Japan’s mountains: ancient wisdom. Patience, contentment, and seeking of beauty. (I’m a bit biased.)
China’s karst landscape: sudden hills. Mystery. The exotic.
The fog desert: life finds a way. Tenacity and stubborn will.
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So I feel the need to do something with this blog o’ mine, and I can’t bring myself to follow the A-to-Z crowd as so many are doing right now. (I think it’s a great idea, and I’m sure it’s awesome, but I get this stubborn streak sometimes, and it hits me at the worst
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My friend took me to the awesomest place to buy a bike today. I’d been hoping to get the kid a new bike. The old one was her first bike, far beneath her now especially in its purple and pink. So since last year’s adventures with my bike informed me that I didn’t know half
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Have you ever thought about that one inevitable line on nearly any form? You know the one. Sex: M F Odds are you know the answer–and it’s there. You joke “yes, please!” or “as often as possible!” but you also circle the letter that applies. Imagine it wasn’t that simple. From here: Imagine you’re me,
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When pictures from Abu Ghraib surfaced, some members of the military were held accountable–or rather, sacrificed as scapegoats. The humiliation and intimidation of those prisoners was rightfully judged a crime, and some of the perpetrators convicted. But others were never charged. Now we know that the actions went far beyond attacks on dignity and comfort.
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So, yeah. I’ve been pretty wrapped up in the Iran election thing. I can’t help it. People standing up for themselves and for others gives me chills. It’s utterly marvelous, some of what’s been going on. World response, on a person to person basis, has been amazing. Half of Twitter is probably showing as from
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Can’t Stop the Serenity is coming up this month for much of the world. If you don’t know, that’s when Browncoats around the planet stage a showing of Serenity and throw one heck of a shindig to raise money for a good cause, Equality Now. From their site: Equality Now works to end violence and
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