cosymakes

remember when i was discussing how things get trumped in my life? well, here’s another instance.

the other night i was talking to ben about this whole button thing and how my favorite button is one covered in very gross material that i’m sure is akin to double knit polyester and he said to me, “you really are a materials snob, aren’t you?”

how rude. but a little bit true. but seriously, i have lots of buttons, shell buttons, wood buttons, old fun buttons, whole sets of vintage plastic buttons, and yet i choose this one. i don’t know if it’s my material snobbishness coming out as much as my incredulity that so many things can seriously trump such important attributes of physical objects like beauty, age, and color. it is such an interesting part of being human to attach other meanings to things.

this button is made out of some sort of 1970′s synthetic that i don’t doubt is polyester. the brightest color is actually a really great synthetic neon pink color – here’s a better pic for the color, but still not quite capturing the intensity. to me, beyond physical description and photo, it is the extra button from my mother’s bathrobe from when i was a little girl. and i will treasure it forever. it’s funny how when you dig back into childhood memories, things become vague. i don’t remember anything in particular happening in this bathrobe, just that my mom wore it when i was little and for some reason that it makes me happy. maybe it’s all lovely physical memory?

speaking of buttons, go read the button stories! they are great! join in the conversation.

on to another topic, in case you haven’t noticed i’ve already broke the all buttons all of the time thing. but i think i’ve a compromise. my first post of the day (if i post that day) will be buttons and the second will be catch up of alaska stuff and things from before alaska i never got done because the camera was on the fritz. if i don’t do them now, they’ll never get done and i’ll forget to tell you. wouldn’t that be sad?

yes i know, arugula wasn’t alaska or before, but food is so glorious it trumps all! speaking of – if you’ve never had arugula, i want you to be prepared. if you ask me, the tomatoes (or sandwich makings) are essential to cut the flavor a bit (little bit spicy, little bit bitter). ben, on the other hand, was eating the pasta/pesto without the tomatoes and seemed perfectly happy. you can also do the pesto with half arugula, half basil if you’d like. happy eating, knitting, buttoning.