January 2011
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The Waking
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I feel my fate in what I...
– Theodore Roethke
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I sometimes feel that I am bringing nothing to the table but brokenness but I...
– Catherine Morgan
http://livingwithcfs.wordpress.com/2009/07/19/dating-and-chronic-illness-is-it-possible-to-be-in-a-relationship-when-you-are-chronically-ill/
on reading books after watching movies
…I almost always will read a book before watching a movie version, and often will refuse the film until said book is read (for example: eat pray love, harry potter, sisterhood of the traveling pants, etc.) however, in the case of “I capture the castle”, I watched the movie first. por que? because I have painstakingly been trying to read the novel and have gotten nowhere despite...
glad to see herbal remedies getting a voice - go... →
creations of the day
painting on canvas (yellows, pinks, whites), sending love to scarlett
new(ish) scone recipe with improvised raspberry glaze in the most beautiful color
“I see colors like you hear jet planes.” -Dave Eggers (How We Are Hungry)
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Rediscovering Joan of Arcadia
“Art is about one thing: emotional honesty. My approach is not to critique or denigrate art but to encourage it.” - Helen Girardi
combonation of the day
-6 tablespoons of melted unsweetened chocolate
-2 or 3 tablespoons of melted caramel sauce
-2 teaspoons of crunchy peanut butter
-1 quart of potato chips
mix & enjoy with a cup of peppermint tea.
DIDN'T I SEE THIS MOVIE? →
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people that make the world a better place →
Steven Bogart:
“There is nothing more psychologically harmful to teenagers than censoring the need and importance to have a voice, to say something important, to foster conversation and dialogue, to create a sense of purpose and community, and to be able to use the arts or any other medium to express the range of emotions, themes, fears, conflicts, etc. of the human condition. When we...
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Perfect Friday Afternoon Snack - Pumpkin Scones...
http://glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com/2009/11/pumpkin-scones-with-maple-nutmeg-icing.html
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national invisible illness awareness week
30 Things About My Invisible Illness You May Not Know
1. The illness I live with is: a medical mystery at the moment, but it’s looking like fibromyalgia and neurotoxicity from a severe mold allergy. 2. I was diagnosed with it in the year: 2010ish 3. But I had symptoms since: 4th grade is as early as I remember. 4. The biggest adjustment I’ve had to make is: change in activities. I long for...
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tree at sunset - e.e. cummings →
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andrea gibson →
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january
love, I’m in limbo- in between hours and orbs in the sky in my blood and brains ever racing and thick with no reason why. verging on yearning too frail and brittle, hardly holding through it all. limbs lay and grasp at the void that is limbo try, try, and fall fall.