12/21/09 Homepage Spotlight [21 Dec 2009 · 9:38am] lj_spotlight [ljspotlight] i_hope_that For many of us, the holidays can be kind of rough. If you're searching for a network of understanding friends, this ultra-nurturing community encourages you to express your heartfelt wishes and offer other members encouragement and acceptance. Not for the terminally snarky or emotionally-challenged, this is a good-spirited place to lend comfort and support. read (8) reply

12/21/09 Homepage Spotlight [21 Dec 2009 · 9:37am] lj_spotlight [ljspotlight] diygifts Feeling crafty? If you've got a few last folks on your holiday gift list, this is a great place to seed your creativity and generosity. You'll also discover wonderful DIY tips to decorate your home and entertain guests. Offering a no-frills-no-skills attitude that welcomes the cash-challenged and arts-phobic, you're sure to get ideas and make friends in the process. read (1) reply

12/21/09 Homepage Spotlight [21 Dec 2009 · 9:36am] lj_spotlight [ljspotlight] cooking_club A fun and friendly community dedicated to those who love to cook, whether you're a meat-and-potatoes type, an aspiring gourmand, and/or a vegan. In search of a brilliant dish to use up those weekly leftovers? Post your ingredients and you'll be whipping up a feast by dinner. You can also share favorite recipes. For Type A chefs, you can spice up your culinary repertoire with exciting cooking challenges. read (1) reply

& i've been writing. [20 Dec 2009 · 7:00pm] thosegypsies [seatrees] there was that time we got lost climbing the mountain in early june. you thought you knew the path. the sun was starting to set & i’ve always been afraid of the forest at night but you swore you knew the way & the view of the city lights would be worth it. you could see for miles. you could see for years. if we could just get to the top we could change everything. i wanted to change everything. i planned to climb to the top & scream everything i hated & everything i’d lost out into the wind to be carried westward into the past. i planned to scream your name. ( here. words. ) read (2) reply

budapest [19 Dec 2009 · 11:17pm] thosegypsies [nosundays] The Christmas lights, the human beings, the cars -- everyone running faster and faster. Hitler! Nazis! You ask for three colours (red, white and black) and that is all that comes into your mind. And the bus just goes by as if nothing is peculiar nothing is strange why would it be? ( i hope you get all that you want ) running robots read (1) reply

12/14/09 Homepage Spotlight [17 Dec 2009 · 5:33pm] lj_spotlight [ljspotlight] stepstomarrow When granddaughter, Jada, was born with leukemia, a donor-match was located and Jada made a miraculous recovery. In honor of her grandaughter's health, Jeanna has decided to walk across the country (in the dead of winter) to raise awareness and build support for the bone marrow registry (all that's required is a cheek swab). Follow Jeanna's remarkable journey as she travels the United States by foot. read (9) reply

12/14/09 Homepage Spotlight [14 Dec 2009 · 10:14am] lj_spotlight [ljspotlight] taste_buds Holidays provide a built-in excuse for indulgent entertaining. This all-purpose foodie community covers everything from homemade hangover cures to dinner party menus. Need quick advice? Get five-minute snack suggestions, low-fat ingredient substitutes, and even measurement conversions. Delicious recipes garnished with humorous advice. Yum. read (10) reply

12/14/09 Homepage Spotlight [14 Dec 2009 · 10:09am] lj_spotlight [ljspotlight] naturesbeauty Always on the lookout for compelling images, we were delighted to discover this flourishing community of artists who share a love of nature. Honoring the subject with photographs, paintings, sketches, prose, poetry, and other creative works, you'll be simultaneously riveted to your monitor and inspired to run helter skelter towards the nearest wooded dale. read (6) reply

carry on my wayward son [14 Dec 2009 · 2:40pm] thosegypsies [ihamlet] my name is ely. as in the bible but spelt like the river in wales. suffice to say in introduction that i was, for a long time, a wandering heart in a stagnant circumstance and have only recently hoisted sail on my first greatest adventure. as it were, i spend most of my days combating existential crises, adhering to convention by scribbling futilely in a moleskine and drowning in the artistic, intellectual and political history of my current city of residence. ( scant pictoral evidence ) i have traveled far and wide and i have met happy gypsies, as the old anthem says. here's to our burgeoning relationship. read (5) reply

Youth by W. S. Merwin; [12 Dec 2009 · 2:32pm] thosegypsies [lunar_alchemy] Through all of youth I was looking for you without knowing what I was looking for or what to call you I think I did not even know I was looking how would I have known you when I saw you as I did time after time when you appeared to me as you did naked offering yourself entirely at that moment and you let me breathe you touch you taste you knowing no more than I did and only when I began to think of losing you did I recognize you when you were already part memory part distance remaining mine in the ways that I learn to miss you from what we cannot hold the stars are made. reply

12/14/09 Homepage Spotlight [10 Dec 2009 · 12:18pm] lj_spotlight [ljspotlight] backpacking Want to embrace your wanderlust on the cheap? If you're tall on adventurous spirit, but short on funds, this community can help you plan a trip to anywhere. Offering plentiful tips on how to travel light, you can post about bargain hotels and hostels if you're into urban exploration or discuss camping gear and mosquito netting for the great outdoors. Hitch your backpack, pitch your tent, and carpe diem! read (10) reply

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