http://www.justplainsarah.com Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:08:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It seems appropriate to think about the relationships between art, nature, stillness, and impermanence this Monday morning. RandT These are clips from a documentary about artist Andy Goldsworthy, called Rivers and Tides,  which I plan to hunt down and watch in its entirety later today. I was linked to the ... http://www.justplainsarah.com/2008/11/17/as-california-burns-again/ This past week has been such an emotional rollercoaster. The moment that Obama was announced as our President-Elect was nearly indescribable. We shouted and laughed and then I spent the next two days spontaneously weeping on and off. I listened to a  radio show where people from the UK, Armenia, ... http://www.justplainsarah.com/2008/11/07/yes-we-did-and-oh-no-they-didnt/ As many people are probably aware, Proposition 8 is going to be one of the many things we Californians will be voting on this Tuesday. Proposition 8 would amend our state's Constitution to eliminate the right for same-sex couples to get married. As the election has drawn nearer, more and ... http://www.justplainsarah.com/2008/10/31/yes-and-no/ Crap, I am so tired and have so much work to do that there is no logical reason for me to be online at all, let alone writing. And yet...ta-da! Here I am. I'll keep it brief with a list of random thoughts/updates: - Applying to grad school is kicking my ... http://www.justplainsarah.com/2008/10/06/just-dropping-in/ I believe I mentioned in April or May that I had bought a spindle and was (struggling) to learn how to spin, yes?  Like pretty much everything else I was doing this summer, the subject wasn't really mentioned here again. But there's been developments. Oh yes, there's been developments. That, my ... http://www.justplainsarah.com/2008/09/07/catch-up-spinning/ "Spelled out your name and list the reasons. Faint of heart, don't call me back. I imagine you and I was distant, not insistent. I followed suit and laid out on my back, Imagine that. A million hours left to think of you and think of that. - Tegan and Sara, "The Con" I have so much ... http://www.justplainsarah.com/2008/08/28/the-con/ Yesterday I cooked a new dish (Chicken Caesar Pasta. . . I was kind of “eh” about it). Today, I got up early despite not feeling well and continued to force myself through knitting the Damn Baby Toddler Sweater for No One in Particular, it’s Just for Practice so There’s Really ... http://www.justplainsarah.com/2008/07/15/the-daily-good-july-15-2008/ After experiencing a few highly tumultuous weeks that completely restructured my life and left me emotionally and physically exhausted, my sleeping schedule was royally distorted. I was finding myself unable to sleep for lengths of 24+ hours, which would be followed by four-hour crashes at odd times of day. After ... http://www.justplainsarah.com/2008/07/10/establishing-the-daily-good/ Late last night, when I found myself bored and still very awake, I opened up Scrivener and just started writing. It was a vague plot that had popped in my head a few days ago, and I only wrote ~2,000 words, but it was very refreshing. I haven’t written in ... http://www.justplainsarah.com/2008/06/13/scribbles/ I have recently become obsessed with woodworking shows. Woodworking shows, you say? I knew not of such things. But yes, there are two (three, if you count home construction as woodworking) PBS shows on woodworking that I am completely enamored with. One is New Yankee Workshop, hosted by master carpenter ... http://www.justplainsarah.com/2008/05/30/got-wood/