( today kathy and i sat out on the balcony for awhile. )

a few musical notes from the last week or two: patty griffin remains one of my favorite performers of all time. she is astounding. her concert made like, my life. or at least my month. all of her songs from impossible dream sound five times better live. her version of top of the world that night almost moved me to tears. i went alone and sat ( Read more... )

( what a great weekend. )

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CLARE BABY DOLL. :)

this isn't an exciting post, don't read it! okay in an entry of rachael's about a week or more ago (since i'm obviously always that behind in reading livejournal entries) she mentioned thinking about writing about something concerning islamic feminism, so i tried to post part of this paper i wrote earlier in the semester for her, to satisfy my ego ( Read more... )

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Harriet nursed all manner of illness and wound, turning from none. Brushing through barriers of colored plastic strands, dipping herself, touching here and there. She was a fortunate woman, one who had found her true vocation ( Read more... )

kathy just posted about this, and i'm sure you're sick of even hearing the name, but i just found this in my sister's journal, and i thought it was supreme-o interesting and important to anyone remotely interested in, you know, our constitution: the terry schiavo case not through the eyes of morality, but through the law: an editorial posted in the ( Read more... )

on the common today near park street there was a silent quaker vigil for peace. just a line of people standing together and holding signs saying, FUND HUMAN NEEDS NOT WAR and PRAY FOR PEACE and so on and so forth. and it's strange, since it's just a line of people being quiet, but i've passed them before, and everytime just walking past them, i ( Read more... )

( my grandpa 'n me )