Amy and her blog are on sabbatical until Spring. Stay tuned for the next incarnation of Mission Amy KR...
You can find Amy popping in and out of these other portals in the meantime:
And here are some of the all-time top missions from the past couple years. It's pretty remarkable what we can create when we all create it together, isn't it?
Enjoy!
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You all voted, and the results have been tabulated...
(CUE THEME MUSIC) Here she comes...
Representing the State of Serenity...the winner of our first annual (Truth and) Beauty Contest is...Jennifer!
And we had a 3-way tie for runner-up, so will the following three contestants please join Jennifer on stage:
Representing the States of Pondering, Balancing and Serendipity...Kathy Roberts, Beth Kaufmann and Amy Sue!
(You can see their wonderful entries in their entirety just below.)
All four women will receive the following:
* A special Mission Amy KR pocket-sized mirror that serves as reminder that their beauty is also within.
* A signed/personalized book.
* A 15-minute coffee date over...
This month marks two years of exploring, creating and mission-ing together. Can you believe it? 103 missions! That's 791 in dog mission years! :)
I so totally completely and truly love doing this blog and the community we've built here together; I have no intention of bailing or disappearing.
But it recently occurred to me-- in one of those rare flashes of visceral clarity-- that it's the right moment for me to take a brief sabbatical, to take some time to think, wander, gather, scribble, and refuel. That I kind of owe it to you all...like, we'll all be the better for it.
The folks at WBEZ, being the amazing collaborators that they are, totally understand and support this momentary pause. I hope you all do too.
I anticipate coming back in full force this spring, with a new sparkly angle for us.
So in the meantime, I'd love it if you...
What do you get when you combine a short but focused attention span, a love of learning and discovery, and the vast educational landscape that is the internet?
Something I call: Attention Sufficiency Hyperlink Discovering
This is not an "affliction" one "suffers" from, but rather something wondrous one delights in. It's a way of maneuvering through our modern (online) world and making sense of things. Of learning, exploring, growing.
It's like wandering around the biggest library on the planet, letting one book or resource lead you to the next, following the trail of your own curiosity.
It's like being a "knowledge surfer" and catching the biggest wave ever.
I say this because of a few recent experiences, where one super-interesting article serendipitously led/linked me to the next. Like, heady, life-altering stuff.
I'm not...
A few weeks back we held our first annual Beauty Contest...more like a "Truth and Beauty" Contest really. (For those of you new to the blog, you can take a look at the grand pagentry -- okay, the chill mellowness -- of it all right here.)
Today it is with great pleasure that we announce our 10 finalists, and invite you to join the judges' panel by voting for your top two favorites.
--> Take a look and choose your two winners HERE NOW. <--
We'll crown the winner and runner-up next week!
And to kick off the holiday season here at Mission Amy KR, we now share with you this...
What?! A three-year-old who recites Billy Collins poems by heart? And not just recites, but EMOTES?! And not just recites and emotes, but charms?!
Yes! This is what I'm trying to tell you! Just watch...
And now that you're smitten and obssessed like me, here is a short ABC news piece about him and his mom.
If you know of anything in the universe better than this, I wanna hear about it this second...
amy
Perhaps you've heard this anecdote before?
A man is feeling awful and goes to the doctor. The doctor then asks the man some questions, and listens closely to what he has to say. After a thorough examination, the doctor prescribes the following:
Less CNN. More Mozart.
Wonderful, yes? (Credit: I read that in "The Sun" magazine years ago.)
And so in that vein, as an antitode to the economic crisis and flailing/ailing real estate market, I now offer up...toll-free Beethoven.
Here is what I mean:
Wouldn't it be great to have these tiny but mighty flyers appear in vacant-space windows across the country?
Here's the Fur Elise flyer...ready for you to just click and print and hang up in your neighborhood.
Who knows, this just may help get things -- and us all -- humming along again.
yours,
amy
(p.s. - The Fur Elise phone line is now open!)
What better way to commemorate our 100th mission together than by celebrating you and your lives?
Remember a few weeks back when I invited you to call and leave a message describing your moment in time?
For those of you coming to this new, I've included the text of the original post below, which I began this way:
It's early morning. The kids are just off to school. The feel of their skin is fresh on my hand. I'm a few sips into my first cup of coffee. The house is quiet, still. I have not yet brushed my hair. I'm surrounded by a sea of Post-it notes, a different thought/idea scribbled on each. I hope I can weave them all together in just...
Amy Krouse Rosenthal is a person who likes to make things. She is a New York Times bestselling author of both adult and children's books. Her memoir Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life was named a top 10 memoir of the decade. She is also the creator of The Beckoning of Lovely film project, A TED conference speaker and long-time contributor to WBEZ, Mission Amy KR was created as a way for readers to connect, reflect, have fun, & change the world without necessarily getting dressed.
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