BLOGS

Design Milk. I am not sure how I stumbled upon this blog but I LOVE IT. I think I found their twitter account via twitter’s recommendation craziness. Anyways, I love looking at pretty things that make my creative juices flow. Oh, and they also have Dog Milk…designed stuff for dogs.

Moleskinerie. To be honest, this is my homepage. I love my moleskine and have used one since Jr. year in High School. I can look back over the past 8 years of my life through them. Moleskinerie makes me enjoy my moleskine (or what I call “spybooks“) even more. And it’s also full of pretty things.

PostSecret. When I was in High School I heard about these books. I would spend hours on end flipping through them at my bookstore. Once I sent a secret in to PostSecret. It was actually very therapeutic for me. Sunday mornings it is the first thing I do when I wake up….turn off the alarm. Go to PostSecret. Get ready for church.

BOOKS

Permission to Speak Freely. Y’all I seriously picked up and read it in a day. Cover to cover. I couldn’t put it down. Yet each day I am re-reading chapters and letting them sink in. Letting it sink into my soul. It is beautifully written. If you have not picked it up yet I would strongly encourage it. Here is a link to push you a little more. ;)

SuperFreakonomics. It is a second book after their very successful Freakonomics. I think it may have been the first book I read after my almost fundamental stage of life. It was the first “secular” books I read after becoming a Christian. I loved the linking of seemingly random things. And it made me laugh. So when I discovered that there was a follow up book I was so excited. So I am reading it and I am just as happy and impressed. It’s a fun good and pretty easy read.

So, there you go. I would love to know what blogs and books you are reading. I’m always looking for good blogs and books. Share on my friends.

this blog is my favourite right now. it is called Moleskinerie: Legends and Stories. it is all things Moleskine. And as many of you know i have used Moleskine for years…since i was 16, so 8 years to be exact. i love my Moleskine…and i love them. they have documented my life…the ups and downs for 8 years.

see…look

so…go over to Moleskinerie, click around a bit.

i hope you like it as much as me.

Do you like Moleskines? oh, and what is the favourite blog you are reading right now?

“People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.” – Audrey Hepburn

Remember…in this holiday season, with your family, your friends and especially if you are in retail…that people grace.

Dont write anyone off.

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My mom just text me to remind me about this poem, however I never forgot about it. I memorized it in 6th grade to recite at our Rememberance Day Assembly. She also told me today that my grandmother who was in WWII was so proud of me when i learned it. I cried.

Here is the poem,

In Flanders Fields
By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918) Canadian Army

IN FLANDERS FIELDS the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

link: In Flanders Field

Today i remember the people in the Candian and United States of America Armed Forces. They gave their lives for their freedom. and it does not go unnoticed.

Today i oddly am listening to Me Without You which is very different than my typical Brandi Carlile, Jack Johnson, John Foreman, Regina Spektor and mostly female vocalists….

But i woke up today needing to listen to heavier stuff….not light and fluffy…somewhat screaming. So i am.

I am curious….what is your preferred music style and do you every stray far from it?

the consistent flicker of the street light lulls me into a trance where the lines become blurred between fact and fiction.
it is here that I find my true self.
it is here that my thoughts become clear and my body lines up.

the flicker reminds me that in this world we are all striving for something.
perfection maybe. amidst the darkness one stands tall. waivering but lighting the path.
though it wavers passers by can find their way.

reminded of the fast flicker of life as I stare into the wall.
a blank wall to paint my life. to paint it well.
each window in the wall a different path.
which one to take? which one brings truth?

the consistent flicker of the street light lulls me into a trance. where lines become blurred between fiction and fact.
and the real me is found. amidst the fiction and fact.