genius

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I love this quote, but I do feel like it is missing a line about plain hard work. When I think about it in the context of music,  I feel ...

opportunities

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Putting all my energy into an application that refers to my heritage has been so difficult to articulate, but so rewarding. How do you say...

how to be gracious

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A good reminder...  Remember that the only representation of you, no matter what your station, is you -- your presentation, your demeano...

what to do

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I loved this in the context of learning a piece, or working on a project. “The things to do are: the things that need doing: that you see ...

party supplies

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I am all about a harvest party soon-- something along the lines of another soup and pie party, Emlyn, perhaps with a rosewater fizz? ...

someone else's sugar

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After having moved twice, and not being compeltely settled yet, I have a very uneasy feeling about the amount of stuff in my new apartment....

working together

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I really believe that this can be an analogy to our interactions with one another: we are all on a moving planet, working towards a sense o...

6 words to say every day

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such a sweet article that references all of our daily lives in one way or another... Very rarely does one sentence have immediate impact o...

Uncertainty

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My apologies for the sporadic nature of my posts lately. My computer is on its last leg, and I am finding that I have less patience for mal...

giving

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It is amazing to me how much can be said without words sometimes... a touching commercial that made me think twice. "It’s far too ea...

autumnal equinox

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I thought this was an ink brush painting at first,  a perfect introduction to one of my favorite parts of the year: the transition from sum...

stepping out of your skin

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So true, especially for us introverts! Meeting people takes skill. via { indexed }

the regular

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Something about this exactly articulates what I love about the concept of a neighborhood.   Former NY Times restaurant critic Frank Brun...

what if that was your job?

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This excerpt made me reflect on music, because the life of a musician seems like such a luxury to the outsider. What if surfing was your ...

original Shakespearean English

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Utterly fascinating. Drooling over pictures from Italy, I will console myself with this at least... Speaking of inexpensive time travel, ...

dreamy watercolors

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Oh my, this guy stole my ideas, and they look so much better. Paris, France Oxford, UK The Whitehall street entrance, London Har...

generosity

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So true! “Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity”. - Simone Weil via { swiss miss } photo via { pinterest }

1861 map

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A very interesting use to maps, yet another reasons reading maps is a favorite past time of mine. Using data from the 1860 US Cen...

typesetting

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To me, this analogy speaks volumes... Your alphabet The only reason that typesetting works is that a small collection of lette...

a hallowed era deserves some laughs too

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A book I want to read: a humorous take on those hallowed Classics. Early on in  Confronting the Classics , Mary Beard tells the story o...

neighborhoods

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Maybe we are not as different as we think. Safe and sketchy neighborhoods. via { indexed }

seeking out criticism

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A wonderful talk about what kind of work one should choose to represent oneself, and about requesting advice from other people: only choos...

internal journies

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Speaking of traveling, I am striving to be more content in my own journey here at home. There is so much internal adventuring to be done.....

words to travel by

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My sister and her family are celebrating their 10th anniversary in Italy. I cannot tell you how happy I am for them.  Really, I would giv...

lost in translation

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One of my favorite things: untranslatable words with such descriptive images via { cup of jo }

success means little without failure

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PIck me up for the day: "Think about what the world would look like without failure." Members of S. A. Andrée's 1897 journ...

age in the American Revolution

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Wow, this blows me away! What did their parents think? It’s a simple question — perhaps so basic that it’s been overlooked. How old wer...