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Mother's love worth $117,000 per year - CNN.com

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:51:16 -0700

Mother's love worth $117,000 per year - CNN.com

The Story of Stuff

Wed, 28 May 2008 22:57:30 -0700

The Story of Stuff

i wish i was there. (photo from the NY Times, the Brooklyn...

Thu, 22 May 2008 22:50:00 -0700

i wish i was there. (photo from the NY Times, the Brooklyn Bridge turns 125. “The Brooklyn Bridge lights will be turned on from 9 to 11 p.m. each night through Memorial Day. The celebrations and observances include lectures, dances, performances, a film series presented at the foot of the bridge, information tents, guided tours, and more.”)

I’m a sucker for commercials that make me cry.

Thu, 08 May 2008 19:46:54 -0700

I’m a sucker for commercials that make me cry.

For 1,000 Solo Dancers, a Soundtrack of Silence - New York Times

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:53:27 -0700

For 1,000 Solo Dancers, a Soundtrack of Silence - New York Times: i miss new york.

(picture from pro.corbis.com by way of google image search) Tim...

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:44:45 -0700

(picture from pro.corbis.com by way of google image search)

Tim and I spent some time this weekend with some people who don’t have a lot. It felt so odd this afternoon to return to our quiet little life. Our two bedroom apartment feels excessive. The switch on the wall that turned on the heat feels excessive. The amount of food in our fridge and cabinets feels… well, excessive. Especially knowing that yesterday I was certain that we had “absolutely nothing” in our cabinets and HAD to go grocery shopping. Um…. not true. I just made us dinner. Chicken breasts, hot cornbread, baked beans, corn, apple juice, vitamins to keep us strong, real silverware, heavy plates, white napkins with green flowers. I ate slowly. It all just feels so different today. I feel the weight of our wealth, of having a home and having food in our bellies and our health and each other and our beautiful daughter, this wealth that we often take for granted. We dream of the day that we can afford a bigger and newer car, or an iPhone, or a small piece of land where we can build a house. And in the dreaming, sometimes we forget about how lucky, how blessed, how rich and full our life is right now. I am sad for the friends we met this weekend that don’t have a warm, dry, safe place to sleep tonight. I feel heavy, ashamed at how poor we have let ourselves feel in recent months, when we have been given so much.

40-Pound Beaver Is Rescued From East River - City Room - Metro - New York Times Blog

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:20:18 -0700

40-Pound Beaver Is Rescued From East River - City Room - Metro - New York Times Blog: Poor little...

(via www.poets.org) Happy Poetry Month.

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:29:53 -0700

(via www.poets.org)

Happy Poetry Month.

“The Business of Being Born” 2007 Trailer My next...

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:13:31 -0700

“The Business of Being Born” 2007 Trailer

My next birth will be a home birth.

Dr. Randy Pausch - from Oprah My friend Kristen posted this on...

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:38:32 -0700

Dr. Randy Pausch - from Oprah

My friend Kristen posted this on her blog. I had to repost it after I watched it. It’s long, but so worth watching all the way through.

Dismayed upon learning that most store-bought loaves of bread...

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:20:00 -0800

Dismayed upon learning that most store-bought loaves of bread (the affordable ones, anyway) include High Fructose Corn Syrup, I decided to make my own.

Mmmmm… It’s still cooling, so I can’t try it yet, but our home smells so yummy right now. It was an incredibly easy recipe, found here.

my first homemade pierogi.

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:35:10 -0800

my first homemade pierogi.

Yes We Can by will.i.am

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:14:56 -0800

Yes We Can by will.i.am

US Bancorp and Mt. Hood (via mikewiley126) I found this picture...

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:33:48 -0800

US Bancorp and Mt. Hood (via mikewiley126)

I found this picture doing a flickr search for Mt. Hood, since we’re going there this weekend. This is my favorite photograph of Portland. It perfectly captures the way that I feel when I’m driving into the city at night. I love the view of the mountain. It reminds me of how when I moved here, I would gasp everytime I glimpsed the white tip of the moutain on the edge of the skyline. It always felt like my heart was exploding, it was so incredibly beautiful and so different from anything I had ever seen in New York.

alders at twilight, sandy river, brightwood oregon. (via...

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:30:59 -0800

alders at twilight, sandy river, brightwood oregon. (via precisionartists)

I found this picture while doing a flickr search for mt. hood. i think it is gorgeous. i love the way it makes me feel like i’m straining my head back to look up-up-up to the treetops.

the Amelie Trailer. Years later, and it still brings me so much...

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:02:45 -0800

the Amelie Trailer. Years later, and it still brings me so much joy. The colors, the music, the language, the story, the setting. My dvd of it cracked and is unwatchable, but even just this little series of images from the film makes me feel breathless.

sweetness.

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:57:00 -0800

sweetness.

8 things i love most about violet, at five months old

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:37:00 -0800

01. The way you nestle into me when you’re sleepy. Sometimes you grab my hand and squeeze...

where tim and i are going this weekend, without violet!

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:11:32 -0800

where tim and i are going this weekend, without violet!

tasty (via ClareSnow) i can’t wait for summer.

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:56:12 -0800

tasty (via ClareSnow)

i can’t wait for summer.