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what a day!

what a day i've had! got stuff for baking bread tommorrow (sunday), hung out with carrie, which was lots of fun, talked to gina, went walking around the base of mt. pisgah, helped my friend miriam with some moving stuff, and i got my very first hannukkah gift ever (a calendar of the greek isles).

i was really happy about the walk around mt. pisgah and the help with the move. at mt. pisgah i was just planning on walking around on some flat trails, but i ended up walking around walking up a small switch back, which 3 years ago would have been nothing, but now its a big deal. i kept looking down thinking "i'm high!" i went slow, but steady. thats the way i've always hiked. it was just so nice to be out and about. and it was sunny out, and this time i was glad it was sunny out right now. so much that i thought about. a lot of "i'm getting myself back!" and i am, slowly but surely. i love going hiking by myself. just taking off and going. i love hiking up spencer's butte which is in town, but i haven't been able to in 3 years. i'd like to be able to hike up the butte by spring. i'd like to be able to take the long trail. even if i have to take a long time. i simply love it up there. if you could see this view while still being in the city limits wouldn't you want to get back into shape?

and then going over and helping miriam was a blast. at one point i heard the comment "brooke is strong!" hahahahaha.. yeah. no, they didn't know that. can't tell that with my roly poly stomach. but i am. and i honestly didn't think i'd be able to do anything else after my hike around mt. pisgah, but my body is doing what it used too. its being very resilient. its doing everything i want it too. sometimes slowly, but its not saying no. i doubt miriam will ever doubt my strength again. and, well.. neither will i.

Not in Our Name

United For Peace: Join the anti-war movement

I sang for you
though you did not hear
and I sang to the tree spirits
asking them to release your fear
every living thing is vulnerable
I'm powerless to change that
Still I sing for you

I sing with you
though you may not hear
we sing for your spirit
may it rise above fear
every living thing is vulnerable
I'm powerless to change that
Still I sing with you
c 2000 rebecca riots
(esp. here for lw)

population, enviornment, abortion, religion and fatherhood by alfred f. robertshaw

rainy day records

(click on the word "read" to see more books)

Solo: on her own adventure, ed. Susan Fox Rogers

Cunt: A declaration of independence, Inga Muscio

Songcatcher soundtrack, various

Various Dar Williams

Various John Denver

movies i wanna see
my big fat greek wedding
bowling for columbine
evelyn
the hours
the pianist

finally free: how love and self acceptance saved us from "ex-gay" ministries

no war collective

ms. magazine

carolyn gage

alix olson

off our backs

adiosbarbie

bloodsisters

american civil liberties union

breast cancer action

unitarian universalist association

depression center @ webmd

depressioNet

anarchy

quotes from all over

wnba

friends
faith
justlisa
the boston dyke
whytekitten

admired
bliss
cinnamon
dania's dalies
gammerstang
goddess musings
i must
the ripperman

enjoyed
#!/usr/bin/girl
.found
a day in the life
aka cooties
all about george
aspirations to sweetness
beth's journal
bite this
boodleblog
coldmarble musings
coffee talk
easy bake coven
eric brooks
~fletk
fluffy battle kitten
i'm thinking wicked thoughts
i bet you like to watch
i will survive
in passing
jill matrix
maggie turner: a woman's journal
mar
marigold
meandmyself
ms. musings
negative subspace
revolution9
soapboxgirls
scowtz
shooting stars
the bwg
the evil twin theory
the rape blog
trabaca
veiled4allah
we Have brains
zeldman
powered by me.

my blogathon blog (done for mother kalis books in eugene, oregon.)

july 14 in the life of brooke (for patti's day o' pics)

blog sisters

globe of blogs

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addis tribune
alternative information center
bbc
bbc:africa
common dreams
cnn.com
eugene weekly
guardian unlimited
guardian unlimited | weblog
ha'aretz
iraqi news agency
jerusalem post
kathimerini
palestinian chronicle
salon
transitions online
village voice
bbc:weather in addis ababa

kathimerini
sappho travel: information about traveling on the island of lesvos
athens greece
greek ferries
bbc:weather in athens, greece
weather in mytilini, island of lesvos, greece:
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brooke is a lesbian, radical feminist, cat lover, bibliophile, non-smoker, unitarian universalist (though she doesn't go to fellowship on a regular basis) and in the process of becoming athletic again. she dreams of being jeanne d' arc and swooping in and saving those that need saved (though she'd rather not be burned at the stake). she is a loyal friend who will do anything she can for those she loves, but she can flakey sometimes when her depression flares up. she is a loner. a southerner self-transplanted to the pacific northwest in 1998 and now believes that it doesn't rain enough here. she's known for her honesty, she can't help it, its the only way to be. she is 4'8" tall, and round. she has natural blonde hair and she also has blue eyes. she is very intense. she hates small and large crowds, she prefers the one on one or the one on a few. she has no idea what she wants to do with her life, though she would like to see more of the world than what she has seen so far (a good part of the continental united states) and she very much wants to be a mother. finally, she has huge crushes on alix olson and carolyn gage (these are from a far).