“Monde à l’endroit, Monde à l’envers”
chandelier made of recycled globes by Benoit Vieubled, via Recycleart
Design Love: Globe Chandelier
Poetry: Almost
There is no language for why
I wanted to stroke your cheek yesterday
When you first arrived at the pub
Friend of a friend, unfamiliar
And promise-full as a new metaphor
Why I noticed the soft flesh
At the V of your T-shirt
The tender Canadian “Eh”
Inflection-propped as I imagined your body might be
Supported by an elbow amid ruffled sheets
Why it felt right for our knees to touch
And stay touching, warmth just short
Of a spark sustaining the connection
As the day lost itself to growing chill
There is no reason, no rhyme
For why I spent all of today smiling
At something more than April sunshine
And the prospect of a drink with you after dinner
When, hearing you mention a boyfriend,
In a parallel universe, another me learns again those
Other things for which we have no words:
Nothing as easy as anger; just the slow wilt
Of waste, desire cooled like a Spring day
Retreating where unbeen chances go to die.
In ours, I learn that sometimes, just feeling
Is enough. I hug you, promise to email and surprise
Myself with a skyward grin at whatever God
Decided this might amuse.
In yet another, another you sits on my hotel bed:
As we talk about planting trees, saving the world,
I start to run my hands through your hair.
-Aaron Maniam, from the Singapore poets edition of Blue Lyra Review
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Nutella Hot Chocolate Recipe
Mmmm, Nutella. Nectar of the gods, people.
Which is why I was so insanely excited to realize just how easy is to make the thickest, richest, creamiest hot chocolate ever with it.
Take slightly less than 1/4 cup of Nutella. Add it to a large mug of milk (I use almond milk which is healthier and gives an even deeper flavor, but regular milk would also work). Pour the mixture into a small saucepan, and heat on medium-low, stirring, until the Nutella dissolves and blends in.
Pour back into the mug and that’s it!! You can also add cinnamon, but really, this is so rich it doesn’t need any additives.
Feel free to play with the amount of Nutella to make it more or less sweet, but this is easily some of the best hot chocolate I’ve had – layers of rewarding richness. Make it for yourself, make it for your kids (just not every day, because hell no this isn’t healthy), and enjoy this perfect winter indulgence!
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Taylor Swift Lyric Art
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Pitch Perfect 2 Trailer!
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Quotidian: Madeleine L’Engle
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New Trailer Roundup: American Heist, Disney’s Cinderella, Al Pacino in Danny Collins
American Heist. For a second I thought “this could be good!” and then…Hayden Christensen. Also, old warhorse of a premise and extraordinarily bad dialogue. I love Adrien Brody, and heist films, but this isn’t for me.
Disney’s live-action Cinderella, starring Lily James and Cate Blanchett. It looks cute but unexceptional, though casting Cate Blanchett as the evil stepmother was a stroke of genius, and great soundtrack
Danny Collins starring Al Pacino. This is a “meh” for me – it’s probably charming and I may watch it on DVD
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Poetry: Light Makes Motion
Naked boy makes light like
mosquito, like
key drunk and the door.
I name a ghost for him.
I don’t care – all boys end.
Light goes, popped story like
wanting any him pushed, sucked
flat mosquito, to door.
I name the ghosts for them. Light
goes, breaking out like
wound-touch, like
school child, like
boy become naked can door.
Light goes.
Naked boy crawls shadow to bed.
His name says he will have
greater fortunes than this.
Sound for ghost goes
kwi-shin
like
boy swallows mosquito, like
boy I kissed once, boy
who swallows his name.
Like
like
boy kiss drunk and the noraebang
song loud as junk food and light
light sour stomach humming light
crystal-spun light
like
anyone turned on,
turned off.
My name says I will have
greater ghosts than this.
-Kat Dixon, Kenning Journal
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Benedict Cumberbatch Rare Interview: On Fame, Sherlock, and Being a Sex Icon
Benedict Cumberbatch gave a rare, and stellar, interview to Vulture
“And so he has vivid memories of watching his life change not just very quickly but literally over the course of Sherlock’s first 88-minute episode in 2010. “I sort of knew I’d be stepping into the limelight, because it’s such an iconic character,” he says. “But none of us had any idea about what kind of success we’d have on our hands, and it shocked all of us. That first night it aired in England, my God! I wasn’t really aware of this internet TV culture, because I hadn’t really dabbled in a series or something with a potential cult following, like a Doctor Who or a Downton Abbey. But when the internet exploded with this live, immediate audience reaction, it was like being in a theater of millions of people.”
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It’s Raining Yellow
Yellow is one of my favorite colors. In praise of this happy, delicious color that contains all the shades from pure sun joy to melting old gold, a few pieces of home decor-
Be Happy Pillow Cover, Etsy
Pop Garden Pillow Cover, Dot & Bo
Leafy Reversible Throw, Dot & Bo
Coffee and Irony 
