Thursday, January 21, 2010

good intentions

what you need to know about donating to Haiti:
good intentions are not enough

Don’t send shoes, send money. Don’t send baby formula, send money. Don’t send old coats, send money.

more: NY Times

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5 comments:

Owen said...: Thank you for helping raise consciousness about Haiti, every little bit helps I think.

I gave money, I wish I could do more...

You are right, and I hope alot more people all over the world are going to dig deep in their pockets to give alot more money... Haiti will need it.; January 21, 2010 10:28 AM
Susan said...: Well said,well done. I feel a broken record when it comes to this...the ability for folks to text msg is helping, I hope. Meaning that many who have never given online or sent checks (also not good unless absolutely necessary), are doing so. I have had five million (OK, that's a bit of exaggeration) people ask me in person, on-line, about blankets, water, etc. Being at Haitian Embassy helping with phone boards last week was nuts...trying to get in the door around massive piles of stuff was irritating. Esp. since people had been asked to please not do this...I've been at this for other disasters & I understand the impulse. Still...so thanks for this...; January 21, 2010 12:28 PM
neva gagliano said...: absolutely.
money, not stuff.
money, not intentions.

and
such a stunning photo here.
ah!; January 21, 2010 1:14 PM
TechnoBabe said...: There are some amazing photos in your blog. It is wonderful to see all the blogs supporting the people in Haiti.; January 21, 2010 8:45 PM
d i a n a m u s e said...: We are well advised. Thanks for this.

Happy weekend to you.; January 22, 2010 10:45 AM

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These hidden doubles or, sometimes, likenesses. One identical twin
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Gazes at the Valley of the Var. We used to live there, my wife and I, but
One life hid another life. And now she is gone and I am here.
A vivacious mother hides a gawky daughter. The daughter hides
Her own vivacious daughter in turn. They are in
A railway station and the daughter is holding a bag
Bigger than her mother's bag and successfully hides it.
In offering to pick up the daughter's bag one finds oneself confronted by
the mother's
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May deliberately hide another and one cup of coffee
Another, too, until one is over-excited. One love may hide another love
or the same love
As when "I love you" suddenly rings false and one discovers
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Jerusalem may hide another Jerusalem.
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May be hidden by similar churches inside Rome. One sidewalk
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One song hide another song; a pounding upstairs
Hide the beating of drums. One friend may hide another, you sit at the
foot of a tree
With one and when you get up to leave there is another
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One doctor, one ecstasy, one illness, one woman, one man
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You think, Now it is safe to cross and you are hit by the next one. It
can be important
To have waited at least a moment to see what was already there.

Kenneth Koch

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One must have a mind of winter
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Of the pine-trees crusted with snow;

And have been cold a long time
To behold the junipers shagged with ice,
The spruces rough in the distant glitter

Of the January sun; and not to think
Of any misery in the sound of the wind,
In the sound of a few leaves,

Which is the sound of the land
Full of the same wind
That is blowing in the same bare place

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Thursday, January 21, 2010

good intentions

Don’t send shoes, send money. Don’t send baby formula, send money. Don’t send old coats, send money.

more: NY Times

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5 comments:

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Thursday, January 21, 2010

good intentions

Don’t send shoes, send money. Don’t send baby formula, send money. Don’t send old coats, send money.

more: NY Times

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5 comments:

“Maybe that’s what life is . . . a wink of the eye and winking stars” Jack Kerouac

All Things French

Resources

Influences

The weight of the world Is love

Maze

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In the Mood for Love, Wong Kar Wei

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