Stuff That's Totally Doin It For Me

Hello honeybuns! Here's a little shot of the sauce that's been inspiring me this week!

My sister's new blog: Refeathered! Musings on gratitude.
Show her some blog love. A few felted hearts hanging in my kitchen window
to celebrate the changing season. :)

My bandmate turned me on to Earl Grehound.
Their stripped down grimy psychedelia is speaking to me:

A surprise bouquet of daffodils from my brother was
the whipped cream on the week!
They have that great vegetabally spring smell.

And finally--a video of great social and political import.
I give you Ready Steady Go Cat.

What's totally doin' it for you right now?

Grattitude: Sh*t's Harder Than It Looks

The sun coming through my window this morning...

Hello Honeybees--You can't know how much I've missed you and this space where we share ideas. I've been off working long hours, preparing for shows, making records and pushing out new pieces which has left me little time for the blogosphere. Over the past few weeks I've had a heavy mind. One of the predominating vibrations has been gratitude.

and that sometimes, it's really fucking hard.

A majority of my job involves working with overgrown brats--people who never hear "no" and believe that the solution to every issue is to smother it with money. Most of my clients treat me like hot garbage and everyday the disparity between the haves and have-nots grows wider and wider.

Some of my clients refuse to consult with me or are distrustful of my skills because I am a woman. (I'm not inferring that, they have been kind enough to tell me so.)

I am BIG. You are Small.
Eat. Or be Eaten.

It's these moments where gratitude is difficult--excruciating even. So I've reached the conclusion that one can be grateful: Thank you for this job. Thank you for this food. Thank you for this coffee...while at the same time, expecting more. Expecting to be treated decently. Expecting that better things will come.

I wanted to share with you and assure you, that if you too are struggling with thankfulness in what sometimes feels like the never ending shit-storm of cynicism-- you are not selfish, or coming short in anyway. I'm pulling for you.

I am thankful for all of my readers and supporters. Thankful for a dry place to curl up and sleep. Thankful for the gypsy caravan people I love. I am thankful for space heaters and grocery store bouquets and Patti Smith records. I am thankful for cat snores, the way city lights look pink in the winter, warm whiskey and tiny dogs in sweaters.

I am thankful for you. <3

What do you do when you are struggling with gratitude? What are you grateful for RIGHT now?

Stuff That's Totally Doin' It For Me Right Now

Hello Kittens! As usual, the three-ring-flea-circus that is daily life at HerSpeak Headquarters continues on with the gusto of a twelve piece UmPah band. I wanted to take this rare moment of sanity to share a little inspiration with you, show you all the "squee" worthy tidbits I've been enjoying!


First--Tom Waits new record "Bad As Me" has been my soundtrack for destruction: full of distortion, clanging pans, fat sax and warbling falsetto--gets my genius gears grinding and the makin' stuff factory in full swing!



I've been stealing slow moments at one job or the other to feed my latest guilty pleasure: making dreamy inspiration boards on Pintrest. Check out my latest assemblage "Places We Should Be Now". It's brimming with all things good & warm...and chocolaty...


Oh yeah--Glitter. Glitter is always doin' it for me...


AND finally--conspiring with my mum on Skallywag Fashions' latest runway show: "Swizzle". The vintage cocktail inspired style showcase will be the highlight of our next collective exhibition--Kitschmas! This week we had the pleasure of snooping around in resale shops for treasures to add to the line up.

What is inspiring you this week, my pets? Tell us what's doin' it for you!

Thank You Note to Guitar

Dear Guitar,
Thank you for not caring if my hair is a mess,
or that the bags beneath my eyes are more like luggage--
You are always happy to see me.

You want to sit on my lap hear about the inane details of my day.
You are the best inanimate friend a girl could ask for.

Forever yours,
Molly

Hummingbird in the Flowers

For today and its blessings, I owe the world an attitude of gratitude.

~Unknown

Hummingbird see on my walk today - 09-17-11 - Izaak Walton Park

Christiansburg, VA