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White house black lava

LB — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:21:43 +0000

Built on faith in lava not striking twice. Via Kateopolis via Michael Wells, photographer, “Scorched Earth.”

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Sleeping with books

LB — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:16:50 +0000

“I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.”

~Anna Quindlen, “Enough Bookshelves,” New York Times, 7 August 1991.

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Ghent loft

LB — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:57:33 +0000

Via OWI – Office for Word and Image. Photo: Vercruysse Frederik

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Charred Cedar House by Terunobu Fujimori

LB — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 07:57:01 +0000

This house is called the Yakisugi or “charred cedar” house. Japanese architect Terunobu Fujimori is using a traditional Japanese technique of charring as a way to finish and preserve wood. See another charcoal house by Fujimori here.

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Kurdish felt coat

LB — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:38:31 +0000

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The babies-of-different-races-and-white-soldiers toy genre

LB — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:45:20 +0000

Why does my cringe list contain so many toys or toy-like objects? I like many toys. But not really this one. This toy was in the house for as long as I can remember while my sisters and I were growing up.