I bought an old, musty copy of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road online. One of those hardcover books where the right edge of the paper is torn, not cut. The previous owner was a library in Pennsylvania, and it carries with it the dusty smell found only within the narrow aisles of a small town library. [...]
Monthly Archives: June 2009
Hey it’s Adam
June 23, 2009 – 9:35 am
The past weekend featured a whirlwind visit from my better creative half, Adam Morse. Fresh-faced from Los Angeles early Saturday morning, Adam was already running on fumes. We spent the next 48 hours chugging coffee, quoting movies, eating great food, drinking, photographing, wandering dark alleys, and commenting on the general awesomeness of [fill in the [...]
The Past is Organic, Ever Changing
June 18, 2009 – 9:15 am
Scenes from a recent trip to Cumberland, Maryland.
Radishes
June 11, 2009 – 9:01 pm
Like most American children, I fully embraced the Anti-Brussel Sprouts Movement. They were even worse than cabbage and despite their bite-size appeal, no amount of ketchup seemed to make them any more desirable. It wasn’t until much later – college, in fact – that I became aware of the fact that a light glaze of [...]
Mothers
June 10, 2009 – 9:41 pm
At the Sheep and Wool Festival (mentioned earlier), I caught this candid moment of my mom talking to Annie, another yarn vendor and a woman who played a feature role in my childhood. Many of my most memorable moments from my youth were exploring the woods surrounding Annie’s farm with her son Kip. Through the [...]
Her Pink Umbrella
June 9, 2009 – 10:05 pm
A few weeks ago, I was helping my mom sell her yarn at the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival, something I do every year. It poured on the second day of the event, but business continued until late in the day. When folks eventually began heading back to their cars, the rain slowed down a [...]