I accidentally hit the Photo Booth icon on my laptop this morning, and it showed me this person:
Me! looking like I could be a silver-hair model for designer Gudrun Sjoden... LOL 😂 (This is a fluke of Morning Hair, I promise.)
Sjoden, below, second from right.
Her stuff is nice, though beyond my price (though not insanely expensive, as nice fashion goes (a turtleneck is $68, corduroy pants $118).
Her drapey styles look best on tall people (not me).
There are so many things I like "best"--many varieties of wisdoms!
Like, Find the Good, and Praise It.
Another favorite is the Jewish concept Tikkun Olam--Mend the World. Or repair/ heal... its popular modern meaning. (Historically it has other meanings.)
Here, an artist friend I reconnected with this fall, Anita White, uses "Tikkun Olam" to illustrate/advertise SOUP FOR YOU---serving free hot soups, with salad and dessert, for anyone, every weekday in a church a couple miles from the thrift store.
Anita's motto is, ""Nothing is so scary you can' t draw it!"
Soup for You! was started by Chef Judah:
"Born in the ghetto of Tunis, an Arab/Jewish child of a Holocaust survivor, Chef Judah was orphaned at an early age and became a child beggar.
“I was hungry the first 8 years of my life” says Chef Judah. Thankfully, he was adopted and brought to America as an immigrant/refugee... More than 40 year ago, he landed in Minneapolis, where he experienced homelessness and hunger once again.
“I was a troll and lived underneath the Franklin Ave Bridge, for an entire year.”
After surviving the streets, Chef Judah found himself at St. Martin’s Table, a non-profit café and bookstore. For the next 15 years, he honed his skills there in global vegetarian soup making."
I would like to meet him! I must go for lunch one day.
A couple good things I saw online:
I didn't love the book The Salt Path, but the movie looks promising--to be released in April 2025:
Another women's march after the 2nd inauguration of DT, this time called a People's March:
Finally—not from online—bink taking the new bears out to see the world, as they requested a Grand Tour. Here in the bird sanctuary by lake Harriet, a mile from my apartment:
Off to work now.
May your hair look good or other good things come to you today!
lovely photo -- sometimes an unexpected photo is the best. i don't think i have ever seen sjoden clothing anywhere and certainly not in any thrift stores! the january march is a little scary to me not for it happening but what some third parties might try.
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One of her dresses was donated to the thrift store once – – and I tried it on, but I felt like I was wearing a sack. A sack made of very beautiful fabric, but.. You gotta have height to pull it off – – it might look good on you Kirsten if that’s your style?
Deletefor me it would depend on how baggy it is. i'm 5'9" which is somewhat tall but baggy doesn't always look good on me.
Deletei still think the bears are smiling about their good fortune.
kirsten
I have been wearing Gudrun for years and years, but lately they have changed more to fit Sjoden 's shape- Way too much fabric in unflattering gathers , barrel shaped, way too long - made for very tall pregnant women I reckon. I am always tempted though...I order and send back repeatedly! I LOVE their catalogues and the models looking fresh and real- you are right , you could be a model for their catalogue! If you ever find "vintage" Gudrun you might want to buy it- , by vintage i mean late 80's early 90's, that was when they had the best clothing. I am a midget so all of that volume just gets in the way.
ReplyDeleteThe SAlt Path was a zippy read- nothing that sustained me but good enough to finish. A glimpse of an unusual adventure and the blisters and hunger that went with it. Moth's heath - how his condition got better while hiking in nature , moving- is inspirational.Better than a handful of pills, I suppose.
Bears out in the world is the best thing , other than your shining countenance! I am jealous of your hair...I only have two hairs and must rough them up to pretend they cover my pate.
Oh, that’s interesting Linda Sue – – that Gudrun‘s clothes have changed – – because I too thought there was too much fabric in the one that got donated to the store – – I asked the clothes disorder to keep an eye out for that brand though in case anything might suit. I felt just the same way about “the salt path“ – – I did finish reading it and thought it was inspiring, I just didn’t adore it.
DeleteClothes “sorter” not “disorder” 🙄
DeleteI sure hope it’s the hood of my sweatshirt underneath my coat that is making me look so much like a hunchback! But I know my posture is the worst…
ReplyDeleteIs that soup church where Jeff was once pastor?
Ha ha, I thought the same thing – – that you must have something tucked under your coat – – that is not what you normally look like!
DeletePs. Soup for you used to be in Jeff’s church – – I don’t know if that church closed or what, but they’ve moved now to Trinity Church —kinda down by East Lake library
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