from the horrible horrible summer we spent meeting up a few nights a week in the south street dairy queen to talk about how horrible horrible horrible our lives were, to the time he shouted "just shut up and be the friend i want you to be!" at me, to the time he took special "divorce" portraits of tim and i, to things i can't even mention... knowing steven has been a joy.
as of this posting, that little drawing over to the right there -- that's an SMQ original. me working on a complicated fair isle while at the office. steven designed my first bookplate the summer we met, and worked with me on night rally.
i have a lot of steven's stuff floating around here. and he's doing the craft show circuit now, so we stopped to see him this weekend, figuring to pick a few things up for early holiday shopping. but the things we got, we just can't give up.
waiting for the textile content? here you go.
that tag again: 
would it surprise you to know that this was actually ben's purchase? as soon as he squeezed it, and it made the little dear noise, it was pretty clear he couldn't live without it.
the things you-all don't know about ben could fill more than a blog.
we got a painting, too. and notecards, a mug, fridge magnets... we had ourselves a time.
don't you think we should have steven make a special farting fetus to deliver to david sedaris when he appears at the kimmel this fall?
it's absolutely the sweetest thing. i must be going mad.
we love our steven.