I’m about six weeks into my quest to fold 1,000 origami cranes and I folded my 500th crane this week. “Origami overachiever!” Maybe. It’s a hill of fun, and I’m especially excited to hear from folks who are willing to bring cranes around the world and send back photographs. Two girls took these cranes to South Africa.
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Fri, 24 May 2013
30 days of tree pose: tree 5 #1year1000things
In my last post, I explained I’ve decided to go out and find 1,000 new things to experience, accomplish, make, learn and do in the year ahead. This isn’t my bucket list at all, but rather just a run at making this year kick more ass than last year.
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Fri, 24 May 2013
Ha, @joeo12 teaches crane #621 a lesson about integrity. #1000cranes
About a month into my quest to fold 1,000 origami cranes and still, the folding is only a part of the whole project to me: I really want to set each crane free to travel around the globe with people. Already, some willing travelers have brought cranes to Africa and Europe, and they sent back [...]
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Fri, 24 May 2013
Cranes #620 and #621 for @joeo12 #1000cranes (#latergram)
This year, I’m launching something mega-watt awesome to coincide with my birthday: I’ve decided to go out and try to find 1,000 new experiences in the year ahead.
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Crane #508 in Tiananmen Square with @miss_smiley10. #1000cranes
Once upon a time, someone told me that senbazuru, the folding of 1000 origami cranes in a year, was a deliberate act of pilgrimage, and that to focus on the action for the duration of folding the cranes was an important, prayerful act of self-reflection and contemplation. I joked, “Who the hell has time for [...]
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Crane #508 at the Great Wall of China by @miss_smiley10. #1000cranes
The best TED talks leave the audience inspired and wanting to take immediate action. The request of the TED talk is simple: give the talk of your life in 18 minutes of less. Not a series of talks. Not one talk on a subject you can probably talk about competently. But, the talk of your [...]
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Tic-tac-toe w tree poses in my Instagram feed. Also pictured: f-bomb band-aids.
My friend and colleague, Robert Duffer, of The Good Men Project Dads & Families blog fame, tagged me in a meme-type writing project. The gist: It’s called The Next Big Thing (read the one Duffer wrote). You agree to answer a ten-question form, then get 3-5 other writers to participate (or, in this case, force [...]
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Class is ready to begin!
Association for Women Journalists will host our annual event tomorrow (Monday, January 28) with keynote by Maria Hinojosa, “Stories from the Frontlines of the New American Mainstream: The Duty of Journalists.” The event also promises to be a bit bittersweet, as current president Maura Wall Hernandez will be turning over the gavel to the organization’s [...]
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30 days of tree pose: day 4 (after teaching, w day 2 photo behind me) #1year1000things
Publishing my 2013 resolutions is sure to make me achieve them, or risk public ridicule if I miss the marks. I don’t know about the rest of you, but I am a big fan of New Year celebrations; crossing a threshold into a clean slate? Festive celebrations? Sparkly attire and champagne? All over it. This [...]
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30 days of tree pose: day 3 (at sink) #1year1000things
Jay Cutler was our muse for this music video, his twitching on the field and hoodie-wearing poutyface, in particular. So one day at work, we made a music video in the Chicago Bears quarterback’s honor called “Do the Cutler.” The video was made by the Chicago Tribune video crew. Kristin Samuelson did the words and [...]
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Sox v Sox game w @cabowles