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everybodyreadingbooks: teachingliteracy: (by Elena Dam) I...

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:36:13 -0700

teachingliteracy:

(by Elena Dam)

I thought this photo was neat. Then I saw the cat. Then suddenly it was one of my favorite photos ever.

boatporn: packardgoose: LF Herreshoff - Rozinante at anchor,...

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:58:04 -0700

boatporn:

packardgoose:

LF Herreshoff - Rozinante at anchor, Orcas Island, WA

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"Crying does not indicate that you are weak. Since birth, it has always been a sign that you are..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:41:37 -0700

“Crying does not indicate that you are weak. Since birth, it has always been a sign that you are alive.”

- Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre (via libranta)

petapeta: Heartwarming Friendship Between a Girl and Her Cat -...

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:42:07 -0700

petapeta:

Heartwarming Friendship Between a Girl and Her Cat - My Modern Metropolis

I know this book is all the rage, but it’s kind of just...

Sat, 11 May 2013 13:14:22 -0700

I know this book is all the rage, but it’s kind of just making me sad. The coffee is cheering me up, though.

7peaches: untitled by Jen_Giese on Flickr.

Sat, 11 May 2013 06:59:12 -0700

7peaches:

untitled by Jen_Giese on Flickr.

"My dad loved the shit out of her and hardly ever knew what to say to her and she loved the shit..."

Sat, 04 May 2013 08:04:16 -0700

“My dad loved the shit out of her and hardly ever knew what to say to her and she loved the shit right back out of him and filled the silent parts of their lives with books and coffee and other things.”

- A Complicated Kindness, Miriam Toews

hdpwip5: Sailboating at sunset

Sat, 04 May 2013 08:01:45 -0700

hdpwip5:

Sailboating at sunset

"Swin found humans vastly unimpressive. There was no limit to their ability to disappoint."

Fri, 03 May 2013 21:11:58 -0700

“Swin found humans vastly unimpressive. There was no limit to their ability to disappoint.”

- Arkansas, John Brandon

mythologyofblue: Alcatraz Island and the strait of the Golden...

Fri, 03 May 2013 16:46:55 -0700

mythologyofblue:

Alcatraz Island and the strait of the Golden Gate, between 1898-1905. [LoC] (via barretta)

"You may get screwed, but you have no choice but to hold your breath and roll the dice. This is the..."

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:12:16 -0700

“You may get screwed, but you have no choice but to hold your breath and roll the dice. This is the part at which you excel, the point where you have to register fear only with your brain and not let it invade your guts. You do the same thing with frustration and discouragement; they can never really touch you. You can acknowledge injustice and the absurdity of life while never getting weighed down by these things.”

- Arkansas, John Brandon

"Maybe he could be like them: kept happy because of low-stress work that occupied their minds, tired..."

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:29:28 -0700

“Maybe he could be like them: kept happy because of low-stress work that occupied their minds, tired out their bodies, and gave them something to complain about. Their evening beers were all they needed.”

- John Brandon, Arkansas

i thought i disdained sheryl sandberg's ideas but actually i think "lean in" is really inspiring

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:33:58 -0700

citizenkerry:

I had no interest in reading Lean In, because I had seen Sheryl Sandberg’s TedTalk and figured I got her point but just didn’t like it.

And that point was: women should not scale back their ambition because they might have kids someday. Instead, women should lean in to their careers, because they don’t know if/when they’ll have kids and also, the world needs more female leaders.

It all seemed annoyingly preachy, as if Michael Phelps were telling us to train harder at the 400 i.m. without asking, “Hey, do you want to swim?”

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Okay, now I need to read this book.

Ann Patchett - The Bookstore Strikes Back

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 09:55:04 -0700

Ann Patchett - The Bookstore Strikes Back:

“If what a bookstore offers matters to you, then shop at a bookstore. If you feel that the experience of reading a book is valuable, then read a book. This is how we change the world: We grab hold of it. We change ourselves.”

“She had a code name for failures. She called them case studies....

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 20:44:31 -0700

“She had a code name for failures. She called them case studies. Her attitude was that every failure could be made to yield something of value for the future. And it was true.” - Norman Rush, Whites

Ingredients for a successful sick day: 10 glasses of water, 9...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:36:14 -0700

Ingredients for a successful sick day: 10 glasses of water, 9 hours in a comfy bed, 8 handfuls of powerberries from Trader Joe’s (basically glorified Raisinets masquerading as health food), 7 hours of guilty-pleasure TV/books/Internet, 6 work emails (optional), 5 stretch breaks, 4 texts with boyfriend, 3 naps, 2 cats, 1 popular new novel, 0 guilt.

booksandtea: untitled by Daniella.Maria on Flickr.

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:01:22 -0700

booksandtea:

untitled by Daniella.Maria on Flickr.

"It has been the nature of my life’s work to keep secrets, and to bear heavy responsibility for..."

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 07:15:17 -0700

“It has been the nature of my life’s work to keep secrets, and to bear heavy responsibility for others. But oftentimes, I feel very tired and quite alone.”

- House of Sand and Fog, Andre Dubus III

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows: adronitis

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:51:22 -0700

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows: adronitis:

dictionaryofobscuresorrows:

n. frustration with how long it takes to get to know someone—spending the first few weeks chatting in their psychological entryway, with each subsequent conversation like entering a different anteroom, each a little closer to the center of the house—wishing instead that you could start there and…

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Sat, 06 Apr 2013 18:34:49 -0700