I’m tinkering with a new blog.

still trying to suss out the goals of the blog and its format.

email me at

nicole.kennerly@gmail.com

if you want to take a peep and give me your thoughts. i could use some feedback.

once i’ve got it going, i’ll link to it from qatsi so everyone can see, not just those who email me.

A Gift, A Love Gift

“We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and a mystery.” -H.G. Wells

Sometimes I feel a little like these ladies.

I feel like putting something on my blog

But I’ve been busy.

I moved to Seattle :)

My galoshes now form the lower half of my exoskeleton (every night I shed them but they regrow by sunrise), and the trees are just lovely this time of year. I had a bunch of thoughts about life, but they’ve all washed away with the rain, so this isn’t going to be one of those posts. I’ve had no furniture or cable or internet or social life, but I’m loving my autumn here. Here’s the media that is making this time so wonderful.

Books~

“The Poisonwood Bible” by Barbara Kingsolver - I try to live on this momentous shifting terrain between enjoying reading and learning from reading. This book straddles that terrain. Beautiful beautiful beautiful. Kingsolver paints an image of a tired woman as a sunflower with too heavy a head that haunts me whenever I start to feel rundown. I wish I could eat this book and ingest its ways with words.

Some book about Degas’ work that I got in the 50 cent bin. Open the book anywhere. On the right page is a painting, on the left page Degas describes his thoughts when he created that painting. It’s tiny so I read it on the bus — a perfect segmented book for short trips. One might call this a bathroom book. I’m going to invent the term “bus book.” Much more ladylike.

Albums~

Django Reinhardt – “Out of Nowhere”
Imagine warm wooden furniture and men smoking their pipes and the city just after dusk when the street lamps illuminate.

Beach House – “Devotion”
When these songs come on, I tap my foot and surreptitiously wipe a tear from my eye. Not a lot of music can do both of those things to a person at once.

Movies~

Haven’t been watching any. I saw some Hitchcocks on the big screen for the first time and that was a thrill. Also saw Whip It with Ash. I love that Juno girl. She stole my dream glasses for that movie. It’s a renter though, save your money.

TV~

Again, none. But once Internet comes home, I’m going to catch up on Curb (the new season is fantastic) and Mad Men. Oh and Project Runway and It’s Always Sunny and 30 Rock. But yeah I watch those on my computer — does it still count as TV?

Wearing a bird flu mask is shagadellic

The health center at the University of Colorado tries to make wearing face masks not dorky. I try to spell “shagadellic.” These are two efforts I can get behind.

Someone needs to tell Bart Simpson how to wear a bird flu mask. In return he’ll reveal the sound of one hand clapping.

I’ll just wear this puppy.

(All photos by me except the plague mask, which is HERE.)

Wanna See a Magic Trick?

TA DA

The reveal

This is the dance you do…

…before you open a bottle of champagne.

Post title by Ashley. Photo taken in new Seattle digs.

I’ve Been Monkeying Around

and am currently obsessed with the golden monkey.

Isn’t she gorgeous?

Look at that strawberry tongue!

Mr. and Mrs. Lighthouse *Sept. 26*

In case you are new to qatsi, you can see all the lighthouse comics HERE.

Mr. and Mrs. Lighthouse *Sept. 24*

Idea by Pat