At 12:25pm today I turned in my Master’s thesis! My second baby weighed in at a trim 1 pound 13 ozs and 20,000 words. My firstborn and a sweet poesy of flowers from the husband kept me going in the final stretch.
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From the monthly archives:
January 2010
This terrarium would make the best Valentine’s day bouquet, wouldn’t it? I’d love one of these on my desk right this second. From Terrain ($98) which sadly does not ship these lovelies. However, you could make one yourself (or get your beau to make you one!) with this copper tray($38) and these glass cloches ($56) or these ($54). You can have the terrarium plants shipped directly to you from Glass House Works for $25. Moss and other terrarium fixings like rocks can be purchased here ($22) or here ($11). Found over at Design*Sponge (check out Grace’s videos at Terrain!)
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My thesis (currently 120 pages!) is due on Friday so I picked an image with an auspicious “8″ in it to start off the week. Over the weekend it started to feel like a real thesis; lots of crisp pages; well-formatted; well-organized, footnotes all in place. Amazing.
Image via Haw-Lin.
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I read this great editorial last night and it got me thinking about those moments of “absolute and perfect happiness — the ten to twelve that comprise a whole life.” What resonated with me is the truth that it is only a few moments of happiness that define our lives — the moments no one can take away from us.
Some of mine are what you’d expect: my first conversation with the man who become my husband; nursing my son in the early hours of the morning this summer in Vermont and watching the lacy top of the treeline emerge from the darkness; the day I was promoted to Vice President in my old job. Others are smaller, maybe more unexpected: closing up the video department at the Putney General Store (my first job as teenager) and then driving home with all the windows rolled down on a warm summer night; learning to pan fry steak. Certainly some of them are prosaic and not so unusual. But they are my moments. What are your yours?
I’ve also been thinking about this quote I found on Diana’s beautiful blog:
“life is not easy for any of us. but what of that? we must have perseverance and, above all, confidence in ourselves. we must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.” – Marie Curie
PS I took this photograph in Paris in 2006, when all there was to think about was my next meal.
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Diana emailed to say that there’s a plane leaving NYC for Haiti on Tuesday, 1/19, and the non profit charity: water needs your help filling it with cargo. Literally. Drop off supplies in person at their office in Manhattan TODAY ONLY.
These items are most urgently needed in Haiti this week:
Donate your lightly used:
Blankets
Tents
Sleeping bags
Also needed:
Soap
Feminine hygiene products
Medical gloves
Bandages/gauze
Cases of bottled water
Donation drop-off at 200 Varick Street 2nd Floor, Suite 201 on Monday, 1/18, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Please enter through the front door at 200 Varick St. You will need a photo ID to enter the building.
More information on the on the ground situation in Haiti here.
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I don’t usually post about things like this, but, I can’t stop thinking about what it must be like in Haiti right now. Ever since we read Mountains beyond Mountains Tim and I have been fervent supporters of Partners in Health, a non profit whose goals are:“to bring the benefits of modern medical science to those most in need of them and to serve as an antidote to despair.” They operate an amazing clinic two hours outside of Port-au-Prince and they need our help so they can continue to help those affected by the earthquake. PS I just saw this — bloggers everywhere are contributing to the relief effort in Haiti.
photo via.
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This image sums up my life/mind right now. Chaotic and smelling like excited dog. As a bright note, read a bit more about me over at Old Sweet Song.
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My tummy is growling, so it is lunch time here. I’m working on my thesis in a room with no windows and am longing for a sweetly breezy summer day and lunch al fresco. Top image via Domino, the bottom image is unknown, maybe Gourmet (RIP!) or an Australian home magazine. If you know, let me know and I’ll link it.
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This Brooklyn brownstone from this month’s Vogue, of all places, is amazing. Thanks for the tip, Stephanie! And, yes, my friends are keeping me caught up on the best of the web this month while I spirit to the end of my thesis. (Thank god for friends!)
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I’ve been worrying about indoor air quality because we just bought some new shelves from IKEA for the nursery (particle board can offgas). Houseplants are a great solution because they dramatically improve air quality. So, yesterday I bought a bamboo palm and a boston fern, two plants that have superior air cleaning capabilities, at the Plant Shed on the Upper West Side. I caught this great image over at Design*Sponge thanks to a tip from Joanna. The large leafy tree is a fig plant, which require bright light. PS My thesis is due on the 28th!!!!!!
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