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Hi Julia,
Wow you did really well swimming all those lengths in just an hour. Wishing you lots of luck for Sunday, hope everything goes to plan. You have certainly raised a lot money for such a great cause.
Yes let's hope Andy Murray plays well, I was on the edge of my seat the other afternoon when he played. They must be really fit to keep going in that heat.
Your Orange blossom looks beautiful. I am looking forward to watching QVC on Sunday, it sounds as if there are some great brands on.
Am slowly reading your book, when I get a chance, really enjoying it so far, I took it with me on Thursday as I was having my hair coloured, and I get so bored having to sit still. I was well away into the book as it was lovely and quiet, and then they had a delivery and the receptionist who unpacked it decided to pop the plastic packaging that was inside, it really got on my nerves and I could not concentrate on the book so had to close it up.
Loved the picture of Oskar on the table, my he has grown.
Anyway Julia have a great weekend, and all the best for your swim.
Love Jean XX
On Wednesday I went to have a 'dress rehearsal' at the Trinity School pool where my charity swim/gala is taking place on Sunday. It was the first time I had swum there and I completed 80 lengths in an hour so I am fairly confident that I will be able to manage the extra 20 on Sunday, particularly with the help of the crowd…in football terms, the 'twelfth man'.
It was a lovely pool to swim in and I just want to thank Trinity School again for allowing us the use of the pool free of charge so that all the money we raise will be going to the two charities.
I will post some pictures on next week's blog and also an update on the money raised. We have already beaten our original target of £2000 so we upped the bar to £3000 and we are almost at that so will maybe have to raise it again. Thanks so much to those of you who have already donated and, for those of you who would like to, here is the link for the final time – uk.virgingivingmoney.com/juliarobertsqvc
I got home from my swim to find that Andy Murray had clawed himself back from the edge of defeat at Wimbledon to make it into the semi final. Good luck to him for the semi this afternoon and, if he wins that, for the final on Sunday. One of the fun races in the gala is 'bat and ball' in recognition of it being held on the same day as the Wimbledon Men's Final…hoping for a double celebration!
This Sunday is also a biggie at QVC, as I briefly mentioned in last week's blog. It is a day full of TSV's from some of your favourite big brands. For beauty lovers there is Elemis, Leighton Denny, Ultrasun, ybf and more. There are some great electrical's - a Samsung TV and Canon camera, to name just two, and fragrant Yankee Candles. Everything on air on Sunday is a TSV so it's all at prices reduced for one day only, that's why we call it Super Sunday!
Talking of beauty TSVs, we have a lovely one tomorrow from L'Occitane with useful small sizes of shower gels and matching body lotions, shampoo and conditioner, and a selection of hand creams in handbag size as well as my favourite footcream – very handy for taking on hols. It even has a small size of the Almond Oil, which I always take on holiday with me – a lovely fragrant collection.
My garden is fragrant at the moment too with all the roses and this beautiful orange blossom (above left) - I think all the rain has literally helped the garden grow this year. One thing that doesn't need watering though is the Peony TSV (left) that I am launching midnight Tuesday into Wednesday. I brought my sample home last night and put it on the hall table. This morning Chris asked me who the plant was from, it's very realistic.
Have a lovely weekend and let's hope it is a Super Sunday in more ways than one!
Julia xx
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July 5, 2013 at 12:33 pm -
Hi Julia,
July 5, 2013 at 5:20 pm -
Wishing you and the Team all they very best for Sunday, look forward to the photos. Have fun on Sunday. Will be thinking of you all
Love Sandra xxx
July 5, 2013 at 5:25 pm -
Just to wish you luck on Sunday Julia…I really admire your guts and determination to do this swim. Without the money for research these charities really struggle. I have Lupus and a lot of us are able to lead fairly normal lives apart from a few blips along the way!
Will be thinking of you on Sunday and I hope that ALL of the other presenters put their hands in their pockets to sponsor you especially one who is always bragging about how much she spends on dresses and shoes!!!!
Lots of love
Liz x
July 6, 2013 at 9:37 pm -
Hi Julia
Good luck with your swim tomorrow, I'm sure you'll make it.
I read your last blog but not sure why I didn't leave a comment now, I think I must have got distracted! 'Jilly's Lilies indeed!! Not like you to sound defeatist and, in any case, I much prefer 'Julilias'!
I have really enjoyed Ali's Anniversary shows. Well done you getting her to fess up on all her beauty secrets! I think, for her 20th anniversary, we should have a Super Sunday with multiple beauty TSV's, don't you?! Promise Ali another coffee and walnut cake and I bet she'll agree to it! In the meantime, I'm looking forward to tomorrow, especially Elemis.
I know what you mean about everything growing in the garden. I don't know about you though but I'm wishing it would rain again already. All this garden watering is playing havoc with my Q viewing!!
July 7, 2013 at 8:46 am -
Just wishing you good luck for your charity swim,donated myself today hope you raise lots of money,you are such an inspiration to us all.
Lots of love to you and your family
keep well
July 8, 2013 at 10:42 am -
Well you done it good on you,knew you would,you are a very confident person,now look after yourself ,hope the house hunting goes well are you really going to settle down at long last lol
July 8, 2013 at 3:21 pm -
hope you got on with your swim okay
July 8, 2013 at 6:59 pm -
Hi Julia
Sounds like everything went 'swimmingly' on Sunday, pardon the pun! I didn't realise you were on air afterwards, my you must have slept like a baby last night.
Hope you have received the card I made you, wishing you good luck, although once made I realised I didn't have an envelope to fit, so made that too! Hope it wasn't too bright.
You have done so well, organising and swimming and you should be sooo proud of yourself as no doubt Chris, Sophie and Daniel are…well done you!!!
Spent over 3 hours today at the Hospital firstly for the pre-op and then to seen the Consultant. The Fracture Clinic was the worst I've ever seen and we were told it best to go for a coffee as they were running 90 minutes late. Crikey, everthing was covered going over what could happen when taking the metal out eeek! The nurse was able to confirm that the cholesterol had gone from 9.1 to 5.1, which was a relief, but they did take another ECG though.
Am I right in tinking that some time ago you mentioned that Ali Y suggested Argan Oil? I can certainly relate to Chapter 53 of your book…I have a very sensitive skin and over the past few weeks, it's felt a little sore and has a number of red lumps and bumps on my cheek, chin and neck area (not spots). Anyway, I ordered the Melvita Argan Oil and Rose Water spray, which arrived yesterday and I cannot get over the change. The Rose Water I have sprayed over my face, neck and chest area and it feels so smooth, followed by the Argan Oil, last night and this morning…WOW! what a difference already, the lumps have definitely subsided and hopefully with use, will improve more…highly recommeded and 5 stars too!
Annette x
July 10, 2013 at 11:54 pm -
Hello Jean
Well it really turned out to be a Super Sunday with the gala ad of course Andy Murray winning Wimbledon. I didn't see the whole match as I had to leave to drive into work, but there was much air punching and car horn blasting from all the fellow motorists as we listened on our car radios.
I will put up some pictures and a video of the gala on my blog this week …. we are over £4000 now …. people have been very generous.
I'm so gad you are enjoying my book …. take your time as it's one of those books you can pick up and put down as all the chapters are stories in their own right.
Oskar is simply adorable
Speak soon
Julia x
July 10, 2013 at 11:59 pm -
Hi Sandra
The swim went really well – 101 lengths completed in an hour and 15 minutes. I will be blogging about it this week and I'm pleased to say there are lots of happy smiling faces from the volunteers who gave up their Sunday to make the gala so watchable
Julia x
July 11, 2013 at 12:04 am -
Hi Liz
Thanks for your good wishes for the swim which went very smoothly. My friends and colleagues have been very supportive of my efforts for the two charities who will be benefitting ….. we are over £4000 now.
I wish you well with coping with your Lupus
Julia x
July 11, 2013 at 12:12 am -
Hi Marian
Hope you enjoyed Super Sunday – did you get the Elemis TSV or is that a stupid question? I thought Keeley was very funny with her 'Murray Mix' just because the products were in red, white and blue!
The gala went well …. evidence on this week's blog on Friday, although there is already a blog on Q Gossip with photos and quotes from some of the QVC team who took part.
I haven't given up on the lily growing challenge – mine are in bud but I guess everyone else's will be too … que sera sera!
An all beauty Super Sunday, now there's an idea!
Don't you dare do a rain dace
Julia x
July 11, 2013 at 12:17 am -
Hello Rose
Thanks for your donation we are doing very well at over £4000 raised …. the original target was only £2000 so I'm delighted. I don't know about being an inspiration, I'm just trying to give a little back as I feel I owe both these charities so much
Julia x
July 11, 2013 at 12:20 am -
Hi Pauline
All done ….. for this year anyway! We have been to see 2 houses this week but neither suitable I'm afraid. I really hope 'the one' comes along soon
Julia x
July 11, 2013 at 12:23 am -
Hi Martin
It all went swimmingly and I think all the other members of Team Splash seemed to enjoy themselves – they are all talking about doing it again next year!
Julia x
July 11, 2013 at 12:34 am -
Hello Annette
Thanks so much for my card – brilliant. I can't lie it was a relief to get into bed on Sunday night, tired but happy. I did 'hit the wall' a bit on Monday but feeling better today and anyway it was all worth it.
So do you have a date for your operation? It's almost worse the more they tell you, particularly if you have a while to wait until they do the procedure.
You are right about Ali Young recommending Argan Oil for me. My eyes had flared up – not sure if it was product related or possibly even too much chlorine. She put me on Argan Oil and it was almost instantly calmed … not making any claims of course, just relating personal experience.
Try not to worry too much
Julia x
July 11, 2013 at 9:49 am -
Hi Julia
I think you did ever so well and I'm so glad the card arrived, because Chris forgot to post it for me and I was hoping it would get there before the event.
The Consultant wasn't the original one, because of how the NHS are stretched at the moment. She is very nice and said she would make it pretty for me…booked in for next Thursday! She also told me that I do have a little bit of arthritis in the ankle, but then you'd get that anyway I think?
Although trying not to worry, I am having sleepless nights again.
I really wish that I had taken before and after photos of my lumps and bumps, they have completely gone…I could have sent them through, although as you say, you can't make any claims, everybodys results would be different.
Hope you're out there enjoying this beautiful sunshine, I on the other hand am more like Ali Young, in the shade. I got very badly sunburnt as a child, so my skin is ultra sensitive. I did try Ultrsun's face cream, but it brought me out in spots, however I did used to use Elemis SPF30 for the face, which was ok…they don't do that anymore, do they?
Annette x
July 11, 2013 at 9:15 pm -
LOL Julia!! "Did I get the Elemis TSV"?!! Is the Pope Catholic??!! I love the new Skin Nourishing Body Scrub. Glad you're on board with my 'multiple beauty TSV 's day', let's call it 'Beauty-Full Sunday"! I'll start saving now!! xx


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Three Taylor Road Elementary School third-graders and a fifth-grader from Waggoner Road Middle School will be "kickin' it" at a triathlon, biking, swimming and running at Alum Creek State Park.
Three Taylor Road Elementary School third-graders and a fifth-grader from Waggoner Road Middle School will be "kickin' it" at a triathlon, biking, swimming and running at Alum Creek State Park.
Third-graders Sienna Barnish, Anna Haines and Baylie Phillips, along with fifth-grader Drake Barnish, will compete at 8:30 a.m. June 1 at the Ohio State University Ross Kickstand Youth Triathlon and Duathlon at Alum Creek Park, 3615 S. Old State Road in Lewis Center.
The event will include closed courses for children age 2 to 12 to promote awareness of how to prevent heart disease through proper nutrition and a heart-healthy lifestyle, according to event organizers from the OSU Ross Heart Hospital.
The Taylor Road students will swim six laps, bike two miles, then run three-fourths of a mile.
School Principal Darrell Propst said he was surprised to hear he had students in the school training for a triathlon.
"It sounds like an extreme form of physical endurance, but these are great kids and I'm really proud of them," he said. "They are great academically and are model students. I think it is really impressive that they are adding the triathlon training for a well-rounded education."
Cutting out sweets and soda and drinking more water and milk are parts of the students' training regimen, besides participating in sports such as soccer and doing more running, biking and swimming.
Baylie said she has been running with her mom, biking with her friends and swimming whenever she can get to a pool.
"I was watching the news one day and saw a kid with special needs whose older brother was helping him do a triathlon," she said. "I decided I would like to do a triathlon, too."
She thinks that the biking part of the triathlon will be the most fun.
Anna said she biked all last weekend around her neighborhood.
"I wanted to do the triathlon for the challenge of it and the fun," she said. "I've been swimming at the Y and on vacation, there was a pool. I think the biking will be fun."
She said if anyone told her they thought a triathlon was too hard, she would tell them, "You should do it because it's fun and because you want to see if you can do it."
Sienna said she also thinks the biking will be the best part.
"I want to challenge myself and do some different stuff than I usually do," she said. "I like doing something that is hard for me."
Drake is Sienna's brother. He has run a 13-mile half-marathon in the past.
"I wanted to do the triathlon to test if I could bike, jog and swim well," he said. "I've been riding my bike and jogging around the neighborhood with my sister."
He remembers being tired after the half-marathon, but said he is eager to do a full marathon someday.
Drake said students at the middle school have been wishing him luck and also asking, "How are you going to do that?"
"I'm training and trying to do my best and test myself," he said.
The event offers age-based distances, beginning with ages 6-8, with a 75-yard swim, one-mile bike ride and half-mile run.
Ages 9-10 swim for 150 yards, bike two miles, then run a three-quarter-mile course.
Ages 11-12 swim for 250 yards, bike three miles and run one mile.

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Karl Watson presents his new non-profit organization Karls Kauses. With this, Karl will work to give back to innercity youth globally to help them stay on the board and off all bad influences. Watch Karl's first event in the Tenderloin, now playing on KayoTV.
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On Episode 228 of CrossFit Radio, host Justin Judkins interviewed Jason Graves, who has lost over 100 lb. since starting CrossFit. Justin also interviewed CrossFit's Jimi Letchford about the CrossFit for Hope fundraiser. This episode was webcast live at 6 p.m. PDT on Wednesday, June 13, 2012.
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32:36 Jimi Letchford from CrossFit has been working hard to make CrossFit for Hope successful. He talked about how the idea originated with Coach Greg Glassman and how CrossFit's founder and CEO knew great things would happen once the CrossFit community got behind a worthy cause. Letchford described what CrossFit for Hope is and how people can still raise money. The money raised before June 24 will go to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital hospital directly, and then the website will reset and the CrossFit Community will have an entire year to raise more money for a good cause. Letchford talked about visiting the hospital and how powerful it was to meet some of the patients.
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A few weeks ago Kelly and I took Liza for her final fitting on her dress for our wedding. The bridal store was just off Exit Two in Nashua and as I drove down the long exit ramp I suddenly flashed back almost seven years to the time I got off Exit 2 to go to the movies for the first time with Kelly.
At that time in my life just getting out of bed was a challenge. I was in the process of divorcing and I was terrified about what the future would hold and how I could even begin to think about surviving as a single mom. I felt as though I was standing on the edge of a steep, tall cliff and I was either going to crash in pieces at the bottom or figure out how to leap hard enough to make it to the other side. I had lost my sister and one of my best friends within a year of each other, and I was unsure how or even if I could tell my mother that I was finally going to come out as a gay woman. A terrific network of friends surrounded me for whom I will always be grateful, but I was fearful of becoming "that" friend. You know the one. The one you see coming and think 'Oh great, here comes Katie moaning about her divorce and her dead sister again." I had no idea which direction to turn in, what road to take or how to parent my child. I was wracked with guilt about hurting my ex-husband and breaking up our family. I was lost. Sitting up one night I searched the computer for any kind of support group that might help a woman in my unique position. While I didn't exactly find that I did find a notice for a local gay women's group advertising a Friday night "Food Night"at a restaurant about 25 minutes away. I thought, "Well, I can talk to anyone over dinner. Maybe I'll meet some new friends." Let's be clear here. I was not looking for romance. I was not looking for anything other than maybe finding a few women who might have been through similar situations and who might help me find some good resources to figure out where I was going. Taking a deep breath I emailed the event organizer, got directions and put my name on the list. It was time to start leaping.
I found my way to the tiny strip mall that housed the inauspicious Thai restaurant and entered to find a group of women chatting while the hostess arranged for their large table. A woman in a plaid shirt, baseball hat and I started talking about the latest season of "Survivor" (Pearl Islands in case anyone is keeping track) and instantly bonded over who we were rooting for (Rupert). "I know. Rupert right?" the woman said and then stuck out her hand to shake on it as if our shared backing of a bearded reality show contestant was a deal we were closing. "I'm Kelly." She said. And so it was.
That night I laughed harder than I had in years. Laughed in a way I thought I'd forgotten how to laugh. Kelly mocked my choice of wine. "Ooh Shiraz…FAN CY!" (I loved this, for, like most people who use humor as crutch, I only mock people I really like). We chatted about seventies television, Oscar winners and tried to out-trivia each other. After dinner she invited me to join her and the group for ice cream down the road and we headed out with her best friend Jackie and Jackie's then girlfriend in a convertible that nearly took our heads off when Jackie accidentally started raising the top back up. I didn't recognize myself it was such a leap for me. But all I knew was I was laughing and happy in a way I'd forgotten how to be. When I got home that night I had an email waiting for me from Kelly. (This was pre-Facebook, otherwise I'm sure she would have 'friend-ed' me).
A few weeks later Kelly invited me to join her for a movie at a cinema near her home. "I live just off Exit Two" she said giving me directions. I accepted with a combination of excitement and trepidation and as I drove down the exit ramp I wasn't sure what to expect. But then there she was opening the door of her condo and somewhere deep down I suspected life as I knew it was about to change. I didn't start dating Kelly that night or for many months to come. I was skittish and nervous and busy trying to make some kind of order out of my new life. But little by little Kelly's presence in that new life became a constant. She was there shoveling my driveway (which by the way she's not so enthusiastic about anymore), taking me and Liza on outings and adventures, cooking me risotto, and leaving funny songs and trivia questions on my voice mail each morning. And little by little I found myself letting go of that breath I'd been holding. Little by little I found my smile again, my laugh again, and let down my guard and opened my heart and my life to this woman who lived off of Exit Two.
Today is our wedding day. After nearly seven years of movies, road trips, horrible tennis games, helping Liza with her school projects, and white wine and brie on the deck on Friday nights; after nearly seven years of growing together, leaning on each other, loving each other and most of all laughing with and yes at each other, we are getting legally married. And I'm so glad that the scared woman I was nearly seven years ago took that chance and made that drive down to Exit Two. Happy Wedding Day Kelly. I love you.


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The last sunset of winter-it is time for this frosty air to be gone!
It's been a long one. Tomorrow is the spring equinox. I think the groundhog (Punxsutawney Phil, out east, or Jimmy here in Wisconsin) lied to us. But, bygones. It's time to look ahead.
Maybe this spring brings us a new beginning.
So much ugliness has consumed our state for the last two years. Maybe 2013 is the beginning of the recovery? Is this the year the Singers will lift their voices? Will we be able to taste a future? One that is full of hope, not dread?


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Born 1981 in Kouvola, lives and works in New York
Riitta Ikonen approaches her environment from a visual-communication viewpoint. She graduated from the Royal College of Art in London. Since then, she has lived in England, and is currently working on some new pieces in New York. Ikonen works with the tools of costume design, performance and mail art, and carries out communal art projects. She describes her approach as 'pragmatic intuition'.
A central feature of her participatory works is an affectionate testing out of the boundaries between nature and culture. For her series of photographs Me Again (2007-2009) Ikonen made a variety of costumes on nature themes, such as the chanterelle mushroom, the herring, and the snowflake. She appears in situations staged for the pictures dressed in her own costumes. How is it possible to get elderly people from different parts of the world to talk about themselves and their environments, and to share stories related to their own cultures? The series of photographs Eyes as Big as Plates (2011-) is Ikonen's joint project with the Norwegian photographer Karoline Hjorth. The costumes, assembled from materials taken from nature, such as branches, flowers, twigs, leaves and moss, put their wearers back into nature. The photographs construct local mental landscapes. At the same time, they speak of the desire to belong to a specific place. This theme of being masked by and having roots in nature has so far been put into practice, for instance, in Southwest Norway, Northern Karelia, New York and France.
Leevi Haapala, PhD
MA (RCA) Communication Art and Design, Royal College of Art, London 2006-08
BA (Hons) Illustration, University of Brighton, UK 2002-05
Eyes as Big as Plates, Pioneer Works, with Karoline Hjorth, New York, USA 2013
Mail Art, Christopher Henry Gallery, New York, USA 2012
Eyes as Big as Plates, Finnish Norwegian Cultural Institute, with Karoline Hjorth, Oslo 2012
Eyes as Big as Plates, KINO KINO, with Karoline Hjorth, Sandnes, Norway 2011
To: Margaret Hube , 72 Rivington Street, London 2010
Walkthrough Wardrobe, Tate Britain, London, 2009
Bird and Leaf, Hockney Gallery, with Anja Shaffner, London 2008
Juncture festival, Leeds, UK, March 2014
Trøndelagsutstillingen,TBK & Trøndelag Centre for Contemporary Art, Norway 2013
Wearable Art Class, Christopher Henry Gallery, New York, USA 2013
Chronicle, Denny Gallery, New York, USA 2013
Brighton Illustration: Then, Now, After: University of Brighton Gallery, UK 2013
RCA Secret, Kensington Gore, London (annually since 2008)
The World in London, (2012 Cultural Olympiad London), Victoria Park, Photographers' Gallery & Gulbenkian Foundation, London 2012
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4 stars out of 4. Immortal album and one of the finest of the 90's.
This is the best album by the Foos bar-none. If there is ever a single reason for Dave Grohl's continued work in music post-Nirvana this would be it. The reason why this record works? Brace yourself cause it's pretty simple.
This record is simply three guys jamming together in a Virginia basement. The writing is top notch and there is no filler whatsoever unlike every other Foo record which is almost guaranteed to have one filler track somewhere. It just grooves along and has a vibe unlike any of their other records.
They threw out the heavy production and the new lineup of guitarist/singer-bassist-drummer put their heads to lock into a single groove. That's all this record is. A declaration that they want this band to work and that they don't give a damn how they do it. And they threw out all the company execs and made the thing themselves. The addition of Taylor Hawkins gives the sound a freshness not heard before and it locks into a vibe that never dies.
From the initial warning blare of "Stacked Actors" to the tired yet defiant close of "M.I.A.", TINLTL never lets up it's unbelievably strong lineup of tunes. Start to finish both musically and lyrically this record is something to rock out to and something to curl up with as the sun sets on yet another day. Their third effort has all the strengths of their two previous albums. All of the reckless energy and inspiration of the debut is here, along with the quality production and fleshing out of the sound that was on the follow-up. Sure, they might have added more members and changed the sound again after this record, but the Foo Fighters would never be as honest and direct as this.
TINLTL is melodic. In fact, Dave himself has later said that it is entirely based on melody. Maybe this is why it plays so well. It is one of those very admittedly few records that can be played at almost anytime in life. Once you crack it out again, it's really hard to believe how good this thing is. In addition to the rockers and the massive singles (in '99 you heard these almost daily.) there are some really great slower songs that seem to be nothing but melody. The referential "Ain't it the Life" and the gorgeous "Aurora" reveal this softer side of the band and reiterate how much heart is behind this stripped down record.
It's this stripped down quality that I like most about TINLTL. Not stripped down technically, but a stripping away of unnecessary elements and additions in order to just get back to the music itself. This stuff just flows out of that basement and through your speakers as if you were standing outside the windows in that summer when the band was recording. It's effortless.
"It was all about just settling into the next phase of your life, that place where you can sit back and relax because there had been so much crazy shit in the past three years. At that point it was me,Taylor and Nate and we were best friends. It was one of the most relaxing times of my whole life. All we did was eat chilli, drink beer and whiskey and record whenever we felt like it. When I listen to that record it totally brings me back to that basement. I remember how it smelled and how it was in the Spring so the windows were open and we'd do vocals until you could hear the birds through the microphone. And more than any other record I've ever done, that album does that to me." -Dave Grohl in an interview with Kerrang magazine, 2006.
With all of the hoopla about the Foos making their last album (Wasting Light) all analog and in Dave's garage, I was fingers crossed for another great record like this one. But even with Butch Vig manning the boards, it isn't the same. TINLTL is like lightning in a bottle. For those who get it, it's a tonic from all of the cynicism that goes with modern music and is totally deserving of it's Grammy for Best rock album.
The cover and artwork backup the heart and meaning of this album. The cover is a grainy B&W photo of the back of Dave's neck where his new band logo tattoo is displayed as a badge of honor. Tired but still breathing and alive. Oh, and full of barbeque too. (The band would barbeque outside every day after recording.)
EDITIONS: For years we've lived with the CD, which sounds okay for the time. There is some loudness compression but nothing near giant brickwalled limiting. then there's the long out of print vinyl that's been on my wishlist for years. But all the user reports are that the sound quality is absolute crap. So I turned to looking for an even rarer EU pressing which might have had better sound. Never found one and really didn't feel like dropping around $100. So we now come to to the new vinyl reissue by Legacy cut by Chrirs Bellman. All of the catalog Foo albums have been reissued on vinyl by Legacy in inexpensive renditions all cut by Bellman. They kept the price down by not reproducing all artwork interiors, using inexpensive lighter oversized cardboard and keeping all the vinyl regular 120gram weight instead of opting for heavier 180 gram. The result? Everything a vinyl reissue should be and damn good. In fact, I'm going to go out on a limb here and proclaim this to be the best non-audiophile label reissue I've ever come across. For me and many other vinylphiles the price of a reissue is always looming in our decisions on whether or now to purchase. All of these reissues are in the $20-30 price range (and around $15-20 for the single disc S/T) spread across two LPs and are pressed extremely well. I ordered this LP from Amazon for $20 and it arrived dead quiet right out of the box and even includes a voucher for an MP3 download. There is no downside to this reissue and I intend on picking up the rest of the series based on this LP alone. Details come out of the songs like never before, like on the opening of "Learn to Fly" there's a tambourine!
It's just so refreshing to be able to buy a cheap vinyl reissue that isn't mastered from a limited CD master, pressed badly, damaged, warped, noisy, overprocessed and actually sounds like a vinyl record should.
And to top it all off, for once a modern record that has no real sibilance on my system. I use a standard Shure M97-xe at this time, and even though it does a decent job with sibilance, modern records have massive amounts of hissing s'sssss that come into my ears. (Notably the Foo's own Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace ironically) But this has none of that. Unbelievable just how plain freaking awesome this is.


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The sense that God had big plans for Martha's life was impressed upon her at a very young age. In fact, she was only eighteen months old when a severe skin infection threatened her life. What today would be aggressively treated with antibiotics was nearly a death sentence in the days before penicillin was widely available.
In Martha's case, intensive nursing care from a loving aunt—for whom Martha had been named—eventually led to healing. But that outcome was by no means assured as her aunt took the toddler from her family's home in Gary, Indiana, to her own home in Winnetka, in Chicago's northern suburbs.
Before Martha and her aunt departed, two women from Martha's church came to pray for her healing. So upset by the little girl's condition, they believed they would never see her alive again.
But over the weeks that followed, frequent bandage changes and daily doctor visits eventually brought healing. And when Martha was later returned to her home, the ladies who had prayed over her at the height of her horrific infection called her "our little missionary," suggesting that God, who had so powerfully saved her life, must have big plans for Martha's future.
Martha's recovery from a bout with scarlet fever at age six reinforced their belief that God would use Martha in an important way. And what, in their thinking, could be more important than serving on the mission field?
Their expectations, repeated every time they crossed paths with Martha as the years went by, sat heavy on her shoulders throughout her childhood and young-adult years. The energetic and impulsive—sometimes headstrong—young woman was not at all sure she wanted to suffer in service in some faraway land.
Life in Gary, Indiana
Martha's growing-up years went by in a blur of activity—balancing on fence rails as she walked to elementary school, playing hard at sports, and jumping, climbing, and tumbling her way through life. She was well loved by the father she adored and by the mother who was committed to teaching her independent daughter to listen and obey.
As Martha entered her teen years, her mother, who was shy by nature, encouraged her to be a joiner, not a loner, and sent her off to the first day of high school with instructions not to come home "until you've signed up for something." Martha took her mom's instructions very seriously, and that day she joined the Girls Athletic Association (GAA), the band, the choir, and something called the Electron Club, a group that learned about technical things and played records for after-school dances in the gym.
After high school, Martha headed off to Olivet Nazarene University, but when she came home after her freshman year, her mom was seriously ill. Martha didn't realize it at first, but that summer she would more and more take responsibility for running their home and eventually become her mom's caregiver until she died, just over two months later. That experience would echo throughout Martha's life as God used her to minister to others in the final stages of their lives, and to young women like herself who needed the encouragement and listening ear of a mature mentor and friend.
Back to College and Beyond
"My mother died that August," Martha recalls, "and in September I was back at school. But there weren't any support groups—and my dad was in such grief himself that he was unable to give me any support or guidance. I'm so thankful for one of the professors' wives, who was especially kind to me."
During that season of grief, one particular hymn—"God Leads His Dear Children Along"—took on special meaning for Martha. "That song kept me going," she said, "and all through my life, it's come up again and again at times when I am in a quandary."
During those college years Martha met, and later married, Floyd—a classmate who became a successful businessman and has been her partner for sixty-four years. Together they raised three children and eventually moved their family to Wheaton, Illinois.
Although Martha relished being a wife and mother, she looks back on her early years of marriage and parenting as something of a "dormant" season in her spiritual life. But in her early forties, her walk with God took on a whole new dimension, and her days were filled with a sense of living life on a mission—the result of her growing under-standing of the role of God's Spirit in her heart and life. She learned to be attentive to the Spirit's promptings as His presence became increasingly real to her.
Martha credits Dr. Tim LaHaye's book Spirit-Controlled Temperament with opening her eyes to the way the Holy Spirit shapes the heart of a listening and willing believer, directing, providing words, and nudging toward actions.
"As I learned to listen to the Holy Spirit and do what He said, God took me on such a fabulous journey," she said. "Now, anytime my day's schedule seems to get interrupted, I take that as a heads-up to watch carefully what God is doing."
Little Things Mean a Lot
Martha can recount dozens of stories of "chance" encounters, just-the-right-time visits or phone calls, Spirit-directed conversations, and other instances when she saw God's perfect timing and plans. But two stories in particular stand out, not because of their amazing conclusions or dramatic impact, but primarily because each has elements of ordinary moments touched by God's extraordinary grace and love.
"One morning," Martha recalls, "when I was a room mother in my daughter Janelle's class, I was supposed to bake cupcakes for the Halloween party that afternoon. I needed a cake mix and was waiting until the grocery store opened. But I kept feeling an urgency to go to the twenty-four-hour convenience store now to buy that cake mix.
"But that will be more expensive, I thought, and I don't need the cupcakes until three this afternoon," she remembers. "But an inner voice kept telling me to just go do it. So finally I did and even bought little candy pumpkins to put on top.
"I had the cupcakes finished by ten in the morning," she says with a smile. "Then I sensed the Holy Spirit directing me to take four of the cupcakes to Wheaton College for two girls I'd spent quite a bit of time with. One of them, in particular, was dealing with a lot of heavy stuff."
As Martha drove onto the campus, she saw all the kids leaving the morning chapel service and spotted the two girls sitting outside Edman Chapel. They recognized Martha's station wagon and ran over and asked, "What are you doing here?"
"I'm bringing you these cupcakes," Martha said.
"Those girls—who each told me they had been in a dreary mood that gray October morning—walked away with big smiles," Martha said, "and I drove home thinking, God, you are incredible. You cared that these girls had those little cupcakes.
"Another time relates to a young woman I knew who was a talented musician and had also gotten into a bad marriage. She was in the hospital recovering from surgery," Martha said, "and when I visited her, she was very depressed and sitting in a dark room with the shades pulled down. I raised the window shade, and we proceeded to talk—and in that conversation, God touched me with a funny bone, because everything I said made that young woman laugh.
"Nurses were walking past the room and looking in—amazed to hear the laughter."
Sometime later Martha learned that the woman was suicidal and had checked herself into a psychiatric hospital in Chicago.
"The following Monday, God said, Go see Eva (not her real name). But I didn't want to go. I knew nothing about psychiatric hospitals and had no idea what I'd find there. But God said go. I told Him I was going only because He told me to. So what do you want me to say? I prayed. He prompted me to go to the Scripture Press bookstore, located in Wheaton at the time, and pick up a copy of the junior high Vacation Bible School book we were using that year. I had no idea why. When I asked for the book, they had to go to the warehouse for it, and while I waited, I noticed packages of notecards on the counter.
"I knew that Eva's children were living with relatives far away, and I thought maybe she'd like to write to them, so I looked through the cards, wondering what color she might like. I picked some that were lavender and purple, not what I would buy for myself, but they seemed like a good choice. When my book arrived, I also bought the cards. One dollar and nineteen cents for the cards, which came with a little purple pen.
As Martha headed into Chicago, she prayed. "And what I 'heard' was, Eva is nervous. You have to bring peace."
When Martha found Eva, she asked her how she filled her time there. "Well," Eva said, "one thing I do is go to craft class. I made myself a poncho."
"She pulled it out," Martha says, "and it was lavender with purple trim.
"I said to her, 'Eva, I'm here to visit you because God told me to. I asked Him what to bring, and He directed me to bring you this book, and these cards you could use to write to your boys.' I didn't say anything more about the cards, and after a bit I went home.
"I planned to visit the following Monday and take a recording of the Sunday message I thought she might want to hear. Before I left home, I called and asked her how things were going. She told me, 'This was the worst weekend in my life.'
"At that moment, God gave me these words: 'Eva, I found out something really amazing about how much God loves you.'
"She was confused. 'What do you mean?'
"I said, 'God loves you so much that He even cares what color paper you have.' Then I told her about being in the bookstore. 'We look for big things, Eva, but God cares even about the little things. I would never have picked that color, but God did.'
"When I got there to see her, she told me that she had taken the stationery and had gone up and down the hall. 'I showed everybody these cards, and I was telling them how much God loves them, too.'"
"The next time I saw Eva, she was like a brand-new person. And when I went to visit, her parents were there. Her mother cried and told me, 'I prayed and prayed for someone to please go to Eva.'
"What did that cost? A dollar and nineteen cents."
Walking Alongside
A number of times over the years God has led Martha to care for those in the final stages of their lives. A memorable example was her Aunt Martha—the woman who had so lovingly nursed her back to health years before.
Aunt Martha had dementia, and when she could no longer live alone, Martha's husband, Floyd, felt strongly that they should bring her into their home.
Caring for someone with dementia, Martha says, brought many interesting challenges, including searching the neighbor- hood when Aunt Martha wandered out of their house—of particular concern when the weather was cold and her aunt, accustomed to life in the South, would leave the house without a coat. More than once, Martha prayed intently and felt God's guidance as she drove through her neighborhood, turning one way and then another and eventually locating the elderly woman.
As dementia further clouded Aunt Martha's thinking and she often became agitated, her niece learned to lean in close and whisper the name of Jesus in her aunt's ear.
"Even though dementia had stolen her mind," Martha said, "I was able to communicate with her spirit. 'Say Jesus, Aunt Martha,' I would tell her, and I would watch as peace replaced her agitation."
She also read to her aunt from Psalm 92:12–15:
"I would say, 'Aunt Martha, you are the palm tree those verses are talking about.'
"Sometimes she got upset about her money," Martha recalls, "and I would say to her, 'Aunt Martha, remember, you are the old palm tree, and your prayers are the best, because the old palm tree produces the best fruit. The devil knows that, so he gets you praying about your money, but God wants you praying for your nieces and nephews.'
"Aunt Martha would say, 'You do it,' and I'd say, 'No, you are the old palm tree, and your prayers are the best. You say, "God, take care of Gene [one of her nephews] right now."' And she would.
"It was beautiful," Martha said, "and later, when she was much worse and was in a nursing home, I'd still whisper in her ear, 'Pray for Walter. He's in college now.' And she'd begin mumbling, making sounds that told me she was praying for Walt."
When Martha visited and found her aunt slumped over in her wheel chair, maybe even drooling, she would speak the beginning words of the Lord's Prayer into Aunt Martha's ear.
"She had attended a church where they said the Lord's Prayer every Sunday morning, so I'd get close to her and say, 'Our Father, who art in heaven—' and before long, she would be murmuring along with me. By the time we reached the end, she would be sitting up. Then I would tell her who to pray for, and she would pray with me. Everyone is valuable, especially the old palm trees."
Over the years, God has used Martha to bring comfort to family members, friends, and others in the final days of their lives—including some who needed to hear the Good News of God's great gift of salvation. There have also been countless young women who touched Martha's heart, many who sought her out as a listener, mentor, and friend—opportunities, she says, that she has cherished, to rub shoulders with younger women and to see them go on to greater heights than she herself could ever have achieved.
But Martha still had never become the missionary those two women had predicted so early in her life. Then came her sixties, and—ready or not—the mission field came calling.
Floyd's "Retirement" Plan
Floyd's desire to "tithe" 10 percent of his career years in full-time service caused him to explore service in missions after his retirement. Missions groups and others were eager for his financial expertise. But after he had helped out in a variety of roles in the Wheaton area, an enticing opportunity—right in Floyd's sweet spot of giftedness—arose, to work on a project for HCJB in Quito, Ecuador.
Floyd was eager to go, and Martha was happy to hold down the fort at home for those months while Floyd was gone; but Floyd decided he wasn't going without Martha and would wait for an opportunity where they could serve together.
Now Martha was in a quandary. She still held some of the same opinions about missions work that had seemed so unappealing decades before: strange people, strange language, strange food, discomfort, and being away from family. But if Floyd wasn't going without her, she decided—aided by a serious conversation with her daughter—that she would go with him.
"Although Floyd had the skills they needed, I didn't feel like I had any skills to offer," Martha says. "But the truth is, God carved out a ministry for me everywhere we went."
When Martha says everywhere, the once-reluctant traveler is referring to the many extended adventures that filled the couple's "post-retirement" years—including six trips to Deva, Romania; multiple trips to Suriname, South America (stays from two weeks to seven months); six months in Ivory Coast, and many more, both in the United States and beyond its borders.
Today, children, students, and adults on four continents and across the U.S. have experienced the friendship and hospitality of the woman her son David nicknamed "Party Marty." And Martha continues to use her gift of hospitality—thankful that Floyd, whose spiritual gift is serving, is always ready to change the sheets for visiting missionaries, help set up for meals, clean up after gatherings, and more.
"God has a plan for you, no matter what your age," Martha says, "and He will use the gifts He has given you, wherever He takes you."


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