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Marine Plastic Pollution

Biological Indicators of Ocean Plastic Pollution – BiOPs Network

The main goal of the BiOPs Network is to improve the health of the North Pacific Ocean by reducing the amount of plastic pollution entering the marine food webs. To this end, we are using seabirds and fish as biological samplers of litter at sea and quantifying changes in the amount and types of bio-available plastic pollution levels in the major oceanographic regions of the North Pacific.

Our approach is to quantify plastic ingestion at three scales:

legacy species study labLegacy Species
Decadal Trends

Abundant seabird species are accidentally caught in fisheries, providing samples for multiple decade comparisons. Short-tailed Shearwaters and Northern Fulmars taken by Alaska longline fisheries are an example of legacy species.

sentinel species regional bioindicatorsSentinel Species
Regional Bio-indicators

Species with restricted foraging ranges can indicate local levels of plastic pollution. Wedge-tailed Shearwaters nesting in Hawaii are an example of an indicator of pollution in the central Pacific.

kleptoparasitismFood Webs
New Exposure

While plastic ingestion occurs in many marine taxa, the incidence and loads vary geographically and temporally, as predators ingest plastic directly and secondarily from their prey.

Pacific Network – Key Partners

Publications & Videos

Developing metrics for plastic ingestion by Wedge-tailed Shearwaters (Puffinus pacificus)

Lyday S., Robinson E. Dwyer, M. Hester M., Hyrenbach D., Fry M. World Seabird Conference, South Africa (2015)

Plastic Ingestion by Tern Island Seabirds: A community-wide perspective

Hyrenbach D., Rapp D., Youngren S., Hartzell P., Duhr M., Hester M., Fry M. World Seabird Conference South Africa (2015)

Quantification of the plastic loads ingested by Tristam’s Storm-petrel nestlings from Tern Island, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Youngren S., Rapp D., Hartzell P., Duhr M., Hester M., Hyrenbach D. Pacific Seabird Group San Jose (2015)

Prey and Plastic Ingestion of Pacific Northern Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis rogersii) from Monterey Bay, California

Donnelly E., Harvey J., Nevins H., Hester M., Walker W. Marine Pollution Bulletin Volume 85, Issue 1, Pages 214–224 (2014)

First Evidence of Plastic Ingestion by White-Tailed Tropicbirds from O’ahu, Hawai‘i

Hyrenbach D., Hester M., Johnson J., Lyday S., Bingham S.,& Pawloski J. Marine Ornithology 41: 167–169 (2013)

Winged Ambassadors: Ocean Literacy Through the Eyes of Albatross

Marrero M., Hester M., Hyrenbach D., Michael P., Adams J., Keiper C., Stock J., Collins A., Vanderlip C., Alvarez T., Webb S.  Current: The Journal of Marine Education 28(2):26-30 (2013)

Using the Widely Distributed Seabird, the Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis), as an Indicator of Marine Plastic Pollution

Terepocki A., Summer Research. Paper 160. (2012)

A northwestern Pacific metric of pelagic marine debris: plastic ingestion by Black-footed Albatross from Kure Atoll, Hawai‘i

Titmus A., Hester M., Michael P., Adams J., Vanderlip C., Hyrenbach D. Pacific Seabird Group O’ahu, Hawai‘i (2012)

Boluses reveal species-specific and colony-based differences in plastic ingestion by Black-footed Albatross.

Hyrenbach D., Titmus A., Hester M., Vanderlip C., Chang C., Wahl T. Pacific Seabird Group O’ahu, Hawai‘i (2012)

The Ecotoxicology of Marine Debris

Brander S., Fontana R., Mata T., Gravem S., Hettinger A., Bean J., Szoboszlai A., Keiper C., Marrero M. The American Biology Teacher 73(8):474-478. (2011)

Seabirds Indicate Plastic Pollution in the Marine Environment.

David Hyrenbach, Hannah Nevins, Michelle Hester, Carol Keiper, Sophie Webb, James T. Harvey. 2009. In: Marine debris in Alaska : coordinating our efforts. Proceedings of the Marine Debris in Alaska Workshop. Anchorage, Alaska / Michael Williams and Erika Ammann, (Editors), Fairbanks. Alaska Sea Grant College Program, University of Alaska Fairbanks, pp. 57-61. (2008)

Dirty Secrets Episode of Strange Days on Planet Earth Narrated by Edward Norton

Summer 2007, National Geographic, PBS, and Sea Studios presents Link to Video

Classroom activities incorporate current data from BiOPs’ collaborative research.

 Video – Albatross Barfing Plastic, from Lesson 4

Career Training

Wings and Fins Career Training Opportunities in Marine Debris research

  • NOAA Fisheries
  • National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • NOAA Marine Debris Program
  • Private Donors

Other Partners

  • Jim Harvey & BeachCOMBERS Program, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
  • Shannon Fitzgerald, NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Fisheries Science Center
  • Lisa Ballance, NOAA Fisheries, National Seabird Program
  • Jan van Franeker, Institute for Marine Resources & Ecosystem Studies (IMARES) – North Sea Program
  • Jennifer Stock, Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary
  • Cynthia Vanderlip, Kure Atoll Conservancy
  • Andy Collins, Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument
  • Sophie Webb, Oikonos
  • Bill Henry, University of CA Santa Cruz
  • Carol Keiper, Oikonos
  • Kena Fox-Dobbs, University of Puget Sound

Student Collaborations

  • Elizabeth M. Phillips, NOAA Fisheries – Northwest Fisheries Science Center
  • Hawai‘i Pacific University Pelagicos Lab:
    Dan Rapp, Plastic ingestion by Tern Island seabirds: A community-wide perspective. MSMS. Completed: May 2015Sarah Youngren, Plastic ingestion by Tristram’s Storm-petrels. Marine Science MS. Completed: May 2015Elisabeth Robinson, Plastic Ingestion by Wedge-Tailed Shearwaters: Environmental Policies. MA – GLSD.  Completed: Dec. 2014Andrew Titmus, Plastic ingestion in North Pacific Seabirds. Marine Science MS. Completed: Dec. 2010Frances Nilsen, Seabird susceptibility to organochlorinated pollutants. Marine Science MS. Completed: Dec. 2010Chih-Wei Chang, Plastic ingestion and diet of North Pacific albatrosses. Undergraduate. Completed: May 2010

    Eve Scanlan, Plastic ingestion of petrels from Tern Island. Undergraduate. Completed: Jan. 2012

    John Johnson, Plastic ingestion by albatross chicks from Tern Island. Undergraduate. Completed: Dec. 2012

    Travis Wahl, Comparing Laysan albatross boluses from multiple colonies. Undergraduate. Completed: May 2013

    Matt Dwyer, Plastic ingestion by adult Wedge-tailed Shearwaters from O’ahu. Undergraduate. Ongoing.


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Bussmann Advisory | Why blockchain won’t disrupt banks first
Oliver T. Bussmann Global C-Level Executive | Board Director | Information Technology | Banking, Insurance & Asset Management
Oliver Bussmann, FinTech, Blockchain, Innovation, mobile, startups, CIO, UBS, SAP, Allianz, Deutsche Bank
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Why blockchain won’t disrupt banks first

Why blockchain won’t disrupt banks first

By Oliver Bussmann and Nick Williamson

As two people who have been working closely with blockchain for a while now – Oliver as a FinTech advisor and former Group CIO of UBS, Nick as the CEO and Founder of Credits – we have no doubt about the technology’s potential to radically transform the financial industry.

A far better way to build and maintain interconnected ledgers – the heart of the financial system – it seems predestined for the job.

But while banks and FinTech companies around the world are busy developing blockchain-based solutions, we are likely to see blockchain “go live” in other industries first.

This is something of a paradox, and so we think worth a closer look.

Regulation, regulation, regulation

As Oliver can attest from his own experience, the main drag on implementing innovation in financial services is regulation.

As part of one of the most highly regulated sectors in the world, banks will need to wait for regulatory certainty on any number of issues before they can release blockchain-based platforms. Stringent rules regarding collecting, storing and sharing customer data add layers of rigorous validation, verification and internal signoff on top of the regulatory approval.

Even though many regulators are actively supporting banks in exploring blockchain, this is simply not an environment geared to early adoption in the wild.

The fact that banks are coping with dwindling IT budgets, as well as heavy legacy IT investment, is an obstacle as well. As to an extent are legacy mindsets: The financial industry is heavily invested in centralized models; blockchain represents the opposite worldview.

More fertile ground

We believe blockchain will be implemented first in more lightly regulated sectors, particularly those which face challenges in managing data access control and ensuring data integrity. This can be sensitive personally identifiable information (PII) such as health care records, competitive secrets or other internal corporate data. Or it could be intellectual property, as with managing copyright for music or art.

Areas poised for takeoff include e-government, supply chain management and finance, insurance, real estate and the Internet of Things. BHP Billiton’s announcement last week that it was using blockchain to improve its supply chain processes is a perfect example of how this is already happening.

Useful use cases for all

At Credits, Nick has been observing this trend closely too. The company has been exploring a number of use cases outside of financial services, such as proof of identity, procurement processes, and interdepartmental payments. It recently worked with a client on a corporate identity blockchain solution.

Credits has also been very active in e-government, where blockchain has the potential to inject trust and accountability into many processes. This includes providing means to share sensitive personal data between departments that prevents data leaks while still allowing for data integrity checks.

The good news for banks is that many of the non-financial use cases also provide compelling first customers for the eventual financial ones. If we can solve supply chain management, for example, then we are not far from solving supply chain finance.

So while we may not see distributed ledgers taking over in financial services right away, that shouldn’t be interpreted as meaning it will never happen.

When it comes to blockchain and banks, there is no escaping destiny.

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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Kae & Aly

Here are my two best friends KK and Aly. It sure was fun spending the day with them!
Aly likes to check me out. She's not sure what to think of me just yet.

Auntie Sarah feeding me. Don't worry Aly, you can have your mommy back soon.

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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Punch me!!

Wednesday challenge is Punches!!
Here is a cool snowflake card using Martha Stewarts 2 inch snowflake punch...
Happy Punching!!

Monday, March 20, 2017

Lawn Fawn Challenge and Monday Challenge

Lawn Fawn now has challenges on their blog lawnfawnatics  I love my lawn fawn stamps and dies so here we go.....I love this little dragon, he is too cute!

I also added this card to SimonSaysStamp monday challenge as they wanted layers, and this is a layered card! Hope you like it!!

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

A little green and a little luck...

Wednesday challenge:
Stamped the panda on vellum, and layered, used a notched corner rounder....Happy March!

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Wednesday challenge! Tag, you are it!!

Tags! I love them, this one is so cool...use a real neat postage stamp on your fun!!
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jQuery Tutorial: Select elements with the same index, across multiple containers

Posted on Monday, August 20th, 2012 at 2:37 am

A few days ago I was working on a project where I needed to set the "active" state of <li> elements across multiple containers. These containers were divided into separate tabs, so one could be viewed at a time, but when one container updated, all the others needed to be updated as well.

Check out the instructions and code after the jump!

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Posted In: Design & Code, Tips & Tutorials

Gift of the Year: 18th.me – become the Mona Lisa with a real painting!

Posted on Saturday, February 4th, 2012 at 4:57 pm

Painting comparison of original and custom Mona LisaIt's been a long time since I've come across an idea as unique as this one. 18th.me is, to put it simply, a custom painting service. Select a painting out of the "collection," send in a photo, and receive a hand-painted picture with your face instead of... Napoleon Bonapart's.

No more searching for original ideas for gifts – this is pretty much it. As the 18th.me website states, whether you're looking for a conversation piece or a house warming gift, a custom painting of 'Mona Lisa' or 'American Gothic' with your buddies' faces will certainly surprise.

More recently, an option to buy prints instead of an oil painting was introduced for an even more affordable price tag. Of course, they're not as impressive as an actual painting, but definitely a solid alternative.

So, head over to http://18th.me/, check out the collection, and start planning birthday presents!

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Posted In: General Stuff

Links for week of 1/15/12 – Productivity!

Posted on Thursday, January 19th, 2012 at 4:16 am

This past week I've gathered some links to useful tools. If you use Photoshop regularly, browse coding docs, use forms, and/or manage projects, the following will make your life easier and improve productivity:

Dochub.io - Quick language documentation browser for HTML, CSS, JavaScript, DOM, jQuery, PHP.

GuideGuide - Photoshop plugin that allows you to quickly generates accurate grids for your designs/projects.

Inquire.ly - Collects data from your website's forms, with easy management and notifications. Will also be available as WordPress and ExpressionEngine plugins.

Asana and Do - Both Asana and Do are highly robust task and project management tools with great interfaces, multiplatform synching, team communication, and more. Hard choice, this one is.

Bonus link after the jump!

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Posted In: Productivity, Resources

2012, the year of new beginnings, and more of the old ones

Posted on Monday, January 2nd, 2012 at 6:51 pm

The last 12 months have been truly life altering. So much has happened that changed the course of my ambitions. Life after college (since June 2010) is pretty much how I expected it to be; Steady but motivated. Progress is now my top priority – to take more steps in the journey to success, and top the year before. Here are a few highlights from 2011:

  • Taught my first college class, which was an absolute delight.
  • Quit working full-time to pursue and grow my freelance work.
  • Formed my own company, a web design/development boutique.
  • Got my first car, a Volkswagen Passat.
  • Went on a week-long food extravaganza with a good friend from Australia, one-of-a-kind hole-in-the-wall joints!
  • Played Airsoft for the first time, got shot in the privates, received a cup as a Christmas present.

Nine days into the New Year, and things are looking alright so far. I am trying to take my company to the next level, setting priorities both professionally and personally. Continue reading for a list of goals for 2012:

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Why is Apple the king of marketing?

Posted on Monday, October 31st, 2011 at 5:56 pm

Apple TV Ad - iPad 2 - iMovie
Is it really JUST the marketing that they're kings of? Today, most of Apple's marketing consists of showing the product being used, doing what it does best, combined with a few words in the end for the finishing spice. This is where I believe Apple's secret lies.

All ads are (or should be) based on truth, and then exaggerated to deliver a message and/or to prove a point. Fact is, people aren't stupid. We know when something is taken "too far" in an ad or commercial, and usually don't take it literally. Of course, there are cultural aspects to consider when using metaphors as some may be offended, and in return end up biting you in the rear. Read more...

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Posted In: Film & TV, General Stuff

Future: Virtual Assistants? Siri approves

Posted on Sunday, October 30th, 2011 at 7:06 am

Siri Personal Assistant
Mobile phones are still on a growth spurt throughout world. With our phones by our sides at all times, virtual assistants can gain traction and become a critical part of how we function and utilize technology. The point of technology is to make things easier and more efficient for us, right?

With the introduction of Siri, Apple's new virtual assistant platform for iPhones, the bet for the future is on! If you're thinking "Why does this matter? Speech recognition and task dictation is nothing new," you're absolutely right. However, there is one great differentiating factor in that Siri is the first to actually understand what you mean. Rather than passing blunt commands, you talk to it and hold a conversation. More after the jump...

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Posted In: Productivity, Technology

What is success to a 23 year old?

Posted on Saturday, October 29th, 2011 at 12:19 am

Note: This entry originally started out as a reply to a Facebook wall post about succeeding in the Web Design & Development world, but I decided to take it to the next level. I hope you enjoy.

I am 23 years old and my life revolves around freelance. As a matter of fact, I recently formed a business around it, and things are getting better, and better. What's the secret? DON'T GIVE UP AND KEEP TRYING.

You said you're developing your skills? Excellent, keep doing so and never stop. Network with people. Attend local meetups about design, development, and fields relative to yours. Have an identity on the web – a portfolio and blog of sorts. If you don't already have business cards that you carry with you EVERYWHERE you go, do it asap!

Regularly check design/development specific job boards. Authentic Jobs and Krop are some of them. Keep up with trends, what's hot and emerging on the web, and the ever-changing job requirements of employers. The web industry is one of the most rapidly changing, evolving, and growing. Continue reading...

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Nest: Thermostat reinvented, the Apple way

Posted on Friday, October 28th, 2011 at 4:08 am

Nest Learning ThermostatLet's face it, thermostats suck, and the guys at Nest saw a brilliant opportunity to create the perfect solution. "The Learning Thermostat" is functional, useful, time saving, green, economical, super cool, and last but not least, beautiful! There isn't a single sane person who would refuse to install this in their home.

Nest is led by two former members of the iPod division at Apple; Tony Fadell, who served as SVP, and Matt Rogers who served as lead engineer . The influence of the rich "click wheel" history of the iPod is comfortably evident. The elegance and minimalism of both the hardware and the interface makes it desirable to use, while saving money!

Yes, it looks gorgeous and easy to use, but what makes Nest THAT much cooler? Read more after the jump...

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Posted In: Green & Environment, Technology

The end of the beginning, Steve Jobs

Posted on Tuesday, October 11th, 2011 at 5:45 am

Steve Jobs portratirIt has taken me a little while to gather the courage to begin writing this piece. I knew this day was coming, as did everyone else. 6 days ago, Steve Jobs stepped down as CEO of Apple, Inc., one of the most valuable companies in the world, which he built with the vision and ambition to change the world.

It isn't to say that Steve Jobs invented the markets in which he sought out to dominate, but he certainly did redefine them. This applies to most things Apple has touched since 1997, including all-in-one computers, MP3 players, mobile phones, and tablet devices. He drove Apple with the goal to make the best products possible, and nothing less. With this philosophy, which he is notorious for rubbing into CEO's faces, Apple has seldom failed at delivering best-selling products.

For many years, everything Steve Jobs has ever poured his heart into has come down to this very moment; What's next for Apple. It is now time to see Apple play itself out with the foundation and forward momentum that Steve Jobs has instated. The "foundation" that I speak of includes choosing a rock-solid executive team to carry out Apple's image, including Tim Cook, Scott Forstall, Jonathan Ive, Phil Schiller, and so forth.

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iPhone 4S/5, announcement imminent

Posted on Tuesday, October 4th, 2011 at 11:16 am

This post a response to The Next iPhone on Sliceofmymind.com.

First of all, you've got it all wrong. The upgrade from 3G to 3GS was significant. The processor speed and graphic performance were improved to the point where iPhone 2G/3G were practically (with the older hardware) were slow as hell, and a gigantic pain in the ass to use!

Processor is 600MHz up from 412MHz, with a dramatically improved GPU, and double the RAM, 256MB up from 128MB. Digital compass for directional uses, dramatically improved 3.2MP camera with tap-to-focus, video capability, improved battery life, etc. The list just goes on! So don't even go blabbering that 3G to 3GS was a "minor" upgrade.

Now, speaking of the iPhone 4, and if Apple released an iPhone 4S, it wouldn't be a "minor" update. After all, the A5 processor that the iPad 2 sports is about 2.5x more powerful than the Samsung Galaxy S II, which currently has the one of the most powerful guts of all available phones, and if that's not pretty damn good to you, I don't know what is.

Overall performance wise (software AND hardware), the iPhone 4 to this day even outperforms MOST new phones that come out, and that says something about what putting a simple little A5 inside an iPhone would do, whether or not Apple redesigns the external hardware. We'll all just have to wait and see!

Update: Click here to follow the liveblog on Engadget!

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Sunday, August 31, 2014

 these two were may...snow and blossoms.

When you go out into the woods and you look at trees,
you see all these different trees. And some of them are bent,
and some of them are straight, and some of them are evergreens,
and some of them are whatever. And you look at the tree and you allow it.
You appreciate it. You see why it is the way it is. You sort of understand
that it didn’t get enough light, and so it turned that way. And you don’t get all
emotional about it. You just allow it. You appreciate the tree. The minute you get near humans,
you lose all that. And you are constantly saying ‘You’re too this, or I’m too this.’
That judging mind comes in.
And so I practice turning people into trees.
Which means
appreciating them
 just the way
 they are.
~ram dass
i love trees.
i always have.
i spend a lot of time.
breathing them in.
 there are many photos of them.
in my archives.
i grew up here.
and i am back here now.
and these trees.
have gone through many changes.
over my nearly fifty years.
but then.
so have i.
no judgement.
welcome to coffee hour.
welcome to this Sunday morning.
just BE.

Sunday, August 24, 2014

 You’ve got to just love ralph! He is THE true optimist, I believe.
 I am not sure how you get from annoyed to inspired?
 Frustrated to motivated?
 And I do realize it is ALL about attitude.
 Often mine stays more on the annoyed side, when challenged .
 That smiling thru gritted teeth type attitude.
 Inside seething type.
 But I had an instance yesterday that could have easily stayed annoyed,
 but changed into something different.

 Like trying to determine which line to get into at the grocery store,
 when none of them seems like a good choice.
 OR when you get into a seemingly GOOD aisle, only to find out there is
 a problem and all the other lines are moving steadily
 while you are stuck and not moving, and your ice cream is melting or
 your knees hurt or you have to pee really bad. Or the kid behind has
 been screaming for 20 minutes and you aren’t even sure WHY you are
 in the store let alone THIS aisle.
 Remember my occasional thoughts on small children !
 Such was the thoughts yesterday on which lane to get into at the gas
 station, when clearly everyone was trying to get into the best moving
 lane before the gas price changed. Which it looked like it would do
 any second.
 8 lanes full of cars, some 3-4 cars deep. We choice one with only one
 car and felt so fortunate to get it. You always have to choose the one
 that pumps on the same side of your gas tank. That often limits you.
 And my personal preference? People who use credit cards so they
 don’t have to go inside and you wait for them to come out because
 THEY are stuck in the line inside to pay, and behind the person buying
 cigarettes, or getting lottery tickets.
 But we chose.
 It became abundantly clear immediately we had made the wrong choice.
 Ahead of us, was a new model red shiny expensive Cadillac. Outside his
 car was an elderly man. Dressed impeccably in pants and shirt, nice
 shoes. Obviously well taken care of. Nice haircut on a shock of thick
 white hair.
 He stood at the pump with his credit card and was experiencing
 trouble. As I watched him fiddle with his card for several seconds,
 feeling annoyance rising in me, because surely the gas was going to
 jump that $.31 before we could get ours pumped, I realized what he was
 He was trying in vain, to put his credit card INTO the place where
 your receipt comes out. He tried over and over. He turned it around,
 upside down, backwards and forwards. He tapped it. He looked at it.
 All done is slow, confused motion. It would not work. Obviously.
 I got out of the riders side of our truck and went up and said quietly
 to him, “You are putting it in the wrong place”. And took the card
 from him and put it in where it belonged. It would not work, even in
 the right place. It kept showing some comment I can’t remember, but
 the upswing was…. It would not work. I had seen this when I used to
 use my credit card terminal at my shop. People whose cards were
 slightly bent, from being in their pocket, or a man’s who was in his
 wallet in his back pocket will not read. Slight bend will make it not
 read right and will not take it.
 So we had to get the computer to release what we had tried to do. The
 man was oblivious to what I was doing. But grateful I was doing it.
 I felt my anxiety and frustration ease to calm.
 I told him he would have to pay inside with his card because of the
 bend to it and showed him what I meant.
 I don’t believe he understood what I said, but accepted it.
 I asked him again quietly if he could pump the gas OK. He nodded.
 He got the nozzle into his tank. I pushed the grade button he wanted
 and went back to my truck.
 We watched as he got his gas and went into the station. Knowing any
 minute the gas probably was going to raise before we could pump ours.
 We rather quietly mentioned it to ourselves. And why when all the
 other lanes were moving, we had to get behind the old man.
 Still not mad, but thinking of the chosen lane.
 A heavy sadness fell over me and my eyes began to tear up, as my
 farmer simply said…” we are behind him, because he needed help and
 maybe you were the only one who would stop to help him.”

 Don’t be annoyed, be inspired.
 Don’t be frustrated, be motivated.
 Be motivated to HELP someone who needs help. Even if your gas will
 jump $.31 a gallon.
 I can’t even begin to feel his frustration. He was JUST SIMPLY
 …….LOST in trying to pump gas.
 My sadness at the simple things we all take for granted, and this old
 man could not do.
 In my fondest, Trisha

 Friday, August 22, 2014

 Let it push you forward

 You don't have to be annoyed.
 You can be inspired.

 You don't have to be frustrated.
 You can be motivated and determined.

 The way you respond is not dictated solely by the situation.
 The way you respond is decided by you.

 No matter what has happened, your attitude is a choice that's made by
 Instead of letting the interruptions, distractions and frustrations
 get you down,
 you can just as realistically choose to let them push you forward.

 It's natural to assume that negativity must make you negative,
 and that you must have some kind of positive reinforcement in order to
 be positive.
 But that's not the case at all, because you can choose to move
 positively forward no matter what.

 Decide that you'll let both the good things
 and the bad things push you ahead.
 And be amazed at how far you can go.

 Ralph Marston

trisha is my mom.
when i read this.
i knew it would be my coffee hour today.
welcome to coffee hour.
welcome to this Sunday morning.
just BE.

Saturday, August 23, 2014

...he sees all sorts of colors...

 I have a friend who reads people's auras. He sees all sorts of colors like green & red & purple. He says anyone can do it. All it takes is forgetting everything you think you know & just looking. I've tried it & even though I haven't seen any colors yet, everyone I meet looks so beautiful when I stop knowing everything, that it's pretty hard to go back to the old way.

this story came in my email today.
i have used it before.
but thought it fitting.
for the shadows.
and colors of last night.
captured with my phone.
enjoy the moments.
just BE.

Saturday, August 16, 2014

...keep close to us in the sunshine...

"May we never have friends who, like shadows, keep
close to us in the sunshine only to desert us in a cloudy
day or in the night."

a toast.
this one is fitting for shadows today.
but the toast itself.
was for the letting go.
of a negative in my life.
and for moving on.
and for breathing life.
into the next chapter.
of this journey.
we call life.
"May the wings of the butterfly kiss the sun.
And find your shoulder to light on.
To bring you luck, happiness and riches.
Today, tomorrow and beyond."
just BE.

Sunday, August 10, 2014

be still
and know that i am God.
Psalms 46:10

in this space.
it is very easy to do.
welcome to coffee hour.
welcome to this Sunday morning.
just BE.

Friday, August 8, 2014

...secret of life...

jim carrey's
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 "I don't believe in hope.. hope is a beggar. I believe in faith that burns through hope. Fear...fear is a player and you decide how much game it will play in your life.
Life happens for you, not to you."
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Thursday, July 28, 2011

we made books

My friend Julie always visits in July. Julie in July. It has a nice ring. Last year, for one day of her visit, we made some pincushions from a book we got cheap at Barnes & Noble the day before. I have tons of fabric from my crazy quilting days and the upholstery samples worked great. Those were fun, picking out buttons for the centers and admiring each other's handiwork.

When I went to see her in January, we did some dyeing. Came out great... however, I can't find a photo of it, so here's one of us in Old Town instead.

When we were planning her visit for this year, I suggested maybe some fabric journal pages like I've posted about recently. Julie countered with books because she liked the ones I posted from Lenna's little book swap that I posted about here and the next 3 posts after that. That was fine with me, so I ordered up some linen thread for binding, swiped a couple tables from work and set up a book making shop in my living room.

We had a really good time at it and ended up spending two entire days tearing up old books and calendars, measuring and cutting, trying to figure out the various binding instructions. (note to future writers of how-to books - save us all some gray hairs and test drive your instructions by having a person of average intelligence who is completely unfamiliar with what you're doing, actually make one of whatever it is)
the book making sweatshop

We ended up with half the studio supplies out in the  front room. The bird and the dog kept us company as we worked away, and we each ended up with several books to show for it.

I expect I'll use mine for journaling. Julie has no idea what she'll do with hers. She's all into the process now and has made several more books since she got home.

No telling what we'll do next time.

Julie's Where in the World book

made from a freebie calendar of California

made from a calendar of Tuscany

  1. Oh my, can I join you next time? Very productive. You know you are serious when you set something up in the living room. Looks like you had a blast. I really like the way your calendar books turned out. Probably easier to work on than those little books. I think the books are just lovely and what a fun time with your Julie.

  2. Hi Leslie .. just popped over from Full Tilt Boogie. Looks like you are well on your way with some fabulous journals and a friend who likes to play. How good does it get! Your blog is fantastic ... going to explore now. :o) Donna

  3. love the pics
    miss you down here
    Mentally waved as we drove from yosemite to SF on Sunday.
    K: )


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