So a moral position is not a message. A moral position is a passionate caring inside you.
Plants respond far better to moderate but consistent care than they do to occasional bouts of heroic intervention.
As with all my new pets, I gently bit each kitten on the face. This is how I let my animals know that I am now their mother.
I have a lot of energy. I have a great desire to absorb information. I'm not a sponge exactly, but I find that something I look at - just walking around Williamsburg, for example - is a great opportunity for ideas. I've been here before, I've seen things before, but now my eye gets keener and keener. So I can pick up little things: just the pattern of a brick walk, or the way they've attached a light to a house.
Franchesca and Sharkey, my French bulldogs, have their own blog. And they are brilliant at it.
Really try to find a job where it's fun to get up and get out the door, no matter what time.
The homes I like the best are totally occupied, busy, and useful, whether it's a tiny little house or a great big one. Rarely do you find a great big house that's used in a good way. So I prefer smaller spaces that are full of books, full of things that people are doing.
Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.
There's a lot of gray area in the law. Who can say, without a doubt, that I was in the wrong?
There are already a number of gatherings centered around women of color who are doing inspiring work.
It's simplicity itself that its future will be way worse than its past.