Oh, Jen Hatmaker’s article “Hope for Spicy Families” is full of grace and is so GOOD. It’s good for all kinds of people — real people — but especially part-Italian people who never did learn how to whisper and still occasionally suffer from guilt over never quite getting that meek & quiet thing down.
I laughed — loudly.
Read it. You’ll laugh too.
All I Need via the Lara Casey Shop
Sometimes I stumble upon a photographer’s portfolio and immediately, I am lost inside the photos. I can be sitting right here in my living room, but it feels like I’ve been transported to another world. Such was the case when I found Zachary Su’s photographs of Taiwan. Plus, I’ve been drawn to images of windows lately anyway (case in point) so I was especially enraptured by his work with light and windows.
Aren’t those incredible? I haven’t posted them here, but he takes a lot of black-and-white Taiwanese street scenes too. You can view all of Zachary Su’s photos on Flickr.
Yangshuo, Guangxi, China via Ata Adnan
“We stand, when we are young, on the sunny slope among the pines, and look across an unknown country to the mountains. There are clouds, but they are edged with light. We do not fear as we dip into the valley; we do not fear the clouds. Thank God for the splendid fearlessness of youth. And as for older travelers whom the Lord has led over the hill and the dale, they have not been given the spirit of fear. They think of the way they have come since they stood on that bright hillside, and their word is always this: There are reasons and reasons for hope and for happiness, and never one for fear.” -Amy Carmichael
Within a few minutes of clicking onto the interwebs this morning, I got all the news. Snowden was released into Russia on temporary asylum. The weather in Orlando is going to be hot and muggy forever. And H&M Home is FINALLY available in the US.
If you know me, you know I’d rather by a rug or a set of curtains than a new pair of shoes or jeans. And I’ve been waiting for H&M Home for quite a while. (Actually, I didn’t wait. I had a UK friend buy a duvet cover there and mail it to me.)
Now join me in drooling over all this available-right-here-right-now goodness — just try not to drool on your keyboard. (Clicking on each photo will take you to the product listing on the H&M website).
I exercised a great deal of restraint by only listing a few products. ;) Go ahead, view ALL the H&M Home things!
These illustrations by Lizzy Stewart are capturing my imagination tonight! And you’ll forgive me for including some very out-of-season winter scenes too, right?
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