While sorting through a bunch of stuff as part of my spring cleaning, I came across this trio of cute little purses. I've had them all for a number of years now, but use them sparingly — mostly because they don't hold a lot, and because I'm definitely a messenger-bag kind of girl.
I picked up this beaded change purse in London nearly ten years ago, from a street vendor near Blackfriars Bridge. It doesn't look much like an elephant, but I kind of like the abstract oddity of it.
I picked up this funky square bag — with tiny bells, no less — a few years back at a local fair trade shop called Ten Thousand Villages.
And this pretty little number was a gift from my friend Cynthia, with the hopeful suggestion that I could use it to carry just my phone, some cash and a credit card. Instead, in hangs on display near my desk.
The first is Chinese in manufacture; the second two are Indian, but all of them are handmade, and they're all cute enough that they're never going out the door with my yearly cast-offs.
Elephant Lore of the Day
Today is YouTube's tenth birthday. I didn't know this, but my friend Lo pointed out this morning that the world's very first YouTube video featured—you guessed it—elephants.
In the 19-second video—titled simply "Me at the zoo"—YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim stands in front of an elephant enclosure and says a few words about the elephants behind him. The video is embedded below. To read more about Karim and YouTube's début, click here.
Happy Birthday, YouTube! And cool about the elephants.
To Support Elephant Welfare
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