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Sensible Thanksgiving

By Sarah Lewis ⋅ November 16, 2005 ⋅ One comment

Budget Savvy Magazine sends out occasional “tidbits” [subscription info] that I like a lot. The most recent one has to do with Thanksgiving dinner. Many families take the meal very serious and consider it a failure if there aren’t 20 dishes on the table. Budget Savvy suggests this idea for a little [...]

A quote I like

By Sarah Lewis ⋅ September 23, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Ankesh over at Marketing eYe has an interesting post called Four Ways to Know:
"There are four ways to know much:live for many years;travel through many lands;read many good books (which is easiest);and converse with wise friends (which is most enjoyable)."
- Baltasar Graci?n(17th century Jesuit priest and a comprehensive thinker, most famous for his book "The [...]

Job-hunting tip

By Sarah Lewis ⋅ August 23, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

One of my email newsletters featured this tidbit:
Did you know that a single word can make the difference between landing a job and getting passed over?
That word? Measurable.
A resume highlighting results , detailed in measurable standards , is much more likely to get the jobseeker an interview - and greatly increase the chance of landing [...]

A great free download for simple living

By Sarah Lewis ⋅ August 18, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

I came across Beth Dargis’s Simplicity Calendar through a newsletter I subscribe to (I love good newsletters!), and it really appeals to me. It’s free if you subscribe to her newsletter (which I suspect will be great).
This reminds me vaguely of several magazines I’ve read over the years. There was something, maybe put [...]

What I want to be

By Sarah Lewis ⋅ July 28, 2004 ⋅ 3 comments

I’ve been thinking about this passage since I read it. It’s from The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis, chapter 12:
Some kind of procession was approaching us, and the light came from the persons who composed it.
First came bright Spirits, not the Spirits of men, who danced and scattered flowers—soundlessly falling, lightly drifting flowers, though [...]

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