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The Puberty Stage of Ministry

It’s been a year since I had a sabbatical and eight months since transitioning from associate pastor to co-pastor. More importantly, it’s been about a year since I was in the depths of what I could only name as a crisis-itch-conundrum. It wasn’t so much a mid-life crisis, meaning I didn’t end up switching careers, buying a sporty car, or getting plastic surgery . . . and it wasn’t quite mid-ministry boredom, meaning there was plenty enough that kept me engaged and passionate. But I wasn’t feeling right and I couldn’t put my finger on it.

When I wrote about my crisis-itch-conundrum last year, I wrote about how I began doing things completely unrelated to my profession . . . seeing a spiritual director, running, volunteering at the hospital as a baby cuddler, and crocheting baptismal blankets for babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. With each of these, I began to embrace and live into this crisis-itch-conundrum, living ever clearer that this may never pass.

And it hasn’t passed and now I realize why. I’m in the puberty stage of my ministry. It didn’t hit me until I went to my son’s Back-to-School night. My son’s teacher shared details of what my son will be learning in puberty class – body changes, hormones, and hygiene. She suggested we put together a puberty kit for the kids in the class filled with deodorant and other hygiene items so that they will have the tools to help them through this stage of change.

Finally, my crisis-itch-conundrum had a name and its name is PUBERTY.

My voice changed

it became bolder and wiser. It had greater ability to calibrate between when to speak and when to listen.

Oh, the hair!

Just like I can’t control where hair pops up like on my chin (sorry, TMI?), I can’t control where the spirit moves and leads me – which is why I find myself doing something I swore I would never do – go back to school. I have been researching places to apply for a Doctorate of Ministry.

What’s that smell? Oh, it’s me.

Rather than thinking odor is a sign that something is rotting, I prefer to think of it as a sign of fermentation. As kimchee, a Korean side dish of fermented, spicy cabbage, ferments, the smell is more potent. Just when you think it must be too sour to eat, it is transformed into kimchee stew. As I contemplated whether I had done all that I can as an associate pastor, my church called me as a co-pastor. It hasn’t been an easy transition, but it has surprisingly been a different sense of call.

What can I say? Cramps suck. In this case, I’m not speaking of the physical kind, but about ministry cramps. I still find myself questioning, wondering, feeling vulnerable, and doubting. I am better at not reacting to the cramps, dwelling on the “WHAT does this mean” and “HOW do I get over it” and instead reflecting more on “WHY am I feeling this way.”

Pimples! Pimples! Pimples!

No one told me that when I turned forty, I would still have acne, just like no one told me that when I had been a pastor for about a decade that I would be contemplating my sense of call. As I asked my colleagues how they “got through” their mid-ministry crisis, the treatment varied as wide as the many brands of acne creams. Therefore, there was no easy way “to get through” this, but to journey through it myself – testing out what worked for them as well as trying other escapades like zip lining through the redwoods.

So as I move through this puberty stage of ministry – observing, witnessing, and engaging in ways that I am changing spiritually and vocationally – I will hold onto my puberty kit of going to my spiritual director, running, holding babies, and crocheting blankets. I no longer have expectations that “this too shall pass,” but instead look forward to “what may be.”

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  1. Good morning, Theresa!
    Just as puberty is universal, what you are feeling and going through in your ministry is pretty universal. When I was going through it, the Spirit presented me with disaster recovery work and then police chaplaincy.
    I think part of the question is not so much “what does God want me do?”, but “what are my gifts and how do I use them to build up the Kingdom?”
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  2. Once again, you’ve given us lots to think about! Even those of us “of a certain age” still struggle with some of these same issues. . .

  3. Love this metaphor! BTW, you should look at the Theology and the Arts track at Wesley Seminary in Washington, DC. I know it’s on the wrong coast, but it’s a very cool program. Becoming more involved in the arts is my way of handling my mid-life crisis.

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Anyone who has ever heard of asbestos knows this is extremely dangerous. However, not everyone is familiar with the fact that this toxin and what exactly hazards it presents to those who are exposed. Let us look at some of the dangers associated with this danger.

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Asbestos is, in fact, a mixture of six natural minerals, and it can be found in old buildings, old textiles and old plastic products. It is very similar to glass fibre in consistency, and when it is in the air, it is extremely dangerous and toxic to humans and animals. Asbestos if tolerability can lead to the above disease, asbestosis is a form of lung cancer. Essentially, the long-term exposure leads to damage to lung tissue, which is irreversibly damaged and permanently damaged.

Anyone who has experienced a longer exposure may begin to show signs and symptoms that are often associated with asbestosis: severe breathing, a cramping cough is appropriate, and in the worst case, exposure can lead to death. Similarly, gastrointestinal cancer, oesophagal cancer, mesothelioma, colorectal cancer is also a risk for those who are exposed. Also, exposure to asbestos is known to damage the human immune system and weaken it into a state in which it does not work properly. It is clear that the effects of this natural hazard are extremely dangerous. But what can people do to protect themselves from exposure? Regardless of where the source of these minerals is found, whether, from old building materials, Such as special cement or other products, it is imperative that they are removed quickly.

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There are some companies that are focused on eliminating this toxic hazard. The test can be carried out to identify a hazardous material, and if the test is positive, it is necessary that the owner take action to ensure immediate and safe disposal.

Nobody should ever try to remove dangerous, toxic materials on their own: especially from the viewpoint of asbestos. To remove this particular toxin, qualified, skilled workers are required to be able to treat such poisons. First, the material must be wetted so that it does not get into the air and does not threaten others. Furthermore, toxic waste must be professionally assembled and sealed and removed from the site. Workers must wear special protective equipment such as respiratory masks, overalls, rubber boots, eye protection and rubber gloves to prevent toxins from entering the body. For more information:

Warnings should also be set during the removal process. Air conditioning and heating systems can not be used during the removal process since this facilitates the air movement of toxins. Likewise, each processing area must be closed until the deletion process is completed. Finally, all relocations must be accompanied by a decontamination process. Obviously, removing this dangerous toxin is the best of the professionals who are accustomed to treating it.

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At The Walrus, Lauren McKeon dives into the heady world of cannabis as wellness product.

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At Longreads, a powerful story on how one woman writer’s success led to domestic abuse—and how everyone shrugs when a woman with incredible literary promise just disappears.

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For 3:AM Magazine, Kent Kosack looks at the objects of our existence and worth and contemplates whether they mean anything.

And don’t miss our new managing editor Marissa Korbel’s (possibly) last The Thread which takes a look at sexual fluidity and the times when language fails us.

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Tanzania – 15: Return to Arusha

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I started publishing this journal in January 2011, shortly after my family returned from our unforgettable trip to Tanzania. But telling the story of the trip turned out to be a much bigger project than I bargained for. Furthermore, a few weeks after beginning, the story changed so that I realized it would need a different and more complicated ending. Although I did my best to keep writing, new entries appeared more and more sporadically. And then, almost a year after I had started, they stopped appearing altogether, and as far as anyone knew, our family continued to languish at the bottom of Ngorongoro Crater staring at a strange creature called a Serval cat.

For a while, Kevin would try to goad me into writing the next installment. At first he’d ask every week, then it was every month, then it was every six months or so. I told him I hadn’t forgotten, and I’d get to it… someday.

In truth, I found the final chapters to be a challenge. For one thing, I became frustrated by my inability to convey what I found strange and unfamiliar about our experiences in Tanzania. As I look over my last entry on the wildlife of Ngorongoro, it all seems so conventional, and not at all like the other-worldly weirdness of being there. To give just one example, I feel I’ve failed to explain the persistent feeling I had that whenever we stopped — for example, when we stopped for lunch in Ngorongoro — we were being sized up as a potential meal for somebody else. (I remember that there was one particular spot on the floor of the crater where all the Safari trucks would go when it was time for a mid-day break. There was a small stream feeding a pond there, but for some reason it was not overrun with lions, hyenas, and baboons. There were, however, many birds there, and we were cautioned rather strongly not to leave our lunches unattended for even a moment, as the birds would swoop down and steal stuff all the time.) So I procrastinated, and the final few chapters of the story remained untold…

…until now…

It must have been shortly after the lunch with the thieving birds that we spotted the serval cat, and shortly after THAT that we decided it was time to drive up out of the crater and return to the campsite to prepare for our afternoon trip back to Arusha. Our final thrill from Ngorongoro was the long climb that brought us from the thick forest in the basin to the rim of the crater approximately 2000 feet above. The ascent took us nearly half an hour, as Peter (our driver) coaxed the Land Rover up the steep grade, and the engine growled and whined with the effort. By now we trusted Peter so well, that we never bothered watching the road, but instead gazed back at the plain opening up below us. With every switchback, our perspective shifted and the landscape became more and more vast; it seemed impossible that only a short time before we had been specs of dust in that landscape.

Departures and Farewells

When we returned to the campground, it was with mixed feelings. All that we had seen that morning was fresh in our minds, and in some ways it had been the best, most exciting day of our Safari. But at the same time, we were all sick of being confined in the back seats of the Land Rover for ten or more hours a day, not to mention the cramped quarters of the campgrounds at night. We were returning to civilization: to showers and toilets and restaurants and dala dalas and a man-made world where we could spend our money on pizza and bear without worrying about being eaten by big cats, eviscerated by wild boar, or trampled by ill-tempered hippos.

It was also with mixed feeling that we said good-bye to Henry. He had been our cook for the entire trip, and for eight days had prepared and served feasts in the most inhospitable of places. While we had been exploring Ngorongoro, he had been talking with another expedition, and had accepted an offer to stay on with a group that was just beginning its week-long adventure. So as we prepared to head back to Arusha, he prepared to return to the Serengeti.

As we had packed a lot of our stuff at dawn, it didn’t take us long to organize what was left, and for Peter and Rob to stow it in the Land Cruiser. An hour after we had emerged from the crater, we were rolling out of Simba campground and hitting the road for the final leg of our journey.

Out of the mountains

Our entire trip had taken in a great coounter-clockwise circle beginning at Tangire, heading North to Lake Natron, West to the Northern entrance to the Serengeti, and then South to Olduvai Gorge and Ngorongoro. It is, perhaps, more common to begin a Serengeti trip from the craters, and so as we headed home, we saw vehicles like our own heading in the opposite direction, and it was strange to think of all the people embarking on their own adventure, maybe with no more understanding of what it would be like than we had had when set out only a week ago.

It was a long gradual drive down from the Ngorongoro Highlands at about 8500 feet, and as the altitude dropped, the afternoon grew warmer and the landscape became drier and dustier. After a hour or so, we stopped at a National Park station to register our departure and the completion of our trip. Not long after, we reached the edge of the escarpment, and stopped once more to gaze out over this ancient fault line marking the transition from the highlands to the plains. There was an overlook, from which we could see Lake Manyara, yet another stunning landscape, but one we would not have a chance to explore. And then that, too, was behind us, and we were on a two-lane highway heading for the big city.

There would be one final stop to take care of a small errand. Although until this point I had resisted buying anything from the local Maasai, I had a notion to acquire as a gift for Tyler a pair of locally-made sandals, constructed from rubber salvaged from old tires and then decorated with local beadwork. Our guide at Lake Natron had worn such sandals, and in my mind they were footwear for running. Rob had told me there was a small roadside market on the way back that might have them for sale, and sure enough, there was a guy selling exactly what I was looking for. I spent a couple of minutes using my broken Swahili to inquire about the price and barter. In truth, I had no idea what I should expect to pay for these, so I was grateful when Rob stepped in to represent me in the transaction. A few minutes later we left the market with the deal concluded.

The comforts of home

It was about five in the afternoon when the Land Rover pulled through the gates of “The Outpost,” the hotel where we would spend our last two nights in Tanzania. Rob and Peter helped us unload all our stuff, and then departed. (We’d see Rob the next day, and see Peter again the day after that when the two of them would drive us to the airport.) After they left, it really began to sink in how far we had traveled together. It was very strange to think we wouldn’t be sleeping in a tent that night, wouldn’t be sitting together at a wooden table at a small campsite eating Henry’s simple but delicious meals, a tiny island of light in the darkness of the bush. No, we were back in the city now, at a hotel that seemed almost impossibly luxurious, with indoor plumbing, a dining room and bar, and even a pool in the courtyard.

In a couple of hours, we’d take a taxi into downtown to an Indian Restaurant, where we’d order from lengthy menus as we celebrated Joni’s birthday. In the meantime, we could think of nothing better than to sit by the pool, drink a bottle of beer, and be blissfully happy doing absolutely nothing. That, we realized, was the single greatest privilege we enjoyed.

My last memory of that day is of Joni arranging things with the taxi driver. Although it would not have been a long walk to the restaurant, it was understood that we would be unwise to walk after dark in Arusha, so we called a taxi. When he arrived, we all piled into the car and five minutes later arrived at our destination.

As the rest of us got out and gathered on the sidewalk, Joni spoke to the driver in Swahili and exchanged phone numbers with him, but didn’t pay him. As we went into the restaurant, I asked her what that was all about. She said that it was a common practice to negotiate a cheaper fare by agreeing in advance to call the same driver for the return trip. Sure enough, later that evening our personal taxi returned and we rode back to the hotel having saved 2000 ts (about $1.50). What a marvelous thing it is to know the language and the local customs.

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Running and Racing have been important parts of my life for as long as I can remember. I ran Track and Cross Country at Amherst HS, back in the day, and am proud to have been training and competing with the Cambridge Sports Union (CSU) for more than thirty years. If my bones hold out, I hope to continue for another thirty. Sixteen years ago, I began coaching, first as an Asst. Coach at Newton North HS in Newton, MA, and for the past ten years, as Head Track and Cross Country Coach at Concord Academy in Concord, Massachusetts. I've been writing about running for almost as long as I've been running, dating back to high school, when I would write meet summaries for the Amherst Record for about $0.33 per column inch. I've been blogging about running since 2005, and began blogging at "the runner eclectic" in 2014. Until recently I also had a day job, working full-time as a Technical Product Manager for Nuance Communications, based in Burlington, MA. But I am now on what might turn out to be a permanent sabbatical. Thank you for reading my blog, and please consider leaving a comment.
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I became a fan of you, I bought everything you made
And I listened to your songs over and over until I hated them
Then I played them on piano and I played them on guitar
'Til I couldn't write any songs of my own anymore

And I hear them when I wake up 'cause I heard them in my sleep
And I hear them behind everything I listen to no matter what it is
And when I sit at the piano, you play through me
And I can't even write any songs of my own anymore

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Construction Authority signs construction contract for $2.1-billion Foothill Gold Line project

Pomona, CA – Today, the Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority (Construction Authority) held a press conference on the steps of Pomona City Hall to sign the Alignment Design-Build Contract for the 12.3-mile, six-station Foothill Gold Line light rail project from Glendora to Montclair. The contract with the Joint Venture team of Kiewit-Parsons includes an $805.6 million base scope for the first nine miles of the project from Glendora to Pomona, with a two-year contract option to complete the full project to Montclair for a total contract amount of $1,186.9 million if additional funds are secured by October 2021. The extension will add new stations to the Metro Gold Line system in the cities of Glendora, San Dimas, La Verne, Pomona, Claremont and Montclair, and may be built in phases if the additional funding is not secured in time to initiate the contract option. The Glendora to Pomona segment is anticipated to be completed in 2025, and the entire project to Montclair by 2028 if the contract option is initiated.

Folks checking out project renderings at today’s media event.

“Today, as we sign the contract that kicks off major construction for the next Gold Line segment, we are one step closer to improving mobility and the quality of life for hundreds of thousands of residents, workers, students and others as they travel to and from the San Gabriel and Pomona Valleys each day,” said Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority Board Chair and Pomona Mayor Tim Sandoval. “Getting to today’s contract signing would not have been possible without the partnership and collaboration with LA Metro’s board and executive team; and the support of elected officials at all levels, including the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments and the State of California that provided hundreds of millions of dollars of funding that helped make today possible.”

The contract signing with Kiewit-Parsons concludes a two-year procurement process and officially marks the beginning of major construction for the $2.1 billion light rail project. Kiewit-Parsons, the same design-build team responsible for successfully building the two earlier segments of the Foothill Gold Line between Union Station and Azusa, was ranked the top team in all technical categories by the evaluation committees, as well as provided the lowest overall bid price. They were deemed the best value for the agency when they were awarded the contract in mid-August.

“The Kiewit-Parsons team has a long history working for the Construction Authority and doing an excellent job,“ stated Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority CEO Habib F. Balian. “I am confident that their team, and my team at the Construction Authority, are ready to go to work to deliver another successful project for this region.”

“Kiewit is excited to have been chosen to build this important rail transportation project in the region,” said Terry Robinson, Senior Vice President, Kiewit Infrastructure West Co. “Our long, successful history with the Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority since the late 1990s will only help the Kiewit-Parsons team as we closely collaborate throughout the life of the contract. We look forward to using our extensive rail transportation experience to safely deliver a high-quality project that commuters and those visiting the area will ultimately use and enjoy.”

“We are excited to partner with the Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority and our team in delivering full-service integrated delivery including design and technological capabilities that will benefit travelers across the LA Metro service area,” said Mark Fialkowski, Executive Vice President of Mobility Solutions, Parsons Corporation. “Parsons will provide innovative, sustainable solutions that reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality, while helping San Gabriel Valley commuters get to their destinations safely and reliably.”

Today’s historic signing event was attended by elected officials at all levels of government, the Foothill Gold Line Board of Directors, officials from the project’s corridor cities, transportation officials – including Foothill Gold Line CEO Habib F. Balian, Metro CEO Phillip A. Washington and California State Transportation Agency Undersecretary Elissa Konove – and San Gabriel Valley stakeholders. The notable list of speakers included U.S. Representative Norma Torres; California State Senator Anthony Portantino; California State Assembly Member Chris Holden; Foothill Gold Line Board Chair and Pomona Mayor Tim Sandoval; Metro Board Chair and Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts Jr.; Metro Board First Vice Chair and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti; Metro Board Second Vice Chair and Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis; Metro Board Member and Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger; and Metro Board Member, Foothill Gold Line Board Member and Duarte Council Member John Fasana.

The Glendora to Montclair project is named as one of Metro’s 28 priority projects to be completed before the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles and is the fourth rail project currently in major construction in the county. It will provide connections to important regional destinations like the LA County Fairplex, two dozen more colleges and universities, historic downtowns, museums, regional parks and open space areas, and much more. In addition, the extension will provide a direct link between the Metro and Metrolink systems, allowing riders from each system to easily transfer; creating endless possibilities for connections throughout the region.

It is estimated that during construction alone, the Foothill Gold Line from Glendora to Montclair will create as many as 16,000 jobs and up to $2.6 billion in economic output for the region, as well as up to $1 billion in labor income and potentially $40 million in tax revenue (according to an economic study by Beacon Economics). Once completed, the line is estimated to add more than 18,300 riders to the Metro system every day.

More photos of today’s event are here.

About the Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority – The Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority is an independent transportation planning and construction agency created in 1998 by the California State Legislature to plan, design and build the Metro Gold Line light rail system from Union Station to Montclair, along the Foothills of the San Gabriel Valley. The agency completed the first segment from Union Station to Pasadena in 2003 and the Pasadena to Azusa segment in 2015; both on time and under budget. The agency began work on the Glendora to Montclair project in 2003. The Glendora to Montclair project was environmentally cleared in March 2013 under the CEQA and again in 2019 to allow the potential for phased construction. The project completed advanced conceptual engineering in 2016. When completed, the extension will add new light rail stations in the cities of Glendora, San Dimas, La Verne, Pomona, Claremont and Montclair. The project may need to be built in phases, due to funding constraints.

The project is being built in Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties. The Los Angeles County portion will be funded mostly by Measure M, with residual funds from Measure R not used to complete the Pasadena to Azusa segment. San Bernardino County is responsible to fund their portion of the project to Montclair (in San Bernardino County). The State of California is also providing $300 million in funding through a TIRCP grant awarded in 2018.

About Kiewit – Kiewit is one of North America’s largest and most respected construction and engineering organizations. With its roots dating back to 1884, the employee-owned organization operates through a network of subsidiaries in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Kiewit offers construction and engineering services in a variety of markets including transportation; oil, gas and chemical; power; building; water/wastewater; industrial; and mining. Kiewit had 2018 revenues of $9 billion and employs 20,000 staff and craft employees.

About Parsons – Parsons (NYSE: PSN) is a leading disruptive technology provider for the future of global defense, intelligence, and critical infrastructure, with capabilities across cybersecurity, missile defense, space, connected infrastructure, and smart cities. Please visit, and follow us on LinkedIn and Facebook to learn how we’re making an impact.

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Steven Renata is taking children’s books to the next level

Business is Boring is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound speaks with innovators and commentators focused on the future of New Zealand, with the interview available as both audio and a transcribed excerpt. This week he talks to Steven Renata, CEO of Kiwa Digital.

If you look at the digital landscape there has been a lot of innovation. Netflix has changed the way we watch things, we are in a golden age of television, movies keep getting bigger and bigger, musicians have a direct relationship with fans through the internet, and books, well books have moved to the digital age in much the same way they have always been, words on a page – except these days, it’s an electronic page. It’s an odd thing that something so loved, books, hadn’t taken advantage of the possibilities of the internet to become more interactive, engrossing or amazing. Well, one company in Aotearoa saw this opportunity and have built a company that makes exciting digital experiential books, and who have a focus on using modern methods to give traditional languages new avenues to grow and connect today.

They have published wonderful app based titles, like Ngarimu, which brings a graphic novel to life with sound and music and texture; revitalised classics, like the Hairy McLarey books; and have just announced a partnership to help create a hub in Australia to help bring new appreciation to endangered local languages.

To talk about the mission, the work around the world and fostering te reo through new tech, CEO Steven Renata joins me now,

Either download this episode (right click and save), have a listen below or via Spotify, subscribe through iTunes (RSS feed) or read on for a transcribed excerpt.

You hear all those stories of people who learnt English in the Philippines by watching American TV, and the importance of having media in consumers’ own language, even if that isn’t a big enough industry to make lots of media, it’s so important for protecting and fostering and keeping a relationship with the language. What was the leap that took that kind of concept of making sure te reo was included in media, and moving that to the book realm?

Yeah, that was a really interesting part. Again, credit to Rhonda [Kite] as the founder. She saw the opportunity because when the iPad arrived suddenly there was this idea of, OK we’ve done the video to sound synchronization for the dubbing, how about text to sound?

So let’s take a beautiful hard copy book: we’ve got the audio that can go with it, let’s synchronize the audio with every single word, and then take it to a literacy level: the technology that we’ve got proprietary interest around, if you run your fingers across the text it speaks to you word for word, perfectly synchronized.

If you touch a word it says the word, if you double tap the word it phonetically spells it for you. So now we’ve gone yes an audiobook, but there’s levelled learning in there as well. So if we look at three to five-year-olds, at that formative stage they’re going through how to learn to read in any language – they’re very kinesthetic, you notice with a child three to five. I’ve got a 10-year-old now I can remember those days well.

They run their fingers straight away on the text almost without any guidance for the parent. They just know to touch, and suddenly the touch creates sound. They figure out very quick if I swipe my finger I hear a whole lot of noise, if I touch something I hear one sound, if I double tap it I get some other sound. You can really accelerate a child’s reading level using this type of technology which actually comes from what’s called shared reading.

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Very, very sad. It took 2 months for me to learn that a twitter buddy & awesome photographer Donald Agarrat, passed away back in September. One day he tweeted me asking to shoot my recording session, came & shot the session and made friends with everybody there! Musicians and engineers alike 🙂 Then, he came to the Harlem Arts Fest & shot us there…just because he wanted to and was a serious fan of the music. He brought a lot of light to some stressful moments and made everyone smile! ♥ ♥ Like, the nicest person, ever!

We’ve mainly kept in touch on twitter, and after not receiving a tweet from him in a while, I looked at his page to learn that he suddenly died, so young. He took these wonderful shots of us at The Bunker Studio in Brooklyn, which appears to be the last set of photos added to his flikr. Sending love. You will be missed, Donald!

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Jay Z Brings Hip Hop to the Gallery with ‘Picasso Baby’ short film

This past Friday, Jay Z(or the artist formerly known as Jay-Z) released a short film, which can be seen as a modern day version of a music video for his song “Picasso Baby”. The 11 minute short, made an unconventional debut on HBO and was aired after his appearance on “Real Time with Bill Maher”. Shot by director Mark Romanek, the film documents Jay’s tight-lipped spur of the moment performance art piece of the song at Pace Gallery in the Chelsea section of NYC. If you’ve been listening to Jiggaman’s lyrics lately, you’ll hear he’s been making many references to fine art on the Magna Carta Holy Grail and Watch the Throne album. Some of the artists prevalent in his lyrics are Pop Art pioneer Andy Warhol and 80’s neo-expressionist artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, both of which he and his wife Beyonce have original works of theirs  in their personal collection. However, if you’re familiar with Jay Z’s catalog, before he became “HOV”, you’ll know he’s been dropping art references as early as his first album Reasonable Doubt. On his brilliantly humorous and condescending “Friend or Foe” verse he says “If you draw/better be Picasso/you know the best/cuz if this is not so…ehhh.. god bless”. After all the references sprinkled throughout verses, Jay finally devotes an entire song to art and even more brings it into the consciousness of his fans. This time he went a step further and became a performance artist by performing “Picasso Baby” for 6 hours straight at the well respected Pace Gallery.

Invited to the performance were visual artists, dancers, gallerists, directors, and actors that Jay Z either knows personally or whose work he respects. Included in the bunch was visual artist George Condo who Jay references in the song and who was also commissioned to create the cover artwork for Kanye’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Also present was Fab 5 Freddy, filmmaker, artist and longtime close friend of Basquiat, artist Mickalene Thomas who had a major exhibition at Brooklyn Museum last year and the “Grandmother of Performance Art” herself, Marina Abramovic. An artist who I’ve recently discovered, Brooklyn based improv dancer Storyboard P, who did an amazing dance performance to Kanye’s Crack Music. Vogue did a great photo shoot with most of the artists with their comments about the experience of being at the filming.

One interesting point Jay made in an interview speaking on the song, is how back in the early 80’s the music and art worlds were very much interconnected. It was a time when artists and musicians hung out together. Where you might go in a club like The World and see both Prince and Keith Haring hanging out. Even Blondie’s Debbie Harry reached out to Fab 5 Freddy to learn more about the burgeoning culture of Hip-Hop which included graffiti artists. The result was the music video for “The Rapture” with a guest appearance by Basquiat. One thing I’ve always respected about Jay Z was his ability to bring awareness to other regions and movements within Hip-Hop. By collaborating with artists like Juvenile in the late 90’s he brought awareness to the scene in New Orleans which led to the successful careers of Mannie Fresh and Lil Wayne. In the early 2000’s he collaborated with the Houston duo UGK, which brought their already legendary status at the time to a wider audience and the public’s eyes to the scene in Houston. Even his often criticized homages to the late rappers Notorious B.I.G. and Big L, who were his friends, may bring their music and legacies to a new generation. I see this as an extension of that. The art references, the invitation of established and emerging artists to his performance piece is an entryway into fine art. He’s laying the groundwork for his audience to have a greater appreciation of art on all levels. It’s a great use of power from someone who has significant influence on popular culture. Even if his attempts to break the barriers of the fine art world doesn’t work, he’ll still be waking up every morning next to Mona Lisa.

Online dating, if you dare…

Dating is hard, dating in NYC…harder, especially for women. We all know this, we’ve heard it and probably have some personal horror stories, but what do you do about it? I don’t have the answer, but the two people that raised me (bless them) either feel sorry for me and/or really want me to have a kid (A few birthdays ago, I was permitted by one of them to have a baby out of wedlock, so I’ll go with the latter) …anyway, they’ve made a few suggestions. (that’s me with the blue background, either of the parental units in white)

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Well you know what, I’ve actually tried it. Paid sites and free ones, polished and ones I shouldn’t have touched with a ten foot pole. I want a boyfriend, I want to get married, I want to have kids, so why not, right? Here’s a small sample of the fun I’ve had…

I’ll just say, be careful what you wish for, you might get purposed to.

I must admit though, it hasn’t been all bad…if I do end up with someone I met online, chances are, no one will ever know where I found him. I’m a creative, so I’ll come up with something 😉

Any fun online experiences you want to share?

Sophia Domeville talks Art Day Celebration and reconnecting with her Haitian culture

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Art Day Celebration was created to provide underprivileged and impoverished children with the tools to develop their creative and artistic abilities through art. The program aims to uplift children and help them find a purpose while simultaneously providing an outlet for self-expression.

Enter New York based artist Sophia Domeville. Born and raised in the United States, she identifies with her Haitian roots. She joined ADC last year which provided her an opportunity to visit Haiti for the first time.  This year’s celebration will take place July 18th-22nd in Haiti.

Your culture influences you on a great level — was this always the case or did it grow as you became more involved with your art?

I visited Haiti for the first time last year as a teaching artist and have never been the same since. My culture has always been a major part of my life growing up. It was a catch-22 growing up Haitian during the ’90s. Being from a different culture that was not popular — especially Haitian — was quite taboo when I was a child. I didn’t really embrace my Haitian culture until I was in college. There, through my discovery of my own voice as a female artist, I re-discovered a deeper love for my culture as a Haitian woman.

What does the Art Day Celebration mean to you on a personal and professional level?

On a personal level, Art Day Celebration (ADC) was a manifestation of a dream I had last year when I first decided to dive back into my career as an artist. I was looking for an opportunity to share my passion and vision of using art as a medium to change the world. I had this immense need to visit Haiti and connect to where my gifts as an artist were most influenced. Visiting Haiti through ADC as a teaching artist was my right of passage as a woman. I changed so much internally and spiritually that I can never be the same again.

On a professional level, I sharpened my skills as a teaching artist with the ability to teach over 150 orphans in one setting and working with an amazing staff. My art changed quite dramatically as I discovered my voice through richer colors and expression.

How did the experience of teaching those children affect you?

My experience teaching the children affected me so deeply. I was in awe at how innately talented they were by just laying down canvas and paint on a table. I enjoyed seeing the eager minds as they immediately started to map out their work to be painted. I have two memorable moments, watching 150 children deeply engaged in art and the look of complete peace as they all painted. My second memorable moment was finally capturing the beauty of Haiti as we drove to WaMu Beach in the Northern Part of Haiti. Our drive was so breathtakingly stunning as if I was flipping through the pages of a travel magazine. This trip made me appreciate Haiti even more. We need to break the stereotypes we hear and see so much about in the media because Haiti is truly a beautiful country.

Why do you think it’s important that children have access to art and creative tools?

The importance of art in general is such a necessary tool for ALL children during their developmental stages of life. I feel it is very crucial to supply our children with tools to express their creativity whether it be through writing, music, dancing, acting, photography, drawing, paint and more. Art, I feel will continue to change the world, the perception of society and especially change one’s life.

ADC’s stated purpose is “bring healing, restore hope and nurture the creative abilities of underprivileged children.” How has art transformed your own life, and in what ways do you see art changing the lives of these children?

Art has saved my life from many issues I had while growing up in a strict and sheltered Haitian household. My art, allowed me to break free from stereotypes, find my own voice and understand my purpose as a woman. The ways I see art change the lives of the children I taught in Haiti, honestly just to let them see and understand their vision through the arts meant the world to me. I feel the bigger impact is showing the children that their work was seen across the country, made a difference in someone’s life and helped fund their art program.

What kinds of things are you looking forward to doing?

I will be traveling back to Haiti in July 18-22nd as Art Day Celebration’s lead teaching artist for our program “Art on Canvas”. There I will be in charge of creating the curriculum, leading the staff of fellow teaching artists and making sure all of the children participating are able to paint their own expression. I look forward to heading back to a place I call home, seeing the children again and creating more experiences with fellow artists.

What other nonprofits are you a part of and what makes Art Day Celebration so different?

 Halls That Inspire is a nonprofit organization that uses art as a means to encourage and uplift youth. Using a “hands-on” approach. This 4 week intensive program teaches youth leadership development along with the art techniques needed to beautify the halls of their schools and other facilities. By using positive messages that reflect academic excellence, self-pride, and anti-bullying as a focal point, youth are better able to resonate with who they are and how they are connected to their communities and schools. I am the current Vice President and will step down to transition as their new Executive Director this summer overseeing all art projects, working with numerous schools throughout the country and implementing our new programs.

My passion of giving back to the community also granted me an opportunity to become mentor/teaching artist and one of the founding members for herDIVASpot, a non-profit entity that promotes the value and self-development of school aged young ladies. As a teaching artist, my workshop within our organization is called DIVINE in which I teach art-integrated projects and lesson plans that teach students specific skills on one’s personal value, self- identity and analyze the impact that family genealogy can have on self-worth.

What makes Art Day Celebration different from these two organizations it is closely connected to my roots. As a Haitian woman and as a Haitian American artist, I get to give back to a place where I feel my gift originated from.

What made you become so passionate about giving back to these communities?

I have been a member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc for the past 10 years and our motto is “Greater Service, Greater Progress”. I learned early on as a member of my organization about the power of nourishing our community though, “Sisterhood, Scholarship and Service.” I never forgot the tools I learned during my process, and I always enjoyed the experience of helping others within our community. It gives me great gain to see the impact of my work as a volunteer, as a teaching artist and as a mentor because I truly feel I can and will continue to change the world, one step at a time.

You have spoken of redefining culture as a measure of success. What do you mean by that and in what ways would you say you’ve done so?

I think others have titled me as such, I learned success to me is not just about financial gain, it’s more about the impact I have made as a woman, artist and mentor within a community. I feel as an artist pursuing my passion, I am breaking ground on various levels and changing the perception of how a woman, in particular, a Haitian woman should live her life against what is “normal” to our society.

Though you’ve certainly already left your mark, what else would you like to do in the future as it relates to Haiti or in general?

What I would like to do in the future within regards to Haiti is to continue working as a teaching artist and possibly connect the large amount of art programs we have down there under one umbrella. I feel if we all gather together as ONE, we can truly change the face of Haiti and help cultivate the next generation through the power of art.

Artists and non artists can get involved with ADC by going to and filling out the volunteer form. They may have the opportunity to work with Art Day Celebration in Haiti or during one of our fundraisers this summer.

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Sick of Fashion Magazines and Their Affordable Fashion!!

How many of you go in the store to buy or subscribe to fashion magazines to keep up with the latest trends? You look through the pages and see a bunch of cute outfits you can picture yourself in, then you look at the outlandish prices, like $80 for a top made of rayon and polyester, or a pair of regular gladiator sandals for $200. Now I don’t know about you but for once I’d love to see clothing that’s affordable to the average New Yorker. With rent for a studio starting at $1300 in some places who has an expendable cash flow to pay that and then spend $80 on a shirt! The thing that gets me the most is when the magazine boost about having a plethora of “affordable” outfits. For once I’d love to see a magazine dedicated to the average woman who loves fashion but has an average budget. I want these fashion editors and stylists to pull looks together that the LPN or school teacher can afford on her salary. But alas I digress and until then I guess I’ll just post my amazeball finds!


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Best Gender Prediction Test At Home For Your Convenience

If you’re pregnant and dying to know whether your child is a boy or a girl in the future, what should you do?

Have you ever tried doing any gender prediction test at home?

Maybe the Chinese Pregnancy Calendar can help you find out the accurate result.

This tool was discovered 700 years ago which uses your age and your conception month to predict if you’re having a female or male baby.

In most cases, you’re also recommended to utilize this Chinese fertility chart as a pre-conception tool for angling for one gender in particular. After figuring out the best month to get pregnant, don’t mind consulting the gender predictor.

If you wonder whether an ancient Chinese calendar can actually forecast the unborn child’s gender, this birth chart supposedly predicts the sex of a baby with the accuracy up to 93%.

Why don’t you give a spin and find out what you are curious about?

What is Chinese Gender Pregnancy Calendar?

What is Chinese Gender Pregnancy Calendar?

Let’s have a small talk about one of the most precise tools used by almost every Chinese mother for a long time until now, the Chinese gender pregnancy calendar.

The rumor has it that this type of gender chart is often precise enough to let any pregnant woman find out whether their coming kids are males or females at the time of conception.

Looking back on the olden moments, the calendar originated in Beijing, over 700 years ago, and it was stated to turn up in the royal tomb back then whereas others can say that originally it came from the Institute of Science located in Beijing.

It’s indicative of the Qing Dynasty unfolded since 1972 in which the chart is actually displayed in the so-called Farmer’s Almanac each and every one of the years. Following some reliable resources, the entire gender prediction chart or the pregnancy calendar here contains such a high rate of accuracy without a doubt.

Does the Chinese gender chart really work?

When it comes to the sex predictions, this foreseeing tool is likely to be above 90% accurate. However, many individuals consider it just as a fun and entertained way to guess the genders of the unborn kids.

In fact, there has seemed to be no scientific evidence shown to prove the authenticity and trustworthiness of this forecasting tool, or even make sure that this Chinese chart truly works in any case.

It depends on you to trust that kind of information or not, when it’s coming right from the survey of the delivery room in hospital. Everyone both knows how the tool follows one ancient baby gender prediction chart for real.

How Does Lunar Calendar Baby Gender Work?

How Does Lunar Calendar Baby Gender Work?

By using one woman’s Chinese age and the month of pregnancy, a person or a Chinese mother here is able to predict her real gender of the baby.

When we apply this gender predictor calendar, there will be 2 pieces of essential information that shouldn’t be ignored. There are the lunar age of the mother at the time moment of conception and the month when she conceives.

Bear in mind that this chart is totally different from the Western one as the lunar calendar is known as the core foundation for the chart to depend on.

Enter our age at the moment of conception now!

It is worth pointing out that according to the Chinese calendar, when being born, a kid was already 1 year old since her age is often identified right from the time she still stays in her mother’s womb (about 9 months and 10 days). This concept is quite different from the one of the Gregorian calendar.

Can not convert our Chinese ages into the Gregorian ones or work out our age?

Don’t be reluctant to ask an online source for assistance now!

Determine the lunar month when our unborn child was going to be conceived.

In other words, we are able to identify the moment we desire our baby to be conceived. As a result, it is highly significant for a mom-to-be to know beforehand the ideal time she might get pregnant.

For this step, a lady is required to convert her actual and expected month of conception into the lunar ones, relying on the lunar calendar through making use of the online converter.

Look at the graph and find out the intersection of our conception month of and our lunar age.

This is likely to be the last stage of the gender prediction process. Try to begin with our lunar age at first, and then move towards the time once we conceive, which will provide us with a full view of our kids’ genders. G stands for girls and B is for boys.

In spite of any reason, this superstitious practice has strongly been applied by those who desperately wish to verify the genders of their babies. Because it is fairly easy to utilize the chart, someone would like to give it a try once.

Generally speaking, it is advisable not to take it seriously; instead, we should avail it for relaxation purposes only.

How to Predict Baby’s Gender Accurately?

How to Predict Baby's Gender Accurately?

The accurate Chinese Gender Predictor is an online baby gender selection and planning tool formulated by the Chinese centuries ago. Based on the calculations of Chinese pregnancy calendar, the predictor knows exactly when to get pregnant to have a baby girl and which month to conceive for a baby boy.

How to use this tool?

All you have to do is – entering the mother’s date of birth and the conception year (for those who already conceived) or the expected conception year (for those who are trying for a baby) in the available form. After that, the calculator will convert the age and dates into Chinese year format and perform the calculations.

Ideally, the Chinese gender chart only works during the pregnancy. However, a reverse calculation of the dates will help you get one step closer to the accurate baby gender selection.

If the mother’s both date of birth and the lunar month are odd or even numbers, she will have a baby girl. But, if one is odd and the other is even, she will conceive a boy. This may sound illogical; however, the high level of accuracy has been experienced by most parents following the Free Gender Predictor.

For centuries, it has been considered as the most reliable tool for accurate baby sex prediction because it’s simplified and user-friendly. More than the importance of discovering the child’s gender, the Chinese gender predictor has become one of the most popular pregnancy tool used by many expectant mothers over the world.

Not pregnant but you’re planning to have a baby?

Feel free to utilize this tool as it can be used in case you’re trying to conceive as well, especially if you have interest towards a particular gender. Select different conception dates and check out the result to see whether it is a boy or girl.

Right now, the gender prediction 2019 and 2020 are available online; nonetheless, it’s much easier to use Chinese gender chart for sex selection.

Like we mentioned above, the Chinese Pregnancy Calendar is not a scientific method; still, this tool is tested and trusted by millions of people around the world. In case you have any question about this subject, don’t mind contacting us.

Ask Chinese Gender Calendar For 2019

Ask Chinese Gender Calendar For 2019

Nothing is better than that you eventually search out a compatible partner who will go with during the rest of the whole life. Nevertheless, the journey you must experience in this life will not always be smooth as you think.

Therefore, careful preparations should be done to tackle possible difficulties and matters revolving around future marital and love prospects. One of these is the birth of a baby. Perhaps, the appearance of the embryo will get you anxious because taking care of it so that it can healthily grow is not easy.

Meanwhile, many of you have a larger penchant for knowing about the unborn baby’s gender before it’s checked at the doctor’s office.

Asking Chinese gender calendar for 2019 will be a useful method.

This is referred to as a gender astrological chart which will be availed for baby gender prediction or baby gender selection. It’s supposed that it was a useful tool emanating from Qing Dynasty a few centuries ago. The essential purpose of its use is to assist the querier to learn how to get pregnant with a female baby or how to have a male baby.
It’s not easy to use Chinese gender calendar and materials for this tool are easy to get.

A lady needs to know the exact moment of conception and her date of birth according to Chinese Lunar Calendar before activating this tool.

There are 2 ways to get the result from Chinese Gender Calendar:

1. On some related websites, we can easily find out numerous forms based on the prediction tool. The lady just types her birth date and the month where she has got pregnant in suggested boxes, and then waits to get the result. Everything here is automatic, so she will fast know if she’s carrying a female baby or a male baby.

2. The other one requires her to look at the gender calendar chart. It’s clear that instructions on the chart will also help her define when she should get pregnant if she wanting to choose the baby’s gender:

  • First, observe the whole chart! A column is Mother’s Chinese Age, and another is Time of Conception.
  • After having already calculated her age according to the Chinese Lunar Calendar and defined the Chinese month when she conceives, she just needs to seek for the intersection of these 2 dates; the intersecting point will reveal if the baby is male or female.

A Look at Baby Gender Predictor 2019

A Look at Baby Gender Predictor 2019

The online Chinese pregnancy or baby gender 2019 would fundamentally operate based on the Chinese calendar itself.

This calendar is actually utilized by the Chinese within 1400 years prior to Christ. It’s stated to be a lunar calendar here, but it’s not only based on the Moon’s movements, but also indicates every position and movements of the Sun. In other words, this can be said to be misleading, since the calendar also indicates the context of the Sun.

To be honest, this baby calculator in the coming year might have a straightforward correlation with the precision of all astronomical calculations as well as other hidden assumptions.

In addition, the calendar would be pretty accurate in its representation of either the Lunar or the solar positioning. Shortly, the gender test would be primarily designed to provide you with a specific position of the gender of the baby you’re expecting to have.

Also, it’s best to use this chart or calendar for this purpose only, since it’s surely one of the most helpful prediction tools in the world, especially as it comes to the planning for your new arrival.

Are you still confused about choosing the appropriate clothes for your baby as well as wondering if he or she likes them?

Do not worry, since the Chinese baby gender 2019 would ask you to offer about 2 distinct dates, including your own date of birth along with your date of conception. More than that, the age will be taken into account, just to find out how old you were when you started to conceive. After that, one certain adjustment will be made to the calendar through the act of adding 09 months to the age.

What are you still waiting for?

Hurry to take this free online Chinese Pregnancy test now, and get your sex of your baby predicted as accurate as possible.

This is possible to assist you in making plans based on if you, the mother-to-be, is likely to own a girl or a boy.

Predict Baby Gender by Due Date

What do we have here?

Let’s mix the highly entertaining predictive traits of many distinct baby calculators into one site. First, please find a reliable source where you could get your own Chinese gender calendar or the basic due date calculator as well as the lunar age calculator available online. All of them are seen as the most potentially accurate astrology machines for every mother-to-be in the world.

Like any Chinese gender calendar you ever used before, make sure to fill your own birth date and the date of your own conception into the blanks.

How does a calendar work?

The online predictor would help to work out or estimate your own conception date. By adding around 14 days to the initial day of your total menstrual period, your baby’s gender results will be immediately revealed.

Are you trying to identify the sex of the child through the fetal heartbeat rate, the movements of the fetus, or any other ancient technique like the traditional folklores for instances?

Make sure to try the Chinese Due date calendar method at first.

Besides the baby’s due date, you could also examine more your child’s astrological Sun sign or Chinese astrology sign through the Western zodiac or Chinese zodiac.

Tips to Use Chinese Gender Predictor

What about adding one age on the New Year Day, which is apparently from the Lunar Calendar?

Doing so can tell us clearly about that Lunar calendar which is in charge of working out the figures for you to gain the best baby gender predictions in the easiest possible way. Feel free to choose the birthday of the mother along with her conception date through the use of the so-called Western Gregorian calendar.

You need to remember to fill the time zone into the textbox online, since the Lunar Calendar right there would be quite different for each and every one of the time zones.

Basically press or click on ‘submit’ button, for the aim of understanding and getting the baby gender, along with the Lunar month at the conception time. Don’t forget about seeking for the specific time zone that is also necessary for your successful search.

According to the legend, the whole chart was actually found in one old tomb in Chinese nation and is based on the Lunar calendar. By utilizing the age of the mother at the conception as well as the month of the conception, supposedly you’re able to determine with the accuracy reaching 100%.

Be quick to move on to the Chinese pregnancy calendar page, which is basically such a great idea to follow the right steps on how to earn the most precise results.

  • First of all, a beginner needs to take note of the age of the mother right at the time of conception as well as the month as the baby goes conceived.
  • Feel free to verify the specific month right on the top of the whole chart, along with the age on the left of the tool.
  • Last but not least, you have to follow each and every one of the rows and columns on the Chinese birth calendar reaching the spot where they all intersect, and then search for the corresponding boxes.

For instances, we have one box labeled B for boy whilst the G for girl.

Besides, you can easily detect them by seeing how the female is colored in pink whilst the male is colored in blue. Whenever you do not find such information accurate enough, then feel free to seek for more precious and scientifically-based information concerning the gender selection and pregnancy.

It’s better to use the online ovulation calculator that is meant to help the user to finally plan the real gender of the baby depending on the body of that person.

As we know, several parents might determine to use the method just to divine the babies’ genders in an accurate way.

On the Internet, the entire Chinese birth chart is trusted to keep such a high accuracy rate for further baby gender forecast, and then it’s not scientifically proven way for the baby gender selection.

Baby Gender Prediction Online Methods

Baby Gender by the Moon

Baby Gender Prediction Online Methods

It’s implied that the astro energy of the baby’s conception date would be the initial time the zodiac has played an important part throughout the baby’s journey. You can freely use the male or female energy of the Moon from the fertile days to help yourself. We both know that each and every astrological sign is stated to be either masculine or feminine.

Their qualities are pretty much like the Yin Yang stuff. Moreover, the Moon itself is perfectly a heavenly body to the earth, and seen as the planet mostly connected to physical body. Its monthly cycles can display any change in fertility levels.

Online Baby Horoscope

Will a Gemini baby talk early?

Then what about the Taurus baby who is playing with his mother recently?

Let the stars provide you with the most valuable insights and messages into the youngest minds. Make sure to scan your baby’s profiles just to find out whether the baby can be the coming president of the United States or not.

Guess what? In case she’s one of those Leos, then she’s likely to become a captain of a nation. Online baby horoscope would ask you to read on further details like if your baby would cry during the night or not. If so, then the baby must be the Cancer.

Hurry to take such tips now.

AstroBaby Finder Online

Let’s take every detail of your unborn baby into account now with the help the online AstroBaby Finder.

Will it be a blissful child, or simply a combination of both good and bad qualities?

Just find out right away through the act of examining the specific signs of both parents, and the AstroBaby Finder can tell you which of those 12 signs are the most ideal for you and which one can prove to be such a helpful one.

The 2019 free pregnancy horoscope predictionalso tells you when the best time to try to conceive so that you could have the desired baby having the sun sign you want.

Have Fun with Tarot for Baby’s Sex

One certain deck of Tarot is strongly believed to be able to help to discern the real sex of the baby. The person using it might have for quite some time, and you can also have more fun with it to predict your own baby’s sex.

Try to look it up, and according to that person, the Cup and Pentacle would mean the girl while the Swords and Wands would be boy. Make sure to ask the cards and focus on your main concern. Draw about 3 cards, and if you’ve got 3 of Pentacles, Strength, together with 4 of Cups, then it means to be a girl.

You can ask the Chinese predictor for help for a more confirmation.

According to many people who used Chinese baby calendar for a gender prediction test at home, the baby gender primarily uses the Chinese Lunar age of the mothers-to-be for any pregnant result.

Hence, you need to find your own lunar age by adding about one or two years to your real age. Later, the calendar would take responsibility for calculating it for you automatically.

Everything will be accurately calculated for you, and this chart can totally work, since it’s simple for every parent who would know more about the two different choices available here: boy or girl.

We have known that around 50% of the time it needs to make the right call.

At least it can be such an entertaining tool for you and the others. Despite the fact that there’s no specific scientific evidence proving this calendar to actually work with all baby predictions, people would love using it as their second choice after their medical checks-up from the doctors.

It’s supposed to be one of the most precise ancient baby gender prediction tools until now. By just basing on every calculation of this calendar, the gender chart has been created right after that. It’s pretty useful when any woman is planning to get pregnant as well as would like to select the sex of baby before the conception time.

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Tuesday, 12 March 2019 22:40

The Healing Journey

As I write this article, the Lord is taking me on a healing journey. One that was unexpected. Here is the back story…I’ve been running from my destiny as a writer. Why? I feel inadequate. I feel like a fraud. I don’t see myself as interesting enough for anyone to listen to. These are called “limiting beliefs” (also known as Ungodly Beliefs). So how do we get from this to walking in healing and freedom? Let’s start with the truth of God’s word. This is the scripture the Lord gave me for 2019.

Psalm 126:4 (TPT) “Lord, do it again! Restore us to our former glory! May streams of your refreshing flow over us until our dry hearts are drenched again.”

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Meeting the Vintners: Weingut Gunderloch, Nackenheim (Rheinhessen), Germany

Gunderloch Estate in Nackenheim (Photo taken from winery’s website)

I cannot believe it took me this long to write up our visit with Gunderloch winery last June. But finally, finally I found the time and being in the right spot for it. There is so much emotional connection to this winery for me. I’ve lived in Nackenheim until I went off to studies in Trier at age 19. Gunderloch winery is a mere 200 meters away from my home. I went to primary school with the owners’ eldest daughter. I know all of their children rather well. And yet, until that tasting, I never had a “real” tasting with them, as in sitting down and trying their wines in a specific order the way I tasted through Mosel wines that I love so much. I guess it is a common phenomenon: You don’t give as many thoughts about what is physically close as to what is further away. It’s like the gorgeous cathedral in Oppenheim, just two villages south of Nackenheim, that I only visited the first time when I was 17. And I was struck how awesome it was. Before that visit, I knew it existed but I never really bothered.

Gunderloch is pretty much a household name for any American Riesling drinker. Fritz Hasselbach, the current winemaker and husband of owner Agnes Hasselbach-Usinger, has done an amazing job of promoting his wines abroad, most of all in the U.S. I remember his daughter telling me that she went to a presentation somewhere in the U.S. in the mid-nineties and Kevin Costner came up to her and praised her father’s wines. That was pretty epic at the time (now, I wasn’t even sure anymore how to spell his last name…). The winery was established by Carl Gunderloch, a banker from Mainz, in 1890 and is currently run in the fifth generation. They own a bit over 12 hectares (around 31 acres) in Nackenheim and Nierstein on the so called “Roter Hang”, or red slope, a hill facing the Rhine going straight South from Nackenheim to Nierstein. The Roter Hang is considered one of the prime spots for vineyards in all of Rheinhessen, the growing region. Gunderloch owns plots in the following vineyards:  Nackenheim Rothenberg, Nackenheim Engelsberg, Nierstein Pettenthal, Nierstein Hipping and Nierstein Oelberg. They own an astounding 80% of Nackenheim Rothenberg, which together with Nierstein Pettenthal, is what they term their Grand Cru vineyards.

Roter Hang viewed from Nackenheim southwards to Nierstein

Roter Hang viewed from Nackenheim southwards to Nierstein

Over the last years, Johannes Hasselbach, Fritz’ and Agnes’ son, has begun taking over making more and more of the wines with Fritz Hasselbach still very much involved in the wine making. 85% of their wines are made from Riesling, 5% each from Pinot Gris and Pinot Blanc, with the remainder being Traminer and Silvaner, and the red varieties Dornfelder and Pinot Noir. The winery has considerable clout, being the only winery that ever received 1oo points in Wine Spectator for three different wines, their 1992, 1996 and 2001 Nackenheim Rothenberg TBA. The 2002 Rothenberg Spätlese was named best Spätlese by the German wine guide Gault Millau and it remains one of the best wines I ever tried (completely tropical fruit bomb). If you want to know more about the estate, you should check out Rudi Wiest’s, their U.S. importer’s website profile of the winery.

But to the tasting in June. I had contacted Johannes before we left for Germany and we managed to find a time for a tasting despite him being quite busy and in the midst of exams. I very much appreciated that. We took two friends along, a Canadian visiting us and a long time friend who just moved from Berlin to the Mainz area, and headed over to the estate on June 25, 2012. Johannes introduced us to their 2011 and some 2010 wines, a total of 13 wines. Up front, the line up was pretty impressive and there were a number of outstanding wines we tried. Johannes speaks great English and leads tastings in a professional and friendly way with lots of helpful insights. He started us off with showing us the characteristic red slate that forms the “red slope” which I grew up around. The slate on that hill is in different states of erosion, there are big plates of rock and small earthen chips of it. It crumbles rather easily was we experienced when touching it.

In the Gunderloch tasting room

In the Gunderloch tasting room

We started off with a comparison of their 2011 Gunderloch Weissburgunder (Pinot blanc) and Grauburgunder (Pinot gris). I am usually not a big fan of either grape, but both these wines were seriously yummy. The Weissburgunder promised gooseberry in the nose and was creamy without being heavy. It confirmed the gooseberry on the palate with a slightly salty finish. The Grauburgunder was heavier and riper than the Weissburgunder, with lots of peach aromas. According to Johannes, this was the first time that they harvested fully ripe Pinot blanc grapes. Usually they are not fully ripe which showed how warm 2011 was. Both wines can turn someone like me around who usually dismisses both grapes.

We then tried the 2011 Fritz’s Riesling trocken, an entry level wine they produce for European countries, and a bit sweeter for the U.S. market. The nose was beautifully floral with light fruit aromas. On the palate I got citrus notes and some slight bitter aromas. At 12.5% this was an alright and easy drinking wine.

And on to their 2011 Gunderloch Gutsriesling, their estate entry dry level wine. The nose was full of peach and some pineapple. On the palate, it was strong and spicy with citrus and bitter orange notes. According to Johannes it had a significant amount of acidity and showed great minerality. I couldn’t agree more and liked it quite a bit.

The 2011 Nackenheim Riesling trocken is their equivalent to a Burgundy village wine. On the nose, this wine showed ripe and mellow notes. On the palate it proved dry, full-bodied but too alcoholic for my taste with a tad of bitterness at the end. It seemed a bit closed and not quite ready. We compared this to the 2011 Nierstein Riesling trocken which I preferred much more: The nose had yellow fruit and peach aromas, and the flavor profile was alcoholic, citrussy and nicely fresh. Johannes explained that that was the usual set up for the Niersteiner and Nackenheimer Rieslings for them: Their Nierstein Pettenthal wines were usually more accessible early on with the Nackenheim Rothenberg wines coming later to the show. So it is always worth waiting a bit with the Nackenheim wines from Gunderloch. Lesson learned.

The next dry wines we tried were their flagship dry wines. First up was the 2010 Nierstein Pettenthal Riesling GG (Grosses Gewächs, a VDP designation for the most outstanding dry wines from a grand cru vineyard a winery produces). This wine proved that I actually can like and enjoy dry wines! On the nose it showed raisins, ripe fruits and some alcohol. I wrote down “awesome nose” in my notes. On the palate, it was dense and ripe, full of fruit with a racy acidity. To me, it tasted like the best of Riesling which I usually find in the sweeter Riesling Spätlesen…this one had 13% ABV and definitely was not sweet, though, but I loved it! Seriously outstanding.

The 2010 Nackenheim Rothenberg Riesling GG in contrast, proving Johannes’ point about the slower development of the Rothenberg wines, showed a very restrained nose, Nina got some papaya notes. On the palate, it was subtle with exotic fruits and a very long and enjoyable finish. The development curve of this awesome wine has just begun. It was just amazing to see how different these two wines were at this stage of their development. To a certain degree, Johannes told us, they have stopped presenting the Rothenberg wines to wine critics when they come out because they are just not ready and would risk a bad review…

My tasting notes.

My tasting notes.

Given that this blog post is pretty long already I will post the remaining notes about their off-dry and sweeter wines in another post (over here)…suffice it to say that we had a great time and tried some great wines from one of the best sites in Rheinhessen. It really moved me to taste what I only had read before but was never able to fully appreciate: That I was lucky to be born along one of the few true grand cru sites along the Rhine. What a blessing. Because of their successes, the wines tend to be more expensive than the usual Mosel Rieslings I present here. But the upside is that their wines are easily available in the United States, so go grab a bottle if you can and let Gunderloch transport you to where I come from.

Click the names for aerial views of the Nackenheim Rothenberg and Nierstein Pettenthal vineyards.

Johannes and I.

Johannes and I after a great tasting.

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14 thoughts on “Meeting the Vintners: Weingut Gunderloch, Nackenheim (Rheinhessen), Germany

  1. […] in Seoul, Korea and pretty much anywhere else I have been (I visited the winery in June 2012, here are my thoughts). I told the owner and he informed me they had more in their storage. So he took me to his upstairs […]

  2. […] wonderful tasting at Weingut Gunderloch that I published last week (if you missed it, check it out here), this installment brings you the tasting notes on the sweeter wines. Bear in mind that I am […]

  3. Stefano says:

    Very nice write up and wine tasting notes, Oliver! Very enjoyable.
    I am tempted to try their Nierstein Pettenthal!
    Take care

    • I don’t know how that happened, because the links are correct. It just takes me to Erden then…that is weird. I deleted the links for now trying to figure this out. Thanks for pointing this out!

  4. Yea it was alright. A bit simple. Which of their wines would you recommend most? I might give their wines a second chance at a later point.

    • The Grosses Gewächs were both very good. The Pettenthal is more accessible now, the Rothenberg will be a while. Them being their top dry wines they come at a price, though. I’ll be going through my notes again over the weekend for the sweeter wines and will post next week. The wines definitely are different from the Mosel wines.

      • Alright,
        Thanks for the recommendations. I will decide whether I like reinhessen Rieslings or not after I tried another one of their wines.
        Grosses Gewachs could definitely win a prize for the most unpronounceable name of the year.

        • Haha, true. Just call them GG. :) Rheinhessen is a really vibrant region these days, lots of younger winemakers. There are wineries out there with a lot of clout. So even if you don’t like Gunderlochs, don’t give up on Rheinhessen (yet). I can send you a couple of names you might want to try…Also, other grapes from Rheinhessen are also worth a try, like Silvaner.

  5. I had a Gunderloch Jean-Baptiste 2011 at a restaurant a while ago. It was alright. The Riesling from Dr Loosen and Markus Molitor convinced me more but thanks for sharing your experience at the winery.

    • Well, the Jean Baptiste is their entry level, bigger market kabinett wine. I have had better and worse experiences with that over the years. I thought the 2011 was decent (I will write about that in the upcoming instalment). It does not compare to a single vineyard wine, though.

  6. Stacy Smith says:

    I enjoyed this entry! :) Keep @ it!

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