I’ve compiled a few amazing, thought-provoking things for you today. March 22nd was World Water Day, and Solidarités International and its agency BDDP Unlimited unveiled a surprising and beautiful little video using water and ink, to highlight the fact that 3.6 million people (including 1.5 million children under the age of five) die every year […]
The Blessing of a Skinned Knee
When we were in L.A. recently, we crashed another couple’s house to be treated to an amazing prime rib dinner (salt-encrusted and all!) with all the fixings. The dinner was the bait; the company was the treat. It’s so rare these days to find couples (both partners) who want to devour life along with you. […]
Lovely Gems to Ponder
As you know, I love to collect quotes. I have leather journals that are packed with them. If you’re like me, you’ll savor these tidbits, realizing that few words can sometimes say more than many. Here are some recent acquisitions. “No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on […]
Rob Bell’s Love Wins
So. Have you heard about Rob Bell’s new book Love Wins: A Book of Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived yet? No? Have you been hiding in a closet somewhere? You can catch up with these two articles, written before the book even hit the shelves. CNN’s Eric Marrapodi’s article […]
Sunday Gifts
On this lovely Sunday morning, I give you two wondrous gifts. The first is from Czeslaw Milosz’s New and Collected Poems (1931-2001). The second is Neil Pasricha’s TED talk “The 3 A’s of Awesome.” You’ll remember, some time back, that I highlighted his website 1000 Things of Awesome. Since then, his book The Book of Awesome has […]