Dear Reader,
When I was in the third grade we were asked to create a diorama that represented a climate, or geographical setting of some kind. The tropics, perhaps a frozen tundra or a mountainous region. Honestly, I wasn’t paying all that much attention. I had just started reading A Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder and there wasn’t anything more riveting to me than reading about Laura and her Pa having to grind up wheat in the coffee mill. Or Ma Ingalls making ice... → Read the rest of this article
Lotta
Lotta Svoboda is a wife, mother, friend, fretter and jewelry maker. She loves the quirky and odd, especially if it elicits a chuckle or a good guffaw. You can also visit her at
Mom-O-Matic or follow her ramblings on Twitter at
Momomatics.
Dear Reader,
I’m a Lutheran, and when people ask what kind of Lutheran I usually respond “The Wisconsin kind.” And if they won’t let up I just start singing the Yon Yonson song till they go away.
My name is Yon Yonson
I live in Wisconsin
I work in a lumber mill there.
All the people I meet
when I walk down the street
say “Hello, what’s your name?” and I say:
My name is Yon Yonson
I live in Wisconsin…
(repeat and repeat and... → Read the rest of this article
Lotta
Lotta Svoboda is a wife, mother, friend, fretter and jewelry maker. She loves the quirky and odd, especially if it elicits a chuckle or a good guffaw. You can also visit her at
Mom-O-Matic or follow her ramblings on Twitter at
Momomatics.
While trying to pull together this week’s gift guide I found myself stumbling upon this fantastic peanut knife by Contrary. I wanted to build a theme around it because it amused me so much. It’s a peanut. It’s a knife. It makes no sense and that makes it instantly covetable.
I also found this secret leaf knife necklace in Contrary’s shop and knew I had to include it as well. But what would my theme be? Cuts Like a Knife? Secret Sharp Spyware? Really... → Read the rest of this article
Lotta
Lotta Svoboda is a wife, mother, friend, fretter and jewelry maker. She loves the quirky and odd, especially if it elicits a chuckle or a good guffaw. You can also visit her at
Mom-O-Matic or follow her ramblings on Twitter at
Momomatics.
Do you know someone who’s favorite book is Like Water For Elephants by Sara Guen? Have they read Geek Love by Katherine Dunn till their paperback has gone soft? Does this friend think it’s a travesty that HBO’s Carnivàle series was canceled? Then you my dear have a true carney lover on your hands.
Chances are one of their favorite sensations is flying weightlessly through the air on a creaky, metal carnival swing. Gift them with this fine art print (above)... → Read the rest of this article
Lotta
Lotta Svoboda is a wife, mother, friend, fretter and jewelry maker. She loves the quirky and odd, especially if it elicits a chuckle or a good guffaw. You can also visit her at
Mom-O-Matic or follow her ramblings on Twitter at
Momomatics.
My sister recently reentered the dating world and I found myself vicariously reliving her first kiss, first love, first embrace moments. And then I remembered the other firsts. The first fight, first awkward moment and the first heartbreak and realized I’m quite content to be her armchair guide to love. Her backseat romance driver.
And so I’ve compiled the best dating and marriage advice I can find via a selection of handmade gifts to give. Perhaps you have a friend or... → Read the rest of this article
Lotta
Lotta Svoboda is a wife, mother, friend, fretter and jewelry maker. She loves the quirky and odd, especially if it elicits a chuckle or a good guffaw. You can also visit her at
Mom-O-Matic or follow her ramblings on Twitter at
Momomatics.
