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no. 2 :: beauty in unexpected places

February 6th, 2012

  rushing out the door to catch the school bus one morning in early november, i noticed that our front porch halloween jack-o-lantern was past its prime.  the frigid nights of early autumn in the high colorado mountains had rendered our scary-faced friend puckered and wrinkley. it was time to toss it into into our [...]

no. 1 :: the power of colour

January 26th, 2012

The way a smell can carry your senses away to a distant memory or a place you have never been, that’s the way colour works for me. In a certain way, colour enters through your nose as well as your eyes, and through your skin, your heart, and your soul.  Take, for example, the ripe, [...]

kelly prepares to exercise her writes.

January 26th, 2012

hello, i am kelly alford, the founder and designer for iota, and this is my new blog. yay. i am new to the world of blogging, starting today.  it seems to me that blogging is just like keeping a journal, but less private, and am used to keeping a journal, so this should be easy [...]