Being snowed (and iced!) into the house this evening gave me plenty of time to ( Read more... )

I had a lovely winterholidaytime with family and friends! I learned to play Backgammon, learned to make vegan peanut brittle, went on some hikes, and had many, many laughs ( Read more... )

Yep-- promotions are pretty exciting things. Now, promotions in the non-profit sector are slightly different than in the "other world," but exciting nonetheless. I finally have benefits! And, get this-- paid vacations!

Working for The Godman Guild Association is really excellent for me because it requires me to put some creativity to work on ( Read more... )

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The skinny: I'm moving from the East coast to SF for work and eventually grad school, and I need a place to live in August/September. I'm scouring Craig's List and prodding my SF friends to find leads and figured dropping a note on Livejournal as well couldn't hurt.

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Gorgeous gorgeous mild blue-skied day. It's our reward for sticking out the past week of sweltering and storming. Pittsburgh is wringing out its hair and finding animal shapes in the clouds today ( Read more... )

Remarkable how much more centered I feel. Yoga, meditation, raw foods, no booze, delicious teas, pawing in garden dirt daily. It all seems so simple. Simple ( Read more... )

I feel tiny spiders inching up my veins, my nerves. My nerves! Moving to Pittsburgh in three weeks. Not a single cardboard box packed in the whole house. Such a lot of work for a stone's skip on the map ( Read more... )

I found these great images online from both sides of the U.S. women's suffrage movement. They are wonderful!

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I have just spent nearly two hours scouring the interweb for instructions on making pincurls and fingerwaves. I have big, big plans for the 1920s party tomorrow with this mock-twenties bob: Hello Jay GatsbyI positively lust for my great-grandmother's skill with the hair arts. She still sets her pretty white hair in impressive 1940s waves weekly ( Read more... )