tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10980555081400311462024-02-22T01:19:08.967-05:00TeaworthyTeaworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915425887329199485noreply@blogger.comBlogger278125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098055508140031146.post-62247504387188071692009-08-23T13:19:00.001-05:002009-08-23T13:21:01.494-05:00Teaworthy Moved!Please update your RSS readers and bookmarks to the new sitehttp://teaworthy.comTeaworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915425887329199485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098055508140031146.post-67257860883239767752009-08-07T00:07:00.005-05:002009-08-07T00:20:04.876-05:00Continued on Page 7: I've Moved!Jim Gaffigan has a funny bit about how when he sees that an article he is reading says, "continued on page 6" he mumbles to himself, "Well, not for me." He makes me laugh. I'm hoping that you are all willing to see Teaworthy continue on new, hopefully easier to read pages. Please update your RSS feeds and/ or bookmark to Teaworthy.com. You'll notice the old posts from here and the old Paper BoatTeaworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915425887329199485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098055508140031146.post-29772753017320318232009-08-06T09:36:00.008-05:002009-08-06T10:03:33.231-05:00Sea SewI've felt twelve kinds of love for Lisa Hannigan's music since hearing her with Demian Rice years back. Her new solo album Sea Sew is love, lovely. She gave a great interview about her creative process and the album on NPR that you can read here. The liner notes include a photo of all of the song lyrics that she herself stitched on linen. She explains her song writing by saying:"It's that moment Teaworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915425887329199485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098055508140031146.post-39257754473810035642009-08-06T06:24:00.009-05:002009-08-06T07:49:46.076-05:00This Message Has Been Brought To You By...I have a lot of plugs to make here for people and things that have been amazing inspiration to me in the past few very busy weeks.I took the plunge and went to The Love Affair Workshop for women photographers and I'm so glad I did. It was/is so so hard to give myself permission as a mom and as a counselor to lots of clients to step away for a few days and focus on something that is mine and mine Teaworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915425887329199485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098055508140031146.post-43300855745345302592009-07-18T20:07:00.004-05:002009-07-18T20:47:59.594-05:00SaturdayToday, it has been cool and rainy here which was the perfect excuse to hit up the french bakery, make paper dolls, have a tea party, watch old Gilmore Girls episodes and (naturally) princess movies.As Bear Grylls would say, "If I'm honest" this week has, "not been ideal." In some ways, it has been a crap week. After some tears, my husband drug me out to our favorite bookstore, a sure-fire Teaworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915425887329199485noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098055508140031146.post-41591370588076533562009-07-16T20:46:00.007-05:002009-07-16T20:58:33.071-05:00Know Your OnionDo you know that Shins song called Know Your Onion? I love the line from it, "But when they're parking their cars on your chest, you've still got a view of the summer sky."After a 7 hour deposition today, it's good to be home with my guys and a kettle warming up for tea and pjs and a little photo editing. Magic at the end of a long day. Things like this are my view of the summer sky.Teaworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915425887329199485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098055508140031146.post-50682077193097442852009-07-15T16:55:00.009-05:002009-07-15T17:49:21.602-05:00Stars Hollow for SailorsMy latest travel obsession began with a lovely post about sailing a Sunfish on Lake Michigan here...which led to a search about Lake Michigan sailing... which led to the discovery that there is a town called Holland, Michigan. Holland was my grandfather's last word before he passed. It was the name of his home, too. So I check out Holland, MI and find that there's a college there named Hope with Teaworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915425887329199485noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098055508140031146.post-7453492940576633322009-07-12T19:33:00.004-05:002009-07-12T20:04:13.656-05:00Em & Frank Wedding TeaserMy daughter thinks Little Em is Cinderella Barbie come to life. Can you blame her?Em is just gorgeous inside and out.These are my favorite moments -when they forget about the camera.I really have to make myself stop or I will never leave my computer.I hope everyone had a great weekend and that you listen to your favorite lovey-dovey records tonight.Teaworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915425887329199485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098055508140031146.post-89489506124863837452009-07-09T19:15:00.014-05:002009-07-09T22:37:06.775-05:00Waiting for this moment to ariseOn the cover of our wedding program, I asked them to print Blackbird lyrics. It probably seemed like an odd choice for a wedding, but it was perfect for us. We were together 4 years before our wedding day and during the planning, I kept hearing in my head, "All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to arise."I love this version of the song, taken from the album McCartney, because youTeaworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915425887329199485noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098055508140031146.post-22619502487531917062009-07-05T20:15:00.011-05:002009-07-05T21:13:49.743-05:00Notes from a small weekend: on things learned*We had friends over for brunch today who live far away. Brunch is always better when all that is left on the plates is syrup tracks and everyone lingers as a second pot of coffee brews. I love starting the day that way.*It was a quiet weekend of laundry and movies. Rain and books. Bubble paths and princess costumes.*We played hard which, according to science, is good for us. This morning NPR'sTeaworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915425887329199485noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098055508140031146.post-67176740666351891292009-07-03T15:11:00.003-05:002009-07-03T15:18:29.336-05:00Baby LoveJust a few details from a recent baby girl birthday party session. The gorgeous cake was from Cakes By Melissa.Teaworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915425887329199485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098055508140031146.post-63614317608497419172009-07-02T13:11:00.009-05:002009-07-02T16:49:17.963-05:00The MomentPaulo Coelho {author of The Alchemist} has a blog which includes video chats from him. Very cool. I love this post. It is one of those posts to print out and paste in a journal.I've been thinking about this quote from it for days now." We have to take risks. We can only truly understand the miracle of life when we let the unexpected manifest itself.Every day – together with the sun – God gives usTeaworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915425887329199485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098055508140031146.post-43043144391582940122009-07-01T07:18:00.010-05:002009-07-02T13:50:00.823-05:00Gallery HopMom and I started new schools at the same time. I began kindergarten. She began college to study art. We went to plays and galleries together. I would bring my sketch book and markers. I cannot draw to save my life, but I loved being in an environment of artists with her. It helped me begin my own education by looking for and appreciating different art forms.This documentary film Herb & Teaworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915425887329199485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098055508140031146.post-82109025432055413582009-06-29T06:18:00.011-05:002009-06-29T09:32:50.809-05:00SunriseWhen I was in college, I went to a sunrise wedding on Sullivan's Island. It was dark when we arrived. The moon was still shining on the water. As the sky turned lighter blue, I could see shapes of people walking down the path over the dunes. Most of the guests were barefoot and carried coffee cups, still steaming. Some of them had sleepy, slowly blinking eyes, like dosing cats. The sun peaked Teaworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915425887329199485noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098055508140031146.post-2589154990504603402009-06-28T08:30:00.006-05:002009-06-28T09:01:57.216-05:00HeartbeatsI spent Saturday with a family celebrating their daughter's first birthday. They are the kind of people you wish lived next door so that you could hear them laughing and be waived over for a beer in the afternoon. They are lovely and the village of people they have collected to love this baby are welcomed like family.We got to see Away We Go and I loved every word. I can't remember the last time Teaworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915425887329199485noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098055508140031146.post-51634394309408445142009-06-27T16:21:00.005-05:002009-06-27T16:30:43.871-05:00Your Summer Work Out MixOutrun the treadmill with this summer work-out mix that I put together now available through itunes. Warning: Contains explicit lyrics.Teaworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915425887329199485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098055508140031146.post-63791306695319786692009-06-26T19:50:00.004-05:002009-06-26T20:06:04.075-05:00Check out Artists Who BlogI recently stumbled upon a site Artists Who Blog. It's a great place to discover so many talented people and it is where I found the work and blog of Shelby Healey. Lovely. Her etsy shop is here.Teaworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915425887329199485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098055508140031146.post-80594596194471764402009-06-26T07:00:00.006-05:002009-06-26T09:29:26.845-05:00More Mary!I am literally taking notes watching The Mary Tyler Moore show's first season on Hulu.FREAK OUT!First, it is beautifully done. Ted Knight. The Love Boat Captain. Ed Asner. You can't lose. The blocking and sets make you feel like you are watching live performance.But Mary's clothes and the furniture in her house are just beyond. I can't get enough of it. I love every outfit she wears in the pilot.Teaworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915425887329199485noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098055508140031146.post-6100924828562996492009-06-25T07:00:00.007-05:002009-06-25T08:48:05.498-05:00Photography InspirationI first noticed Roger Neve's work in these perfect ads for Isaac.But his photos of Benjamin Bratt and Talisa Soto in this month's O Magazine will stop you mid page flip. They are timeless and romantic and the colors really pop. This one below is one that I scanned in, so it doesn't do the image justice. There are several pages of photos of them so be sure to check out the hard copy version. I Teaworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915425887329199485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098055508140031146.post-45932268265137680712009-06-24T07:00:00.001-05:002009-06-24T07:00:26.676-05:00The Ever-Rising TideIn reading about the writing process for Away We Go, I learned that the married screenwriters of the film {Dave Eggers & Vendela Vida) don't have internet at home.Dave Eggers was quoted in this interview as saying, "For us, to be able to concentrate, we don't have internet at home, for example, because we had to put a levee up against that ever-rising tide. That's the way for us to control Teaworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915425887329199485noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098055508140031146.post-2006701656706819842009-06-23T05:00:00.004-05:002009-06-23T07:58:21.497-05:00How To Make A Paper BoatI mention in my website bio that I made paper boats as a child with my grandpa, so I thought I would share this helpful demonstration. I sailed one in my daughter's bath the other night and she loved it.How To Make A Paper Boat - Funny blooper videos are hereAnd, I just love this post from Zen Habits about pursuing dreams. What would will you do when you quiet the naysayers?Teaworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915425887329199485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098055508140031146.post-36118175166156727952009-06-22T07:10:00.006-05:002009-06-22T12:49:28.163-05:00Let's pretend we are still at the beach with...A vacation in a pot: Poppytalk had a great post about making a Beach Garden in a pot from Sunset Magazine. Just lovely. Beach Reading:I am reading Shakespeare Wrote for Money, Nick Hornby's collection of columns for The Believer Magazine and sequel to The Polysyllabic Spree. I am always a little sad when I finish his books. He's the kind of guy you wish you could have over for dinner.I'm only a Teaworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915425887329199485noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098055508140031146.post-72069022200507734052009-06-21T10:50:00.010-05:002009-06-22T11:00:48.342-05:00Cheers to you, DadsI adore my father.It's kind of ridiculous how much.My daughter's father is an incredible human being, too. The bar was set high for my expectations for my child's father, and yet he always surprises me with all that he does for us.My favorite thing is seeing the two of them together, my father and my husband, laughing hysterically, usually over a glass of red wine. So, this little column from Teaworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915425887329199485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098055508140031146.post-50379437243064377662009-06-20T23:08:00.016-05:002009-06-21T10:01:55.589-05:00Date Night!I can't wait to see it. Is it on here? No. Will it ever be? Who knows. But I would love to see it.The beautiful soundtrack by Alexi Murdoch is to be released this week. I love that the screenplay was written by a couple {Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida} who are both amazing writers.Also coming out this week on June 23rd is Regina Spektor's new album, Far. It's gotten some less than favorable Teaworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915425887329199485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098055508140031146.post-50962131706288212402009-06-20T16:22:00.008-05:002009-06-20T23:28:11.689-05:00A PostcardMy parents are celebrating 100 years of marriage this month. Not really, but it has been a long time. As Cliff says, "a little romantic inspiration," for your anniversary. Cosby Show sing Night Time Is The Right Time by Ray CharlesUploaded by ecureuilvolant.and just for you, a link to your song. Teaworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17915425887329199485noreply@blogger.com1