Erin Morgenstern's Blog, page 50
February 23, 2011
february music
Told you I had all sorts of things to write about.
Downloaded the new Radiohead, The King of Limbs, on Saturday. Not loving it the same way I loved In Rainbows, but it's growing on me. It makes for rather good music to leave on and ignore. I mean that as a compliment.
Got the new Adele album, 21, yesterday and I love it like candy. I was already obsessed with "Rolling In the Deep" and the rest of the album is equally marvelous. And it has a cover of The Cure's "Lovesong" that's just delicious.
I'm kind of obsessed with the video for "Rolling In the Deep," too:
It reminds me of the circus in an odd sort of way. Maybe it's the paper city. Or the broken teacups. Or the room full of powder fog.
I don't know, but it makes me happy.
February 22, 2011
photos
A few days ago I felt like I had nothing to write about and now I have a bunch of things, so I'll spread them out over the course of the week and possibly into next week depending on how distracted I get. Excuse me, I have to get Tessa off of the scanner.
Okay, scanner is now kittenless. Today's proper topic now that we've passed the misbehaving kitten interlude: photos!
Last week I had a photo session with the marvelous & talented Kelly Davidson for my author photos. I'd contacted her awhile ago about doing them but we had to work around schedules & a whole lot of snow.
We had a wonderful time despite the cold when we braved the treacherous icy sidewalks & the photos turned out fabulous, of course.
The one that's going to be the official shot is now hanging out on my about page, and here's a peek at a few of the others:
(The best of the umbrella shots will likely show up somewhere in the future, so for now it shall remain a secret.)
I highly recommend Kelly if you're in the Boston area & need a photographer for any reason whatsoever. (Also, you should peruse her photostream, her recent photos from Paris are gorgeous.)
And I'm still impressed that my hair stayed mostly well-behaved.
Unlike Tessa, who is now on the printer. Sigh.
February 18, 2011
flax-golden tales: always watching
always watching
You can't hide from eyes that never close.
Not even a blink, ever.
We've tried distractions, but they don't work.
Even if the eyes glance to the side for a moment, it isn't enough time to get the door open. And even if it was, only one of us could get through without being seen. Maybe two.
They say the door isn't even locked, but no one's really sure about that because they only got close enough to turn the handle once.
That was before my time, and no one really likes to talk about what happened after that, even though we're pretty sure no one can hear us talking.
They're just always watching.
Always.
About flax-golden tales. Photo by Carey Farrell. Text by Erin Morgenstern.
February 14, 2011
best valentine's day present ever
I totally don't care if open umbrellas indoors are supposedly bad luck. It's too fabulous to save for the rain.
I just need to keep it away from the cats, because they think it's fascinating when it spins.
February 11, 2011
flax-golden tales: carousel elephant
carousel elephant
No one ever wants to ride the elephant on the carousel.
Even though he moves just as gracefully as the horses.
The choosing is done before the ride is put in motion, out of necessity.
And first impressions are all the riders have to go on.
The elephant looks heavy, despite the impressive trunk held aloft and sturdy legs poised mid-gallop.
It's usually the slowest runners, the last to climb aboard that end up on the elephant, with frowns of disappointment looming over his golden tusks.
But when the tempo of the music changes, when the space between feet and floor increases exponentially and the carousel spins ever faster…
Then the elephant riders are pleased with their good fortune.
No one is ever thrown from the elephant on the carousel.
The same cannot be said for the horses.
About flax-golden tales. Photo by Carey Farrell. Text by Erin Morgenstern.
February 10, 2011
February 8, 2011
mostly posting for the antelope
Change of scenery! This is where I'm sitting this week, going over my first pass pages. I will likely not be online all that much while I read and re-read pretty, pretty pages. Tessa keeps stealing my chair if I abandon it for too long, so I should probably get back there.
(And I should really throw away that mini pumpkin on the windowsill. It's been there since October. It's probably frozen.)
Also, if you click this link you will find a baby antelope with the littlest legs and teensy feets and I don't even know how he's standing up and I love him.
February 4, 2011
flax-golden tales: not in narnia anymore
not in narnia anymore
They kept saying that it would stop, making predictions based on patterns in the wind and unseen stars and archaic interpretations of the behaviors of woodland creatures.
Just a few more weeks, they said. Months ago.
This storm shall be the last, they said.
And then there was another, and another.
And another.
The branches are breaking from the weight.
I keep looking for a lamppost, but I can't tell east from west without the sun anymore, so I don't know if landmarks would help.
Even the horizon disappears into the snow.
And there's nothing in the endless cold to point me home.
About flax-golden tales. Photo by Carey Farrell. Text by Erin Morgenstern.
February 3, 2011
kung hei fat choi
Happy Chinese New Year! Year of the Rabbit! So long, Tiger! Hello, BUNNY!
So far The Year of the Bunny is already fabulous, with shiny things arriving in the mail and packing materials for kittens to jump in and actual sunshine! Hurrah!
(This New Year greeting is brought to you by my Jellycat Bashful Bunny. I have been dragging him around all day to be festive.)
February 2, 2011
visual aid: snow edition
End of December:
Same tree, today:
