i do what i want to do

, originally uploaded by moxiesinclair.

i subscribe to the IDWIWTD life philosophy.

one thing i want to do is find a new
tutu and do interpretative ballet.

what do you want to do?

not to be missed

sophie blackall's missed connections blog is superb!

The most wonderful library in the world

DOK "Library Concept Center", originally uploaded by The Shifted Librarian.

DOK Library Concept Center, in Delft, rivals Disneyland as the happiest place in the world. Amazing innovation and fun hardworking people abound here. I've found my dream workplace. The children's librarian was awesome and there's an art lending program. So cool.

i like this bike.

and i like to win.

i'd probably put flowers and baguettes and kittens and books in mine.

Best Careers 2009: Librarian

US News and World Report listed librarianship as a career with strong outlooks and high job satisfaction for their 2009 best careers list. A few of the other careers listed include locksmith and clergy. I'm glad to be in the library camp, although a landscape architect would make a lovely second career.

FYI. Bye.

dewey you

Moxie's Dewey Decimal Section:

449 Occitan & Catalan

Moxie = 35495 = 354+95 = 449


Class:
400 Language


Contains:
Linguistics and language books.



What it says about you:
You value communication, even with people who are different from you. You like trying new things don't mind being exposed to unfamiliar territory. You get bored with routines that never change.

Find your Dewey Decimal Section at Spacefem.com

the adventures of moxie, librarian

like a librarian2, originally uploaded by shian-smiling.

tomorrow i will embark on my great library adventure. i'm going to treat this experience like i'm a superhero in training. when i graduate i'll get a cape that reads MOXIE, LIBRARIAN and bring information power to people everywhere.

so excited!

les classy bucket

we hosted a dinner on sunday night. our apartment was transformed into a restaurant of sorts, a restaurant called les classy bucket. the food was primarily collected from jenn's garden. we supplemented a few items with a visit to the capitol hill farmer's market. jenn was our fearless leader. under her direction, we labored for eight hours, and then a meal was born.

our chef's vision, gorgeous and delicious:
green salad
greek salad (with green beans)
two kinds of fresh baked breads
handmade ravioli stuffed with beats and potatoes
ravioli - again with the handmade - stuffed with chard and ricotta in a vegetable broth, freckled with kernels of corn
wine and peach/raspberry/blueberry pie with whipped cream on top


tomatoes from the garden

beans!

beautiful beets

utensils

taking a break

bread cooling on the window sill

the broth


the diners

moxie nights

i've got a new ritual. it started last week and involves me having the apartment to myself on wednesday nights. the ritual is composed of two parts:

1. simply to enjoy my space / be a space maker /savor my time and express my gratitude for this sweet little life i've got.
2. listen to the roadhouse + riz because they play quality music.

it's a goddamn great ritual. i'm off...

uck, cut! since riz is on vacation and the dnc is underway i scratched #2 and listened intently to ex-presidents, senators and our future president speak.

i'll be returning with the ritual next week. for now please laugh with me at the art project of an only child and indulge me as i post another self-portrait.

"blah blah blah!" she said.

cougar-q

yesterday johntana hosted a cougar celebration bbq.

ds got friendly with one of the guests. more photos here by moxiesinclair.

pie times at apartment s

i used to be a pie baker at grandma violet's pies. we were wholesale bakers, selling to local co-ops and fancy grocery stores around seattle in the late 1990's. it was a two woman operation. beth, the owner, used her grandma's (can you guess her name?) marvelous crust recipe as the foundation of the business. there is a secret ingredient. i considered revealing it here by including the recipe but that type of secret is too precious to expose.

it was a truly delightful place to work. and i learned to make a mean pie.

i came home on wednesday and looked at our refrigerator and found a few pints of blueberries and strawberries at their ripest point. i said to myself, "how can we eat them all before they go bad?" and "i don't bake enough pies!" thus, i determined that it was my duty as a wife to make the best fresh berry and peach (we had some super ripe, super yummy ones) pie. so i did. here is a sampling of photos that i took along the pie highway:

naked berries
pour some sugar on me.
hot out of the oven.
a la mode and almost gone.

my 10 commandments

1. use moxie power.
2. let it go.
3. keep it simple.
4. go for it.
5. dig the moment.
6. enjoy the journey.
7. freedom, fun and flexibility.
8. love more.
9. be outdoors, be active, be courageous and trust.
10. build it.

thanks to the the happiness project for the idea.

30 things:

They say 30 is a big deal. So far, I feel delightfully the same. However I have been thinking a great deal about starting off this next decade with a bang and creating intentions that I want to live by. Here are 30 things to get this party started right (some of these appear to be extremely similar or are tie ins with my resolutions list, that just means these are things I really want to do).

1. Let it go
2. Take a photograph everyday (that I feel like it) for one year
3. Read three new authors
4. Go on a road trip with k
5. Learn new recipes
6. Do more yoga
7. Start graduate school
8. Start the hike a month club
9. Get this marriage started right!
10. Plant more
11. Craft more
12. Dream more
13. Dance more
14. Surprise people
15. Keep up with world politics
16. Overcome a fear
17. Tone down my yelling instinct
18. Tone up my bravery and my body
19. Give more
20. Improve my space maker skills
21. Swim in pools, rivers, lakes and oceans
22. Visit a National Park
23. Add a cool banner to my blog
24. Make tea
25. Make jam
26. Work for peace
27. Be kind to strangers and to friends
28. Be free
29. Join Zipcar
30. Do something creative everyday Paper Source, your motto rules!

update, joined and unjoined zipcar. boo.

Best 30 Ever! Now with Dancing.

These are just a few of the great moments from the getaway and the soul dance party.


Spontaneous performance art by two cute boys


Happy dancing people


Flash dance floor


All hail the circle of light


Dancing with sweetie

I have the most amazing group of friends. Hooray.

Palm Springs Weekend

Last year K gave me the book, Palm Springs Weekend, for my birthday. This year he took me on a surprise getaway to that very place. Lucky 30!

We left on FRIDAY. After checking into the motel we found our room which was called The Leopard Lounge, a complimentary theme to the HCFF we had planned. We dropped our bags, did the mandatory run and jump on the bed and promptly set out to the poolside bar for the daily happy hour (free! whee!). We each drank three Orbitini's before walking into town for a just okay dinner at Matchbox. I was really fired up about a rude interaction between a waiter and a busser which interfered with the taste of the food. We got to dine outside though, which, I do believe, is one of life's greatest pleasures.

Before the day was done we took a dip in the pool.



On SATURDAY we each ate a cookie, learned to ride a tandem bicycle, and marveled at some of the fantastic midcentury homes about town. See:





SUNDAY was stormy so we rented a car, drove out past the windmill fields and followed the road to Joshua Tree National Park. It was all stunningly beautiful.









This trip surpassed all my birthday dreams. And I still get to have a dance party!

A To Do List for 2008

• Take a letterpress class
• Paint the dining room
• Sew more, mama
• Eat in
• Go places I’ve never been!
• Find fun ways to exercise and then do it
• Photograph more, mama
• Take a flower arrangement class
• Have more dinner parties
• Improve apartment s
• Improve Girl Friday
• Get hitched
• Hike Na Pali
• Declutter to my heart’s content
• Increase Team We’s winning streak
• Love more

That's a start.

a gift for the girl friday in me

i said i wouldn't come back here this year, but there are gifts to give and receive and this one cried, "moxie!"

does this scroll pen scream burnsy to you too? it does to me.

stargazer

meet the stargazer:

toxic to cats

plant in full sun in loamy soil

moxie's favorite flower

created as a hybrid in 1978

we are bound by the same birth year