My OBT

What if you spent every day looking for One Beautiful Thing?


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Getting Toasted the French Way!

Buttermilk french toast sounds glorious. I am going to try this one!

To all the mothers* and to the motherforkers who love them (you know who you are), I wish you a happy Mother’s Day.
*including grandmothers, adoptive mothers, birth mothers, stepmothers, foster mothers, pregnant women, aspiring mothers, mother figures, eldest sisters, and everyone else who cares for little ones.

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365 Days of Beautiful Things!!!

I did it! I managed at least one post every single day for an entire year. Continue reading →


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A New Church:

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David LaChapelle Studio

(Note: I got all kinds of scooped on this video, and I nearly scrapped the post when I realized I’d taken too long, but I decided that at least some of you might have missed it.)

Ballet dancer Sergei Polunin absolutely kills it in this video set to Hozier’s “Take Me to Church.” Continue reading →


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Happy Caturday!

Meow Parlour cat glamour shot

Goofy Meow Parlour picture

Disclaimer: Okay, yes, maybe I have been posting a bit more than usual about cats lately, but I also post about dogs, and chickens, and guinea pigs, and ducks, and horses, and other animals. This is proof that I am not becoming a crazy cat lady. That is my story, and I’m sticking to it. Continue reading →


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Alone

When I got home tonight, a friend had posted this very moving video on Facebook, and I wanted to share it. I can’t even imagine what it would be like to be so isolated. The video is a little tough to watch, but the payoff is huge.

If you’d like to learn more about Patrick and his story, the Huffington Post published an article about him, here.