watch this.

i watched some of this movie in one of my classes this semester. granted, not the typical topic of law school classes. but this has shook me to my core. and i'm grateful for it.

earthlings is one movie that needs to be seen.

"if you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." (cicero)

my day today was, on the whole, a simple day. delicious, carefully prepared food, good people, sweet doggies, and lots of laughing.

and then i read maira kalman's new post on food and life, which was the most perfect way to round out the day.


delicious.

why in the world

didn't anyone tell me about this show?

these two are my favorite:

true love

my feelings about new york are conflicted: some parts of the city i love - the availability of delicious food, the impressive array of people, all the details of different lives, in one place. some aspects i'm not as taken with - the prices, the constant movement, the feeling that people are only in it for themselves.

this series from the new york times falls into the former category. and this profile of stefanie rinza? well, this is true love. her words mirror precisely how i feel. about dogs. about animals. about what's important.

to dry for...

i love this site, its name, and its singular focus.

i also love this towel and its sweet message:

a little light

things are tough recently. i'm swimming in work and can't see a light at the end of the tunnel. i'm trying to take things bit by bit. a friend sent me this video today, and it made me smile. it also made me really miss california, though i'm not totally sure why...

i love it when ruby makes other people happy. when their mouths turn up in a smile as she walks by.

this afternoon, an admirer recommended i watch this commercial:



and i recommended this one to him, in return, one of my all-time favorites:




i've also been perusing this highly addictive nook of the new york times.

it always makes me incredibly content to think about how dogs make so many people so very happy.