Danny Brewer learned guitar from his musically-inclined construction worker dad, he learned song writing by trial and error and a long series of wonderful collaborations, and he learned about heartbreak from the usual sources. Continue reading
Category Archives: Joy
Gravity’s Nemesis:
Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity
Getting Toasted the French Way!
Buttermilk french toast sounds glorious. I am going to try this one!
To all the mothers* and to the motherforkers who love them (you know who you are), I wish you a happy Mother’s Day.
*including grandmothers, adoptive mothers, birth mothers, stepmothers, foster mothers, pregnant women, aspiring mothers, mother figures, eldest sisters, and everyone else who cares for little ones.
Underwear for Hope
Naja.co founder Catalina Girald with some of her employees’ children
“Luxury lingerie at fair prices, empowering women.”
In Living Color
“Secret Garden” by Johanna Basford
Mom: What are you doing, Donna?
Me: Coloring. Continue reading
Cover Band
Photo: Monterey Bay Aquarium
365 Days of Beautiful Things!!!
3/1/14 To Blog or Not to Blog
I did it! I managed at least one post every single day for an entire year. Continue reading
In Sickness and In Health
“Being married is like having a color TV. Once you have it, you never want to go back to black & white.” -Danny Perasa, the most adorable man in the world
A New Church:
David LaChapelle Studio
(Note: I got all kinds of scooped on this video, and I nearly scrapped the post when I realized I’d taken too long, but I decided that at least some of you might have missed it.)
Ballet dancer Sergei Polunin absolutely kills it in this video set to Hozier’s “Take Me to Church.” Continue reading
Rescue Me
Sorasart Wisetsin
“We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.” -Immanuel Kant Continue reading
Fancy Pants
Per-Anders Pettersson
“In life you cannot always choose your circumstances,
but you can always choose who you are.”
-La Sape
Wedding Crashers
Adam Levine of Maroon 5 can pretty much go where he wants to. Continue reading
Love Your Body:
©Shameless Photography
Happy Caturday!
Goofy Meow Parlour picture
Disclaimer: Okay, yes, maybe I have been posting a bit more than usual about cats lately, but I also post about dogs, and chickens, and guinea pigs, and ducks, and horses, and other animals. This is proof that I am not becoming a crazy cat lady. That is my story, and I’m sticking to it. Continue reading
I Didn’t Even Know Africa Had Hipsters (Sorry, Africa)
British-born Mormon Alex Boyé calls upon his Nigerian roots to make what he calls “African hipster” covers of popular songs. Continue reading
My Dear Acquaintances
MyOBT’s Greatest Hits of 2014!
Hello, lovelies. Quite a few readers have joined us in the last couple of months, so in case their binge-reading time was limited (and to amuse myself), I thought I’d post a few self-styled greatest hits. Continue reading
Stairway to Heaven!
Out of the Mouths of Babes
First Flight
Greg Smith
My OBT 