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Tough Girl Tuesday

If we were all birds you would still be lefthanded

About Me

I love wildflowers. I make things out of sticks. I love the smell of morning. I drink my coffe black. I knit.I live in TN now. I live with 2 boys who think its funny to show me their butts. I live with a girl who shares her clothes me and the most amazing dog with no teeth. I'm kind of obsessed with knitting and NPR. I love kind people. I miss my far-away friends. I aspire to be a Girl Scout Leader.
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My Interests

mildly awkward people, This American Life, slacklining, yoga, indie music, rock climbing,caving, backpacking, knitting, and leaving awkward messages on people's voice mail.

Music:

Birdie Busch,Kimmya Dawson, Psalters,Mates of State, Mindy Smith, French Jazz, Mewithoutyou, Sufjan Stevens, John Mallinen, The Weepies, Sigur Ros, Pedro the Lion, Disney Soundtracks, Ani Difranco, Jewel, Fiest, Damien Rice, and many others....

Movies:

Documentries people have never heard of ( thanks netflix!)

Television:

i don't have cable...I knit.

Books:

Thomas Merton, the Bible, Edward Abbey, Wendell Berry, The Joy of Jello, Barbara Kingsolver, Saint Fransais, The Little Prince

Heroes:

kind souls

My Blog

Birds, huh? Birds.

My little Sisters, the birds, you are such beloved by God, your creator, and in very place you should praise him with your song. Remember that he has doubly and triply dressed you and you can go anywh...
Posted by Tough Girl Tuesday on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 06:55:00 PST

The Importance of Being Earnest

I've never read the play, or, for that matter, never watched it either. But, the importance of being earnest is overwhelming. I think the last 8-9 months have been some of the hardest thus far in my ...
Posted by Tough Girl Tuesday on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:46:00 PST

new bike

hey kids, i bought a new bike last weekend. It's wonderful. It is really really wonderful. It is a Bianchi Brava hardcore road bike. It's definately the nicest thing I've ever bought. It has made the...
Posted by Tough Girl Tuesday on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 07:26:00 PST

Warm funny little morning.

It's been  a little while. It's been a while since I've done anything good for me. Do you ever have one of those weeks that  it seems that your weird quirks and vices seem to run the show? W...
Posted by Tough Girl Tuesday on Fri, 25 May 2007 06:35:00 PST

Jesus Camp

so....i just wrote about the film i just watched, Jesus Camp...and my "virtual memory" shut everything down, and I lost it.   These few sad paragraphs were the only coherent thoughts i've jotted...
Posted by Tough Girl Tuesday on Sat, 12 May 2007 10:40:00 PST

I bet Rosie Thomas could save the world

I think Rosie Thomas can save the world. here is proof: it just makes me happy.friends--if we haven't talked recently, call me and "say hello". I miss you all. -diesel...
Posted by Tough Girl Tuesday on Fri, 04 May 2007 07:37:00 PST

Carry the weight of your neighbor

Here in Chattanooga, on 45 and Alabama, the birds go nuts in the mornings. I don't know if it is because it is spring and the sun rises earlier or what, but the birds are all i hear in the morning.&nb...
Posted by Tough Girl Tuesday on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:06:00 PST

its pretty clear to us all that i don't exactly blog well.

So I've been sitting in Greyfriars for the last couple of hrs. trying to figure out the best way to put into writing all the things that have been flying through my head the last couple of hours, week...
Posted by Tough Girl Tuesday on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:40:00 PST

The reason I sit here is so that I can watch the birds.

hello...This is my first time at greyfriars in more than a week. I really missed it . Sitting here next to my this giant window on the world, watching the little brown sparrows hop from brick to bri...
Posted by Tough Girl Tuesday on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 11:08:00 PST

lets play who met Wendell Berry?

Last night was the AEC's Fellowship of Southern Writers convention Keynote address. It was given by none other than Mr. Wendell Berry. It was wonderful. Afterward there was a book signing, and illequi...
Posted by Tough Girl Tuesday on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 12:56:00 PST