It's been another busy week for me, so I've had no time to compile stories for FHB.
But as always, you're more than welcome to post positive stories and interesting links in comments. What could be easier?
(Photo: "Collard Dove in Corkscrew Willow" by Kirsten Zwijnenburg.)
We need to get ourselves some hope by calling our Representatives and telling them to pass the Senate bill on health care reform and fix it later. Balloon Juice tells you how.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photo, btw.
ReplyDeleteI found your blog, Phila, and that gives me hope! [By the by, your ideas, originality, and writing style are absolutely tops.]
ReplyDeleteAlso, today is Blog for Choice 2010, a hopeful effort--
http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/choice-action-center/bfc10-main.html
second the contra dude.
ReplyDeletelife sucks, then you die.
that's as hopeful as i get.
which depending on your perspective, is pretty damned hopeful.
I don't have any links yet, but the ongoing existence of Bouphonia gives me hope.
ReplyDeleteAs ever, thank fuck for Phila.
--monica_nyc
Thanks, all!
ReplyDeleteI count on you for my Friday dose of hopeful, but here's the most hopeful thing I found on the intertubes today. It's a site that lets you help fund the projects of independent artists, writers and film makers. Brilliant.
ReplyDeletewww.kickstarter.com
No news I can think of, but here's a lovely slide show of butterflies.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2010/01/beautiful-butterflies-up-close-with-natures-canvases.php?page=1
collard doves with okra.
ReplyDeleteIce on the St. Lawrence River
ReplyDeleteFour-Winged Dinosaur
Manufacturing via Electron Beam
Vintage Postcards of Airplanes etc, at Le Bourget-Dugny Airport (circa 1939)