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religion and politics and blogging, oh my!

The Buddha taught complete honesty, with the extra instruction that everything a person says should be truthful and helpful. - Sylvia Boorstein (author of That’s Funny, You Don’t Look Buddhist: On Being a Faithful Jew and a Passionate Buddhist) I was going to write about the fabulous party Laura hosted …

resolve to do nothing

Just before Thanksgiving, I ran into the art supply store for one thing and at checkout I stood with a basket of stuff. This is not unusual. That day I’d grabbed a few bottles of flocking powder. I had no idea what I was use it for, but I loved …

turn it up to eleven: loud shirt day

A new dress doesn’t get you anywhere; it’s the life you’re living in the dress, and the sort of life you had lived before, and what you will do in it later. - Diana Vreeland When I first got word from Mrs.Woog about Loud Shirt Day last August, two thoughts …

five great things someone else said, vol 29

My parents once told me about a conversation amongst their friends that took place when I was about eleven. They all had daughters of the same age, about 8 and 11. The conversation turned to the future and dating. My parents said they didn’t care who my sister or I …