What if, in this instant, the human population was evicted from Earth? What if we were all transported to a distant planet for re-education? What if we transcended this plane of existence, our bodies glowing translucent with an angelic brilliance, our souls transfixed with humor and graceful wisdom? What would then happen to the Earth?
This [...]

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it is raining in Seattle today. Here are a few of my favorite rainy day activities.

Reading Design Blog. GreenerGrassDesign, Make & Craft Zine, Inspire Me Thursday, NotCot
Jogging in the Rain. Others agree check it out.
Making Jewelry. How-to & Inspiration: Superhero, Elsewares, Foxy Originals
Baking the perfect chocolate chip cookie – Some [...]

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Yup it’s raining in Seattle! In a world full of change, I take comfort in anything that I can rely on — even if it is the weather.
Swimming. Swimming. Swimming.
Being up early in the morning with a lot of time ahead. I HATE getting up early, but it’s nice to [...]

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. . .or the hand of the photoshop assistant.
Don’t believe the hype. Fight Back.

You must be the change
you want to see in the world. — Mahatma Gandhi

Support the Campaign For Real Beauty

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Co-workers giving you compliments on doing a professional job and being great to work with
The opportunity to recreate myself. You’re never stuck.
Gas prices going down
Free baked goods
That my cousin didn’t die in the recent Hawaii earthquake. We want to go and visit him and his wife and their new baby.

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My cousins soon-to-be baby girl.  It is an amazing blessing.
Martha Stewart making cool t-shirt designs — always value creativity.
Adult wrestling matches that leave us with an almost broken bed and shoulder.  Never forget to play.
Swimming.  My other home is in the water.
Thinking about the holidays.

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podcasts.  nothing is better than a random bit of information in 3minutes of Grammar Girl, New Girl Music, or How to Make everything from Puppets to high speed photography.
Rain that started falling when I fell asleep and is still falling when I woke this morning.
hhhhhmmmm, coffee.
The search for the ultimate fall purse.  Here?  [...]

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Halloween men with pumpkin smiles
Black cats on the window sill eating tuna
Chinese acupuncture at $30 a sesson
The weekend
Too much work! Yeah!

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I have written of remarkable people on Bathing Suit Places, but the Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank deserve special attention. The subject is microfinancing. The outcome is amazing. Mr. Yunus should have won the Nobel prize as an economist as well as the Nobel Peace Prize. He deserves double billing and could put the [...]

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It’s Friday the 13th — love the spooky!
Waking up on a Friday with nothing to do but eat dinner with friends tonight.
the Indigo Girls on The View
Comments on my blog. I just write for myself, but it is so fun when people respond.
Almost halloween! Woo hoo!

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