means of march

Most of this month was spent moving.

Addie was very helpful:

 New place!:

Lana's birthday/house warming party:

Where we got to eat a cake that was apparently made by a guy who used to bake for the Russian oligarchy until he escaped to America: 

We got to deal with a lot of rain the weekend of our move:

And daylight saving time on top of that:

Our last night in SoMa: 

We were the only ones who wanted to watch Hail, Caesar! that night:

Addie is enjoying being able to look out our new window and bark at children: 

All the essentials are unpacked: 

Addie didn't feel quite at home until we set up the bed: 

We took some time off to enjoy the Corn Dog Festival:

So much deep fried food:

Cuddle like you mean it:

Addie is now even more spoiled than ever because she gets to walk to Dolores Park every day:

We stopped by the Chandran Gallery to see Swoon's exhibit: 

And we wandered the Mission to find more of her art in the wild:

Other things were pretty too:

But most pretty of all was this box of chocolate:

much love,
hedgie

emily dickinson

Emily Dickinson was a woman far ahead of her time. So much so that when her poetry was published posthumously, many of them were highly edited and even entire stanzas were pulled out for being too dark or too disturbing for a female writer.
Sadly, that is not where editing ended. Below is one of the few proven photographs of the great writer.

After her death, her photo was doctored over and over again to give her a more feminine look with curled hair, a lace dress, and a smile playing on her lips.

Guess which one shows up on the Kindle?

Every time it shows up on my screen, I have to slide and release to open it to log out again just so she won't stare at me through those soulless eyes of a woman who never existed.

Just stop.




much love,
hedgie

addieversary

Three years ago, Nick and I wandered into a shelter to start the process of adopting a dog. We hadn't finished unpacking at our new apartment in San Diego, but we heard that with filling out papers, background checks, and house checks, the whole process could take weeks if the shelter thought we were worthy of taking care of a dog at all. We figured our apartment would be completely set up by the time we were able to bring a dog home.
Then two hours later, we walked out with Addie wrapped in a towel and in my arms because we didn't even have a chance to buy a leash and collar yet.

To celebrate our third Addie-versary, we gave Addie a treat:

And we watched the movie Paper Moon, which features Addie's namesake: 

The resemblance is uncanny, isn't it?





much love,
hedgie

female author portraits

Happy International Women's Day! To celebrate, here's a section from one of my notebooks that depicts the portraits I have drawn of many female writers I love and admire. Page one of hopefully many more:

So go read and/or celebrate an awesome lady today.





much love,
hedgie