"wherever she goes, she belongs"
Motto for Diane von Furstenberg's Nomad Collection
It was all gravy, every minute of it.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Metronatural
If success for Seattle depends on success for the region, the reverse is equally true. Accordingly, the scale and pattern of regional growth matter profoundly. Our collective, regional future depends on whether all the region's communities can achieve an enduringly prosperous economy while striking long-term balance with the natural landscapes and ecosystems that richly endow the Puget Sound region.
Douglas B. MacDonald, Crosscut.com
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Volcanoes are Hot
Immy is interested in volcanoes and has been for awhile. She thinks it's really cool that one blew up right here in our state when I was a kid.She was walking around today saying, "some volcanoes have rocks and some volcanoes have mud."
"Volcano," Ellie Sharpe
Washington State Fairies
Last week I helped my 9¾-year old niece decorate her room. Now, Imogen wants to redecorate hers too, so we gathered ideas from a Google Image search for fairy bedrooms. Almost all the hits were from the UK, Australia and New Zealand. I think fairies might be to British and the Commonwealth realms what princesses are to American girls.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Both Truthful and Visionary
Yesterday, I caught the end of a story on The World about the Haitian Diaspora. Henryka Manes of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation said, on the subject of a Jewish-Haitian partnership to unify and strengthen the Haitian Diaspora:
"They have to have a narrative, a narrative that is both truthful, and at the same time visionary. That is what they will pass on to the next generation in the Diaspora, and keep the flame of Haiti alive."
I thought to myself, the same could be applied to raising children.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Together Since Kindergarten
Forks High School Class of 1989
20-Year Reunion
(I'm in the front row in a pink dress)
Friday, August 21, 2009
'Magical Thinking' on Stage
Intiman Theatre is staging Joan Didion's "The Year of Magical Thinking." It previews tonight and runs through September 20.
Quintana Roo Dunne, John Gregory Dunne & Joan Didion
Photo: John Bryson, Time & Life Pictures, Getty Images; The Seattle Times
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Award-Winning Artist
Imogen won a blue ribbon at the Clallam County Fair for her painting of a person called "Ooska," and a red ribbon for a work of folded paper with marker titled "Io."
She had conflicting feelings about "everyone" seeing her art and was confused about the ribbons. I just said "blue" or "red" to de-emphasize the competitive aspect, but also let her know that both mean her art is good and that I'm really proud of her. I want her to have a sense of accomplishment.
I have great memories of entering things in the Fair when I was a kid. I have no idea what, if any, ribbons I went home with. I guess that means the joy is in the experience. Cool. That's why I did it.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Friday, August 14, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Monday, August 3, 2009
Electric Living
1955
"Women began complaining about feelings of isolation, lamenting how the independence they had experienced during the war years had been traded for a life of appliances."
David Kushner
"Levittown: Two Families, One Tycoon, and the Fight for Civil Rights in America's Legendary Suburb"
©2009
Photo: stories.mnhs.org
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Save the Children: Breast-feed
Today, less than 40% of new mothers worldwide exclusively breast-feed their infants to six months, as recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), Reuters reports. WHO believes that if lactation support was offered earlier and made better worldwide and the rate of exclusively breast-feeding mothers therefore rose to 90%, that 1.3 million children's lives a year would be saved. WHO's recommendation is that mothers begin nursing their infants within one hour after birth and breast-feed exclusively to six months.
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