September 20th, 2009 at 7:12am |
HORRIFYING CAT PONCHO
A Poetry Slam of Good Ideas, Discontinued Patterns
and Fashion Bestiary, with a visit from Tim Gunn
Rejected Titles:
Why Squirrels Do Not Sew, or Even Wear Clothes At All
Or
HUMAN CLOTHING UPON WHICH TOO MUCH IMPORTANCE IS BESTOWED
Or
Love (11): The Malicious Moose Knickers Tycoon’s Secret Virgin Secretary
A found poem by the Lazy, Stupid and Godless crew
September [...]
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January 1st, 2009 at 11:03am |
Some of us, I guess, require a lot more than a simple list or a decision to make a committment to change. We feed off of the collective energy put into New Year’s Eve. It is an impressive display, isn’t it, creating a lot of momentum for whatever project is at hand.
But what if today [...]
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July 13th, 2008 at 10:06am |
(37 of 50)
At last, the long awaited for post about the birthday card project!
I received about 70 cards. I say “about” because I collected 65 by June 17 (the cutoff date), but there were a few stragglers around 4 or 5 or 6 in number, and some of my close friends sent cards to the [...]
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June 16th, 2008 at 5:16pm |
Watch this video, and then think about whether or not this guy has a talent, or a gift.
Britain’s Got Talent – Opera Singer from Cardiff
I would venture to say he has a gift for singing, and the talent required to get up there and do what he did.
I love the expressions on the judges’ faces [...]
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June 15th, 2008 at 10:17pm |
(36 of 50)
You know, even if we didn’t make it to all the “perfect” places in Austin, we made it TWICE to see my Knitting Guru, and that was solid gold.
She is a woman I met when I started attending the UU church and discovered that I was indeed a lifelong Unitarian but just didn’t [...]
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June 15th, 2008 at 5:00pm |
(35 of 50)
Just a quick moment here before kicking into the evening portion of the festivities…
I opened cards and the few packages I received just now, and there is no way to explain just how touched and moved I am for the little kindnesses I’ve received. A handmade card, a card hand-picked, a handwritten note, [...]
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June 15th, 2008 at 8:05am |
(34 of 50)
Yay me. I’m 50 today. Although it’s just another day, and I feel the same (ie, back pain if I sleep too long, need glasses to see computer screen, where’s my coffee?!, and all that jazz).
For today, visiting here in Austin, I am going to attempt a perfect day. One can never plan [...]
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June 11th, 2008 at 7:12am |
(32 of 50)
Four days before my 50th birthday, I am getting a mammogram. It is my second. Yes, I know that I should have started at 45 and gotten yearly ones. But I am a slow adopter, and I confess to having a modicum of anxiety about the whole “breast sandwich” thing.
But then I had [...]
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June 8th, 2008 at 8:38am |
(31 of 50)
My son has been alternatively-schooled and unschooled 11 years, and in public school for not quite one year. He was in a non-traditional daycare and kindergarten (Waldorf-inspired and Waldorf-proper) for the first six years, then in a charter school for five years that emphasized community responsibility, consensus building, theme-driven multi-year curriculum and individual [...]
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June 8th, 2008 at 6:24am |
(30 of 50)
First of all, unless I do three entries a day, I am not going to get to 50 by next Sunday, which IS MAH BIRFDAY!!!! yay! yay! I’m not mad enough to try that, or think that it would be worth reading. But I may continue with daily entries until I indeed do [...]
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