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Spirit Doll

Published July 25, 2017 by etain1

Made this spirit doll today and I really like the way it turned out. I used the color purple to represent Cronehood. The butterfly represents the Air sign which is what I am. It has crystals, beads around hip shaw. Feathers also represent the Air sign. Tried to keep it whimsical by adding the butterfly. I burned my intention into the wood branch under the skirt. It was a fun project.

Feathers And More Feathers

Published July 20, 2017 by etain1

Took a walk near a pond where I work and there were feathers everywhere from Canadian Geese and of course being the GOOD WITCH I am, I picked up every one of them. It did not look like there had been a animal attack because all the feathers were in perfect undamaged condition.  So, had to put together a few projects.

The first project came to mind because I am an AIR sign. This is sitting on a small altar I have in my art room. It reminds me to be light and airy in my thoughts so inspiration can easily come to me.

The second came about from a suggestion made by a friend to make a ‘Feather Smug Stick’, so figured it was a great idea. I have never made one before and I think it turned out really nice. There is something about making something yourself and adding your energy to it.

Zentangle Witch

Published May 23, 2017 by etain1

Knowing is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family. ~ Kofi Anna~

I agree in this quote. I feel education will open up a closed mind.  It is important to continue learning throughout your whole lifespan. Too often people of age get comfortable and don’t strive to keep current in what is happening around them. ” If you don’t use it you lose it” …… Oh so true!

Surface Pro Book – and drawing

Published May 21, 2017 by etain1

Brand new computer – Surface Pro Book. It can be switched to a Tablet and has a pen to use for finer drawing. This was done in paint which is a basic program that comes with Windows. I have looked into Art Range for computers at a cost of $79 dollars. It will be a more professional look in the quality and so much more. The way I see it – it opens up a whole new ability to design and post it with vivid colors, textures, media (oil, watercolors, and pastels). Going to sit on it for a few so I can make a good decision instead of impulse buying.

Spring Prayer

Published March 12, 2017 by etain1

Spriing doll poem

We all go through the cabin fever stage at this time of the year. Winter has had it toll on our mood and we are getting a little short tempered with mother nature and her game of warm and freezing temperatures. We yearn for the sun, dirt to dig in and the colors and smells of springtime. We are ready  for warmth! We are grateful that spring is fast approaching.

Broken Heart

Published February 10, 2017 by etain1

Broken Heart ©

By Terry Moore

My heart is broken

My tears just a token

Lover, parent, friend or child

No guarantee about no exile

If it was meant to be

There would be no absentee

Can’t make them love you

This statement is so true

Let them go with kindness

Show your ferocity and fineness

The heart can heal when broken

When words of kindness are spoken

Let Me Count The Ways

Published February 10, 2017 by etain1

This poem is for whomever holds that special place in your heart.

Let Me Count The Ways ©
By Terry Moore

For a sister, a brother, a lover, a friend
Our friendship will never end

I love you so let me count the ways
You laugh when we are together always

You sometimes make fun of me
It makes me laugh please see

When I am scared you hold my hand
You let me sit while you stand

You are there for me – thick and thin
When I am sad you make me grin

You are there for me and me for you
Our love keeps our hearts anew ♥


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Eternal Bloom Farm’s first book review!

This is the first Book review on the blog. Seren, my teenage daughter, and I have decided to start sharing books that we read. Seren wants to become an Author/Bookstore owner in her future. So, to help her with her writing and creativity I suggested she write and share her thoughts with all of you. I too will share my thoughts on books that I barely ever have time to read. I warn you they will mostly be school related. 😉  Please enjoy!

Seren and Drisana

Book Review #1

There are times when you just are so bored and want to get well, when you are extremely sick. This same thing happens to Evvy in the book called “The Breathing Room” by Marsha Hayles.

I got this book about 4-5 years ago from my librarian when we lived in Greenwood.

It is about a girl named Evvy who gets TB or Turberculosis when she turns thirteen. She goes to a TB Sanatorium called Loon Lake. Evvy finds it very hard to get used to her surroundings what with the rules that are quite harsh.She becomes friends with the other girls at he sanatorium very quickly though. There’s Sarah, quiet but smart and thoughtful. Pearl, who adores Hollywood glamour and Dena , whose harshness conceals a deep strength.

The book was set in 1940 at the time of the political unrest in the USA and Europe. It tells of the kids who fought so hard against TB. This book is very nice and tear jerking at times. Funny in others and deep in others too.

At first my mind thought, “Nah, this book is BORING!”, but turned out to be very good 🙂 The book is told from Evvy’s point of view, by Evvy. You’ll love it! Once again, the book is called “The Breathing Room” by Marsha Hayles!

I have one more book I want to share today.

“No One Must Know” by Eva Wiseman is about a girl named Alex, set in the 1960’s. Alex and her immigrant family live in North America. Her dad is a respected doctor and she has friends and goes to church, school and girl guides.

Sure, her mom is a little nervous, not even being able to go out of the house alone. :and they never talk” of the life they left in Hungary, but every family has it’s quirks, right?! 🙂

But Alex’s idyllic world is turned upside down when she discovers that her parents have kept a secret from her. A secret that will change her forever.

This book is a very good read and I recommend it highly.

🙂 Seren

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  1. Great reviews. Thanks for sharing Seren. I think you have a natural ability to write your point of view in an objectionable and friendly manner. It was a pleasure to read.

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GQ Transforms K2 into Suave & Sexy Ji Chang Wook

Hallelujah. Thank you Calvin Klein for dressing up Ji Chang Wook with colours that suit him, because boy, he tends to get shoved into horrendous clothes in magazine shoots. And thank you GQ for giving us another set of great pictorials. Note: GQ did a cover for him in 2014, and they were just as good as these ones. All right, no more ramblings. Am off to swoon at this eye-candy.

I have always fond of Ji Chang Wook wearing his hair up, especially when it’s style like classic James Dean look. It suits him, and makes him look extra attractive.

Whoever style him up this time, did a splendid job. He is selling the clothes. I love them all. It’s just too bad they are not for me.

Last but not least, will you LOOK at those chocolate abs!!! *Drool* I swear, the Calvin Klein undies made it look even sexier. The picture is perfect for many reasons: Great to use as wallpaper, nice fitted jeans, pretty shoes, sexy abs, and the hair… I love the made-to-look-unkempt hairstyle. It contributed to the sexiness… yep, I’m sure of it.

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Midwest Region Breakdown

1. Louisville Cardinals
Location: Louisville, KY
Record: 28-5
Automatic Bid: Big East Conference
Key Players: Earl Clark (14 ppg, 8.8 rpg), Terrance Williams (12.3 ppg, 8.5 rpg, 5.1 apg), Samardo Samuels (11.9 ppg)
Strength: The Cardinals come at you in waves. Rick Pitino will throw so many players on the floor defensively that they really can tire opponents out. It takes strong teams mentally and physically to withstand 40 minutes of pressure from Louisville. By the end of the game it’ll seem like the Cardinals have an endless bench. That depth and pressure on defense is the reason the Cardinals won their first ever Big East regular season and tournament titles.
Weakness: Does Louisville have the guards to make a deep tournament run? That’s question that needs to be answered for Louisville. Terrance Williams is the playmaker for this team, but sooner or later someone in Louisville’s backcourt is going to have to make a key play for the this team. If that doesn’t happen, I’m not sure this team is National Championship-caliber.

2. Michigan State Spartans
Location: East Lansing, MI
Record: 26-6
At-Large Bid: Big Ten Conference
Key Players: Kalin Lucas (14.8 ppg), Raymar Morgan (10.8 ppg, 5.7 rpg), Goran Suton (9.8 ppg, 7.9 rpg), Delvon Roe (6 ppg, 5.4 rpg)
Strength: If there’s one thing the Michigan St is always going to do well, it’s rebound the basketball. Out-rebounding their opponents by almost 10 per game, the Spartans are the best rebounding team in the Big Ten. Morgan, Suton and Roe are the players with the stats, but everyone on this team down to the guards attack the glass. Rebounding is definitely a prerequisite to play at Michigan St.
Weakness: The Spartans are still a little challenged offensively. If it weren’t for their ability to get offensive rebounds, they wouldn’t average the 72 points per game they average now. They’re near the bottom of the conference in three-point percentage and free-throw percentage. They are going to have to step it up offensively if they want to make a serious run at the Final Four.

3. Kansas Jayhawks
Location: Lawrence, KS
Record: 25.7
At-Large Bid: Big 12 Conference
Key Players: Sherron Collins (18.3 ppg, 5 apg), Cole Aldrich (14.6 ppg, 10.6 rpg), Tyshawn Taylor (10 ppg)
Strength: Holding their opponents to under 39%, Kansas is number 1 in the Big 12 in field goal percentage defense. They have a lot of long, athletic players that they use to defend. That’s why in addition to being at the top in field goal percentage defense, Kansas is near the top in scoring defense and three-point field goal percentage defense. The Jayhawks really guard you.
Weakness: Kansas lost a lot of its production from last year’s team which is why it’s so surprising that it has done so well. Mario Chalmers, Darrell Arthur, and Brandon Rush have been replaced with a lot of freshmen and sophomores and that experience will be something to watch in the tournament. Collins can provide leadership but twelve underclassmen may prove to be too young for a deep tournament run.

Wake Forest G Jeff Teague

Wake Forest G Jeff Teague

4. Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Record: 24-6
At-Large Bid: Atlantic Coast Conference
Key Players: Jeff Teague (19.1 ppg), James Johnson (14.8 ppg, 8.5 rpg), Al-Farouq Aminu (12.8 ppg, 8.2 rpg)
Strength: This is one of the most athletic teams in the country. This is displayed in the many highlight plays the Demon Deacons have made all year. That makes Wake Forest hard to guard offensively, but it also makes it hard to score on. Teams are shooting less than 40% against them and they’ve forced over 16 turnovers per game. The Deacons run off of missed shots and turnovers and once they get in transition there may not be another team in American that can match up.
Weakness: While talented, Teague, Johnson, and Aminu are all young and susceptible to youthful mistakes. Wake Forest does have experienced players around them, but none are the contributors that these three are. The problem has already cost them games this season and may be the cause of a Wake Forest exit from the tournament.

5. Utah Utes
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Automatic Bid: Mountain West Conference Champions
Key Players: Luke Nevill (16.9 ppg, 9.1 rpg), Lawrence Borha (11.7 ppg), Shaun Green (10.4 ppg), Tyler Kepkay (10.1 ppg), Carlon Brown (9.4 ppg, 5.2 rpg)
Strength: Led by the 7’2” Nevill, Utah has one of the nation’s premier frontcourts. Nevill along with Green are really hard to guard. Green is a matchup problem with his ability to step out behind the three-point line and knock down jumpers and Nevill is just a load to try to defend in the paint. This frontcourt is very reminiscent of the Andrew Bogut-led frontcourt that took the Utes to the Sweet 16 in 2005.
Weakness: The Utes aren’t playing efficient offense. They have more turnovers than assists on the year and have over 100 more turnovers than their opponents on the season. If they’re not able to keep that number down, they’ll be clipped early in the tournament.

6. West Virginia Mountaineers
Location: Morgantown, WV
Record: 23-11
At-Large Bid: Big East Conference
Key Players: Da’Sean Butler (17.3 ppg, 6 rpg), Alex Ruoff (15.9 ppg), Devin Ebanks (10.4 ppg, 7.7 rpg), Kevin Jones (6.5 ppg, 5 rpg)
Strength: No one chases its own missed shots like the Mountaineers. With 158 more offensive rebounds than their opponents on the season, they’re among the best in the country in second-chance points. Coach Bob Huggins has always taught his teams to rebound and be tough. This West Virginia ball-club is no different.
Weakness: The Mountaineers are depending on a lot of freshmen to be successful. Ebanks, Jones, and Darryl Bryant are key to West Virginia’s tournament survival, but can they be trusted. None of them have played a NCAA Tournament game so it’s unclear how they’ll react to it. If they play like freshmen, their inexperience will cause an early exit for the Mountaineers.

7. Boston College Eagles
Location: Chesnut Hill, MA
Record: 22-11
At-Large Bid: Atlantic Coast Conference
Key Players: Tyrese Rice (17.1 ppg, 5.2 apg), Joe Trapani (13.5 ppg, 6.6 rpg), Rakim Sanders (13 ppg), Corey Raji (9.8 ppg, 6.1 rpg), Josh Southern (6.1 ppg, 5.1 rpg)
Strength: As usual, Head Coach Al Skinner has another team created in his likeness. That likeness is tough. Tyrese Rice leads an Eagles team that won’t give you anything for 40 minutes. They’re going to do whatever it takes to get a win and you see the results by them overachieving this season. If a team is going to beat them, it’s going to really earn that victory because this club doesn’t back down from any challenge.
Weakness: With just two upperclassmen, this is one of the youngest teams coach Skinner has ever taken to the tournament. That youth is the reason they followed a win at North Carolina with a loss to Harvard. For the Eagles sake, they better have matured from that point or they’ll be bounced out of the Big Dance quickly.

8. Ohio State Buckeyes
Location: Columbus, OH
Record: 22-10
At-Large Bid: Big Ten Conference
Key Players: Evan Turner (17.1 ppg, 7 rpg), Jon Diebler (11.4 ppg), William Buford (11.3 ppg)
Strength: The Buckeyes may have the best backcourt in the Big Ten. Turner, Diebler, and Buford are do-everything guards. They can all score, defend, and rebound. Turner may get the attention, but its not a one-man show. The Buckeyes have had really effective big men recently and has a good one this year in B.J. Mullens, but this year’s edition is all about the guards.
Weakness: This is not a good team on the glass. The Buckeyes’ opponents have been killing them on the boards at the tune of one board per game. They’re in the bottom half of the Big Ten in all rebounding categories and it’s amazing they were so successful despite this. The Buckeyes better sure this area up if they expect to surprise in the Big Dance.

9. Siena Saints
Location: Loudonville, NY
Record: 26-7
Automatic Bid: Metro-Atlantic Athletic Conference Champions
Key Players: Kenny Hasbrouck (14.8 ppg), Edwin Ubiles (14.6 ppg), Alex Franklin (13.6 ppg, 7.3 rpg), Ryan Rossiter (10 ppg, 7.8 rpg)
Strength: The Saints’ pressure defense is a thing of beauty. They average 8.8 steals per game and force close to 17 turnovers per game. It’s their hallmark and they have the athletes to play it. Ubiles, Hasbrouck, Franklin, Rossiter and Ronald Moore are all outstanding athletes who create havoc on the defensive end.
Weakness: With that press, it’s feast or famine. Teams can still score are still able to score easily on Siena. The Saints are giving up 70 points per game and are ninth, in the ten-team MAAC, in field-goal percentage defense. If they face a team with solid point guard play, they may be in trouble.

USC F Taj Gibson

USC F Taj Gibson

10. USC Trojans
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Record: 21-12
Automatic Bid: Pac-10 Conference Champions
Key Players: Taj Gibson (14.3 ppg, 9.4 rpg), Dwight Lewis (14.1 ppg), DeMar DeRozan (13.6 ppg, 5.7 rpg), Daniel Hackett (12.5)
Strength: USC has some outstanding athletes. Coach Tim Floyd uses those athletes to play lock-down defense. USC is second in the Pac-10 in field-goal percentage defense and third in the 3-point field-goal percentage defense. With Gibson as the conference’s defensive player of the year, USC will have to bring its trademark with if it wants to stay hot in the NCAA Tournament.
Weakness: USC really struggles to score. The Trojans are not only shooting poorly from behind the arc and the free-throw line, but they’re also turning the ball over more than their opponents. That’s why they needed a remarkable run in the Pac-10 tournament to save their season. If they don’t play better on offense, it’ll be tough sledding for the Trojans.

11. Dayton Flyers
Location: Dayton, OH
Record: 26-7
At-Large Bid: Atlantic 10 Conference
Key Players: Chris Wright (12.9 ppg, 6.5 rpg), Marcus Johnson (12.2 ppg), Chris Johnson (6.7 ppg, 5.5 rpg)
Strength: The Flyers really lock teams down on the defensive end. They’re second in the A-10 in scoring defense, field goal percentage defense, and three-point field goal percentage defense-the only team in the conference to do that. Dayton likes to force teams to play an ugly game and it plays the defense to get that done.
Weakness: It’s good that Dayton plays such great defense because its offensive numbers are among the worst out of all the teams in this year’s tournament. They shoot less than 65% from the free throw line, less than 43% from the field, and are only scoring 67.5 points per game. Their defense will travel, but if they can’t score consistently, the Flyers will be out of the tournament quickly.

12. Arizona Wildcats
Location: Tucson, AZ
Record: 19-13
At-Large Bid: Pac-10 Conference
Key Players: Jordan Hill (18.5 ppg, 11 rpg), Chase Budinger (17.9 ppg, 6.3 rpg), Nic Wise (15.1 ppg), Jamelle Horne (6.8 ppg, 5.2 rpg)
Strength: In Hill, Budinger, and Wise, Arizona has three guys who may have NBA futures. All three can really score and makes Arizona very dangerous. Hill is possibly a lottery pick and is hard to guard in the low-post, Budinger is a matchup problem with his ability to shoot the three, and Wise is one of the best scoring point guards in the country. This is a team that will strike fear into anyone.
Weakness: Depth is an issue for the Wildcats. They have a very talented big 3, but after that there’s not much there. They’re only getting solid contributions from six players and that won’t be enough. If any of those three guys get into foul trouble, Arizona may fall by the waste side.

13. Cleveland State Vikings
Location: Cleveland, OH
Record: 25-10
Automatic Bid: Horizon League Champions
Key Players: J’Nathan Bullock (15.3 ppg, 7 rpg), Norris Cole (12.9 ppg), Cedric Jackson (10.5 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 5.4 apg)
Strength: Cleveland St is a team that represents its city well. The Vikings are a tough, hard-nosed club that plays lock down defense. They’re in the top three in every major defensive category in the Horizon League. They’re holding teams to less than 41% shooting and they’re forcing 16 turnovers per contest. If Cleveland St plays this kind of defense in the tournament, they’ll be tough to beat.
Weakness: It is a struggle for the Vikings to score. Shooting only 43% and scoring only 66 points per game, they’re going to allow teams to always stay within striking distance. If the Vikings don’t figure out a way to score easier, they’re going to have a short stay in the tournament.

14. North Dakota State Bison
Location: Fargo, ND
Record: 26-6
Automatic Bid: Summit League Champions
Key Players: Ben Woodside (22.8 ppg), Brett Winkleman (18.7 ppg, 7.4 rpg), Mike Nelson (11.9 ppg)
Strength: Ben Woodside and Brett Winkleman are one of the best 1-2 punches in all of mid-major basketball. They can really put points on the board. They combined for 77 points earlier this season against Stephen F. Austin. They’re outstanding shooters from deep and are great on the free throw line. If those two are putting up numbers, the Bison will be dangerous.
Weakness: Teams are shooting close to 45% against the Bison. That’s not going to get it done in the tournament. North Dakota St is used to outscoring its opponents, but they aren’t going to be facing Centenary or IUPUI. They’ll be playing one of the best teams in the country and they’re going to need to defend to advance in the tournament.

15. Robert Morris Colonials
Location: Moon Township, PA
Record: 24-10
Automatic Bid: Northeast Conference Champions
Key Players: Jeremy Chappell (16.9 ppg, 6.3 rpg), Rob Robinson (11.4 ppg), Jimmy Langhurst (10 ppg)
Strength: Shooting at just under 40%, Robert Morris is an outstanding three-point shooting team. The Colonials have four players who are all shooting at 35% or better from downtown with Chappell and Langhurst both shooting over 40%. That kind of shooting will keep the Colonials in any game this March.
Weakness: The Colonials propensity to turn the ball over is worrisome. At over 15 turnovers per game, they rank in the bottom half of the Northeast conference in that category. They must take care of the ball if they expect to be successful in the tournament. If they don’t it could be a short and painful stay for the Colonials.

16a. Alabama State Hornets
Location: Montgomery, AL
Record: 22-9
Automatic Bid: Southwestern Athletic Conference Champions
Key Players: Brandon Brooks (14 ppg, 6.8 apg), Andrew Hayles (13.5 ppg)
Strength: Alabama St is coming to the tournament and its bringing the SWAC’s best defense with it. The Hornets are the bet in the conference in scoring defense, field goal percentage defense, and 3-point field goal percentage defense. The Hornets used that in your face defense to dominate opponents in the SWAC and they hope it’ll translate into a first-round upset in the Big Dance.
Weakness: Despite the presence of 7’1 Chief Kickinstallionsims, the Hornets aren’t a very good rebounding team. With the size advantage they enjoy and the level of competition they play against, they should be dominant on the boards. However they outrebound their opponents by less than two a game and that’s a troubling number for a team that is going to face a outstanding post players in the tournament.

Morehead St F Kenneth Faried

Morehead St F Kenneth Faried

16b. Morehead State Eagles
Location: Morehead, KY
Record: 19-15
Automatic Bid: Ohio Valley Conference Champions
Key Players: Leon Buchanan (15.1 ppg, 6.3 rpg), Kenneth Faried (13.9 ppg, 12.8 rpg), Maze Stallworth (12.1 ppg), Demonte Harper (10.8 ppg)
Strength: Led by Faried and Buchanan, the Eagles are the best rebounding team in the conference. Ranked number 1 in rebounding offense, defense, and margin, their work on the boards is the reason why they finished only two games out of first in the regular season and won the conference tournament. If the Eagles are able to rebound well in the tournament, they’ll be able to stay within striking distance with more talented teams.
Weakness: Being at the bottom of the conference in every major turnover category is not good. Doing it in the Ohio Valley Conference is even worse. Morehead is on the negative side of the turnover margin and has 77 more turnovers than assists. That’s why they have 15 losses and why they probably won’t stay in the tournament very long.

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Anton Karas was on July 7th 1906 in Vienna. He began playing the zither at the age of 12. He studied first under Professor Spiegel, and then Adolf Schneer, one of the most talented zither-players at that time. At the age of 17, Karas began performing at various wine gardens, as well as doing other jobs on the side. He continued like this, as an unknown musician for 28 years.

And then he met Carol Reed. Reed first heard Karas playing at a party in Vienna just before he began filming The Third Man. He had never heard zither and the music immediately had a lasting effect on him. The next day he tried to locate the zither player, but without success – he had been provided at the party along with the food and drink. Reed eventually managed to track down Karas a couple of weeks later. Karas played him a piece he had written (which would become the film’s main theme tune), and Reed immediately knew he needed to have the music in his film, although he didn’t know how. He took a recording of it, and decided to play it with some of the footage they had shot. The effect was stunning, and Reed decided he would have zither music played throughout the film.

Anton Karas’s music accompaniment to The Third Man is one of the most effective a film has ever had. It is truly haunting, but does not distract you from the film. Karas uses a variety of themes, all of which strengthen the mood and atmosphere of the film, and enliven it, so the film always seem frantic and on the edge, never stopping for a moment, but carrying you along with it. The most famous theme is The Harry Lime Theme, which is played every time Harry Lime (played by Orson Welles) appears. It is played loudly but lightly, almost pithily, very much like Harry Lime himself, with his wry humour.

The music to The Third Man became a hit in its own right, selling millions of copies, and reaching number 1 both in England and America. Anton Karas became famous throughout the world, and went on tour, both in Europe and America, playing for famous people, such as the King of England and the Pope. He also composed several other songs, and many other musicians tried to emulate his music.

In 1952, realising he could not stay famous forever, Anton Karas bought his own wine bar in Vienna, appropriately named ‘Zum Dritten Mann’. Here he often performed. He also made special recordings and performances, notably at Carol Reed’s funeral. On January 9th, 1985, he died in Vienna.

His compositions include:
The Third Man Theme
The Second Theme
Café Mozart Waltz
Keine Ahnung
Zither Man
Mein Herz Binkerl-Waltz
Visions of Vienna
Danube Dream
Wien, Weib, Wein

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Burl Ives is known primarily as the balladeer/actor who voiced the snowman narrator in the children's movie "Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer". However, his colorful career has less than auspicious beginnings. He whom poet Carl Sandburg referred to as "the mightiest ballad singer in this or any century" had originally meant to become a football coach when starting his education at Eastern Illinois University. His path took a decidedly less athletic turn when he saw what the rigors of instructing a team through a routine practice could do to a body. "Well, that's no life for me," he'd said, "so I think I'd better stick with the guitar." His partying lifestyle in college, however, led to his grades dropping and a conversation with ELI's President at the time, Livingston C. Lord. Lord encouraged Ives' desire to follow his musical inclinations. I doubt that he'd meant for him to follow it away from the school, yet that's what the aspiring singer did, via quitting college and hitchhiking across the U. S. Learning a variety of folk songs from the people he'd met along the way (cowboys, miners, and such), he made his way to New York. After studying at both Juilliard and New York University, and some time on Broadway, he began work as a full-time performer. After touring with a folk group called "The Weavers," he began to make his own name in the business, acting and singing in various productions throughout the west.

Being a man of large stature, he was often cast in the "intimidating antagonist" role, a contrast to his gentle demeanor. Of these parts, it's most notable that the one he helped create was a character in Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", Big Daddy Politt.

Major points in the life of Burl Ives:

1909 - June 14th, Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives is born in Hunt Township, Illinois.

1927 - Graduated Newton High School and enrolled at Eastern Illinois University.

1929 - Gives into his wanderlust and minstrel instincts, leaving his college career incomplete.

1937 - Begins taking vocal coaching at New York University.

1938 - Catches the interest of producer George Abbott during a stint playing minor roles at Rockridge Theatre. In writing a small role for Ives, Abbott brought Ives' talent to the fore, allowing him the break he needed.

1940 - After appearing on a number of NBC and CBS programs, he is given his own show. Called "The Wayfarin' Stranger", it was named after one of his ballads.

195? - Performs as 'Big Daddy Politt' in the play "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof".

1958 - Earns an Academy Award for his performance as Rufus Hannassey in the film "The Big Country".

1964 - Voices the narrating snowman on "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer".

1977 - Takes the role of Senator Arthur Johnson in the controversial mini-series "Roots".

1995 - Dies April 14th of mouth cancer

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The Tal Shiar is another organization from the star trek universe, and is the name of the secret police of the Romulan Empire. In one episode of Star Trek the Next Generation Lt.Cmdr. Troi is kidnapped and disguised as a Romulan Tal Shiar agent, so that she can take command of a military vessel and help high-ranking Romulan dissidents escape the clutches of the Empire.

Romulan Police/Intelligence organisation independant of the normal military. The Tal Shiar are on a par with the Cardassian Obsidian Order and the Federation's Section 31. They also had substantial military power, independant of the military, until a failed joint venture with the Obsidian Order to destroy the Founders.

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Monday, December 19, 2016

Renewal: Church Revitalisation Along the Way of the Cross by John James

10Publishing, 2016, p. 130

For bright young things contemplating a call to pastoral ministry church planting is where it's at. Or at least service in an already large and thriving work. Why bother trying to turn around a dying church when you can start a new one? After all, isn't the gospel all about new birth and fresh starts? Certainly. But let's not forget that the God of the gospel is also the one who raises the dead.
Where villages, towns and areas of cites are totally devoid of evangelical witness there is certainly a case for church planting. No argument there. But in many cases communities could be reached with the gospel more effectively by the revitalisation of existing churches.

Not an easy task, admittedly. Struggling churches are often small, demoralised and disconnected from their neighbourhoods. A stuck in the mud membership may be reluctant to embrace change. Considerable ‘cons’. But there are ‘pros’ too. An established work is likely to have its own buildings, at least some presence in the local community and a group of seasoned Christians who may be longing to see the Lord visit the church afresh by his renewing power.

Sometimes it may be too late and a church will need to close its doors. But if a leader is willing to take on the challenges and the church is willing to embrace change, revitalisation becomes a real possibility. After all, with the Lord nothing is impossible.

John James writes from his first-hand experience of church revitalisation at Crossway Church, Northfield in Birmingham. But this is no ‘this is how I did it – go and do likewise’ manual. James knows that there are no silver bullets or copy and paste programmes for turning around dying churches. It takes the grace of God at work in pastor and people and the faithful application of biblical principles of church life.

A leader involved in revitalisation ministry is going to need bucket loads of God-given grit, determination and stickability. Not to mention the patience and wisdom required to know how best to implement change without alienating established church members. Leaders mustn’t shy away from conflict, but they also need to ensure that the church is united behind a common vision for reaching their community with the gospel.

To that end, James recommends that churches bear four essential questions in mind: 1. What has brought us together? 2. What are we aiming to do together? 3. Where does our authority come from? 4. How will we make decisions together? Regular reflection on these questions will help fellowships maintain their gospel focus and embrace an outward facing growth mentality.

In a way, all pastoral ministry is revitalisation ministry along the way of the cross, whether in congregations large or small. Ultimately it is only the risen Jesus who can breathe new life into dying churches by the power of his Spirit. This book helps us to see some of the biblically sanctioned means by which our Lord may do just that.

John James provides valuable advice and counsel for people who may be thinking about engaging in church renewal ministry, and gives welcome encouragement to those already involved in that difficult, yet rewarding work. Expect a healthy dose of realism mixed with a good dash of faith in the God who awakens the dead. Re-establishing a vital gospel witness in every community in the United Kingdom is going to require thriving gospel churches in every community. Who will say, 'Here I am, send me'?

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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

RIVER OF GODS, India in 2047 brilliantly limned by an Irish dude

Ian McDonald

Pyr SF
$26.00 hardcover, $17.00 trade paper, available now

Rating: 5* of five

The Publisher Says: As Mother India approaches her centenary, nine people are going about their business—a gangster, a cop, his wife, a politician, a stand-up comic, a set designer, a journalist, a scientist, and a dropout. And so is—the waif, the mind reader, the prophet—when she one day finds a man who wants to stay hidden.

In the next few weeks, they will all be swept together to decide the fate of the nation.

River of Gods teems with the life of a country choked with peoples and cultures—one and a half billion people, twelve semi-independent nations, nine million gods. Ian McDonald has written the great Indian novel of the new millennium, in which a war is fought, a love betrayed, a message from a different world decoded, as the great river Ganges flows on.

My Review: Ian McDonald. This is a name to conjure with, boys and girls. This is one fearless Irishman. This is a major major talent doing major major things. How dare he, how dare I, warble his praises when he, a white guy from the colonial oppressor state, has the temerity to write a science fiction novel about INDIA?!? There are scads of Indian writers and it's their country! Let *them* write their stories!

Read the book. Then come and tell me it should have remained unwritten because of some nonsensical national pride hoo-hah.

It's got every damn thing a reader could want: A new gender, the nutes, pronoun “yt;” a wholly new form of energy harvested from other universes; a political scandal-ridden politician who falls for our main nute character, despite his long marriage, and pursues yt desperately; a civil war a-brewin' over water rights in the now fragmented subcontinental political world; aeais (artificial intelligences) that are forbidden by law to exceed the Turing Test that establishes whether an entity is human or human-passable; and, as with any law, the lawbreakers who inevitably arise are hunted by a new breed of law enforcement officers, here called “Krishna cops.” Krishna being the Original God, Supreme Being, One Source in many parts of India, there is some justice to that, one supposes.

Recapitulating the plot is pointless. This is a sprawling story, one that takes nine (!) main characters to tell. I felt there were two too many, and would entirely prune Lisa, the American physicist, and Ajmer, the spooky girl who sees the future, because those story lines were pretty much just muddying the waters for me. I thought the physicist on a quest, who then makes a giant discovery, which leads her back to the inventor of the aeais, could easily have been a novel all on its own, one that would fit in this universe that McDonald has summoned into being. I simply didn't care for or about Ajmer.

The aeais' parent, Thomas Lull, is hidden away from the world in a dinky South Indian village. Yeah, right! Like the gummints of the world would let that happen! I know why McDonald did this, plot-wise, but it's just not credible to me. He could be demoted from player to bit part and simplify the vastness of the reader's task thereby.

So why am I giving this book a perfect score? Because. If you need explanations:

--The stories here are marvelously written.
“And you make me a target as well,” Bernard hisses. “You don't think. You run in and shout and expect everyone to cheer because you're the hero.”
“Bernard, I've always known the only ass you're ultimately interested in is your own, but that is a new low.” But the barb hits and hooks. She loves the action. She loves the dangerous seduction that it all looks like drama, like action movies. Delusion. Life is not drama. The climaxes and plot transitions are coincidence, or conspiracy. The hero can take a fall. The good guys can all die in the final reel. None of us can survive a life of screen drama. “I don't know where else to go,” she confesses weakly. He goes out shortly afterwards. The closing door sends a gust of hot air, stale with sweat and incense, through the rooms. The hanging nets and gauzes billow around the figure curled into a tight foetus. Najia chews at scaly skin on her thumb, wondering if she can do anything right. -- p388

Krishan barely feels the rain. More than anything he wants to take Parvati away from this dying garden, out the doors down on to the street and never look back. But he cannot accept what he is being given. He is a small suburban gardener working from a room in his parents' house with a little three-wheeler van and a box of tools, who one day took a call from a beautiful woman who lived in a tower to build her a garden in the sky. -- p477

Some of my favorite passages I can't put here, because they contain some of the many, many words and concepts that one needs—and I do mean needs—the glossary in the back of the book to fully appreciate.

--The concept of the book is breathtaking. Westerners don't usually see India as anything other than The Exotic Backdrop. McDonald sees the ethnic and religious tensions that India contains, barely, as we look at her half-century of independence ten years on (review written 2007) and contemplate the results of the Partition. He also sees the astounding and increasing vigor of the Indian economy, its complete willingness to embrace and employ any and all new ideas and techniques and leverage the staggeringly immense pool of talent the country possesses.

--McDonald also extrapolates the rather quiet but very real and strong trend towards India as a medical tourism destination: First-world trained doctors offering third-world priced medical care. This is the genesis of the nutes, people who voluntarily have all external gender indicators and all forms of gender identification surgically removed, their neural pathways rewired, and their social identities completely reinvented.

Think about that for a minute.

If your jaw isn't on the floor, if your imagination isn't completely boggled, then this book isn't for you and you should not even pick it up in the library to read the flap copy. If you're utterly astonished that an Irish dude from Belfast could winkle this kind of shit up from his depths, if you're so intrigued that you think it will cause you actual physical pain not to dive right in to this amazing book, you're my kind of people.

Welcome, soul sibling, India 2047 awaits. May our journey never end.

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Saturday, 26 February 2011

'you are an artist'

A member of the creativity group brought along this absolutely wonderful book to our last meeting. It's the best book I've ever seen on doing art. Not that I've seen that many, but it's very different from most of the books readily available, which seem to concentrate mainly on techniques with different materials. It was published in 1965, which, as you can see from the cover, means that 'art' was happily accepted as being about the creation of abstract works. The closest I've seen to this published recently is Painting Abstracts by Rolina van Vliet (2008) but it isn't really a patch on Fred Gettings.

Historically, it's interesting. It's a time when artists were looking at African masks, sculpture from New Guinea; when Paul Klee was still alive (I think), Jackson Pollock was throwing paint around, Rothko was making red squares. Fred Gettings has a wonderful take on the whole thing. I may bore you with excerpts from this book for some time to come. Here's the introduction:

The aim of this book is to show that you are an artist. Art is not merely concerned with great artists, with genious, or with prodigious skills. It is, fundamentally, the outward form of an inward search. To participate in this search, on whatever level and with whatever ability, is to be an artist.

The equipment of the artist is not found in art shops only, but in his attitude of mind, in his vision and in his emotions. It is of supreme unimportance whethere the artist is possessed of some dazzling vision, like Samuel Palmer in the valley of Shoreham, or whether he paints almost as a matter of amusement with whatever materials come to hand, like old Alfred Wallis of St Ives - the important thing, the thing which links all artists together, is the search.

Works of art, sometimes good and sometimes bad, are the outward evidence of this search. But the work of art is really of secondary importance - it is merely the crystallisation of an idea of emotion, and a correct understanding of art must take this fact into account. The true importance of art lies in its alchemical nature, in its strange power to refine the sensibilities, to heighten visual awareness. This evolution of the spirit is the true aim of art, and anyone  who embarks on this spiritual odyssey bears the name of artist. The practice of art is not directed towards producing artists who can paint or sculpt with real ability, nor towards producing more works to fill our homes and galleries: it is directed towards producing human beings with a sense of wonder at life and at that precious ability to enquire into its outward manifestations.

I'm not saying this is right or wrong, but it's interesting, inspiring. Though personally I can't get on with the idea of 'spiritual'. I object to this word pretty much wherever I see it; I've yet to find anyone who can tell me exactly what it means. For myself, I can't see what's 'spiritual' about exploring what's going on when you aren't always directing your attention to the external world. What, for example, is 'spiritual' about meditation? Why is sitting examining what happens when you stop rushing around chasing your tail spiritual? But that's a digression - I love Fred Gettings' description of what he thinks art is....

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  1. Just found this same book at a thrift shop and I love it too.

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Tiny backyard pod for shedworking in Medieval English town

Berkhamsted is small English village where William became the Conqueror, Geoffrey Chaucer worked and Graham Greene was born. Today it’s a London commuter town. Lawyer Nicolas Oldham and his wife moved here for the good schools for their children, but their jobs are still in London.

To avoid a daily commute, a few years ago Oldham began working from home a couple of days a week. At first he used the edge of the sofa as his office, but after too many times stepping on his kids toys and not being able to find a pen, he decided he needed a room of his own.

A longtime fan of tiny shelters (in his backyard he has a shed, a greenhouse and a life-sized dollhouse), Oldham decided to add an office pod. Though unlike his other humble shacks, he bought a ready-made Archipod that Treehugger’s Lloyd Alter calls “a beautiful shed in a dome” and “more of a land yacht than a shed”.

Like his shedworking compatriots Roald Dahl, George Bernard Shaw and Virginia Wolff, Oldham uses his small shelter to find the isolation he needs to work. Though when pressed Oldham wonders if perhaps the shedworking tradition is related to a British childhood desire “to hide at the bottom of the garden”.


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Eradicating Roaches through Nuclear Bomb – Possible or Not?

Cockroaches are insects of the order Blattodea that dates back to some 320 million years ago. They are popularly depicted as dirty pests although a great majority of the species is inoffensive and live in a wide range of habitats all over the world. Cockroaches can survive in the tropics and subtropics as well as the extremely cold temperature in the Arctic. Majority of the cockroach species are resilient and fast-breeding. Different chemicals are suggested to control cockroaches without evidence of effectiveness.

Cockroaches have an advantage over most animals when it comes to nuclear annihilation. They are remarkably tolerant of radiation. If you want to kill an American cockroach through radiation, it will take 67,500 rems (unit of radiation dosage) to do the job. Exposure to just 800 rems is deadly for humans. German cockroaches are more resistant to radiation requiring between 90,000 and 105,000 rems to see them die. The amount of radiation that cockroaches can tolerate is within the range of a thermonuclear explosion. The center of a nuclear bomb explosion is well over 10 million degrees Celsius. At 50 meters away from the blast, the temperature could reach 10,000 degrees Celsius instantly. The heat is enough to kill a cockroach. The natural conclusion is cockroaches will take over and thrive after all humans are gone after a nuclear war.

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Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Ministers, Priests and Clergy Mendacity

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As a Christian Existentialist, who accepts the words of Jesus as divine, one might think that it would be befitting to worship in an assemblage with other believers. Christ in the Sermon on the Mount, taught the “Golden Rule”. Other religions and traditions spoke about proper behavior, but Jesus' "rule" requires you to do something favorably to others, while the others only prohibit you from doing something unfavorably to others!

Jesus did not come to "destroy" the Law, but to fulfill it in every way. Now, if the Law has been fulfilled, it would seem judicious to understand the meaning of the “Temple Veil”. Jehovah allowed Solomon to build a temple. This was the only church that God granted permission to erect. No one was allowed to enter the “Holy of Holies” except the High Priest. Jesus is the only true High Priest and was crucified for challenging the authority of the rabbis, scribes and pharisees - with the approval of Rome. With His death, the “Temple Veil” was torn in two, from top to bottom, and totally destroyed. From that moment, the priest-hood was abolished FOREVER.

Except for Christ himself alone, personally, as High Priest forever after the order of Melchizedek * (the King of Righteousness).

The early Disciples of Christ, called themselves “Followers of the Way” of His teachings. They were never intended to be replacement High Priests*. Authority for the Gospels resides in the Lord, and does not require interpretation by clerics or congregations. Churches have been formed that claim special doctrine understanding. Denominations and sects developed that preach they possess the truth. Priests and ministers spend their lives in the quest of converts to join their house of worship. Seldom do any of them follow exactly the teachings of the New Covenant or accept that The Law, as it was revealed, would not change to fit their dogmas.

So how are we, mere flawed mortals, who seek to remain devoted, to the message in the Gospels - supposed to embrace the religion of any church? But even if you still accept that ministers are God’s messengers, how do you reconcile that their worship has been twisted into a total rejection of the only authority - from whom - created The Law? Note that churches now forsake the very message in the Gospels to comply with their Code Section 501(c)(3) designation. The brute force of the IRS now determines the theology of churches. Tax exempt status is more important than being faithful to the beatitudes. The case example of the raid and seizure of the property from a Baptist Temple by Dr. Greg J. Dixon raises the spectrum of total abandonment from their stated purpose. What Law do they obey? That of man - and the modern day Pharisees - called politicians!

These priests have become pupils of the same rabbis that perverted the Mosaic Law. How did the Pentateuch become transformed into a distorted Jewish religion?  Who is to blame when Christian ministers deform the scriptures to conform them into their own particular interpretations? Yahweh and Yeshua are God! Only - Their - word is to be believed. When clerics assert canons that bow to a civil and secular society, they are pursuing the arrogance of human hubris. When pastors accept government conformity to a worldly worship, who could deny that their church adores a temporal power? And when rabbis submit to a Zionist state, they pay homage to the mob that condemned Christ.

Who does Pat Robinson worship?
The Reverends Falwell and Robertson are Christian-Zionists. Scores upon scores of their preacher friends rally their congregations into accepting a false rendering of scriptures, while they ignore and deny historical fact. The overwhelming predominance of today's Israelis are descendents from Japhetic Khazaria and NOT ancient Shemitic Israel or even from the house of Judah. But these apostate Christian ministers betray their fidelity to the Lord and advocate a union of dissolution to a secular collectivist state. How outrageous and offensive it is to sincere believers in Christ, to reject the essence of the sacrificial Lamb. By serving the interests of their vast church empires, they deny the nature of grace and the actualization of prophecy that Jesus has already fulfilled.

Those hypocrites that wear a collar and read the bible selectively and through a transfigured prism of self regard; are bad enough. Add in the timid and the cowards that desert their own beliefs in order to comply with government tax exemption and you have a group of frauds practicing idolatry of a modern day golden calf. If you won’t or can’t accept this assessment as the current condition, read and heed the insight in this essay - The Believers Christians vs. Post-Christian, Pagan America: The ABC's of ideology by Anthony C. LoBaido.
“In America, soon it will be impossible to speak out against abortion and the Sodomite agenda. People will go to jail for "hate" and "thought" crimes. Crooked evangelical preachers and Hollywood propaganda have turned Americans against the Christian right.”
The churches have failed miserably to challenge the worldly order - evil incarnate. Their craving for comfort, cooperation, compliance and concessions, will never achieve communion with Christ. The mendacity of ordained preachers reflects their disregard to the exact meaning in the Commandments. Why would you ever follow them, when their behavior denies the direct word from God? You can invoke Him yourself and when you humble before Him, you will be born again as your spirit touches the divine. An earth ruled under man is a planet of a living hell . . .

Jesus stated quite unequivocally that His true followers would be hated and rejected, as he was, and would be at war - a spiritual war - with the rest of mankind, including and especially the members of their own household.

James Dobson's said when challenged about keeping their tax exemption so that members can get their precious tax deductions for their tithes and gifts, "It's just good stewardship." Is this the kind of attitude that exemplifies the spirit of the Gospels or is it pure resignation that religious missions willingly accept - rule under satanic government?

HOPE resides in the Second Coming. Believing that support for Zionism is befriending the real Israel - is psychotic and utter heresy. Those kind of Christian ministers should change their name to Caiaphas and amend their IRS status to the Church of the Sanhedrin. Who will you believe? Jesus or the clergy . . .

SARTRE - December 15, 2002

* King of kings' Bible - Hebrews 5:5 So also Christ glorified not himself to be made The High Priest; but He that said unto him, Thou art My Son, to day have I incarnated thee. 5:6 As He saith also in another [place], Thou [art] a Priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek
* King of kings' Bible - Matthew 23:8 But be not ye called priest (etc.): for One is your Teacher, [even] Christ; and all ye are brethren. 23:9 And call no [man] your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. 23:10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, [even] Christ.

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PersunMall - Wishlist

Bonjour my beloved readership,

as a blogger you of course always have to be equipped with the trends of the season but as a blogger you also know where to shop, right, PersunMall!

Here is a selection of my SS14 wishlist from their online shop:

The season is going to be animal. Doubtlessly, the best combination
with the prints is account to the designer Liz Malraux colors of gems.
The red sole doesn't only remind of the all-time trendy Christian
Louboutain boots but is also refering to LMD's trend.

The cute and cheeky polka dots don't want to leave
us anymore, but that's good because I also can't go without
them this season.
Orange is definitely lacking in my closet. I admit it. So I thank PersunMall
for this very stylish neon orange skirt with gem-flowers. Eye-catcher and
trend-item in one.

This is also going to be the season of the romantic dresses. I already
see this dress and me having a romantic lovestory.
Everyone who knows me, knows that I am a blazer and suit freak.
This white-grey striped blazer suit is which is reminding of a
romantic holiday at the harbour is definitely goin be
an eye-catcher.

This dress needs only two accessory, supporting shoes and a bag
it is a piece of art in itself and another romantic dress.

Stripes are another must-have and already celebrated the fourth time
as a trend in a row.
The lucky catch here - the skirt guarantees a beautiful waist and
long legs.

Everyone needs a yellow dress in her closet. My winner is this cute
mini dress which can be worn just as sexy.
Don't try to control me 'cause I'm a wild thing. And a blouse fan.
If this doesn't come in my closet, I don't know.

And a little special bonus at the end for the 80s addicted Fall4Me:
A vintage dress with which I fell in love. Also for summer?
Of course! Black stays cooler than ever.

Xoxo ♥ Johanna

  1. Wow nice selection!!! I love the boots!!!
    Have a wonderful weekend!!!:)))

    Besos, desde España, Marcela♥

  2. So great things dear!

    New post!

  3. That last black dress is so pretty! Love the stripes in your picks by the way.

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  4. Wow great wishlist.
    Love the yellow dress
    Keep intouch

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Friday, August 28, 2015

Book Review: A School For Unusual Girls

TITLE: A School for Unusual Girls
Book 1 in the Stranje House series
AUTHOR: Kathleen Baldwin
PUBLISHED: May 19th, 2015
GENRE: Historical Fantasyish
PREMISE: In 1814, a young girl with a gift for science gets sent to a reform school, which turns out to actually be a school where girls are trained for spy work.
MY REVIEW: If that summary sounds an awful lot like Y. S. Lee's Agency're not totally off. This series is pretty much that, just a little more fantasy oriented, more female character interaction, and more romance focus.
This was a bit of a mixed bag for me to be honest. I loved the concept and the author runs with it fairly well. The romance...was your typical stock romance but it was fun stock romance if nothing else. Turns out that apparently this writer writes adult romance and this is her first YA book and after knowing that, a lot of this book suddenly made sense. It's very much in the vein of category historical romance novels.
For the most part, it's enjoyable. I don't particularly find it original, but it was at least a fun read. If you can't be original, at least make your idea fun and the author definitely accomplished that.
WHO SHOULD READ: Agency series fans, historical romance fans
MY RATING: Three and a half out of Five spy schools

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Friday, May 19, 2017

Book Review: Ink and Bone

TITLE: Ink and Bone
Book 1 in The Great Library series
AUTHOR: Rachel Caine
PUBLISHED: July 2015
GENRE: Alternate history, Dystopianish
PREMISE: In a world where the Library of Alexandria never burned but lived on to become a world dominating power, a boy is sent to the library for training...
MY REVIEW: I've been meaning to read this series forever because the premise sounds so amazing and Caine is one of those authors who has great premises, even if her plots are usually average. This one though...I actually think this one might be her best series yet. It not only lived up to its awesome premise, but it exceeded my expectations.
This has a lot of what made Morganville Vampires so entertaining: interesting variety of characters, different premise that you don't see everyday, fast pace with lots of things going on, and snappy dialogue. But it's also much better in that there's not lots of focus on love drama. There's romance but that is secondary to this big plot with the library.
Honestly, I'm hard-pressed to find anything really bad about it. About all I can say is the writing is average. But the quality of the story is very very high. I really wish I'd gotten to this one much sooner. But now that means I don't have to wait long to get to the end so, best laid plans.
WHO SHOULD READ: Rachel Caine fans, those who like alternate histories/dystopians
MY RATING: Four and a half out of Five scary librarians

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Nobody’s Perfect

September 16, 2009

Jimmy Carter set off a firestorm with his comments to Brian Williams yesterday when he injected race into the nation’s current political discourse. To quote the former President: “I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man.”

I thought long and hard about how to handle this issue. I’m sure there are those who are parsing every syllable of that statement, looking up each word for the exact definition in Webster’s Dictionary, and pontificating on the many faults of the peanut farmer from Plains. I decided to take a simpler approach, because the best way to understand complicated matters is to beak them down to their most basic components.

We are all, Black, White, Conservative, Liberal, young, old; human. Emotions are an essential factor in what makes us who we are. Therefore, when folks say they aren’t racist, they’re not following the old axiom, “Know thyself.” Every American, hell, every person on the planet, has both positive and negative feelings toward other people. We tend to like those more that we find similarities with.

I’m not condemning all Republicans as hatemongers for their opposition to President Obama, but choosing to ignore the fact that race plays a part – no matter how great or small – is as foolish as Larry Craig denying he’s gay. What do you feel when you look at this picture:

Please be honest with yourself. Some find it hilarious, some find it highly offensive. Either way, you feel something.

We cannot conquer our faults overnight, I understand. Still, we’ll never be able to conquer them if we refuse to admit they exist. There are plenty of reasons conservatives might object to the way we’re trying to reform healthcare. Yet all too often the vitriol spewing from the Right has nothing to do with policy differences, but something much more sinister. And until we’re ready to deal with the darker side of our consciences, we’ll never fully be able to enjoy the light.

Are You Listening, Washington?

September 13, 2009

Yesterday, 9/12, two million patriotic Americans stormed the streets of Washington to protest against the socialist push for higher taxes, bigger government and exploding deficits.

It was an entirely grassroots effort, led by Glenn Beck and funded by lobbyist groups such as FreedomWorks, The Competitive Enterprise Institute, The Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights, and Americans for Tax Reform, just to name a few.

In the spirit of 9/12, 2001, a day when we were all deep in a fog of shock, sorrow and terror following the worst attack on American soil in history, these heroes rallied for a return to the good old days…

As to their three main grievances, higher taxes, bigger government and exploding deficits, a return to the good old days isn’t such a bad idea. President Obama has already given 95% of Americans a tax cut they didn’t have when Bush was in office. Cutting the size of government will be more difficult, since the previous administration presided over the largest expansion of government since FDR. And Bush turned the budget surplus he inherited into the largest deficit in history. Barack Obama inherited a one point three trillion dollar debt the day he took the Oath of Office. Reigning in healthcare costs will do a lot to fix that mess.

There are, of course, other issues these patriots are against, such as Death Panels and White House Czars. The President has taken about as strong a stand as possible that he wants to reform the current Health Insurance Death Panels which reject people with preexisting conditions and refuse to pay up when folks get sick. Unfortunately, Obama hasn’t been able to end the proliferation of White House Czars, which were invented by Richard Nixon and fully blossomed under the Reagan regime.

I hope republicans from coast to coast paid attention to those angry protesters. We are sick and tired of disastrous right-wing policies that have brought this great land to its knees. If the GOP doesn’t wake up and smell the coffee, they may go the way of the dinosaur. Two million people can’t be wrong.

Now Is the Season For Action

September 10, 2009

Many have stated that last night’s special address to the joint session of Congress was the greatest of its kind in America’s history. I won’t go that far, but I certainly believe it was a phenomenal message to us all. Here’s a few things that particularly grabbed my attention.

“I am not the first President to take up this cause, but I am determined to be the last.”

He then clearly outlined his three basic goals which the reform bill must meet:

“It will provide more security and stability to those who have health insurance. It will provide insurance to those who don’t. And it will slow the growth of health care costs for our families, our businesses, and our government.”

How to achieve these goals? He further explained:

1) “As soon as I sign this bill, it will be against the law for insurance companies to drop your coverage when you get sick or water it down when you need it most.”

2) “We will do this by creating a new insurance exchange – a marketplace where individuals and small businesses will be able to shop for health insurance at competitive prices.”

And as to the dollars-and-cents aspect:

3) My guiding principle is, and always has been, that consumers do better when there is choice and competition.”

Moreover, “Now, I have no interest in putting insurance companies out of business. They provide a legitimate service, and employ a lot of our friends and neighbors. I just want to hold them accountable.”

Also, “I will not sign a plan that adds one dime to our deficits – either now or in the future. Period. And to prove that I’m serious, there will be a provision in this plan that requires us to come forward with more spending cuts if the savings we promised don’t materialize. Part of the reason I faced a trillion dollar deficit when I walked in the door of the White House is because too many initiatives over the last decade were not paid for – from the Iraq War to tax breaks for the wealthy. I will not make that same mistake with health care.”

The President then went on an emotional journey with real life examples of how our current system has failed, he spoke of the character of our country, and brought up remembrances of his fallen hero, Ted Kennedy.

He crystalized the issue plainly and soberly:

“Everyone in this room knows what will happen if we do nothing. Our deficit will grow. More families will go bankrupt. More businesses will close. More Americans will lose their coverage when they are sick and need it most. And more will die as a result. We know these things to be true. That is why we cannot fail.”

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So please, support the President’s efforts. Contact your congressmen and senators. Talk to your friends and neighbors. Spread the word. Because now is the season for action.

The End of the World

September 7, 2009

By this time tomorrow, Barack Obama will have turned all our children into zombies. With Armageddon right around the corner, it’s time for all Americans to get on their knees and pray to the Almighty that the end will come swiftly. Although the outrage over the President’s planned address to schoolchildren is without any legitimate merit, the seething hatred for this man makes otherwise sane people seem mad.

Is it partisanship? Is it racism? For God’s sake, parents are telling their kids NOT to go to school. They’re teaching them it’s okay to disrespect authority. Don’t think for yourselves… You can’t handle the truth…

When Rush Limbaugh called the President an “angry black man”, he received an “Amen!” from millions of true patriotic Americans. These are the very same people that are so angry at the President they’re willing to psychologically abuse their own kids just to make a point. And as Sir James M. Barrie pointed out, “Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.”

So to all you kids out there, don’t stay in school, don’t strive for success, and for heaven’s sake, avoid personal responsibility at all cost.

Keith Olbermann Is Wrong

September 5, 2009

On the very morning the Senate was going to decide whether or not to kick Bill Clinton out of office, the President was acting as if he hadn’t a care in the world. When asked why, he replied: “They don’t have the votes.”

See, administrations are pretty good at figuring out where each senator stands on a particular issue. Same is true with the Obama Administration on the current healthcare debate. Experts approximate there are 37 progressives who favor a public option, with 4 leaning that way. I’m no mathematics expert, but that doesn’t seem to be enough to get a bill passed.

Olbermann, on the other hand, has repeatedly called the President “weak” for not forcing the issue. The pundit repeatedly attacks Obama for not sticking to what he said during last year’s campaign. How many times did Barack Obama say a government option was the best way to achieve reform? Too many to remember. Note, he always said the “best” way – not the “only” way. And how many times did Barack Obama say, “The Perfect should not be the enemy of the Good”? I think that line was second only to “Yes we can!”

Olbermann and the far left are just as bad as O’Reilly and the far right on this one; both sides are going all-or-nothing. Have all these geniuses forgotten that politics is all about compromise? Just look at how far we’ve come in just a few months. We’re on the verge of doing something for the first time since it became an issue forty years ago – passing healthcare reform.

The rabid followers of Michelle Malkin as well as the wild-eyed followers of Arianna Huffington need to remember, Barack Obama is not just President of the Blue States or the Red States, but the United States of America…

Welcome Back, Jim

September 2, 2009

Kansas congresswoman Lynn Jenkins apologized for showing a little racism in a forum last week when she stated republicans are in search of their Great White Hope.

Conservative satirist Paul Shanklin got his racist freak on with a little ditty called “Barack the Magic Negro”. The song’s bad enough; the thousands of hateful comments all over YouTube are even more disturbing.

And of course, how can we forget the number one poster in the land, Obama as The Joker:

A great excuse to paint our President as a despicable villain while also portraying him in white-face.

With Texans calling for secession, angry folks drawling, “I want MY America back!”, the Birther movement, Rush Limbaugh repeating the line that Obama’s an “angry black man”, and Glenn Beck’s assertion that “Obama is a racist”; it’s clear that Jim Crow-era racism is alive and well. Only difference is, these people no longer wear hoods…

Another Victim of Reform

August 28, 2009

Stephen is 56 years old. Because he’s a republican, the Obama Death Panel will kill him in just nine short years. But that’s not even the worst of it. His entire life savings is in jeopardy, solely due to the fact that this hero happens to work in the healthcare field. You can bet that Obama will be quite pleased when Stephen’s family is destitute; begging on the streets. And why? All in the name of fiscal restraint.

As a foot-soldier for UnitedHealth Care, Stephen Hemsley has broken his back for over a dozen years, and all he has to show for it is $744,232,068.00 in unexercised stocks, and a measly salary of $3,200,000.00 a year. How the hell is a CEO supposed to live on that?

If Obama has his way, Hemsley will lose millions. UnitedHealth Care won’t be able to deny claims that cut into their profits. They won’t be able to screen out folks with preexisting conditions. Some people might change providers simply because Obama will let them!

Sure, UnitedHealth Group, who owns UnitedHealth Care and much, much more; has had a few legal issues. But dealing with the restraints Obama wants to throw their way just might break the bank. Perhaps that’s why Hemsley and friends are spending millions every day to stop reform now. Before it’s too late…


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Two New Series of Presidential Directives

The Obama Administration has launched two new series of Presidential directives on national security policy.  Presidential Policy Directives (PPDs) will define and direct the implementation of new presidential policies.  Presidential Study Directives (PSDs) will initiate policy review and development procedures.

Presidential Study Directive-1 (pdf), issued February 23, 2009, is entitled “Organizing for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism.”

The new PPD and PSD documents will succeed and replace directives known as National Security Presidential Directives (NSPDs) in the previous Administration.


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Police Helicopter Assists in Pursuit

At 12:58 a.m. on Wednesday, February 3, a patrol officer from the West Springfield District Station was northbound on Rolling Road near Barta Road when he observed a 2001 Lexus being operated with expired state license plates. The officer activated his emergency lights and sounded his siren in an attempt to make a stop of the vehicle.  The vehicle immediately turned onto the Fairfax County Parkway and increased its speed; actively disregarding the officer’s signal to stop. The suspect vehicle eventually made its way to I-95, where it entered the northbound lanes traveling southbound. In accordance with Virginia Code and our policy, no police vehicles followed the vehicle into oncoming traffic.

Several minutes later, a separate patrol unit located the vehicle now traveling north on I-95 in the proper lanes. Fairfax County patrol units again engaged in a traffic pursuit with the vehicle, which continued from I-95 north, onto I-495 north toward the Woodrow Wilson Bridge. As the pursuit neared the Maryland line, our police helicopter, Fairfax 1, arrived overhead.  Prior to the pursuit entering Maryland, our ground patrol units terminated their pursuit as Fairfax 1 continued to follow the vehicle and coordinated with police agencies in both Maryland and the District of Columbia.

The vehicle eventually stopped in the District on the Anacostia Freeway, south of East Capital Street. Four subjects fled from the vehicle and the helicopter was able to guide United States Park Police units to three of the four occupants, who were all detained. The initial pursuing Fairfax County officer responded to the location to obtain suspect information from Park Police officers. The three subjects were identified and released by the United States Park Police.

During the course of the pursuit there were no crashes and no injuries.

The Fairfax County investigation will continue, to determine the identity of the driver of the fleeing vehicle.

To request this information in an alternate format, call the Public Affairs Bureau at 703.246.2253. TTY 703-877-3715

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The gospel reading for this past Sunday, Luke 8:26-29, was the story of Jesus casting out Legion. The visiting bishop from Uganda took Jesus’s last command, ‘declare how much G-d has done for you’ as a springboard to urge the Irish church to protest Uganda’s upcoming Homosexuality bill. What got me thinking, however, was an issue which has been on my mind for a while: the issue of demons.

There is no doubt that the early Jesus movement and presumably Jesus Himself believed in the existence of demons and in their power to afflict individuals. The repeated stories of Jesus and the apostles driving out demons would make little sense otherwise. However, today we recognize that many symptoms which used to be treated as demon-posession are actually various kinds of mental disorders; treating them as demon-possession can cause serious harm to the individual involved, while psychiatric treatment can cure or help the problem. There are valid reasons why today most people look askance at charismatic healers claiming to drive out demons.

As the gospel was proclaimed on Sunday, the description of Legion struck me as a classic case of multiple personality disorder. That is, at least, until the demons leave Legion and enter the herd of pigs. This left me wondering whether the psychiatric explanation needs to exhaust the reality behind similar situations. Could demons really exist?

Christian doctrine has often characterized evil as a lack or deficiency. Rather than viewing Evil as a co-eternal, self-perpetuating principle like Good, mainstream theology has understood it as a kind of parasite, feeding off Goodness and filling in spaces where it is absence. I suppose a philosopher might characterize it as the principle of non-being. What if we understand demons as personifications of lack? If demons were understood this way, then it would follow they could only be present and operate where a deficiency allowed them access. In other words, demons could only either exploit weakness or deficiency or respond to open invitation. In other words, demons feed on the fallenness of humanity.

If such were the case, then addressing the lack or cause of the lack would also cast out the demon. This kind of understanding would need not be either anti-psychiatric nor anti-miracle. If my conceptualizing of psychiatric disorders is correct, they are typically results of either a chemical imbalance or lack of ability to cope. They may or may not be the result of actions on the part of the individual they inflict. Modern treatment addresses the lack and solves the problem. How to understand the miracles Jesus performs?

In the Legion pericope, Jesus explicitly replaces the man’s lack with Himself. This is in a context of implicit moral condemnation (the local were swineherds), but there is no indication that the man himself was accused of misdeeds. The man’s nakedness is clothed, his right mind restored, and his life devoted to the Gospel: all lacks filled.

The man accepted his reinstatement gladly. This seems to affirm a need for one to claim wholeness and maintain it, lest the lacks return. In this regard I am thinking of Jesus’s comment in Matthew (12:43-45), where demons return to person who has not filled the lack.

Perhaps, then, what this all means is that both demon-possession and psychiatric disorders refer to the condition of human fallenness, just different aspects of it. While psychiatric explanations refer to the body and to the mind, demon-possession deals with the soul and the spirit. They likely can interact and overlap, and an individual needs to take responsibility for seeking wholeness whatever the genetic and situational inherentance may be. I’d also suggest that wickedness can also have side effects, intended and unintended, and maybe this is a ground where the two different explanations interact. On this score, however, it must be emphasized that compassion and healing are the work of Christ, and should be encouraged in all forms, scientific and spiritual, and that lack or fallenness should be a call to improvement rather than condemnation.

 Jason M. Silverman
24 June 2010


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Summer 2016 walks programme

I know that we have only just moved from winter into spring but my thoughts for the last few weeks have been focused on developing the walks programme for the summer period from May to the end of October. The group wouldn’t function without the help of the volunteer walks leaders who set aside their Sunday’s on behalf of fellow members, often many months in advance of the date of their walks. I’m sure you know who they are but it is only right that I give them credit and appreciation in equal measure. In alphabetical order they are Helen, Josephine, Karen, Linda, Sue and me (Brian).

I’ve added a link at the foot of this post to the new summer programme and will be handing out paper copies on our next 2 walks and at our next committee meeting. Don’t worry if I don’t see you before the programme starts in May as it will be posted out in the last week of March to those members who I haven’t seen. It will also be added to our website and the Ramblers walks finder.

Putting the programme together is becoming increasingly difficult and it would help if we had a few more walks leaders willing to share the burden. I’ll come out and recce your walk with you and provide advice on navigation etc. You will see that there are a few gaps in August and September but, as many members will be on holiday, I hope that this won’t disrupt your walking too much.

Summer 2016 Walks

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Monday, September 6, 2010

Road Trip to Yellowknife, Day 7: Louise Falls, NWT to Peace River, AB

Text and photos (c) Robert Barry Francos, 2010
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After a strange dream of trying to save Lindsay Lohan from her crazed lifestyle, I woke up at the Louise Falls Campground (Northwest Territories) to find that it had rained overnight. The moisture was not doing my camera any good, and it kept turning itself off and then on again, sometimes a dozen times in a row, which made picture taking a bit of a chore at times, but the opportunity always worthwhile. There are many nice shots I missed because of this. It's not a new problem with the camera. My last one (film) was all manual , and could work no matter what the moisture or temperature (even in 40 below C/F), but all the computer gadgets on this one are more sensitive. I knew once it dried it, it would be okay, but it could be days since we were still going to be camping for a while.

It was cool overnight, but luckily, this site had free wood, and we had a glorious fire, which we let burn out overnight. The ashes filled the firepit, a reminder of the licking flames.

Meanwhile, we woke to a swarm of mosquitoes. We lathered ourselves in Off! and managed our breakfast, but we knew we had to get out of there pretty fast or be itchy messes. It was pretty cool, and I suggested a fire, but it was nixed (and rightfully so) because we could not leave until the fire was completely cold, and we wanted to leave soon.

Before we left, I snapped off a few pictures of the furry trees (some kind of blight, I believe), and of the fauna.

As we headed south towards the Alberta border, the sky turned ominous, followed by a brief, but intense rain.

By the time we got to the border, the rain had stopped, welcoming us back to Alberta. This time we did not stop at the 60 Parallel Visitor's Centre because (a) we had seen it, (b) we didn't need a rest stop, and especially (c) we did not want to deal with all those flying insects again. Our entire time in the north, this spot was the worst for infestation. That being said, I should add that all along the way there was construction on both sides of the border, and in some places the workers were wearing netting as a bug shield.
It was a pretty uneventful drive as we talked and listened to music (I supplied the sounds for most of the journey, since I couldn't help with the driving, though I did most of the navigating).

After a while, we arrived back at High Level (AB), aka Mini-Vegas North. We actually went into the town is time, after passing through the main strip on Highway 35.

The downtown was off the highway, and there was actually lots to see, including murals all over the place. A lot of smaller towns have turned sides of buildings into pieces of work as a means to attract visitors. The first place I saw this done was in Chemainus, a dying village on Vancouver Island that was brought back to life through its murals.

Even utility buildings had been fixed up.

This place made me laugh, because of the Caesar's logo over a fitness/boxing center and a liquor store. Having those two side-by-side was amusing on its own even without the sign. And then add the RCMP painting next to it, it's gold, Jerry, it's gold!
The boutique was not only funky funky, but chic.
We headed back to the main stretch and stopped off to eat across the street from these places, which looked kind of seedy, and ate at the newer Best Western, also called the Mirage (of course, keeping with the theme), which is also owned by the same person who owns all the other Vegas-style casinos/hotels.
The food was decent, and the place definitely had a modern feel, unlike the dilapidated look of the other places across the road.

After lunch, we start back down highway 35, riding along the east edge of the Chinchaga Wildland Provincial Park. From Yellowknife to High Level, there is only one route up and down. However, from this point on, we were on a new road for us, taking an alternative way back south. We were going to avoid the treacherous route 88 that we took up, and would head on a more main way, down to Peace River.

Along the road was a series of electrical wires that had the following tri-configuration, which for some reason I found artistically fascinating.

This truck stop was in a town called Notikewin (AB). We wondered if they sold gingerbread houses, apples sold by witches, and bread crumbs to find your way back...
We stopped for gas in Manning (AB), and I found it interesting that the rack of hats were not only of military and secret service organizations, but of U.S. ones.
While waiting for the fill-up, I espied this picnic area with their anti-pet handpainted sign. The arrow part reads: "Take your animals over to the roughed grassed area past the rocks." I have no argument with not having pets in a food related spot, but it's more the harsh tone that made me notice. I'm guessing there is some story about its origin.
Also seen at the station was this enormous moose statue. It seemed kind of subtle, actually, as it was not along the road, but rather recessed near this shed (which, following the pet sign, keeps out humans in a brusk manner, as well).
This sign on a building caught my attention. A business being closed during a rodeo is something you definitely don't see in Brooklyn.
South of Manning, the sky starting getting grumpy again. The rain streaks was fascinating to me. Prairie skies really are excitingly dynamic and beautiful.

The turnoff from Highway 35 South to Highway 2 East, towards Peace River, was a T-intersection, with this trailer tacked full of local advertising signs right at the head. There is apparently a spot open in the center-bottom, if you're interested...
Peace River is a beautiful river valley, with sloping hills that run along the water. The road dips down to reach the town.
The sign into town announces the population as an exact 6687. It also states Peace River is home of "Twelve Foot Davis." Henry Fuller Davis was born in Vermont in 1820, who became a prospector and trader in Peace River. He came during the gold rush and staked a narrow, 12-foot long claim (between two others) and soon extracted $12,000 dollars worth of gold.
Along the road was this technological mix-and-match-up.
There are a number of bridges that cross the Peace River, including a tri-humped steel bridge for autos, and a wood railroad bridge beside it.

We were looking for a campground, as it was turning relatively late. We found a couple around town, but they were exceedingly ugly. Built more for RVs rather than for tents, there was no foliage or space between spaces. There would be no sense of privacy at all. Eventually, after getting lost in a suburb and then stopping to ask a local young family, we found out about one approximately 20 miles out of town, along the way we had already come. So we back-tracked west on Highway 2, and turned back south onto Highway 35. Near the town of Grimshaw, we stopped at the lovely Queen Elizabeth Provincial Park, right on Lac Cardinal. Again, free wood was available, so we had a nice fire going before long, making it last well into dark. We were now south enough that it actually got dark around 11 PM.

As we ate, it was pointed out (by John or Ian, I can't remember) that there was a wasp nest in a nearby tree. Thanks to my glorious zoom (12x optical, 12x digital, or about 480mm), I could get "close" without getting anywhere near it. I should add that our entire time there, I never saw a single wasp.

Today we had traveled 640 kilometers / 398 miles, for a total of 3360 K / 2088 M since we first set off a week ago. We were planning to be home the day after tomorrow.

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  1. Nice photos. Actually though, the "furry" part of the trees are a prehistoric plant called lichen. It's distinguished by the lack of chlorophyll in its system. Often used as food by caribou.


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The Bare Necessities

It’s been a while since I’ve found myself running anywhere as a dance critic. This is because you learn a thing or two over the years, like always bring a back up pen and some chocolate in your purse (this has negated the need for last minute sprints to CVS). And that time I actually showed up at the wrong theater? Psshht. That was years ago. I was still dating TWD at the time, and that particular mistake (like the man in question) has become a thing of the past.

Saturday afternoon, however, found me and my date sprinting down Locust Street towards the Curtis Institute to catch the world premiere of PA Ballet II’s The Jungle Book.

PA Ballet Jungle Book

A brief note about PA Ballet before we begin: those of you who read one of my “reviews” a few months back, (which was titled A Racist Looks at The Nutcracker as a Form of Historical Dance) may recall that it was a bit… critical. I was pretty sure, in fact, that their PR folks would never invite me back again.

As such, when I got a call on my cell phone the day after I got out of the hospital in January from one of the company’s administrators, (who began the conversation with, “First, I’d like to talk to you about your Nutcracker post…”) my first thought was, “Oh God. Here is comes. They’re going to ask me to take it down and never invite me to the ballet again.”

But it wasn’t that.

“We loved it,” the voice on the other end of the line said. “And we’d like to hire you to write the program note for our February series.”

You could have knocked me down with a feather. (Of course I was already lying down, and very doped up on painkillers at the time. But I wasn’t dreaming.)

So we set up some interviews and my very first post-convalescence trip out of the house was to PA Ballet’s rehearsal studio on North Broad.

It wasn’t my most glamorous moment. I had to wear a pair of “sensible” flat boots, carry everything in a very un-cool backpack, and set up shop in the front of the studio with my trusty lumbar support pillow. And even though I wore one of my new designer dresses from Rent the Runway to try and, you know, look a little less octogenarian, I wasn’t fooling anyone.

Still, I wrote the piece, everyone loved it, and I got invited to review the company’s newest venture, an all-dance children’s version of The Jungle Book. And I decided to take my nephew. But more on that tomorrow.

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  1. No longer her landlord

    I’m just happy you are blogging again 😉 But congrats on the piece for PA Ballet, which I still haven’t read. So much fun to have young ones to take to these things!

    • Kat Richter

      Thanks, there should be a version of it online somewhere I think but I haven’t found yet so I’ll shoot them an email. A friend of mine who went to the show did grab a hard copy for me.

  2. Leah

    Well, now you hooked me and I MUST read the Nutcracker review. Well done on fooling yourself and getting a job rather than being told off.

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