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reads. writes. does this most of the time. sometimes dances. wishes she could do this more of the time.

dreams of traveling to Antarctica.

would love to see Tom Waits on Martha Stewart making planters out of old tires.

• PAPER: letters, postcards, envelopes, stationery, maps, atlases, almanacs, old photographs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, old magazines (especially adverts), polaroids, small books, altered books, old books, strange books, stickers, ephemera

• NOTIONS: buttons, beads, ribbon, lace, fabric scraps, string

• BOXES: up-cycled containers, very small containers, embellished containers, matchboxes, tiny dioramas, toy theaters

• PENS: felt-tipped, calligraphy, brush-tipped, multi-colored 'clickies', sharpies

• MISCELLANY: astronomy, red foxes, karaoke, salsa dancing, muji, ugly/strange/curious objects, hand-written letters, stamps (rubber + postal), the desert, so-bad-it's-good items, train travel, cinnamon, typewriters, kitsch

Tom Waits * Neutral Milk Hotel * Beirut * The Mountain Goats * Arvo Part * The Decemberists * Iron and Wine * Frederic Chopin * The Magnetic Fields * Phillip Glass * David Bowie * They Might Be Giants * Calexico

• color: a steely shade of slate blue

• animal: red fox, california condor

• guilty pleasure: chocolate + hazelnut

• beverage: green tea

• place, at the moment: eastern wyoming

• film: dreams (akira kurosawa)

• word, at the moment: asinine

• anything scented (beauty products, soaps)

• hot pink or pastels

• fruit teas

• meat