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Holiday gift giving: Think local, shop outside the box

Hometownlife.comGarden City's offerings range from Orin Jewelers (also in Northville) to Hershey's Shoes (also in Novi and Sterling Heights) and Boland Florist. Redford's shopping scene ranges from foodie destination Beirut Bakery to the ... And in Canton, many ... http://www.hometownlife.com/story/opinion/2015/11/26/holiday-gift-giving-think-local-shop-outside-box/76262860/

Texas OG Sedrick Flowers blasts unprepared teammate

As for the player who delivered the unequivocal message, Flowers doesn't exactly have a sterling record when it comes to his own on-field leadership abilities after committing two ugly personal foul penalties in the first three games, but head coach Charlie Strong has spoken repeatedly about the need for upperclassmen to take ownership of the team. Players policing each other over effort to create accountability is a positive step in that direction, even if it probably should've remained behind the closed doors of Moncrief Neuhaus. Another sign of emerging ownership by the team? A one-hour meeting led by the seniors before practice on Sunday evening. The message from senior center Taylor Doyle was simple: Doyle's message was this is critical point in the season. Team can either give up & let season crumble, or step up & get things rolling. — Taylor Gaspar (@Taylor_Gaspar) September 28, 2015 Strong is most worried about his upperclassmen being able to recover from the heartbreaking losses -- the freshmen just to go and play. So to see leadership coming from the seniors could be a positive sign for the Longhorns. Now the next step is making sure that every scholarship player prepares like a starter every week. http://www.burntorangenation.com/2015/9/28/9410269/sedrick-flowers-marcus-hutchins-texas-longhorns-unprepared

The Surprising Reason Your Twitter Feed Might Be Full Of Flowers

Connection is always better than suppression.” On July 10, after a bruising week that included the police killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, the sniper attack on police officers in Dallas and the arrest of more than 100 protestors at a demonstration against police brutality in Baton Rouge, Harad tweeted, “Friends, I am here for your flower report filings throughout the evening. We need extended blossom time this week.” Along with many others, Elif Batuman, author of The Possessed, responded. The posts defy the lightning pace of Twitter, coaxing users to slow down and really absorb the flowers. Harad says it’s impossible to choose favorite posts, but “we definitely have some VIP correspondents who provide beautiful photos every week and really let us in to the floral life of their regions. I have a correspondent in Hawaii who always sends me something shocking that I’ve never seen before, and one in England who seems to be some kind of herbalist and sends flowers with glorious, hilarious names. I also get very excited when someone reports from a place we haven’t seen before.” Harad is such an enthusiastic and committed caretaker of the Flower Report that it’s surprising to learn she did not plant this virtual garden. That honor belongs to writer Teju Cole.  “Teju did many interesting Twitter projects,” says Harad. “In fact, he was so good at Twitter that he had to quit.” “Because I’m such a Teju Cole fan and have a much smaller Twitter presence than he did, I was nervous about trying to take on the report, but I did a search of the hashtag and turned up a bunch of tweets from people saying they missed it, including one from myself in 2015 wondering if I should restart it,” says Harad. “So I figured, well, why not try it? Someone who knows Teju personally told him about the revival and he wrote me a very sweet note after the first round, which gave me a wonderful sense of official permission.” The hashtag has become a meeting point as we live through traumatic events. And what happens when the frost comes? Harad says, “That is open for discussion. I originally intended it as a spring project, but people were very vocal about their need for it to continue [through the summer], so here we are. I would love it if we got more tweets from the Southern Hemisphere as their spring and summer arrive.” For now, Harad says, she plans to keep the Flower Report going at least through the fall—a little place of refuge to revive our battered spirits in a world that often seems determined to crush them. Let a thousand flowers bloom. Top image via Flickr user J. Faisal (cc) To contribute to the Sunday Flower Report, use the hashtag #FlowerReport or tweet your flower photos to @alyssaharad. This article was originally published on The Mix Tape. Let's block ads! (Why?...