Author: psaugust

A girl mad as birds

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fashion / film / Poetry

Finally saw The Edge of Love and it was mildly satisfying. It wasn’t the best, but I’m always a sucker for these period dramas and all its luscious cinematography. And besides from that, just watching Keira Knightley and Sienna Miller in all those wool cardigans and silk dresses gets me so excited for autumn. Every year during August, when the humidity in Houston is most unbearable and I look at the way my boots are […]

with a name like Camera Obscura, why wouldn’t I like it?

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My Maudlin Career by Camera Obscura I’ve been listening to Camera Obscura on the drive home today. I have to admit, I love them but there isn’t much range in their styles  from album to album. But nonetheless, there is that ethereal quality that I find endearing in their music. It must be Tracyanne Campbell’s wispy voice, or just the fact that had Peter Pan been set in Michigan and the characters’ were played by […]

things I heart this month…August

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Whale Song by Sissy Emmons watching Whale Wars and cringing Planet Earth in Blu-Ray gargoyles line drawings big platform shoes pale pink leather different shades of aquamarine really red lipstick Dylan Thomas and Catcher in the Rye Monsoon Weddings again and again Keira Knightley movies acrylic boxes the way Joey sleeps on the window sill Phamily dinners… and the food comas that follow