For all you curious minds who have been wondering what I'm up to here in Portland....
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02.11 Visit DeMara
02.22 Amory Lovins lecture
02.24-28 Mom visits!
03.11-13 Graham visits! (hopefully)
03.18-27 Spring Break
04.22 Earth Day!
Renegade Rose Morris!
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Quotes!
"We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered."
-Tom Stoppard, ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead’
"To go wrong in one’s own way is better than to go right in someone else’s."
-Dostoevsky, ‘Crime and Punishment’
"We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily difference we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee."
-Marian Wright Edelman, ‘Families in Peril’
"If the day and the night are such that you greet them with joy, and life emits a fragrance like flowers and sweet-scented herbs, is more elastic, more starry, more immortal, - that is your success."
-Thoreau, ‘Walden’
A Lovely Portland Day
Today is a lovely day. Despite still being in a state of shock over the results of Tuesday’s elections (both national and local), it has still been a beautiful day. As my archaeology professor so aptly put it, Life goes on. All I have to say is that I can see myself getting a lot more politically-minded in the next few years – I can feel it coming on already….
It has been an absolutely gorgeous fall day – clear and crisp, with the bright sunlight falling beautifully on the amazingly red, yellow and orange autumn leaves. That’s one of the things I love about living in Oregon – the colors of autumn never cease to amaze me. It is nice to be able to participate in the changing of the seasons, to really be able to feel them, rather than just mark off the solstices and equinoxes on a calendar. I do love Oregon.
I met a friend today that I hadn’t seen in a very long time. He was one of my first class-friends at PSU, from my Environmental Sociology class my very first term. I’ve run into him every once in a while since then, but hadn’t for quite some time until today, so it was nice to chat with him for a few minutes, even if he did have to run off to class. I think if I spent any more time with him, I’d get political even faster! :)
After I ran into my friend, I headed to the library to sit and do some reading until it was time to catch my bus. I never got to my reading, however, as I discovered a very pleasant surprise waiting for me at the library – the quarterly book sale! So I rummaged around in their books for a little while, and finally had to tear myself away so I could catch my bus. I came away with a few gardening books and the ever-useful “How to Clean Practically Anything,” for a dollar each. I didn’t have nearly enough time to go through everything, though, so I’ll be heading back there tomorrow to browse the sale properly. :)
So it’s a good day in Lacey-Land. :) I’m off to morris practice shortly, and then there’s just one more day until the weekend. Hooray!
