Category Archives: other

Malcolm read this poem on the first night of a conference I am attending.  His delivery of the poetry captured my imagination. by Malcolm Guite My poetry is jamming your machine It broke the photo-copier, I’m to blame, With pictures … Continue reading →

Or  more accurately: I believe in non-violent engagement towards conflict resolution. Special thanks to: Carol Lakey Hess, Walter Wink, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, Abuna Elias Chacour, Parker Palmer (and all the Quakers) More on this later or in person.

I have never really kept track of the books I read. I remember all through late elementary school, Jr. High and High School I would read anything I could get my hands on. I estimate I read at least a … Continue reading →

Today at lunch my co-workers told me, to my horror, that in five years the internet will be able to read our minds. Google can already track flu outbreaks according to symptoms people search in different geographic locations. I am … Continue reading →

Slightly edited. me: i might be depressed again after the sun sets (secretly I am a werewolf)  brittany:  please don’t bite me  me:  DANG IT! I should have saved that one for postsecret  brittany:  dang dang dang dang  me:  I  feel like flying into … Continue reading →

I definitely wouldn’t call myself an artist, but I do think I can say I am aesthetically oriented. I love beautiful design. When I choose stationery I deliberate over the size, shape and feeling of the envelope and paper in … Continue reading →

I’ve been memed by Jara and Monica. So I’m supposed to say seven things about myself and meme seven other people. Except all the bloggers I know have already been tagged. So I’m playing by my own rules. Seven things about … Continue reading →

I like to laugh. A lot. I remember uncontrollable fits of laughter into my pillow as a little girl at sleep overs and getting called out by disgruntled parents. In high school I once had to leave a class because … Continue reading →

There are some things about this country that I’m not super impressed by: over consumption, violent nationalism, ethnocentrism, homeowner’s associations, race relations, the red-white-and-blue church, and I could go on… Then there are times when I really can’t help it, … Continue reading →

I have not walked down this path in a long time. Perhaps I grew overly accustomed to composing sappy vignettes of life in a far off land and then days kept moving forward and I found myself someplace else. And … Continue reading →