Addendum
I forgot to mention yesterday that I read Violeta as part of the Summer Reading Challenge, and it's a magnificent piece of writing. I've read Isabel Allende before, but I don't remember anything quite like this. It's been a long time since I read a book with so little friction. It flows like water.Eli 21.11 bought a shirt in Guatemala for $30. Hand-embroidered, and every shirt's unique because the seamstress just uses what she has on hand every day. It's one of the most striking shirts I've ever seen, which may not come through in the picture, but all the colors are beautiful together. Here's the back:
She doesn't sell through the web, which is too bad, because if I could buy shirts like this, I would care more than I do about clothes (current caring = zero).
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