Endless Knots

Sir Ziu and his 34,000 coins

Please watch this heart-warming story about love, surprises, and saving. Ziu Cardoso, who lives in Bom Jesus Da Serra, Bahia, Brazil, wanted to surprise his wife, Maria, with something very special for their 50th wedding anniversary. Over seven years, Ziu saved 34,000 reals (Brazilian currency, 1.75 to the dollar), stashing them in a friend's safe. Then he drove to the local car dealer and purchased the car to give to his wife. Very sweet story -- and for those who know me, Ziu is Julia's (Medeiros, yes, Julia!) uncle!

English speakers: be sure to turn on CC for subtitles. 

 

 

Sins and livers

Further to "gotta help my son with his homicide," I could have used some of that autocorrect tonight.

Scene: Book club

Situation: Choosing next book

Suggestion quickly accepted by the group, and which ended up on my calendar as: DH Lawrence's Sins and Livers.

I'll let you know how the livers turn out.

Extremely connected and incredibly creative

Thanks to Robin Chase, the extremely insightful founder of Buzzcar (and cofounder of Zipcar), whom I got to know when we both participated in Springboard, please enjoy this metaphor of how one thing can lead to another in the hands of an artist, in this case (see NY Times, "Turning a Page, the Joseph Herscher Way," "[who] builds Rube Goldberg machines in Williamsburg, Brooklyn."