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Entries from November 2009

Meet Amanda, Our Model/Muse

July 31st, 2009 · 1 Comment

When was it, a month, two, when we had a national Muse Alert, calling out to the Pomegranate population seeing if anyone would like to be our in-house model/muse? We were so overwhelmed by the responses we got, firstly, as we had no idea who actually were our fellow Pomegranatians, but also, just how amazing [...]

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Pomegranate Gallery

July 30th, 2009 · 2 Comments

The very talented and super cool Paige Thomson offered to do a shoot using our dresses, her sister and Nature. We are so pleased with the results. Paige is an up-and-coming new photographer and I sense she will be super famous and unaffordable very soon. Thank you Paige.

Photography © Paige Thomson

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Pomegranate Travelogue Part One

July 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Lily Dale Whispering Trees

We’ve just come back from America, we’re exhausted. We spent the weekend sequestered within the heavenly walls of the Chautauqua Institute pretending we were Victorian orphans sent by our distant and mysterious uncle for some culture and to take the waters. We were the only ones in stripy bathing costumes and parasols. [...]

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Pomegranates OnLine

July 27th, 2009 · No Comments

Well, okay, we are actually on line, and you can buy our books here and there, and we will have for the fall a sexy new Pomegranates Press page, but for now, isn’t this exciting! Discovering Japan, a collection of early short stories by the very magical Nancy Baker and our first collaboration with her [...]

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A Note From Sarah

July 22nd, 2009 · 2 Comments

Okay, I recorded a message that you can download here because I love you.

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Scary/Monster/Beautiful Update

July 17th, 2009 · No Comments

Well last night we had our first meeting of the Scary/Monster/Beautiful committee. Really just the people in the show and us, the sisters. We were so nervous as we so respect and admire all of the people who were coming and wanted to seem as together and professional as we could (because we are so [...]

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Reason #798 To Be Vegan

July 14th, 2009 · 1 Comment

In 1867, explorer David Livingstone estimated that “44,000 elephants, large and small, must be killed to supply the ivory which comes to England alone” for the sole purpose of the manufacturer of billiard balls.
From the very fascinating Flotsametrics and the Floating World: How One Man’s Obsession with Runaway Sneakers and Rubber Ducks Revolutionized Ocean Science [...]

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Pomegranate Summer Reading Part 2

July 9th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Two weeks ago we went out. It happens. We go out. The very lovely and magical Louise Bak invited us to attend one of her salons and so, as we do sometimes, we went. Needless to say we spent the week before stressing over this, the going out part, and also the what to wear. [...]

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Pomegranate Summer Reading

July 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment

I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by
madness, starving hysterical naked,
dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn
looking for an angry fix,
angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly
connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night
From Howl by Allen Ginsberg
I have been in a funk since stumbling upon Tiffany Godoy and Ivan [...]

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Today’s Ten Questions With Inspiring People

July 1st, 2009 · 2 Comments

Michael Falcore is our rock star friend. I mean whenever we bang out of the house dressed to the nines and our father says (with a hint of goth-father pride), ‘where are you girls going in your goth finery?’ We always reply, ‘To dine with our rock star friend.’ And in fact my two favourite [...]

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