I screen captured this picture the other day from Google Earth:
Each week I'll be going on a swamp tour, so I'm interested to see (and hopefully report) the state in which my area will be when I get there.
Friday, June 25, 2010
Wasn't there an oil spill in the Gulf?
While I'm in New Orleans, though I'm there for Katrina relief, I would hope that, if we're permitted, some of our efforts would be put forth to helping with the oil spill wreckage.
I screen captured this picture the other day from Google Earth:
The pink icon is Houma, where I'll be living. The yellow is New Orleans. And the green bit in the water is oil from the spill (estimated on June 20, 2010.)
Each week I'll be going on a swamp tour, so I'm interested to see (and hopefully report) the state in which my area will be when I get there.
I screen captured this picture the other day from Google Earth:
Each week I'll be going on a swamp tour, so I'm interested to see (and hopefully report) the state in which my area will be when I get there.
My Call to NOLA
Tomorrow (after I spend some quality time with Mr. Dave Matthews and his friends) I'll be flying to New Orleans to work on Katrina relief with Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA). Yes, I said Katrina.
It's been almost five years and people need to remember that it's still a problem in the Gulf.
But that's life isn't it? An earthquake happens in Haiti, people rally together, celebrities do their part, record-breaking amounts of aid-money is given, and a few months later, I'm buying Sperry's instead of continuing to send support to buy tents for displaced children.
We need to remember the hurt in the world.
(Sobering, yes, but we also watched the episode with this song):
: )
Whether you hear it from Thom Yorke or Bret and Jemaine, we must remember people across the world who are suffering. That's what this month will be for me.
It's been almost five years and people need to remember that it's still a problem in the Gulf.
But that's life isn't it? An earthquake happens in Haiti, people rally together, celebrities do their part, record-breaking amounts of aid-money is given, and a few months later, I'm buying Sperry's instead of continuing to send support to buy tents for displaced children.
We need to remember the hurt in the world.
Yesterday Hillary was over, and we watched Radiohead's "All I Need":
(Sobering, yes, but we also watched the episode with this song):
: )
Whether you hear it from Thom Yorke or Bret and Jemaine, we must remember people across the world who are suffering. That's what this month will be for me.
Friday, May 21, 2010
It's An Addie Summer
I just skimmed my post from November and am wondering where all the blogs I said I would write disappeared too... : )
Well, it's a new summer, and that means the usual: Addie is traveling and will be blogging about her experiences so she doesn't have to call too many people and tell the same story over again. : )
Well, it's a new summer, and that means the usual: Addie is traveling and will be blogging about her experiences so she doesn't have to call too many people and tell the same story over again. : )
Much is in store for this summer:
Addie’s Summer To-Do List:
May
WC Graduation.
L O S T Finale. : )
Trip to Annapolis.
Grad Parties Galore.
June
A Brie Visit.
More Graduations.
More Grad Parties.
Wedding.
Concerts.
Detroit.
New Orleans.
July
More New Orleans.
More Weddings.
New Wilmington Mission Conference.
August
More Concerts.
More Concerts.
Learn German.
Visit Laura.
Learn to Sew.
August 31 First day of classes!
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Number 13
It's Luke's 21st birthday and since I'm leaving him 21 messages throughout the day, I'm resorting to a blog shout-out. One and only.
The Self-Confessed Blogger Begins
Today is Thanksgiving.
I'm sitting on my sister's couch, having just finished "Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet," and have decided to start up the blog again. Like you do.
I've usually used this blog as a way to communicate with loved ones when other ways weren't possible: "I'm in California, in a different time zone, very busily changing the face of our church, so I process and report through this blog" :) ...or, "I'm in another country, unable to call or text, so I communicate with the masses by stealing some Australian man's internet bandwidth and blogging to my church congregation."
So I've had that excuse: "Oh yeah, I have a blog, but I only use it when I'm away and can't talk to people any other way."
Social media is such a tricky thing to handle. It's designed to keep us connected, but so often it ends up disconnecting us from our current surroundings. I don't want to be disconnected, so I often hate some of the labels I seem to acquire. (By the way, Twitter much? Have you checked your Facebook while you're reading this?) :)
I've been thinking of doing this for awhile, and after becoming jealous of how much practice my roommate is getting in her writing with various social networking outlets, I have decided to give in. One of my goals-that-you-want-to-complete-before-you-get-too-old-to-complete-it is that I hope to publish something(s). What I'll publish exactly, I'm not quite sure, but publish I will.
So lately, I've been thinking I needed to write more. Everyone needs an outlet, and one of mine is most definitely writing, but I'm not the typical writer. I own journals, but about five pages in, they get the shelf. Combine the fact that I have no discipline with the fact that I'm often too scared to write, (because putting my thoughts on the page makes whatever I'm dealing with too real) and you get one bottled-up writer.
But after much thought, (and dare I say whining) no more excuses, I think I'm finally going to admit to and embrace the title of "blogger." : )
So, since it's Thanksgiving, I'll say this in advance: thanks. Thanks for reading. Thanks for processing, thinking, and tolerating. I hope this works as an outlet for me, and a source of thought for whoever may read it.
Cheers,
The Blogger
I'm sitting on my sister's couch, having just finished "Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet," and have decided to start up the blog again. Like you do.
I've usually used this blog as a way to communicate with loved ones when other ways weren't possible: "I'm in California, in a different time zone, very busily changing the face of our church, so I process and report through this blog" :) ...or, "I'm in another country, unable to call or text, so I communicate with the masses by stealing some Australian man's internet bandwidth and blogging to my church congregation."
So I've had that excuse: "Oh yeah, I have a blog, but I only use it when I'm away and can't talk to people any other way."
Social media is such a tricky thing to handle. It's designed to keep us connected, but so often it ends up disconnecting us from our current surroundings. I don't want to be disconnected, so I often hate some of the labels I seem to acquire. (By the way, Twitter much? Have you checked your Facebook while you're reading this?) :)
I've been thinking of doing this for awhile, and after becoming jealous of how much practice my roommate is getting in her writing with various social networking outlets, I have decided to give in. One of my goals-that-you-want-to-complete-before-you-get-too-old-to-complete-it is that I hope to publish something(s). What I'll publish exactly, I'm not quite sure, but publish I will.
So lately, I've been thinking I needed to write more. Everyone needs an outlet, and one of mine is most definitely writing, but I'm not the typical writer. I own journals, but about five pages in, they get the shelf. Combine the fact that I have no discipline with the fact that I'm often too scared to write, (because putting my thoughts on the page makes whatever I'm dealing with too real) and you get one bottled-up writer.
But after much thought, (and dare I say whining) no more excuses, I think I'm finally going to admit to and embrace the title of "blogger." : )
So, since it's Thanksgiving, I'll say this in advance: thanks. Thanks for reading. Thanks for processing, thinking, and tolerating. I hope this works as an outlet for me, and a source of thought for whoever may read it.
Cheers,
The Blogger
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