To start things off

I've been thinking a while about starting an everyday blog just for cool things that I find online or strange stories that occur in real life. I was finally moved to do so because I'm off Facebook for Lent. There are a matter of days left until Easter--and I can't believe I've actually done so well--but I thought it'd be fun to have a sound off spot of my own.

Also, I've found some fillers for the time I would have normally wasted on Facebook.  Some things are intellectual and others not so much. My new favorite website is The Atlantic. They give you a chance to come up with how you feel about different issues by bringing articles from different perspectives and also have some really wonderful editorials. Today I read a re-post and decided that it was worth sharing. Happy Sunday!

Please Bring Strange Things.
Please bring strange things.
Please come bringing new things.
Let very old things come into your hands.
Let what you do not know come into your eyes.
Let desert sand harden your feet.
Let the arch of your feet be the mountains.
Let the paths of your fingertips be your maps
and the ways you go be the lines on your palms.
Let there be deep snow in your inbreathing
and your outbreath be the shining of ice.
May your mouth contain the shapes of strange words.
May you smell food cooking you have not eaten.
May the spring of a foreign river be your navel.
May your soul be at home where there are no houses.
Walk carefully, well loved one,
walk mindfully, well loved one,
walk fearlessly, well loved one.
Return with us, return to us,
be always coming home.
-Ursula K. Leguin