this also could be joy.

"All my life I have been seeking Seeking."

Wed, 30 May 2012 21:47:15 -0400

“All my life I have been seeking Seeking.” - Yokuts Death Song (Native...

Diane Tran, Honor Student At Texas High School, Jailed For...

Wed, 30 May 2012 09:54:59 -0400

Diane Tran, Honor Student At Texas High School, Jailed For Missing School

Let’s take this a step further and stand against sending any student to jail for missing school. Not only does research show that secure detention has critical, long lasting, negative consequences for youth and the community (read: it does much more harm than good), I think it is just common sense that keeping kids out of their school does not facilitate school attendance. It should be well known that shock sentences are ineffective and can lead to increased delinquency.

This honors student is gathering well-deserved support and outcry from the public. I encourage anyone outraged over this judge’s decision to extend that outrage towards state laws that allow for the secure detention of kids who miss school. Some states forgo the use of evidence-based best practices and federal funding to lock up kids with too many absenses. Secure detention for these kids needs to end. Continue the fight against this harmful practice by signing the petition requesting the judge to cancel this honor student’s fine and sentencing, then become involved in eliminating secure detention for kids who miss school in all states.

(Photo via Huffington Post)

americasgreatoutdoors: Deliberately setting aside the...

Mon, 28 May 2012 18:01:38 -0400

americasgreatoutdoors:

Deliberately setting aside the controversies of the war, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial honors the men and women who served when their Nation called upon them. The Memorial is a unit of National Mall and Memorial Parks. This world famous memorial stands prominently on the National Mall just northeast of the Lincoln Memorial.

On this Memorial Day, we honor the men and women in uniform who have died in service our country.

Photo: Wei Sun, National Parks Service

"My black face fades, hiding inside the black granite. I said I wouldn’t dammit: No tears. ..."

Mon, 28 May 2012 18:01:18 -0400

“My black face fades, hiding inside the black granite. I said I wouldn’t dammit: No...

Things to come…

Sat, 26 May 2012 20:14:42 -0400

Things to come…

i don’t think that it’s the practical ones among us who move to new york. (perhaps it is just that...

Fri, 25 May 2012 00:17:03 -0400

i don’t think that it’s the practical ones among us who move to new york. (perhaps it is just that...

explore-blog: Photographer Rania Matar has spent the past few...

Fri, 25 May 2012 00:16:08 -0400

Andrea, Beirut, Lebanon 2009 Rania Matar

Siena, Brookline, MA 2009 Rania Matar

Georgina, Roxbury, MA 2010 Rania Matar

Hiba, Shatila Refugee Camp, Beirut

explore-blog:

Photographer Rania Matar has spent the past few years documenting teenage girls’ bedrooms around the world, from the American upper class to the refugee camps of the Middle East. What emerges, collected in Matar’s A Girl and Her Room, is part James Mollison’s Where Children Sleep, part JeongMee Yoon’s Pink and Blue Projects, part something else entirely.

"But even the shoreline against the city tonight is indecisive, jagged and rocky the way desire used..."

Thu, 24 May 2012 23:54:17 -0400

“But even the shoreline against the city tonight is indecisive, jagged and rocky the way...

americasgreatoutdoors: People have been drawn to the rugged...

Thu, 10 May 2012 13:08:11 -0400

americasgreatoutdoors:

People have been drawn to the rugged coast of Maine throughout history. Awed by its beauty and diversity, early 20th-century visionaries donated the land that became Acadia National Park. The park is home to many plants and animals, and the tallest mountain on the U.S. Atlantic coast. Today visitors come to Acadia to hike granite peaks, bike historic carriage roads, or relax and enjoy the scenery.

Photo: Xavier Cohen, National Park Service

Maine…

And I found that I can do it, if I choose to—I can stay awake...

Sun, 06 May 2012 22:16:34 -0400

And I found that I can do it, if I choose to—I can stay awake and let the sorrows of the world tear me apart and then allow the joys to put me back together, different from before but whole once again.

—Oriah Mountain Dreamer, The Invitation

(via herewecollide)

It’s public news now, so I’m shouting it from the rooftops: I’m beginning a PhD...

Sun, 06 May 2012 22:14:12 -0400

It’s public news now, so I’m shouting it from the rooftops: I’m beginning a PhD...

loves.

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:04:07 -0400

loves.

And then you’re just yourself.

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 15:03:43 -0400

And then you’re just yourself.

explore-blog: With advance apologies for linking to The Daily...

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:27:07 -0400

explore-blog:

With advance apologies for linking to The Daily Mail… but these newly released never-before-seen photos of New York City from 100 years ago are an absolute treat.

oh wow oh wow oh wow. these photos are worth clicking through to see. so cool. (the nyc my grandfather knew…)

Tin Can Telephone | Lea Deschenes

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:56:24 -0400

So here I am, unexpected guestwaiting to be taken in, somewhatless than stranger and more than...

travelhighlights: Los Angeles in Fog by Tom Anderson (yeah.....

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:55:04 -0400

travelhighlights:

Los Angeles in Fog by Tom Anderson (yeah.. that Tom Anderson)

LA, USA

If I could see the LA I knew this way… I wonder.

theflyingoliphant: yeah, I’m guilty of leaning against the...

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:44:44 -0400

theflyingoliphant:

yeah, I’m guilty of leaning against the pole. but i swear, i move right away when someone looks like they’d like to stand there. swear!

streeter:

Don’t Be A Fucking Asshole on the NYC Subway

I’d like to launch an awareness campaign aimed at rude New Yorkers, written in a style they’ll understand, so that one day, maybe, they won’t be quite so shitty.

I should note that most New Yorkers are completely wonderful, caring people. It’s just that some of us seem to enjoy the “New Yorkers are assholes” thing a bit too much.

Every once in a while Streeter shows up on my dashboard unexpectedly, making me incredibly happy. (And YES to all of the above.)

Jessi Arrington (via explore-blog)

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:43:23 -0400

Jessi Arrington (via explore-blog)

Photo

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:59:43 -0400

thepoliticalnotebook: motherjones: Life in Vermont continues...

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 16:49:55 -0400

thepoliticalnotebook:

motherjones:

Life in Vermont continues apace.

Montpelier is really, truly one of my favorite places. Birdfeeder raiding bears and all.

Oh, Vermont. I miss you.