{"id":6900,"date":"2014-09-19T00:00:26","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T05:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=6900"},"modified":"2014-09-18T22:02:35","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T03:02:35","slug":"this-and-that-95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=6900","title":{"rendered":"This and That"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6899\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?attachment_id=6899\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6899\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6899\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6899 size-full\" title=\"Walking with Cake: Alt Goodies\" src=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Alt-Goodies.jpg\" alt=\"Walking with Cake: Alt Goodies\" width=\"640\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Alt-Goodies.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Alt-Goodies-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6899\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Swag from Alt for Everyone.)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This week was pretty standard, though we did get a lot of rain and the weather seems to be shifting slowly towards fall.\u00a0 I&#8217;m looking forward to the new season and it&#8217;s always a welcome change from the heat.\u00a0 This weekend, we might take a day trip, with or without the rain, and I&#8217;m hoping to catch up on some writing time, too.\u00a0 Here are a few things that caught my eye this week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/09\/14\/world\/middleeast\/in-jordan-ever-younger-syrian-brides.html?action=click&amp;pgtype=Homepage&amp;version=Moth-Visible&amp;module=inside-nyt-region&amp;region=inside-nyt-region&amp;WT.nav=inside-nyt-region#\">Portraits of young Syrian brides<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/artanddesign\/2014\/sep\/15\/black-chronicles-ii-victorians-photography-exhibition-rivington-place\">Photographs of Black Victorians<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/08\/24\/fashion\/we-pledge-allegiance.html\">The &#8220;No Divorce&#8221; Pledge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2014\/sep\/13\/greenwashing-sticky-business-naomi-klein\">Naomi Klein on climate change<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.noondaycollection.com\/blog-1\/noonday-collection-joins-the-fair-trade-federation?utm_source=bc&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=fair-trade-federation\">Noonday Collection earned their fair trade certification<\/a>.\u00a0 Big congratulations to them!<\/p>\n<p><a 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