| LIFESTYLE / ECOSALON HOME May 23, 2008 at 6:00 am by Sara Ost Weekly Photo: "Water, Clouds and Sky" by James Jordan Related Posts ↓ |
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| LIFESTYLE / ECOSALON HOME Apr 25, 2008 at 12:29 pm by Sara Ost Weekly Photo: Just Fooling Around I love this photo because to me it says "Yes, this is ridiculous...and there's nothing you can do about it!" It reminds me of so many memorable stunts from the indomitable women I am lucky to have in my life. Stasie, a suburban church-going schoolteacher and young wife, running over the arbitrarily placed circle of ...Read More Related Posts ↓ |
| LIFESTYLE / ECOSALON HOME Apr 11, 2008 at 9:47 am by Sara Ost Weekly Photo: After Mowing I haven't mowed a lawn or worn Converse sneakers since the days when my bank account accrued inside a lilac ceramic piglet. And I didn't realize how much I've been missing fresh-cut grass under my bare feet until today. This bright image has inspired me to get outside this weekend and indulge in simple, girlish pleasures: feeling my bones soak up ...Read More Related Posts ↓ |
| LIFESTYLE / ECOSALON HOME Apr 4, 2008 at 4:59 am by Sara Ost Weekly Photo: You Are Beautiful We live in a culture where beauty is just another commodity and our things own us instead of the other way around. Things to fix us, things to make us better, things to make us beautiful. Of course, when we focus only on external sources of improvement, we are reduced to mere things, as well. Ours may be a culture that sanctions shopping ...Read More Related Posts ↓ |
| LIFESTYLE / ECOSALON HOME Mar 28, 2008 at 10:45 am by Sara Ost Weekly Photo: Mr. Angry Whatever you've done, he does not approve. I'm choosing Mr. Angry as this week's photo because every time I look at him, he makes me laugh. We all know those souls who take themselves a little too seriously, don't we? Of course, sometimes it's you. Combative, self-righteous, or garden-variety moral outrage, we all have those ...Read More Related Posts ↓ |
LIFESTYLE / ECOSALON HOME Sara, your editor, here. I hope you'll take a moment with me to enjoy this cheerful slice of life pictured above. Take a moment to forget about tasks and things and lists and stuff. It's easy to dwell on the past and worry about the future instead of accepting the joy in the present moment. Our culture all but sanctions it. You ...Read More Related Posts ↓ |
| WELLNESS / ECOSALON HOME Apr 18, 2008 at 5:56 am by Sara Ost Weekly Photo: After the Wedding "Sara, don't reheat the coffee!" Wise words from an office mate who caught me in the hopeful (all right, desperate) act of reheating my latte. What she meant was that by "reheating the coffee", we are tempted try to recreate the memorable intensity of a satisfying experience, whether it's that ...Read More Related Posts ↓ |