{ The Green-Eyed Muse }

The Muse Has Moved. . .

the muse takes root — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:09:17 +0000

I have a new blog. Continue following my adventures at The Muse Takes Root.

Much love to you all!

2010 in review

the muse takes root — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 17:18:45 +0000

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:

The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog is on fire!.

Crunchy numbers

About 3 million people visit the Taj Mahal every year. This blog was viewed about 25,000 times in 2010. If it were the Taj Mahal, it would take about 3 days for that many people to see it.

In 2010, there were 21 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 383 posts. There were 258 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 289mb. That’s about 5 pictures per week.

The busiest day of the year was July 28th with 274 views. The most popular post that day was something that makes me really, really happy..

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were artdecoblog.blogspot.com, facebook.com, search.aol.com, hello-littlelamb.blogspot.com, and android-vs-ipad.co.cc.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for damask wallpaper, jenny lewis, damask, fin de siecle, and black and white damask wallpaper.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

something that makes me really, really happy. October 2008
4 comments

what has come of the days. October 2008
3 comments

My First Speech in Public Speaking 205: a subject that’s really important to me. May 2008
2 comments

Bits and Pieces from a Rainy Weekend May 2009
2 comments

fin-de-siecle adverts, and a scrappy little poem, unedited. March 2008
1 comment

Recent Work, Part III (Summer + Early Fall)

the muse takes root — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 03:24:33 +0000

Recent Work, Part II

the muse takes root — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 02:55:43 +0000

Recent Work, Part I

the muse takes root — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 02:43:55 +0000

in a couple of hours my blog will be FOUR YEARS OLD. well, i never. . .

the muse takes root — Sun, 16 May 2010 03:06:26 +0000

Neglect her as I often do, she is resilient, this little blog o’ mine. . .

Read the first post here.

Thanks so much to the patrons and patient readers. . . you know who you are. (A special thanks to my grandmother, who checks for new posts almost every day. I love you.)

“Samson” rough draft

the muse takes root — Sun, 16 May 2010 02:57:19 +0000

It’s late and I’ve had a long & emotional day visiting old friends. On my way to the bathroom to wash up for the night, this came to my mind. Here it is, (ironically) unedited/shaped in any way. I think there’s a few interesting things at work here: hair as a metaphor, which I always like. Also, the idea of growing up, and looking “grown up.” And the necessary allusion to Samson & Delilah anytime a woman cuts a man’s hair, only this time with the opposite effect of the Biblical precedent. Needs mulling over quite a bit, still. . .

“Samson”

In early summer I came home to find
your shorn hair in the sink, re-foresting
the floor tiles. you asked me to clean-up
the edges, and sat on the lip of the tub.

your brown body anchoring the white porcelain,
you laughed, Samson to my Deliliah,
while the brown threads fell
with each buzz and crackle.

Your power restored
(not diminished) in the clean lines
above your white collars.

film.

the muse takes root — Sun, 16 May 2010 02:40:27 +0000

In researching a new (old) Yashica TLR (film) camera my uncle is mailing to me, I’m finding inspiration on this blog. Hope you enjoy. Hope to be blogging more again soon. Cheers.
Here is one of Richard Israel’s beautiful 120mm Twin-Lens Photographs:

Vernal II

the muse takes root — Tue, 11 May 2010 00:17:00 +0000

Vernal.

the muse takes root — Tue, 11 May 2010 00:06:12 +0000