January 2012
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assateague island is a fun place to go if you want to see some wild ponies, go for a bike ride, go for a barefoot beach run, do some yoga by the bay, climb a tree, sleep out on the beach under the stars, get your breath taken away by bayside sunsets, cook on a campfire, and watch the first sunrise of the year come up over the atlantic ocean.
December 2011
6 posts
Breathtaking visions of Earth →
the title says it all
The world needs more love letters →
what a nice idea
“What reconciles me to my own death more than anything else is the image of a...”
– “A Place” from And our Faces, my Heart, Brief as Photos by John Berger
“The moon turns its clockwork dream.
The biggest stars look at me with your...”
– “Here I Love You” by Pablo Neruda
Watchthis is a short film based off ryan van meter’s essay “first” from his book “if you knew then what i know now.” i’m supposed to be reading it for class but i haven’t even gotten it yet, but this essay is so fantastic and heartbreaking i wanted to share it. read it here.
November 2011
18 posts
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appalling facts from the blm (bureau of land management)..
Unstructured outdoor activity is down by half from the previous generation.
Children in the USA average just 30 minutes a week of unregulated time outdoors; however, their weekly electronic media exposure is almost 45 hours a week.
Visits to National Parks have been decreasing since 1987.
The amount of outdoor, environmental...
short on all the things i don't want, i'm full of...
since i’m avoiding my mountain of homework, i thought i’d waste a little more time on here spewing out more useless thoughts. appropriately thanksgiving themed.
i am thankful for the following:
- the usual.. family, friends, food, home, being alive. this includes: - my family. we don’t talk much and aren’t that close, but they are just about always supportive of...
tickets to haiti are so cheap, if you look around. OH MY GOD I CAN’T STOP OBSESSING ABOUT IT
can i borrow $245 from someone? or from several people? i’ll pay you back, i promise. and make you baked goods.
tell them this love hasn't changed me, hasn't...
gahhhh i am so obsessed with any way i can possibly make money quickly.. selling anything i have, doing odd jobs for people, entering photography contests, practically ANYTHING short of selling my soul/body.
all just so i can go buy a plane ticket to haiti this winter and volunteer at sadhana forest haiti. anyone want to sponsor me? :) or know of a way to get money quickly, even a way that i...
I Like You (by Sandol Stoddard Warburg)
(this comes from a children’s book. i like it because of its simplicity, the way i think love should be.)
I like you and I know why. I like you because you are a good person to like. I like you because when I tell you something special, you know it’s special And you remember it a long, long time. You say, “Remember when you told me something special?” And both of us...
there’s almost nothing that makes me happier than the sight of a happy dog really enjoying a good roll in the grass. ahhhh i want one
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the protein myth →
October 2011
4 posts
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blue skies, a gentle rain make the truth seem so...
today (yesterday technically) was beautiful. i had to work on a lab report for most of the day (boo) but after that doug and i went for a hike through six mile creek and it was glorious. it was getting dark but hiking at night is awesome. like i said before i’d been thinking of going for a walk so it was lovely.
let's take a lesson on happiness from those who...
this past week was crazy. friday evening was fun though. recap:
- occupy bikes - downtown critical mass bike ride in solidarity w/occupy wall st. katie made me a costume of uncle moneybags from monopoly. it sort of worked haha
- then we went to viva, and i got a basic burrito w/guac. yum
- then lauren and zach and i went back to my house to chill out for a little while and change. i...
wow. how long has it been since i wrote in here? ha. i feel like updating it now since i have a chronic fear of forgetting my entire life if i don’t write it down or photograph every moment of it. so (this is for my own sake):
fall break
- initial gray weather - corey visiting devon from nyc; taste of thai, diamond’s w/them and zaneta - greenstar w/dan and christina - game night...
March 2011
3 posts
worldwide vegan bakesale 2011! →
well of course!
power shift 2011 →
this is what’s been consuming my life lately..
..organizing a group from my school to attend the largest environmental youth conference in history.. worth it? MOST DEFINITELY!
February 2011
4 posts
you know war, it has no heart; it will kill you in...
my life seems so normal and routine.. being in school is so intense, all my days just blur together and i never even have time to catch up with myself.. or i guess i just don’t make time. i’m working on it, i guess.. but a change of pace and warmer weather would be so nice :\
thursday night after the ices meeting i was doing physics homework with some guys in hood until like 1 in the...
stand with Planned Parenthood →
the house of reps just voted to bar planned parenthood from federal funding.
sign the petition to make sure it doesn’t pass the senate.
she'd talk forever about the phases of the moon,...
today was a long day but it ended pretty well. i have officially been vegan for a year! woohoo! devon was a saint and made me food and brought it to me still warm, and i thoroughly enjoyed it in class for lunch. then i promptly fell asleep (as i always do in that class) immediately after. i tried eating a clif bar to keep me awake, but it’s impossible. it’s in an auditorium, with the...
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in truth, the forest hears each sound, each blade...
tomorrow’s my one year veganiversary! woohoo! wish i had time to celebrate and make a bunch of vegan food.. oh well, i just enjoyed some vegan hot chocolate and it was delicious :)
here’s to many more years of cruelty-free eating and living! namaste.
ps. oh and i FINALLY sent in my check and waiver for RAGBRAI!!! aka i’m officially riding my bike across iowa for a week this...
January 2011
14 posts
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Hey I love your blog , keep up the posting :)...
why thank you! my favorite color has always been blue, but i love green and brown too. earthtones.
ask, tell, rant, contemplate, ramble, talk, anything
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save organics from monsanto! →
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she's standing in the ashes at the end of the...
figured i might try blogging again, just for kicks. but mostly to help me remember things. just for my own sake, since i know no one cares. it’s always fun for me to look back on. since i haven’t written an actual entry in several months, i’ll just try to recap some major themes of what’s been going on in recent memory.
let’s start with today. it’s the first...
health benefits of biking →
Just a sampling of the countless benefits of biking:
Aerobic exercise [like bicycling] can improve self-esteem and have an antidepressant effect.
An adult cyclist typically has a level of fitness equivalent to someone 10 years younger and a life expectancy two years above the average.
Cyclists on average live two years longer than non-cyclists and take 15% fewer days off work through...
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In South Korea: Blood Runs From Taps →
wow, sk.. not cool. unbelievable.
The 900 Gallon Diet: Meat, Portion Size and Water... →
for the meat eaters out there.. this is really interesting. apparently..
the appropriate size of a portion of meat is about that of a deck of cards
the average american eats about 8 oz. (half a pound) of meat a day
it takes about 1800 gallons of water to produce one pound of beef (thus it takes about 900 gallons of water to produce the average amount of meat consumed by americans each day)
Ecocentric Blog →
more food and sustainability!
Sustainable Table →
good introduction to issues of food and sustainability, two of my favorite things.
nice pool of green job resources →
now if i was just done with school already..
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