{"id":605,"date":"2004-09-21T19:38:34","date_gmt":"2004-09-22T03:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/2004\/09\/21\/a-labor-of-love\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:21:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T00:21:02","slug":"a-labor-of-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/2004\/09\/21\/a-labor-of-love\/","title":{"rendered":"A Labor Of Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I admit it.  The work of art below is based on code I&#8217;ve taken from <a href=\"http:\/\/mandarindesign.com\/\">Mandarin Design<\/a>.  The good thing is, Meg encourages people; the purpose of her blogx is to help the technically challenged learn tips and tricks to make interesting visuals.  I ran out of steam before I got to the end of creating this quilt (it had 70 squares).  If you find yourself left off, please don&#8217;t take it personally.  In some cases I needed to scour for images and resize them, and since I&#8217;ve been at it for eight hours and haven&#8217;t eaten, I thought it wise to call it a day.  <i>Update: I continued working on this after dinner. The quilt is now complete with 60 squares.<\/i><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div style=\"width:229px;background:white;border:1px solid white;padding:10px;text-align:center;\">\n<h3 class=\"black\">A Mindful Life<br \/> Blogger Quilt<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aldaily.com\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/ald.jpg\"  border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"Arts &#038; Letters Daily\" title=\"Arts &#038; Letters Daily: not a blog, exactly, but an excellent source of food for thought.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/psychcentral.com\/blog\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/psychcentral.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"Dr. Grohol\" title=\"Dr. Grohol provides timely news and guidance on the field of mental health.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mandarindesign.com\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/mandarin.gif\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"Mandarin Design\" title=\"Mandarin Design Daily: your source for learning how to get creative with text and design, and the place from which I lifted this quilt. Thanks, Meg!\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.easybakecoven.net\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/easybakecoven.jpg\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\"  alt=\"EasyBakeOven\" title=\"EasyBakeOven: a source of pithy, often tongue-in-cheek, relevant comments on culture and politics.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/other_side.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/shirl.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"Shirl\" title=\"Shirl writes about The Other Side. I've known Ms. Pearl for over two years and ever fail to visit her at least once daily.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/artsjournal.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"Arts Journal\" title=\"A daily digest of arts, culture, &#038; ideas.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/axehandles.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/axehandles.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"Axe Handles\" title=\"Discussion of English for Academic Purposes (EAP), ESL, academia and other unrelated topics as well.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliedarbeloff.com\/blaugustine.html\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/blaugustine.jpg\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" alt=\"Natalie\" title=\"Natalie. 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She's a writer and web designer in Austin, TX. She's a soul sister. Beautiful, gifted in so many many ways, and loves to read as much as I do.\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" ><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/neithernor.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/vianegativa.gif\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"Via Negativa\" title=\"Via Negativa: a weblog devoted to the celebration of the unknown, the unknowable, and the mystic experience. His writing can be surreal. Love his 'Words On the Street' series.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/datinggod.typepad.com\/datinggod\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/datinggod.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"Dating God\" title=\"Katherine Turner is a wise, nomadic woman in search of salvation via a path of life, love, and creative expression.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timegoesby.net\/weblog\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/timegoesby.jpg\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" alt=\"Time Goes By\" title=\"Ronni Bennett shines a light on the process of getting older, and writes about our cultural response to aging. Everyone should read her.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nchicha.com\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/cupofchica.gif\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"Cup of Chica\" title=\"Cup of Chica is an arts and culture weblog, started in January of 2002 by Nathalie Chicha, a MFA candidate in fiction at the Iowa Writers\u00c2\u2019 Workshop.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/ectophensis.com\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/ectophensis.gif\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"Ectophensis\" title=\"I've known Chad, author of Ectophensis, since his first blog (Taco Shop Psychic). He's just now returning from a brief hiatus with a new design.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/pinkadelic.typepad.com\/body\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/thisismybody.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"This Is My Body...\" title=\"The tagline for this blog entitled 'This Is My Body, This Is My Blood' is 'An unholy communion with one woman's temple.' She tells stories about her childhood that resonate. Very rich. And she makes me laugh.\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" ><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emptyisform.com\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/emptyisform.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"Empty Is Form\" title=\"Empty is Form offers news and commentary on social issues, politics, technology and world events with a hint of Buddhist-informed view.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/beginnermind.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/beginnersmind.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\"  width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"Beginner's Mind\" title=\"Robert of Beginner's Mind writes vignettes about daily life in the context of exploring Buddhism. 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The subtitle says the blog contains mental vitamins and spiritual energy boosters.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/jneumann.squarespace.com\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/skepticalmystic.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"The Skeptical Mystic\" title=\"The Skeptical Mystic aims for balancing psychic phenomena &#038; practical psychology, mysticism &#038; motherhood.  She makes me think, and she writes profoundly.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatshadow.com\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/fatshadow.gif\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"Fatshadow\" title=\"Tish publishes Fatshadow, which contains writing about body acceptance, cultural responses to fat people, and her own journey through life.  She wrote a book and her articles have appeared in several online magazines.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/theobvious.typepad.com\/blog\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/theobvious.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"The Obvious\" title=\"Euan Semple, seeker of the not-so-obvious. Exploring life, meaning, and being in various roles. An avid Mac user. And British!\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.field-notes.net\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/fieldnotes.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"Field Notes\" title=\"Field Notes contains lyrical, compelling reflections on poetry, place, and wonder.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heartmathreport.com\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/heartmath.gif\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" alt=\"The HeartMath Report\" title=\"The HearthMath Report: A journal devoted to developments in how thoughts and emotions affect our health, performance and relationships.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/fragments.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"Fragments From Floyd\" title=\"Fred keeps us up to date on his life in Floyd County, Virginia.  His prose reminds me of Annie Dillard.\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/sainteros.com\/weblog\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/coffeesutras.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"The Coffee Sutras\" title=\"The Coffee Sutras tagline was, at one time, 'It's about waking up.'  Personal writing, morning verses, and a variety of links on his home page.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gassho.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/gassho.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"Gassho\" title=\"Gassho, published by Jack Ricchiuto. Pithy nuggets of existential goodness.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/redondowriter.typepad.com\/sacredordinary\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/sacredordinary.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"Sacred Ordinary\" title=\"Fran of Sacred Ordinary ponders God, books, photography and art.  A recently discovered blog for me. She's just gotten a job as a librarian, my former career.\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" ><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/gayspirituality.typepad.com\/blog\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/gayspirituality.jpg\" alt=\"Gay Spirituality &#038; Culture.\" title=\"Gay Spirituality &#038; Culture is a group blog focused on shifting gay and queer spiritualities and cultures by blogging.\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/zanne.typepad.com\/rubys_bar_grill\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/rubysbar.jpg\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" alt=\"Ruby's Bar &#038; Grill\"  title=\"Ruby's Bar &#038; Grill: A newly born blog. Come have a piece of apple pie and listen to Ruby. She'll set you right.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heartatwork.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/heartatwork.gif\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"Heart at Work\" title=\"Heart at Work is a woman's reflections on life, work, community and wholeness.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hoardedordinaries.com\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/hoarded.gif\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"Hoarded Ordinaries\" title=\"Lorianne of Hoarded Ordinaries writes elegantly about nature, her spiritual path, and life in the northeast.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/siona.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/nomen.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"Nomen Est Numen\" title=\"Siona of Nomen Est Numen: intense, seeking, eloquent, and insightful. A beautiful writer and woman.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/katspaws.blogs.com\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/katspaws.gif\"  alt=\"Kat's Paws \" title=\"Beloved Kat. Writes about her life, depression, art, exploration. An accomplished multi-media artist and a lover of cats. Wonderful soul.\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/parkinglot.gif\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"Parking Lot\"  title=\"Canadian. Majored in Native Studies, works as a community consultant with Aboriginal people. He also plays traditional Irish music and is interested in Buddhism, cricket, systems and complexity theory, taekwondo.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.haxton.org\/weblog\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/ravenbanner.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"Raven Banner\" title=\"Dave, my buddy at MacRaven, writes about technology, agriculture, asatru, heathenry. That's just a taste of him. Has a sharp eye for the ludicrousness of life.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/karmadungyu.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/luminousemptiness.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"Luminous Emptiness\" title=\"Luminous Emptiness: A recent discovery. 'It is not existent - even the Victorious Ones do not see it. It is not nonexistent - it is the basis of all samsara and nirvana.'\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/paulashouseoftoast.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/paulastoast.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"Paula's House of Toast\" title=\"Paula's House of Toast: poetry, reflection, medicine, and more.  Posts often.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nutzso.com\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/nutzso.gif\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"Nutzso\" title=\"A place dedicated to those who struggle with mental illness or abuse, and devoted to the idea that art heals.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mysticcowboy.org\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/mysticcowboy.gif\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"Mystic Cowboy\" title=\"Mystic Cowboy: news, links, quotes, inspiration and commentary concerning religion, mysticism, God and the state of the world.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.noetics.org\/blog.cfm\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/noeticblog.gif\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"IONS blog\" title=\"This is the blog of IONS, a nonprofit membership organization located in Northern California that conducts and sponsors leading-edge research into the potentials and powers of consciousness\u00c2\u2014including perceptions, beliefs, attention, intention, and intuition. The institute explores phenomena that do not necessarily fit conventional scientific models, while maintaining a commitment to scientific rigor.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.salon.com\/0001772\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/reallivepreacher.gif\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"Real Live Preacher\" title=\"A prolific and enchanting teller of the human story. A compassionate man of faith.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.integralawakening.com\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/integralawakening.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"Integral Awakening\" title=\"Ryan is enrolled in a master's program for counseling\/psychology; this blog is about consciousness unfolding in the blogosphere.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.romanlily.com\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/romanlily.gif\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"Roman Lily\" title=\"Roman Lily: discussing (1) faith and belief; (2) poetry; (3) father and family issues; (4) the search for self; (5) Love, Beauty, Truth and the surprising ways they intersect.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/behavioralhealth.typepad.com\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/markham.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"Markham's Behavioral Health\" title=\"David Markham is prolific. His posts cover book and movie reviews, the latest in mental health research, commentary on politics, culture, religion, family, and psychotherapy. A tremendous resource.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dharma_path.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/johnsdharma.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"John's Dharma Path\" title=\"John Soper shares his experiences of trying to integrate dharma in his daily life.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/luminousheart.blogs.com\/lh\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/luminousheart.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"Luminous Heart\" title=\"Mahala offers personal writings and resources on the spiritual path. Buddhism, Shamanism, Ayurveda and more. She also is an artisan of beautiful jewelry.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oldgreypoet.com\/index.html\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/journalwritingman.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"Journal of a Writing Man\" title=\"John Bailey lives quietly in the British countryside with his partner, his cats, his books and music. A writer of depth. Excellent photos.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/radio.weblogs.com\/0117471\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/psychnotes.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"Psychnotes\" title=\"PsychNotes\/Psychscape provides random thoughts, ideas and comments about issues related to Psychiatry, Mental Health and Neuroscience.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/olderandgrowing.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/olderandgrowing.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"Older and Growing\" title=\"Andy Borrows' musings on life and all its confusion, contradictions, richness and opportunities.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kalilily.net\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/kalililytime.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"Kalilily Time\" title=\"Read reflections of a teeth-grinding caregiver-of-aging-parent; sappily smitten grandmother; and, given time and energy, feminist and poet who is on her final quest to lessen the power of neocons, missionaries, and others dedicated to the destruction of democracy, tolerance, freedom of belief, and the Golden Rule.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/mt.ektopos.com\/orangephilosophy\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/orangephilosophy.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"Orange Philosophy\" title=\"A fairly 'young' philosophy blog run by the philosophy graduate students (and some faculty) of Syracuse University. It will be interesting to see if the posts continue. Could be a great blog.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfbaybloggers.com\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/sfbloggers.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"San Francisco Bay Area Bloggers\" title=\"SF Bay Bloggers is a site from, for and about Webloggers in the San Francisco Bay Area.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awakeninginminnesota.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/awakeningopening.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"Awakening and Opening\" title=\"Joan is a retired therapist who has recently made a foray into blogging. She lives in Minnesota and focuses on savoring the moment and continued personal growth.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dooce.com\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/dooce.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"Dooce\" title=\"Dooce!  Now with more cowbell! A recovering Mormon, irreverent, a stay-at-home-mom fighting depression, with a beautiful baby and loving husband.  She's snort-milk-out-your-nose funny.\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/lactose-incompetent.net\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mlimages\/lactoseincompetent.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"border:1px solid black;\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"Lactose Incompetent\" title=\"Edward Ocean: Managing Anger, Promoting Mindfulness, Exploring Corporate Dangers, Advancing Slow Living, Surviving Bipolar Disorder, Living with Celiac Syndrome. At times scathing. Other times poignant. Always interesting.\"><\/a>&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I admit it. The work of art below is based on code I&#8217;ve taken from Mandarin Design. The good thing is, Meg encourages people; the purpose of her blogx is to help the technically challenged learn tips and tricks to make interesting visuals. 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