Cutting out hearts

Randi and I hosted our Fourth Annual El Capitan (that's the name of our apartment building) Valentine-making party on Monday night. Here's documentation of some of the fun:



I also made a soundtrack for the night, which you can mostly download here! Some of the songs are missing because I bought them from iTunes back in the days of m4p.

Here's a playlist, though, so you know what you're missing:



Finally, the real gem of the night came when Simone found this card amid a big plastic bag of cards I found for free in our lobby recently. Randi and I are thinking about starting a blog of weird stuff we find for free in our lobby.

"The cuckoo yodel is something that is unique to me"

I recorded this for a larger project I'm working on:

Becky Sowders Palm yodels from Casey Parks on Vimeo.

I live here (!)

Took a late afternoon bike ride down by the river

Flan, in pieces

The slaughtering.

You might remember my post from November about the time I spent at the pig farm, recording audio of a pig's slaughtering. Today, the project is finally online:

Beth Nakamura shot the photos. She is so great to work with:

Locavore learns to slaughter and butcher his own pig

Lines of Helvetia

Flashback

with my parents: