Fall

A few pics from Fall

...and here are some from the past

photo by Melody Augustin

photo by Melody Augustin

photo by Melody Augustin

photo by Melody Augustin

photo by Melody Augustin

photo by Melody Augustin

photo by Melody Augustin

Podcasts

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My day job has me commuting two hours a day.  After a while Pandora gets old, so I've been using my time to listen to podcasts.  Here are some of my favorites - enjoy:

The Lively Show

The Simple Sophisticate

Tranquility du Jour

On Being

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Books I'm Reading

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Here is a taste of what I am reading at the moment:

The Bookseller - Cynthia Swanson
I'm not sure how I found out about this book, but I loved it.  I found the story of a woman living in two alternate worlds to be something I could not put down.

The Four Desires - Rod Stryker
It is taking me a while to get through this book - not because it isn't a good read!  The exercises in the book are beneficial, and are worth taking your time to do thoughtfully.  Rod Stryker uses yoga principles to take a different look at purpose.

Mindset - Carol Dweck
Mindset is a buzzword in the education field at the moment, and my colleagues and I are reading this.  It is a quick read with some interesting ideas.

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Other books I like:

Read

Simple Pleasure - Reading

Display Photos

This past summer we moved my mother into a nursing home.  As part of the process we found photo albums in the back of the closet.  A few years earlier when my parents first moved out their home, we went through boxes and boxes of photos.  I started thinking, what is the point of having all of these photos if no one looks at them?

When I got home I made a point of starting to display our photos.  I started with a gallery wall.  I got a variety of black frames and filled them with black and white photos including some cool old photos from the 1920's from our families.

The next thing I did was start to take our digital photos and made them into Shutterfly books.  I was thrilled with how these turned out.  I will definitely be scanning some photos and making more books.

Don't keep those photos in boxes.  Display them!  I would love to hear what you do with your photos.