the journal

A wayward collection of art, imagery & observations.

"Spring in New Hampshire" | Claude MacKay
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"Too green the springing April grass/Too blue the silver-speckled sky..." Read More
Why Handcrafted Gifts... Rule
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"Craftsmanship names an enduring, basic human impulse: the desire to do a job well for its own sake." Read More
"January" | Helen Hunt Jackson
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"O Winter! frozen pulse and heart of fire/What loss is theirs who from thy kingdom turn..." Read More
"Wild November" | Richard Henry Stoddard
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"The wild November comes at last/Beneath a veil of rain..." Read More
"September Midnight" | Sara Teasdale
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"Lyric night of the lingering Indian Summer/Shadowy fields that are scentless but full of singing..." Read More
"The End of Summer" | Rachel Hadas
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Sweet smell of phlox drifting across the lawn— an early warning of the end of summer. August is fading fast, and by September the little purple flowers will all be... Read More
"Smoldering Dawn" | Amanda Gorman
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"We Woke Up to a Different L.A." The morning after the fires erupted, that was a common refrain heard all across the City of Angels. Which one particular native Angelino,... Read More
"A March Glee" | John Burroughs
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"I hear the sparrow's ditty/Anear my study door/A simple song of gladness/That winter days are o'er;..." Read More
L.A. Local: The Broad Museum
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When this billionaire said 'Civilizations are not remembered by their business people, they're remembered by the arts.'... you better believe he built a museum to prove it. Read More
These Go to Eleven: The Heart-Stomping Beauty of Classic Guitars
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A series of portraits from Firecracker photographer Olivier Pojzman. Available now... Read More
"Backyard" | Carl Sandburg
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"Shine on, O moon of summer/Shine to the leaves of grass, catalpa and oak all silver under your rain to-night..." Read More
"[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in]" | E.E. Cummings
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From the man who famously wrote: “One's not half of two; two are halves of one.” Read More
"A Glimpse" | Walt Whitman
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"A glimpse, through an interstice caught, of a crowd of workmen and drivers in a bar-room, around the stove, late of a winter night — and I unremark'd seated in a... Read More