Good things have been happening to me in doubles lately – I hope this week is treating you all just fine!

• My finals are nearly over (which is partly why I’ve been absent) so I’ll have a month off before summer school starts.
• Blog girlfriends becoming IRL girlfriends - Louise Black, Andrea and more! Keep them coming, universe!
• Getting my phonograph lady tattoo filled in with another 5 hours of work
• Glorious visions of my future where I don’t teach BUT I spend my time writing really imaginative lesson plans that involve Woody Guthrie teaching about the Dust Bowl thru songs or studying artifacts instead of text books!
• Also, I wrote a 40 page curriculum unit on the Dust Bowl and 1930s. I’ll just pat myself on the back for that one.
• Yann Tiersen playing violin under the stars in Austin (although no accordion- boo!)
• The city of Austin painted bike lanes on my street on Earth Day!
• Spring thunderstorms and hiding out under fragrant jasmine vines.
• Putting aforementioned jasmine blossoms into my underclothes and reveling in the all-day scent.
• My embroidery was featured in Time Out New York this week also! I spend the day literally skipping, I was so pleased.

As it gets hotter, I’m yearning for some syrupy old 78s to lift my mood and get me through to the evening. Some of my favorites:

• Ruckus Juice & Chitlin‘ – Memphis Jug Band
• I Scream You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream – Waring’s Pennsylvanians (scroll down to the song title)
• Sweet Georgia Brown – Rose Murphy the “chee chee” girl. If you’ve never heard Rose Murphy, prepare to fall in love!

And if you’re in Austin or thereabouts, there’s some awesome film series coming up at The Alamo and The Paramount:

• Cinema Club is showing Night Nurse this Sunday evening.
• Summer Film Series at Paramount -there’s a double feature of The Thin Man movies in May that I can’t wait to see!

Important blog posts you may have missed this week:

• Kathy of 16 Sparrows discusses 20s and 30s class gaps
• Julia from A l’allure Garconniere discusses the critical fashion lover’s basic guide to cultural appropriation
• Karin from Lily of the Valley links to documentaries discussing water – Thanks for this, Karin! After watching I decided that I was not going to sell water bottles in my cafe anymore, so you’ve helped to make a difference with me!

1. Dolly Sisters, 2. Sisters G, 3. Marian and Vivian Brown the San Francisco Twins,

4. trout and twig, 5. siamese twins, 6. Rainy Day Parade & Punkaholic People,

7. The Dolly Sisters (again) 8. Mattie + Penny, 9. Mattie + Penny