Photo of the Week: Smooothh

In which I again try and do all of the arty things. This is from Friday's girl's night, where, having made my way almost through the entire menu, I decide to try the make-your-own smoothie. With raspberry and lime. It was sweet and sharp. and I liked it. This is my classy social life now. …

Photo of the Week: Red Foam

I took a lot of spontaneous photos this week, and as such, I had no idea which to display today. I walked around a local park yesterday and starting taking photos of Orienteering posts; I took some more abstract shots of Gormely the Dapper Squirrel; I had some fascinating drinks at a friend's birthday on …

Photo of the Week: Earthy Luminescence

I am surprised, but I actually managed to capture the flaming top of this wonderful drink, aptly named the zombie, though Hallowe'en had nothing to do with it. It's cute, trying to be all manly in a special pint glass! This expensive cocktail is at a good, tolerable level of sweet - rather, in spite …

The Lincoln Steampunk Asylum (Part Two)

Yesterday’s post was Saturday at the Asylum. Since it rather got into heavy wordcount, I decided I’d split the days. Yesterday was all about nerfs, friends, shopping and drinking. Today – fiction, guns, jetpacks and the closing ceremony. Day two After pulling myself from a listless four hours sleep at 7am, I proceeded to breakfast …

The Lincoln Steampunk Asylum 2014

I woke myself at 6am and dressed in what shouldn’t have been darkness but was. I forget summer has pretty much come to an end. I shuffled into my swing dance petticoats, and zipped up the long black dress I’d bought from the vintage fair a month before the end of the academic term. It …

Photo of the WeeK: Reflections

(Don't say a word. My schedule has been upside-down and uncertain of late.) Reflections. Literal patterns of light bouncing off their object and into our retina. On a technicality, our entire world when seen is a reflection of what it actually is. Be that as it may, in a full room of people it's difficult …

Ready. Set. Write! Update 11/8

Ready. Set. WRITE! is a summer writing intensive that encourages goal-setting and accountability, and provides an opportunity for us to cheer each other on wherever we’re at in our writing—planning, drafting, revising, or polishing. This year, RSW hosts are Alison Miller, Jaime Morrow, Erin Funk, and Katy Upperman. I'm back on track after my holiday, and have lots to …

Photo of the Week: Coconut Cup

This is almost a bowl, rather than a cup, but it's still an amazing thing to be given when ordering a drink. Plus, I'm pretty proud of this photo for its use of light and focus. And, yes, Malibu with apple juice is surprisingly refreshing.

Poem: Fingermarks on the Glass

Too many drinks make a hazy head – A thin line ‘tween clarity and peering through a traffic of images For the harmony of your tenor, For a stupid, goofy grin We both once shared. In drabs, our souls drip away; Though the clear transparency of your tone Mingles with my opaque dossier, One look …

Photo of the Week: Jellyfish

The photo taken last Monday (or was it so late that it was last Tuesday? xD), I discovered this sparkling ornament at one of the local clubs, Sakura. The photo is a little rough, but that's what I like about it; it bears an authentic quality. And, yes, I think it looks like a jellyfish …