February 2012
39 posts
The real peace corps ajepa? (verdadhape? es... →
Attached is a link to a blog, Waid’s World. This was recommended to me from a dear friend of mine and neighbor, La Abbey.
The author is currently serving in Ethiopia. I shared this because I feel that he has accurately portrayed truth about PC and the experience. Although it comes in many different forms, “it”, whatever “it” is, is something real. And I, we, are in...
“An economist says ‘more for you is less for me.’ But the lover knows that more...”
– Charles Eisenstein (via azspot)
“To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart and a...”
– Pearl S. Buck (via thelifeguardlibrarian)
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Man it was so nice to see you and actually hear your voice! Favorite quote from the video, “cuz i’m a dude crocheting” haha, can’t wait to see the plastic bag crochet complete though! adios amiga - salt
““the t-ray circle.
why is talk of the town cheap
my empty...”
Watchhammock nights. i hope you all enjoy the 24 minutes of talk.
January 2012
2 posts
demasiadoooooo
@alaindebotton - we wouldnt attempt to lend a 747without training yet assume the no-less-difficult task of marriage can happen ´intuitively´.
What follows are 2 edited emails. i thought this could be a non-traditional update. - Sort of a, been one year evaluation of what I have learned, whereI am, and where I am going. One to a volunteer friend who is currently serving with his wifein Thailand,...
“Like Santorum, Obama also believes that the United States is a truly exceptional...”
– Obama and Santorum: A Clarifying Contrast (via azspot)
December 2011
5 posts
“If we knew what the years held, would we alter our choices, take the train at three-twenty instead of noon, walk in the rain instead of taking the metro?’ - Barbara Hamby from Ode to Airheads, Hairdos, Trains to and from Paris.
November 2011
6 posts
“Is education primarily about making a living or learning how to live?”
– Christopher Perrin (via markdicristinaa)
a time will come.
he said, “a time will come when someone asks you, ‘what were you doing about it?’ you can’t tell them, ‘I was just watching it. I was just an innocent bystander.’ Let me tell you something: there are no innocent bystanders in this.” - Aidan Gill, barber on Magazine St. New Orleans from 1 dead in attic
“I was the lion.”… - “I was the lion who forced you to join with Aravis. I was the cat who comforted you among the houses of the dead. I was the lion who drove the jackals from you while you slept. I was the lion who gave the Horses the new strength of fear for the last mile so that you should reach King Lune in time. And I was the lion you don not remember who pushed...