Archive for September, 2008
For you
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged kiss, romance on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Something to cheer us up
Posted in food, tagged bagels, food, pumpkin on September 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Got the lost-my-shirt blues. Still, this is my favorite time of the year and I’m determined to enjoy the beautiful fall weather to the max. This is a nice spread for bagels or apples.
Pumpkin Spice Cream Cheese Spread
4 oz. cream cheese, softened
3 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
1/4 cup canned pumpkin
1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie [...]
Poem For People That Are Understandably Too Busy To Read Poetry by Stephen Dunn
Posted in Poetry, tagged Poetry, Stephen Dunn on September 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Poem For People That Are Understandably Too Busy To Read Poetry by Stephen Dunn
Relax. This won’t last long.
Or if it does, or if the lines
make you sleepy or bored,
give in to sleep, turn on
the T.V., deal the cards.
This poem is built to withstand
such things. Its feelings
cannot be hurt. They exist
somewhere in the poet,
and I am [...]
I am appalled and sick at heart reading some of the so-called “humor” being directed at Gov. Palin. It is far from amusing. It wasn’t okay for the Right to do what they did to Hillary, and it’s not okay for the Left. Demonizing and degrading any national candidate is sickening. I wouldn’t support her [...]
Someone I would like to meet – Nic Askew
Posted in Art, Consciousness, movies, photography, tagged Art, films, Nic Askew, soul biographies on September 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
But since I can’t, I’ll introduce him to you. His name is Nic Askew, and he makes short films.
He’s an artist and a philosopher, a husband and a Dad, and he has a way of capturing the essence of his subjects on film, a unique approach and rapport with his subjects that creates a film [...]
LHC delay
Posted in physics, science, tagged large hadron collider, LHC, physics, science on September 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m disappointed in the malfunction, I imagine the scientists involved are distraught.
It sounds very serious, a good deal of damage was done.
Next year?
I wish them all well. Hang in there!
Consciousness
Posted in Consciousness, personal, tagged Consciousness, evolution, personal thoughts on September 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Four hundred years ago I looked at the sky more often. I lived in Scotland and would often sit with my back against my favorite rock, watching the clouds. There were black clouds and white clouds, and the wind that carried them about. Beyond the clouds I saw the sky, but I did not know [...]
Transitions
Posted in Art, Politics, Reading list, books, creativity, food, tagged cooking, economics, kuttner, Politics on September 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It’s fall and change is in the air. The ongoing economic crisis is on my mind, globally and more personally. The anxiety was palpable last week, finding it’s way to the Center where I work. When I got there at eight Tuesday morning the electricity had been turned off for non-payment. It was back on [...]