the idea: paint the nails of every young family member once she’s around four the ideator: Aunt Gayle My mother’s oldest sister is self-described as “Crazy Aunt Gayle.” She lives out in Arizona with her fourth husband and her two dogs, that is when she’s not going on a motorcycle trip to Vegas. She has red …
the idea: make an elephant out of pink felt, balancing on a ball, hula-hooping This is one of those ideas that doesn’t actually need any explanation.
the idea: celebrate everyone’s birthday within a season of the family visit My family is from Michigan. They are loud, kind, and apart from a main few they are spread out all over the country. About once a year we get together and when we do there always seems to be a birthday nearby. Today it …
the idea: turn an old badge into guitar picks The time has come for new badges at work, this is what happens when you’re part-time: your badge expires once a year and you have to go get a new one. But this year there was something fun along with an expiring badge which is nothing more …
the idea: when packing three people’s stuff for a week into a car, make it into a game of tetris Throughout my life I have spent a lot of time packing, having divorced parents with split custody does that. After a while, I got pretty good at it. I can pack quickly and tightly, showing up …
the idea: when walking through a city, keep your eyes open for unexpected city wisdom About a month ago I was making a trek down to Connecticut for my sister’s college graduation. Part of the trip involved a random stop in Hartford thanks to random bus lines. While I was waiting in Hartford for my sister …
the idea: send pins of amethysts to people who can’t be physically present at the wedding but want to be part of it the ideator: Briana Blythe My godsister, Brianna, has been off on incredible travels in Milan becoming a famous opera singer. Because of this, I haven’t seen her since before I went to college, …
the idea: at the expense of some sleep and the understanding of a movie plot, spend an evening exchanging life stories with a new person This is a relatively self-explanatory idea, and one that I just engaged in four over four hours, thus the late post today. But it is also something that I truly enjoy …
the idea: wear my brightest rainbow dress to celebrate DOMA being struck down by the Supreme Court A day that start out like this could only get better, and it did. Between plenty of great pro-gay conversations inspired by this dress, a promising interview, an incredible second meeting of the Somerville Salon, resounding support for the …
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the idea: meet people by casually eavesdropping your way into conversations I went to my first TEDx event today and it was, in a word, fantastic. In fact, it’s hard to know what else to say… I’ll start with the people I met, since that’s my idea for today. Despite, or perhaps because, I am overly …
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