when we put the truth into words, life swings into focus
Hello! Welcome to the catalogue of my daily finds in the world and on the web.
I'm a designer-writer, living and working in the Bay Area.
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2012-09-24
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2012-09-19
Care more about being accurately and precisely who you are, than caring what someone might think about you.
Be daring enough to tell us—your customers, your fans, your people—about your deep desires and ambitions, because weʼll be the ones to help you fulfill them.
You don’t have to be fearless. Just be sincere.
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2012-06-19
“Let people linger. There is nothing sexier than the sweet disorder of a dining table. The light is low and intimate, there are crumbs on the table, glasses are huddled together. Everything is in bewitching disarray. The conversation that floats up from an atmosphere like this is often the most magical of the evening.” —A Bloomsbury Life: The Anxiety-Free Dinner Party
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2012-05-09
There are so many beautiful things in the world which I will have to leave when I die, but I’m ready, I’m ready, I’m ready
— Maurice Sendak on NPR
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2012-04-30
“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.” ― Mary Oliver
(Source: wedreamoficecream, via tenderbuttons)
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2012-04-29
Makes me smile.
Saw this on Pinterest and loved it! I’m not a HUGE Hemingway fan, but this quote is very sweet! -AI
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2012-04-04
Delicious ideas from @101cookbooks… (Taken with instagram)
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2012-03-31
What if our life is simply a time when we are blessed with both sadness and joy, health and disease, courage and fear — and all the while we work, pray, and love, knowing that the promised land we seek is already present in the very gift of life itself, the inestimable privilege of a human birth? What if this single human life is itself the jewel in the lotus, the treasure hidden in the field, the pearl of great price? What if all the way to heaven is heaven?
— from Sabbath via Rachel W. Cole
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2012-03-30
There’s something sacred about reading a blog post on someone else’s site. It’s like visiting a friend’s house for a quick meal ’round the breakfast table. It’s personal — you’re in their space, and the environment is uniquely suited for idea exchange and uninterrupted conversation. In many ways, we should be treating our blogs like our breakfast tables. Be welcoming & gracious when you host, and kind & respectful when visiting.
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Then together, with a twinkle in our eyes, we only see radiance shining back.
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2012-02-26
Self-centered women are not easily blown over by the gusts of other people’s opinions, agendas, or problems coming their way. Their strong center keeps them steady.
Self-centered women know themselves. Intimately. The smooth and the rough. Their ego and their Self.
Self-centered women don’t put others before themselves to the point that they have nothing left. In turn, they have more to give to everyone.
Self-centered women know life isn’t tit for tat. They can receive without “earning” it and they can give without expectation of reciprocation.
Self-centered women are powered sustainably from a renewable source, rather than from the validation, approval, and attention of outside and temporary sources.
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2012-02-07
Wow — recipe for Beet Seed Cake with Blood Orange Poppy Seed Glaze.
(via Happyolks)
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Work time, fueled by coffee, herb toast and M+L apricot jam. (Taken with instagram)
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2012-02-05
Love this video from Kinfolk Magazine’s manifesto page.
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Pretty magnolia notecard, simple design.
