a hodgepodge collective

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 if you realize that all things change,
there is nothing you will try to hold on to.
if you aren't afraid of dying,
there is nothing you can't achieve.

trying to control the future
is like trying to take the master carpenter's place.
when you handle the master carpenter's tools,
chances are that you'll cut your hand.

-lao tzu
from the tao te ching

    some inspirational taoist teachings to get you through the day. it finally stopped raining and started sunning! weekend was fabulous, amy surprised me and came to visit! we went cabrewing, hiking,  ate fabulous food at casa and village bakery, drank fabulous drinks, and enjoyed fabulous conversation and company. should i say how fabulous it was one more time?
    i'm working on a babushka series, not quite done, it will probably be up tomorrow. the busyness is slowing finally, just to pick back up again next week, thankful for the week off at the office of sustainability though. reduce reuse recycle. i realized the other day, while taking the recycling out that i really enjoy it. i thought about the things that they'll make out of a plastic bottle i tossed in the recycling bin. kind of cool. it's one of those activities you feel good doing, not like taking out the trash, for example. it's stinky and won't ever decompose, it just accumulates, sits in a heap and produces methane. i feel better throwing apple cores and banana peels in the grass or out the window than in the garbage if i can't compost. that organic matter won't break down for decades in a landfill, weird and unsettling.
    speaking of sustainability, earth month 2k10 just wound down. it was super successful and i was honored to be apart of it. there were so many activities for free! clothing swap, michael pollan's presentation, vegan cooking workshops, planter painting, campus consciousness, vegan cake decorating workshop (which i'm writing an article about in the sustainability publication! excitement!), etc.

  here are some tunes for a day like today...

Lily Allen - Everybody's Changing (Keane Cover)
Ratatat - Alps