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Friday, April 29, 2011

Coming Home

Here are a couple more images of places in my Robt Hale Ltd book 'Coming Home.' The first is the hill above Oporto (Porto) where the English/Portuguese heroine, Juliana, walked in her attempt to book a berth on a ship sailing for England. The Douro River flows down to the sea and Juliana walked beside the river for part of the way.

I saw the Douro five years ago and let me tell you, it is a very impressive river, no mere trickle in spite of the arid inland of Portugal.

The second image is the docklands of Porto, still unchanged today. This is where Colly booked them a passage together and where they sailed from.

And finally, here is an image of the very last sight of the land of Portugal that Juliana saw as they sailed to Portsmouth.  All immigrants the world over will empathize with Juliana's emotions as the land faded into the distance.

  1. Interesting and original premise...sounds like a good read

  2. Vonnie ~ I enjoyed the pictures. Have you been to Portugal? Also, love the cover for your TWRP book. Looking forward to reading it.
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If you’re building your dream dwelling, chances are you’ll need financing — according to the 2000 Census housing figures, only about 20% of those having a new home built can afford to pay cash. While construction financing is very short-term and so the interest rate is less important, your permanent financing should be the best you can get. Here’s what you need to know about refinancing your construction loan.

Refinancing Your Construction-to-Permanent Mortgage

The beauty of a construction-to-permanent mortgage is that it saves you the hassles of multiple loan applications, multiple trips to the title company and multiple sets of lender fees and title charges. Most people who have their residence custom-built choose this kind of mortgage financing. However, one drawback to this kind of loan is that it locks you in with your construction lender. That is, you don’t know what mortgage rates you’ll be offered when it’s time to convert your loan to the permanent phase until the construction is complete. With construction phases taking as long as 18 months to complete, that’s a lot of uncertainty. You’re kind of stuck because you have probably paid your lender fees already.

However, you should not just accept your lender’s offering without comparing current mortgage rates from several lenders. One-time-close mortgages can save money by consolidating some fees, but it’s no savings if your permanent loan’s interest is significantly higher than current mortgage rates. It’s best to get some quotes on refinance rates, and then use a refinance calculator to see how long it would take for you to break even if you replace your construction-to-perm loan with a new mortgage. You may also be able to negotiate a lower rate with your construction lender if you bring in some disclosures from other lenders and indicate that you’ll walk if you don’t get a better deal.

Many homeowners build their custom castle when they plan on keeping the property for a very long time. The longer the hold period the more value there can be in shopping for the lowest mortgage rate you can get for your permanent loan.

Refinancing Your Straight Construction Loan

People who take out straight construction loans usually fall into a couple of categories. They may be owner-builders who plan to act as their own contractor or do the lion’s share of the building themselves. Many lenders shy away from this kind of borrower because they have little way of knowing if the home will in fact be owner-occupied or if it is really a speculative home in disguise. These borrowers may have to finance their new construction as if it were an investment, generally via a straight construction loan with a local bank. If you are an owner-builder with a straight construction loan, you’ll need to refinance to a permanent loan once construction is complete.

The other borrower who prefers straight construction loans doesn’t want to be held captive when it’s time for permanent financing. People who want to be free to shop for their permanent financing when the construction is over opt for a straight construction loan. They then look for a refinance mortgage for their permanent financing.

Shopping for Your Construction Refinance

Refinancing construction loans is a little different from refinancing a traditional mortgage. When your home nears completion, you’ll want to start shopping for interest rates, collecting Good Faith Estimates, and interviewing loan officers. Take care during your construction period so that your credit does not deteriorate, which would make it harder for you to get approved for the best interest rates. For example, Fannie Mae will not accept a construction-to-perm loan if the credit documents are over 90 days old, so your lender will probably pull a credit report again just before closing. If your credit score has dropped, it will affect the price of your loan, and if severe enough, may make it unattainable.

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... do people "de-ethnicise" as they age or something? I mean, I'm not asking for coherence in spam, but I didn't even understand that first one.

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Meet a Dronepreneur: 5 questions for Kurtis Poettcker

We chat to the GIS Coordinator of Abacus Datagraphics, service provider to the Canadian energy industry and creators of the AbaData Internet Mapping Program, about his love of looking down, his project highlights, and why Abacus turned to flying robots to enhance its work.

1. Hi Kurtis. Why don’t you start by telling us a little about your journey into the world of drones? When, how and why did you first start using this technology?

I first started looking into drones in 2009 after an existing Abacus Datagraphics customer told us he was interested in the technology for doing wellsite reclamation. I started researching solutions and even got a quote from one manufacturer. At that time, drones weren’t really billed as a mapping tool though and the cost was just too high to justify a purchase without a defined practical application, so I tucked it away in the back of my head as a neat idea that I would pursue if the opportunity ever came up.

Fast forward to 2013 when I first saw the eBee when browsing a popular technology blog. After some initial research, I contacted senseFly’s Canadian dealer and got a quote. There was some discussion within the company, but eventually we were able to see the benefits that an eBee would have on our business, specifically our AbaDOC (Depth of Cover) inspections, as-built facility mapping and One-Call utility locating sketches.

A couple of months later we received the UAV, however we then had to wait another four painstaking months to get approval from Transport Canada to fly it. Once the data was processed from my first flight the potential of the technology was clear to everyone at Abacus. Since then, we have expanded into using other types of drones too and we now use them all on a regular basis.

Once the data was processed from my first flight the potential of the technology was clear to everyone at Abacus

A high-resolution orthophoto of a gas plant, captured by Abacus’ eBee drone.

2. Can you tell us about one of your favorite or most challenging drone projects? What made this stand out and what did you learn?

Probably the most difficult drone-related challenge was my very first flight. At that time in Canada any commercial drone flight required a Special Flight Operation Certificate (SFOC) and the application process was not straightforward; there was no simple form to fill out and send off. Instead, an application needed to be developed from scratch with guidance from Transport Canada. Luckily, they were very good to deal with and after some back and forth I was able to get approved for my first test flight.

The flight itself went off without a hitch. It was winter, so the conditions were less than ideal—windy and well below zero—but the eBee was up to the challenge and performed as expected. After a successful landing, I then had to figure out how to process the data and finally, what to do with the outputs. There was quite a learning curve, but it was well worth it.

Since then, there have been a few close calls, like just clearing a power line on landing, landing minutes before a hail storm started, and losing the drone for about 15 minutes in tall pasture after landing, but we’ve been fortunate enough to avoid any major crashes and haven’t lost any equipment.

3. What impact would you say drone technology has had on your working life?

This may ‘out me’ as a bit of a nerd, but for as long as I can remember I’ve been fascinated with visualising the earth from above. I can’t walk past an air photo without stopping and have always enjoyed looking out the window when flying. There’s something almost magical about seeing the world from that perspective.

Kurtis’ favorite air photo is his family farm, shown here in Google earth (©2015 DigitalGlobe, Cnes/Spot Image, Google).

Part of it is the curiosity that is satisfied when you’re able to see places from above that you would never be able to access from ground level, but more than that I think it is the complete picture that aerial photography offers. Rather than viewing only 135° at a time, with trees and buildings obstructing your view, drone imagery is able to provide 360° of unobstructed imagery (except if obstructed from above).

With that in mind, I guess for me drone technology has increased my interest in my work. I always find processing the imagery fascinating, even if it is just a cultivated field.

Professionally, drone technology has really enhanced Abacus’ existing mapping services. We always receive very positive comments from our customers about how much value is added by having a current, high-resolution image added to one of our maps.

Previous to our adoption of drones, we were capturing very precise real world data and displaying it in line form on a map. While there was nothing wrong with this technique, there’s only so much you can tell from a line drawing. Once we started enhancing the maps with an aerial drone photo, at less than 5 cm/pixel resolution, our maps began telling a much more complete story.

Once we started enhancing the maps with an aerial drone photo, at less than 5 cm/pixel resolution, our maps began telling a much more complete story

Prior to drones, Abacus Datagraphics was displaying precious real-world data on maps in in line form. Today it enhances these outputs with aerial drone photos featuring sub-5 cm/pixel resolutions.

4. What kind of role do you see drone tech playing in the future for companies such as yours? Can you imagine what your working life might look several years down the line?

While today we are mostly using drones to enhance our existing suite of services, I see us moving more towards offering it as a standalone service.

One area that I can see this developing already is in agriculture. Interest has grown in this area over the past several months, with some key articles being published on popular agriculture websites. More drone manufacturers are announcing agriculture-focused drones and there is a growing interest from the producers as well. I’m excited to dive deeper into this area of drone technology.

5. If you could give 3 tips to a budding dronepreneur, what would these be?

I am far from an expert, but these would be my top three tips:

  1. Make sure you know and abide by your local laws. Many countries have laws around the commercial use of drones and others are developing them. I hear of many companies operating outside of these laws, either knowingly or not. This not only puts them at risk of fines, but also hurts those of us who are operating within the laws.
  2. Find a practical application that people will be willing to pay for, with emphasis on the pay for. There’s a lot of interest in drones out there. They are billed by the news and other media as the technology of the future, even promising to deliver you your next pizza. Often I show someone a great photo or 3D model that I’ve flown and they think it’s really neat, which of course it is, but it needs to serve a practical purpose if you plan on getting someone to pay you for it.
  3. Have fun. While drones are capable of performing some very serious roles, they are also incredibly fun to fly.

Excellent, thanks so much for your time Kurtis!

You’re welcome.

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Total flight hours: 200 hours (Kurtis)
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    08.11.2015 - 03:18

    I’m still learning from you, but I’m making my way to the top as well. I certainly enjoy reading everything that is posted on your site.Keep the tips coming. I loved it!

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MISSION, Kan., Feb. 12, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (Family Features) When it comes to becoming an elite athlete, there are differing opinions on what it takes to win gold.

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Sports analysts and commentators often reference sprint times, body weight, height or age as differentiating factors, but Dr. Steven Stein, CEO of Multi-Health Systems and emotional intelligence expert, has a different idea.

Emotional intelligence is a set of emotional and social skills that influence the way people perceive and express themselves, develop and maintain social relationships, cope with challenges and use emotional information in an effective and meaningful way.

Using The Emotional Quotient Inventory 2.0 model to test emotional intelligence, Multi-Health Systems found athletes around the world often score high in self-regard: the ability to know their strengths and weaknesses; self-actualization: doing what they love and continually trying to improve; and flexibility: their ability to learn, change and take direction.

Self-regard is the ability of an athlete to know his or her strengths and weaknesses. For elite athletes, it can also translate into confidence.

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Self-actualization reflects comfort with who you are and what you are doing. For example, competition at the international level takes years of preparation and practice, and may require personal, social and familial sacrifices.

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Flexibility is a person’s ability to change and take direction, and for an elite athlete, it means learning from a bad performance instead of getting frustrated. It is one of the better predictors of the ability to be coached and succeed, and Multi-Health Systems found that it is especially important in both professional and amateur athletes.

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Toyota have maintaned their record of topping all sessions so far this weekend at Silverstone, with the #8 Toyota TS050 once again heading the times. However as qualifying looms, Porsche are closing in.

Davidson took the #8 Toyota to the top of the times with a late lap. Although slower than yesterday’s FP2 pace, rain over night and cold conditions slowed the ultimate pace to a 1:39.476. Second was the #1 Porsche with of Nick Tandy, Andre Lotterer and Neel Jani, just seven tenths off of the Toyota. The #2 Porsche 919 Hybrid was a further tenth back in third with the #7 Toyota rounding out the hybrid runners. ByKolles were 13th overall and faster than only one LMP2 car, seven seconds off the pace.

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Wait a minute. This just underscores the point that Lawrence Lessig maks, and Glenn Reynolds agrees with, that art is normally derivative, and necessarily so. The law is too harsh, and allows too much protection to the established music industry, because it enforces too much protection over artistic intellectual property---it protects too well against "ripping off" by other artists.

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It takes a great deal of time and effort to plan a memorable wedding. Finding the right dress and sending out invitations are just a few of the many things to think about. After all, for most, this big day only happens once. This article will help you plan a wedding of any size.

Choosing your favorite gown online can be faster and cheaper, but do so well in advance to allot extra time for alterations. While buying a dress online may be less expensive, alterations can quickly add to the cost. Keep in mind any additional costs, and include it in your budget.

Before your wedding day, practice the aisle walk as much as you can. Do this at your actual wedding site to make sure you’re familiar with the floor there. Your walk will flow more smoothly when your special day arrives.

Use food that has an ethnic theme for the reception. Use lots of different foods rather than the more traditional chicken and steak. Weddings are known for being unique and your reception should offer a variety of foods to satisfy everyone.

You can make great use of big box stores, like Costco, when planning your own food service for your wedding day. Shopping wholesale when it comes to food helps you get the necessary items at a much cheaper cost. Think about asking friends and relations to chip in on the food.

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You can rent diamonds for your wedding if you desire to look great but have a tight budget. You will be able to choose between many different kinds of jewelery while sticking to your budget.

A wedding dress is a big expense. When looking for a dress, consider dresses that aren’t necessarily in the wedding dress category. A bridesmaid dress may fit the bill and be much cheaper than a wedding dress. Even if you need the dress to be altered, it will probably be less expensive than buying a wedding dress.

Spend some time writing your vows. These words are important for your new spouse. It’s important to understand that a marriage is a strong commitment that takes both of you making sacrifices. Don’t just make a list of promises, however. Your vows are also your opportunity to express your deep love for your partner.

Make sure you write down your vows, this is very important and will be important for your spouse. Be clear about the fact that both parties must make a number of sacrifices and be consistent to the commitment of marriage. Express your love for the other person in your vows.

You know to provide the DJ with an idea of all the right music to play, but you should also give a list of all the wrong things he might play. Was there a song that you loved once but you no longer do? Tell the man you are marrying so that he is not surprised.

Tall flower arrangements can be the perfect idea for round tables at the wedding reception so guests are able to see and speak to each other. Flowers can be distracting for your guests and get in their way. Furthermore, one or two of your guests could be allergic to certain flowers. As an alternative to flowers, place non-scented candles on the tables. This will also help to create a romantic ambiance.

Instead of paying for a pricey cake, look into mini-tarts or cupcakes. These are more affordable, versatile, and easily served than a two-story wedding cake. Those who were invited will grab them at will and consume them rather quickly as opposed to wrapping the pieces they grab in a napkin and forgetting it.

Make sure the photographer you hire for your wedding is experienced. You don’t need wedding photos taken that you end up disliking. To identify good local photographers, solicit advice and referrals from family and close friends.

If your family joins you for a destination wedding, have them join your on your honeymoon as well. You can get some great deals on hotels if you need group accommodations. This will not only give them a single day to remember, but a whole vacation.

The venue that you select for your wedding reception should have enough space for dancing and activities. There is nothing worse than being crammed like sardines while the people around you are trying to do the Mashed Potato, so move some tables and chairs to make the extra room you need to get your groove on!

Do not make all your guests wait around while you’re taking your pictures. Take your bridal party photos in advance of the wedding when you are all fresh and crisp. Pictures with the parents should be done before too.

Practice going down the aisle while wearing the shoes you are going to wear at the wedding. If you are worried about a twisted ankle, choose attractive flats instead. No one can see your shoes under your gown anyway, but if you fall on your rear end, they’ll see a lot more than shoes.

If travel is a common bond between the groom and bride, incorporate this into a theme for the day. Your invitations, notices, and R.S.V.P. cards can be designed to match the theme or your wedding. Perhaps use an old, leather suitcase as a display case for the programs and families involved in the wedding.

Vacation goody baskets make great delivery presents to guests at your destination wedding. Include maps, cameras, hats, disposable cameras, or guides on local attractions that they may want to visit. To make it easier for them to find good dining, a local restaurant guide is certainly helpful.

Plan your speech ahead of time if you want to give one. If you do not plan your speech, you may cause the audience to stop paying attention, or you just might get stage fright.

It’s best to keep your dress at the store until the wedding day. Having it inside of a closet could cause stains or wrinkles. It can be safely kept at the store until you need it and can be freshly steamed when you pick it up.

Seasonal flowers in your state are more than likely not easy to come by in a humid tropical environment or a cooler, dry Mediterranean setting. Contact florists near the destination and you can find out which flowers are available.

If you opt for a colorful wedding cake that can stand on its own as a focal piece for your reception, you might choose to present it atop a coordinating swatch of fabric. The right piece of fabric can create a stunning display that makes the cake stand out even more. You can select from a variety of fabrics, including velvet, satin or silk. Likewise, you can choose a solid color or go with something textured or patterned.

If dramatic floral arrangements are out of your budget, you can use a variety of different potted plants instead. Seek out plants in lovely glazed pots, or make a simple stone look elegant with some ribbons and paint. Once the wedding is over, it is possible for guests to take home the potted plants as a memento of the wedding, or the newlyweds may want to plant them around their new home.

For help with your wedding, you can find local vendors on Craigslist. Be sure you meet up with them in person, safely, before you pay them any money.

Try writing your own vows for your wedding. You can, of course, say the traditional words, but make it special. Writing your own vows can add more meaning and romance to your special day and make your loved one feel closer to you. Use other sources as inspiration, but add your own personal touch.

Ask your close friend if you are able to don their items for your big day. This can help you achieve a nice look, while also letting you focus money in other areas to make your wedding much better.

You need to make sure you plan everything well ahead of time. A year may seem like a long time for planning a wedding, but waiting can make your services and venues cost more and they could get booked completely with short notice. Plan as soon as you can to have more choices.

For couples who enjoy the jet-setting lifestyle, incorporate thematic decorations that convey a love for travel. The printed items, such as invitations and thank you cards, can have the look of old maps or vintage postcards. An interesting travel bag decorated with colored bows and ribbons can be set up as a decoration alongside the guestbook or pictures of the bride and groom.

Before you pay for services for your wedding, make sure you have a credit card that has a rewards program. Weddings can be expensive and having a card with miles and deals is vital. Make sure you charge all your expenses on the same card and find out in advance what kind of rewards you will be getting.

Every aspect of a wedding should be planned in minute detail. You want to draw everyone in, and make all of your guests remember this joyous occasion.

A slight tan can make a bride look glowing, but bad tan lines can ruin the look of a dress. You may want a tan before your wedding, but tan lines can be distracting.

Flowers that might be abundant in your home territory may not be widely available if you happen to be in the Cayman Islands or Greece. Ask for help from professionals who live and work in the region to find out what they recommend for your big day.

Gift your bridal party with customized jewelry. This way, after your wedding has passed, each girl will have a special way to relive the wedding and the fun that they had being part of such an exciting time.

It’s important to have a backup plan if you want your wedding ceremony or reception to be held outdoors. Rent a few tents or find a venue that has a hall, as well as a park. You can also install planks on the ground so that your guests do not get mud on their shoes.

Instead of purchasing a new engagement ring, consider using something else. Try using a piece of jewelry that was passed down in one of the families. Using a sentimental piece of jewelry like this, will truly welcome your significant other into the family. And they will have something antique and cherished that will have special emotions attached to it.

Be considerate of your guests and their travel arrangements when planning a destination wedding. Some of your guests may plan a vacation around your big day, so be sure they have enough time to make preparations. Try to send out invitations roughly eight months ahead of time to let them make the appropriate arrangements for work and family.

When you have figured out your theme and the date of your wedding, one of the next things you need to do to keep your wedding planning going is to figure out which invitations you will use. Invitations generally include at least the color scheme of your wedding to show to your guests. Look into all of the options before deciding upon your wedding invitations.

No matter the size of you wedding, you want it to be perfect. It doesn’t matter if this is your first wedding or your fifth. Either way, you don’t want to rush through the preparations. These tips will help to prevent disaster and guide you towards making good choices.

Don’t trust friends with your wedding photos. Friends cannot take proper pictures, unless he or she is a professional, of course. You will be looking at these photos for the rest of your life, so they should be high quality in every way. One of your family members or friends might do an adequate job, but a professional would do a better job.

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Sunday, 27 July 2014

Writing A Novel vs. Writing Lyrics

I'll be the first to stick my hand up and say I was a late arrival to the novel-writing party.

 I'd certainly tried writing novels in the past - I think the first one was when I was about eighteen or so (for the life of me I can't remember what I called it or what is was about, so it must have been so godawful I've blocked it out.) As the years went by I tried to write several more, many of which still languish in tatty old notebooks in a dingy cupboard somewhere or in the Story Graveyard Folder on my computer. So yeah... novels? Something I was more than a bit crap at, judging by the evidence (or rather, my consistent lack of it.)

Lyrics for songs, on the other hand...

I'd been writing lyrics since my early teens - and unlike novels, I did finish the majority of them. I wrote them for myself (although I was way too shy to sing in public, so god knows what I thought I was ever going to do with them) I wrote a few for some singers in local bands (no formal copyright stuff, just gave 'em away - hey, it was in the hippie-chick-ing, doing-it-for-the-karma-man period of my life...) And, in my mid-twenties, I collaborated with Stephen W. Rodgers, an American composer, to write the lyrics for two stage musicals - Cinderella and Peter the Great. Both were performed publicly and received good reviews from theatre critics. And ever since then I've continued to write lyrics; 'straight' ones geared towards the mainstream music scene, comedy ones and parodies of existing songs a' la Weird Al Yankovich. (I've written over 100 parody songs alone.)

Lyrics were always things I could write pretty easily - and finish pretty easily. Novels... not so much. And yet every time I started a novel I wanted to finish it - but somehow, for years, never could. Eventually, after stumbling upon Chuck Wendig's excellent blog and being inspired by his advice (the most important bit of all being "finish your shit") I began to wonder why. What was it about writing lyrics that I found easy - and writing novels that I found hard?

The most obvious theory is of course to do with length (said the actress to the bishop...) The average song is designed to last somewhere between three and seven minutes, while the average novel  is designed to last... um - flippin' ages - well, a lot longer than a song, anyway. Aha,  it seems I've found the answer - when it comes to writing I clearly have the attention span of a goldfish!

Except that doesn't really hold water when it comes to writing lyrics for stage musicals - particularly in the case of the second one, Peter the Great. There were no previous stage productions - musical or otherwise - that I could read to 'get an idea' of the story; it hadn't been done before. Instead, Stephen and I had to research his life using academic and historical textbooks, pulling out the parts we felt would be interesting and structuring them into a coherent plot. In other words, using the same process used for outlining a novel. And while it's true to say that in place of chapters containing scenes in a book we had scenes containing songs on a stage, the commitment to a cohesive story as a whole was just as important. So no, it wasn't simply that I was only capable of creating five-minute-long stories.

However, when I started breaking down the structure of stage lyrics compared with the structure of novel chapters, some key differences emerged. Particularly when I compared my strengths as a lyricist to my weaknesses as a novelist.

 Description, for example, has always been my weak point in my novels. Like an over-geeked George Lucas, I tend to dump my characters in front of little more than green screens a lot of the time, with this vague idea that the awesome CGI-o-vision that's rocking in my head will somehow magically translate to the readers without me having to paint anything in myself at all. This is a direct result of writing lyrics, of course. In a song on a stage you've already got the set doing the work - and since you've only got a few minutes to tell the audience what's going on plot-wise (about 20-30 lines of lyrics) you can't waste them bibbling on about the view and the ambiance. Being good at describing scenery was something that I not only didn't have to learn as a lyricist, but would even have been a handicap to the process - so in a sense, I almost had to train myself not to be good at it.

Another key difference is the speed at which plot is given. In a novel the pacing ebbs and flows; some parts are more emotional and therefore more at a slower pace, while the more action-packed parts move faster. Either way, the pace still feels 'natural' to the reader, even when there are jumps forward in time. Stage lyrics, on the other hand, because they're also songs as well as chunks of story, tend to fall into one of two categories. On the one hand, you can have an entire song for one small, special moment (rare, but usually saved for the 'memorable songs' - y'know, the ones you envisage being the 'favourites,' that wannabe actors will pick for their 'audition pieces' in years to come.) Or, on the flipside, one song can whoosh through a whole chain of events like a high-speed train. "Peter needs a wife! We must invite tons of women to the palace! Oh look, here they all are - why, they all seem to want to marry the rich and powerful tsar-in-waiting! Not her, she's too fat! Not her, she's not classy enough! Not her, she looks like a horse! Oh wait - this miserable-looking one looks like she'll be a proper doormat, so let's have her! Well, that's quite a random choice, mother, but hey - you're the boss I suppose..." (Those aren't the actual lyrics to the particular Peter the Great song in question, but it does give some idea of how quickly the events zip past.)

And then there's the whole 'rhythm and rhyming thing' that you have with song lyrics. They've gotta fit the tune they're going to be sung to, and, while they don't have to rhyme, audiences do seem to prefer it when they do. Obviously, doing all of that and still making it sound like normal, naturalistic speech is next to impossible, so, in exchange for all of that lyricists - like poets - are granted huge amounts of creative license when it comes to proper use of grammar and sentence structure. And cliches too. Cliches are the invention of Satan in novels - but can be almost comforting in song lyrics. Basically, in their quest to Make Stuff Rhyme And Fit, lyricists can do things with the English language that would make Strunk and White cry like babies.

All of the above traits have helped me write lyrics over the years, because lyrics are compact and fairly abstract boxes, where getting your point across involves packing as much as you can into the small amount of space you have to work with. By comparison, the landscape of a novel is a vast, open wilderness; you must still choose your words carefully and not waste them, but that doesn't mean applying the same principles as for lyric-writing and then simply scattering the results over a bigger area. That, I've come to realise, is where and why all my previous attempts at novels failed.

So... it's been Back to Writing School for me while writing The Renegades, metaphorically speaking. I've been reading tons of writing how-to books to fill in the gaps in my knowledge, along with following the blogs and online tutorials of various authors who know their stuff. I've focused mainly on improving my outlining and plot structuring skills, and learning how to incorporate descriptions without resorting to cliches. It'll be a long, hard road I'm sure - but I'll stay on it for however long it takes to make The Renegades the best it can be.

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Close To The 'Bone': A French Connection, Haltingly

Nov 22, 2012

Jacques Audiard's Rust and Bone is an unapologetic melodrama rendered in what you might call semi-stylized neo-expressionistic realism, and it works like gangbusters. The picture takes some turns you don't expect, and some you do. But the ultimate effect is that of a filmmaker striving not to make a work of art, or a subtle drama that will win big festival prizes, or an afternoon's worth of cinema for sophisticated people. He just wants to send you home with a story and with the memory of his characters' faces. In other words, he wants to give you the world.

Which is perhaps why, when the movie debuted at Cannes last spring, critics either raved or complained about how over-the-top it was. Rust and Bone certainly is over the top, but only in the sense that Audiard dares to take chances with pure conventionality.

As the movie opens, we watch as a scruffy young man leads his small blond son first through some winding, industrial-looking European city streets and then onto a train. Both the man and the boy wear jackets, suggesting it's cold enough for that, but the kid is wearing sandals — the visual idea is that if he owned any other shoes, he'd be wearing them.

When the two finally board that train car, the boy announces that he's hungry, and his father scrounges through the seat pockets around them, assembling a small feast from people's discards. Later, he steals a camera from a store, using the proceeds to buy the kid a McDonald's Happy Meal.

The father, Ali (Matthias Schoenaerts), and the son, Sam (Armand Verdure, a somber charmer with hollows under his eyes and teacup handles for ears), are headed for Antibes, where they'll move in with Ali's sister, Anna (Corinne Masiero, in a small, wonderfully sturdy performance). She welcomes them reluctantly. Ali immediately begins looking for a job, and he lands one as a nightclub bouncer. As he's breaking up a fight one night, he meets Stephanie (Marion Cotillard), a mystery in a miniskirt. He learns that by day, she trains killer whales at a local marine park; by night, she likes to dance.

Not long after this, Stephanie loses her legs as the result of a terrible event — you'd call it a freak accident, if only it didn't unfold with such gorgeous dramatic restraint, and to the tune of Katy Perry's "Firework" no less. Meanwhile, the scrappy Ali has taken up bare-knuckle fighting as a way of supplementing his patchwork of increasingly disreputable jobs. He and Stephanie fall in love, eventually, partly thanks to pure animal attraction and partly because both are clawing their way out of circumstance.

If that seems like a lot to cram into a movie, it is. But the too-muchness of it all is precisely what makes Rust and Bone work. Audiard co-wrote the picture with Thomas Bidegain, loosely adapting Craig Davidson's short-story collection of the same name. The picture isn't as taut, or as dreary, as Audiard's last movie, 2009's A Prophet (also a collaboration between Audiard and Bidegain); its energy is more the free-floating kind, but it's vibrant even in the film's darkest minutes.

And it can't hurt that the actors are fully in tune with Audiard's half-gritty, half-florid romantic vision. Schoenaerts' Ali is, through much of the movie, the sort of guy you're not sure you like, and yet you can't take your eyes off him: He's a lad prowling around in trainers and track pants, a player who seems to think he's much better looking than he is. But his eyes show something more complicated, and more fearful, as the story moves forward.

Part of what he fears, it seems, is everything that Stephanie has to offer him. Cotillard is superb here, giving a performance that's delicate and bold at once. When she first meets Ali, she bristles visibly — and understandably — when he decrees that she's dressed like a prostitute. Later, we see her working with her whales, their smooth black-and-white flanks as sleek and as elegant as a gangster's two-tone shoes; with them, she's joyous, businesslike, authoritative.

And later still, Stephanie shows something much softer and more vulnerable as she sits on the sidelines at a nightclub. By that point, she's been fitted with prosthetic limbs — she could dance, in a way, if she wanted to, but she'd rather not. Watching the bodies on the dance floor, she wears an expression halfway between wistfulness and rapture.

Audiard isn't afraid to be a little sentimental, and that's what distinguishes Rust and Bone from so many other contemporary dramas or romances. Cotillard, though, isn't sentimental at all. In the movie's most visually stunning scene, Stephanie goes back to her workplace to visit her old co-workers, and the whales. She taps the glass of a giant aquarium with her palm, and one of the magnificent beasts swims up to greet her. Using hand signals, she directs his movements as if she were directing traffic, and he obliges dutifully. This is a woman who can bend nature to her whim. It is, you could say, a kind of dancing.

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Jorge Mario Bergoglio Becomes First-Ever Jesuit Pope

Mar 13, 2013
Originally published on March 13, 2013 6:44 pm
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For one more view of the man who will now lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics, we turn to Father Robert Ballecer of the Jesuit Conference of the United States. Thanks so much for coming in.

THE REV. ROBERT BALLECER: Well, thank you for having me.

BLOCK: We've been mentioning that Pope Francis is the first pope to come from the Jesuit order, the largest single order within the Catholic Church. What does it mean for Jesuits this moment?

BALLECER: It's a realization of something we thought would never happen. We've just accepted that Jesuits would not make for good popes because of the nature of our religious order. So this is a surprise. It's exciting. And especially with the name that he's chosen and the history that he comes from, it's this interesting dichotomy between who he is and what he wants to be.

BLOCK: You're talking about the name Pope Francis, which alludes...

BALLECER: Of course, yes.

BLOCK: ...back to St. Francis of Assisi, also some question of whether it evokes Francis Xavier, one of the founders of the Jesuit order itself?

BALLECER: Actually, I believe that that is the perfect dichotomy to put this in. You've got the two Francises, Francis Xavier, who's a Jesuit, and Francis of Assisi, who is a Franciscan. Francis Xavier was known to be the typical, stereotypical Jesuit. He was a missionary, he went out, he did things, he made things happened, whereas St. Francis was a humble man. He believed in retreating from the world and the simple things and in living a simple lifestyle. And I think that's contained within Pope Francis. You have a man who his history is in the Society of Jesus, but he's shown that he's a very humble man, a man who lives simply.

BLOCK: When you say that Jesuits never thought this would happen, that they thought that the impression was that Jesuits wouldn't make a good pope, what do you mean?

BALLECER: Well, if you look back to our history, it's been contentious. Jesuits, we have a lot of nicknames. We're known as the marines of the pope. We're the defenders of the papacy. We're the first ones in. And that doesn't typically make for a good pope. When you have what has been looked at as a liberal order, people expect a bit more consistency, a bit more conservatism within the pope. And so to have Pope Francis, it's a nice change.

BLOCK: There's a fascinating bit of history here when you think about the papacy and Jesuits going back to the 18th century and Pope Clement XIV. What happened?

BALLECER: Oh, well, so this is actually a really good history lesson. A Franciscan pope decided that because of many things going on at the church at the time that the Society of Jesus would be suppressed. We ceased to exist. And this went on for many years until we were called back. And some would say that the Society of Jesus, the Jesuits before the suppression, are not the same as the Jesuits after the suppression. In fact, in these coming years, the Jesuits will be going through some soul-searching to really look at who we are and who we have become. And I'm sure that now we have Pope Francis, he will be a big part of that discussion.

BLOCK: I gather that there's a vow taken by those in the Jesuit order not to seek offices of honor or prestige. It doesn't get much more prestigious than the papacy. So how do you square those two things?

BALLECER: Right. We have a vow that we will not seek out office, but there have been cases where office seeks us out. We see this time and time again when we have Jesuit bishops or Jesuit cardinals. And in each case, the story goes that they refused the first time, maybe even a second time, maybe even a third time. But being obedient priests and being obedient Jesuits, if they're asked again and again to serve their church, they will.

BLOCK: Was it an emotional moment for you when you saw Pope Francis come out and you realized this was one of ours, he's a Jesuit, he's now the pope?

BALLECER: It really was because, again, there's that Jesuit cynicism where we thought it will never be a Jesuit. It can't be a Jesuit. And to finally see him walk out on that balcony, there was - we were in the conference room here in our office, and we just looked around the room, and there was this incredulous smile going around of what does this mean, what does this do to us and what do we have to do now that we have a Jesuit pope.

BLOCK: Father Ballecer, thanks so much for coming in.

BALLECER: Thank you for having me.

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Report: Clint Eastwood Will Make Republicans' Day

Aug 30, 2012
Originally published on August 30, 2012 3:49 pm

If CNN's John King is right, Dirty Harry is indeed tonight's "mystery speaker":

"Clint Eastwood is the #gop mystery speaker for Thurs night. #cnnelections"

And NPR's Gerald Tennent, who is in the Tampa Bay Times Forum right now, says he can "confirm the band is working out the theme from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly."

Watch for Eastwood around the 10 p.m. ET hour tonight, from here in Tampa at the Republican National Convention.

As for the headlines afterward, we're open to suggestions. The NPR team has come up with a few to kick things off:

-- Eastwood: 'Play Mittsy For Me'

-- Obama's Going To Be 'Every Which Way But Reelected,' Eastwood Says

-- 'Unforgiven?' How About 'Unelected?' Eastwood Asks Obama

-- 'Feeling Lucky, America?' Eastwood Asks; 'You Should Be Now That Mitt's In Town'

Update at 3:45 p.m. ET: "USA TODAY confirmed the appearance of the actor-director with a Republican familiar with the convention schedule. The source asked for anonymity because he was not authorized to speak ahead of Eastwood's appearance tonight."

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Tesla's Stock Boosts Projections For Carmaker's Staying Power

Aug 8, 2013
Originally published on August 9, 2013 7:27 am

Earnings season is wrapping up in the car world. And the small American company Tesla is doing better than expected. When the high-end electric automaker released its earnings this week, it handily beat Wall Street expectations. Tesla's stock is up about 300 percent this year.

As NPR's Sonari Glinton reports, the question is, whether the company has enough power to sustain it for the long term.

SONARI GLINTON, BYLINE: Building cars is a tough business and you need look no further than the Detroit three who all have more than 100 years of experience doing it. And then there's Tesla, which has only been around for about 10 years.

KARL BRAUER: There's a long and non-distinguished list of dead carmakers out there who've tried to do what Tesla's doing.

GLINTON: That's Karl Brauer. He's a senior analyst with Kelley Blue Book.

BRAUER: But I think why the stock is where it's at is because most of them didn't even get close to getting to this point.

GLINTON: Tesla's stock is doing well, it's trading well over $100. And to give you an idea, General Motors is in the 30's and Ford is in the teens. Last year at this time, the company lost $100 million or so. And if you account for one-time expenses, the company is on the verge of making a profit now.

JOHN O'DELL: The company seems to have a growing record of beating expectations and estimates, and they've done it again. And the record that they've got for overcoming hurdles and continuing to move in the right direction keeps making the company's long-term future look more and more strong and promising.

GLINTON: Tesla makes high-end all electric cars that run over 70 grand. They sold about 5,000 of them, which was more than expected.

John O'Dell is with Edmunds.com.

O'DELL: I can't afford a $70,000 car. But there are enough people that can - I think globally - that can sustain that, you know, $40,000 to $50,000 a year that they'd like to get to.

GLINTON: O'Dell says the real hurdle for Tesla is consistency. Can it be consistent financially and quality-wise.

O'DELL: Can they keep producing relatively trouble-free at a rate to 500 to 600 a week? They say they can and, you know, more power to them if they do that. You know, can they hit the numbers?

GLINTON: Southern California is filling up with the brands signature car, the Model S. Karl Brauer with Edmunds says the challenge is can the company go beyond its current niche?

BRAUER: Right now they're producing a high cost, lower volume model. They're doing it profitably. That's still something really no one else has done. So they still get kudos for that.

GLINTON: Brauer says it's got a long way to go. The company hasn't even made a dent in Middle America, let alone the markets that are the future, such as China.

BRAUER: For Tesla to go from being a kind of a young, new and growing car company to a real car company that has an indefinite long-term future, they've got to produce a low cost, high volume electric vehicle profitably.

GLINTON: The analysts say only then can Tesla join the big boys.

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Friday, January 30, 2009

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Chicago, IL -- Radius Solutions Ltd., the leading integrated business information management system provider for the Packaging and Printing industry, announced that its 2009 North America Users Conference will take place in Chicago, July 8th through the 10th.
The event location is in the Gold Coast area of Chicago, providing close proximity to the Chicago headquarters of Radius Solutions, while also offering excellent business amenities for attendees.  The dates and the location of the event each year are selected by the user committee board members and are chosen to best accommodate the user community.
The event format will include a mix of general sessions, break-out sessions and master classes in a similar format to the well received North America Users conference of 2008.  The final agenda and other details of the conference will be shaped by the user group committee meeting in early March of this year.
“In today’s tough economic client, it is more important than ever for our clients to maximize the value they leverage from their current PECAS Vision software system.  Part of that process includes educational opportunities provided at our users conferences.   In addition, the North America users conference and North America users group represent important input into new developments of our software, helping to ensure it best meets the needs of packaging companies today, and into the future”, stated David Taylor, President and CEO of Radius Solutions.
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Boulevard outfit (Jiwa)

Soooo, if you have read my earlier blogpost, my sister and I went to the Boulevard and shot some outfitpics. I was thinking of an all white outfit, and I wanted to include my chunky sandals, but it came out to be a 'white with a pop of darkred'-outfit.

Top - H&M
Pants - Forever21
Fishnet ankle socks - lamodauk.com
Sandals - lamodauk.com
Coat - Monki

Pics made by my sistahh.

What do you think of the outfit?

Bye bye,

vrijdag 15 augustus 2014

Boulevard outfit (Anais)

Well Hello,

Wednesday my sister and I went to the Boulevard. Before we went there, we took some outfit pictures.
I love the highwaisted boyfriend jeans which I ordered from Boohoo.com. I wore it with a grey longsleeve croptop, lowtop converse and my golf cap.

Croptop: H&M
Highwaisted Boyfriend Jeans: Boohoo
Shoes: Converse
Cap: Oddfuture
Backpack: Tally Weijl
Rings: Six

donderdag 14 augustus 2014

Boulevard - ( Jiwa )

Well hello!

Second blogpost in English, me likeyy (But I'm not that good though). Earlier this week, my sister and I went to the boulevard, which is a special event in our city, Den bosch. It takes place in several places in the city, but at particularly one area, called the 'Parade', is where most of the people go. The ambience is really cool, because there are not only everwyhere theater tents, but also random acts in the open air. A surprising thing... the toilet is also a must to go, maybe it sounds weird, but those toiletladies come up with the weirdest shit. (shit... see what I did there ;) )

We had a really nice day, Anaïs and I met up with our parents, walked a bit, went to a theater tent, and then ate something at a cosy place. I ate an asian style chicken sandwich, with noodle salad, and my parents and Anaïs ate some fish and chips.

And ofcourse some icecream after! YUM.

Our outfitpictures are coming soon!

X Jiwa

maandag 11 augustus 2014

New in - ( Jiwa )

Hi y'all!

 We're having vacation now, so I tought it was a good time again to blog a bit. Recently I was in Amsterdam with my girls, and we did a lot of shopping ofcourse ;) Firstly Primark was on the list. I know Primark can be really crowded and messy sometimes. But the key is to go either really early, or just before the store is closing. If you go early, the store is pretty decent and there are barely queue's for the dressingrooms. Perfect for me, cuz I can be focused on what I am looking for.

And yes, I found some great stuff.
These shoes - only 3 euros - are tha best. Unfortunately the bag is already damaged :( But yeah, that's the Primark-quality.

I found a pink/lilac distressed tee, a denim midi-skirt, and a necklace with a round turquoise stone.

I also got some things from Monki, but I haven't photographed it yet. Maybe I will make some outfit pics with it later.

Do you guys have a nice vacation?

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Daily Preparedness

It was another hot summer mid-morning in Oklahoma.  I shouldn't have waited to start my run this late, but my muscles were screaming to be challenged, my feet needed to beat the pavement, and my head needed time to “just be”.  That is what running provides me; it is my escape.  I didn't want to skip it.  Already several hours into my day at my home office computer, I craved the experience.  So I hastily decided to go for it, throwing on my running shoes as I left to take kids to their events.  I would get a quick run in while they did their things and then we could return home.

In my haste, I left my running belt on my closet shelf.  It caught my eye as I was grabbing my watch and visor, but I thought to myself, “It’s just going to be a few miles today, I’ll be fine.”  At 10:00 AM it was already in the mid 80’s and the air was thick with humidity.  I chose an out and back route.  I knew the heat would be stifling and I knew that I don’t like the heat.  Give me a race with freezing temperatures and sleet and I’ll run a personal best half marathon time.  Place me on a circular route when it’s hot and I will quit the first time I circle past my car.  (Just keeping it real here.)

Halfway through my run, I realized that I was not properly prepared.  My throat was parched and I needed those water bottles on the running belt I had left on my closet shelf.

It made me wonder how often we do this in our Spiritual life.  We skip our quiet time with the intention of digging into God’s Word later.  How many times do we get distracted in our mornings and when our Bible catches our eye, we think to ourselves, “Oh I've just got a few things to do first, I’ll be fine” and then things pile upon things and before we know it, we are knee deep in the circumstances of our day and are ill-prepared for any challenges we may face?  We find ourselves realizing that we are in desperate need for a taste of His living water to quench our souls thirst.

Friends, if you are already into your day and you haven’t spent time with God, take time right now to meet with Him.
  • Meditate on His Word.
  • Thank Him for Who He is and for what He is doing in your life.
  • Ask Him for His guidance today.
He is waiting to fill you with cool, refreshing water from His limitless supply.

Drink deeply, prepare for your day, and go run confidently!

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News Roundup – Government Shutdown, Debt Panic

I have been running around like a chicken with its head cut off. I have been in Huntington, West Virginia, Asheville and I’m now chilling at DFW. I just attended the funeral of my Aunt Thelma. She was 92. She had a marvelous life and was truly blessed. The service was fabulous. Frank Tull, Thelma’s son and my cousin, presided. He did an absolutely wonderful job. It was a true celebration.

Government Shutdown. Woohoo, the government shutdown is over. Government workers are going back to work. Things are opening up again. So, what was this all about? What was accomplished? Nothing. Congress made an agreement to kick the can down the road. Everything comes to a head again in three months. We spent $24 billion for nothing.

The problem I see is that the equation hasn’t changed. We still have Democrats that aren’t going to cave in and slash Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid. That’s not going to happen. The far right still hate ObamaCare (Affordable Care Act).

More later.

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Remember that old equation – supply and demand. A friend of mine said something that really struck me. He said we aren’t going to get an explosion of jobs until demand increases. Demand equals the middle class doing better. It is really that simple.

Let’s take Levi’s 501 jeans. How do we get Levi’s to hire more people to make more of their classic 501 jeans? It isn’t by giving tax cuts to Paris Hilton. It is by putting more money into the pockets of average middle class Americans. Then, when thousands of Americans buy Levi’s 501 jeans and the demand exceeds the supply, the Levi Strauss company will hire more workers to make those classic jeans. It is that simple.

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It seems that around the end of the 17th century the piers were in a similar poor state of repair as they are today. Robert Tate Gaskin, author of The Old Seaport of Whitby (1909), writes, "On the 8th of December 1696 a petition from Whitby was presented to the House of Commons and read. It set forth that Whitby Harbour was one of the most commodious in the north of England, being capable of receiving 500 sail of ships." He goes on to quote from the House of Commons journals, " ..the ancient piers being much decayed the mouth of the harbour being almost choked up, and in danger of being quite stopped up unless the piers be repaired."

A bill was eventually carried by Royal Assent on May 6, 1702 amid protest and initial refusals of help. Duties were imposed by the Trustees of the town (Gideon Meggison, Ralph Boyes and Henry Linskill) upon shipping using the port, a tax towards the upkeep and reconstruction of the harbour. This period coincided with an upturn in prosperity in the town due to the increase in whaling and the coastal collier trade between the Tyne and the Thames. Colliers needed a safe haven between the Tees and the Humber in the event of storms and this would have been a strong case in Whitby’s favour regarding funding for new harbour works.

Young writes, in his History of Whitby (1816), "The act of 1812 particularily authorises the repairing of the east pier, which is now enlarging on the outside, in the same durable form as the west pier, to the breadth of 15 yards. This pier, which is about 215 yards long forms the grand barrier to protect our town from the fury of the German ocean, which often breaks over it with great violence."

The west pier was almost wholly rebuilt by Mr Francis Pickernell, the engineer of the Harbour Trustees. It was completed on Christmas Eve, 1814, being built with stone from nearby Aislaby Quarry. Pickernell also designed the west pier lighthouse with its fluted Grecian column. This was completed in just 11 weeks in October 1831. The Acts passed to finance all this work were eventually repealed by 1861, considerably longer than the initial period of 9 years agreed in 1702. In the words of George Young this building activity resulted in, "..an admirable piece of workmanship, which may vie with any pier in the kingdom, either for strength or beauty." Francis Pickernell died in September 1871. By this time Whitby possessed much of the fine stone built harbour we see today.

The harbour entrance was once the 'front door' of Whitby, the sea for centuries being the town's main means of communication with the outside world. The imposing aspect of our piers and lighthouses is best appreciated when approaching from the sea.

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Friday, May 7, 2010

Facebook and the Garden

I read court decision after court decision, my eyes blur and my mind wanders out the window.  I hear Karen hammering while she works on the turkey barn.  The sliding door she made, and Adam and I helped her hang yesterday, is impressive (see her blog for yesterday, May 6, 2010, "Barn Door," at

I've got work to do, food to plant, and here I am stuck indoors.  "What a putz," you probably say (that's about it for my Yiddish vocabulary), as I take time out to post a blog entry.

Speaking of vocabulary, I defriended a real putz yesterday, on Facebook.  I'm allowed to call him a real putz because he has called me worse.  It's scary how much I've learned in the few months I've been on Facebook.  I learned that "friend" is now a verb.  Next, I added the term "defriended."  Sensitive idiot that I am, I was pleased to learn that the defriended person does not receive any notice of defriending, so folks with hundreds of friends may not even notice the defriendship, but a defriending may come as a shock to those with only a few friends.  Now, I have a chance to "refriend" if the mood hits me, except Facebook won't allow me to refriend.  The only way back is to friend again.

Let's turn, now, toward something I find more rewarding that online social networking.  My peas have begun to bloom, which means meals are soon to follow.

"Get out of my way, please," says a King of the Garden lima bean.
My in-laws deserve a thank you for these almost-ripe honeyberries.
"Up so soon?"  Virginia asks the edamame (soybeans) I planted less than a week ago.
Our winter wheat is well on its way to home-made bread.

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