I'm a self professed candle addict and I can't walk by a candle store without going in to take a look. Who am I kidding? I never just look. I always need one more candle that makes my home smell like I just baked an apple pie.
With all the candle scents that have been created, I thought about coming up with my own. Not sure if there'd be any best sellers in there but we all can't have a candle called "Paradise" burning all the time.
Most people don't think about singledom and kids in the same train of thought. But the fact that I don't want kids of my own doesn't mean I don't like kids. I'll admit I'm not all that great with little kids (for that matter, I'm not great with anyone, of any age, that isn't capable of being particularly rational), but one of the reasons I love my job as a professor is that I get to constantly interact with young people... Kay Trimberger points out that many happily single women have strong relationships with younger people...
Last year, I started painting likenesses directly on handmade canvas totes, making the bags to match their owners. At the time, a certain someone advised me regarding my portable portraits. She expressed her opinion with a charmingly condescending preface: "if I was your art mommy, I would tell you that the bags cheapen the rest of your oeuvre." I shudder to think of this woman as my mommy in any capacity, and especially in art, but she did force me to come to terms with what might be one response to the You Bag.
According to Nonprofitist.org's post, How Many International Nonprofits Can You Count? there are 1.4 million nonprofits in the United States. Charity Governance reports that, "For the period from October 1, 2006 through September 30, 2007 (fiscal year 2007), the IRS received 85,771 applications for recognition of Section 501(c)(3) status."
That's a lot of nonprofits, many that are doing similar work and competing for funding from foundations and individual donors.
To celebrate, and learn about best practices in nonprofit collaborations, the Lodestar Foundation has launched a $250,000 Collaboration Prize:
I have observed that when dogs see other dogsand cats see other cats, they rub against each other and touch. As a human being, there were times in my life when I went months even years without being touched by anyone, not only sexually but humanely. I have also been in situations were it seemed appropriate to give a fellow/sister human a hug but because of the setting or not knowing them, I didn't. I think many of us suffer tremendous skin hunger in this society.
