Pictures of the Week: August 16 – August 23

Reblogged from LightBox:
From an execution by rifle in Somalia and the 2nd Asian Youth Games in China to an alleged nerve gas attack in Syria and the world’s largest alphorn orchestra, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

Circles

While not sleeping this morning, for some reason or another I was reflecting and counted all of my closest male friends and ended up with a number north of fifteen. One of them I only met a year ago. Another I’ve still never met in person.

Lessons from a 5 year old

Reblogged from conboykimberly: Watching HGTV with my 5 year old grandson and they are showing people who are looking for their second (vacation) home in Hawaii. Me: “I am so jealous of these people, I wish I had a second home.” Grandson: ” But you do have two homes already. Your first house (which my […]

Pictures of the Week: July 5 – July 12

Reblogged from LightBox:
From violent protests in Egypt and the start of the holy month of Ramadan to a driverless oil-tanker train explosion in Quebec and the running of the bulls in Spain, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

Whoa.

Between Us: An Open Letter to the Disney Channel

Reblogged from Life Inspired: Dear Disney Channel Executives, My daughter Journey has recently become a fan of the Disney Channel.  She just turned 7, she has officially outgrown Nick Jr. and since Nick seems to show SpongeBob all day, she has moved over to the Disney channel.  At first, she was pretty much only watching […]

I usually take …

I usually take a walk after breakfast, write for three hours, have lunch and read in the afternoon. Demons don’t like fresh air – they prefer it if you stay in bed with cold feet; for a person who is as chaotic as me, who struggles to be in control, it is an absolute necessity […]