The Slow Slide and Sidle

I'm easing back into blogging.

(via Junkaholique)

Here are a couple of things I found online over the weekend

(Photo:  Justin Tallis - Getty/AFP)

that made me smile.

(sorry, not sure where I found this one)

How was your weekend?

(Photo: Tilo Driessen on Flickr)

We had rain in L.A.!  WE NEEDED IT!

Afghan Gold at the British Museum

Opening March 3, 2011.  If you are headed to London this Spring this will be a wonderful show to see.

I saw it about 18 months ago in New York.  The stories behind these pieces are, like much that we hear out of Afghanistan these days, tragic and dramatic.

It may be that when the "tour" of this show ends, we might never see the pieces again in our lifetimes.  On the other hand, with the situation in Afghanistan, it may be that the gold will circle the globe endlessly, with noone ever knowing when they will be able to return home.  Here is a quick article about them from England's Guardian newspaper.  See also this link at the British Museum.

Isn't it beautiful?

Photos:  Copyright Thierry Ollivier/Musee Guimet for the National Museum of Afghanistan