wakes up in her bed on the bad side of town. she drinks some tea. she spends some time with Jesus. then she goes to one of the worst elementary schools in the city and teaches all day long.

art class.

ms.k has the audacity to teach beauty to kids who only know pain. to create in the midst of destruction. when ms.k tells me about the things that have become her reality, i cry.
ms.k, i know you're going to change those kid's lives. you and Jesus.

ms.k, you're my real-life hero.

only someone with a metal heart could be brave enough to love love love in a world with so much pain.

fair isle socks

i watched an episode of the rachel zoe project this weekend and it made me want to get my closet ready for fall.

which happened to be perfect, because the weather's been fall all week.

i visited a few thirft stores and my neighborhood target. i got fall-type things (it's a little blair waldorf). new tights, jumpers, headbands and fair isle socks.

(which i'm wearing right now.)

then i came home and cleaned my closet. i put everything in order. now my closet is "per-fect-ly mer-chan-dized" as taylor from RZP would say. olly and i even hung out in there for a little bit.

when my closet is clean, i feel more human.