A place for me to gather my thoughts, and play with descriptions of the mundane. Themes include: Seattle, feminism, environmentalism, "cool thingz on teh intranets", culture, movies, people-watching and the occasional prose.
Born and raised in King County, city girl who loves adventures, real estate development marketeer, retired clown, wannabe healthnut, a dreamer and an optimist with an appreciation for sarcastic humor and bad puns.
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"What do you think we ought to do about education?" My readers ask me that question more than just about any other. So here's my question back: What is schoo...
Decibel Festival 2011
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I'm a fan of the Decibel Festival, and this year it is happening September
28-Oct 2. Over the past nine years, the Seattle-based Decibel has booked
over...
blast from the past: Nov. 4, 2001
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I was going through some old emails today and came across this one I sent
from Costa Rica when I was an exchange student during college. Hard to
believe th...
Love
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Image credit: GG - the valentine I've made for R.
Falling in love with R. has taught me more about love and given me more opportunities to love than I eve...
South Africa
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Here are some pics from South Africa. It is so beautiful there! Our team
learned alot and had fun too! We worked with the Kids' Club (through Living
Hope) ...
Food-Lover’s Cleanse: Day 1
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Yesterday marked the beginning of the cleanse. I decided to blog/put my
thoughts to paper to mark my journey during the two week process. Note, I
am alter...
La Alhambra, Granada EspaƱa
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Oh, who am I kidding... every photo invokes such emotions, stories, and
memories... Maybe I'll have them hyperlinked, someday!
These are some highlights....
Music Selector (is the soul reflector)
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My music review blog is finally complete! I’m pretty happy with the final
design, as well as the content of my first two posts. Since all of the end
of yea...
tim and carrie’s wedding
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by sandra. although it’s belated, frank and i wanted to say
“congratulations!” to tim and carrie here on our blog. we enjoyed being a
part of your wedding ...
Projects
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I’ve been working on a few little projects lately, which have been eating
up most of my spare time.
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cycle repeat
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I'm sitting in my car under the carport, avoiding going home to the mess of
my apartment, part of me thinks if I avoid long enough then I can just go
have ...
ToDo Lists and Being Proud of your Accomplishments
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A great way to make sure you don’t get distracted from the tasks that are
most important is to keep a todo list. I used to keep three todo lists, one
for ...
Thailand Miracle
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I’ve felt a little lost in my own world ever since I returned from
Thailand. I wanted to write about the experience – but I still feel like
I’m in limbo. F...
Goodbye HOGC
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Dear HOGC,
My year of service is over! But, as I reflect on this past year, I choose
to reflect on the positive and concentrate on moving forward and conti...
Watertown Coffee
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I live in a neighborhood that is rich in Ethiopian restaurants-- I have
something like six to choose from in a three block radius-- but lacking in
other o...
The expanding empire
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We bought a house. We totally did. It needs a ton of work, built in the
1920s and not updated since the 1940s--when they updated it with ASBESTOS.
It's a...
Top 12 results
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The openning dance tonight was by Tabitha and Napoleon and was very cool.
A sort of military hip hop. And a track by the White Stripes, nice! Bummer
that...
Walrus TV Artist Feature: Kottie Paloma Interview
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Kottie Paloma’s work addresses the humor in everyday interactions and
events. Inspired by contemporary urban life, his pieces approach “social
and perso...
"Starting All Over Again"
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*Starting All Over Again *
*by Israel Kamakawiwo Ole'*
*"Starting all over again is going to be rough *
*For us, we're going to make it*
*Starting all over a...
The only way to Travel
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Last Saturday I was headed up to Corvallis to watch the Civil War (football
game between U of O and OSU). As I was driving I noticed 3 motorcycle
policeman...
See you at www.theleen.com!
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I've finally made the switch from Blogger to Wordpress. I've (obviously)
been at Blogger for a very long time, but I'm excited to explore the new
world of ...
A little piece of Belgium at home...
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So for no good reason today, I started reminiscing about my previous trips
to Brugge, Belgium. I've spent a total of 3 weeks in Brugge and consider it
my p...
Colton Academy work crew!
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7-7
Our first workday!
We headed to our school, Colton Academy, that we are converting to an arts
cooperative type place that will offer classes for local ...
What is New Orleans like Post-K?
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I love that he "can't" answer the questions... but the answer he gives is
that much better.
So how do I feel about New Orleans post-K?
It was a gift from h...
New Website
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As businesses grow some of the informal-ness of them has to go from the
foreground to the background. Soon, this blog will be one of those things
that move...
i have no willpower.
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so my hubby tells me that martha stewart is bad and that i shouldn't buy
any of her products, but it's difficult to refuse when everything is just
so darn ...
More on LIMITS
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I'm probably doing it wrong, but I see trailing limits as a glass
half-empty strategy. You
My perspective is glass half-full. Right now my strategy is to se...
I'm a PhD Student!!
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Hi everyone!
So I've decided that I just don't have time to blog any more since all of
my waking hours thus so far have been spent reading reading reading...
It finally happened to me...
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Almost everyone I've encountered in Buenos Aires, whether it be a native or
a tourist, has been robbed, stolen from, cheated, tricked or taken
advantage of...
Tikkun Olam
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Every night at dinner at HOGC, new arrivals would introduce themselves,
and those about to part would speak a little to their experience and say
their g...
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