January 2010
101 posts
“Then somebody laughed. Clear as a bell, the sound pealed out in the room. Marnie...”
– The Winter House by Nicci Gerrard (via id0be1ieve)
Unattainable Beauty: The Decades Biggest... →
“Being realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity.”
– Will Smith (via) (via beersandbananas) (via somuchsass) (via quote-book)
Hope For Haiti Now Becomes First Digital Album To... →
Friday’s “Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief” telethon has already broken fundraising records by gathering more than $61 million in public donations to aid the people of the devastated Caribbean nation. But on Wednesday, the accompanying soundtrack to the all-star event, Hope for Haiti Now, made some history of its own by becoming the first-ever...
Moving Forward
The deep parts of my life pour onward, as if the river shores were opening out. It seems that things are more like me now, that I can see farther into paintings. I feel closer to what language can’t reach. With my sense, as with birds, I climb into the windy heaven, out of the oak, and in the ponds broken off from the sky my feeling sinks, as if standing on fishes.
— Rainer Maria Rilke,...
“What is a friend? Someone who for the first time makes you aware of your...”
– Elie Wiesel
“Darius, who chases girls with firecrackers or a stick that touched a rat and...”
– Sandra Cisneros, House on Mango Street
“i know my way back perfectly well; like the back
of my hand, as it were. but...”
– Marty McConnell, from “Miniature Bridges, Your Mouth” (via airwalker)
'Hope for Haiti' raises $58 million and counting -... →
World Bank waiving Haiti’s debt payments →
Currently, Haiti’s debt to the World Bank, which is interest-free, is about $38 million—about 4% of Haiti’s total external debt. Due to the crisis caused by the earthquake, we are waiving any payments on this debt for the next five years and at the same time we are working to find a way forward to cancel the remaining debt. (via caraobrien)
“Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you...”
– Conan O’Brien
'Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for... →
Wyclef Jean, Bruce Springsteen, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, Shakira, and Sting Will Appear in New York City; Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, Dave Matthews, John Legend, Justin Timberlake, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift, and a Group Performance by Keith Urban, Kid Rock, and Sheryl Crow in Los Angeles; Coldplay, and a Group Performance by Bono, The Edge, Jay-Z, and Rihanna in London All...
“The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And...”
– Barbara Kingsolver
“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to save the world and a desire to...”
– E.B. White
BBC News - Getting aid to Haiti earthquake victims... →
There have been thousands of stories on the aid flowing into Haiti, in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake there. But the BBC has done those one better, with an interactive map showing all the routes that aid is taking.
Twenty Ten Begins...
High hopes for flying dreams and grounded stability, twenty ten begins with an early morning visit over snow covered roads for coffee and conversation. Quiet conversation of past memories and unstable relations that created false impressions of steady architecture. Structure that collapsed, leaving us amid destruction until we flew as phoenixes. Rarely do we land on branches above to reflect on...
“there is a girl in new york city
who calls herself the human trampoline
and...”
– Paul Simon, Graceland
Whether you love what you love or live in divided ceaseless revolt against it, what you love is your fate. - Bidart (via poetbabble)
“FINAL NUMBERS: Red Cross and UNICEF raised last night $8,944,956. Thank you for...”
– Impact Your World (CNNImpact) on Twitter
Red Cross text donations pass $21 million -... →
That is a lot of $10 donations. Awesome.
U.S. Fund for UNICEF - Don’t forget to tune in to... →
Larry King will host a special two-hour Larry King Live called HAITI: HOW YOU CAN HELP, bringing together celebrities and opinion leaders to inspire members of the global community to take immediate action in helping the people of Haiti affected by the devastating earthquake.
“What we need more of is slow art: art that holds time as a vase holds water: art...”
– Robert Hughes (found on Deborah Barlow’s website where you can find images of her stunningly beautiful artwork as well as links to her exceptional blogs like Slow Muse.) (via crashinglybeautiful)
Haiti in Ink and Tears: A Literary Sampler -... →
“Everybody can be great because everybody can serve.”
– Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so...”
– J.K. Rowling (via theotherway) (via thegreatbookoffairytales) (via libraryland) (via booklover)
Eleven Networks Will Air 'Hope for Haiti' Telethon... →