http://www.sharani.org girl on a road Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:04:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When the public library I work for in Dartmouth, MA wanted a web site redesign, we decided to try using WordPress for the entire site - not just for blogging. The intention is to have something created in open source software that can be fairly easily taught to multiple ... http://www.sharani.org/2008/07/20/why-not-wordpress-as-a-cms-for-the-library-website/ The Passion Quilt meme started with Miguel Guhlin, an educator in Texas who suggested that people take a photo (their own or one from creative commons license) and caption it with what they are most passionate for children to learn. I first came across the meme when Karen Schneider, the Free ... http://www.sharani.org/2008/07/13/meme-passion-quilt-learn-how-to-meditate/ When do you ever like a DVD set of a TV mini-series so much that you can unequivocally say that it is the best drama you have ever seen - despite me being only a third of the way through watching it and despite it being an English subtitle experience ... http://www.sharani.org/2008/07/12/dae-jang-geum-all-time-great-tv-mini-series/ Like Sumangali, this is my first response to a meme as well. It started over at John's blog from New Zealand, A Sensitivity to Things when he first posted hilarious childhood commentaries written by Pavitrata and then John added his own as well with equally humorous aplomb. At first I ... http://www.sharani.org/2008/06/22/the-6-childhood-facts-meme/ Wouldn't it be great if instead of the latest tragedies, the local news headlines focused on the local sightings of baby swans, ducks and geese during the month of May? And when passing showers proliferate, the weather could offer the chance of rainbows during Spring in New England? The cuteness ... http://www.sharani.org/2008/05/25/new-england-may-forecast-cygnets-ducklings-goslings-with-50-percent-chance-of-rainbows/ Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace. - May Sarton Shortly after I bought my first home, flush with newness and enthusiasm, I planted an abundance of flower bulbs - tulip, crocus, daffodils. ... http://www.sharani.org/2008/05/04/flower-power-pt-3-the-perseverance-of-tulips/ The bridge over the Padanaram Harbor in Dartmouth, Massachusetts was closed and the bridgekeeper was motioning cars to go around rather than wait. I was on a dinner break from work and in the spirit of seizing the moment decided to visit the Daffodil Reserve owned by the town's Department ... http://www.sharani.org/2008/05/04/flower-power-pt-2-daffodil-field-in-dartmouth/ While I waited for an April 1st election to determine the continued existence of my public library job for the last 14 years, I employed every possible way known to me to help minimize my undeniable stress and anxiety about my job. I spent more time than ever in meditative ... http://www.sharani.org/2008/05/04/flower-power-pt-1-lavender-dreams/ Each heart-bird of mine Is a passport to the world Of peace-blossoms. -Sri Chinmoy Last night a little miracle happened in my living room. I had returned from a few days of spiritual retreat and was trying to remember where I might have put a note written on a small piece of paper. I ... http://www.sharani.org/2008/04/17/nothing-missed-nothing-unheard/ The recent prominence of the new reality TV show called Oprah's Big Give has brought my attention back in time to a blogging initiative from exactly three months ago today. BlogCatalog's group called Bloggers Unite sponsored an Acts of Kindness Day last December with the intent of bloggers engaging ... http://www.sharani.org/2008/03/17/acts-of-kindness-day-revisited-from-the-big-give-to-swami-vivekananda-to-remote-area-medical/