Some things that I like

(from Quico)

 

The wonderful books I am reading this month:

                      

 

and Elizabeth Gilbert’s short story, “The Famous Torn and Restored Lit Cigarette Trick,” available for reading at The Paris Review.

 

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Yesterday, Sean and I drove to Richmond for a little sunshine and Memorial Day laziness.  We walked around Carytown all afternoon, people/bicycle-watching, mostly just enjoying the summertime.  My favorite things about Richmond are simple; I like seeing bicycles on balconies, pavement buckling on city roads, beautiful old houses side by side and sharing the shade of tall trees.  I bought a hat from a shop whose back room was filled with old wedding dresses and tuxedos.  A fat lady cat followed me around a bookstore, licking my ankles and purring.  Tied to a tree, there was a sign asking bicyclists to respect nature and lock their bikes to the rack across the street.  We ate delicious sushi in a corner booth while nineties rock played on the radio. 

These are some things I found and brought home with me:

summer stitching