What do these 5 countries have in common?

China
the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Iran
Pakistan
The United States

Answer: in these countries, it's legal to execute minors.

Some list to be a part of.

(see Amnesty International for more information)

God do I wish Glenn Beck would ACTUALLY say this

“What happens if there’s a rash of deaths in Mexico… and if you’re a family in Mexico and people are dying and Americans are not, why wouldn’t you flood this border blame the USA’s unjust trade and economic policies that have crippled Mexico’s ability to respond to a health crisis?” — Glenn Beck

Read this blog post NOW. effing hilarious.

Thanks to Liz for the redirect :)

I ♥ Faces week 13: Friends

(I know I said I would start posting all my photography on the other site, but these are going to have to be an exception: I can't get wordpress to recognize the HTML of the I ♥ Faces button.)

This week's theme is "My Best Friend and I".

My kids shot comes from a series of pictures I took at my last church.



I love Kalia's easy smile... and Kai's goofy-ness :)


It was more difficult for me to pick an adult entry. I finally settled on this image from a staff retreat to the beach last year:



There was a closer-cropped one of them, but this seemed to capture Marvlyn and Leigh Ann's personalities much better.

Be sure to check out www.iheartfaces.com for all the other entries!

California dreaming

I napped
today - a fitful sleep
and thought about
you and your uncanny ability
to sleep through the light

I woke up
groggy and missing you
jarred awake by
credits - the movie I'd needed
to lull me in the first place

and you can just slip
in and out
of dreams - stay awake all night
and you don't need patterns

and I
I need habit
structure and something solid something
dependable rhythmic something
I must've dreamed you could give

you used to wake me when you came to bed
I'd pretend I didn't notice
but you woke me then and when
your feet and hands twitched in the night

the other
night I thought you were awake so I
whispered from across the room
you didn't hear and then I
noticed the distinct heavy breathing

of your sleep.

A February feeling, even now in April

I threw your keys in the water, I looked back
They'd frozen halfway down in the ice.
They froze up so quickly, the keys and their owners
Even after the anger, it all turned silent and
Then everyday turned solitary
So we came to February

First we forgot where we'd planted those bulbs last year,
Then we forgot that we'd planted at all
Then we forgot what plants are altogether,
and I blamed you for my freezing and forgetting and
The nights were long and cold and scary,
Can we live through February?

You know I think Christmas was a long red glare
Shot up like a warning - we gave presents without cards
And then the snow
And then the snow came, we were always out shoveling
And we'd drop to sleep exhausted
Then we'd wake up, and it's snowing

And February was so long that it lasted into March
And found us walking a path alone together.
You stopped and pointed and you said, "That's a crocus,"
And I said, "What's a crocus?" and you said, "It's a flower,"
I tried to remember, but I said, "What's a flower?"
You said, "I still love you"

The leaves were turning as we drove to the hardware store
My new lover made me keys to the house
And when we got home, well we just started chopping wood,
Because you never know how next year will be
And we'll gather all our arms can carry
I have lost to February.

"I ♥ Faces!" Contest Entry - Week 11 (kids!)

I decided to do a kids entry for I ♥ Faces, too. The challenge this week was to enter a photo without a flash - which is perfect, since I hardly ever use flash to begin with. This photo is of my former co-worker Wendy's ADORABLE baby boy Oscar. We snapped the session in about 20 minutes in the lobby of the Methodist building in DC, just a few days before I moved to Salt Lake City. I added a bunch of grain to the photo and cropped it down - but I just LOVE Oscar's expression here, and the little tear in his eye! Enjoy! And be sure to check out www.iheartfaces.com for the rest of this week's entries.

"I ♥ Faces!" Contest Entry - Week 11

This is my first contest for I ♥ Faces! Be sure to check out www.iheartfaces.com to see the rest of the entries. What a cool community.



I went square dancing on Friday night! Sarah drove me and I met a bunch of people from the violin-making school. I took this photo of Jen by firelight (without flash), and it's one of my favorites from the night. More to come soon!