Quotes from April Notes

I have an macroeconomics exam tomorrow so in between my jobs and jaunts, I typed up my notes from the last couple of weeks of class.

Unlike other activities in my life, I can usually sit down and do this schoolwork without procrastinating. However, Alyssa is doing a series on her style throughout the years (complete with class pictures) and it is really funny. My Sassafras sister actually just mentioned it to me... I think she's doing schoolwork, too. I especially like Lyssie's hairdos and the part when she spelled the name of her junior high school wrong after counting her 48 friends.

Roomie knew I wasn't looking at notes about our Marginal Propensity to Consume when I was cackling.

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However, I had to laugh at my econ notes (not as hard, though) when I typed about assets; I couldn't stop thinking about that song, "I like big butts and I cannot lie."

For example, Higher interest rates make our assets look more attractive. But this implies that American goods are less desirable from the rest of the world's perspective.

I think I need to go to sleep.

Bloom

"If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. That makes it hard to plan the day."

--e.b. white.



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As I mentioned, before, Roomie and I are focusing on a theme each month and doing small experiments and projects to explore that term. March was "focus." April is "show up."

Of course I have my own interpretations of this phrase based on my busy schedule and plansplansplans intentionintentionintention; I almost manipulated my theme this month to fit my life. I have been asking around about what the phrase "show up" means in people's lives. It was refreshing to have a few different views.

I signed an email about this topic, "With dogwoods (and snow?)" because it has been Spring for the past week or so, but snowed/sleeted yesterday.

One friend wrote back not about being proactive or active or polished or present in vague terms, but rather about dogwood winters and blackberry winters-- those strange combinations of what is expected and what is happening.

He took my offhand comment and wove it into these images that served a couple of cool purposes. This reaction served not only as his way of actually "showing up" to read the detail in my email, but also as a metaphor for "showing up" and taking what is real, even if it's snowing when you expect to wear your sassiest dress.


I hope to show up when the world is both challenging and seductive.

Weekend Photos Part II

We went with the little TAASC kids on a climbing/exploring adventure. Here are just a few photos from the weekend:

This is "Uncle Peaches" who helped us this weekend.

This one is actually washed out and from the weekend before, with the scarf...

On coffeebreak...

View from coffeebreak.

Skinny legs.

Coiling rope.

Connor the protector.

Look at the broken arm on the left.