“Making a Difference” on NBC Nightly News Tonight
At 6:30 pm ET NBC will be airing a segment on gardening 4th grader Katie Stagliano, a South Carolina Pinewood Prep School student. Miss Stagliano wants to donate the produce from her school’s vegetable garden to local soup kitchens to help in the fight against hunger.
Her gardening mentor is Master Gardening’s own Lisa Turocy of Dorchester County.
The Day of Earth 2009
“Happy Earth Day!” cried Wilma the waitress while waiting for her latte at Starbucks. She wanted a water to wash down her coffee but couldn’t bear to ask for an uncompostable plastic cup. Not today.
J.I. Packer
I know his name, but I can’t remember why (as can be typical for me). Mr. Packer carries great wisdom and innocence as he speaks to new Christians about moving forward in the faith.
JI Packer Speaks To New Christians from Mike Anderson on Vimeo.
Ecosmarte Pools
Looking for an alternative to chlorine for your pool this summer? I always thought salt water pools were the best, but the folks at Ecosmarte may have convinced me otherwise. AND they donate 5% of your purchase to an environmental organization of your choosing.
A Camp
With the same nihilistic satire of The Cardigans, Nina Persson’s project A Camp brings us “Stronger Than Jesus.” They inspire me to depths I know not yet.
Land Mine Photography
Friends Allan E. Schoening and Blessing Marie are in a contest to shoot their dream assignment, raising awareness for land mine atrocities, but they need our votes to stay in the top 20 and be considered for the $50,000 grant. The project has even been picked up on the UN’s blog (!). Here’s the info on registration and voting. Thanks for your help!
Perfectionism
The curse of a perfectionist, even a slow one, is not to begin a project because one thinks he will not be able to do it perfectly or even half-assed well, as so many disheveled looking artist-types with ugly blazers and bad hair that make you want to be just like them. Such is a day like today for me. I ignored the internet while accomplishing other tasks like making a yummy breakfast, reading, re-hemming a pair of jeans, fixing a hole in another pair, walking to the alterations place to get the waistbands fixed (such seamstress-ing is at present beyond my grasp), and chatting with my new neighbors about our landlord. But such ignoring is not without its consequences. Because I always feel bad about the things that I’ve left undone. I’m slowly learning to pry such feelings out of my heart’s ninja grip, but that is another slow process. So I feel bad about not posting much on the blog today, or finishing cleaning the dining room, or finishing organizing my negatives, or finishing / starting about a billionty other projects I have in my studio / brain. But right now this is me, doing something imperfectly. Jesus help me to embrace it and move on with doing things.
