Tales of a Rose City Dress-up Queen

TechnoStress: Stressed by High Tech Life? - Ask Dr. Weil

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:19:25 -0400

TechnoStress: Stressed by High Tech Life? - Ask Dr. Weil:

“One of the most stressful aspects of 21st century life is the constant intrusion of news media competing for our attention with content designed to induce excitement and anxiety. More and more people I know feel overwhelmed by this. On this website and in my 8-Week Program for Optimum Health, I’ve recommended “news fasting” - excluding news in any form for one day a week and working up to total abstinence for an entire week. Most people who try this report decreased anxiety and increased happiness as a result. I no longer read newspapers or newsmagazines. I listen sporadically to NPR, and occasionally scan headlines on my computer screen. I don’t worry about being uninformed: if something really important happens, someone will tell me about it.”

-Dr. Andrew Weil

I love my family.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:23:23 -0400

I love my family.

Happy Flag Day, ‘Merica!

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:40:00 -0400

Happy Flag Day, ‘Merica!

"Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the..."

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 16:26:31 -0400

“Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.”

- Henry James

Thursday wisdom

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:32:52 -0400

Thursday wisdom

Look, Ma! I welded, soldered, hammered and colored! #handywoman...

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:59:38 -0400

Look, Ma! I welded, soldered, hammered and colored! #handywoman #lookslikeakidswork #girlpower #trades #OTI #YWSE (at Women in Trades Career Fair | Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc.)

Thanks to Keeley for my deadline fever inspiration!

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:34:14 -0400

Thanks to Keeley for my deadline fever inspiration!

Amazing event yesterday

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:54:53 -0400

Amazing event yesterday

World Naked Bike Ride Portland

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:38:33 -0400

World Naked Bike Ride Portland:

Coming Saturday, June 8

A little Wednesday morning sunshine

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:53:14 -0400

Thanks to the DEQ technician who made me laugh so hard my abs hurt and totally brightened my morning. It’s people like him who make the drudgeries of adulthood a little more enjoyable.

"Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do..."

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:35:52 -0400

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”

- Howard Thurman

Mateo was destined to be a star. And I was destined to make it...

Mon, 13 May 2013 23:17:51 -0400

Mateo was destined to be a star. And I was destined to make it into the newspaper costumed. I’m one proud cat lady-in-training.

19 Ways to Love Yourself

Sun, 12 May 2013 20:21:11 -0400

19 Ways to Love Yourself:

From Thought Catalog

You’re my flowers and sunshine, cherries and red...

Sun, 12 May 2013 15:59:52 -0400

You’re my flowers and sunshine, cherries and red wine /
Diamonds they can’t find, shining through hard times /
You’re the angel on Earth, the proof there’s a God /
The reason to keep on going, you’re my light in the dark /
The first star in the sky and the last to leave /
And when I’m travelin’ through the night I feel your light on me

Love you, Mom!

Love big, love fearlessly

Wed, 08 May 2013 00:55:35 -0400

Love big, love fearlessly

I Want A Friday Kind Of Love | Thought Catalog

Fri, 03 May 2013 19:36:04 -0400

I Want A Friday Kind Of Love | Thought Catalog:

Right now, I want a Friday kind of love. I want that possibility and recklessness and passion that only comes knowing there’s so much that could happen, and never mind that sometimes it doesn’t live up to your expectations.

"You will work for at least forty years of your life. Think of this carefully, feel the weight of..."

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:25:59 -0400

“You will work for at least forty years of your life. Think of this carefully, feel the weight of those decades in your mind, the wrinkles that will draw lines across your face and the gray that will tarnish your hair. Life melts off of you in seconds and days and years until it’s gone. Is it so much to ask to take one year amidst those forty to not work? To travel? To try out your business idea? To join a band or sculpt figurines out of clay?”

- Lauren McCabe

It takes guts

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:03:35 -0400

It takes guts:

Cheryl Strayed on feminism and Bitch Media

"Volunteers do not necessarily have the time; they just have the heart."

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:27:22 -0400

“Volunteers do not necessarily have the time; they just have the heart.”

- Elizabeth Andrew

At 24, he hadn’t long to live ... so they got married

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:37:00 -0400

At 24, he hadn’t long to live ... so they got married:

“They were in their early 20s, that stage of life when adventures beckon, responsibilities feel light and time feels limitless.”

One of the most timeless, beautiful stories I’ve ever read.