{ les choses petites }

sometimes i'm sad. sometimes i have grey burdens on my shoulder blades that are like great coal-colored wings. sometimes i wake up on the wrong side of the bed. sometimes nothing satisfies or reaches me. sometimes i feel like the only person in the world --- and that's both a powerful and a lonely thing.

sometimes i carry a big happiness. i have to turn sideways to fit through doors and keep the car windows rolled down because it cannot be contained. sometimes i can't stop myself from laughing and it echoes off of buildings, ribcages, satellites in space.

but you know...sometimes all it really takes to freshen up the small springs of my soul are the little things.

i re-did my nightside table this weekend and it's astounding how the rebirth of such an insignificant thing can make my pillows seem softer, my mornings more orderly, my outlook a little brighter. recently i bought a mirror-bottomed tray on clearance...i wasn't sure what i was going to use it for when i was holding it in the store, but when i brought it home and took it out of the bag, it went straight on my (rather small) nightside table and even that modification brought me so much happiness! now i can put books and lamps and random frivolity on that surface without piling everything precariously high and scattering my jewelry hopelessly across the floor every two days. the mirror adds a touch of elegance and the sides of the tray make the whole thing entirely functional. happiness.

some of my favorite things are on this table...
"minimalistic" --- a gorgeous, subtle, almost-sheer pink by essie
mini fragrances by marc jacobs and versace
a raw crystal from quillianna
rings in a little dish from LOFT (you can't see it, but there's an illustration of a parisian-looking city girl with her shopping bags, with huge sunglasses)
fijian orange scented bath soap --- intoxicating, and bought in idaho to boot!
turquoise lamp, books, feathers, sugar & spice and everything nice...


this post is kind of boring and narcissistic but i don't care. i need to start showing my face more regularly around here, and let's face it: the monday after daylight savings is NOT a day i'm capable of anything fascinating or hilarious. goodbye.