Posted May 12th, 2010 by Kimberly Dowd
After much deliberation over the price, I bought myself a Moleskine in 2005. This wasn’t too rare, as I have a love of stationery and notebooks and am only limited by the lack of stuff to write into a notebook. What *was* rare is that I dumped the notebook into my bag and actually used [...]
Tags: doodles, moleskine, notebook
Posted May 2nd, 2010 by Kimberly Dowd
Don’t bother, she’s here. Notable about this picture is that only one poor schlub is really trying to win the costume contest at the 1984 Halloween parade. Everyone else is doing the usual over-11 costume of “hobo” or “50′s girl” or “hooker.” Everyone except the clown at the far right. Hang in there, little clown…even [...]
Posted April 25th, 2010 by Kimberly Dowd
There’s a young Lucky-dog in the uncropped version, so that dates this picture at Christmas, 1991. Which makes me 19 years old. The Clairol Lock N Roll roller set was the BEST kit ever for putting a curl in my hair and keeping it there. Unfortunately, this was the cusp of the grunge movement, when [...]
Posted February 28th, 2010 by Kimberly Dowd
I always wanted to be a magician. Unfortuately, I had really clumsy sleight-of-hand skills and most magic tricks seemed too large for little girl hands. That didn’t stop me from trying. This was a magic kit I got as a gift one year. My favorite magic item EVER, however, was a Harry Blackstone set that [...]