tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9932306925263388312011-09-28T19:50:45.077-07:00it was prettier when i imagined ithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17792837144496303922noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993230692526338831.post-13327410627735303582010-03-07T07:55:00.000-08:002010-04-27T20:34:43.896-07:00...way out here<br />where the urge to stockpile<br />is understandable.<br />-Allison Titus, from "Forest" in <a href="http://www.csuohio.edu/poetrycenter/AuthorBook/Titus.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Sum of Every Lost Ship</span></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_po5yIgsoDIo/S9esRkuvcmI/AAAAAAAAACk/oQ4Xl5mn2cc/s1600/anna+prettier.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 245px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_po5yIgsoDIo/S9esRkuvcmI/AAAAAAAAACk/oQ4Xl5mn2cc/s400/anna+prettier.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465026090754863714" border="0" /></a>-Anna Harlan<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_po5yIgsoDIo/S5fXF-iP6sI/AAAAAAAAACc/QtKiMEl5q7c/s1600-h/christopher.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_po5yIgsoDIo/S5fXF-iP6sI/AAAAAAAAACc/QtKiMEl5q7c/s400/christopher.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447058772013869762" border="0" /></a>-Christopher Ross<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_po5yIgsoDIo/S5PNOdPQgVI/AAAAAAAAACU/W-AbgkcXjw4/s1600-h/IMG_1708.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_po5yIgsoDIo/S5PNOdPQgVI/AAAAAAAAACU/W-AbgkcXjw4/s400/IMG_1708.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445922022671548754" border="0" /></a>-Avia Took<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/993230692526338831-1332741062773530358?l=itwasprettierwhenimagined.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>it was prettier when i imagined ithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17792837144496303922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993230692526338831.post-12017323997651529902009-12-21T08:04:00.000-08:002010-01-31T17:53:48.620-08:00<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Garamond;">Never since the beginning of the world has there been so little light. Our winter afternoons have been known at times to last a hundred years.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Garamond;">-Charles Simic, from <a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio?isbn=0156983508"><span style="font-style: italic;">The World Doesn't End</span></a></span></p> <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_po5yIgsoDIo/S2YziHDQzeI/AAAAAAAAACM/YX2Wj-7hVj4/s1600-h/jeanne.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_po5yIgsoDIo/S2YziHDQzeI/AAAAAAAAACM/YX2Wj-7hVj4/s400/jeanne.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433086661570383330" border="0" /></a>-Jeanne Cook <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_po5yIgsoDIo/SzfCYlVPRMI/AAAAAAAAACE/xnBy9slqj0k/s1600-h/christopher+photo.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_po5yIgsoDIo/Sy-iBgSp8wI/AAAAAAAAAB0/NW6U93EJYm4/s400/IMG_0577.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417727023481746178" border="0" /></a>-Karin Gottshall <br /><span style="font-family:Garamond;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/993230692526338831-1201732399765152990?l=itwasprettierwhenimagined.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>it was prettier when i imagined ithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17792837144496303922noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993230692526338831.post-90725047609278250972009-11-16T09:53:00.000-08:002009-12-21T14:23:32.070-08:00It’s been said, ‘Where can I go and pay for what I need based on my false memories alone and nothing else,’ and I couldn’t agree more.<br />-Kyle Buckley, from <a href="http://www.chbooks.com/catalogue/laundromat_essay"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Laundromat Essay</span></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_po5yIgsoDIo/Sx_31kc8wwI/AAAAAAAAABs/zQETn2nECUQ/s1600-h/albion.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_po5yIgsoDIo/Sx_3XLAzZhI/AAAAAAAAABc/wW2FXsWgRE4/s400/skin.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413317254587835922" border="0" /></a>"Skin" -Angela Myers<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_po5yIgsoDIo/SwtVmYb8D9I/AAAAAAAAABU/W5srl81rqfM/s1600/oona.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_po5yIgsoDIo/SwtVmYb8D9I/AAAAAAAAABU/W5srl81rqfM/s400/oona.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407509895471435730" border="0" /></a>-Oona Lilly<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_po5yIgsoDIo/Swm_5Q7xwAI/AAAAAAAAABM/PRjWw0RcYVI/s1600/false+memories.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 322px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_po5yIgsoDIo/Swm_5Q7xwAI/AAAAAAAAABM/PRjWw0RcYVI/s400/false+memories.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407063818154131458" border="0" /></a>-Terry Simpkins<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_po5yIgsoDIo/SwlIuxIKrbI/AAAAAAAAABE/63mgS-LWzv8/s1600/31590002-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 398px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_po5yIgsoDIo/SwlIuxIKrbI/AAAAAAAAABE/63mgS-LWzv8/s400/31590002-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406932795933765042" border="0" /></a>-Karin Gottshall<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_po5yIgsoDIo/SwGSGoG-ZjI/AAAAAAAAAAU/RQAScuxKRU4/s1600/tumblr_kt64pfS0Of1qa8jwq.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; 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