Just got home from a lovely dinner party with friends, and now I’m going to quietly ring in 2005 with Kat and Jakob.
But first… Happy New Year to all. May we find that 2005 brings us all happiness, wisdom and peace.
A View From the Schoolhouse
Just got home from a lovely dinner party with friends, and now I’m going to quietly ring in 2005 with Kat and Jakob.
But first… Happy New Year to all. May we find that 2005 brings us all happiness, wisdom and peace.
In the face of a tragedy such as the earthquakes that took over 60,000 lives, it is easy to give into hopelessness, thinking there’s nothing we can do. But we can give. We can give to the organizations who do the work on the ground.
Amazon has given its front page to the Red Cross. If you shop at Amazon, you can use your account to give money directly to them. It took me less than a minute to give. It is, as they say, the least we can do.
Joy is spending a day on the Upper West Side, shmying and shopping and wandering and not being (totally) freaked out that there are 700 things I should be doing instead.
Sure, there are 700 things, but the whole reason that I decided that I couldn’t travel for more than a few days this break was so that I could have days like today where I could just enjoy New York City. And hey, my wardrobe needed this upgrade anyway!