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The Gratitude Project/MidSummer/Books
Welcome and Purpose: Welcome everyone to our mid-summer ceremony. Today marks the beginning of the harvest season, despite it also being the height of Summer, and focusing on what we’re grateful for is a wonderful way to connect with the joy of living and appreciate all the things that go so wonderfully right in our lives.
Ground and Center: A ( Read more... ) -
Book 1: The Princess Bride & update-y stuff
So far, I'm really really liking it. I didn't at first because the intro and all the extra at the front comes off as pompous and self-important but once you get into the actual story, it's good. Goldman has a gift for simple but very effective dialogue and doesn't go overboard on his descriptions of characters, places or anything else. This is ( Read more... ) -
Hey look! An update!
Last week was fairly busy, in a good way. The weekend previous was the Boar Wars (pics are on facebook) thanks to Lara and Brian. Sunday was Father's Day, Wed. was our anniversary (3 years!) and Friday was Ry's 26th birthday. It's been raining a fair bit so my garden exploded but other than keeping up with that (HA!) and getting Gabe to/from ( Read more... ) -
Unconditional Love
If the image doesn't come through, the tweet reads: There is only one kind of love; unconditional. ~Chris Brown ( Read more... ) -
Hippo birdy two meeeee!
I'm 26 today. Wow. :) the sun is shining, we went out to a fantastic party with friends last night and slept in together this morning. Gitchi megweetch for this day. I am grateful for it and every day before it, and every one to come, for my friends and family, my husband, my son, my health, my laugh lines, the grey hair starting to peek in ( Read more... ) -
Real Fucking Feminism
"Is there any one type of feminism? Is there one version of feminism that you have to subscribe to in order to be a Real Fucking Feminist?"
Yes. You must want equality among the sexes because you recognize that at the moment it doesn't exist, and you can't be anti-choice when it comes to abortion. You can be pro-life and anti-abortion, but you ( Read more... ) -
Dear Mr. Watterson
Squee! Check out www.dearmrwatterson.com for info on a nifty documentary being made about the creator of Calvin and Hobbes, my ultimate most favorite comic growing up, and it's impact on people like you and me. I'm pretty excited about it.