August 2012
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Do not be troubled.
This is taken from a excerpt of a devotional that my dear friend Hannah sent to me. It sounds like something out of Come Away, My Beloved, by Frances J. Roberts. If you guys haven’t been able to read that yet, definitely try to get your hands on it. You can get to it by clicking the link I’ve embedded above.
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Do not be troubled. Do not allow anxiety to torment you. But,...
Music from an Old Antique Shop →
Check out this mix on @8tracks: “Music from an Old Antique Shop” - perfect background music for a day in the kitchen or catching up on that stack of summer reading on your nightstand!
May 2012
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“What is that feeling when you’re driving away from people and they recede on the...”
– Jack Kerouac, On the Road (via liquidnight)
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A public art project symbolically reverses... →
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Excerpt from 'Fling Aside your Fears'
Following is an excerpt from Frances J. Roberts’ devotional, Come Away, My Beloved. Such good, solid truth. Hardly has there been a day that I’ve picked it up, that I haven’t been encouraged by his presentation of scripture and picture of my Bridegroom.
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Lo, I have sought you, following you upon the hills and pursuing you through the barren wastes.
Yea, I have called...
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“I am not a severe God, unmindful of the frailties of human nature; but I am a...”
– “Come Away, My Beloved,” by Frances J. Roberts
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Happy One Year of Marriage, Will + Kate!
I have the best boyfriend in the entire world. There are many reasons for this (probably upwards of a billion, at least). I will only address one of them now.
…Just after we’ve hung up from FaceTime…
Scott: Babe. I forgot tell you. Do you know what today is?
Stefanie: (Racking brain, hoping I haven’t forgotten an anniversary) No. Should I?
Scott: It’s Kate and...
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February 2012
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January 2012
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Extraordinary Love
War and an ocean may have separated them at one time, but Ed and Jackie’s love was an unstoppable force, only growing stronger as the years progressed. They met as young teenagers and forged an extraordinary love that lasted through a lifetime.
At sixteen, Ed began dating a girl who happened to be Jackie’s friend. Jackie, then fourteen, asked her friend to find her a date so the four of them could...
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December 2011
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“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
– Mary Wilder
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Celebrity sister doppelgangers
So, I have this friend at work named Hannah and she’s great. All day long, we laugh + talk + send each other silly emoticons over instant messenger (all in between working, I promise. We are hard, productive workers). She is really a blessing from God.
Here’s one of our conversations from the other day:
Hannah (talking about a craft I was making): You’re like Martha Stewart!
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There's nothing like a little tuba...
I have this thing about marching bands. I absolutely adore them - well, the good ones anyway. Anytime I hear the trill of a flute or see the slide of a brassy trombone in combination with orthopaedic marching shoes, I want to join rank and file and begin roll stepping with the best of them.
Also. More than a little part of my heart wishes I was in the Detroit Party Marching Band. They rock so...
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“Nous sommes deux livres d’un meme ouvrage - (We are two volumes of the...”
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November 2011
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“His mind was indeed my library, and whenever it was opened to me, i entered...”
– Villette, Charlotte Brontë
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The best cocktails of 2011 - just in time for the... →
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October 2011
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Detroit’s Future: From Blight to Bright →
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People just love Detroit: Attitudes -- and the... →
September 2011
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Design Crush - Nonworking Fireplace Decorating...
So, I have an indoor fireplace that I can’t currently utilize. But there are all sorts of things that I could do to dress it up!
Loving these ideas…
Placing ecclectic items inside the cavity.
Firewood! A pile of driftwood and seashells would be even better!
Books - I love this. Even lined up in a row would be nice.
Fireplace candelabra.
What are some of your favorite...
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Make your own memory box tabletop—no tools... →
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“Let everything happen to you
Beauty and terror
Just keep going
No feeling is...”
– Rainer Maria Rilke
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Design crush - my latest DIY musings
I need to make the following things for my apartment now that I’m getting all settled in…
This fabulous hairpin end table!
Pallet organizer for photos and necklaces.
This coffee table turned into a bench. It would be perfect for our walk in space!
Pallet shelving…
The perfect jewelry organizer.
August 2011
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“Life is limited, but by writing, and reading, we can live in different worlds,...”
– Joan Lingard (via teachingliteracy)
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WatchFourteen tracks for the end of summer including music by The Generationals, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. and Typhoon.
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An excerpt: "A Garden of Fountains"
“The LORD will guide you continually,
And satisfy your soul in drought,
And strengthen your bones;
You shall be like a watered garden,
And like a spring of water,
whose waters do not fail.”
Isaiah 58:11
Behold, My hand is upon you to bless you and to accomplish all My good purpose. For this hour I have prepared your heart, and in my kindness I will not let you fail. Only...
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“God’s desire is that our faith grow continuously as we walk with Him. He...”
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I'M GOING TO HOGWARTS!
After a few days of trying, I made it into POTTERMORE Beta this morning!!! And I am so excited I can hardly stand it.
July 2011
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In Europe, Five Libraries That Offer Respite From... →
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From le projet d’amour
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Thomas Jefferson, I think I love you.
Suddenly, I have become quite enamored with the 3rd president of the United States. It’s quite unexplainable, really. One minute, I’m at work doing research on branding for a new product line to be potentially named after him. The next, I’m scouring historical sources from the Library of Congress to find out more information.
DID YOU KNOW…
…that he was a red head....
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“She is clothed in strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the...”
– Proverbs 31:25 