something to see*

i hope one day to have a roadside attraction of my very own. until then i plan on visiting the UCM Museum in abita springs, louisiana, as much as possible. there's just no way to absorb it all in one visit. i can't believe i had never heard of it before. courtney and i were in abita springs for the annual town wide garage sale. when she saw the sign for the ucm museum she said, you have GOT to see this. and she was right. it's the best three dollars you'll ever spend.

my favorite thing was this little lady in the leopard print outfit with the gold purse around her neck. she's barefootin' at the juke joint. i pretty much loved every last thing i saw, but i will remember her always.

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bookcover*

etsy just keeps making the world a smaller place. a customer who bought one of my bette davis prints a few months back, asked if she could use the image on the cover of her soon to be published book. i said sure + we worked out the details. so i wanna congratulate Lauren Berlant on the publication of her latest book, The Female Complaint. lauren and heather, book designer of Duke University Press, were both a joy to work with. they sent me a copy of the finished publication + it arrived in the mail just yesterday. what a nice surprise to come home to on a monday afternoon.

the fruit in the corner are loquats or japanese plums from my backyard. i love having fruit trees of my very own. they're really tasty right off the tree, but i'll have to experiment with a few loquat recipes as well. if i come up with anything worth sharing, i'll be sure to post it.