I read so many blogs with good stuff that I decided to share them on Fridays. Photography, travel, books, clothing, art journals, lectures, politics, whatever. I’ll be collecting throughout the week and posting for your weekend reading pleasure. Enjoy the post … and your weekend.

What's Lost as Handwriting Fades, New York Times - I've been practicing my handwriting for about 4-5 years nearly every morning in my journal. Plus I remember stuff better when I write it down and/or read it on a page.

Can Conservatives Be Funny? Frank Rich in New York Magazine. 

Stephen Colbert as the Next Oprah. Book reviews and the Colbert Bump

Modern Quilters in the Los Angeles Times. There's something about working with your hands ...

Los Angeles is a town where status is all and status is only given to success. Dukes and millionaires and playboys by the dozen may arrive and be glad-handed for a time, but they are unwise if they choose to live there because the town is, perhaps even creditably, committed to recognizing only professional success, and nothing else, to be of lasting value. The burdensome obligation imposed on all its inhabitants is therefore to present themselves as successes, because otherwise they forfeit their right to respect in that environment ... There is no place in that town for the "interesting failure" or for anyone who is not determined on a life that will be shaped in a upward-heading curve.
                                                                                     ~ Julian Fellowes, Past Imperfect