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Wednesday, 12 April 2017

I Gave Each Friend A Word, And In That Word A World

So the nerdfighters are organising a poetry book! Still trying to decide which poems to submit. Wrote this poem a little while back and forgot to publish it.

I Gave Each Friend A Word, And In That Word A World

How easy it is to write for a friend
This thought strikes me, hard
In my head and my heart.

My words are sluggish, my thoughts are rusty
And my motivation, cries, curled up in a ball
Weeping at how easy it used to be.

What greater inspiration, than to write for the joy it elicits
In a community of fellow authors, poets, children.
In a web of friends, discovering themselves, through shared loves
Of books and school and words,
Words that linked us, from a thousand miles away.

Everything ends.
Everything changes.
Life and time and hurt wore down our precious family.
And when I look back, I have lenses of nostalgia on my eyes.
That tinge my thoughts with longing and regret.
And when my closest friend of all comes into view
They are tinged with betrayal.
For a friend I now know only as a ghost,
Talking to a fiction from twenty years ago.
That kind, scared girl I know,
She was living as her past
And she told the truth at last
And it hurt.

I changed, I made new friends.
And I love them very much.
But I do not share my words, my thoughts, my heart
Like I used to.
And they don’t share theirs with me.
So my words dissolved with my friends
Scattered away on the wind that tore away my ties.
And left me isolated,
Without a voice.

It’s hard.
To shout into the void.
Without the reassurance of company.
But the quiet ate away at me,
Turned from a companion to an abuser.
So I have to try.

I hope you can hear me.

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  1. hey wow uh sorry to comment out of nowhere like this on a post from 7 months ago but this is literally my first time checking blogger in like over a year so. i just wanted to say: this poem is really good! and sad! and i think i know what the 4th stanza is about and uh. yeah. i hope you're okay and doing well, dude. i'm glad you're still writing!


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View from Cavtat Harbor toward the Hills The owner of Villa Olav & Jo  say their goodbyes Today we left Dubrovnik, fly...

Thursday, February 22, 2007

The Cost-co Shopping Challenge

Lord help me, I went to Cost-co.

Next Wednesday is the CalEPA's Black Caucus luncheon and to spare the lives of innocents that would otherwise taste my cooking, I volunteered to supply the paper plates, cups, napkins, and such for next . Yeah, ok, so I'm an uninspired cook, but the way I see it I'm doing everyone an immense favor by not cooking. No one wants to remember Black History month as the month all the African-Americans at CalEPA died from ptomaine poisoning.

Denia Pixie, Oriental Lily

So after work I was off to Cost-co to buy the paper-ware and I was doing pretty good – only putting necessities into my humongous shopping cart. Ok, to confess, I did buy enough fresh blackberries and apple slices to keep the British Navy out of danger from the ravages of scurvy or rickets and yes, I admit I bought enough asparagus to make my pee smell peculiar for several weeks. Oh right... and I bought a barrel full of those yummy portobello mushrooms the size of manhole covers. And before I forget, I also bought dried blueberries, which are now widely believed to contain magical & healthful cancer-nixing elixers of the sort normally procured from old ladies who live in caves wearing bat wings, garlic and such around their necks. Go easy on me; at least I managed not to talk myself out of buying almonds, packaged by the crate. Ok, ok, I bought the almonds packaged by the barrel.

Double Hollyhocks

I was so very proud of my prudent shopping. I was genuinely thrifty, in the manner of some Dickensian tightwad living on gruel (freshened with blueberries) and sour soup (followed by a medalie of portobellos and asparagus). Things were looking good but I then ruined my plans of frugality by parading my cart past my nemesis; the gardening section.

Here is the problem; although my mother was known for her green thumb, which extended up to her armpit, my green thumb is as shriveled as the willie of an old man who drives a shiny new red convertable sports car. I do not garden. I outright dislike toiling the soil which, if you think on it is totally disrespectful when considering God in his/her wisdom thought to provide a perfectly lovely big screen television and extraordinarily comfy Lazy Boy chair in my living room. Still, ironically, I totally adore bright flowers, freshly sprouting flower bulbs and the fruits of anyone else's gardening labor save for my own.

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  • 5 Nerine Bowdenii (pink lily thingies below to the right)
  • 8 Oriental Lilies: Lily Pixie Denia (pink bloom, shown above at right)
  • 5 Sir Alf Ramsey Dahlia (Pink)
  • 24 mixed alceas (Hollyhocks) in burgundy, orange, pink, red and yellow (top, at right)
  • 3 Hosta hybrid Blue Mountains (blue leaves)
  • 3 Hosta sieboldianna Elegans 3 Hosta fortunei Hyaciothina
  • 3 Hosta hybrid Blue boy (purple flowered plant shown below)

    Doesn't that sound lovely? Hopeful? Damned imposible considering my degree of bone idleness? Now do not be harsh, there is some chance I might actually remove the baby plants from their adorably packaged plastic bags. I might actually abandon my Lazy Boy, pick up a shovel or spade and venture into the back garden. Yes, I know, I might also decide to sprout wings and fly, but I have to keep the faith. There is some chance I might actually put these delicate hands of mine to dig and toil in the soil as did my mother and grandmother before me. Place your bets now.

  1. I loved your page... I'm at a loss as to how to plant the hollyhocks bulbs. Did you plant these last year, or this year? I know you said you a "light" on the gardening initiative, but I'm hopeful! Allof my gardening books state Holly Hocks (Alcea Rosea) should be in SEED form, except one that mentions "their off shoot tubers). Did you plant them horizontally or vertically? Thanks for your input!

  2. Hi franmanne,

    About the hollyhocks, there is much to be said for buying bulbs that are already started. The seeds require a lot more work and you have to soak the tough seeds and slightly score them, etc. Much easier to just buy a seedling or tubers.

    Now... ahem... as to actually planting the tubers... I never got that far! Here is a later posting I did that addressed my issues with buying plants and never quite getting the poor things into the ground.


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Amagansett, NY Training Jet Liner Crashes, Jan 1961
New York, NY Terminal Warehouse Fire, May 1902
Avoca, NY Wreck on the Erie R. R. Kills Frank Maynard, Jan 1888
Long Island, NY Airplane Lands on Nose in Apple Orchard, May 1930
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New York City, NY Ireland Building Collapse, Aug 1895
New York City, NY Fireworks Explosion at Madison Square, Nov 1902
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Friday, September 9, 2016

City Flowers Bellevue, WA

Tiny Flower shop that jam packs Halloween in to a compact space. Great decorating ideas.

Laurie Brown said...

I miss seeing that place!

lady M said...

Is that the same owners as Rogers Gardens in California? That fairy tale theme looks similar.

Old Fashion Halloween said...

Lady M,

No relation, as far as I know. This tiny little flower shop is in a hotel and lobby. They have to bring everything up from the basement. Its layered so deep with stuff its truly amazing. The centerpiece is something hanging from the ceiling and twirling every year.


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A Look Back on 2010

As 2010 draws to a close, Old Port Jingles has much to be thankful for. We made lots of new friends at some of the Portland Buy Local events, got to experience fantastic events in Maine at some of the best venues in Portland, and of course made some jingles for fantastic businesses! We’re all excited to see what 2011 holds, and hopefully you are too. If you’re ready to take the next step to promoting your local Maine business with a radio advertisement or business jingle, we will be here, no matter what the economy does. We’re ready to lay down the tracks, that will create the path to success for your business! Wow, that last line needed some wine to go with it because it was so cheesy. Anyway, Happy New Year!

Don’t Forget the Music

Whats the worst thing you’ve ever forgotten for a party? There’s a lot you’re better off without, the annoying guy, blow up dolls, and spam sandwiches come to mind. One that you can absolutely not forget (besides booze) is music!

Old Port Jingles is proud to announce our new live music entertainment section! We offer everything from background musicians, to wedding DJ’s, to event hosts and more! If you’re looking for an affordable wedding DJ, OPJ can make it happen.  If you’ve ever met Erich Pobatschnig, you would agree that he has the personality needed to take your party or event to the next level. He knows when to slow it down for the lovers, and kick out the jams to keep the party going for the night!

Now that you know where to turn for your musical needs, whats the most essential thing you’ve ever forgotten for a party or wedding?

4th of July in Portland, Maine

Wow! What a 4th! Portland, Maine really put on quite an amazing show this year. It was announced last year that there was no money in the budget for fireworks this year, so several businesses stepped it up and donated the money needed to make the “last” fireworks in Portland memorable. The Portland Symphony Orchestra set up a stage and played to the crowd that had to be at least 20,000 strong in the East End. The fireworks were awesome and impressive. Take a look at the photos recently posted on our facebook page! We would be shocked if these were the actual last fireworks ever in Portland.

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OHS Interact Fundraising Banquet

Olds High School INTERACT club is hosting our 9th annual Fundraising Banquet on March 27, 2018.

This year we chose to focus on two causes.  We are very interested in being able to send a SHELTER BOX to an area.  We have worked with Wynne Bjorgan who is with Shelter Box Canada and she will be the keynote speaker at our banquet.  She will outline this valuable program and a display will be available for guests to see that evening.   Interact members also want to support PADS – Pacific Assistance Dogs Society.  PADS is a program that breeds, raises, trains and supports certified assistance dogs and partners them with people living with disabilities and with community care professionals.  Interact had volunteers bring in some of the puppies during exam week to assist students who were dealing with elevated stress levels.

We are hoping that members of our OHS community will choose to support our effort to raise awareness of and offer support for these excellent programs.

Please consider coming out to enjoy an excellent dinner, listen to very talented local musicians from OHS and hear from Wynne Bjorgan with Shelter Box Canada.

This year our banquet theme is "OHS TALENTS AND PASSIONS."

We are inviting OHS clubs to host a display and are asking talented students from the arts community to either perform or consider donating toward the raffle table or bake sale. We need your help to promote this banquet and to invite your friends and family to the dinner.

If you have any questions regarding this banquet or the goal of the OHS Interact club, you are welcome to contact Tane Skotheim, staff advisor for Interact at the high school at 403-556-3391 ext 4636 or on her cell number at 403-586-8277.

Tickets will be on sale at the Olds High School Office

Adults:                              $20.00
Students:                           $15.00


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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

I'm back

Hello readers. I've finally found time to blog again. Anyway, I found this video at Jewschool. It shows a Jewish Jerusalemite, an Arab Jaffan (Yafo/Yaffa, not Jiffa), and a Jewish Tel-Avivan speak about their perception of history, their narrative. In less than 5 minutes it shows you the conflict of two narratives, and the humanity behind it. This video was created by Amy Rubin.

From the Jewschool post:

In her introduction to the video she writes, ” Trying to achieve peace in Israel without addressing the past is akin to trying to find a cure for cancer by treating the symptoms without ever considering why the cancer developed in the first place.”

I can only add that I believe that we (Jews, Arabs and everyone else in this world) have very slim chances of moving ahead if we can’t take a clear, honest look at history.

A commenter that goes by the name 'Firouz' left a long comment so I'm going to put only some of it here:

I must say, in all these years, I have never experienced a Palestinian empathize with the Jewish experience in the levant. The classic case of “acceptable empathy” is often with regards to the Holocaust, where Palestinians feel they can empathize with the Jews without undermining their essentially political agenda. In fact, this Holocaust empathy is often turned around on the Jews - we empathize with you about the Holocaust in Europe, now you should empathize with us about the Holocaust in Gaza.

But to exhibit a real understanding, much less empathy, for the situation in which the Yishuv found itself in the early part of the 20th century and leading to 1948… I have never seen a Palestinian do so. Indeed, thinking about it now, I’ve never experienced a Palestinian question the actions of their community leading up to Israel’s birth, besides bemoaning that Arab disunity meant it could not be aborted.

I am left to understand that such considerations would be anathema for “the other”, and this makes me question what purpose such an exercise in history serves, when the empathy of one, becomes a weapon for another.

I think Rubin's and Firouz's persepctive both have merit. But Firouz is right that these exchanges of narratives don't go far enough. How constructive are these? They soften us and prepares us for the "divorce" but how much impact do they have on Palestinian society? I know of a few programs that brings together Israeli and Palestinian youth but they are always in small numbers.

This video was also posted on Huffington Post and someone left this comment:
Beyond debate:There was about equal exchange of Jews and Arabs between Muslims world and Israel.

Beyond debate: Israel absorbed the entire stream of the Jewish refugees.

Beyond debate: Muslim world keeps Palestinian Arab refugees in deplorable conditions and deny them basic human rights.
Primary Reason: Even great-grandchildren of Palestinian immigrants must be kept indigent and without hope so as not to reward Israel.
It is important to remember that forces that led to this conflict are regional, not just between two people fighting over one piece of land.

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Tuesday, November 02, 2010

As I've written before, the music of Michael Pisaro has been my single favorite "discovery" (late though it was) of the last few years. So I think it's interesting, good even, that each of these three recent releases of his work causes me problems of one sort or another. We don't need complacency!

"ricefall (2)" is one of two recordings inaugurating the Gravity Wave label which will be dedicated to Pisaro's work. It's an elaboration on and an expansion of "ricefall (1)", which was scored for 16 musicians with an 18 minutes duration (16 one-minute events bracketed by single minutes of silence). Percussionist Greg Stuart asked for, and received, a quadrupling of the score--64 events over the course of 72 minutes (with a minute of silence before and after each 16-minute section). The score is fairly transparent, indicating the surface upon which to drop the rice grains and the approximate intensity/volume to be used. Stepping back, there's an overall arc that rises then eventually evens out.

Upon simply hearing the title of the work, I was expecting a very quiet piece; part of me was doubtless recalling seeing Sean Meehan dropping individual grains of rice on his snare some years back. I was unprepared for the sheer intensity of the attack in the very first section, a deluge of sharp, tinging strikes, as though a violent, if small-grained, hailstorm suddenly began pelting my window. More often than not, the minute to minute transitions are subtle but detectable. Indeed, it's a great deal of fun to sit and watch the CD timer change and attempt to pick out what combination of surfaces and intensity was now being heard. While the general soundscape remains self-similar, there's a helluva lot of other stuff happening. Sometimes, as in minute 13, I swear I heard pianos somewhere back beyond the curtain of falling rice. I might guess that the grains were, in that minute, falling on some especially resonant metal, but I'm not at all sure. I also have to commend Stuart for maintaining an astonishing evenness in each subsection; you know he's taking handfuls of grain and dropping or hurling them downward but, even in the densest portions, there's a remarkable consistency of texture (within which, of course, there's much variation).

That being said, all these fascinating attributes aside, I have some trouble wrapping my ears around "rainfall (2)" as a whole. Unlike, say, a late Feldman work where one can simultaneously appreciate the beauty of adjacent chords, recollect more distant neighbors and, almost by osmosis, come to sense and appreciate the large scale structure, here I could never get beyond the immediacy of the attacks and the transitions from one to another, hearing it as four sets of sixteen distinct, if slightly overlapping events. I found myself enjoying it as acoustic phenomena but wanting to hear more of an integration into the whole than I was able to perceive. That extra dimension present in so much of Pisaro's work was imperceptible to me. I entirely allow that this could be just me and that, some time from now, I'll smack myself in the forehead and exclaim, "Of course, you idiot!"

Whatever, the case, it's entirely worth hearing.

With "july mountain (three versions)", my problem is more subtle, perhaps even trivial. The original release, issued several months ago on Jez riley French's Engraved Glass label, is my favorite disc of the year thus far, an extraordinarily beautiful piece of music. That same recording leads things off here and it hasn't lost a bit of its power and beauty. Incidentally, that extra dimension I mentioned above is present, for me, in spades on this piece; the whole thing has a marvelous trajectory, something that, after it's over, you can sit back an really grasp the enormity of. The second track is something of a revelation--it's simply the percussion portion of the original, sans the field recordings. The revelatory aspect of it, to me and I daresay to many, is how much of "july mountain" is percussion. I know that I, to the extent I analyzed it, thought that far more of the sounds were generated in the field, by wind, faraway engines, water, what-have-you. It's a testament to Greg Stuart's immense ability on all things percussive that he was able to blend so seamlessly, so chameleon-like. It's also a pleasure just to listen to on its own, very fascinating, many rubbed surfaces, deep hums from some unknown source, tons more.

The third track is a realization using a mix of field recordings by Pisaro, Stuart, French, Greg Headley and Travis Weller. It's lovely, somewhat different than the first rendition--more birds, dog barks, maybe more insistent engines--but totally in sync with the idea and a joy to hear.

So what's my problem? Only this: The Engraved Glass edition had, for me, a special, stand-alone, jewel-like quality to it. It was a perfect little gem, really flawless and something I liked to think of "in isolation". Combined with two other tracks, as fine as those are, I feel that something ineffable has been lost, or at least that the luster of the piece grows dimmer. It's a quibble, no matter really. Everyone in hearing distance should get this disc (and the previous one) to further experience Pisaro's unique and wonderful sound world. I'm very anxious to hear more from Gravity Wave and am very enthused that the label exists.

Gravity Wave
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My experience, by and large, with Pisaro's music has led me to expect a certain clarity and pristine quality. It also seems to me that it feels more natural with acoustic instruments or very "pure" electric ones like sine waves or, at most, e-bowed guitar. Such preconceptions, of course, are nonsense and, given his growing popularity (at least in this small corner of the world) one can expect musicians to have at his compositions from many an angle. Miguel Prado, out of A Caruña in Galicia, Spain, takes on a piece previously known as "within (3)" and indeed makes it his own. enough so that Pisaro now refers to two separate but related works, "within"'s 3.1 and 3.2. The original was written for classical guitar and consisted of lightly struck single tones that were held for 10 seconds, repeated a varying number of times. I haven't heard that work (I don't think?) but can pretty clearly imagine it.

Prado uses held tones but imbues them with a healthy dose of fuzz, eschewing tidiness for a certain amount of grit 'n' grease. I realize I make this comparison all too often, but there's something of Fripp from the period circa "Evening Star" in the sound. As the electric guitar allows for much longer periods of aural decay, it was decided to layer the tones rather than letting one dissipate before initiating the next. Between these two elements--the fuzzy guitar and the lack of silences (or near-silences; there are extended silent breaks between sections) the work, to my ears, loses some essential Pisaro-ness. It's fine, and enjoyable to hear, with plenty of luscious moments, but lacks the kind of specialness I've come to expect. One listens to the tones fluctuate and interact with one another and derives some pleasure from that, but the subtle sense of structure one expects isn't quite perceivable--you get the sense of pleasant meandering as opposed to ecstatic rigor. Now, to be sure, I may well be over-pigeonholing Pisaro's music and he may have welcomed this expansion into a more drone-like sphere. But one of the qualities I've come most to enjoy in Pisaro's work is a kind of edge-of-one's-seat suspense in an odd sense: each moment is often so beautiful, you are almost afraid to hear the next one, fretting that the spell might be broken. That it's often not is to the credit of both composer and interpreter and it's quite thrilling to experience. That rare sense is missing, for me, here.

Limited edition of 100 and, caveats aside,decidedly worth hearing for admirers of Pisaro's work

jkudler said...

kill yr idols! glad to see you finding some chinks in the armor. in that spirit, i have to say i got the original version of july mountain partially because of your RAVES, and i've never found it as unimpeachable. i think it largely stems from the piano chord(s? - can't recall now), which are mixed too loud for my taste and always take me right out of the mood of the piece. hmm. but pretty curious to hear ricefall plus sundry other pisaro discs i need to catch up on. and a wave and waves has proven pretty resilient upon a lot of listens.

as long as i'm at, the linguistic prescriptivist in me might take issue with your usage of the word "enormity," though google seems to say it can be synonymous with "enormousness." i only mention this because i feel like you can maybe appreciate, brian.

Brian Olewnick said...

heh, I actually don't recall ever having known of the original meaning of the word! (just looked it up). One does often hear it used in the phrase "the enormity of the crime" so, I'd guess, the combo of that along with its affinity to "enormous" was more than enough for the meaning to slide.

jkudler said...

it's just one of those things i remember very vividly being corrected on in high school. it probably stuck in my craw at the time, because who uses "enormity" only in that sense? but now it always jumps out at me. oh well.

ryan said...

i slept on the point engraved ed. of "july mountain," mostly because the description of field recordings + percussion didn't grab me. however, your review and your revelation that much more of the piece is percussion than originally thought, interests me. plus, i am intrigued by the ability to examine the isolated percussion elements. i can see how this release might dilute "july mountain" for those that know and love it, but to one (perhaps more?) that has not yet heard it, this release (or is it your review) has made the piece sound rather more interesting than before.

now, does anyone know why mono, rather than stereo field recordings were used?


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Monday, October 11, 2010

Crochet rugs and rain, rain, rain!!!

Brisbane is wet, wet, wet!! We were woken to the sound of extremely heavy rain here. Wish I had a rain guage to know how much we had. The dams must be overflowing! NEWS REPORT: 260mm and flash flooding. Easing today.

On a wim this weekend I started chopping up old t-shirts to crochet a floor rug. I needed more colour so I rushed off to Spotlight to get some t-shirt material. I am thinking I will make (4) squares like this granny square and join together. I have used a 15mm hook and cut my strips about 1inch wide. Making rugs is alot of fun and quite a good workout for the arms.

  1. Oh my - I want a tshirt granny rug too! Too bad I won't be making one any time soon (...okay... ever...), but yours is looking grand in it's beginnings!

    Happy Blogtoberfest! Thought I'd swing by the tail-end of the list & say hello!

  2. Thanks Vic
    This is all new to me so thank you so much for takin the time to comment. Megan

  3. I really need to learn about crochet some time - crocheting with t-shirt fabric? I had no idea! Lou.

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Monday, May 23, 2011

Flea Market Finds

Our Poppy has moved into a Aged Care Facility so there were a few vintagey 'treasures' to be saved from the trailer heading to 'Vinnies'.

This cupboard was Hubby's Mother's (Kath) and it used to live under the house, in the dark, full of OMO and Nappy San.
I am sure Kath is having a laugh because her crazy Daughter-in-Law is now using it as a highly visible furniture piece.
My initial thought was to paint it up and make it all pretty but to be honest, I am likin' it as is.
 I would say Hubby's Grandfather would have made this little cupboard as he was a Carpenter.
Poppy used to use this 'Recession glass' bowl for his car keys and bits and pieces.
The gorgeous old photo is of Kath (right) and her sisters, Mavis and Col.
Very very cute.
Col doesn't look like she is letting go of that ball for anyone.
Last, but not least, a great 70's cassette case full of cassettes.
Very cute and still very usable (not sure for what as yet).

Head on over to Sophie's for more lovely old treasures.

  1. Loving all of your very special treasures. I think you are right, some items just don't need painting - until we change our minds!
    Have a great day.

    Pam x

  2. I'm likin' the cabinet as it is too! Very much!!

  3. It like the cabinet too. The fact it has sentimental value makes it a very cool piece. xx

  4. All very snazzy, especially the bowl. Somethings just never date do they?

  5. That cabinet is lovely especially with that painting over it and how pretty is that green glass bowl. Gorgeous bits. Did your Poppy live anywhere near MMMC's land of Grandad?

  6. I'm glad Poppy is somewhere where he can be looked after. Don't get me started on old people being like babies and needing lots of love ...

    Great scores! But they're not really 'scores' are they? You're holding on to pieces of family history which are priceless. That's why I love the Land of Grandad.

    I like that painting too. xo

  7. Love that cabinet exactly as it is- fantastic mustardy shade of yellow and that arched door too. The painting above is lovely as well. My mum has unfortunately gone all minimalist on me in the last few years and given away everything to the salvos so no treasures at her place. melx

  8. I think its great that you can use these old pieces and keep a bit of family history - i think Poppy would be pleased!

  9. Ok that cassette case is so cute! I just love it!

    The Joyful Thrifter

  10. The little cupboard is fantastic! one man's trash is another's treasure for sure! The bowl is just lovely as are the memories.

  11. these finds are so full of sentiment. i go all quiet.
    the cupboard reminds me of my dad. he used to make this kind of practical furniture. it looks so, so pretty in your place!

  12. Awww adorable!! So pleased they found a good home.

  13. Love them all, and wonderful to have special mementos from the past.

  14. I love your style it really looks great, the ambiance of the old house with the old cabinet, and the old photos on it, the cassette case I love it much. Thanks for the nice idea you have shared on your blog, before I saw this, I thought old places and stuff were useless but then I'm wrong. Great idea for a fantastic JOB.

  15. I like the cupboard as-is! What's a cassette? I don't know, but it's a lovely holder.

  16. I love love LOVE that little yellow cupboard and I am so glad you've left it as you found it...we have lots of old furniture from our rellies and apart from scrubbing off possom poo etc we haven't touched's all part of the family history I think. I also love the depression glass, family photo, cassette box and that painting above the cupboard too...there's a whole lot of love coming your way from me!

    ps your quilts are gorgeous too x

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Thursday, August 26, 2010

The Fat Quarter Folder

The fat quarter folder eating lobsta in New England on a trip to Center Harbor, New Hampshire... to all you dedicated quilters what is in Center Harbor?
So my mom has dubbed herself the fat quarter folder!  Last Wednesday I had a class and mom worked the shop so I wouldn't have to go back and forth from shop to house.  Mom gets a little nervous about working in the shop I have no idea why but she does.  I have been cutting half yards of fabric to turn into fat quarters for the past few weeks in preparation for Country Living FairS'!  I told mom that day just fold the fat quarters and that would be a huge help! So as she is folding customers keep coming.  I guess the name dubbing went a little like this... customers' walk in and are greeted with " ummm Hi uhhh Kori's not here she is in the house teaching class so you will just have to deal with me I am the fat quarter folder" in a nervous voice says Mom.  Say that 5 times fast and it's a real tongue twister.  Anyway during all this I get a hundred calls in the house mom asking what she should do, how much is..., where is the... etc etc. Just so you know mom made it through the day and did a great job in the shop...she always does. A group of ladies who wanted to see what we were making in the house and informed me that I needed to give her a raise! She does deserve one that is for sure but the payment is going to be in some sort of gift and I haven't quite figured that out....

In the meantime though while I am in the house with Dana, Beth, and Judie elementary school teachers from the Canton area (I am still in shock that these ladies drive an hour to come here what a compliment and what a delight to have some new sewing friends) were in here making this cute little box and of course its a Hatched and Patched project! Pretty cool huh?  You can either use it for your favorite jewelery or to put thread in for an on the road project. To top this fun day off Judie brought these amazing S'mores Bars to share and I thought you all needed the recipe.  They are a MUST make people... my mom horded them from me and I actually had to ask where the were.  What can I say we a a couple of foodies...
S'mores Sandwich Bar Cookies (from Hershey's)
1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
5 Hershey's bars (1.55 oz. each), unwrapped : - )
3 cups miniature marshmallows

1.  Heat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease an 8 x 8 glass baking dish.

2.  Beat butter and sugar until well blended in large bowl.  Add egg and vanilla; beat well.  Stir together flour, graham cracker crumbs, baking powder, and salt; add to butter mixture, beating until blended.  Press half of dough into prepared pan.  Bake 15 minutes.

3.  Lay candy bars evenly over baked dough, breaking as necessary to cover.  Sprinkle with marshmallows; scatter bits of remaining dough over all.  Bake 10 to 15 minutes or just until lightly browned.  Cool completely in pan on wire rack.  Cut into bars.  Yield:  16 bars.

Enjoy the recipe and hope this blog made you smile and or laugh.  I still laugh about mom's new nick name if you could have only heard her tell the story!

P.S.: Come see these cute little boxes I am telling you you will want to make one!

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Weekend Fun

always going...

Do you ever feel like your riding the tornado of life and sometimes it goes faster on certain days and by the end of the week or month you feel really dizzy.  I think I am on the fast part of the tornado and lately most days I am in a daze.. although I have to say it's not that bad!  I have been really excited about a few past blogs because I have gotten comments from non-friends!  There are actually people reading my BLOG... and they (you) actually like it!  What a nice compliment.  So thanks I now feel better that  I am not actually talking to myself. So this past weekend was really nice and seemed to go super fast...

My best friends Nicole and Barry are having a baby... I unfortunately missed the celebration on Saturday in Savannah and of course I just finished getting the gift ready.  Yet again better late than never... so tomorrow morning I will put the box in the mail goodies for both mommy and new baby.  I had to share how cute the box of goodies turned out.  I love giving gifts it's one of my favorite things in life...

Sunday Josh and I went to the movies and we saw the Expendables (not bad for a guy movie) and went to Borders were I picked up the new Where Women Create... if you have never seen the magazine you MUST pick it up! It's a little pricey but I always seem to buy it. This month Amy Butler is the cover story.  Her studio is pretty awesome...check it out!

So really my weekend days are Sunday and Monday because the shop is closed on Mondays.  Yesterday was pretty awesome.  In the morning I helped mom do some catering.  She made chicken Marsala it was so good.  I get hungry just thinking about it.  So anyway after out luncheon we decided to do some antiquing. One flea market and two antique malls' later we came home with some great stuff.  Some of it will be at Country Living Fair!!! I guess you will all have to come check it out there ;)...

antique shop's cat

mom's new cutting board

So today it's back to the shop!  Saturday I started cutting fat quarters, fat halves and fat eighths for Country Living Fair'S.  I got alot done but I knew I needed to figure out a way to identify what they were but more importantly make sure that customers don't forget where then got that piece of fabric I came up with this...

there is nothing better than polka dots

So that is what I have been up to the last few days... and some other stuff I haven't had a chance to take pictures of so more surprises to come... speaking of which here's a sneak peak of one!

NEW Farm dale Fabric....

I know new fabric... I think I may have to focus one blog on just this fabric because it's FABULOUS!!!! Until Next time...

P.S. hopefully Nicole doesn't read the blog LOL!

Friday, August 13, 2010

A good friend... Judi and my Camera!

So lately I have been taking lots of pictures with my new camera! Well I got it for Christmas... It's a REALLY good camera you know one of those Canon Rebels... way over my head. So when mom and dad surprised it with my I was like Whoa Wa. I am still not really sure how to use it but I decided if I don't use the flash it really takes awesome pictures. I have been around my artsy friends and cousin Tiffany long enough that I know what a "cool" picture looks like. Over the weekend a very good friend of my mom and I had a wedding shower for her son and future daughter in law. Of course mom made some incredible food and I was the wanna be photographer slash assistant to mom. Although for this occasion I did also help Judi out in the invitation and favor department. It was easy to design them because Judi gave me some inspiration from an old wedding favor. Judi collects vintage wedding toppers...she has been collecting them since she was little! We were inspired by Hatched and Patched the Bon Bon Pattern and made the little fabric candies I think they would be great to put special pieces of jewelry. Well anyway here are some of the 250 shots I took on Sunday! Let me know what you think....

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Fall'in into some fun new stuff....

It's hard to believe that it is August... but I guess I need to get a grip with it and make the best of getting out the fall and winter patterns. I don't want summer to end but honestly I am looking forward to cooler weather and of corse college football. I am thinking like 70 degrees when I can wear my favorite jeans and a cardigan!

Since vacation I have been trying to get this little shop ready for the up coming seasons. I have been pulling out new patterns and samples plus have hung up some new quilts and received some great new books and patterns! Plus Fabric.... I am gonna let the pictures below speak for themselves.

Just let it be Abbey Lane Pattern

Used Chenille and Ticking to add texture

Make Life: Go Round Pattern by Sweetwater

New Michael Miller Fabrics

Blackberry Primitive Patterns Designed by Maggie Bonanomi along
with her new BOOK Comfort Zone For Kansas City Star!!!!

other new Kansas City Star Books!

more great Michael Miller fabrics... I think theses are my favorite!

Last but not least pictures of the shop all fixed up!

Hope you enjoyed all the pictures I have been having fun taking them too! Next time I will have to show you a little project I am working on...

P.S. it's a really cute Hatched and Patched Pattern you will want to make one for yourself and a friend!


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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Everything "Camp"

It’s almost June – my, how May has flown!!

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Thursday, November 4, 2010

Broga Hill

This is crazy and cool dude. Without vivid and bold planning we (defined: umi, shida, fai, me) heading to Broga Hill early morning. Yes, before this we keep planning, inviting, being kepochi to all friends telling we are going to hug Broga Hill. But we cannot make it for some reasons. But, now we can plastered our face with butterfly smile and telling everyone that we just reach up our gold mission. Yeay, we did it gurls.!!Last night, i went out with one of my boyfriends. And suddenly, shida asked me to buy battery for umi's camera. And at the moment, i used to enjoy my short-date at Bukit Ampang. So nice, beautiful, and quite fun. That was first date with memorable jokes, beautiful laugh and so much story to share with. Hakhak...Gatal me!

Oke, lets continue with the Broga trip. I just come back from date at late night. I mentally prepared not to fall sleep while waiting 4 in the morning. The weather just so great with lovely wind. I do my own stuff, facebooking, chatting, borak-ing with friends. A few moments later, i realized clock knock me with 3 am. Then, me off everything and prepared some picnic things. At 3.40 am i off my housemate from their beauty sleep.

Around 5 am we touch down the destination. From here, i can smell the fresh air, coldness and my mind like empty and i could not stop myself feel excited to reach up the hill. We joined the Chinese group. They used to come in a large group. We started our journey from oil palm plantation, slowly to the hillside and forest. Thank goodness, the weather just so nice and yet not slippery. It was quite steep, dangerous, rocky around with madly rooted. After 45 minutes, we can see all over down places. It was dark, cold with wild wind and me like can touch the bluish cloud around. Get excited myself with people around. I wanted to blow out my self loudly "i did it"!Yes, i can see the town from here. It was always my dream to have trip like this, climb up the mountain. I used to do it before in Penang. I miss the moments that i can free my mind with sweaty activities. I wanted to do something totally different and rare. So that, i won't regret when the times come and say you are too old to do this and that. And at least i got experienced to share with my daughter and son. Tehee..fcuk!

Let's rowk it bebes, time to camwhore.

Okees, bubye Broga, let's arrange another date. Lebiu

alantanblog said...

Nice photo! & I hope you love the Broga Hill hike :-)

Feel free to join Broga Hill Lovers - Facebook Group at

Moumo said...

hye alantan,

yup,me love broga hill so much
n i hope can go there more often
glad to join Broga Hill Lovers,
so i hope can see u and the rest friends during hiking..
thnxs bebe


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Saturday, June 30, 2012

Lately I've been ending my letters with the word Snacks instead of Thanks. Why?, you may or may not wonder.
I got tired of writing Thanks. Apparently I'm a needy little person, and I write emails asking folks for stuff: do this for me, do that for me, please help me to...the list is practically endless.

And then people write me back and say “Okay”, or “Sorry, I can't do it”, and I have to acknowledge that they at least understood my message, or that they got it anyway.
But “Thanks” has lost its power, at least with me.  Doesn't express the gratitude I feel toward folks who grant me a little part of their attention.
The other day the little woman and I were waiting for a seemingly interminable length of time at some Bureaucracy. And we couldn't see what was going on, as the door was closed, and Patty says, well, it's about 11 a.m., so they're probably having cookies and milk and now they're gonna unroll their little towels and lie down on the floor for naptime. So that should only take another fifteen minutes.
Something about that image appealed to me: the idea of harassed government workers having a scheduled little break, just like in daycare.  So they wouldn't get cranky. A good idea, I thought, reminding myself to always have a towel with me in case I need to lie down somewhere.
So then I decided to end my letters more pleasantly, and the daycare image having taken hold, I choose now to end my letters more sweetly . More childlike. A word that is more warm and friendly, more evocative of the gratitude I feel toward those who have written me back, a word that in and of itself suggests the goodness of childhood.

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

 FED up.

Why do we have a system where the Fed lends money to the Banks so that the Banks can buy Government Bonds, which the Government then has to repay at interest?
Why doesn't the Fed lend money to the Government, charging the same interest rate that it now charges the Banks? Then the Government can pay the Fed back, and the deficit will drop by trillions.
Where does the money go? Where does the money come from? Whose money is it anyway, when you get down to it? Why is the Government lending money to the Banks so that the Government can borrow money from the Banks?


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Saturday, March 26, 2016

Light a Candle for Us

I'm losing count of how many times this has happened, but events always seem to follow a set pattern following an Islamic terrorist attack.
First there's the sounds and images of explosions/gunfire/bomb detonations that result in carnage, death, destruction, and panic mixed with heroism, all viewed through veils of smoke and shadows of running figures. Immediately after we see 24/7 media coverage, often fraught with misinformation or even rumor. Next comes the obligatory outrage expressed by world leaders, complete with platitudes about "solidarity" and "thoughts and prayers," all of which is meaningless empty words. The current American president will be sure to throw in a warning about not judging Islam by the acts of a few. (Interesting how, after a mass shooting in the USA, he never warns about not judging all gun owners by the acts of a few.)
After the heads of state have dutifully weighed in we begin to see the increased security, with armed military and law enforcement officers patrolling in full fighting gear, often with search dogs. The police presence juxtaposes with the calm and meditative candlelight vigils, with flowers, teddy bears, and heart-rending signs and letters piling up in close proximity to the site of the latest atrocity. This is the longest portion of the standard reaction, often lingering for days as news anchors capture poignant closing segments for their television network that are certain to bump up the ratings.

Newspaper stories continue to appear regarding an "ongoing investigation" as the days wear on. We may even hear about additional suspects being apprehended or new twists to the evil plot. But the buzz is now fading. The news articles grow shorter and less frequent until they disappear. People go back to watching "Dancing with the Stars" and talking about the newest iPhone.

What can we do, after all? Nobody wants another Iraq War, we say to each other over drinks at happy hour. No, of course not. But what we sometimes forget is that we may not have a choice in the matter. In fact, it is becoming increasingly obvious that we don't have a choice. We have an enemy that means business. Until we mean the same back at them, we are all in grave peril.

Finally, about ten days to two weeks after the terrorist attack, we have returned fully to "normal," listening to presidential candidates hurl insults at each other, fretting over gas prices, looking forward to weekend sports. As attention ebbs away from the latest international scene of death and devastation, the Islamic terrorists press quietly ahead with their plans for the next attack on Western civilization.

As we continue our rituals of complacent reaction, there is no doubt that one day, the candlelight vigils will be for us or our loved ones. It has been so already, in both Paris and Brussels.


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Thursday, October 1, 2009

Feeling Grateful For The Blessings In Your Life

Today is one of those days that I have been feeling amazingly grateful to God and the Universe for all my blessings. And it’s not because things are going just “perfectly well” in my life (as usually people call it). In fact, life has been quite tough lately. But amazingly, I feel grateful and I feel that things are fine. I guess this feeling in itself is a blessing.

We all have so often read about how being spiritual requires one to feel grateful for what we have rather than be resentful of what we don’t have. It’s easier said than done. I know. It’s easy to feel grateful when life is all peachy. But when life is tough, gratefulness is one thing which is so far away from your mind. So, is it OK to feel resentful and not feel grateful? Perhaps not.

Because the more resentful we feel, the further we wander away from gratefulness and from our spiritual self. We don’t want to do that. Resentment is fine as long as we use it for our own advantage and get positive things out of it. We should not allow it to take us over. Because once it does take us over, we become bitter and we hate everything around us. We hate our self. We hate our loved ones. And we hate God. But how do we feel grateful when the going gets tough?

Many spiritual teachers say that by focusing on the good things in life and thanking the Universe for them can help us feel grateful. You just need to keep repeating these thank you statements to yourself. This may work for some. This may work some times. But what to do when it doesn’t work?

I don’t often consciously say thank you to God for all my blessings. But when I do think about the tough times I have had in the past and the miraculous strength and miraculous help that I received, I am just amazed. People I hadn’t met for years showing up to solve a problem. Almost lost my life and yet survived. Left with almost no money and no physical strength to do a job and yet from nowhere blessed with an opportunity to earn and have a career working from home. And I could go on and on here.

Just thinking about these miraculous occurrences is enough to bring tears in my eyes. And I actually cry. The only difference is that they are tears of joys. And gratefulness just surrounds me. I am grateful to God. And I just can’t stop thanking God for all that. And once I stop crying, I realize that I will be OK. Because God has always been there helping me out, saving me, protecting me, guiding me, and taking care of me.

What I am trying to say is that feeling grateful is not something that can be achieved by just saying a few statements to yourself. Feeling grateful is a feeling. Feel it. Thinking about the past helps me feel grateful. Perhaps there is something else that makes you feel grateful. It could be the smile on the face of your children. It could be the laughter of your life partner. It could be just the comfort of your house.

It could be anything. Just feel it. Feel grateful for it. Let the feeling surround you. And then thank God, thank the Universe for it. You will be amazed at how wonderful the feeling of being grateful is. You will be surprised at the strength and the calmness that descends over you once you have thanked God.

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Can we all go to the Golden Corral after church?

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I watched it and cackled...figured I'd give everyone else a funny start to the weekend.  There are others in the series, too, and are worth watching.  The similarities are beautiful!

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I can't drive the kids' bus, though.  I'm a recruiter.  *nods*

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I found us a new pastor and he pisses standing up because he's a man and apparently, German men are just male.  *nods*

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After building up my sourdough starter for two weeks (details in the next post, perhaps) I was very excited about making my first sourdough loaf. The diary was cleared.

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I am trying to followed a "recipe" from Dan Lepard in a newspaper and combining that with a recipe by Daniel Stevens (River Cottage No. 3).

Emptied most of this into a mixing bowl, added 500 strong wholemeal (because I don't like eating white) flour and about 300ml tepid water and mixed into a ball.

Left it for 10 minutes. Then decided (perhaps wrongly) that it probably needed a little more water. Added what I thought was about two teaspoons of salt, but probably much less.

Left this for about two hours and it became like this.
Notice the holes on the surface.

Removed this onto an oiled surface and kneaded it for a bit. Not a lot, and returned it to the bowl.

Waited for 2 to 3 hours for it to become like this.

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And like this from the side. Perfect, I thought. It even has a lid to keep the dough from drying.

At least 2 hours later, and I kept checking and flouring the sides of the tin, we got this.

The holes on the surface (as noted in Stevens' book) were very reassuring. From the side it appears to have risen reasonably well.

Time to turn on the oven. Whacked up the temperature to its highest. Put a roasting tin in the bottom, and a baking tray in the middle. A baking sheet would be better, but I don't have one. Boiled up water.

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20 minutes on the highest temperature and then down to 180 degrees C for another 20 minutes. It rose quite a bit -- thankfully -- in the hot oven. And finally:

We could not resist having a bit for dinner. (It was morning when I started this bread and it was dinner time when I got the loaf out).

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Did Paleogene North Atlantic rift-related eruptions drive early Eocene climate cooling?

Jolley, David W. and Widdowson, Mike (2005). Did Paleogene North Atlantic rift-related eruptions drive early Eocene climate cooling? Lithos, 79(3-4) pp. 355–366.

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The delivery of volcanogenic sulphur into the upper atmosphere by explosive eruptions is known to cause significant temporary climate cooling. Therefore, phreatomagmatic and phreatoplinian eruptions occurring during the final rifting stages of active flood basalt provinces provide a potent mechanism for triggering climate change.
During the early Eocene, the northeast Atlantic margin was subjected to repeated ashfall for 0.5 m.y. This was the result of extensive phreatomagmatic activity along 3000 km of the opening northeast Atlantic rift. These widespread, predominantly basaltic ashes are now preserved in marine sediments of the Balder Formation and its equivalents, and occur over an area extending from the Faroe Islands to Denmark and southern England. These ash-bearing sediments also contain pollen and spore floras derived from low diversity forests that grew in cooler, drier climates than were experienced either before or after these highly explosive eruptions. In addition, coeval plant macrofossil evidence from the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, USA, also shows a comparable pattern of vegetation change. The coincidence of the ashes and cooler climate pollen and spore floras in northwest Europe identifies volcanism as the primary cause of climate cooling. Estimates show that whilst relatively few phreatomagmatic eruptive centres along the 3000 km opening rift system could readily generate 0.5–1 °C cooling, on an annual basis, only persistent or repeated volcanic phases would have been able to achieve the long-term cooling effect observed in the floral record. We propose that the cumulative effect of repeated Balder Formation eruptions initiated a biodiversity crisis in the northeast Atlantic margin forests. Only the decline of this persistent volcanic activity, and the subsequent climatic warming at the start of the Eocene Thermal Maximum allowed the growth of subtropical forests to develop across the region.

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Keywords: Phreatomagmatic eruptions; Eocene; SO2; Cool climate; Climatic forcing; North Atlantic; Palynology; Biodiversity crisis
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by Robert Lemos

Symantec made the announcement today that SecurityFocus will be essentially be phased out, with only Bugtraq and the vulnerability database accessible through the current site. Much of the content will move over to Symantec Connect, a site that acts as a portable between the company and the security community. Here is the announcement:

Beginning March 15, 2010 SecurityFocus will begin a transition of its content to Symantec Connect. As part of its continued commitment to the community, all of SecurityFocus’ mailing lists including Bugtraq and its Vulnerability Database will remain online at www.securityfocus.com There will not be any changes to any of the list charters or policies and the same teams who have moderated list traffic will continue to do so. The vulnerability database will continue to be updated and made available as it is currently. DeepSight and other security intelligence related offerings will remain unchanged while Infocus articles, whitepapers, and other SecurityFocus content will be available off of the main Symantec website in the coming months.

As a freelancer who acted as the news editor from April 2005 to May 2009, I enjoyed my time working for SecurityFocus. Symantec did a great job maintaining it as long as they did. In the coming days, I plan to post a selection of articles from the site as a tribute.