Such a rush to get the big giving post out the door yesterday I completely forgot to link it to Jessica Hagy's Index Card for Monday of this week.

That’s part of the “defer” problem too. I had starred it for coming back to later, and thus had managed to forget it more or less completely, unt...

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It's been a week of serendipity on the whole business of giving and getting. There was the Kiva thing, and a wonderful TedTalk from Isabel Allende, which I didn't blog but which moved me enormously. And all the while, I've had a secret burning a hole in me.

Scientific proof: "Spending Money on...

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“He did the Sunday Times crossword in ink.” Who did? You’ll never guess. (Thanks, Luigi.)

Oh, and another thing. I’ll be seeking a new life any day now, thanks to that saucy Bramble Rainbowfly, aka Queen of the Shagbuns.

Your fairy is called Tangle Elfglitter
She is a cheerful sprite.
S...

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I first came across Kiva in early January 2007. I had read a blog post about a woman in Africa who wanted a mini-mill to help grind millet.¹ I thought, well, that's not hard, and I know, from the day job, what an effective investment it could be. I'll send her the money. And so I looked for onli...

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Over at The Other Place I have ongoing discussions with Luigi (while we wait for the call from G****e) about the differences between momentary measures and long-term trends. He likes the former. I prefer the latter. ¹ But when he IMed me to say we our Google-fu was powerful, I had to go over and...

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