hummingcrow: one squall voice

One of the things that came home from New Jersey with Gary was his mother’s insulated tea pot. I haven’t seen one of these since a trip to England in 1987. So I had to use it.

Because what the internet really needs is one more cat video. I can’t help it, friends. He’s still new to us, and it’s a delight getting to know this little guy. I may as well share my delights. I hope you understand.

I’m always one of the stragglers finishing geology lab. The reward is seeing the occasional burrowing owl outside the lab window, after the bustle of people have gone. No one keeps watch like an owl.

I took a drawing class this summer. It was pretty short, only a few weeks. This was my final project.

One of the older movie theaters in Phoenix – the Harkins Camelview. What, 1960s or 1970s? Something like that. I dig how they surround the bizarre-shaped shades in neon so you can still see how goofy they are at night. Made the video yesterday but ...

This is very tasty, made with extra special ingredients. Unfortunately I botched what was supposed to be a shot of a beautiful salad being tossed. Put your salad-imagining caps on and picture mixed baby greens, arugula, roasted sweet potato cubes, ...

Our cat sleeps with his eyes open a lot. It’s always a mystery whether he’ll wake up and react to being messed with or he’ll just lay there in his tranced-out state. Sorry about the low light and autofocus. I was afraid he’d wake ...

Driving home tonight, from the point of view of my steering wheel.

Just one tiny moment, but it blew my mind. We have some of the best sunsets ever. When I see something so gorgeous, I always feel the sky loves me. I used a teensy snippet of music performed by D-Squared. It’s their cover of Buckeye Jim.

Behind the Scottsdale Community College Performing Arts Center there are five or six towering mulberry trees, old ones. When I leave campus at dusk, there is an absolute riot of birds hanging out in all of these huge trees. Their chattering echoes back ...

I love Maya’s Farm, where I’m a CSA member. This is my share of the food booty this week – I get one of each item. I’m personally thrilled the turnips are back. My favorite way to eat them is raw, dressed with a little vanilla ...

I need to learn to disagree nicely. It would be nice to be able to stop apologizing for hurting feelings. On the other hand, it all happens so fast that I’m having a hard time evaluating what exactly goes wrong. Honestly, I don’t know where ...

Who’s looking? Who’s looking back?

VloMo09 Day 1. I awoke today with a stuffy nose and a cuddly cat. They balance out into the perfect way to usher in November. Still getting to know our adopted stray, Cloud. Facts: he’s loving, and toasty warm. It’s November, which means ...

A couple of years ago, I saw The Broom Game, and I’ve wanted to try it ever since the first viewing. This July 4, I convinced my mom to play it with me. Watch and have a laugh with us. We’re doing this in the park in the center of Clarkdale, ...

I’ve learned how to tell when a watermelon is ripe, and I’m sharing. It’s silly but I was really worried about this when I planted my watermelons back in February. I’ve never grown them before. I had no idea how big this variety ...

A week ago, we finally sent for the storage pod we left sitting in New Jersey after the sale of my husband’s family home following the death of his mother in 2006. On 20 July, it arrived via PodZilla. I recorded the delivery using iPhone Video ...

Ryanne and Verdi get their FreeVlog dolls! from laureng on Vimeo. Jeffrey Taylor and I ambushed Ryanne and Verdi with the dolls that Cheryl and Rupert made for them, as thanks for freevlog.org ~laureng So Ru Howe and I brainstormed an idea for an ...