i’m still in shock. i’m amazed. excited. overwhelmed. and so. very. thankful. oh yeah, and tired. hehe. i’m thankful that…
Tag: global issues
v.o.t.e.
just a reminder for all you americans out there today… get out & vote! make your voice heard! you/we have…
asian invasion!
yesterday my love & i did something amazing. we booked tickets for a spring trip to CHINA!! i am still…
i’ll pencil you in.
one down and two to go. days of work, that is. tonight i met with the youth. it went well,…
how do you use your words?
they shot her to silence her for good, said one of her classmates. at the age of 11, she began…
either you are welcome or you’re not.
i’ve got something on my mind. something that i think that we, as a society, need to think about. or,…
i am he as you are he as you are me & we are all together.
it’s a new day. a new year. filled with new opportunities, new adventures, new friends, new experiences, and a chance…
shalom. fred. salaam. paix.
on this rainy friday afternoon i’m hanging out in a cafe, sipping a mocha latte, and thinking about peace. did…
broken lives & blogging.
i have a good life. no. a great life. sometimes i wonder, though, how everything appears from the perspective of…
polar music & patti smith.
it all started with the morning news. i was doing something in the apartment, and just letting the swedish language…
freedom.
“I will not die an unlived life. I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire. I choose…
getting down to business.
i shared with y’all a few days ago that i had been asked to be the photographer for a band…
tragedy & beauty.
i could be angry. but i choose to channel that anger into passion. i could live in fear. but i…
street corner musings.
i find myself on sidewalks a lot these days. standing on street corners. waiting for buses. and since i’m waiting…
you, me, & the whole world.
pic taken by me at skeppsgårdensläger, sverige (skeppsgården camp, sweden) with my iPhone & instagram. dreams, wishes, & peace.
i’m busy. hoping to get rich.
my entire bedroom has an orange-pink glow to it as the sun sets. it’s warm & calming. i’m under the…
settling in.
i feel stressed today. no real reason why, i guess. true, i have quite a bit to do, but it’s…
all shall be well.
“all shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well.” ~ Julian of Norwich…
sunshine & strawberries.
last night (as every night) i slept under the stars that hang on my headboard. i woke early to the…
from a low angle.
“if you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.” ― Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret…
my favorite bit of the weekend.
well, the sun is setting on this weekend & i’m ready to wind down & head to bed soon. but…
you will get there.
pic from pinterest. you know, sometimes you don’t know which way to go. and sometimes you know exactly which way…
27: something sweet.
today was a a little bit sweet and sour, i’d say. up & down. so, it is with some days,…
a little love for the blog world.
a week or so ago, i read a blog post by victoria where she thanked her readers for reading her blog,…
day 6: you.
“Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as…
you know love wins, right?
today is the day. today the united methodist church will vote once again on their stance/beliefs on homosexuality and the…
tapping into our inner atticus finch.
i’m sure i’ve mentioned it before sometime… (here.) my favorite book of all time. to kill a mockingbird by harper…
dear prudence.
a little music for you: Jim Sturgess – Dear Prudence celebrate something today. anything. whatever. even the smallest thing. drink a…
things i love.
if you know me, then you know that there are a few things that i truly love… i love my…
tonight’s last thoughts.
there are four questions of value in life: what is sacred? of what is the spirit made? what is worth…
what would you die for?
for me, today is all about passion. surrender. and trust. passion for a cause, or a belief, that is so…
re-writing history.
quote of the day: history, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be…
what’s waiting for you?
it’s been a good day. it started off a little if-y, though. spent the morning in a long meeting surrounded…
you are you. and i am me.
quote of the day: “they say the most important days in your life are the day you were born and…
welcome back, spring.
pic from vivian (ny through the lens). today is the spring equinox… when the earth’s tilt is fairly straight up…
halfway there.
oh, i am so so so bad at discipline and routine these days. how’s my lenten routine going? it’s random…
blogging from bed.
that’s it. i decided that this cold is gonna leave me and i’m forcing it out by staging a bed-in….
something to ponder.
pondering. one of my favorite past times. and thanks to a tip from my awesome & inspiring cousin, lindsey, i…
spread the word.
i know that this video is all over the place right now, and sometimes it’s annoying to see everybody jumping…
out in the sunshine.
after some serious wind & rain during the night, when i woke up this morning, the sun was shining and…
just kids.
my new bedside table buddies: patti smith & robert mapplethrope. i am so into memoirs/biographies these days. perhaps because i…
fairness. stubborness. courage. love.
my copy of to kill a mockingbird. it’s my favorite book of all time. ever. it’s one of my favorite…
2012. the year of bliss.
the day has come! we have now rung in 2012 and await the adventures, excitements, joys, disappointments, challenges, and opportunities…
surrounded by darkness.
it’s here. the longest night of the year. today is the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere of the world….
like a true hippie.
1.5 million served. 30,000 wounded. 4,500 lost lives – american lives & iraqi lives. thousands of iraqis displaced, refugees in…
follow your bliss.
a week ago, i had a little retreat with myself at home and spent some of the time reading about…
in case you don’t think it’s real.
sometimes it’s hard to realize that all the suffering that goes on in the world is real. most of us…
breathlessly waiting.
i’m still in the middle of my little personal retreat. i’m not quite ready to share what i’ve read from…