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52: September 2010
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Thursday, September 30, 2010. A Show of Tiny Hands, Please? The Texas Nonprofit Summit in Austin last weekend, sponsored by Greenlights. For Nonprofit Success and the OneStar. Foundation, brought together 700 of my closest, like-minded, do- gooder. Non-profit amigos –- all eager to do better in an age of making do with less. One of the breakout sessions that I enjoyed was “Lighting a Spark: Volunteer Engagement for Maximum Impact and Effectiveness,” with Rosa Moreno- Mahoney. And Sarah Jane Rehnborg.
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52: May 2010
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Monday, May 31, 2010. Soil and the City. It’s the end of May and already it’s too hot. Too hot to do much except gulp frozen spoonfuls of Texas peach ice cream in the air conditioning. It’s about choosing brain freeze over brain melt. Nonetheless, as the thermometer whipped past 95 degrees, I spent half my day outside on the porch repotting. Plants, digging and mounding and squinting as rivulets of perspiration and bug repellent tracked into my eyes. If I’d penned it, I’d have the “Sex ...Sipping pinkish...
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52: August 2010
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010. Of Butterflies and Cockroaches. My husband and I recently treated ourselves to a night at Zach Theatre for Mary Zimmerman's "Metamorphosis," a production that wrings an interesting twist from Ovid's classic tales of transformation. Upon booking our seats, we were warned of the splash zone, an indicator that this wouldn't be your average night out on the planks. In the center of the theater, the Whisenhunt. When I hear the word. Images switch from flittering. Where will you let t...
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52: July 2010
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Saturday, July 31, 2010. The Screech of an Arching Eyebrow. On my nightstand is. By Don Miguel Ruiz and Don Jose Ruiz, with Janet Mills. This is the latest in the popular Four Agreements Toltec wisdom series. If you aren. 8217;t familiar with these books, they are a collection of life principles from the Toltec society of artists, scientists, and healers in central and southern Mexico. 1 Be impeccable with your word. 2 Don’t take anything personally. 3 Don’t make assumptions. 4 Always do your best. Disce...
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52: January 2013
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013. Thank God for people who open their doors. This morning at 5:15 am, our doorbell rang at the precise moment that my husband’s alarm clock went off. I didn’t question the second layer of sound, but my husband padded barefoot across the cold tile to see who it was. In below freezing weather stood a tall, bare-armed, crying woman who’d just escaped a physically abusive relationship. I thought our cat had died. Laura said it was her fault for what he’d done. She was ter...When th...
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52: The Screech of an Arching Eyebrow
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Saturday, July 31, 2010. The Screech of an Arching Eyebrow. On my nightstand is. By Don Miguel Ruiz and Don Jose Ruiz, with Janet Mills. This is the latest in the popular Four Agreements Toltec wisdom series. If you aren. 8217;t familiar with these books, they are a collection of life principles from the Toltec society of artists, scientists, and healers in central and southern Mexico. 1 Be impeccable with your word. 2 Don’t take anything personally. 3 Don’t make assumptions. 4 Always do your best. Disce...
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52: December 2010
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Friday, December 31, 2010. Needle Dee and Needle Duh. At dinner this week, I was admiring a friend’s new heart-shaped tattoo. It’s blue and filled with embellished swirls that she designed. She got this in the same month as her flu shot. I think she likes being needled. Among my friends, I’m almost the only one un. Monkey no see, monkey no spew. My tattooed friend says she. To look at the needles administered by the phlebotomists. Passed out, so they shake my shoulders and talk to me. I hate to be a ...
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52: November 2010
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010. We recently played a long night of cards with a ten-year-old family member who loves the game Uno! With six people at the table, we kept it pretty lively with reverses, draw two’s and wild card draw four’s. As plays flew back and forth, the colors changed as fluidly as a bad acid trip in the sixties. Life, it seems, does not mimic Uno. At least in my house, we wear our colors on our sleeves. It’s a perennial come-as-you-are party. Perhaps not: I often refer to our storage faci...
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52: Needle Dee and Needle Duh
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Friday, December 31, 2010. Needle Dee and Needle Duh. At dinner this week, I was admiring a friend’s new heart-shaped tattoo. It’s blue and filled with embellished swirls that she designed. She got this in the same month as her flu shot. I think she likes being needled. Among my friends, I’m almost the only one un. Monkey no see, monkey no spew. My tattooed friend says she. To look at the needles administered by the phlebotomists. Passed out, so they shake my shoulders and talk to me. I hate to be a ...
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