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Random Musings
Well, it's official. I'm licensed to join millions of other Americans and exercise my right to contribute to carbon emissions.
Waddid you say? Wutzat?
Cars suck? The world is going to hell in a handbasket if we don't reduce emissions?
Oh, right. There's that...
Well...I did it anyway. It feels only a little anti-climatic, coming nine years after I was ( Read more... ) -
I'm so there...
I can't wait for the next International Montessori Congress--it's taking place in India and it looks like it's going to be amazing! -
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I just loved this poem when it popped up in my inbox from the writer's almanac:
Gate C22
by Ellen Bass
At gate C22 in the Portland airport
a man in a broad-band leather hat kissed
a woman arriving from Orange County.
They kissed and kissed and kissed. Long after
the other passengers clicked the handles of their carry-ons
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Biking in Portland
Well, the NYTimes seems enamored with the cycling culture here in PDX. For the most part, I think it's great....except they leave out the whole biking in the rain thing. Yeah, I'm not a fan of getting wet. Even with rain gear and good fenders, let's be honest--it's just not that fun to be biking around Stumptown in February.
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Wait--when did it get to be October?!
I can't believe it's October 23rd. It seems like we were moving in just yesterday ( Read more... ) -
Why I love Portland
Because the Multnomah Country Library does awesome stuff like this!
Brian's away in Madison for the weekend celebrating his grandmother's 90th birthday, so I have the house to myself this weekend. It's lovely not have any plans, just two free days. I think I might just start a fire in the fireplace, crank up some Miles Davis and make some tea and ( Read more... ) -
What Lena's doing this weekend:
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Krista Tippit does it again
I just love NPR's Speaking of Faith! I just listened to the one on autism. I have worked with several children on the autistic spectrum now, and this show perfectly captures some of the "bigger picture" aspects of working with children with autism.
And the one on Darwin and evolution was equally fascinating. I really need to listen to it again.
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new house pictures
Here are the much belated pictures...