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Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Brief Reviews: Donato Mancini and Benjamin Friedlander
Donato Mancini's AEthel is a focused, nuanced, and frequently minimalist book of concrete visual poems that gain power through Mancini's use of repetition and engaging variation. The visual poems are split into two basic series. One consists of letters constructed from different typographical systems that have been combined, melted together, and stretched in ways that make the original letters usually (though not always) illegible. The other juxtaposes visual images of hands, similarly melted and blended, that at the same time are both clearly hands and yet not-so-clearly different from each other.
The titles of each piece, placed beneath or beside the images, are poems both in themselves and in their resonant, never precisely defined relation to the visual details floating above or alongside them. Each title (such as "Xxtreeme Author-Function," or "I Think Therefore I Am Not Sure") intriguingly and often satirically twists and combines phrases, some of which are recognizable in the history of literary and cultural theory, and others of which come from some of the oddities of ordinary daily language.
Both the visual poems and their titles reflect back on and alter each other, as well as the proceeding and following pieces, through these different interactive serial changes. While each piece, on its own, has a unique visual interest, where AEthel most excels is at showing the interconnectedness of language and visual systems and, by implication, the interconnectedness of human bodies that both deploy and are deployed by those systems.
If it isn't already, it should be a truism that literature developed through procedures that take language from outside the author's subjective vocabulary is no less free of the marks of an individual writer's concerns and obsessions than other kind of literature, though it may distribute those marks in ways different than the poem fundamentally attempting to express a unique subjectivity.
Given that, I was eager to read Benjamin Friedlander's Citizen Cain, a collection of flarf poetry by a writer who has neither been stuffily dismissive of flarf or whose work has been significantly defined by it. For awhile now, Friedlander has been one of the most inventive contemporary poet-scholar-critics, able to write game-playing critical work that is literature in its own right, while he has also written understated, subtle lyric poems that recall at times the poetry of Robert Creeley and at times a graceful, thought-provoking European lyric influenced by a broad array of poets and philosophers, including Emmanuel Levinas and many more.
Of the Friedlander whose work I have encountered over more than a few years, I was curious to know what echoes would still remain in the context of the crude reveling in the contradictions and incoherence of contemporary Internet speech for which flarf is either reviled or loved. And Citizen Cain didn't disappoint: although its gleeful vulgarity is not much different from a lot of flarf, there's a greater range of historical reference, both cultural and literary. Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, and long historical mistreatment of Jewish people and culture are just as likely to appear in Citizen Cain as "Hugs, Fudge, and 41 Cellphones," the title of one of the poems here.
Of course, flarf has always been at least partly an investigation, purposely irreverent, haphazard and slapstick, of contemporary cultural conditions, but Friedlander writes flarf that has a larger and more explicit sense of history than most other flarf attempts, although it resembles some of the historical sense of one of the first and still most crucial works of flarf, K. Silem Mohammad's Deer Head Nation. The opening to the poem "The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry," among many pieces, makes this larger historical context clear:
The Chinese cantos are about a girl
who lived in the Song dynasty
about a thousand years ago.
The girl was not only poor but crippled. Happily,
there was a Shriners Hospital
in Louisiana
with free orthopedic care.
People who hate flarf on sight will not give a pass to Citizen Cain. Friedlander fully indulges himself in the pigfuck grossout bathroom humor fests that give fans of flarf giggles and enemies conniptions, which the book's very first poem, "Biological or Social Female Parent of a Child or Offspring and Its Poetry," hardly allows readers to avoid:
Kangaroo poo eaten by a kitten
made you into a "back-up" turkey,
in case my bird flopped. Mom,
you are simply red-
faced professor made up scary story
about moms and their poo
which, in consequence of Section 3
of this agreement, the turkey baster
can eliminate Eve's curse with a flush—
and now there's nothing new to eat!
Whether one finds Citizen Cain tough to read through, or not, depends on one's ability to enjoy lines of this sort. For the most part, the book doesn't add much that's new to the most recognizable aspects of the flarf tone.
Flarf though it is, Citizen Cain is also unquestionably Benjamin Friedlander's flarf. The book consistently and fascinatingly combines flarfy obsession over the detritus of contemporary culture with a larger contextual exploration of European and global history. Although it's no doubt consciously ludicrous, Citizen Cain thus takes its place in the history of a writer who has matched tremendous critical and philosophical sophistication with constant undercutting of any too settled way of approaching literature or the world.
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Tuesday, August 9, 2011
The Washington Review (old reviews): Jennifer Moxley and Jacqueline Risset (1997)
I published many reviews in The Washington Review, the fine D.C. arts and literary magazine that thrived through the 1990s and even, I think, into the early 2000's before finally succumbing. I'm going to reprint occasional reviews from that era on this blog when I have the time, because other than being in the old print issues of TWR, these reviews are probably no longer available. I've edited them a bit for style and phrasing, but otherwise want them to reflect the time and place of their writing.
It's interesting to me how these old reviews show not only the different ways I thought about poetry some time ago, but show also the era of their composition, and the questions about poetics that were abroad and in play at that time.
Jennifer Moxley
Imagination Verses
Tender Buttons Books
P.O. Box 185
Stuyvesant Station
New York City, NY 10009
90 pgs., $8.95
Jacqueline Risset
The Translation Begins
Burning Deck Press
available through:
Small Press Distribution
1814 San Pablo Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94702
96 pgs., $10.00
In contemporary avant garde poetry circles, very little can cause such extreme disagreement as a discussion about the value of lyric poetry. Is lyric poetry by definition the singing of a solitary voice which takes its own problems to be central? Is lyric poetry based on the idea that the human being is an autonomous, free individual who always has power to choose, and who forms all meaning, a notion that would imply that social power and cultural history play no major roles in who we are? Or are there ways of using lyric that suggest that people are formed as much in the connections between each other as in their solitary wills?
Such questions are very much foregrounded by Jennifer Moxley's excellent first collection of poems, Imagination Verses. When Moxley writes, in her brief preface, that her poems are "written out of a desire to engage the universal lyric 'I,'" readers need to understand that she is not reasserting the idea that lyric poetry consists of a series of isolated individuals singing their own lives. Rather, she is engaging the cultural dilemmas that such a notion reflects and creates. In so doing, Moxley strikes at the heart of the conscious ambiguity that lyric poetry can suggest at its best; that we are both isolated and connected, that we are not simply individual but nonetheless cannot speak for others. In Imagination Verses, Moxley struggles with the problem of how to find a perspective from which to write. Who is she when she writes as "I"? Her poems seem to ask who she is in relation to others, and how a lyric poem can help her understand that.
Perhaps the greatest pleasure of Imagination Verses is the way the ironic ambiguities of these problems reveal themselves in the crafted twists of her lines, as in the opening of the book's first poem, "Home World":
I will say what the register calls forth,
the range of the heart
a journey in the strap of speech,
unrealized, failing to grapple
with even the first word,
or world where I saw humans
in the shadows of buildings
unable to speak at all.
Here, the "range of the heart," which might seem a conventional lyric positioning of the individual as central, is ironized by the way the heart can speak only from the "strap of speech," from what "the register calls forth." Rather than speaking simply as herself, the poet can speak only from what the "register" of this speech will allow; by thinking of herself as centered on a metaphor about her "heart," the narrator is aware of how much she is leaving out. She has already assumed something that cannot be assumed, and she knows it. But she still wants to speak from the heart, however much she is aware of the limitations of doing so, and however much she has already failed. Not to do so would be to suggest that there was some other, less located possibility from which she could speak, and she knows that's a falsehood also.
What's remarkable about these poems is the way their sophisticated intellectuality is, in fact, so located. They don't read like a theoretical discussion of the problems of lyric poetry; Moxley is not simply investigating the history of the lyric, or analyzing the problems of language from a safely contained distance. Rather, her poems read as lyrics of moving personal intensity that nonetheless consciously embody theoretically sophisticated investigations of lyric. These poems show the poet living a life, but one in which thinking about what she is doing is as crucial as doing it, as she reveals in "Night Train to Domestic Living Arrangements":
In my own mind you have put me
beside compunction. Re-worked
this mourning room where looking
smacks of mother may I
though to this day I'll falter
when sleep holds sway.
Throw me over your deep end
with some faith next time,
as if to lend some bother to the vex.
The problems that the narrator faces in these poems will be familiar to anyone well read in the history of lyric poetry; problems of desire and love, of the effect we have on others, of the narrator's limited abilities to make the wholesale social changes she often wants to make. That these themes echo the history of lyric poetry does not suggest traditionalism on Moxley's part so much as it suggests the flexibility that lyric poetry can offer in the present moment, in the hands of a writer willing to engage both its possibilities and its problems. While, at times, the twisting ambiguities of Moxley's poems feel so carefully crafted that they lack energy, even that lack seems not Moxley's unconscious failure to write with the passion of her existence, but a conscious understanding of the limitations of passionate conviction.
And there is, in Imagination Verses, a haunting sense of limitations. Much of the book confronts the very harsh reality of the world around her, with its political manipulations, legal robberies, and personal misunderstanding. Limits imposed by others, self-imposed limits, the limits of all that it seems not possible to act on--all these bring to Imagination Verses a deep sense of loss and sadness that is not quite, but just barely not, resignation. In the book's last poem, "Wreath of a Similar Year," hope emerges one more time, flitting in and out of focus among a landscape of mistakes and misunderstandings:
As in the wake
of awakening
wrong attempts
and wrongful death
will fall adjacent
careful Hope.
But, as the last stanza of the poem tells us, this Hope sounds "strangely of untold direction," and is "blind as/the first letter on the first stone/written down." This hope is as blind as even the first attempts to write it into poetry. As blind, that is, as any attempt to write into a poem the ironic depths of opportunity and despair that a conscious life faces when it touches the displacements of its connections.
Anyone wanting a further look at Jennifer Moxley's talents should check out Jacqueline Risset's The Translation Begins, recently published by Burning Deck, and which Moxley translates from the original French. Compared to the struggle for a fully-lived language in Imagination Verses, the poems in The Translation Begins can seem anemic. Indeed an abstracted, distanced lack of particulars, designed to resist representation and image, is at the heart of many other contemporary French avant garde poets, including writers like Claude Royet-Journoud and Jacques Roubaud. One can develop a taste for Risset's anemia, though, once one recognizes the complex shifts in her work. Although the bloodlessness is disturbing, it can be disturbing in a way that is often illuminating.
As Moxley points out in her "Translator's Note," Risset's work often centers on destabilizing patterns, patterns that often emerge from interplay with a series of "hermetic references." Moxley writes, "as soon as the significance of the pattern is recognized, the pattern itself is transformed and torn apart." Although the pattern of destabilizing patterns could easily itself become a too stable pattern, there is enough striking variance on the level of the line, and between lines, in Risset's work that one does not feel the presence of any overarching theoretical schema. There is surprise in these poems, and constant subtle ironies, as in these lines from "M.S. 1544", which do not offer anything to see, and even critique the idea that there might be a clear perspective from which something might be seen:
the reverse--
or the relation--
knowing that everything--
and if in you--
you see--
that seeing--
Still, in lines like "that the problem consists of/ torpid--the story...," from the end of the poem "Fiction," I find it too tempting to take Risset's comments as an accurate evaluation of some of the book. But the brilliance of her insights finally do win out over my skepticism, because Risset's work reveals a truly cunning destabilization that can even anticipate and diffuse potential criticisms of its sometimes anemic abstractions. As if in agreement with Imagination Verses, Risset's book suggests that conscious anemia is better than passionate conviction that doesn't know what it's talking about.
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How much, in just twenty years, Donald Revell has changed! From the Abandoned Cities (1983), his debut volume, included a villanelle, a sestina, rhymed sonnets and meditative terza rima. The book evoked bleak cityscapes from the Bronx to Belfast, where "sadness clings to the round/like fog." Revell's grim descriptions both depicted and feared "the collapse of life/into signs and tokens." By New Dark Ages (1990) that collapse had taken place, and Revell's landscapes had become wistful allegories or bitter, almost solipsistic dreamscapes. "All are private and seek even more privacy," Revell decided, writing elsewhere:
The stores will never open again. For the rest of our lives
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Erasures (1992) and Beautiful Shirt (1994) moved even further from specifics, describing erotic, political and intellectual frustration, and mingling plangency, difficulty and self-pity:
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Why have I chosen the strait, unmutual
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For all his stylistic shifts, however, Revell's moods and properties had not altered, nor had his limited palette of diction, all gray and restrained blue-gray. When regions or landscapes appeared, they evoked, as one title put it, "The Memory of New England." When the poetic "I" acted, it acted alone.
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In the country in dream in Arcady
One sentenced to death was given wings
I do not want to die
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Was worth the trouble
Getting here
My other ideas
Seem premature
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Is crossing me
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You've Got This!: How to Look Up When Life Has You Down
edited by Elise Hahl
Pub Date: October 11, 2016
I say, "You got this!" to my library patrons a lot. I run into a lot of folks who don't know how computers work, or struggle with using a mouse or navigating a website. I give them the opportunity to do it themselves, and stay at their side encouraging them, letting them know they can do this, they have the knowledge. Whatever the task is in front of them, it is not insurmountable.
And that's the basic gist of this compilation of essays from some well-known LDS personalities/speakers, giving words of encouragement aimed at a youth audience. But I wouldn't restrict it to just the youth. I found a lot of edification in this slim volume. Some of these writers I knew of already, and others I got to know through their stories. And each gave me a little piece of thoughtful wisdom to dwell on and utilize in my life.
The essays from the Wilcox family about moving to Chile for a mission president calling, and learning to adjust and thrive, reminded me very much of the time my family moved from the north Virginia suburbs to inner-city Atlanta. We visited what would be our new ward, and found my sister and I would be the only white girls in Young Women. And we didn't mind that since one of the young women immediately befriended us. We felt welcomed into our new ward, where my dad was eventually made bishop, and all these years later after I moved away it still feels like my home ward. Whitney Wilcox Laycock's story of living in Chile reminded me that no matter where I am, I can be that welcoming person to someone else. You never really know how big of an impression you may leave on someone for such a seemingly small act.
Hank Smith's breakdown of the story of Joseph of Egypt was pretty much exactly what I needed to hear right now, facing my own trials and hardships. It was a really refreshing take on the scripture story, and I want to seek more of his work out now. Zandra Vranes, who I had the pleasure of seeing at Time Out For Women last year, also touches on the story of Joseph of Egypt in her own unique way. (Clearly there are many things our youth can learn from him!!) Al Carraway delivers a wonderfully essay on perseverance and keeping up with the little things to retain our faith, and recounts her conversion story, which made me want to go back and read her book again because it's just marvelous.
You'll find a story in this volume that will speak to you. You'll probably think of someone who needs to read that story as well. Maybe you can do one of those "pay it forward" things with this book. Read it, and then pass it along to someone you think might benefit from these words of encouragement. We could all use these nice pep talks throughout the week.
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TITANIC-TITANIC.com | Titanic Third Class Passenger - DUQUEMIN, Mr Joseph Pierre
- Age: 24
- Date of Birth (D.O.B.): 24th November, 1892
- Place of Residence: Guernsey, England
- Embarked at: Southampton, England ( List ) on Wednesday, 10th April, 1912
- Ticket Number: 752
- Price Of Ticket: £7 11s 0d
- Class: Third Class Passengers
- Destination: Albion, New York
- Survived: Yes ( List )
- Lifeboat Number: Collapsible D
- Location Buried: Unknown location
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Joseph Pierre Duquemin boarded the Titanic at Southampton, England, on Wednesday, 10th April, 1912, traveling to Albion, New York.
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Top 10 Purse Styles
Written by: Catalogs.com Editorial Staff
April 2, 2012
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Contributed by Aurora LaJambre, Catalogs.com Top 10 Guru
The world is just a better place when you have a great purse on your shoulder.
You look confident and feel great knowing exactly where your keys, wallet and lipstick are. The best part is purses don't go out of fashion. Many purse styles look fantastic year-round while others are season oriented. Match your purse with your outfit, body type, and occasion, and take good care of it so it lasts for years.
Here are the top ten purse styles. Collect them all!
10. Wristlet
Wristlet bags measure about 10 inches long and 5 inches deep. These little beauties strap around your wrist so your keys and wallet stay close all night. Wristlets won't weigh you down, and they can add a huge burst of color and style to any outfit. Wear a colorful wristlet to networking events or a beaded style for a night on the town.
9. Business Bags
Business women and business bag designers know the importance of a first impression. These bags are the perfect accessory to a business suit or tailored slacks and a blouse. They come with handles for travel and long straps for comfort. Look for a structured, padded bottom to protect your computer and front and back pockets so you won't need to carry a second bag.
8. Mini Bags
Mini bags are basically defined by their title. These little purses are small, but larger than clutches. Strap lengths vary from long to short enough to hold by hand. If they're single strap, you can usually convert them to a wristlet. These mini bags are great for business travel because they easily tuck inside a tote or be worn crossbody.
The baguette bag is a trendy handbag with a short strap and shape that's similar to a loaf of bread. This purse style transitions from a professional day to night on the town with ease. Beaded baguettes can dress up a casual dress with a pair of pumps. It's large enough to hold the basics and shallow enough to keep it all effortlessly organized.
6. Clutch
The clutch purse is made to be held or clutched in your hand, which means there's no a lot of room in there for extras. However, the clutch is ideal for a night out where all you need on your person are necessities. Many clutches purses also come with a long strap or chain to give our hands a rest. While you can find solid colors and stylish designs, this style lends itself to novelty, so it's a great way to add something fun or daring to your outfit.
5. Carry on
The carry on bag is for women who are truly on the go. Also referred to as weekender bags, carry ons are larger than most purse styles, but small enough to fit in the overhead bin of planes and trains. These bags typically have both a handle and strap and organizer pockets. This one may not be an everyday bag, so consider going for a vibrant color that celebrates little getaways.
4. Hobo Bags
With its distinct crescent shape and slouchy shape, the hobo bag ranges in size from small to enormous. This style is labeled boho-chic and can often be found on the shoulders of celebutantes including Ashley Olsen and Nicole Ritchie. An important feature of this casual bag is a center divider for organization and turn-lock or other secure closure.
3. Crossbody
Designed to hang across the body, crossbody bags are perfect for weekend outings. This versatile purse style comes in a range of sizes and is generally rectangular. When shopping, keep in mind the types of items you'll want to hold and try not to go too big. Look for one or two zipper pouches for go-to items like keys and wallet.
2. Tote
Most women carry on a lifelong love affair with tote bags. How could we not? This classic purse style is big enough to hold the necessities plus a few extras. Wear it with professional clothing, casual dresses or jeans and a blouse and you'll be ready to say yes to any invitation.
1. Satchel Purses and Messenger Bags
Satchel bags resemble briefcases in design and use. Men have even tried to make this style their own in recent years as messenger bags have soared in popularity, and we can't blame them. Unlike briefcases, many satchels also come with a long thin strap so the bag can be worn across the body. They come in many sizes, but most are large enough to hold a small laptop or any tablet — another factor in their popularity.


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- No Stone Will Tell from Rounders by The Bad Popes
About five or six months after my father passed away in 2010, I had a dream that I was riding a bicycle by the sea. My father was riding along with me. When we reached a certain place along the coastline, I decided, for some obscure reason, that I would rappell down a cliff overlooking the sea, my father would man the ropes. I don't remember what happened in the time that I was hanging over the cliffs of the sea, nor how I got back up on the top of the cliffs, but I do remember the strange feeling of looking around after I got back up on mainland, and my father wasn't there, how transformed the landscape was, how different my pulse was. I remember getting back on the bike and pedaling, pedaling . . .
I wrote this crazy song after this dream. I love and miss my father. This song is about his ghost that is with me now and always.
- The Jef Chandler Band at Gottrocks, March 2015
Here's a clip of JCB playing playing three tunes at Gottrocks on March 20, 2015. This version of JCB features Mike Bagwell on Pedal Steel, Charles Hedgepath on guitar, Mark Dye on Bass, Kevin Heuer on drums, Jeff Holland on percussion, and JC on guitar. In this clip, Charles sings Mickey Newbury's song Why You Been Gone So Long, JC sings his song Bottles, and Mark Dye sings JC's tune Zero.
- Flashback! -- Jef C, Charles Hedgepath and Bill Cox at Smiley's in 2009
Here's me and Charles with Bill Cox playing an ELO cover at Smiley's in 2009. Those were good days my friends. Don't let anyone tell you differently. Good friends and good times for sure! I miss Bill! He was unique and talented.
- Jef Chandler Band at Downtown Alive on August 24, 2017
- Here's a video collage of Jef Chandler Band performance at Downtown Alive in Greenville, SC on August 24, 2017 -- Mike Bagwell on lap steel guitar, Chris Garrett on bass, Charles Hedgepath on guitar and vocals, Kevin Heuer on drums, and JC on guitar and vocals. Thanks to Scott Bachmann for filming and putting this together!
- Jef Chandler Band at Downtown Alive on August 24th
You might know this cast of characters by another name, but coming up on Thursday, August 24, 2017, they are performing at Downtown Alive in Greenville under the moniker of Jef Chandler Band. Hope to have some special guests sitting in as well. Keep tuned. Come out and join us! Music goes from 5:45 till 8pm. It's ear candy, and there's beer and all of downtown Greenville's fine restaurants too! All good! See you there!
- Three upcoming shows at Gottrocks
Several shows coming up at Gottrocks. On Wednesdays, November 9 and December 7, The Electrolytes (featuring the real John Atkins, bassist extraordinaire Mark Dye, Charles Hedgepath, Kevin Heuer and myself) will be playing an eclectic mix of Grateful Dead, Talking Heads, Tom Petty, Stevie Wonder, and many more legendary artists, as well as some JC originals. Shows start at 8:30pm. No cover.
On Friday, November 11, come out to Gottrocks prepared to dance, as The Bad Popes will be playing a co-bill with The Carousers. Lots of Western Swing and good times. Lots of musicians involved, so there's a $8 cover. Music goes from 9 till 1:30.
Hope to see some friends at these shows! Cheers!
- Appearances on Stories of the Upstate Podcast
I've recently had the pleasure of participating in a couple of podcasts on the website www.greatupstate.com. Loyd Ford's program Stories Of The Upstate™ features interviews with artists, musicians, politicians, philanthropists, educators, and interesting folks from all walks of life.
I was honored to be one of the participants in his first ever music concert edition of the program, called The Downtown Jam™. Doug Jones, Charles Hedgepath, and I play a few songs each, and we talk about the songwriting process and how our songs came about. You can find that show by clicking the first link below.
The second link is a special Christmas edition of the podcast featuring Darby Wilcox, Kelly Jo, Marvin King, Charles Hedgepath and me sharing memories of holiday seasons past and present. We each play Christmas tunes, both tradional and original. It was a lot of fun to play my New Year's Eve song "This Year We're Gonna Be In Luck" with this cast of fellow travelers. Talented folks!
Best wishes to all in 2016!
- Knuckleball
Featured on the new Bad Popes recording Rounders, Knuckleball is a mythologized account of my memories of my grandfather, William Manning Rhodes, who, among other things, was a baseball pitcher in the textile leagues. He pitched for the Union Bleachery in Greenville. He also played guitar, ukele, and harp. He taught me my first Hank Williams song when I was eleven years old. Check out the tune here on the Music page on this site, or on the pop-up player. Also, check out badpopes.com for more songs from Rounders!
- New Bad Popes CD Rounders Released!
After beginning recording in early 2013, the new CD by The Bad Popes is now available. Recorded, mixed and mastered at Sit-n-Spin studios in Greenville by Matt Morgan and featuring 13 new tunes by myself and band members Mike Bagwell (pedal steel), Chris Garrett (bass), Charles Hedgepath (guitar), and Joe Cash (drums), Rounders is a unique musical blend of country, rock and western swing with lyrical content that spans the Americana landscape, from baseball to cars to lost dogs and beer halls. For more info, to purchase or sample tunes, please check it out for yourself at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/thebadpopes2 and at www.badpopes.com. Some of the songs that I wrote will also be available for live streaming on this site on the mp3 player. We hope you'll enjoy our new CD. If you live locally in the Greenville, SC area, you can find the new album for sale at Horizon Records on Stone Avenue. We will also have discs and download cards available at our shows. Check out our schedule on this site and at badpopes.com, and come out and see us! -- Jef C
- Vernal Equinox Birthday Jam on March 20 at Gottrocks!
Jef Chandler Band in 2001 (picture by Brandon Leard)
March 20 is the vernal equinox, the first day of spring, and only two days removed from my birthday. To celebrate I've invited friends that I have played in bands with over the past 21 years to come out to Gottrocks in Greenville, and we're gonna have a big old jam. Bands featured this evening will be Big Brown Bowl, Dog Whistle, The Bad Popes, Smash The Radio, The Lackies, and the Jef Chandler Band. Performers include Scott Allen, Mark Dye, Charles Hedgepath, Jeff Holland, Chris Garrett, Derek Bridges, Matthew Smith, David Sims, Kevin Heuer, Mike Bagwell, Joe Cash, Matt Morgan, Brandon Leard, John Martin, Stan Halbkat, Lee Holroyd and more. I've really been blessed to play with these and many other very talented musicians and good friends over the years and I look forward jamming with them on March 20. Admission is $7 at the door and the show begins at 8:30pm.
- Wendy was the First
Wendy, my latest single on my website is actually a song that came out on the 2009 release entitled The Bad Popes. We're all playing acoustic, how bout that? That's Kevin Heuer laying down the drums. Mike Bagwell is playing dobro, Charles Hedgepath is doing double duty of guitar and mandolin, Chris Garrett is laying down the stand up bass, and I'm strumming and singing. Check out the ode to my first car, a gray 81' Mercury hatchback I called Wendy.
- Welcome to new Website! Four shows in Greenville this week!
Welcome to the new website. Lots of kinks to work out and the appearance here will be changing as I go along and learn this stuff. If you find any glitches, please be sure and email me here and let me know about them. Be sure to sign up for my mailing list!
I'll be playing several shows this week in the Greenville area.
Tonight, Wednesday, December 17, I'll be sitting in and playing at happy hour from 6:30 till 8 at Smiley's with my friend Matt Morgan. Matt hosts a jam at Smiley's every Wednesday night with a great line-up of musicians, so be sure to check that out.
Thursday, I'll be at Velo Fellow in Greenville playing a solo show from 7:30 till 10pm.
Friday night, Matt and I play again at Fitzpatrick's on Laurens Road from 8:30 till 12.


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Passengers Down 8,000 Yuan of Aphrodisiac Wine when Stopped by Security
What went down seemed like a scene straight out of a drama. Two men flyinhg from Guangzhou in China were stopped by security when security spotted something suspicious in one of the baggages.
What they discovered was a stuffed tiger sculpture, pictured below, containing the expensive aphrodisiac wine:
While the two men tried to convince the airport security to allow them to make an exception, they failed to do so because of the large quantity of the wine. The men did not want to waste their precious purchase so they started chugging the entire "tiger":
This reminded me of the scene in Queen Seon Duk when the royal guards were searching the nangdos and Jukbang had to get rid of the aphrodisiac by shoving it into his partner's mouth.
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HelpAge International estimates that up to 200,000 older people have been affected by Pakistan's worst floods in 80 years.
The figure for those who have died in the monsoon floods has now risen to 1,500 and estimates of those affected are currently 2.5 million. These figures may yet rise.
Flood waters have washed away thousands of acres of crops, government buildings, schools, clinics, markets, bridges, railway tracks and homes.
Targeting the most vulnerable
HelpAge is planning to respond to the emergency in partnership with medical aid agency Merlin.
The emergency response will target the most vulnerable older people and their families in Nowshera district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
In the coming days and weeks we hope to distribute mobility aids, hearing aids, and emergency health assessment kits. We will also distribute food, emergency households items such as flashlights, bedding and water containers.
Asma Akbar, Programme Manager for HelpAge in Pakistan said:
"For the last five years, we've worked with partner Merlin to help older people recover from the impact of the 2005 earthquake in Kashmir. Now we have new challenges and a new disaster to deal with."
Before, during and after the floods
HelpAge is committed to working long-term to improve older people's lives in Pakistan.
Together with Merlin, we have worked in 17 health centres in conflict zones. We have provided 24 hour medical care services to 200,000 people, with a special focus on older people's needs.
We fund eye tests and cataract surgery for thousands of older people each year, improving their quality of life through better sight.
Through our policy work in Pakistan, we're:
- Pushing for a national pension
- Contributing to legislation to improve older people's lives
- Training government and NGO staff on older people's issues.
DEC Pakistan Floods Appeal
In the UK, the Disaster Emergency Committee (DEC) has opened the DEC Pakistan Floods Appeal.
The money raised will help fund the life-saving work in Pakistan of the DEC's Members, including AgeUK and HelpAge International.
For more details go to the DEC website
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asif gulab (05 December 2013)
I am working with Quetta Baluchistan based organization "CPD Center for Peace & Development" as Coordinator Partnership & Coordination. The people of Baluchistan with regards to potential are on high profile while in respect to resources and opportunities are on low profile. There is an urgent need to give push and mobilize their uncovered potential. Helpage International must took this source to put them in lime line of development.
Syed Mohsin Anwar Shah (16 July 2013)
Helpage is the only organization, who get efforts on older people and age friendly to save older people from abuses and giving voices to older people rise awareness to older people for older people and by older people. In our experience we saw the many wonderful policies regarding friendly age, here are innumerable neglected families. whom should need to get in attention. thank you help age to take care of our older people
Shahid Riaz (20 December 2012)
Helping Hands is local CSO working in Rajan Pur District (Punjab) since 2003. We are eye witness of floods 2010 and witness about the problems of old age people in that disaster. We are appericiate helpage working for thid neglected people.
Lutaf Mangrio (03 October 2012)
Helsage has developed wonderful webite.
Shakir Ullah (23 June 2012)
The Peoples Realy Appreciated the working of helpage in Jalozy Camp
Community Development Foundation-CDF Jacobabad Sindh PAKISTAN (22 November 2011)
CDF is Jacobabad based CSO working in Sindh since 2005.We are the eye witness of floods of 2010 & witnessed that elder people were vorst affected & neglected people during the floods 2011 & in rescue operation. even they were neglected by their families. We apprciate Helpage which is only one organization working for this neglected flood affectees.
Zafar Saleem Bangash (15 November 2011)
Al-Noor Foundation Pakistan is working on Senior Citizen Campus (Gold People) i agree the program of Helpage International and want to promote program as a partner. Zafar Saleem Bangash Chairman Al-Noor Foundation Pakistan (Isb) 0333-5254688
Abdul Rasheed Laghari (01 July 2011)
Really 'Help Age" is one organization who is working only for older people,who need the help in this age,especially in surgery of Eyes,and provision of Health kis,food and emergency household items in Fllod affected areas.I also add and request to work in remote,deprived population of Districts,Dera Ghazi Khan,Rajapur,Layyah to help in removing the Poverty.These are Emergeny and Early Recovery program,consider to start Sustainability program in pakistan.
Abdul Rasheed Laghari,
(Senior Sociologist,Program Implementation Specialist.Cell-03085203223
mustafaqadir (08 June 2011)
It was a excellent effort done by HAI in pakistan


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WASHINGTON, D.C.– California is a model of sensible gun laws. Its universal background check system, strong gun dealer regulations, and assault clip ban are just some of the laws that provide a roadmap to preventing gun violence. New Jersey ranked second on the scorecard, while Arizona, Alaska, and Utah do not have a single common sense gun law on their books, according to the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.
For the 4th year in a row, the Brady Campaign has released a 100-point scorecard ranking all 50 states on the basis of laws that can prevent gun violence, such as background checks on all gun sales, permit-to-purchase requirements, and laws that help police crack down on corrupt gun dealers.
The report – which features an inter-active U.S. map that flashes scores – ranks states for laws that were in effect by the end of 2010. It reveals that 31 states have few gun laws or none, while the six states that rank in the top tier, including California with 80 points and New Jersey with 72 points, have strong and effective gun laws. Arizona, Alaska, and Utah earned 0 points.
"After the Tucson shootings, there was a public outcry, once again, over gun violence. With each new high-profile shooting, people wonder why. Why do these tragedies happen? What can we do to stop them?" said Brady Campaign President Paul Helmke. "California is a perfect example of how much more every state in America could do to protect our families and communities from the dangers and destruction of guns. Sensible gun laws save lives, as shown by states like California, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, and Hawaii. That's why we're issuing this Scorecard – to educate and motivate elected officials and the general public. We can and should pass stronger gun laws, on both the state and federal levels."
According to the Centers for Disease Control, California ranks 33rd in the nation in gun deaths per 100,000 people. The next five states atop the Brady Scorecard rank 45th, 48th, 46th, 47th, and 50th in gun deaths per 100,000 people.
A top state and federal legislative priority for the Brady Campaign is requiring background checks on gun sales by private sellers as well as licensed dealers. Studies show that illegal gun-trafficking can be cut by nearly 50 percent within a state if background checks are required on all handgun sales. However, only five states have a universal background check law on handgun sales. Two states have universal background check laws on all firearms.
Laws that require law enforcement approval of permits to purchase guns also provide a huge deterrent to those who seek to do intentional harm with firearms. Having a "Permit to Purchase" system is the sub-category worth the most points on the Brady Scorecard.
"Most states don't require criminal background checks on all firearm sales, and that makes it easier for gun traffickers to do their harm because they don't have to travel far to funnel illegal guns to felons and gang members. Most states also don't require permits-to-purchase, and that makes it easy for dangerous and irresponsible people to get guns. Our goal is to make it harder, as hard as possible, for dangerous people to get the weapons that tear apart families, friends, communities, and the fabric of our country," Helmke added.
"We want to prevent the next Tucson, Virginia Tech, or Columbine. Gun violence directly touches nearly 100,000 Americans each year. This happens because it's too easy now for dangerous people to get guns and to legally carry them in all sorts of public places."
The Brady Campaign also announced features new this year to its annual release of scores, including four "Craziest Gun Laws" awards, which go to Kansas for allowing guns in K-12 schools, Virginia for allowing guns in bars, as long as the patron doesn't drink, Utah for allowing guns on college campuses, and Florida for being on the brink of passing a bill that penalizes doctors for talking to children and parents about guns in the home.
The 2010 Brady Campaign State Scorecard can be accessed online here: http://www.bradycampaign.org/stategunlaws/scorecard/
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City Games caravan will once again travel through Croatia, strengthening the friendships and links between the cities, but also searching for the best Croatian team that will compete in various entertaining disciplines against other countries participating in this international project: Slovenia, Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Italy, Germany, Poland, Luxembourg, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands.
It all starts in Posedarje near Zadar on July 1st. Next stops are Zaton (Du), Belišće, Slano, Tučepi, Brela, Slatine, Šibenik, Okrug, Malinska and Novalja, Croatian final is scheduled for August 10 in Vir, while the international finals will be held in Biograd on September 2nd. Check out the calendar at www.city-games.com , find your nearest event and join the fun!


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Texas' new law allowing college students to carry guns on public campuses doesn't take effect until August, but it's already triggered a showdown.
University of Texas-Austin President Gregory Fenves declared this week that he'll comply with the law, but claimed a loophole allows him to ban firearms in dormitories.
"I do not believe handguns belong on a university campus, so this decision has been the greatest challenge of my presidency to date," Fenves wrote in a Feb. 17 letter to students, faculty and staff. "However, as president, I have an obligation to uphold the law."
"I do not believe handguns belong on a university campus, so this decision has been the greatest challenge of my presidency to date."
- UT Austin president Gregory Fenves
The law authorizes those with permits "to carry a concealed handgun while on the campus of a public, private, or independent institution of higher education." But Fenves believes the law allows him to impose a dormitory ban.
That interpretation is not likely to sit well with state Attorney General Ken Paxton, who in December said that a ban on guns in dorms would be flouting the law.
"If an institution placed a prohibition on handguns in the institution's residential facilities, however, it would effectively prohibit license holders in those facilities from carrying concealed handguns on campus, in violation of S.B. 11," Paxton wrote in a letter to lawmakers. "This is because 'rules, regulations, or other provisions concerning the storage of handguns in dormitories' presupposes their presence in dormitories."
Paxton did not return calls requesting comment on Fenves' interpretation of the law.
In a press release on Wednesday, the university said that Fenves is simply adopting a total of 25 recommendations from a Campus Carry Working group that released a report on the same day. But what was not mentioned in the public letter to the community was the dorm room ban, which was listed as the first policy statement in the report.
One possible solution would be for students who live on campus to store their guns in lockers that could be set up by the school. No such proposal has emerged, and it is not clear whether it would pass muster with Paxton or courts.
Other University of Texas-Austin gun requirements include:
-A license holder who carries while on campus must do so with a holster that completely covers the trigger and trigger guard areas completely.
-Holders who carry a semiautomatic handgun on campus must carry it without a chambered round of ammunition.
-No handguns can be carried at polling areas on the day of an election.
-No concealed carry of handguns in areas where formal hearings on student discipline and conduct are held.
In a separate letter to Chancellor William McRaven, Fenves alludes to the fact that he might have further restrictions he would like to implement down the road.
"I have significant concerns about how the law will affect our ability to recruit and retain faculty members and students," he said. "If problems develop, we will work to understand the causes and make adjustments to the policies, rules, and practices, consistent with the law."


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If you only ever try one of the recipes from today's Farm to Table feature, trust me when I say this should be it. Not only is it pretty in pink, it basically takes like sunshine in a glass and for that, I'm a mega-fan! Plus, it's the perfect thing to help you wash down that entire potato and goat cheese pizza you just ingested (no worries, no judgement shall be passed!)
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Juice the lemons into a large drink dispenser. Add 3/4 of the simple syrup and fill up the container with ice. Add the remaining water, stir and taste! Determine if you need to add the remaining syrup to add sweetness or more water to make the mixture less tart. Lastly, add in the huckleberry juice, which will remain on top and add a beautiful purple layered effect to your lemonade!
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Justice Ginsburg and the Future of the CourtClosed Published by James March 7th, 2009 in Current Events, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Statistics, Supreme Court
One can only hope that Senator Jim Bunning (R-KY) horded the tasteless Intrade contract for "Ruth Bader Ginsburg to Be Next Justice to Depart US Supreme Court," looking to cash in on his classy prediction that the Justice would be dead in nine months.
I think everyone-except Bunning, that is–breathed a collective sigh of relief when USAToday yesterday published a deeply comforting article addressing the progress of Justice Ginsburg's recovery. It began:
One month after her surgery for pancreatic cancer, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Thursday she expects to be on the Supreme Court for several more years. In an interview, she also vividly recalled why, on her second day back on the bench, she attended President Obama's televised speech to a joint session of Congress.
"First, I wanted people to see that the Supreme Court isn't all male," the lone female justice said of the evening event Feb. 24. 'I also wanted them to see I was alive and well, contrary to that senator [Bunning] who said I'd be dead within nine months."
But what I really found interesting was another comment parsed from the interview with Ginsburg, which took place in her chambers this past Thursday:
Ginsburg made clear Thursday she has not retreated from her oft-stated goal of matching the tenure of Justice Louis Brandeis, who served from 1916 to 1939. She joined the court at 60, at about the same age as Brandeis did. He served until age 82.
Everyone is wishing all the best for Justice Ginsburg; she even got one letter that said simply: "I don't agree with any of your opinions, but I hope you get well soon." But beyond our wishes there are the statistics. And they suggest we're all in store for at least a couple more years of Justice Ginsburg's trademark brand of responsible yet fiery jurisprudence, Insha'Allah .


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Mister Tougaloo
Quintarus Amos
Quintarus Amos hails from the heart and soul of the Mississippi Delta – Greenville, Mississippi – born to Curtis and Tina Amos. He attends Family Worship Church, located just down the street from his home. He is a 2014 honors graduate of Greenville Weston High School, where he was involved in many on-campus organizations such as: Student Government Association (SGA), The Principal's Club, the Hornets Marching Band, Greenville Mayors Youth Council, Book and Poetry Club, and National Honor Society. Outside of school, he enjoyed participating at the local Boys and Girls Club, lending a helping hand with the children.
After graduation, Quintarus furthered his education at the beloved Tougaloo College where he majors in Sociology. Quintarus began his involvement in many aspects of leadership and representing his institution. He participated in his first pageant (FAME) and was honored to serve as Mr. FAME 2014-15. Later, Quintarus served his sophomore class as the 2015-16 Sophomore Class Vice-President. Quintarus became a Fall 2015 initiate into the Beta Rho Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated, where he now serves as the Chapter Secretary and Mr. Phi Beta Sigma 2016-17. Quintarus also currently serves as the National Pan- Hellenic Council (NPHC) President, Tougaloo College Pre-Alumni Council (PAC) parliamentarian, the 2016-2017 F.A.M.E Vice President, and is also affiliated with the on-campus Sociology club.
After graduating from Tougaloo, Quintarus plans to return to his hometown as a high school counselor within the Greenville Public School District.
Quintarus' Motto:
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." - Philippians 4:13
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Kierra Jones
Kierra Jones is the daughter of Kimberley Jones and Gideon Butler. A senior Biology major, she began her journey at Tougaloo College in 2014 after graduating from Cleveland High School in Cleveland, Mississippi. She finished her high school career as president of her class, Miss Cleveland High School, and Homecoming Queen.
Kierra is a Presidential II scholar, a recipient of the Congressional Black Caucus Kellogg's Scholarship, and a member of Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society. During her freshman year, she became a member of the Pre-Alumni Council, a Jackson Heart Study Scholar, and a representative for Tougaloo College Ambassadors and Meritorious Scholars. She served as president of Tougaloo Ambassadors and Meritorious Scholars, Parliamentarian for Tougaloo's Jackson Affiliate chapter of American Association of University Women, a F.A.M.E. mentor, and a member of Womanhood during the 2016-2017 academic year.
Upon graduating from Tougaloo, she will attend medical school and specialize in obstetrics and gynecology. Her decision to become an OBGYN was heavily influenced by her internship in Ghana last summer. Kierra was recently accepted into the Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship program at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, which will give her the opportunity to receive mentoring, rural clinical experience, and a support system on her pathway to becoming a physician in a rural community in Mississippi.
In her spare time, Kierra enjoys exposing prospective students to the Tougaloo Campus life, spending time with her God-son Ashton and family, discovering her hidden talents through DIY projects, and traveling abroad. She takes immense pride in the fact that she has earned her crown as the 79th Miss Tougaloo College. She encouraged her peers to "Join the Quest" as they take the "Journey to a Better Loo'" by encouraging unity, empowerment, and black excellence all while promoting Tougaloo College in the community.
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Broken Bow Track Competes at Hastings Invite
The Indians got off to a decent start to their track season at the Hastings Invite on Friday. The mens team finished 5th while the womens team placed 6th. It was senior Cody Dierking and junior Tanner Briggs highlighting the day for the mens side.Dierking paced his way to a victory in the 1600 meter run with a time of 4:41.24. Briggs came up with a victory in the 110 meter hurdles with a time of 16.16.Briggs also earned another point for his team with a 6th place finish in the 300 meter hurdles."The 110's are my favorite race because I'm good at them," Briggs said. "The 300's are okay, but I'm hoping to go to State in the 110 at least."The mens 4x400 relay team finished 3rd with a time of 3:40.15. The members consisted of junior Alex White, junior Nate Evans, junior Andrew Pracht and senior Justin McCullough.McCullough would also place 6th in the long jump. His distance reached 19'2.5. White finished 3rd in the 200 meter dash with a time of 23.65 while Pracht finished the 800 meter run in 2:09.30, good for 6th place.It was freshman Krisha Scott putting in work for the womens side in the 400 meter dash. Her 1st place finish with a time of 1:02.92 set a new Hastings Invite record."It felt really good to accomplish that much in the first meet," Scott said."I was really happy with my time, but I know I still need to improve on it."Scott hopes to shave her time in the 400 meter dash down to under a minute by the end of the season.It was only her second time running the 400 meter dash, but she did manage to shave three seconds off her time from when she ran it in junior high school.Freshman Shannon Myers competed in the 1600 and 3200 meter run in which she placed 6th and 3rd respectively. She finished the 1600 meter run in just under six minutes and completed the 3200 meter run in 12:57.28.Senior Brittany Leverington took care of the hurdling events. She placed 4th in both the 100 and 300 meter hurdles. Her times were 17.50 and 52.30 respectively. In the womens relay events, the Indians took 6th in the 4x100 meter relay and 3rd in the 4x400 meter relay.Leverington, junior Kelsie Myers, freshman Jasmyn Brooks and senior Taylor Pearson clocked 54.15 in the 4x100 relay.Scott, Myers, Pearson, and junior Halie Jones completed the 4x400 relay in 4:28.09.Coach Kurt Altig was quick to point out that the weather may have helped some of his athletes."We had a fantastic weather day," Altig said. "It was probably one of the best weather days we've had for track in two years."


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I am a digital nomad. I travel around with my laptop. I really like the idea of zips against my back.
I have travelled to more than 40 countries, mainly in Europe and Southeast Asia. To me, safety is my top priority. I have come across some unpleasant situations in person. From my travel experience in high-risk countries such as Spain, Italy, Vietnam, I usually put all my important stuff (passport, smartphone, cash, ID, credit cards) into a small bag and carry in front of my body. It looks stupid, but I know it works for me. At that time, I was hoping for an affordable, good-looking and well-designed backpack that truly understand travellers' needs.
When I first heard about Riut, I'm saying 'Finally there is a backpack designed by travellers, for travellers.' I can't wait to try it for my next trip to those high-risk countries.
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There are many cases of stuff being stolen ever day. We need to be alert when we travel. Meanwhile, we need more revolutionary products to help us protect our belongings such that we can 'Enjoy more, Worry less'. RiutBag has done a good job. We are hoping to see more well-designed products for travellers in the future.


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Festivals abound in India. You can enjoy religious dances and music at the festivals of Hemis and Phyang in Ladakh, the Pushkar Camel Fair or the traditional cattle fair of Sonepur Mela. In addition Holi, sometimes called the Festival of Colours, takes place over two days each year, celebrating the victory of good over evil - and covering everyone and everything in wet paint along the way!
Elsewhere in Asia you could experience the three traditional sports of Mongolia (wrestling, archery and horse riding) at the annual Nadaam Festival, or witness the spectacular colours and centuries-old religious customs of Bhutan's Thimpu Festival, or immerse yourself in the little-known mountain festivals of south-west China's Guizhou and Yunnan provinces.
Africa is also rich in tradition and festivals abound, perhaps the most famous being Timkat in Ethiopia, celebrating Epiphany and re-enacting the ritual of Baptism. In the Americas you can take part in Brazil's most spectacular extravaganza, the Rio Carnival, or witness the ancient Inca Inti Raymi festival in Peru.
To visit a country and meet its people during a festival can be an experience second to none: you will bring home not just life-long memories of colour, music, dancing and fun but also a richer understanding of the traditions and beliefs that make the country what it is.
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Bought a very reasonably priced notebook (approx 10cmx15cm) for about $2.95 and proceeded to cover with fabric canvas, lace and a beautiful image (printed on to sticky-back white canvas). Sewed the lace to some damask cream fabric and then layered cream lace over the top. I then added the printed image. Stamped the word 'notes' to the right hand side of the image using Vintage Photo distress stain - actually like the uneven inking.
Added some beautiful dark pink and green rayon crinkly ribbon and . . . done!!
What a beautiful way to record my day to day reminders!