“Taking you home” from Mtsofan’s Flickr stream, licesnsed via Creative Commons.

I felt my life with both my hands
by Emily Dickinson
I felt my life with both my hands
To see if it was there –
I held my spirit to the Glass,
To prove it possibler –
I turned my Being round and round
And paused at every pound
To ask the [...]

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Image via Pageslap.wordpress.com

I saw Pixar’s “Up” last night and loved it.  Loved. It.  Although I’ve written elsewhere about the lack of strong girl characters in Disney and Pixar films, this film was so good I didn’t mind that the girl character died early on.  This movie hit all the right notes for me and absolutely [...]

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Thanks for letting me talk about Dr. Tiller’s death yesterday.  I’ve re-started my politically themed blog over at the Fifth Column. I am going to try to keep this space at least reasonably apolitical from here on out.

My garden has nothing on Ariel’s– my thumb is, not green really, more like a deep yellow that, [...]

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You can watch the entire clip at the Rachel Maddow show website (I couldn’t get the MSNBC video player to embed).
The whole clip is tragic and fascinating all at once.

The news of Dr. George Tiller’s death shocked me.  After an incredible and peaceful Sunday with friends the news came up on my Twitter [...]

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Hats for sale at Eastern Market (I got one, not quite like this)

Mannequins at DC’s Eastern Market.

Cigar Boxes for sale at Eastern Market

Gifford’s Ice Cream and the moon, Saturday night.

Bananas and my trusty Bailey Works bag.

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