once there was a way.

 I find it odd that the next few nights after I rearrange my furniture in my room ( more specifically my bed), I can't seem to get a wink of sleep. And after a two-mile run and a calming shower, I throw on a vest (side note: Sister Shattuck REALLY liked my vest- I was overjoyed to hear her say so.) recently purchased at Savers and receive unnecessary criticism from my family for wearing such a thing in public. But I won't let them stop me from wearing it or the rest of the stuff I bought.

As part of my Savers shopping trip, I purchased Sabrina with Audrey Hepburn. 99 cents. Oh don't you fret- I checked out the books, too. Oh my! There were rows and rows of romance novels. To keep my friends from snoring on the shopping cart, I quickly selected a book (yes, sadly I only purchased one book) and placed it with the rest of my things in the cart.

I now have this thing for thrift stores.

I watched one Sabrina after another. I must say that Sabrina with Harrison Ford (and Greg Kinnear, I might add- beautiful performance) is ten times better than the Sabrina with Audrey Hepburn. I cried when I watched the Harrison Ford Sabrina. Oh so BEAUTIFUL!! A very important side note: Does anyone know which Audrey Hepburn movie this is from:

If you know, please leave a comment- IT'S KILLING ME!!

Sleep pretty darling do not cry.

Avec Amour,
Madison
fifteen pebbles

post script: SHOCKING NEWS- Gabe Castleton plays the piano. Oh no, he doesn't just play the piano, he plays it good!

across the universe

Limitless undying love

Which shines around me like a million suns

It calls me on and on across the universe

There is nothing that moves me more than the power of song lyrics. I think that's why every beautiful memory of mine is attached to a song. Like Last Summer, for instance. Every time I hear a Regina Spektor song, I am reminded of the bottoms of my feet burning on the blacktop, morning runs, attempts of P90X, and crying together at Youth Conference while we sat on the mountain. I think the reason why the Kumquats remember Last Summer so vividly is because it was the summer that brought us closer.

I would have to say that This Summer is a Beatles Summer (for me, at least). It is that way because I discovered over two hundred Beatles songs that my dad had and didn't tell me about! Now every time I hear a Beatles song, I think of writing, walks through the park, conversations on Brynn's porch bench, Harry Potter 7 part two (midnight showing), car rides, reading romance novels, writing letters to friends, huge thunderstorms....

Words are flowing out, like endless rain into a paper cup.

Avec Amour,
Madison