My mom grew up in this town, so we would visit from Florida about twice a year when I was younger. Her family has been there for generations after they immigrated from Italy. The hills and trees are beautiful, the tiny downtown area has some great antique shops, and the old houses and churches are so charming. Pennsylvania grass has such a specific smell, especially in the summer. I miss that smell so often. I remember scooping clay out of the lakebed at Two-Mile Run and going to old car shows with my Grandpap in the summer. My Granny lived out in the country nearby, in Rocky Grove. It's a very quaint little American town! If anyone ever passes through Franklin, please try to stop by The Printer's Cabinet & Curiosities! It's an itty bitty building across from the town library that is packed to the BRIM, like the CEILING, with amazing vintage & antique oddities. The guy who runs it is so nice and it's still the best oddities store I've ever been to.
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i used to live here when i was a kid in a big farmhouse next to a field of cows and a field of soybeans. population of about 200, with a butcher shop that always gave me a lollipop whenever i went in and the little italian restaurant rizzo’s that every major event happened at. i remember watching the fireworks on the 4th of july with our neighbors who ran the dairy down the street, i remember going on hour long walks through the fields, i remember eating raw deer corn off the stalk, i remember the hunting blinds in the woods nearby, i remember the farm kids coming to pick me up in the gator to go pick blackberries. pretty good place to be a kid. we didn’t live there long but i miss it a lot.
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sometimes i forget my pa dutch roots… but if you’ve ever been to shady maple in lancaster, pennsylvania,,, there’s nothing like it
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I love doing collages, cuz all you really need are magazine cutouts and glue. There's a very low barrier to entry, skill-wise AND supply-wise, unlike painting. Digital collages are fun too, but I try to have less screentime by doing the paper ones. If I want to re-use pieces instead of gluing them down permanently, sometimes I'll just take a picture of the current arrangement to immortalize it, and then start over on a new composition. That way, I don't have to constantly buy new magazines to get new cutouts. This is one of my favorite ones I've done so far:
Aug 22, 2024
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This is the only thing that keeps me sane at work. It's so slow right now. If anyone is wondering why I've posted like 9 times today.
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i always get stuck choosing which stuff to watch/read/get into next when i look at my huge former watchlists & TBR's. a lot of items are things i put on there years ago and never got around to, so usually by the time i check the list again, my tastes have totally changed. i realized it was hard to get myself excited or motivated about half the stuff i put on there anymore, but i felt indebted to knocking it out anyway just because it was on the list. i'd recommend letting your current feelings/impulses take the wheel, and trust that you'll come back around to any of the other options if they're right for you later on.
Apr 18, 2024