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Denomination, a form of church organization in American church life, to be contrasted both to ecclesiastical institutionalism (state church type) and the brotherhood type of church life. In England with its established Anglican church, the analogous though mainly negative term is "Nonconformism"; in Germany likewise the Freikirche is distinguished from the Landeskirche or Volkskirche, the national church. In the United States, however, with its complete separation of state and church, a distinction of this kind has no clear meaning. All churches in the U.S. are free churches and no church is "conformist." Hence a new kind of distinction has developed, based in the main on the type of church government, that is, on a sociological principle. The older distinction by Ernst Troeltsch (1912) between church and sect (Kirche and Sekte) seems no longer to hold true. To him the state church, in which everybody participates and of which everybody automatically becomes a member by infant baptism, no matter how much or little interest he later on takes in the work of the church, is the Kirche; its essential feature is its objective, institutional character. The Catholic Church is perhaps the best example of this type; yet also the Church of England, the Reformed Church in the Netherlands, and the Lutheran churches in Germany or Scandinavia are in a sense comparable to it. According to Troeltsch, everything else belongs to the "sect"-type of church organization, the term being used here in its best sense. The concept of a denomination was not yet fully developed by this outstanding sociologist of religion. As a specific type it was first studied by De Jong in 1938 ("The Denomination as the American Church Form"), and then in 1946, again by Joachim Wach (see Bibliography), who clearly distinguished between ecclesiastical church bodies, denominations, and sects. The ecclesiastical bodies all claimed exclusiveness, authoritatively defined doctrines, sacraments and distinct orders. Under the denominational type Wach classified the Congregationalists, the Baptists, the Disciples, and similar church bodies in which the local churches had more autonomy. For them the local congregation was the basic unit of the church; they were less bound by tradition, open to "liberal" reforms, were in brief "a voluntary society for carrying on the work of Christ . . . ." (Neve, 552.) The denomination showed the typical substitution of dignity of church office for spiritual charisma (grace). It evidenced a weakening, both in authority (discipline) and inspiration. The "sect," finally, represented the morally rigid brotherhood type of church organization, the gathered church or believers' church, the Christian fellowship or a "Society of Friends" (as the Quakers call themselves). Among the sects, E. T. Clark distinguished eschatological, charismatic, holiness, and communal groups.

The denomination was obviously the least demanding of the three groups, liberal in spirit and democratic in the sense of having no supreme central authority. Intellectuals flourished in this free atmosphere of the typical American denomination. Their "free" spirit shrank from the rigid organization of the ecclesiastical bodies and from the rigid moral demands of the sectarians. Thus the denominational churches became seedbeds of "liberal Protestantism," gradually dissolving the original substance of the church. From this sprang the ever-repeated yet not too successful revival movements. All of this was primarily true for the situation in the United States and Canada.

The implications of this analysis for the Mennonite Church here as elsewhere are quite obvious. Essentially Anabaptism and Mennonitism in its original form was a brotherhood church, the fellowship of committed disciples, with all the rigidity of such a group of conscious "nonconformists to the world." This was the type among them everywhere during the 16th century, and in Switzerland, Moravia, and Prussia even up to the 18th century. But in the Netherlands with its free and tolerant atmosphere and the absence of any oppression the shift to a denominational type (Freikirche) was soon achieved, hardly noticed at first, but completed in the 18th century. The same happened, perhaps slightly later, in Emden, Hamburg, Danzig, in the Rhineland (Krefeld), and in the 19th century also in the Palatinate. The church became well settled, and its prophetic tradition vanished, giving way to routine and tradition. The urbanization of the congregations helped in this process.

In America the situation was at first different. Though oppression was totally absent here, the brotherhood type survived among the Swiss-South German Mennonite immigrants to Pennsylvania because of their social isolation due to ethnic characteristics and the strongly conservative mind of the rural congregations. The same was true among the large rural congregations of Dutch-North German Mennonites in Prussia and Russia and their emigrant descendants in America, distinguished by their strong adherence to traditional Mennonite principles of separation, simplicity, and Biblicism during the 19th century, and in the American groups on into the 20th century. But almost inevitably in America, too, came the trend from the brotherhood type with all its implications to the denominational type, the adjustment to surrounding Protestantism. Evidences of this while subtle in some cases are nevertheless noticeable to some extent in all Mennonite groups, with the exception of the Old Order Amish, most Old Order Mennonites, and Old Colony Mennonites.

The most rapid shift occurred in those groups which were formed in America by the schism of more liberal elements from the old-line conservative groups, and in those which, having broken away from their historical and traditional moorings, have come under the heavy influence of modern American Protestantism, either liberal or conservative.

The call "back to the forefathers" (Menno Simons, Conrad Grebel, Pilgram Marpeck, etc.) might be taken as an awakening toward a reverse movement, away from the denomination toward the gathered church of regenerated believers and disciples. Its success would depend exclusively upon a leadership with vision and dedication.

In conclusion it should be remarked that the same development toward the denominational type has occurred in most of the other "sectarian" groups of America. The Church of the Brethren was painfully aware of this "broken cup" (J. Ziegler). Also the Quakers with their principle of "birthright membership" were in full transition toward an established denomination with paid ministers instead of charismatic leaders. But it was true that responsible members of these groups were aware of this temptation and were trying to counteract it. -- Robert Friedmann

1990 Article

Denominationalism is the characteristic form of church organization and identity in North America. In contrast to the European pattern of dominant state church and tolerated (or persecuted) sects, American denominationalism accorded legitimate religious status to all kinds of churches. Each church or denomination came to recognize the place of the others in the national religious mosaic. As a religious social system, denominationalism was not the product of an ideology or a plan but rather resulted from the experience of religious pluralism in America. In the 19th century American denominations fostered identity and gained vitality through voluntary activities for church renewal and world reform -- missions, Sunday Schools, benevolent institutions, and other activities. The denominations often retained an ethnic quality which helped members sustain distinctive identity in the face of rapid social change.

American denominationalism deeply affected Mennonites who had been persecuted as sectarians in a European system which was dominated by established state churches. In times of peace Mennonites in America increased their contacts with non-Mennonite neighbors and sectarian consciousness declined. in times of war and military conscription, however, Mennonite pacifists refused military participation and lost something of their claim to denominational respectability in the face of a militant civil religion. The American War for Independence (1775-83) and the American involvement in World War I (1917-18) both had the effect of marginalizing Mennonites after periods of increasing accommodation to American society. In the late 20th century, after the Vietnam War and the threat of nuclear war, pacifist convictions became more acceptable in America and served as a respected denominational distinctive rather than as a sectarian quirk.

Mennonite historian Paul Toews has suggested that progressive Mennonite groups (especially the "old" Mennonite Church [MC], the General Conference Mennonite Church, and the Mennonite Brethren) have experienced a denominational revitalization of three successive and overlapping stages in the late 19th century. and the 20th century. The first was a surge of new institutional development before World War I. The new institutions included Sunday schools, Bible conferences, church periodicals, mission boards, colleges, and national conference (denominational) organizations. The second stage was a more clearly articulated theology focused on the Anabaptist story. The third stage was an acceleration of inter-Mennonite activity for relief work, missions, mutual aid, historical study, etc. While the progressive groups became denominationalized the traditionalist or Old Order groups survived and grew by maintaining the boundaries which separated them from the larger society. The Hutterites and Old Order Amish have demonstrated that it is possible to grow and to thrive while resisting pressures of denominationalization.

There is no commonly accepted theory or definition of denominationalism to determine whether the various Mennonite and Amish groups in North America should be considered one denomination or many, or at what point a sectarian group should be considered a denomination. Nor do the sociological types of "church" and "sect" adequately describe American Mennonite pluralism. Mennonites of various kinds have sustained a sense of common peoplehood, despite the wide variation of life-style and religious practice from the traditionalist Old Orders to the more acculturated groups. The fact that nearly all groups cooperate in inter-Mennonite efforts for peace and nonresistance, as well as in relief and development work under Mennonite Central Committee suggests a shared denominational identity. -- James C. Juhnke

De Jong, "The Denomination as the American Church Form." Nieuw theologisch tijdschrift (1938): 347 ff.

Garber, E. "Cultural Adaptation in the Church of the Brethren." Schwarzenau (1940): 17-61.

Hudson, Winthrop. "Denominationalism," in The Encyclopedia of Religion, vol. 4. New York: Macmillan, 1987: 292-98.

Juhnke, James. "The Role of Women in the Mennonite Transition from Traditionalism to Denominationalism." Mennonite Life 41 (September 1986): 17-20.

Kyle, Richard. From Sect to Denomination: Church Types and Their Implications for Mennonite Brethren History. Hillsboro, Ks.:, Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies, 1985.

Littell, Franklin. The Anabaptist View of the Church, An Introduction to Sectarian Protestantism. American Society of Church History, 1952.

MacMaster, Richard K. Land, Piety, Peoplehood: the Establishment of Mennonite Communities in America, 1683-1790. Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1985.

Neve, J. L. Churches and Sects of Christendom. Burlington, 1940.

Niebuhr, Richard. The Social Sources of Denominationalism. New York, 1929.

Pannabecker, S. F. "The Development of the General Conference of the Mennonite Church of America." Yale, 1944, unpublished dissertation.

Richey, Russell E., ed. Denominationalism. Nashville: Abingdon, 1977.

Toews, Paul. "Dissolving the Boundaries and Strengthening the Nuclei." Christian Leader (27 July 1982): 6-8.

Troeltsch, E. The Social Teachings of the Christian Churches.German, 1912; English at London, 1930.

Wach, Joachim. Church, Denomination, and Sect. Evanston, 1946.

Ziegler, J. The Broken Cup, Three Generations of Dunkers. Elgin, IL, 1942.

Author(s) Robert Friedmann
James C. Juhnke
Date Published 1989

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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Kitchener, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, pp. 37-38, 5, p. 226. All rights reserved.

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Poland, located between Germany and Russia, has undergone many changes in its history as a "buffer state" and played a significant role in the history of the Mennonites who moved eastward from the Netherlands and South Germany. West and East Prussia were added to Poland in 1466 under the Jagellon dynasty (1386-1572) in a conflict with the Teutonic Knights. After 1530, therefore, when the Mennonites started to come from the Low Countries to settle along the Vistula River, they settled in Polish territory. Both privileges permitting them to settle under certain conditions; and edicts prohibiting their settlement as "heretics" were issued in early times, primarily by Polish rulers. They were mostly valid only during the lifetime of a ruler. The Mennonites were tolerated only because some estate owners or officials derived benefits from them as expert farmers and drainers of the swampy areas along the Vistula River. In many instances they were unfairly exploited by government officials. After Willibald von Haxberg, the representative of the king of Poland, had unjustly exploited them, King John Casimir (1648-1668) issued two "privilegia," 16 July and 28 November 1650, which were renewals of a privilegium of 1642 and applied to the Mennonites of the Marienburg and Graudenz lowlands. The Mennonites and other Dutch immigrants became known as experts in various trades, particularly in draining swamps. Numerous favorable privileges and restricting edicts were issued in the following years. A special manner of settling, i.e., the pattern by which the "Hollanders" settled and rented their land, became known throughout Poland.

Mennonite communities in West Prussia, East Prussia and Poland.
Mennonite Encyclopedia, v. 4, p. 921.

Starting in Danzig (Gdansk) around 1535 Mennonite settlers moved into the unoccupied areas along the Vistula River establishing "Hollander" villages in the triangle between Danzig and Elbing and Marienburg. Some of the areas were the Danzig Werder (i.e., marsh), Scharpau, Tiegenhof, Marienburg Werder, Heubuden, Herrenhagen, and Einlage.

As the land in this triangle became occupied the descendants and newcomers proceeded south along the Vistula River, establishing themselves in Schwetz, Graudenz, and Culm. From here they proceeded into the interior of Poland. During the late 18th century they established the Mennonite settlements of Deutsch-Kazun and Deutsch-Wymysle near Warsaw and farther southeast Michalin near Makhnovka, Karolswalde near Ostrog in Volhynia which meanwhile had become Russian Poland.

During the 18th century Swiss Mennonites and Amish from South Germany and Alsace-Lorraine settled near Lemberg in Galicia, which was ceded by Poland to Austria in 1772. In Volhynia such villages as Kutuzovka and Neumanovka were established. Most of these Swiss-Volhynian and Swiss-Galician Mennonites emigrated to the United States around 1874 (see also Volhynia).

Since the fate of Poland is so varied most of the Mennonite settlements shared in the same vicissitudes. The history is related in greater detail in the articles dealing with the individual provinces, settlements, and villages.

During the Reformation period Poland experienced its greatest expansion when its territories extended from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea, including West and East Prussia, Galicia, Volhynia, and other parts of the Ukraine and Lithuania. Lithuania was lost in 1635 and parts of the Ukraine in 1667. During the first partition of Poland (1772) West Prussia, not including Danzig and Thorn, became a part of Prussia, and East Galicia of Austria. During the partitions of 1793 and 1795 other parts of Poland—Danzig, Thorn, Plock, and Warsaw—were added to Prussia, and Volhynia to Russia. The Volhynian and some other Mennonite settlements were in Russian Poland when the great migration of Mennonites to America took place in 1874.

After World War I Poland again became independent, and Danzig became a free city. Many of the Mennonite settlements were located in Polish territory or the Polish Corridor. At the beginning of World War II Germany and Russia divided Poland once more, and the Mennonite population in Russian-occupied Poland was transferred to the German part. After 1945 all of the areas in which Mennonites lived in Danzig, Prussia (except the Königsberg-Memel area, now Russian), and Poland belonged to Poland and were under Polish rule. The Mennonite population either fled from this territory during World War II or the German collapse in 1943-45 or they were evacuated or have fled since that time. No organized Mennonite community or church existed in 1957 along the Vistula River or any other part of Poland. Two women were known to be still living in Danzig and Elbing who survived because of intermarriage with Poles.

American Mennonites did relief work in Poland in 1940-1941 and 1947-1949. M. C. Lehman was in charge of the Mennonite Central Committee work in 1940-1941, when needy Poles and the Deutsch-Kazun Mennonites were helped. In 1947 relief work was resumed by the Mennonite Relief Committee and the MCC. In the Danzig area and in Nasielsk north of Warsaw some 245 tons of food and 31 tons of clothing were distributed in 1947-1948. In 1947 the MCC established a demonstration farm near Pelplin south of Danzig. At its peak this unit had 23 men. The MCC was also instrumental in helping some remaining Prussian, Polish, and Russian Mennonites to leave for Western Germany.

The relation of the Mennonites to the Poles and Poland, the attitude of the Polish rulers toward the Mennonites, and their contribution to the country have not been thoroughly investigated. Much of the source material was not accessible at this time or has been destroyed. Some of the church records have been rescued and are located in the Bethel College Historical Library, the Mennonite Research Center at Weierhof (Germany), and in private hands. In some instances the Mennonite communities were fertile soil for the Baptist movement, which entered Poland in the mid-19th century. Some Mennonites joined the Baptists and helped the spread of this movement, which ultimately reached not only the German Protestant churches, but also the Polish Catholic churches. Today the Polish Baptists are primarily Polish nationals, since the German population has fled or been evacuated from Poland. There is some evidence that intermarriages have taken place between the Mennonites and Poles since the early days of their settlement. In some instances, since it was forbidden to proselyte among non-Mennonites, Polish nationals went to Holland to become members of the Mennonite Church, and after their return married a Mennonite and transferred their membership to the local church. Some of the names which are still common among Mennonites which are likely of Polish origin are Dellesky, Ratzlaff, Rogalsky, Sawatzky, Schepanski, Tetzlaff, Tilitsky, and Utesch. Quiring (107) lists fifty words in the Low German language which are of Polish background. These are adaptations made by Mennonites while living in a Polish environment. -- Cornelius Krahn

1989 Update

Mennonite mission and service in Poland, a socialist yet predominantly Roman Catholic country, have developed in the period since the mid-1950s despite various obstacles. Decades of Polish-German antagonism have affected the views of Poles and Mennonites toward each other. The difficult course of East-West relations and Polish domestic turmoil also hampered the forming of stronger Mennonite ties to Poland. Nevertheless, a variety of formal and informal contacts developed, providing an ever-broadening framework for future activity.

The detente years of the 1970s ushered in the most intense period of program development by Mennonite institutions. In the field of educational and cultural exchange, Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) brought Polish farmers and young people to North America under the International Visitors' Exchange Program, while Goshen College sent and received students and faculty as part of the Study-Service Trimester (SST) program. MCC has also sponsored full-term volunteers who, through their capacities as teachers and students, worshiped with Polish Christians, talked with representatives of various sectors of Polish society, and, on occasion, helped administer relief aid. Peter Foth actively promoted broader European Mennonite contacts with Poland. In the years 1979 to 1983 MCC provided relief aid during the Polish economic crisis as well as disaster relief after flooding in the Plock region, where Mennonite colonies formerly existed.

The generally neglected story of the four centuries of Mennonite experience in Poland has drawn increasing attention from a small body of Polish historians as well as a new generation of Mennonite scholars. There is a growing Mennonite conviction of the need for a symbolic gesture of gratitude for the tolerance, refuge, and decades of privileges offered by successive Polish kings to the early Mennonites. In addition, the long shadow cast by the hostilities of the last centuries seems to be giving way to a more sympathetic understanding from both sides. -- Sam Myovich

See also West Prussia, Danzig, and other cities.

Kauenhowen, Kurt. "Das Schrifttum zur Sippenkunde und Geschichte der taffgesinnten niederländischen Einwanderer (Mennoniten) in Alt-Preussen und ihrer Abzweigungen." Mitteilungen der Niederldndischen Ahnengemeinschaft I. Hamburg, 1939.

Kauder, Viktor. Das Deutschtum in Polen: ein Bildband. Leipzig: S. Hirzel, 1940.

Kuhn, Walter. Deutsche Blätter in Polen. Posen, 1928.

Luck, Kurt. Der Mythos vom Deutschen in der polnischen Volksüberlieferung und Literatur. Leipzig, 1938.

Postma, "Literatuurlijst over Nederlandsche Mennoniten in Pruisen, Polen en Rusland." Manuscript, 1942.

Schadewaldt, Hans. Polish Acts of Atrocity. New York, 1940.

Tazbir, Janusz. A State Without Stakes: Polish Religious Toleration in the 16th and 17th Centuries. Translator: A. T. Jordan. New York: Kosciuszko Foundation, Twayne Publishers, 1973.

Winkel, Richard. Die Weichsel: ihre bedeutung als strom und schiffahrtstrasse und ihre kulturaufgaben. Leipzig: S. Hirzel, 1939.

Bachmann, Peter. Mennoniten in Kleinpollen. Lemberg,1934.

Friesen, John. "Mennonites in Poland: An Expanded Historical View." Journal of Mennonite Studies 4 (1986): 94-108.

Gnadenberg Mennonite Church. From Michalin to Gnadenberg, 1811-1950. North Newton, 1950.

Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. III, 381

Hulshof, Abraham. Tentoonstelling van Kaarten, Boeken Plaatwerken Nederland-Danzig 15 April-15-Mei 1942. Utrecht.

Kerber, W. Mennoniten in der Weichselniederung. Bromberg, 1936.

Klassen, Peter. "Faith and Culture in Conflict: Mennonites in the Vistula Delta." Mennonite Quarterly Review 57 (1983): 194-205.

Kuhn, Walter. "Deutsche Taufersiedlungen im westukrainischen Raume." Zeitschrifft für Ostforschung IV (1955): 481-505.

Kuhn, Walter. "Swiss Galician Mennonites." Mennonite Life VIII (January 1953).

Kupsch, Edward. Geschichte der Baptisten in Polen 1852-1932. Zdunska-Wola, 1932.

Ludkiewicz, Zdzislaw. Osady Holenderskie na nizinie Sartawicko-Nowskiej. Torun, 1934.

Mannhardt, H. G. Die Danziger Mennonitengemeinde. Danzig, 1919.

Mannhardt, H. G. Jahrbuch der Mennoniten-Gemeinden in Ost- und Westpreussen. 1883.

Mannhardt, Wilhelm. Die Wehrfreiheit der Altpreussischen Mennoniten. Danzig, 1863.

Marchlewski, Wojciech. "The Hollanders' Settlements in Mazovia." Mennonite Life 41 (1986): 5-9.

Mezynski, Kazimierz. From the History of Mennonites in Poland. Warsaw: Akademia Rolnicza w Warszawie, 1975.

Mezynski, Kazimierz. "Über die Mennoniten in Polen." Mennonite Geschichtsblätter J. 25, n.F. 20 (1968): 49-66.

Namenverzeichniss der Aeltesten, Lehrer und Diakonen oder Vorsteher der Taufgesinnten Mennonitischen Gemeinden in Ost- und West-Preussen, Litthauen, Polen und den neu angesiedelten Kolonien in Russland. Elbing, (1835), (1843), and Danzig, (1857), (1881).

Neff, Christian. "Die Mennoniten in Deutschland, Danzig und Polen in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart." Allgemeiner Kongress der Mennoniten (1936): 40-47.

Penner, Horst. Ansiedlung mennonitischer Niederldnder im Weichselmündungsgebiet von der Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts bis sum Beginn der preussischen Zeit. Weierhof, 1940.

Penner, Horst. Die ost- und west-preussischen Mennoniten. Weierhof: Mennonitischer Geschichtsverein, 1978.

Penner, Horst."West Prussian Mennonites Through Four Centuries." Mennonite Quarterly Review XXI (October 1949): 232-45.

Quiring, Jacob. Die Mundart von Chortitza in Süd-Russland. München, 1928.

Ratzlaff, Erich L. Im Weichselbogen. Winnipeg, 1971.

Schrag, Martin. "The Swiss-Volhynian Mennonite Background." Mennonite Life 7 (October 1954).

Schreiber, William T. The Fate of the Prussian Mennonites. Gottingen, 1955.

Smith, C. Henry. Story of the Mennonites. Newton, KS, 1957.

Szper, Felicia. Nederlandsche Nederzettlingen in West-Pruisen gedurende den poolschen tijd. Enkhuizen, 1913.

Unruh, Benjamin H. Die niederländisch-niederdeutschen Hintergründe der mennonitischen Ostwanderungen im 16., 18. und 19. Jahrhundert. Karlsruhe-Rüppurr: Selbstverlag, 1955.

Unruh, John D. In the Name of Christ: a history of the Mennonite Central Committee and its service, 1920-1951. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1952.

Wiebe, Herbert. Das Siedlungswerk niederllindischer Mennoniten im Weichseltal. Marburg, 1952.

Author(s) Cornelius Krahn
Sam Myovich
Date Published 1989

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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Kitchener, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, pp. 199-200; vol. 5, p. 707. All rights reserved.

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Garden as Process

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Large wooden praying mantis at Cheekwood Art & Gardens. Temporary art installations are part of the evolving artistry of many public gardens.

Is a particular plant a weed? Is a garden a work of art? And who gets to decide? If you’ve read our recent rantings, you’ve likely noticed these questions do not have simple answers. The answers vary, depending on the gardener.

Many gardeners (like me) learn their land slowly. At first, they may plant one of everything, and see which thrive, and spread those around. Or they may start with tried-and-true passalongs or familiar friends, then gradually add unfamiliar plants here and there. With knowledge and experience, they might make better guesses. With ample money, time, and labor, they might build better bones.

Whatever their approach, for these gardeners, creating a garden is a process. It is not a remodel that will beautify the neighborhood while the gardener kicks back and enjoys having finished. It may very well beautify the neighborhood, but it will never be finished — which is really the point.

And those plants in the garden? They may be place-holding pioneers, filling ground that will later be given to longer-lived (and perhaps fussier) treasures. A certain plant could be a reminder, anchoring beloved memories of a person or place. It might be a weed the gardener hasn’t dealt with yet. Or it could just be there because a curious gardener is getting to know it better.

This type of evolving garden—a living laboratory, an ongoing conversation between person and place—is different from landscapes installed (by professionals or do-it-yourselfers) as a route to decreasing yardwork, much like low-care siding is installed on a home to decrease painting. The steward of a low-care landscape may welcome expert opinions about such things, but I would not presume to tell an avid gardener what is and is not a weed, what is or isn’t art.

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  1. I don’t think we just learn our land slowly, what flourishes, what fails. I think we learn ourselves slowly too, what pleases us and what doesn’t. We test preconceived notions against the reality of the land.

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Saturday, October 2, 2010

Sad but true...

No good deed goes unpunished.

So I'm attempting to help my daughter Leigh work on her make-up work (read: work she refused to do at school, which is why she has a 35 in language arts, which, coincidentally, is the subject I teach).

She is being herself (read: a collossal raging bitchy PITA), and everything she says is oozing venom.

I finally get fed up and explain to her how goals work.  This is the gist of the explanation.

People who work hard in school have decent jobs, decent homes and decent lives. Not spectacular, but occasionally fun, mostly pleasant lives.

People who don't end up as homeless hookers addicted to drugs.

Her response:  So you think I'm going to be a ho because I don't do school work?

Me: What other job are you preparing yourself for?

That boom you heard was an epic door slam.
(First month of school is over, so I should be more regular with my rantings...  How are YOU guys doing??)

  1. I think this thing ate my comment. Basically I said, "You are not alone," and "Good Job Mom!"

    Mary in TX

  2. Thanks... She is still mad about that comment, a week later. Which I think is a record for her remembering anything I've said. Which I think means it may have struck a bit too close to home.

  3. We realize you have a life, but for those of us who don't, please put up another post. Thanks!! Lub Joo!!

If you are an adoptive parent or have one in your family somewhere, talk to me. I could use some insanity that does NOT call me mom!!


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Wednesday, January 30, 2008

'Tis better to have watched Lost than never to have watched at all

I have this wee little addiction.

It is called “Lost.”

It is the smart, convoluted, finely detailed and intricately told tale of a group of plane crash survivors on a remote and mysterious island. It is also perhaps the craziest show on TV.

I was hooked within the first 15 minutes of the pilot, and have watched (and rewatched) every episode since.

If you have been living under a rock this week, then you might not know that Lost returns to television with the first of eight new episodes tomorrow night. (Only eight – wah! Damn writers’ strike! Dumb, stubborn television studios!)

To say I am excited is putting it (waaaay) mildly. I am obsessed. I am, right now, the proverbial child on Christmas eve. I am not sure I will be able to sleep tonight.

If you have not watched Lost, well, you my friend have missed out. It has been a roller coaster of “whaaaat’s?” and “OH! MY! GOD’S!” and has launched a thousand wacky theories. And I feel, truly, that with the announced end to the show after 48 more episodes, it is about to get a lot better.

Now that the producers know exactly the timeframe in which they have to finish their story, I think it will move along much more smoothly and with a lot more answers.

But if you have not watched, it’s not too late to catch up. This very clever eight-and-a-half minute video is a start:

Even better, watch the rerun of the Season 3 finale tonight at 8 p.m. (on ABC) followed by a recap of the whole series at 8 p.m. on Thursday. (And then of course, the new episode at 9 p.m.)

Come one, come all! Join me in my obsession!

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Blogger Colleen said...

I am completely with you on this obsession. Totally addicted. Also, completely annoyed that the writer's strike means only 8 episodes. That sucks.

2:26 PM
Blogger ryssee said...

"It has been a roller coaster of “whaaaat’s?” and “OH! MY! GOD’S!” and has launched a thousand wacky theories."
Sounds like the W presidency!

Haven't gotten into Lost myself, but it looks like it's right up my alley.

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Blogger Rocas said...

I was hooked the first season, but I became lost in the second (or was it the third, I can’t quite remember). Missed an eppy here and there and then just lost total interest. I seem to be the only person on the planet who doesn’t watch the show. *sigh*

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Blogger Beth said...

It's not that I couldn't get's that I know I totally would get hooked. I started to watch the new one last night, and then just turned it off. Don't want to get sucked in. That 8 minute recap, though, was really funny.

1:54 PM
Blogger Kimberly said...

Ryssee - OMG! That deserves an LOL. :-)

9:33 PM
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I share your addiction. As I write we are but a half-hour from air time.
DH is not home and we ALWAYS watch together...not sure if I can wait it out knowing it's on. But it's not like I could watch and then pretend I didn't...just not that kind of show! I don't think I have waited by the window for DH since I firt left the working world to be a SAHM!!

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P. Interpreting GCD Outputs, Tricks & Tips

Synopsis of Topic

The structure of Projects created by the GCD Software is very consistently and logically organized in a hierarchical fashion. In this discussion and hands on demonstration, Philip will walk us through the folder structure and help you better understand what gets created when, where it gets stored, and why.

This will be a brief guided discussion and exercise on how to interpret the primary outputs of a change detection analysis. Namely, we will look at Summary.xml output tables, the elevation change distributions and the raster DoDs.

Why we're Covering it

Understanding how to navigate the Analyses Folder will help you find your previous results efficiently as well as prevent you from having to redo old analyses.

Learning Outcomes Supported

This topic will help fulfill the following primary learning outcome(s) for the workshop:
  • Hands-on instruction on use of the GCD software through group-led and self-paced exercises
  • Methods for interpreting and segregating morphological sediment budgets quantitatively in terms of both geomorphic processes and changes in physical habitat
  • Hands-on instruction on use of the GCD softwarethrough group-led and self-paced exercises

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PS Plus Free Games For February 2016 Announced

Ps Plus

Sony has revealed the full PS Plus lineup for February 2016. Though it was kind of revealed earlier but that lineup only listed the free titles for PS4 and now, the full lineup has been revealed by Sony on their official blog.

This February, PS Plus members will be able to get their hands on some pretty amazing titles including Helldivers, Grid Autosport, Nova-111 along with some more for free. You can have a look at the full PS Plus lineup for February 2016 below.

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PS Plus February 2016:

  • Grid Autosport (PS3)
  • Helldivers: Democracy Strikes Back  (PS4, PS3, PS Vita)
  • Lemmings Touch (PS Vita)
  • Nom Nom Galaxy (PS4)
  • Nova-111 (PS Vita)
  • Persona 4 Arena Ultimax (PS3)

Helldivers: Democracy Strikes Back is a co-op shooter video game developed by Arrowhead Game Studios. The game was released for PS3, PS4 and PS Vita in March 2015 and was later ported to Steam. Nom Nom Galaxy is also a co-op multiplayer game which was released on May 12, 2015 for PS4.

PS Plus in January 2016 also had a strong lineup as it featured Dragon Age: Origins, Grim Fandango Remastered, Medal of Honor Warfighter along with some more. Be sure to grab the previous PS Plus free titles before they are gone.

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New Cop Car Designed For Cops, By Cops

November 25, 2008

The Carbon Motors E7 is a new police cruiser that addresses safety and performance issues neglected due to the current practice of retrofitting Crown Victorias/Impalas.

Right now fire departments, emergency medical technicians, the military, and even mail carriers all use vehicles built specifically for them. But the country's 800,000 law enforcement first-responders drive dangerously retrofitted family sedans.

The E7 is being hailed as THE purpose-built vehicle for police officers. It was designed to jump curbs, safely detain criminals, be fuel efficient (40% more than current cruisers), and detect biological, chemical and radiation threats. In total, it has over 100 new features specifically requested by officers. Unfortunately, not a single one is a cup holder in the back.

Hit the jump for a video of the car.

Carbon Motors E7 [motorauthority]

Thanks to guate6, whose modified Camry could kill this thing.

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Dinner and a Movie? Yawn. First Date Ideas That Are Different!

Bored GirlSo… um… we seem to be getting along pretty well on chat, so how about we go to dinner and a movie on Friday?

There are so many other things you can do for a first date other than dinner and a movie. Why ask her the same question that every other guy has asked when you could do something different that sets you apart from them?

Dinner is all fine and good, but let’s explore some of your other options, shall we?

In alphabetical order (because it’s fun!):

Arcade: Found a gamer girl? She won’t come to your apartment on the first date to challenge you to a game of DDR, but how about meeting at the local arcade? Bonus points if you can find a time to do it when the minors are still in school.

Bookstore GirlBookstore: For me, bookstores are great for extending a good coffee shop date. You can learn a lot about a person by the areas of Barnes & Noble they gravitate towards. (For my geek boy, it’s straight to the RPG area – did you know that it’s really hard to find gaming stores in Detroit? Sad but true! You gotta buy your minis at Barnes & Noble or Borders!) Wander the aisles together, talk about books you’ve both read, recommend books to each other… offer to loan her your copy next time you see her…. hint, hint.

Coffee Shop: Coffee shops are great for a few reasons. For starters, it’s a short date. If you’re not sure about her or you feel she’s not sure about you, it’s a very small time commitment and gives you enough time to scope each other out and then bail with no guilt if it’s not going well. The other great reason? Even with the crazy prices at Starbucks, it’s still a cheap date.

Crash A Wedding: Seriously. This is a fun Springtime date, but has to happen mostly by accident. Scope out the outdoor areas in your city where couples get married. Pretty lakes, rose gardens, golf courses, the beach, wherever. Dress semi-fancy (think khakis and a button-down). On a first date, girls will usually dress nicer than jeans anyway. Take her out for a walk in the park, through the public gardens, or on the golf course, where you can happen upon a wedding and stop and watch. Secretly, even if we don’t admit it, we’re all keeping a mental wedding planning list.I don’t recommend actually CRASHING the wedding unless you both have the skills and the guts – and hey, if you do, you’re a great pair!

Dollar Store Challenge: This is a post date fun activity. You each have $5. Tell her to buy 5 things that describe who she is. You do the same. Meet up outside and share your treasures and learn about each other (and your senses of humor!).

Flea Market GirlFlea Market: These places are totally fun. My geek boy and I went to an indoor flea market and laughed at all the ugly clothes, greasy food, and (scary!) the abundance of tattoo establishments. Some of them cost a few bucks to get in, but the entertainment value is high!

Goodwill/Salvation Army Clothing Challenge: You have $10 each and have to find an outfit suitable for a night out. Pick your own clothes – trust me, you don’t want to start a first date with… “So… what are you? Size 14?

Mini-Golf: I love mini-golf (even tho I am awful at it). Sadly, as an adult with adult-like responsibilities and with no children in my life, I rarely get to go. So if someone said, “Hey, on Friday, let me take you out for a round of mini-golf. Whoever loses has to buy the ice cream!” I would be all over that!! Again, fun, short time commitment, cheap!

Open Mike: Find a coffee shop or other establishment that has an open mike night. As a Music and Creative Writing double major, these are exquisitely painful, but hilarious. My college bf and I used to go every Thursday. The best poem was one that a guy wrote for his wife… it began… “To my black, black, black, black QUEEN….

Quiz Night: Lots of restaurants and bars have quiz nights. Some have organized games, others just have the controller at your table and you can choose to play against other tables. This is a blast and requires you to work together to win. Teamwork activities are great for building a relationship. Besides, if you pick a weird team name and are winning, the other tables will be saying, “Hey, which table is d20dorks?!?!?

See Local Talent: Music, theater, dance, art…. check your local artsy newspaper and find something that seems interesting to both of you. Or better yet, let her introduce you to her favorite bit of local flavor! (This will make her feel both secure and valued!)

Gardening GirlVolunteer: There are great non-profits in every city that organize volunteer activities, many of which are one day commitments. Why not take your date to landscape the yard of a low-income elementary school? You can get dirty, help the community, and get to know each other. Oh, and did I mention it costs you NOTHING?

Zoo: Nothing says “first date bonding opportunity” like watching monkeys get it on. Okay, maybe other things do. Maybe.

Happy dating, geek friends.

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Florida Sunset at John Prince ParkAs the only state in the country without snow in January, we were quite pleased to spend the month in Florida! For the last 2 weeks of January and the first week of February, we were booked with several appearances in North Florida.  There was simply no time for newsletter writing – thus this special Jan/Feb issue.
Our next ‘gig’ will be the Family Motor Coach Ass’n International Convention in Perry, GA March 14-17.  In addition to our normal seminars on Picasa, Blogger, Streets & Trips etc., we will also be offering our hands-on Boot Camp and a new seminar on Facebook.

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Do you know your Computer Basics?

icon-bak2sklSince our age group never had computers in school, we tend to be self-taught.  That means, when we want to accomplish something on the computer, we figure out how to get it done.  You can actually be quite successful with computers that way.  We know many people that just keep clicking until they see their desired result!  But, they haven’t a clue how they did it, or how to fix it if something goes wrong!

As Geeks on Tour, we focus primarily on teaching free and/or inexpensive software for planning, preserving, and sharing your travels.  Some people who learn from us are new to computers, and some are geekier than us!  We find that people who know their basics are much more successful at the topics we teach than those who aren’t.

What do we mean by The Basics?

We’ve actually given quite a bit of thought to this, and we’ve come up with a list of items we think are ‘Essential’ to being successful with (windows) computers.  We’ve created a checklist that you can review.  Download the checklist and print it out.  For each item on the checklist:

  • If you don’t know what it means, don’t check it
  • If you know what it means, but would need help doing it, don’t check it.
  • If you know what it means, and you’re confident you can do it, then check it.

How many items did you check?

  • 1-20: Although you may know how to accomplish the one or two things that you use the computer for, you probably can’t venture outside of those things without feeling lost.
  • 21-30: You need to brush up on some basics.  You are probably often frustrated with your computer and need to ask for help.  Learning more about using your computer, and getting help by using your computer will make life much more pleasant!
  • 31-45: You are usually comfortable with your computer, but you don’t easily learn new things for fear of being out of your comfort zone.  This is where the majority of computer users fall.
  • >45: You are probably the one that others go to for help!  But you know there is still a lot more to learn and you’re ready, willing, and able to jump in and give it a go!

How do you Learn?

The number one ingredient to learning computer basics is TIME.  There is simply no substitute for spending time on your computer to get comfortable with how it works.  In order to spend quality imagetime, you need to have something that interests you.  We find that, once people discover something on the computer that excites them, there’s no end to their ability to spend time on it!  That may be a game, it may be digital photos or writing a blog, it may be genealogy.  Think about something you have a passion for, and ask around to see how the computer can help.  If you don’t have something you want to accomplish on the computer, then learning about using a computer will just be a chore.  The key is to make it fun.

After finding something you want to do on the computer, make sure to allocate time for learning basics.  Go thru the checklist again and pick out some items where you need work.  We recommend buying our Laptop Boot Camp Book and DVD.  It’s only $25 (plus shipping.)  It includes a 44 page workbook plus a DVD of Tutorial videos.  Watch a free sample video on Windows 7 & Vista: Navigating with the Addess Bar ‘Breadcrumbs’

Putting your Laptop Computer to Sleep

Do you know how to put your computer to sleep?  No, it’s not by reading the congressional budget aloud to it!  Most laptop computers will go to sleep when you press the on/off button once lightly.  But, every computer is different and you should explore a bit and be sure you know the procedure for your computer.  This topic is one of the first covered in our Boot Camp class.  The screenshots and specific instructions below are for Windows 7.

What exactly *is* sleep mode?  Straight from Microsoft’s website:

Sleep is a power-saving state that allows a computer to quickly resume full-power operation (typically within several seconds) when you want to start working again. Putting your computer into the sleep state is like pausing a DVD player—the computer immediately stops what it’s doing and is ready to start again when you want to resume working.

Some people don’t use the sleep setting at all.  They always shut down their computers.  Those people need to wait quite a while for their computers to boot up once they turn them back on again!  If, instead of Shut Down, you used Sleep mode, then when you turn it back on it comes right back to where you left off, and it does it very quickly.

You can always use the menu to put your computer to sleep: Click the Start button Picture of the Start button , and then click the arrow next to the Shut down button.

Picture of the Shut down button with menu expanded

Your computer monitor will go blank.  It will appear to be off, but every computer has some kind of indicator that it is asleep.  When it’s asleep, you should see some light that blinks, or pulses like  the machine is breathing to indicate that it’s not off. What does yours do?

To wake it up, some computers use any key, some use an arrow key, some require you to press the On button once, lightly. How do you wake yours up?

Closing the Lid

Most people like their laptops to go to sleep when they close the lid, but there are other choices as well. Check yours:

Click the Start button, type power (just type … your cursor will be blinking in the search box) , then click on Power Options. On menu at left, click “Choose what closing the Lid Does’ – review all options.

Also notice that you can choose what the power button does. If yours is set to put the computer to sleep, try it. Pressing the power button once should put the computer to sleep, pressing it again will wake it up.

So now, when you’re ready to call it a night and go to bed, you don’t need to shut your computer down.  You don’t even need to click the Sleep command.  Just close the lid!  When you open it next morning it will spring to action!  And, you can set all your updates and scans to happen in the middle of the night.

Free Seminar Handouts on Picasa, Blogger, Google Earth, Streets & Trips and Internet Connections

At RV parks and rallies all over the country, we present educational seminars on how travelers can use computers to Plan, Preserve and Share their travels.  We pride ourselves on providing handouts that are worth keeping for reference and learning.  Each handout is at least 4 pages and is crammed full of information and step-by-step instructions.  We’ve just updated our handouts and want to give you, our newsletter subscribers, a heads-up.  You can download any or all of these handouts, no strings attached.  They are in .pdf format.

  1. Every RVer Needs a Blog
  2. Using Google Earth
  3. Managing Digital Photos with Picasa
  4. High Speed Internet on the Road
  5. Trip Planning and Navigation with Streets & Trips, Garmin Nuvi, Droid

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Monday, September 17, 2012

Bring Me Some Peanuts and Gelatin....

Although the Baseball Hall of Fame and the Jello Museum are within a three hour drive in New York State, not many people associate one with the other.  However, this summer I had the privilege of catering some edible cocktails for the Beantown Softball League's National Tournament.

Here are the embedded and logo gels I did back in July.  The gloves were a chocolate lemon drop martini, and the gel-logos were a margarita with salt gel layer.

Saturday, September 8, 2012

Watermelon Jalapeno poppers

For a recent fundraising event for the Harbor to the Bay charity bike ride, I made these Watermelon Jalapeno edible cocktails topped with candied jalapeno peppers.

The gelatin is made from fresh local watermelons and a simple syrup made from jalapenos, lime juice, watermelon vodka, and watermelon pucker.


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Thursday, May 26, 2011

Keeping it Real

I have selfish reasons for wanting you to be satisfied with the life you're living. It’s my belief system that the world is a better place when its inhabitants are content and fulfilled. Especially because we all affect this world and the people in it: our ideas spread like wildfire and our actions affect the ecosystem. I think the old adage, “To each his own” should be tweaked to “To each his own  and then some.”

We play two roles, first as individuals and second as a part of the collective. I think it’s important to balance both perspectives and find harmony between the two. So in other words, determine our own paths as individuals with regard to how we impact the rest of the world. I think it starts with figuring out what “life satisfaction” means, and then figuring out the way to live a fulfilled life while making the rest of the world happy too.

Here’s a living breathing example. Klauus Thymann is a photographer who keeps it real—no digital retouching, no photo shopping. He says: “I’m a fashion photographer, but I won’t photograph girls who are too skinny or who look too young. You have to recognize you’re part of an opinion-making machine.”

I love this for more than a few reasons:
1.       He’s being conscientious about his values and refuses to sellout in order to make it big in the fashion industry. He’s taking a risk, but to him it’s a risk worth taking.
2.       He inspires me and others to re-think current views on beauty and the unhealthy state of the “opinion-making machine.” It is not okay to pressure models into anorexia, and look down upon normal sized women. Opinion-making machines are created, and can also be destroyed.

So who determines the status quo anyway? The most common way isn’t necessarily the right way, but it  starts with each of us. If we can all push ourselves to find win/win situations—ways to make yourself happy and people across the planet happy as well—then you have beaten the zero-sum game. You can be confident in yourself, your values, and your decisions regardless of the critics.

Friday, May 13, 2011

Self reflection

Americans are busy. We’re busy because of our over-scheduled, hyper-networked lives. We’re under constant pressure to get things done and waging a constant war with ADD.

Tell me, what’s difference between being busy and being burned out?

I’m slowly learning that when I neglect what’s brewing inside, everything outside suffers. I’m not just talking about my productivity, but the stuff that really matters—like relationships, self-confidence and health.

Do we ever take the time to look in the mirror and ask ourselves, “What the hell are my values, what are my emotional, material and intellectual needs?”  I’m talking about dropping the charade and looking past what we’ve been conditioned to believe. I’m talking about a good reckoning with the self.

For many of us, this is easier said than done. And then when I think I've got it all figured out, I have to work hard to remind myself.

There are so many distractions...I find it hard to focus on what I call my values (other may call it the spirit, the qi, the self). Call it whatever you want, but if we don't acknowledge it and explore it, we won't live our lives as fully as possible.

Our belief systems and our thoughts ultimately dictate our actions, priorities and how we live our lives. So if we suppress our thoughts or emotions (or even worse never figure out our belief systems in the first place) then what kind of life can we lead? Or should I say…whose life are we leading?

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.”  - Ralph Waldo Emerson


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Saturday, June 19, 2010

Evolution of Life on Earth in Music

"So it's an established fact that in Italy during the period between 1971-1974, a music movement existed where bands would challenge each other to see who could be the most imaginative, who could create the album for the ages. They were all painters and sculptors just as in Renaissance Italy."
-Tom Hayes / Gnosis

The Italian progressive rock scene was born in the early 70s, inspired by the progressive movement in Britain, but then developing features of its own that makes it a separate musical genre: Rock Progressivo Italiano (RPI).
The arrangements of Rock Progressivo Italiano incorporate elements drawn from classical, jazz, and the diverse musical traditions of Italy. Indeed Italian progressive rock expands the timbral palette of traditional rock instrumentation with aggeggi, ottavino, mandoloncello and clavicembalo. Some bands abandoned the common Ionian  and Aeolian modes (or, major and minor), choosing the rarer Mixolydian and Dorian scales, drawn from the ancient Aristoxenian tradition (dating back to the 4th century BC). Although RPI’s lyrics are traditionally Italian, some bands reached international fame.

'Cento Mani e Cento Occhi' from tha album Darwin! by Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso. The song deals with the development of social organization in hominids.

One of these is Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, a popular progressive rock band in the 1970s, still being active (I saw them live: what an emotion!). In 1972 they released their second album, Darwin!, comprising 7 songs unified by an elaborate, overarching theme: Evolution of life on earth. Geology, paleontology and biology are the undisputable source of inspiration since the first track (translation and original text):

And if in the fossil of an atavic skull

I rediscover forms that resemble me…

E se nel fossile di un cranio atavico

riscopro forme che a me somigliano…

                - Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, Evoluzione (Evolution)

Cover art of Darwin!, by Bando del Mutuo Soccorso

The complete tracklist of Darwin! is:

   1. L'Evoluzione (Evolution)
   2. La conquista della posizione eretta (The conquer of the upright position)
   3. Danza dei grandi rettili (Dance of the big reptiles)
   4. Cento mani e cento occhi (A hundred hands and a hundred eyes)
   5. 750,000 anni fa ... L'amore? (750,000 years ago ... Love?)
   6. Miserere alla storia (Miserere to history)
   7. Ed ora io domando tempo al tempo ed egli mi risponde ... Non ne ho!  (And now I ask Time for time and He answers me ... I don't have it!)

As we already saw for the Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, geologic themes could represent evocative musical soundscapes. The same could be said for the lyrical imagery, as expressed by the prehistoric worlds evoked by Darwin!:

Gray layers of lava and coral

damp skies and no color

here the world is breathing

moss and lichen green sponges of earth

are the greenhouse for the sprout to come.

Strati grigi di lava e di corallo

cieli umidi e senza colori

ecco il mondo sta respirando

muschi e licheni verdi spugne di terra

fanno da serra al germoglio che verrà.

- Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, Evoluzione (Evolution)

Banco del Mutuo Soccorso: La Danza dei Grandi Rettili (Dance of the Big Reptiles), from the album Darwin!

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I’m into liquids this week, what can I say?

I’m not a big alcohol drinker as you know, seeing as it makes me rather pink in the face. However. I can appreciate alcohol produced on a truly craft level. For example, I’m mildly obsessed with this certain secret whiskey that I’m going to tell you about in my book soon.

Furthermore, I was out for a friend’s birthday the other evening, and the menu touted “homemade tonic water.” I had to know more.

They mixed it into some clear alcoholic liquid and it boggled my mind. The truth is, they could have mixed it into some lemonade and seltzer water and it still would have boggled my mind. It was all about the non-alcoholic tonic baby.

I want to teach you how to make it. Because we should all have tonic water in our repertoire. Chicken wings and tonic water. And a bed roll. That’s what we need in life.

These are some of the ingredients to gather. Minus the orange. I rejected the orange upon second thought.

There are some tricky ingredients here. But that’s what the WWW is for. Here’s one spot to buy the cinchona powder. Or if you’re like me and you happen to live in a hippie dippie neighborhood like… say… Berkeley, there will be a mystical herb store right on the corner with a very stern woman behind the counter. And she will serve forth cinchona bark. And tell you that they don’t offer it in powder form. And stare at you blankly. And sternly.

I’m just saying that could happen. Not that I would know. It’s just a coincidence that I have bark here… and if you have bark like me rather than bark powder, just grind it in a coffee grinder. And if you don’t have a coffee grinder, just use it as is and all will be well. Promise.

This is the bark of a cinchona tree and when in powder it is called “quinine powder.” That’s the term you most often hear with tonic water — quinine.

Lemon grass is everywhere in Asian grocery stores and markets. I’ve even seen it in Whole Foods and a few other spots. It’s not something that you notice unless you’re looking for it. But it’s there. Or ask them to get some in for you. Usually you can sweet talk the food buyer over the phone.

You want to bang on the lemon grass with the back of a knife first to help release the flavor.

Then you cut it into beautiful rings.

All of those ingredients simmer together in water and reduce by at least half, until thick and a bit syrupy.

Then you strain a first time to get the larger pieces out.

Then you strain a second time through cheesecloth. Don’t use a coffee filter the way I did unless you have a lot of…

… patience. I do not. I want to taste immediately. I wait for no tonic water. Plus I think some barky sediment gives it that rustic quality I’m going for.

And that’s when you mix your syrup with your seltzer water. And then with your clear alcoholic liquid or your lemonade. The color will be brown not clear like the tonic water you see in the store. And it will have a nice barky flavor. My suggested ratios are below…

Give it a try sometime!

“Homemade Tonic Water”

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 45 minutes

Total Time: 50 minutes

Yield: 1 cup tonic syrup

“Homemade Tonic Water”

  • 4 cups water
  • 1 cup chopped lemon grass (about 2 stalks)
  • 1 cup raw sugar, evaporated cane juice, or white sugar
  • 1/4 cup lemon juice
  • 1/4 cup powdered cinchona bark, (1/8 cup for a less "barky" flavor)
  • Zest of 1 lemon
  • Zest of 1 lime
  • 1 teaspoon allspice powder
  • 1 bottle seltzer water

  1. Combine all of the ingredients except the seltzer water in a pot and bring them to a boil. Reduce the heat and let the liquid simmer for about 45 minutes until reduced and slightly thickened.
  2. Strain the liquid though a fine strainer and discard the solids. Then pass the liquid through some cheesecloth into a storage container.
  3. To use the syrup mix it with the seltzer water in a ratio of 3:1. Then combine it with gin, vodka, or whatever you please in a ratio of about 4:1 or whatever suits your taste. Garnish with a lime and squeeze some of that juice in there to finish.


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Monday, 28 July 2008

Crafty Monkeys Challenge 3

This is my Crafty Monkeys challenge 3 Twinkle Twinkle entry, I'm sorry I couldn't do the second challenge.

This is Emo Maggie with bling. My mum asked if I wanted to use her stickles so I did and it turned out great. I chose to use purple because I quite like the colour and it goes well with black, one of my favourite colours, and adding the flower made it look real nice (my mum did the glitter on that but I would have made it go everywhere if I did it myself.) The best thing about making Emo Maggie is that she is just like looking in the mirror (apart from the name difference and other things) but oh well.

Saturday, 28 June 2008

My First Post and A New Challenge.

This is my card for crafty monkeys blog challenge"Our first challenge is to make a card using a wild Animal somewhere on your design."

I had great fun making this card. For ages now I have wanted to use my Mum's Prismacolors but when I asked today if I could use them she said "yes"! I got to look through loads of papers and chose these gorgeous yellows and greens to go with the colouring of the stamp. For once I was allowed to do everything myself and I think it's turned out much better than my Mum's cards, hee hee, she's going to kill me for typing that!

Thanks for looking.

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Digital Tester - Donna