The Urbane Homestead

Every day, into the breach.

Coming up at random

  • Peru: Guinea pig??

My daily rounds

  • Manolo's Shoe Blog: Shoes, Fashion, Celebrity, and Manolo!
  • Now Smell This
  • I Love Orange, my crafty friend
  • My Salad Days
  • Rocketboom
  • The Nietzsche Family Circus
  • Whip Up
  • Window on the Day

My hope chest of projects

  • A vardo for the backyard
  • Fabulous coat
  • Bottle wall
  • Willow house
  • Book Arts
  • Very cool pincushions

On the Night Table

  • Lisa Goldstein: The Red Magician

    Lisa Goldstein: The Red Magician

  • Jonathan L. Howard: Johannes Cabal the Necromancer

    Jonathan L. Howard: Johannes Cabal the Necromancer

  • Daniel H. Pink: Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

    Daniel H. Pink: Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

  • Frank Baker: Miss Hargreaves: A Novel (Bloomsbury Group)

    Frank Baker: Miss Hargreaves: A Novel (Bloomsbury Group)

  • Stacy Schiff: Cleopatra: A Life

    Stacy Schiff: Cleopatra: A Life

  • Stephen Benatar: Wish Her Safe at Home
  • Ian Roberts: Mastering Composition: Techniques and Principles to Dramatically Improve Your Painting (Mastering (North Light Books))

    Ian Roberts: Mastering Composition: Techniques and Principles to Dramatically Improve Your Painting (Mastering (North Light Books))

On the ePod

  • Nickel Creek - This Side

    This Side
    Nickel Creek: This Side

  • Janelle Monáe - The ArchAndroid (2LP)

    The ArchAndroid (2LP)
    Janelle Monáe: The ArchAndroid (2LP)

  • Dixie Chicks - Top of the World Tour

    Top of the World Tour
    Dixie Chicks: Top of the World Tour

  • Bettye LaVette - A Woman Like Me

    A Woman Like Me
    Bettye LaVette: A Woman Like Me

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Recent Posts

  • The status of the experiment
  • Resolution already broken, but that's not the point
  • Finished, I think
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  • Priorities
  • About travel, and life in the third grade
  • Memories of travel
  • Stinky
  • ta da!
  • What a great day!

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