Soo, I am a little bit behind. So I will catch up and get ahead with four favourites.
Plastic Free Alternatives/ Grocery Shopping Without Plastic Bags
When I go to the grocery store, I do not use plastic bags for my produce. I do not see the point. I bring my own bags and I try and limit the things that I buy that are prepackaged – unless the price difference is so significant. Unfortunately, I am at a point in my life where I cannot shop the way that I would like to shop (which is at a farmer’s market for everything) – but I can reduce the waste in some ways. Plastic is actually a horrible thing that is doing serious damage because it really does not go away. I am trying to be as plastic free as I can, but it is a very difficult thing in a world where plastic is the go-to thing for convenience. I think that when I am settled and working in my career, I will take my plastic elimination challenge to the next level – trying to eliminate it as much as possible. Until then, I will put my produce into the cart without produce bags and I will choose things that are not pre-packaged if I can. I will always bring my own bags grocery shopping and I will never buy bottled water (I have a lot of water bottles to make up for from my Asian Adventure). Though climate change has a bad rap – and it is often mixed up in political games – I think that it is very significant. Even if you cannot bring yourself to believe that climate change is a problem, despite all of the evidence, being a good steward of the place you live is still extremely important. We live in an incredibly individualistic world, and I believe that we are losing touch with the very thing that gives and sustains life for the sake of convenience or comfort. Here is a link for a blog where you can get a picture of how destructive plastic really is: http://plasticmanners.wordpress.com/
Shakespeare : a midsummer night’s dream
If we shadows have offended,
Think but this, and all is mended,
That you have but slumber'd here
While these visions did appear.
And this weak and idle theme,
No more yielding, but a dream,
Gentles, do not reprehend;
If you pardon, we will mend.
And, as I am an honest Puck,
If we have unearned luck,
Now to 'scape the serpent's tongue,
We will make amends ere long:
Else the Puck a liar call.
So good night unto you all.
Give me your hands, if we be friends,
And Robin shall restore amends.
• Puck, scene ii
I had the amazing opportunity to see this performed in the Globe Theater in London – standing in the rain the whole time. It was so amazing! This play is absolutely hilarious! Those of you who were unfortunate enough to only ever study Shakespeare’s tragedies are definitely missing out. Though I certainly do not underestimate the brilliance of Hamlet, King Lear or Macbeth, I love his comedies – he had such an amazing sense of humour. If you don’t think that you can sit still long enough to read the play, there is a pretty good movie version from 1999 with Kevin Klein, Rupert Everett, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Stanley Tucci. Don’t let the language scare you away – it is easy to get the hang of it as long as you don’t go in expecting not to understand!
Andrew Bird:
Andrew Bird is a musician who creates every song from start to finish himself. He plays all the music and, looping each of the different instruments, puts together some amazing music! What better way for me to introduce you to him than to just let you see him play: http://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_bird_s_one_man_orchestra_of_the_imagination.html
This is a little bit long, but it is worth the watch for sure!
e.e. cummings:
since feeling is first
who pays any attention
to the syntax of things
will never wholly kiss you;
wholly to be a fool
while Spring is in the world
my blood approves,
and kisses are a better fate
than wisdom
lady i swear by all flowers. Don’t cry
-the best gesture of my brain is less than
your eyelids’ flutter which says
we are for each other:then
laugh,leaning back in my arms
for life’s not a paragraph
And death i think is no parenthesis
-ee cummings
At first glance, ee cumming’s poetry seems a little bit disorganized and nonsensical, but when you really sit down with it, it is so brilliant. I love his imagery, his style and the amazing way that he puts little things in his poems that you won’t see unless you are really paying attention. Cummings is an amazing poet – he knows the rules so well that when he breaks the rules, it is always in such a calculated and careful way (even if it doesn’t seem that way). Cummings was a character in life as much as he was in his poetry, and the collection of his letters is a fun, insightful read as well. He died on September 3rd, 1962 – so I feel like I can celebrate his life on the same day as I celebrate mine.
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