Two Opportunities For Good Deeds

From hammercock: Nicholas Kristof's column about Mukhtar Mai. Mukhtar Mai, also known as Mukhtaran Bibi is a heroine who helps and shelters women from violence in Pakistan, and that's a really inadequate summary of all she does. She can use our help, needless to say, not just money but also volunteers and books. I'm going to go look over my library in a moment.

( ETA: THEY MADE THEIR GOAL! YAY! )

Fruitcake Finale

I was going to title this "Fruitcake Fotografy" but the Kyoot Myspellyng made me have to slap myself.

So. This is a bit of a photoessay and a a bit of a postscript: tigerbright kindly and beautifully photographed much of my Fruitcake Project This Year. (Aren't these photos great? Tell her here how much you like them. fitfool took a big pile of wonderful photos as well. I've been really fortunate this year.) A brief selection of images: ( Supplies, onlookers, and fruitcakes )