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the roadside scholar - stuff i found on the highway of life

http://www.roadsidescholar.com

the roadside scholar showcases cool design, evocative art and handmade crafts, along with the stories of the nifty people out there who create them. with a writing style imbued with humor and a sense of purpose, the scholar seeks to chronicle lovely things that are a joy to behold, and bring them to people all over the world, through the magic of cyberspace.

Added on: Jul 10th, 2007
Country: United States
Language: English

Recent Posts

5 questions for terry border (bent objects)

Posted on Thursday December 3rd, 2009 at 06:05 in Photography, funny, humor, fun, artists, handmade, wire, bent objects, miniview, terry border, miniviews, original photograph

Couldn’t we all use a good laugh everyday? For quite some time I’ve been relying on Indianapolis artist Terry Border’s quirky images that he creates for his website, Bent Objects, to get the job done (you might recall that I’...
snapshot sunday

Posted on Sunday November 29th, 2009 at 06:00 in Photography, architecture, chicago, vintage, trees, interior, Autumn, window, leaves, south shore, personal original photo, snapshot sunday

architecture, autumn, chicago, interior, leaves, personal original photo, snapshot sunday, south shore, trees, vintage, windowshare this story ...
stylish, graphic iphone cases by threadless

Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 14:15 in design, cool, iphone, cloud, griffin, graphic, industrial design, personal accessories, colorful, feather, threadless, cell phone accessories

Much love to the hubs, but I’ve been secretly meaning to replace my boring, hand-me-down black cloth case for my iPhone that he gave me with something splashy and fun. Frankly nothing has appealed to me until I saw these super cool cases based ...
snapshot sunday

Posted on Sunday October 25th, 2009 at 08:46 in Photography, trees, wisconsin, Autumn, leaves, fall, hills, personal original photo, snapshot sunday

autumn, fall, hills, leaves, personal original photo, snapshot sunday, trees, wisconsinshare this story ...
snapshot sunday

Posted on Sunday October 18th, 2009 at 07:47 in Photography, water, flowers, chicago, plants, serene, botanic gardens, waterlillies

botanic gardens, chicago, flowers, plants, serene, water, waterlilliesshare this story ...
the clever 2010 calendar by noa bembibre

Posted on Friday October 16th, 2009 at 12:28 in design, fun, Paper, words, clever, calendar, whimsy, 2010, nonsensical, noa bembibre

The stylish, Helsinki-based Noa Bembibre is back with her whimsical words in her calendar for 2010, cats let nothing darken their roar. Here are some highlights: With all this crummy weather we’ve been having over here, octagon, be nicer is es...