Girl of my Dreams XII

In this world

love has no colour

yet how deeply my body

is stained by yours.

- Izumi Shikibu

Helen Frankenthaler, an American abstract expressionist painter. See her full series of portraits in New York 1969 here.

When I am not blogging I read... (2)

Gather Journal 

a bi-annual recipe-driven food magazine devoted not just to cooking and eating, but to what those acts inspire: the bringing of people together

read |  Sage gets Spirited - Pour Judgement | their notebook

Wilder Quarterly

...for people enthralled by the natural and growing world. Hanging out with us you’ll find rooftop gardeners, foodies and chefs, laymen hikers, landscape architects, hobby farmers, horticulturalists, nature’s innovators, amateurs, and experts.

read | Plant Life: Q&A with top horticulturist | their notebook

oh comely

a lifestyle magazine with life. It is a magazine that makes people smile, full of quiet moments and stories. Read it with a cup of tea or a toddy. Published six times a year.

read | stories from issues past | in praise of solitude

Smith Journal 

 a quarterly publication aimed at men and read by interested folk. It’s heads-up and hands-on. A friendly guide to all things creative, intriguing, genuine and funny – full of stories, people, adventures, interesting conversations and gentlemanly style.

read | Sunday Reading: What the young man should know | their science blog!

The White Review 

 a quarterly arts and literary journal published in print and online, specialising in artistically or educationally meritorious works of new or emerging artists and writers. It takes its name and a degree of inspiration from La Revue Blanche, a Parisian magazine which ran from 1889 to 1903. 

read | their amazing features | Interview with Simon Critchley: the Tragic and Its Limits

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and of course good old Kinfolk and The Gentlewoman (with their new websites beautiful and full of digital content)