May 2012
11 posts
“Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. You...”
– Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
It bears repeating.
A Prism
I lost a dear, dear friend to cancer last night. It was a cancer she battled with the ferocity of a warrior through an incredible amount of pain, all with the goal of more time with her children, her husband, and her dog. I am devastated. Although I knew it was coming one day (she was very clear that it was incurable and it would kill her), she did not accept it and continued to live and fight...
Adventures in Gardening, Part 2 (I think)
Well, everything I initially planned to plant is in the ground. The weeds seem to be growing faster than most of my plants at this point, but I am seeing flowers and some baby buds on my tomatoes, my cukes, and my peppers. My spinach is not large, but every time we pull a leaf out we are bowled over by its fresh spinachy taste. My herbs look (and smell) amazing.
I still can’t really tell...
Barack Obama Being Adorable with Adorable Children
alexleo:
Just Another Day at the Office
This was the view from my commute.
Not bad, eh?
I’m in DC for the Afterschool for All Challenge. I’ve worked on afterschool policy for more than a decade now, but this was the first Challenge I’d attended. Yesterday, I participated in a panel where someone I respect very deeply called me “the person who knows the most about the 21st Century Community Learning Centers...
“Once a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved...”
– Maurice Sendak (via happyhumanramblings)
Ahhh, Maurice, you brought such incredible happiness to my life and my family’s. So many wonderful memories relate to you and your stories. I thought Alex had learned how to read when he was 2 1/2 because we had read “In the Night...
My New Mission in Life →
I am so sad. As someone who considers herself both a nation-class traveler and eater, I have been to maybe 1 or 2 of the 50. I’ve had some similar foods in similar places (which is why I’m claiming 2), but I can only swear for sure that I’ve been to the Farmer’s Market in Madison. I got more and more anxious as the list went on, thinking “Oh my god, what if I...
Palm Springs is Kind of Like Tatooine...
Sometimes stuff just takes me by surprise and I actually guffaw. Well, to be honest, I think I snorted.
Princess Leia and her stunt double sunbathing on Jabba the Hutt’s ship.
(via s1th-happens)
April 2012
16 posts
Also, the Least Self-Aware
Me: Let's go see "Five Year Engagement" tonight.
Pete: I just don't think you're engaged if you're engaged that long. You haven't made a commitment.
Me: Well, I don't want to see it if you're going to be so judgmental about everything.
Pete: Me? Judgmental? I'm the least judgmental person I know!
“People always ask me, “You have so much confidence; where did that come...”
– Gabourey Sidibe via sequinsandsideeye. She is a genius; as that, my friends, is one of the secrets to a happy life.
Are you kidding me?
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With God's Favor, It Will Grow (or Adventures in...
(of what I am hoping is a long running series)
I have always wanted a vegetable garden. I had one once, and it was really cool, but it was when Ellie was a baby and Alex a toddler. Subsequently, I either never had time, or, more likely, never enough sun. I love our 7 majestic towering oak trees, but it means almost complete and total shade on our lot.
Every year I havethoughtabout signing up for...
Overheard on the train
Holistic-type health practitioner on the phone with client: “I’ve seen cases of hammertoe that are psychosomatic.”
Really?
As if I I Didn't Love President Obama Enough.... →
He is the coolest man alive.
March 2012
12 posts
Could not be more proud
of my brother-in-law Joel, who was one of only 4 attorneys sitting at the government’s table at the jurisdictional arguments yesterday at the Supreme Court hearing on the Health Care Reform Act. Oh, and he wrote the brief.
This whole case should be a slam dunk winner in favor of the legislation. The fact that it’s not is the biggest reason why you should be getting out the vote for...
“You have all these eggs just lying around, and parents helping out. You better...”
– A former parent/participant at a Colorado Springs Easter Egg hunt. This year’s event has been cancelled due to “overaggressive parents.”
“Bonus summer.”
– me, on the run of sunny, clear 70+ degree days we’ve been having/are expected to continue to have this week
The One and Only Time You Will See "Moby Dick" and...
Text from Ellie, upon successfully landing the epic whale of a novel:
“DONE! My goodness. Some pig!”
February 2012
51 posts
Fun Post-Oscars Fact of the Day
The guy who a) won an Oscar for co-writing The Descendants, and b) hilariously sent up Angie’s slit dress stance was none other than Jim Rash, who plays The Dean on “Community.”
