Posted in birthdays, cooking, lists, music, prayer, remembrances, sabbath, verses, tagged blackberries, cantaloupe, Dulles, eggs, finances, FrenchToast, grapes, hymn, mushrooms, onion, potatoes, resolutions, running, sleep, track, walking, xanga on Saturday, January 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I just came back from a birthday brunch. It was delicious: salt/pepper/rosemary potatoes, scrambled eggs with onion and mushrooms, cranberry orange zest French toast, and fruit (blackberries, cantaloupe, and grapes). The birthday girl was asked about her reflections of last year and how she feels about her new year. One girl asked about resolutions, and [...]
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Posted in activism, definitions, lists, reprint, womyn, tagged lies, poverty, ribbon, violence, white on Tuesday, November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just as last month on the 17th was International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Below are some things you can do:
Listen to women. Learn how violence has affected her life. Turn to local organizations as well and hear the stories they have [...]
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Posted in books, films, homelessness, lists, psych, quotes, reprint, romance, verses, tagged AllenGinsburg, AnnWaltonSieber, army, art, Barbara, BenTecumsehDesoto, BenWhite, bishop, Boston, Brazil, charity, cigarettes, CoalitionHomelessHoustonHarris, communication, community, cooking, DeborahSontag, Deuteronomy, DiverseWorks, DomHelderCamera, EvaThibaudeau-Graczy, excess, famous, fate, FotoFest, FyodorDostoevsky, GeorgeOrwell, HarmonyHouse, HealthcareHomeless, Homer, Hosea, Houston, howl, Ivanushka, JackLondon, JamesAgee, JaneLiebschutz, JeanVanier, JohnGever, journal, JudyPruitt, LarsEighner, Lizbeth, LizetteAlvarez, London, Marines, MotherTeresa, NationalGuard, NewYork, Odyssey, Paris, PostTraumaticStressDisorder, praise, PrestonWitt, Proverbs, road, RobberRobertson, SaoPaulo, sex, soldier, soup, TheBand, Vietnam on Saturday, November 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you couldn’t make it to “A photographer’s view of the homeless,” here are his photographs and below are some of the words on the walls. He’s also trying to make a film, like this one I guess.
The Understanding Poverty Project. People are living on the streets–oftentimes the sickest among us. People are languishing in the [...]
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