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good reminder
"When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stone-cutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it would split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before together ( Read more... ) -
Love
"There is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion, but if it does not teach them to be good and kind to other animals as well as humans, it is all a sham."
-Anna Sewell, writer
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Art
"The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude."
- Friedrich Nietzsche -
quote of the day
Today's Quote (from www.thedailybuzzz.com, a Photo Journal ( Read more... ) -
CRAP!
Dammit! I'm now extremely angry at myself for not keeping better track of events in my calendar. I just remembered that a group I dearly love, Peregrine Medieval Vocal Ensemble, was going to sing at the St. Ignatius Chapel at Seattle University this month. I thought it was this coming Sunday, and was about to cancel my RSVP for a different event so ( Read more... ) -
life to-do list: a work in progress
under Travel, subhead Pilgrimages
Carl Sagan's gravesite in Ithaca, NY (with and for Mac)
Simon Rodia's hand-built Watts Towers in Los Angeles, CA
walk the Camino to Compostela (north route), Spain
Venice, Italy, before it is under water -
news so good I choked
I just went to check www.goodnewsnetwork.org for a little uplift and literally choked with surprise (and happiness) at the first headline ( Read more... ) -
cognitive dissonance
Mac recently introduced me to the joys of Rhapsody, and I am using it to explore the vast universe of music I've never been exposed to. This leads to some very challenging moments, like right now when Rhapsody's dynamic playlist The Eclectic Company served up James Brown's cover of country classic "Your Cheatin' Heart."
I think I sprained my ears. -
I want one!
http://www.rebound-designs.com/catalog/show/613.htm
I must discover how to make these (especially for $110 and up).
Now I have a whole new reason to go to the Friends of the Seattle Public Library Book Sale at Magnuson Park this weekend! -
things I do instead of working
1. Stop junk mail and plant a tree a month, all for $36 per year ( Read more... )