and we have a winner!

give or take some font changes and formatting.

The "water in the bank" logo didn't go over so well...

...and so the search continues.

Saluda, NC



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Ella, Claire and I traveled 35 miles south yesterday to see Pearson's Falls in Saluda, NC.  We also visited downtown Saluda, a happening spot with a main street of about 6 shops--4 of which were closed on Sunday.  However, the ones that were open made it worth it.  I got an amazing rootbeer float at an antique store with bottled IBC rootbeer and homemade ice cream.  

Pearson's Falls



The falls were also worth the drive---as you can see!

Have you seen this?

it's great.

WaterRICH

RiverLink recently received a grant from the Clean Water Management Trust Fund to design and write a Stormwater Management Guide for the Common Home.  The program will be called WaterRICH, with the RICH being an acronym for Reuse, Infiltration and Conservation in the Home.

Last week Nancy asked me if I'd create the logo for this program.  Here's my first design: "It's water in the bank".  I'll post more as I have them.  I'm going to make a couple different options and we will vote with the board in March.

via samantha lewis and in honor of valentine's day :)

Malawi!

Andrea Medaas (Best Friend for all eternity) sent me the most amazing birthday/Christmas gift today--a box full of African treasures from her time in Malawi.  Naturally, I put them on, one by one, as I was opening them. Unfortunately, this picture doesn't show everything.  I guess you'll just have to visit me in Asheville to see the rest.  INCENTIVE. 

Wiggily waggily

After one week away, the office cutie pie is back!  Mona was up to her usual tail waggin' and treat eatin' today.  What a good dog!

She hikes again!

I went on my first hike since moving to Asheville today and boy was it nice to be back in the woods.  It was also QUITE apparent that I'm not in the same physical shape I was in 6 months ago. 

Donor Party

RiverLink had its annual Donor Party last night.  We had a great turn-out and a nice spread of food, but the highlight of the night had to be working the name tag table.  These were two of the greatest names I heard all night--Bubbles Marlowe and Lemie Lentz.  They are right up there with Electa Coe.  Who names their kid Brittany when there are names like Lemie around?!

Long live the post office!

As a big proponent of the snail mail letter and pen palin', I was sad to find out that many people have stopped sending mail in favor of its cheaper cousin--email.  However, my faith in the world was restored when I read this article--find out why snail mail is far from dead!

heading home

Saying hello to the year of the rabbit..

Year of the Rabbit from Frater on Vimeo.

The internet is back up in Egypt today.

 

Four days ago, the Egyptian government shut down the internet.  The graph above shows the internet activity on January 28th (the day the internet stopped) compared with the previous days. People were up in arms about this shutdown (which is to be expected, considering that so much of our day-to-day lives depend on it- such as the maintenance of this charming blog) But it's funny to think back 17 years ago when most of the world didn't even know what the internet was.

Wired had an interesting article about the crisis in Egypt this morning. Even with Mubarak's speech yesterday and the internet being restored today, it doesn't look like the situation is any closer to being peaceful and under control.

Bill Murray Praises Sofia Coppola at the National Board of Review Gala

"I want the best for her because she’s a lady, she acts like a lady. The women in her movies are ladies, they have strength and they have power and they’re strong. Even the pole dancers in this movie had enough of themselves to call the lead actor a moron, as all you women should call your men this evening – pole or not."

Sophia's latest movie, Somewhere, is out in theaters now, but hasn't made it to Asheville yet (surprisingly!).  I guess I'll have to wait or drive to Charlotte to see it.