Rooms like this make me wish I were a minimalist. But really, I’m a magpie.
From emmas designblogg
the way of winky
Okay, so my dog insisted I name my tumblr after her...Hope comes in a cup of coffee. Yoshi, the subject of this short documentary, epitomizes the saying “Do small things with great love.”
Yoshi’s Blend (directed/edited/shot by Mackenzie Sheppard)
Meet Yoshi Masuda, a Nagoya University professor who is sharing what he loves most—coffee—with survivors of the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami. He runs HOPE Cafe out of a vintage Volkswagen van, bringing free coffee (organically grown, carefully brewed) and a sense of normalcy to the devastated area.
Wonder Dog - A Golden Retriever Reaches a Raging Boy - NYTimes.com ›
One of the most interesting, insightful and inspiring stories I’ve read in a long time. There really is no love like the love of a dog. Thank you, Melissa Fay Greene and The New York Times.
Emlen Tunnell - The Giants’ Greatest Packer ›
Read this if you’re a Giants or Packers fan, a football fan, or just a fan of good and interesting people.
“It’s my heartbeat. It’s my life, my soul, my being.” — Joseph Jordan, 16-year-old photography student and aspiring photojournalist in Haiti, on capturing the world through his camera
Found via If You Teach A Man To Photograph: Haiti, As Seen By Haitians on NPR’s The Picture Show
Take a look at the image galleries at FotoKonbit and Eyes on Haiti, the two photography programs featured in the article. The pictures are stunning.
A portrait in objects of artist Diva Pyari of Linea Carta
From Anthology (a source of wonder both in print and online)
Homeless Long Island Teenager Is Intel Competition Semifinalist ›
(CBSNewYork / AP) - Samantha Garvey has good reason to be the recipient of high fives and congratulations from the faculty and students in the hallways at Brentwood High School.
The 17-year-old senior says she cannot believe that she is one of the semifinalists in the highly prestigious Intel Science Competition, in part because she lives in a Bay Shore homeless shelter with her parents, brother, and twin sisters.
Wow. Go, Samantha!
(via soupsoup)
