Halley Suitt wrote this week on love and bravery (can’t get the permalink to work to the specific post): Making the decision to love, pushing forward, or yielding to the allure of loving someone, laying back in affirmation, means you are going for broke. You are not hedging your bets. You lay it on the […]
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Passion is an overused word
February 6th, 2005 · 1 Comment
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Abuse of grace
February 2nd, 2005 · 3 Comments
Anita Rowland in her post Failure of Trust linked to Fred First’s story of book loan and loss Neither a Borrower nor a Lender Be. Today I pulled a scrap of paper from the pocket of a pair of pants I hadn’t worn since mid-December. My heart sank. The registrar’s information printout reminded me that […]
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Waiting for something to happen
January 21st, 2005 · 1 Comment
Richard at Just a Gwai Lo wrote about waiting. One sentence stood out to me from his post: Most of the books I’ve read are from having waited for something to happen. I hardly wait for anything anymore. And I hardly read books. At least it feels that way. Occasionally I’ll have reason to travel […]
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Asking for it
January 15th, 2005 · No Comments
According to a recent article in the Bainbridge Review titled Giving to get: the new face of fundraising, island businesses are receiving an increased number of requests from non-profits and other organizations asking for help. A Seattle Times piece educated shoppers on the art of haggling (can’t link to it. sorry). Perhaps you can’t always […]
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The power of the few
January 13th, 2005 · 2 Comments
When I was in high school I heard a rumor about a local celebrity. I didn’t take it as truth. It was the kind of story kids like to whisper to each other and smile in secret. A great piece of gossip. Or a small one. What I remember could be summarized in a sentence. […]
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