beautiful things

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noreply@blogger.com (libi) — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 17:06:00 +0000

bats in twilight
cat paws
spearmint

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noreply@blogger.com (libi) — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:12:00 +0000

the smell of cinnamon and milk
freshly cooked rice
guttering candle flames

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noreply@blogger.com (libi) — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 07:36:00 +0000

Julien Schnabel
freckles on eyelids
touch

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noreply@blogger.com (libi) — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 03:08:00 +0000

dried basil leaves in windows
avocado
loose wool

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noreply@blogger.com (libi) — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 08:39:00 +0000

jade set in silver
smell of sumi ink

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noreply@blogger.com (libi) — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:12:00 +0000

henry fonda's blue eyes

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noreply@blogger.com (libi) — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:48:00 +0000

acrylic paint under fingernails

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noreply@blogger.com (libi) — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:57:00 +0000

gray's anatomy's yellowed pages
bottles of liquid sitting in windows
anise oil

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noreply@blogger.com (libi) — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:56:00 +0000

clay made to move
cheeks red from cold
fingerprints in dust

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noreply@blogger.com (libi) — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:39:00 +0000

mesquite smoke
mulled cider in paper cups
crabapple blossoms

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noreply@blogger.com (libi) — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:38:00 +0000

locust tree bark
old fermenting apples under a thin layer of snow
catharsis
moth wing dust

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noreply@blogger.com (libi) — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:37:00 +0000

dried ginger
powdered milk
unlit beeswax candles
anise seed

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noreply@blogger.com (libi) — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:34:00 +0000

talcum powder on pale skin
whole dark roast coffee beans in burlap sacks
the smell of developer

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noreply@blogger.com (libi) — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:31:00 +0000

ozone snapping out of lightning filled skies
rust
calla lilies curved and silent

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noreply@blogger.com (libi) — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:29:00 +0000

raw chocolate
long-empty cigar boxes coated in thin layers of dust
damp feathers
wet silk
wasabi powder
thick sumi ink strokes on rice paper

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noreply@blogger.com (libi) — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:25:00 +0000

tempera paint powder - all colors
oil-based wood stain
cured tobacco hanging in windows
peppermint leaves crushed between fingers
lighter fluid just before ignition

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noreply@blogger.com (libi) — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:25:00 +0000

sun-dried grass
orange peels
parchment
half-cured plaster of paris

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noreply@blogger.com (libi) — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:23:00 +0000

the smell of an extinguished match
un-developed, exposed film

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noreply@blogger.com (libi) — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:02:00 +0000

Glen Gould
toy pianos
hot water

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noreply@blogger.com (libi) — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:51:00 +0000

softly cooing pigeons in the eaves
luminescent pearls
amaryllis blooming in a snow-covered window

1

noreply@blogger.com (libi) — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:59:00 +0000

alpaca yarn in vibrant blue
reinaldo arenas
thick black scrawling script

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noreply@blogger.com (libi) — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:32:00 +0000

the tingle of warmth meeting cold skin
fat quails disappearing into blue sky with a flash of white and a whistle
the inimitable black of film

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noreply@blogger.com (libi) — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:33:00 +0000

whisper of falling snowflakes
curve of white orchid petals
green glazed pottery

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noreply@blogger.com (libi) — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:02:00 +0000

the smell of dry-roasting peanuts
heat from the oven on bare skin
the male nude

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noreply@blogger.com (libi) — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:05:00 +0000

constellations of freckles
soft gray skies
light filtered through blinds
bubbles collecting in a pot of water about to boil