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   Rosa on June 24, 2005 at 7:59 AM

   I love this quote.. there isn’t more that I can say about it really. It’s stopped me in my tracks somewhat (a good thing!)

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   Emily on June 24, 2005 at 8:35 AM

   Thank you – this is a perfect reminder 🙂

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   jenn on June 24, 2005 at 9:46 AM

   andrea,
   great quote. thank you for sharing…having a hard day and I love being reminded that it’s up to me. I can sulk or I can be okay with today and move on.
   Thank you for sharing.
   jenn

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   Steph on June 24, 2005 at 11:09 AM

   Thank you for the link to Mortified. I watched the clips and listened to the NPR broadcast – definitely the funniest thing I’ve heard all week. The best: “Oh! And I tried cocaine!”

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   kerstin on June 24, 2005 at 12:04 PM

   thank you for these great links. can’t wait to check them out and to go to Porchlight.

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   Maggie on June 24, 2005 at 12:49 PM

   In Cincinnati, we have a fabulous writer’s co-op, InkTank, which has created one of the most innovative writing projects I’ve ever seen.
   On Wednesday afternoons, local people — usually the homeless — get paid $2 to write a story from their life. Each story is rolled up, tied with a ribbon and placed inside a mason jar. InkTank then sells the story jars for $5.
   The stories are all unique and beautiful. And it seems like the act of writing helps the homeless more than the $2. Every Wednesday they line the sidewalks and wait for InkTank to open. Many stay and write, even after the InkTank people run out of money to give.
   Plus, story jars make great gifts!

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   Shelley Noble on June 24, 2005 at 1:37 PM

   Storytelling…yum!
   In case folks get confused? Sasha Cohen is an ice skating star, I believe you meant Sascha Rothchild read from her teenage diary on TAL, yes?

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   Enid on June 24, 2005 at 6:21 PM

   There was time not so long ago that I dreamed of being a storyteller. I came real close to taking some classes in DC, but backed out at the last minute. Thanks for the links, it reminds me of a part of myself that I almost forgot.

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   Susan on June 25, 2005 at 7:23 AM

   thanks for turning me on to Deb Talan. She’s got that slow velvet sound that makes me sway.
   Hope we hear more from her.

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    jackie on June 25, 2005 at 7:25 AM

    It’s funny, I fantasize about living in NYC too, but also have no real desire to do so. I’m going to school for marine biology, and NYC would be an awful silly place to try and make a living in that field! I wonder why that is a fantasy of ours, then? Is it just because there is so much hype about it?

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    Marilyn on June 26, 2005 at 9:56 AM

    Hey, the Weepies are playing Mississippi Studios in PDX next month…very cool. It’s in the neighborhood where my boyfriend grew up. Mississippi Street has become the new Hawthorne Dictrict…and that won’t mean anything if you’re not familiar with Portland…but it’s a good thing. 🙂

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    m on June 27, 2005 at 1:53 AM

    You are the light, You are the refuge, There is no place to take shelter but yourself.” Inscription over Buddha’s Ashes
    wow so painful to read as the one place I cannot take shelter at the moment is myself – I run from person to person and event to event trying to find shelter…

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    Sophie on June 27, 2005 at 4:56 AM

    A while ago, i think you posted a link to some amazing photos. They had elephants and people swimming and they were sepia.
    I’ve been looking through your archives but i can’t seem to find them. If you can remember the name of the photographer i would really apreciate it. Thankyou.

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    Susan on June 27, 2005 at 5:29 AM

    Love this site. Am making myself late to work again for just a peek…..
    Sepia photos are Gregory Colbert. The site is http://www.ashesandsnow.org Saw the exhibit in NYC; amazing is the right word.