“You’re scared to win, scared to lose/I heard that war is over if you really choose/The one in and around you/You hate the heat, you’ve got the blues/Changing like the weather, oh that’s so like you/The Santa Ana moves you….” – “California” (aaaand, I’m obsessed)

In my favorite review, NPR guy Ken Tucker nicely/accurately describes, “Del Rey…contrasts her tone of voice with the words she chooses; she creates drama by speaking bluntly through a hypnotic croon. She uses the f-word a lot.” Then he aptly invokes for context that great chronicler of L.A. life, hopes, dreams and quirks, Eve Babitz, with a quote from her superlative 1974 book, “Slow Days, Fast Company”.

The little cherry atop this delectable, cool-but-melting-fast sundae of Old/New Hollywood glamor, love, loss, and desperation? The cover-image costar is the grandson of none other than Jack Nicholson. (at Winlock, Washington)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B2FWTwNltwq/?igshid=12j1jdd8qyinr

All the cat people will feel it. (at Winlock, Washington)
https://www.instagram.com/p/ByTewdrFr10/?igshid=1flfzu4jtdqgj

Last Thursday, 10 minutes from my house…. (at Winlock, Washington)
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv2nZYWlkSs/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=iv3xi04lu6y4

Shasta makes herself entirely at home around the office. Line a desk drawer with a hand towel and voila – super-comfy vantage point from which to observe/accompany The Human through his night shift! (at Winlock, Washington)
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv2mojUFbdm/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17y4kwx5p4cbm

Happy St. Patrick’s day to all! This is a postcard my mom sent me from a trip to Ireland in ‘15, which reminds me daily, from its permanent place on my fridge, what great treasures Ireland has contributed to world literature. (at Winlock, Washington)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BvHrS5zltBj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1hb3lskctizqt

Sunny almost-spring day = mini road trip for more reminders of why I moved to @discoverlewiscounty (at Riffe Lake)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BvCncWbFELA/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1h4sns4m3whr3

I’ve straggled far too long (I know at least @orininc will heartily agree): First Clarice Lispector, courtesy @timberlandlibrary ! (at Winlock, Washington)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BucToYHlydk/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=alpy1zgh2ceb

Onward with the smaller and easier decorating in the music room/office…. #pattsmith #pattismithhorses #nomoreoversizedposters (at Winlock, Washington)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BsdtTNKF-zX/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=8krhpemgx2fv

Poster for my kitchen wall, in the same aesthetically/thematically apt vein as my PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO theater-room decoration. I love these gargantuan “grandes affiches” (standard size, actually, for cinephilic France), with their thoughtful and beautiful designs, but their size makes them fairly prohibitive to frame and very unwieldy to hang (it’s not really visible to the naked eye, but I’LL always know it’s “only” 99.7% level, according to the bubble), so it’s with some relief that I say this is almost certain to be my final project of this particular type! (at Winlock, Washington)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BsEgO3QFmDv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1qg3wg014okez

Christmas came early for a certain little kitty. How Santa overlooked this one’s unapologetic naughtiness, I’ll never know. (at Winlock, Washington)
https://www.instagram.com/p/Brq0JtXFXl8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1c161lgi5pddd