A journey completed, a circle drawn
Many of you might remember the story of Meta, a young woman who died in a car wreck and the extraordinary story of her leave-taking, a community coming together to ensure her safe passage. Her mother, diagnosed with cancer three months after Meta’s death, has now completed her own leave-taking. …
It’s somebody’s birthday today, now isn’t it?
On planes all day (finally here in the gloriously brisk weather of Estes Park, Colorado, having seen both Cincinnati and Denver before 10am), so I haven’t had an opportunity yet to wish a happy birthday to someone who shall remain nameless and who turns 45 today. If you look closely, …
I hear the siren song of the AARP
It was bound to happen. I am vacillating between gratitude and shock. Gratitude that, unlike many, I have lived to see the day when the AARP invited me to join. Shock that I’m old enough for this. More gratitude. Shock wins. Have I opened the envelope? Well, no, no, I …
Mr Brilliant hits BoingBoing!
Stop the presses! Mr Brilliant is on the front page of BoingBoing tonight! Nothing quite like a family of vegetarians being known for white art made from fatback…
In memory, in hopes, in anticipation of a different future
In memory of all those. In hopes we can all work to make the fighting stop, one cross word at a time. In anticipation of a different future for the children. All of them, not just ours. The U.S. is celebrating Memorial Day today. Take a moment to reflect, remember, …
I stand so brilliantly corrected…
And this is why hearing a diversity of opinions is the best way to go. Just got a comment on a recent post from a very astute 37days reader named AnnMarie – "I just started reading your blog and mostly love it. But this post has bugged me since I …
Be still, my stinkin’ heart
GET OUT! Just saw this. There are maybe six celebrities I’d camp out over night to see, and I believe we all know who two of them are. The other four? Well, this man is one of them. Love him, love him, love him. His film, The Conversation, is one …
Oh, go ahead. Squish the Tasty Kakes
The scene: Local ice cream shop. The one with the big ice cream cone-shaped sign outside. I deeply love those kinds of signs, where the object is writ large in 3-D on top of the building, like that restaurant in Chapel Hill with the pig on top (bless poor little …
Where is home?
Wisdom sits in places. – Keith Basso I love what Beth is doing over at Virtual Tea House. And now a writing contest – or, better yet, a writing exercise focused on one question: Where is home? From her post: "It is about a sense of place, and a feeling …
