Thoughts, images and reflections from my global desk…Tumblr (3.0; @jesstherealtor)http://jesstherealtor.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc0blxs7OV1qj38pco1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc0blxs7OV1qj38pco2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc0blxs7OV1qj38pco3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://djevojka.tumblr.com/post/33732289125/anne-romby-peau-dane">djevojka</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://cizgilimasallar.blogspot.com/2011/07/anne-romby.html">Anne Romby, Peau d’Âne </a></p> </blockquote>http://jesstherealtor.tumblr.com/post/34350240093http://jesstherealtor.tumblr.com/post/34350240093Fri, 26 Oct 2012 02:37:29 -0500<a href="http://theday.com/article/20120930/BIZ03/309309966/1044#.UGgKCcEzfWA.tumblr">The Day - Online hiring systems frustrate applicants | News from southeastern Connecticut</a>http://jesstherealtor.tumblr.com/post/32583437464http://jesstherealtor.tumblr.com/post/32583437464Sun, 30 Sep 2012 04:00:08 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb3bw3q07q1qcy4rao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://parabola-magazine.tumblr.com/post/32497055930/the-holy-longing-tell-a-wise-person-or-else-keep">parabola-magazine</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>The Holy Longing</strong><br/><br/>Tell a wise person, or else keep silent,<br/>because the massman will mock it right away.<br/>I praise what is truly alive,<br/>what longs to be burned to death.<br/><br/>In the calm water of the love-nights,<br/>where you were begotten, where you have begotten,<br/>a strange feeling comes over you<br/>when you see the silent candle burning.<br/><br/>Now you are no longer caught<br/>in the obsession with darkness,<br/>and a desire for higher love-making<br/>sweeps you upward.<br/><br/>Distance does not make you falter,<br/>now, arriving in magic, flying,<br/>and, finally, insane for the light,<br/>you are the butterfly and you are gone.<br/><br/>And so long as you haven’t experienced<br/>this: to die and so to grow,<br/>you are only a troubled guest<br/>on the dark earth.<br/><br/>—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, translated by Robert Bly. With thanks to <a href="http://apoetreflects.tumblr.com/post/31582813131/the-holy-longing-tell-a-wise-person-or-else-keep">apoetreflects</a>.</p> <p>Photograph: Gregory Crewdson, Film Still from <a href="http://www.emptykingdom.com/main/featured/dont-be-crude-son-be-gregory-crewdson/"><em>Beneath the Roses</em></a>.</p> </blockquote>http://jesstherealtor.tumblr.com/post/32498420173http://jesstherealtor.tumblr.com/post/32498420173Fri, 28 Sep 2012 22:11:08 -0500<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rpxNJcNRwFA?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Willie Dixon - I can’t quit you, baby</p>http://jesstherealtor.tumblr.com/post/31186207894http://jesstherealtor.tumblr.com/post/31186207894Sun, 09 Sep 2012 02:56:05 -0500<a href="http://designyoutrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/P1000448.jpg">The Artist</a>: <p><img height="900" src="http://designyoutrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/P1000448.jpg" width="675"/></p>http://jesstherealtor.tumblr.com/post/25090462350http://jesstherealtor.tumblr.com/post/25090462350Thu, 14 Jun 2012 09:12:00 -0500<a href="http://www.salon.com/2012/06/14/my_relapse_years/">My Relapse Years - Sarah Hepola</a>: <p><span>“Change requires failure.”</span><br/><span></span></p> <p><span>This is an excellent autobiographical article about the challenges involved with change and increased self-reflection.</span></p> <p><img height="307" src="http://media.salon.com/2012/06/sarah_rect-460x307.jpg" width="460"/></p>http://jesstherealtor.tumblr.com/post/25089794750http://jesstherealtor.tumblr.com/post/25089794750Thu, 14 Jun 2012 08:53:00 -0500<a href="http://www.allfreesewing.com/Dress-Patterns/Effortless-Caftan-Dress#7LMjdItSrASZPt6j.18">Effortless Caftan Dress | AllFreeSewing.com</a>: <p>This article provides instructions for making a simple 3-seam caftan —easy enough to make over a rainy weekend. I need to give this one a try after I get some new curtains on my windows. </p> <p><img alt="caftan image" height="250" src="http://cf.primecp.com/master_images/effortlesscaftandress.jpg" width="146"/></p>http://jesstherealtor.tumblr.com/post/25089649488http://jesstherealtor.tumblr.com/post/25089649488Thu, 14 Jun 2012 08:48:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5g7814GG41qbr8r3o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://heartbeatoz.tumblr.com/post/24877356840/via-italian-vogue-rhea-thierstein">heartbeatoz</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>(via <a href="http://rheathierstein.com/portfolio/still/tim-walker-for-italian-vogue/">Italian Vogue | Rhea Thierstein</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://jesstherealtor.tumblr.com/post/24954185824http://jesstherealtor.tumblr.com/post/24954185824Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:38:37 -0500<a href="http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/02/i-love-my-wife-my-wife-is-dead.html#.T9JdY2SFV4w.tumblr">Letters of Note: I love my wife. My wife is dead.</a>: <p>“…<span>you can give me nothing now yet I love you so that you stand in my way of loving anyone else — but I want you to stand there. You, dead, are so much better than anyone else alive.” -Richard Feynman</span></p> <p><span>Such beautiful sentiments…this is an amazing love letter.</span></p>http://jesstherealtor.tumblr.com/post/24697319894http://jesstherealtor.tumblr.com/post/24697319894Fri, 08 Jun 2012 15:17:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lq1458MfXV1qlv378o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Soap</p>http://jesstherealtor.tumblr.com/post/24250156454http://jesstherealtor.tumblr.com/post/24250156454Sat, 02 Jun 2012 02:53:42 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3uc26KIX11qhuwivo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://jesstherealtor.tumblr.com/post/24214616259http://jesstherealtor.tumblr.com/post/24214616259Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:09:39 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly9fgxbto51r2zs3eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://crescentmoon06.tumblr.com/post/16352717663/andre-kohn">crescentmoon06</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Andre Kohn</strong></p> </blockquote>http://jesstherealtor.tumblr.com/post/21368703416http://jesstherealtor.tumblr.com/post/21368703416Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:58:45 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltj8qpUWjx1qdifyno1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://jesstherealtor.tumblr.com/post/21185954264http://jesstherealtor.tumblr.com/post/21185954264Sun, 15 Apr 2012 20:27:25 -0500<a href="http://www.artlimited.net/image/en/365972?ref=nf">Fog, photography by Kjell Sommerseth</a>: <p>Fog, photography by Kjell Sommerseth</p>http://jesstherealtor.tumblr.com/post/21183397530http://jesstherealtor.tumblr.com/post/21183397530Sun, 15 Apr 2012 19:49:26 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgc9oyb2cb1qf5r0yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://jesstherealtor.tumblr.com/post/21137106618http://jesstherealtor.tumblr.com/post/21137106618Sun, 15 Apr 2012 03:18:49 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l50rcrOj9Y1qahuhjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://yama-bato.tumblr.com/post/768145694/degas-the-tub-1885-86-c-pastel-69-9-x">yama-bato</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Degas</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.ocaiw.com/galleria_degas/index.php?gallery=nudo&id=73">The Tub</a></strong>, 1885-86 c.<br/> Pastel (69,9 x 69,9 cm)<br/><em>Hillstead Museum, Farmington, Conecticut.</em></p> </blockquote>http://jesstherealtor.tumblr.com/post/21017179273http://jesstherealtor.tumblr.com/post/21017179273Fri, 13 Apr 2012 04:30:47 -0500<a href="http://onewholivesbythewoods.tumblr.com/post/1105821586">Resin ring</a>http://jesstherealtor.tumblr.com/post/20039730786http://jesstherealtor.tumblr.com/post/20039730786Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:26:08 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_la65hi7AGJ1qb6t6wo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://imgfave.tumblr.com/post/1297712467/discovered-on-imgfave-com-social-image">imgfave</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>★ <a href="http://imgfave.com/view/906083">discovered on imgfave.com</a> (social image bookmarking)</p> </blockquote>http://jesstherealtor.tumblr.com/post/19946152728http://jesstherealtor.tumblr.com/post/19946152728Mon, 26 Mar 2012 02:51:30 -0500<a href="http://www.thefarmersnest.com/2011/11/liquid-hand-soap-diy.html">How to make liquid soap from a bar of hand soap</a>http://jesstherealtor.tumblr.com/post/19932626832http://jesstherealtor.tumblr.com/post/19932626832Sun, 25 Mar 2012 21:04:36 -0500<a href="http://magnolius.tumblr.com/post/19787549624/hyper-realistic-paintings-by-italian-artist">Amazing hyper-realistic paintings by Italian artist Luciano Ventrone</a>: <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://magnolius.tumblr.com/post/19787549624/hyper-realistic-paintings-by-italian-artist">magnolius</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Hyper-realistic paintings by Italian artist <a href="http://www.lucianoventrone.com" target="_blank">Luciano Ventrone</a></p> <blockquote> <p><span class="testoBianco">painting is not about the mere representation of an object, it’s about color and light. The right proportions between those two elements form a shape inside the space. The subject cannot be seen as it is but as an abstract elemen - LV </span></p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://jesstherealtor.tumblr.com/post/19820476361http://jesstherealtor.tumblr.com/post/19820476361Fri, 23 Mar 2012 23:44:59 -0500