Happy Salad

I love salads! Can you spot all my favorite ingredients?

Quotation of the Day

"A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart." 

~Goethe

iPhone Apps

Lifehacker published a list of their favorite apps for the iPhone. Since I am glued to my iPhone, I was interested in the recommendations and found some new apps I plan to download.

What are your favorite apps? Did they make Lifehacker's list? The apps I use daily are:

• Calendar (which I might replace with Fantastical)
• Mail
• Carrot
• Chrome
• Instagram
• Facebook
• Pinterest

I play these games daily, but my taste in games changes over time.

• Gems with Friends
• Running with Friends
• Scramble with Friends

If you play any of these, let me know so we can start a game!

When I think about our (my) addiction to smart phones, a quote from Dare Me by Megan Abbott comes to mind. Addy describes holding her phone as though she carried her heart in her hand. Less poetic, research about our changing brain structures due to the internet intrude and it reminds me how prophetic Marge Piercy in Woman on the Edge of Time appears in retrospect with characters who carry memories and information on external devices.

Lifehacker Pack iPhone Apps

Resist the Tide

George was watching John Hodgman's Ragnarok special, and I caught the ending when Hodgman covers "Resist the Tide" by Cynthia Hopkins. I loved the performance. This is Hodgman at another venue - he starts the song about 2:50 minutes in.

Happy 4th of July

I snapped this photograph when I was in Portland a couple of weeks ago.