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"I read because one life isn't enough, and in the page of a book I can be anybody."
Richard Peck
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The odds against us …
…the odds against us are endless,
our chances of being alive together
statistically nonexistent;
still we have made it, alive in a time
when rationalists in square hats
and hatless Jehovah's Witnesses
agree that it is almost over,
alive with our lively children
who – but for endless if's –
might have missed out on being alive
together with marvels and follies
and longings and lies and wishes
and error and humor and mercy
and journeys and voices and faces
and colors and summers and mornings
and knowledge and tears and chance.
Lisel Mueller
"your book on my honor is horrible." Savannah
The e-mail sent to my website made me smile.
No, I'm not a masochist reveling in abuse. Rather I'm a lover of honesty, even when someone honestly dislikes one of my books.
Most of the letters I receive from young readers pass through teachers' hands before they reach me, and they are clearly written primarily to please the teacher. "I loved Runt because you used so many similes and metaphors." or "When I read On My Honor I learned never to lie."
I've always wanted to respond by saying, "Oh come on now. Really?"
I try to write in the simplest possible way, consciously employing a style that avoids calling attention to language. And that's not just because young people are my audience. I believe the best writing for any audience is always the simplest. I don't object to teachers using my books to point out similes and metaphors, of course. I hope, though, they will always honor the story, the feelings it engenders and the truth imbedded in those feelings, first. And if my readers truly respond primarily to my similes and metaphors, I have failed.
But it would surprise many earnest teachers to know that I have never written and never will write a piece of fiction meant to imprint a lesson on my readers. Rather I write with the hope of moving my readers and through moving them perhaps even changing them, which is a different—and far more dangerous—mission.
To return to Savannah, though, whatever her teacher was hoping she would learn from my 1987 Newbery Honor novel, On My Honor, she was clearly having none of it. And I admire Savannah for her fierce independence. Not every book is for every reader. I could name some pieces of great literature that I am "supposed to" love that fail to speak to me. Or perhaps it would be more fair to say that I fail to hear them. And so I empathize with Savannah's one-word review.
I wrote to tell her so, but, as happens too often, teachers give students access to my website's e-mail address without checking to see whether their school's e-mail security system will let my responses through. My e-mails bounced back, and Savannah and several other students' in her class who expressed a more positive opinion of my book will go unanswered.
Since I can't reach Savannah, I decided to send my response into the ether of the Internet. And here it is:
"Thank you, Savannah! I'm grateful for your honesty. My story is meant to touch your heart, but it isn't necessarily meant to be loved. I would, in fact, rather have you hate it than be disinterested. If you hate it, that means it has still reached you.
"So thank you for writing, and thank you for having the courage to speak your truth. I hope you will go on to find another book by another author, because I know there are books out there that will touch you in a more positive way. There are even books that you will love."
And to Savannah's teacher: "Please check your school's e-mail security system. Find out what you can do that will allow responses to come through when you have encouraged your students to e-mail.
"And please, help Savannah find another book!"
Grooming Our Own Replacements
Norma Fox Mazer and I were good friends. We taught together at Vermont College of Fine Arts back when our MFA program in Writing for Children and Young Adults at VCFA was very new, when it was the only program of its kind. And I still remember the time when Norma stopped me in the hall of our ancient stone dormitory and said, "You realize we're grooming our own replacements."
I laughed. We both laughed. But, of course, it was true. By passing on the skills we had gathered over so many years we were making certain that those coming up behind us would have the acuity required to step over us one day.
Now Norma who, along with her husband, Harry, practically created the young-adult field, is gone, but that truth she and I once laughed over continues to play out all around me every day.
I saw it again last month when I attended the Minnesota Book Awards ceremony.
My verse novel, Little Cat's Luck, was one of four books selected in the middle grade category. I attended the ceremony with no expectation of my lucky little cat's winning, and she didn't. However, the amazing non-fiction book I was certain would be chosen over mine, Sachiko by Caren Stelson, didn't win, either. Instead, a beautifully written fantasy, The Secret of Dreadwillow Curse by Brian Farrey took the award.
(If you want evidence of the idiosyncratic nature of any kind of awards selection process, you have only to note that the 2017 Newbery Award novel, The Girl Who Drank the Moon, is also by a Minnesota writer, Kelly Barnhill, and that book didn't make the list of four. But that's another topic entirely.)
I had gathered a group of friends to attend with me, not needing an expectation of winning to enjoy the elaborate evening orchestrated by the Friends of the St. Paul Public Library. I invited my friends and I showed up prepared for the great pleasure of spending an entire evening celebrating Minnesota writers. But when I got there something more awaited me.
I found to my delight that I was sitting at the autograph table next to Abby Cooper, a young woman with whom I have a unique connection. A couple of years ago Abby sent me an e-mail saying, "You may not remember me, but when I was in the fifth grade, you spoke at a young-authors' conference that I attended." And, I'll admit it, I laughed. Not derisively, but quite spontaneously. There had been so many young-authors' conferences, so many fifth graders. No, I did not remember Abby.
But then she went on to tell me that she had approached me at the end of my session to ask if she could send me a story she was working on. I gave her my address, received her story, and responded with a critique. For a time we wrote back and forth, discussing her work, and then she moved on as fifty graders inevitably do.
Over the years I have had a similar correspondence with quite a few young writers, all of them bright, enthusiastic, passionate. I've accompanied each of them for a short distance, and then they've moved on. So the truth was, even with this new information, my memory of Abby was vague at best. Still, I was delighted to find out that she was writing to say that her first novel, Sticks and Stones, had been accepted for publication by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Sticks and Stones received a starred review from Kirkus, and now it was one of the four finalists in the middle-grade category for a Minnesota Book Award.
I sat down at the autograph table next to the still very young Abby—she was nearly vibrating in her chair in her excitement—and said quietly, just to myself, "You realize, we're grooming our own replacements."
But being there with Abby made the evening for me. I've had enough books published, enough awards, enough opportunities to sit in a large, noisy room autographing. But I'll never have enough of watching young people rise up behind me … even when their rise suggests it's time for me to move on.
So congratulations, Abby Cooper. I wish you well. May you replace me with vigor and joy. And may you take this good work we love and make it new for a world that is now yours!
Point of Re-Entry
Two weeks ago I wrote about a picture book I have been working on for months, both researching and writing.
Since it's not a text that has come easily I have shown it repeatedly to three of my fellow writers as I worked. They each responded to my multiple requests with thoughtful and candid critiques. "This is what's working. This is what isn't."
My friends were not consulting one another and didn't always agree about what they saw, what they wanted from the piece, but that didn't matter. In fact, the places where one loved something that another thought I should take out became easy reentry points for me. Clearly I had to find my own place to stand in what was, after all, my manuscript.
Finally I felt close enough to completion to show the manuscript to my agent. But that was the best I could say. It was close.
While he and I were discussing strategy, a delayed comment came in from one of my critics. For her, the new ending didn't work. If the ending of any piece doesn't work, the whole thing collapses. But that is especially true for the delicate construction of a picture book
"Put it on hold," I told my agent, and I went back to considering the ending. That it worked for only two out of three readers wasn't good enough.
I went back to the ending and back to pounding my head against my keyboard . . . or at least that's what I felt like doing.
And then this morning on a walk with my dog—that's when I often get my best ideas, when walking my dog—I remembered something I hadn't thought about for a long time. When I first began writing, I had no critics to turn to for help. I had never met an editor, and I knew no other writers either. I knew no one even interested in writing for children. So needing some perspective beyond my own too-close one, I turned to Mary, a friend and a longtime teacher.
From time to time, Mary would stop by my house on her way home from school, settle on the couch in my study and read the pages I handed her. I sat a few feet away, watching, waiting, holding my breath. Mary wasn't an experienced critic, but she was a thoughtful reader and willing. She would read and read until suddenly she would look up and said, "I don't know why exactly, but at this point I'm beginning to itch."
I would take the manuscript back, look to see where she was, and ponder. After some time, I began to realize that Mary's "itch" developed because my story was getting too talky, too teachy. I soon discovered, too, however, that the problem didn't begin at the point her discomfort surfaced. It began earlier and became cumulative. So instead of fixing the text where she named the problem, I learned to go back to find the place where the problem began and to rework from that point on.
"Ah!" I said to myself on this morning's dog walk, suddenly remembering Mary and those long-ago reading sessions. "Maybe it's not just the ending. Maybe the problem begins farther back."
So here I am, ready to revise again, this time examining language that feels so solidly in place as to be untouchable, looking for a point of reentry, the point of reentry where the direction for my ending is set.
This is where I allow myself a bit of a sigh. Which is what you're reading today, a bit of a sigh.
When I'm through sighing I'll go back to work.


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"There's two swastikas. 'KKK' is written on the top and bottom and in between it says, 'Move out N-----,'" said Lee Burke, 43.
"It covers the whole garage door."
Blog by reformed leftist "Paul Hue", and his friends, including some UnReformed Leftists; the headlines reflect these competing views.
"There's two swastikas. 'KKK' is written on the top and bottom and in between it says, 'Move out N-----,'" said Lee Burke, 43.
"It covers the whole garage door."
Yes, I would say rare. The couple has supportive neighbors, the neighborhood is already described as "mixed", they report no problems getting a mortgage or purchasing the house (despite claims that blacks are descriminated against in obtaining mortgages), and the husband even works for the allegedly racist mortgage industry. All of these other factors are drastically different than would have been the case 30 years ago.
People like me and Thomas Sowell do not claim that racism doesn't exist any more, or that awful behavior of any sort has been eradicated. We merely claim that in the vast majority of life pursuits, black folks in the US have as much of a chance for success as white folks, given the same set of behaviors. One conclusion from our view is that the many thousands of blacks immigrating here every year from black-majority countries are not foolish; another conclusion is that the failure of blacks in America to immigrate aren't foolish either (though this failure to leave somewhat belies the popularity among blacks of believing that the US is seriously racist). Blacks moving into white neighborhoods are also not making a foolish choice. However, the US is not utopia, and even living in the nicest areas, we all can experiance unjustified nastiness. I know many black people living in white areas, including Nadir, and I have heard no reports like this.
We know from previous recent posts on this board that blacks are about 8 times more likely than whites to experiance property or violent crimes, and that in about 90% of the cases the culprits are other blacks. I am keenly interested to see any studies comparing the rates of crimes experianced by blacks and whites living in white-majority areas charactorized by a certain income level. Do blacks statistically experiance more crimes in these areas than do whites? Then the study would document the rate of crimes experianced by blacks and whites living in black-majority communities that have that same high income level, and low income levels.
Of course this is racism. Blatant, stupid, ignorant, racism. And the people who did this should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. But you can't prosecute them for their beliefs, or opinions, no matter how ignorant and ill-informed they may be, only for destruction of private property, trespassing and I suppose, intimidation and threats made.
The only form racism that can and must be punishable by law is institutional racism. That should be obvious. But you can't punish someone for believing something, or in something, no matter how stupid that belief may be. You can only punish them for acting out with their ignorance as these morons did and there are already laws on the books to do just that.
And as horrible as this story is, yes, I think incidences such as these are isolated.
Six: Why are you commenting about punishing somebody for their beliefs or comments? Nothing in this article concerns that topic, as far as I can tell. There were those crackers a few months back who burned down some houses in a wealthy new development that was attracting mostly black home buyers. Those guys got caught and severely prosecuted. Another amazing sign of progress: a huge development of high end houses, mostly purchased by blacks, and white intimidators getting quickly caught and persecuted, with zero public support for them, or outcry against the black home owners.
That's my point. You only thing you can punish them legally for is for destroying, or defacing private property, or for making overt threatening gestures, etc., but not for thinking blacks should not live in their neighborhood. As ignorant as it is, that's their perogative to feel that way, so long as they don't act out violently on those beliefs.
If that's the way they feel, then it's my opinion that they're the ones who should get out of the neighborhood. I wouldn't want someone who felt that way (and I suupose there probably are some in mine) living my neighborhood either. But you can't regulate thought.
Six: I'm just curious to know why you're introducting this concept here, since this article doesn't seem to involve punishing people for having a racist view. I agree with you that the police should not act against somebody for calling his neighbor a racist name.
I don't know Paul. I'm just trying point out that yes, the perpetrators of these heinous acts are definitely racists, but they cannot be punished by law merely for being racist.
Maybe I'm just stating the obvious.
Six: I think maybe you're miffed maybe that Nadir is mad about this crime only because it is motivated by racism? I admit that I am as well especially angry that this is not mere vandelism, but actual terrorism, and especially that it is racist terrorism. I do have a special anger for this sort of thing. Maybe you are further miffed that there is more collective anger and attention for race-based vandalism than for the everyday burgleries and hold-ups that are common in the older black sections of town?
I would have wrote at the bottom. MAKE ME MOVE OUT! The KKK's only power has is intimidation. They do their little spray painting crap in the dark of night. They are for a lack of better words Cowards. I sure as hell wouldn't run from cowards. Ever noticed when the KKK holds a rally, they're usually are only a handful of people there. Normally the anti KKK people outnumbers the KKK people by 5 to 10 times. The KKK of today is not what it use to be 100 years ago.

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In other words, the new all-black look for men, for the upcoming cold season! Now, here are some picks from Complex Magazine.
Cool and hip and...sooo RUN DMC!!! One just can't ignore the key pieces, the retro vibe!
I like it and it's a smart passage from hipster-mania, back to a street-smart. A great and simple (smarty) look for your man to go out and play! Yeah! It's like that,/ and that's the way it is!From: Complex Magazine


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On a recent Saturday, people gathered in Lakeville to celebrate the life of Sibyl Miller. My son, Andrew, and I are both high school mock trial team coaches and we both have teams who were competing in Indianapolis at the state finals on that day. We could not attend the celebration in person, but our hearts were right there with everyone else. I sent Sibyl's sons an e-mail telling them that I believe everyone is special because we all have a unique combination of qualities, so to say that Sibyl was "special" just doesn't do her justice.
For those of you who knew her, you understand, for the rest of you, let me introduce Sibyl Miller:
It was early spring of 1989 and my 3-year-old son, Andrew, was out on the doorstep playing. He rushed in to the house and said, "Mommy, I made a new friend. Her name is Bible." I said, "Her name isn't Bible." He went back outside and seconds later he came in and said, "Mommy, you're right, her name is Vivle." I said, "Her name isn't Vivle." A minute or so went by until he appeared again, with hands on hips he stated, "OK, her name is Sibyl Glee Miller!" And so it began, our life with the most formidable person I will ever know. And the best friend that Andrew and I will ever have.
Sybil came into our lives near the end of my stress-filled first marriage. Sybil was in her early 70s and still trying to recover from the loss of her beloved son, Donnell, to the horror of AIDS. I like to think that we gave her some joy, especially Andrew, because she gave us gifts that could never be repaid.
At first, Sybil would call me and say, "Can I borrow your boy?" That meant that she wanted to take Andrew on another adventure. Over time that changed to, "Can I borrow our boy?" For many years, Andrew spent part of every day with Sibyl. He had his own drawer in the cabinet; he stayed overnight countless times through the years. At 4 years old, she taught him to answer the telephone, "Miller residence, Andrew speaking."
Through the years, Sybil took Andrew on many nursing home trips, many funerals, many hospital trips, and many visits to old friends. Andrew grew not to fear old age, to respect the elderly, and to understand the natural course of events. He didn't avoid people with handicaps, or talking about difficult subjects. As a high school student, Andrew was nominated for an "Age of Excellence" award because of his genuine love and care of the elderly. That is a gift she gave to Andrew.
Sibyl showed Andrew that a person's goodness (or badness) had nothing to do with sexual preference. For many years now, Andrew and his sister, Laura, have been vocal advocates for eliminating discrimination based upon sexual preference. That is a gift she gave to my children.
One day Sibyl called to ask me if I was going to attend something with Andrew. I told her my house was a mess and I was determined to get it clean and back in order. She asked me if I wanted my children to look back on their childhoods and remember they had a clean house, or remember how much fun they had with their mother. I never again let a dirty house get in the way of having fun with my kids. That was a gift she gave to me and my children.
I have a thousand stories about the times I spent with Sibyl, and Andrew has a thousand times more than I do. If any of you know my son, Andrew Jones, then you know the remarkable young man he has turned out to be. And that is the gift Sibyl gave to me.
Maggie Jones Marnocha lives in Elkhart and is an attorney.


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Gold has been working out a potentially bearish (as in, very bearish) pattern on its daily charts. I've tweeted about this and we know that Andre Gratian has also been covering the gold swing trade chart in his Turning Points updates. In fact, check out the immediate prior this morning, with Andre's Turning Points update report - it includes this. The risk is that gold has completed (or in process of completing) a bearish wedge fifth-wave top of a significant level. The negative divergence Andre noted (and I've tweeted about last week, and shown on the GLD chart (gold ETF) at right) helps to depict bearish potential for a sizable drop in the gold price.
One theory could be that as gold falls out of this bearish pattern, stocks will rise. Many others would theorize however, that gold and stocks will rise - or in this case, fall - together.
This isn't merely a chart pattern, although the pattern is a concerning one because wedges of this sort often cultimate in a violent move away in the opposite direction. What adds to the bearish picture are the negative divergence in the RSI, which has failed to make higher highs as price has edged higher. As well as the selling volumes - if you look at the volumes in GLD, above right, you'll see that volume on down days has been picking up noticeably, even including today so far.
Whether you are a gold "bug", gold investor, or gold trader, the potential for a very bearish move in the gold price is something to be aware of. Be sure to look at Andre Gratian's technical analysis of gold in that Turning Points report, too (that one I pointed out, posted here this morning). If this pattern - as I've marked on the GLD chart above right - "works out," then GLD and the gold price should have a very significant, deep drop over the coming weeks. Such as GLD testing under $114, and later testing $102. Furthermore, if this bearish ending diagonal triangle (EDT) wedge represents a fifth-wave top, then potentially even deeper levels will be very possible over the coming weeks.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Here's my quick chart update for gold (GLD) showing possible bearish pattern underway
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Gunfire broke out early Sunday morning during a birthday party at a downtown Baltimore hotel and three people were critically injured, police said.
A police spokesman says a person of interest in the shooting is now in custody.
Officers were called to the Sheraton Baltimore City Center Hotel around 3:15 a.m. after a fight erupted inside the party and someone began shooting. Shortly after police arrived, they found an Uzi submachine gun in a room where the party was held.
One person was shot in the head and another one was shot in the torso, both of them were taken to the University of Maryland Medical Center's Shock Trauma Center, police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said. The center's nursing coordinator, Henry Paje, said the two were in critical condition.
Guglielmi said a third person had "facial lacerations" and was in critical condition, but he did not know where that person was being treated.
So, I'm dumb. I need to have it explained to me why someone is carrying around a Uzi submachine gun at all, much less taking one to a holiday party in the city.
And just for the sake of the discussion, if I say that I'd be willing to come out in favor of people being able to own guns for hunting and whatnot (and I'm only saying that for the sake of engendering a discussion with a gun proponent) would one of you Hestonites who so love the NRA and totin' pistols, long rifles and Uzis be willing to say maybe we could ban submachine guns on the streets of a great city?
That might be a start, but I don't think I'll find any takers. Believers in guns seem to think it their birthright to possess any sort of weapon under the sun to blow holes in anything they wish to see perforated, and they hide behind a poorly-worded passage in the Constitution that does mention membership in a well-regulated militia, but never mind that.
So come on and tell me why people should be carrying this sort of insane weaponry around in the streets. Please. Maybe I'm missing some vital reason.


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"Can flavorless food be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?"
Job 6:6
I'll answer that question for you - yes!
Just wanted to let you all know that we have eggs available. Our "girls" are laying 30-35 eggs a day so we're in full production time!
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Sorry I've been MIA for a few days! I've been really busy working on the Oxford Fashion Week Dress Up Live Friday event, so in addition to staying up til 1 all week writing and managing their blog, Friday itself was pretty manic, and since then I've been sorting and uploading photos of the event, and doing some post-event coverage. I'll be posting here about the evening tomorrow.
Anyway, I'm back now, and finally have the energy to post for myself rather than for OFW, so lets start with what I wore on the night…
Specifications were all-black, with a small flash of colour, and fashionable. Now, since I'm currently staying at Boyfriend's, I only had a small selection of my clothes with me, and nothing that suited those specs, so that meant new clothes! I love what I ended up with, but together it's a rather interesting look…
Firstly – look at that leather skirt – it's perfect! I've been looking for a nicely shaped leather-look skirt for autumn, and this one from Miss Selfridge is so flattering, and a really nice texture. It's heavy enough to feel decent, but light enough to be comfortable, and I love the high-waisted skater shape. I think I'll get a lot of wear out of this through autumn and winter. Find it here on their website.
The top is actually a body, which amused Boyfriend no end. It's ever so Victoriana, with that high lace collar and the ruffles, but a bit more interesting for the sheer panel. This is also from Miss Selfridge, and although I won't get much wear out of it everyday, I think it's a great option to have for parties. This is on the website here.
I added my flash of colour with my new red suede Primark heels, earrings I bought from eBay ages ago, and very red lips. There aren't any good pictures of it, but I added this baroque clutch bag from New Look to stick my essentials (plus business cards) in.
Some photos of me getting ready:
Mostly staples for my face: Bourjois Healthy Mix Serum Foundation and Concealer to start, with Rimmel Stay Matter Transparent Powder to set, then the Naked palette for my eyes, plus Urban Decay 24/7 Eyeliner in Zero and No7 360 Degree Mascara. I used Benefit Benetint on my cheeks, and went for a classic red on my lips with the Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain in Romantic. I topped off with my sweet Nina by Nina Ricci perfume because I couldn't resist that red apple!
I felt really confident in this outfit – it's pretty far from my usual style, but I certainly felt like I was holding my own amongst all the fashionistas. What do you think of the texture clash? Are you a ruffle fan?


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We got some new sheets last weekend. Yes, we did a little shopping on Black Friday weekend, but, no, it was not at 5am and we didn't stand in line for hours in front of Walmart hoping to be the first ones in. And, no, we didn't trample and kill anyone like they did at the Walmart we all heard about in the news. I was so disturbed by that story. Here's this man making a few bucks an hour at Walmart, probably so thankful that he had a job, any job, so that he could feed his family and maybe buy them a few gifts this holiday season, and he gets trampled to death while trying to open the doors for the hordes of frenzied shoppers. And the worst part was how angry the shoppers got when they were told that the store had to close because someone had been killed.
Anyway, no we didn't kill anyone in our quest to join the bargain hunters this weekend, we weren't even shopping for sheets. We were shopping at Target for cat food and cat litter (what else) and just happened to see a display with 1000 thread count sheet sets at 40% off. 1000 count? I don't think I've ever even SEEN 1000 count sheets before in my life, much less on an end cap at Target, and at a sale price about the same as a set of scratchy 300 count sheets. So, we got some to replace the sheets that I hadn't noticed were two different colors until we got better lighting in the bedroom.
So, that was our exciting weekend, new sheets!
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
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At a recent meeting of the McGill Senate, Associate Vice-Principal (Communications) Jennifer Robinson requested input from senators about possible new features in the Reporter. She agreed with my suggestion that the Reporter might become a place where faculty, staff and students could discuss and debate issues of concern to the university community, in addition to its "good news" function, which seems to predominate. She also noted that the letters section can be used for this purpose until a more formal section is developed.
I would like to propose that we take advantage of this opening, and bring to the Reporter comments or opinions about a variety of university issues about which we hear very little. Some of these issues, in no particular order, are
1. The effects of the construction of the new Glen Yards MUHC Hospital, and the disappearance of the Royal Victoria Hospital: This will be a major change. Although this will be an opportunity to have a new, first-class teaching hospital and to attract top medical and research personnel, it will divert significant financial, human and research resources to the new site, away from the downtown campus.
2. The educational experience of McGill students: Are teaching introductory courses in very large and necessarily impersonal classes the right way to organize the education of some of the best and brightest students from Canada and elsewhere? Are students taught by experienced professors who direct exciting and up-to-date research, or by lecturers and TAs? Are students becoming more stressed as grades are increasingly being used as the primary indicator of success, dividing them into "winners" and "losers"? What would be the effects on students if tuition fees were to rise significantly?
3. Campus life: Are the diversity and needs of the students and staff well served by a food services policy that strives mostly for efficiency and uniformity? Are the new regulations on student demonstrations compatible with optimal expression of student opinions on political issues?
4. Working conditions: Can Facilities Management better organize on-time responses to problems in building temperatures that predictably occur as we shift seasons? Are we sufficiently informed about health and safety issues? Do McGill employees have adequate access to child care?
5. The effects of massive hiring of new faculty members: How can we integrate all these new professors into the university and help them to succeed? Will they be able to establish research programs as well as take over the teaching of the increasing numbers of students?
I would like to encourage all readers to begin a forum on these and other issues by submitting letters to the editor of the Reporter. Universities should be places where individuals are encouraged to debate important issues that affect our lives and will determine our future as an outstanding university. Let's help the Reporter serve this function for us!
Nicholas H. Acheson
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
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Over the weekend of October 16–17, the undersigned hosted a small scientific meeting in Burnside Hall for approximately 45 participants (in addition to a number of McGill students). We have just received an utterly outrageous bill from the Conference Centre for about $2,800. For such a small conference, this is absurd, and we believe that they are attempting to charge us for the entire cost of operating Burnside Hall for a weekend. We were billed for 21.5 hours of ventilation. Our total occupancy of the building was 19 hours (from 8:30 am till 11 pm on Saturday and 8:30 am till 1 pm on Sunday), but we were told that daytime hours would not be billed since the building is heavily used by students and ventilation must be provided in any case. Then there is a charge of nearly $1,000 for a "porter". As far as we can tell, the only thing — absolutely the only thing — the porter did was to unlock the classroom both mornings, and I have little doubt we could have made other arrangements to have that done.
During the past 25 years, we have held, I believe, at least 10 similar meetings. The early ones cost us nothing, since the university clearly took the view that holding these meetings was a legitimate function of any university with pretensions to supporting research. More recently, we have paid modest fees of a few hundred dollars. Unless this bill is reduced to a more reasonable level, we have no choice but to conclude that we can hold no future meetings at McGill.
Michael Barr
Peter Redpath Emeritus Professor of Pure Mathematics
Michael Makkai
Peter Redpath Professor of Pure Mathematics
Robert A.G. Seely
Adjunct Professor, Department of Mathematics & Statistics
The $2,800 charge to the Department of Mathematics includes charges relating to HVAC for a total of 12 hours, not the 21.5 claimed. It also contains charges for the services of cleaners and porters, facility rental/coordination, food catering and taxes. I believe that the organizers were informed of these charges well in advance of hosting their event. This said, there are certain buildings on campus that operate under extended hours. Using these buildings for after-hours and weekend events could serve to save event organizers some of the "standard" facilities costs.
Building hours are established by the building director within the general guidelines set by the university. At the "official" closing time, the building goes into "silent hours" mode. On Saturday, Sunday, statutory holidays and any other holidays so designated in the McGill calendar, buildings will normally be considered closed.
Any unit that uses a building during these "silent hours" is required to pay for porter services and post-event cleaning to ensure the space is returned to normal for the next day of classes. This policy is applied to all groups across campus. The costs associated with a custodial presence during "silent hours" were, I believe, discussed at Senate (March 12, 2003). At that time, the Vice-Principal (Finance and Administration) noted they would continue indefinitely.
For safety and hygienic reasons, all special events taking place outside normal hours at McGill receive custodial support throughout an event. The support given is by the custodian assigned to "porter service" and includes (but is not exclusive to):
This practice has been in place since 1997 and I understand has been consistently applied since that time.
Alan Charade
Ancillary Services
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This week BMW and ad agency GSD&M revealed a campaign for the automaker's new Z4 sports car. "An Expression of Joy" is maybe the first campaign this year that makes overspending on an unneeded luxury seem like a good idea.
Art and luxury are often placed in the same category and it's safe to say most people are avoiding the temptation to buy either these days. But BMW has done something unique. Somehow, they've placed the Z4 in both categories while making it more accessible to the general public—that is, people who might appreciate the BMW brand and art but only when it hits them in the face.


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Context-free grammars and virtual memory schemes still buzzing around my head from last night's desperate attempts to salvage a retarded GPA.
Then a gamcha-pora parar lok came and chased them away, cursing about a broken slumber or something.
A slight nip early in the morning. Its autumn here, never Fall.


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[Note: I took some time off from this discussion last week. To read my previous posts on Chapter Three, "Arguments for God's Existence," go here, here, and here. I conclude my dialogue with Chapter Three in this post.]
Dawkins treats "The Argument from Admired Religious Scientists" as another category of argument for God's existence that is to be shot down. Shockingly, from Dawkins' perspective, some scientists do believe in God. Dawkins thinks that most of those scientists who admit to a belief in God actually only believe in the sense that what one can't understand or what one hasn't yet discovered one can choose to call "God." Studies have shown, he points out, that very few eminent scientists believe in a personal God.
Dawkins gets downright snobby in this section. He asks the question whether there is "any evidence that, in the population at large, atheists are likely to be drawn from among the better educated and more intelligent" (p. 102). He then goes on to cite studies that seem to indicate that such is the case. (Now, at times Dawkins throws in claims that he is trying to be funny; unfortunately, he throws in no such claim in this section.) It's an interesting argument, really. First, point out that there are some believing scientists, even a few (Polkinghorne in England, Collins in America, for example) who are well-known and respected. Second, point out that such believing scientists make up a small percentage of the larger population of scientists. Third, claim that atheists tend to be drawn from the better educated and more intelligent segments of society, implying that religious people are really just not very bright. I would try to make a counter-claim that Dawkins has only proven that folks of his ilk are drawn from the more arrogant segments of society, but I've known too many arrogant religious folks to make that one stick.
Let's be fair. Dawkins values what he values. He values science, logic, proof, intelligence, and education. Given his values, and given his inability to consider the possibility of faith, he may really have nowhere else to go. It is interesting, though, that he really has no counter to the faith stance of the believing scientists whom he mocks. Granted, such scientists have made the leap of faith and have come to believe in the God whom they cannot see but whose presence they sense in the wonders of nature and in the stirrings of their hearts. But, as we will see in the next chapter, Dawkins is just as capable of making just as big a leap of faith when it comes to certain "theories" or "probabilities." If we can grant that God is love and that he revealed himself most fully in the self-giving, other-embracing love of his Son Jesus, I'd rather leap into those arms than into those of a logical probability.
I think that Dawkins reveals something in this section that may just be the true dividing line between him and those who think like he does and me and those who think like I do. He says that he asked Jim Watson, founder of the Human Genome Project, if he knew any religious scientists. He approvingly quotes Watson's response: "Virtually none. Occasionally I meet them, and I'm a bit embarrassed [laughs] because, you know, I can't believe anyone accepts truth by revelation" (p. 99). So there you go. Some of us believe in truth that has been revealed by God. I and others would say that God has revealed his truth in nature, in history, in the Bible, and most fully in Jesus Christ. Dawkins and his camp will have none of it. And there lies the great divide.
By the way, Dawkins reveals his very condescending attitude toward believing scientists in this section. On p. 99, Dawkins refers to three scientists involved in the study of the human genome. He refers to the Christian Francis Collins simply as "administrative head of the American branch of the official Human Genome Project" which he says in a footnote is "not to be confused with the unofficial human genome project, led by that brilliant (and non-religious) 'buccaneer' of science, Craig Venter." He also refers to Jim Watson, quoted in the paragraph above, as the "founding genius of the Human Genome Project." From Dawkins' point of view, one apparently cannot be a Christian and "brilliant" or a "genius" at the same time; such designations are reserved for atheists, who, after all, come from the more intelligent and better educated segments of society!
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It is late on Monday night and I am up alone. I've got that feeling that I can see evrything clearer now. Not intellectually but physically: cigarette butts on the sidewalk, streetlights up above me. I've been thinking of you all week.
It's getting close now. You know how all the rocks have names and all the marshes have mazes. You have always jumped in first while I shivered afraid on the dock. Even the glittering water of Lobster Cove makes me worry I may not come back.
I will turn 31 soon. Prime numbers have treated me well. Things could turn on a dime and I am ready for that but I think I'll go into it with optimism. Tomorrow I will bring my mother and my daughter to the beach and they will look for rocks together. We will chose which beach depending on which life we want to live. We will chose which life we want to live.
The other night I thought the fog horn was a train approaching. Funny how the sounds trade places. It's been years since I've heard a bell buoy. Last week on Front Beach there were pieces of blue beach glass everywhere. Must have been the storm that kicked them up. I haven't told anybody until now.
I had forgotten about irrational numbers but I know they have their place. Days and months and years go by and I don't think of them.
My peas have started to come up. By the time you get back they will have run their course and we will be deep in tomatoes and zucchini. The windows will be open. We will be waiting for you.
Tuesday, May 1
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A college and seminary prof posts on poetry, spirituality, theology and connections between a thoughtful and committed faith and daily life in our broken world.
About Me
- Kathleen Henderson Staudt
- I work as a teacher, poet and spiritual director at a number of institutions in the DC area. My teaching focuses in various ways on writing, poetry, Spirituality and Christian vocation and ministry - especially from the point of view of the laity. I also offer classes and retreats encouraging people to explore their inner lives, engage their creativity and reflect on their beliefs about God, vocation, and how we can discern and pursue new ways to transform our broken world. I enjoy speaking of faith in the secular academy as well as reminding those preparing for ministry in the Church that our primary purpose is to love and serve the world beyond the church's doors. I love helping people to grow in faith and to find their own voices, and I also love encouraging them to use their minds. I see no contradiction between these impulses, believing as I do that faith, reason and creativity work together.
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Coming Soon: Anthology of Poems by Young Adults with Cancer
I'm in the final stages of preparing the MS of a lovely anthology of poems by young adults with cancer - i.e., broadly defined, people who received a cancer diagnosis between the ages of 15 and 39. I've posted a fuller description as a page to the left of this post. More info to come soon!
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Thursday, March 1, 2018
Two new publications on David Jones!
This is starting to be a big year for me, with the appearance in print of several projects I've been working on for sometime. The collection from Brill (edited by Jamie Callison, Paul Fiddes, Erik Tonning and Anna Johnson), David Jones: A Christian Modernist? is out now - and is full of articles that explore exactly the kind of questions that most interest me around Jones and the significance of his voice in our time. My essay, "David Jones: Christian Artist at the Dawn of a Post Christian Era" is the last in the volume. And I'm delighted to report that the collection from Bloomsbury that I am co-editing with Tom Berenato and Anne Price Owen will be out in June: David Jones on Religion, Politics and Culture: Unpublished Writings. The work on these projects has got me thinking in fresh ways about how Jones's take on the role and practice of a Christian artist in our time has affected my own approach to reading, writing, and theological reflection. I continue to mull this over.
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Monday, April 17, 2017
Verse and Vision: a Poetry Conference April 28-29 2017
My new book, "Good Places," is out and available from Finishing Line Press, and I'm starting to offer some readings and promotions which I'll put up on this page as they come up.
For instance, I'm looking forward to being part of a conference on "Voice and Vision," inviting many in the DC area to come together and reflect on the connections among poetry, spirituality and liturgy.
I'll be participating in what promises to be an exciting poetry festival on "Verse and Vision" in DC April 28 and 29. Information and registration are at http://www.verseandvision.org. I'll be reading some poems at the concert Friday evening at Western Presbyterian Church in Foggy Bottom, and then on Saturday morning, at the Church of the Pilgrims near Dupont, participating in a panel discussion in the morning and leading a workshop on Praying with Poetry in the afteroon. Please come if you can, and help me spread the word.
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Monday, January 23, 2017
Praying in Love - a Multicultural experience the day of the Women's March
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Since I am uneasy in big crowds, I opted not to attend the Women's March in DC. , and instead to follow a strong urge I was feeling to be at prayer as this new administration comes into office. So I reached out to some of the other prayer-ministers and members of my parish, the Episcopal Church of Our Saviour in Silver Spring, and we advertised a Multi-cultural prayer vigil Since we were put on the map as one of the first sites of post-election racist graffiti, it seemed like a good place to assemble people for a multicultural vigil, to offer prayers for the day, and the work ahead for the nation.
So, without much of a structure, we opened the church from 10-4. One of the women prepared a simple soup luncheon, so we could break for conversation and fellowship at midday, and over the course of the time about 15 people came and went, mostly from Our Saviour but with a few supporters from the surrounding community. We took turns leading prayers at the top of the hour, and followed explicit prayer times with times of sitting together in silence. Our prayer styles ranged from meditative silence to spirit-filled singing to spontaneous prayers for the causes that were on our hearts. As the day went on, periods of silence were filled with spontaneous singing, and people calling out hymn numbers from the Lift Every Voice & Sing hymnals we had in the pews. "We're Marching to Zion," "Leaning on the Everlasting Arm, "Because He lives, I can face tomorrow; because He lives, all fear is gone." "My anchor holds, and grips the Solid Rock." Being in the company of people who are gifted "prayer-warriors" was a rich gift to me, and I was glad to have thought of gathering in this place, on this day. I contributed by opening and closing the proceedings and also produced a litany of prayers based on the vision statement from theWomen's March organizers. We prayed that together – and several people commented that they'd like to take it home and use it further, so I'm also posting it here in case other prayer or worshipping groups find it useful.
We also offered prayers of thanksgiving, coming out of time spent looking through the many, many supportive cards and letters that had come to Our Saviour after the graffiti incident in November, messages from all over the country: California, Ohio, Kentucky, Colorado, Illinois as well as from near neighbors in the Muslim and Jewish communities and other schools and churches in our area I suggested that people read through and bless those whose notes we read, as I do when I read through my Christmas cards: it was a good way to remember how many people in our country have good hearts and are drawn to compassion and solidarity. The Women's March also reflected that, strong solidarity, and so the prayer vigil was for us gathered there a profound experience of contemplation and action. I hope that this practice of prayer, undergirding and supporting political activism, will continue to provide us with strength for the work ahead.
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Sunday, January 8, 2017
On "Jesus Movements": Claiming My Tradition's Way of Being Christian
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I have been teaching in a forum series locally on the theme "Why Be a Christian," and in the course of that I've been digging a little deeper into Presiding Bishop Michael Curry's efforts to call the Episcopal Church back to our identity as a "Jesus movement," even as I've been surprised and a little dismayed by many "liberal" Episcopalians who confess they have "trouble with the Jesus part."
When I teach about Christian spirituality I often remind people that at least in the historical tradition, when Christians talk about "following Jesus" they mean not only following precepts of a great Wisdom teacher, which Jesus certainly was, historically, but about following and knowing the post-Resurrection Jesus, experiencing the holy through our experience of the Living Christ who promised to be with us always, to the end of the age (Matthew 28:20)
But I think that Episcopalians and others who identify as mainline Protestants or "progressives" have been shy about Jesus-language, largely because of the way that self-identified conservative Evangelicals have emphasized as normative a "belief in Jesus Christ as personal Savior", but tying that to a highly individualistic theology that tends to emphasize personal salvation from damnation, fear of judgment, and conformity to community norms that are considered "Biblical" through a fundamentalist lens.
A watchword of "liberal" Christianity, beginning with Harry Emerson Fosdick and picked up by Verna Dozier and Bishop Michael Curry among others, is that we need to learn to "follow Jesus, not worship Him." I would be on board with this if we added "follow Jesus, not just worship Him," but my experience tells me that the energy that allows us to follow Jesus's teachings comes from a more mysterious place that the tradition has named as the work of the Holy Spirit or as the encounter with the Living Christ. We not only follow the teachings of our great Wisdom Teacher; we seek to be empowered, through prayer, worship, and spiritual practice, by the God who desires New Life for all of Creation, who was Incarnate in Jesus. We are called both to follow Jesus and to worship together, to embrace the mystery of the divine life, in which His story invites all Creation to participate. This is what our sacramental tradition affirms when we call ourselves "living members of our. . . Savior Jesus Christ" - sent "to do the work you have given us to do, to love and serve you as faithful witnesses of Christ our Lord") as our prayer book has it (BCP. 365-6).
As I explored "Jesus movements" of the 20th century I came to realize that I myself am a product of the revival of a Jesus-focus that we saw in the US in the 1960's and 1970s, expressed in the "Jesus people" of hippie culture, in the charismatic revivals in the Roman and Episcopal churches, in the strengthening of movements like Intervarsity and Campus Crusade for Christ, and also – strikingly – in movements like Sojourners and Call to Renewal that persist in tapping the energy of the Living Christ to build "base communities" dedicated to the service of the poor and work for social justice.
Looking at "Jesus movements" in the Christian tradition, we can see that across the political spectrum, times of revival have come with the invitation to embrace a relationship with the Living Christ. So the progressively oriented Social Gospel movement of the turn of the 20th century was powered in part by the question "What would Jesus do?" – a question nourished by deeply personal prayer. Jesuit spirituality invites companionship with Jesus as we discern our path for life, and Franciscan spirituality embraces the God of Creation incarnate in the humble Child, calling Christians to a life of following Jesus that embraces Poverty of Spirit. These are spiritual traditions that have been available to what our culture labels as "liberal" or "progressive" politics – but the Church often seems disconnected from these rich resources in our tradition, even when the words of our liturgy and hymnody invoke them.
I think we Episcopalians and liberal Protestants have become shy about embracing a relationship with the Living Christ because we have ceded language about "following Jesus" – even the word "discipleship"-- to the theological discourse of American fundamentalist evangelical Christianity. And the reasons for this divide have deeper theological and cultural roots that I've uncovered in looking at my own journey of faith, which is very much "Jesus centered" though I've often been shy about using that language in Episcopalian circles: I want us to get over this shyness. But here's my story. My testimony, if you will.
I came into the Episcopal Church as a young adult in the mid-1970s, playing my guitar for the student chapter service at St. John's Northampton, on the campus of Smith College. I learned not only the early folk masses of Ian Mitchell (now largely forgotten) but also many of the songs that energized my evangelical friends who attended the Thursday Eucharist and were also active in Campus Crusade for Christ. In fact, part of what drew me back to active involvement in Church was the way I experienced, in one of my evangelical friends, a person who clearly lived into and took great joy in an ongoing, prayerful relationship with Jesus. Just being in her presence was transformative. We differed theologically on a lot of things (I'll get to that in a minute) but there was a core experience that attracted me, and that I came to find in the celebrations of Eucharist at St. John's – affirmed in the new liturgical language that we were using and in the conversations we had in small groups about what this all meant for our lives. But it was about experience at first, not doctrine or belief. And that experience was about Jesus, though because of the excesses of my Evangelical friends I gradually became more shy about claiming my experience in that language. Luckily the Eucharistic prayers named it every time and gave me language that worked for me.
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Thursday, November 17, 2016
Vandalism at the Episcopal Church of Our Saviour: Some thoughts a week later
Last Sunday I arrived at church for choir practice and the 10:00 service, to find that vandals had scrawled "TRUMP NATION: WHITES ONLY" on the banner advertising our Spanish language service and on the wall of the Memorial Garden, the area beside the church where many of my longtime friends and mentors are buried. We are a church proud of our cultural and racial diversity – close to 80% of our members are immigrants , from all over African, the Caribbean and Latin America. When we gather for worship on a Sunday morning it feels to me like the reality of the "reign of God" – people from east and west gathered at Christ's table, joined by a common faith and spiritual practice that transcends our differences.
The event hit social media and has evoked outrage that this could happen – and expressions of support for our community and anger at those who did this. What it represents for others is important for humanizing our national discourse. But I hope that the story that breaks through ultimately will be the one I experienced: the depth and clarity of the love that binds us as a community of faith, carrying and grounding our response to this event and affirming of love as stronger than hatred and fear. The coverage on WAMU, which included an interview with me next to the desecrated Memorial Garden Wall, makes a good start https://wamu.org/news/16/11/14/facing_racist_vandalism_diverse_church_in_silver_spring_meets_hate_with_love
Of course we were shocked and wounded by this event – in this community of "blue" Maryland that prides itself on our racial and cultural diversity. But we didn't dwell much on "who would do this?" I was oddly unsurprised, I realize now: upset, but with more of a feeling of, "So, here it is: we knew it was out there and it has come to us"– this atmosphere of hatred and fear that has become so pervasive in our political discourse through this election season. But my reaction as a relatively privileged white Anglo may be different from those directly threatened, who have been feeling frightened and vulnerable even before this. I am also aching for them – especially the children and the parents who seek to keep them safe.
What was inspiring was the way that the Church, as a Whole Church and the body of Christ, came together to support us. The Bishop of Washington, the Right Reverend Mariann Budde, came to celebrate communion at our Spanish service and invited people from around the diocese to come at short notice, and they came. Our rector, the Rev. Dr. Robert Harvey, spoke for the welcome that binds our community. Our preacher, the Rev. Francisco Valle, spoke inspiringly of who we are as Christians: We are people who answer love with hate and this is the kind of time when we bear witness to this. He spoke from the heart, he quoted St. Francis, and he spoke for all of us. (see more here Afterwards chalk was given out and the people gathered, especially the children, wrote messages of love: Love Wins: Love is stronger than hate; on the sidewalks around the church.
Meanwhile Bishop Mariann and those who spoke for the church protested against these acts of violence against the vulnerable, and called on the President-Elect and his supporters to separate themselves from the hate-speech that this election has stirred up in his name. It was not a condemnation of "those people" but a call to put an end to behavior that is hurtful toward the vulnerable. Not a call for "political correctness" but a call for respect and empathy, and humane attention to the damage our words can do, and to the need for healing words. This too is at the heart of our faith.
In the week since, the outpouring of support has been overwhelming –candles, flowers and cards left at our doors, a new sign replacing the old and stating "Silver Spring Loves and Welcomes Immigrants." I was at the church on Tuesday most of the day working with our office of Samaritan Ministry and serving people from our community and our congregation who need help taking their next steps toward applying for jobs, improving computer skills, and other steps out of poverty and homelessness. The gestures of support, and media calls from all over the world, wer flowing through the church office all morning, all day, on Tuesday. The imam from up the road came with some of his congregation to pray at the church; 2 guys arrived from Pennsylvania with offers to clean the wall for free; others just stopped by to say "I'm with you" - and it continues.
At Our Saviour we have always been proud of our mission to be "a home for all God's people" and we've been clear that we are here to embody Jesus' welcome to all, even when we sometimes have to work at it. Being part of this community for over 25 years has been a privilege and joy. It has kept me aware- if sometimes appropriately uncomfortable –of my own role and experience as a white person in this society, and grateful for the welcome that I receive because of a shared faith and the joy of common worship with so many people I might not otherwise have crossed paths with in the course of daily life. And I'm grateful that my children were able to grow up with the experience of this kind of friendly diversity as normal and good and real – because I believe that that is what we embody at Our Saviour, and indeed what the Church at its best bears witness to.
In one way it is exciting that as a result of this ugly event our common vision and commitment to one another is on display for all to see. In another way it is exhausting, the way any grieving process is exhausting, sorting out the sense of violation the loss of the sense of safety we had, and becoming a public symbol on social media across the world, because of the way that this hate crime reflects the sad and broken state of our country. At Our Saviour we haven't been spending much energy on "Who did this?" Or "Why did they do this?" Jesus was the one who said "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." My comfort and my hope is that all this public exposure will invite people of good will, across the political spectrum, to think on these things, and recognize the need for far more compassion and empathy, and firmness in the struggle against hate as we journey together through the very challenging time that lies ahead.www.episcopalcos.org.
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Wednesday, November 9, 2016
My thoughts as I'm watching Hillary's Concession Speech
So here we are after this election. With headlines I and most of my friends and family did not expect. I am watching Hillary's concession speech I am and probably will be for awhile on the edge of tears, and maybe over the edge. Perhaps for the first time in my life I'm aware of the rejection of someone I admired and deeply identify with: an educated, organized, strong white woman. I really thought it was our moment. And I just ache for Hillary and all she has been through, all she has offered, the President she could have been and knows she could have been. She is such a class act.
OK. Here come the tears.
And I also know that we have to go on, with our eyes wide open and clear, and avoid denial and smoothing over and continue, those of us with means, privilege and power, to work for those who continue to be left behind and rejected in our system. And to watch for ways to do this both within and outside of our political system.
For me it has been a rollercoaster week. I spent all day on Monday ringing doorbells in Pennsylvania for Hillary, in Reading PA – meeting people across the spectrum – in small working class homes, in student houses connected to nearby Albright College. The canvassing team of 4 that I was assigned to included me, a Jewish woman about Hillary's age, a young African American man (a lawyer), and a Muslim neighbor. It was a high-energy, hopeful group, the busload of us who spent the day traveling from Maryland to a neighborhing battleground state – we bought into the strategy, and we met people who had great enthusiasm about voting. I walked up and down hills in residential neighborhoods in beautiful fall weather – I think the images of that day will stay with me, and I'm glad I did it.
Then on Tuesday, I spent the morning at the SamaritanMinistry office, doing casework with people who need to find jobs and are shut out of the system because of the shredding of the safety net, the high cost of housing, the lack of education and support sytem. I will continue this work and find more ways to do it and to work for whatever political change can happen – on the most local level if necessary.
And in the afternoon, speaking with my spiritual director. And then the evening as the election returns came in and began a period of mourning for me. The grieving, the anger, the deep sadness will continue: and I have also learned that mourning, and anger on the side of the oppressed, help us to grow in compassion. It has to. And my days of canvassing, of meeting reasonable, lovely, diverse people did make me feel positive about this country, our diversity and strengths. It was the America I believe in: "hopeful, resilient and big-hearted" as Hillary says.
Sustaining me is the hope that there is resilience in this country, and among us who believe that we are "stronger together." That was not just a slogan: and it doesn't mean papering over differences. But it means continuing to see each other clearly. Standing up for everyone and supporting one another and those who have no voice. Opposing outrageous policies and craziness. And being, really, yes: "stronger together."-->
This evening I am on to lead a Bible study at a local church -- the Gospel of Matthew, looking at Jesus' teaching and the Sermon on the Mount. The story of Jesus that we have in this gospel Matthew is about a community that forms in the midst of great political turmoil and surrounded by values that are not those of this community. And he preaches inclusiveness, care for the poor, healing for those who are left out. Reading this part of the gospel story today I am impressed by the way that Jesus' teaching of his disciples invites and describes a way of life and an attitude that is a life-giving way in any and all times. And for me the shift in national fortunes makes this even more vivid.
I've posted on a separate page my poem "Judgment Day" -written in 2001 -- which sounds in a different way what I'm still mulling over, as someone who belongs to the now-discredited "elite" and aware of my connection to so many of my neighbors. Still not sure how to paraphrase the insight but I think it still speaks.
This evening I am on to lead a Bible study at a local church -- the Gospel of Matthew, looking at Jesus' teaching and the Sermon on the Mount. The story of Jesus that we have in this gospel Matthew is about a community that forms in the midst of great political turmoil and surrounded by values that are not those of this community. And he preaches inclusiveness, care for the poor, healing for those who are left out. Reading this part of the gospel story today I am impressed by the way that Jesus' teaching of his disciples invites and describes a way of life and an attitude that is a life-giving way in any and all times. And for me the shift in national fortunes makes this even more vivid.
I've posted on a separate page my poem "Judgment Day" -written in 2001 -- which sounds in a different way what I'm still mulling over, as someone who belongs to the now-discredited "elite" and aware of my connection to so many of my neighbors. Still not sure how to paraphrase the insight but I think it still speaks.
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Once again I found myself spending another Hen's Night overseas, lol. This time the destination was Krabi! I've been to Krabi before with my entire family member (that was the first and for now the last overseas family trip we've had so far) and really loved it, so this time around even though I kinda new what to expect, it was still a fun & memorable trip for us.
On our first day we went to the Blue Pool & Emerald Pool, which took us 2-3 hours' drive from Ao Nang Beach. It was pretty far out, but the journey was worth it because the pools were absolutely beautiful (especially the Blue Pool!). Too bad we couldn't jump in at the Blue Pool because it looked so refreshing lol. There were too many people at the Emerald Pool so we decided to forego a dip there and went for a dip at our hotel instead :P I know, I know, tsk tsk.
But hey, the next day was our 4 Island's Excursion, so we soaked up plenty of sun and seawater, thank you very much!
[KRABI 2015] Carl's Hen's Night!
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Why I Always Wear A FitBit When I Ride
If you can wear your FitBit while you run, you can wear a FitBit while you ride. At least that's what I do: riding, running, yoga, sleeping, I'm never not wearing it – except for when I'm charging it. I knew horseback riding was a good workout for your core, back, and legs. But I didn't know that it was also a cardio workout. Great cardio, actually, depending on how long and hard you ride.
In a normal lesson working on lateral work, the rising trot, and the sitting trot, I'm averaging burning 300 calories in a half-hour ride. The amount of time my heart is in my target cardio workout range? Nearly the whole ride time. Of course, it's summer and it's hot so it's going to be easier to get my heart up to that cardio work-out range for my age and weight. This can, and should, change over time. Not just when the weather changes, but as my fitness level increases. According to Meredith Crilly, a nutritionist who also writes for LiveStrong.com, the more in shape you are, the lower your resting heart rate will become. This will affect what your target fat burning, cardio, and max heart rate ranges are.
But that's the other benefit of wearing a fitness tracker: I can see how I'm progressing with each ride. I can see which days were the better workouts for me and know what I can do on my non-lesson days to stay in shape. According to the American College of Sports Medicine, everyone should be getting either 30 minutes of light cardio, like taking a walk, 5 days a week or 20 minutes of intense cardio 3 days a week. If I haven't spent enough time in my target cardio heart-rate range for the week, I can add in a run or a longer ride. If I've already met my goal for the week, I can replace a run or working ride with yoga or a trail ride.
My FitBit has helped me figure out the best way to find the midpoint between too much and too little activity. It reminds me to stay hydrated and that I need to sleep better. Most importantly, I have proof that horseback riding is great exercise. It serves as a reminder to myself, that I am working hard. But it also is great to show friends, family, and personal trainers how physically hard, and rewarding, riding can be.
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I have been studying diligently for 2 hours. The edge of my hand is blue because I print upside down and drag through the ink. My eyes are all un-focusable past 2 feet. It's time for a commercial:
There. Laughing feels good. Now I can go back to studying.
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Quinoa is so five years ago!
According to Google Trends, today's new wonder foods are turmeric, apple cider vinegar, avocado oil, bitter melon, and kefir.
But even if you don't care about having the latest health foods on your dinner plate, including them in your photos could lead to more sales.
Bonnie Caton, here, coming up with new photo ideas this week, then selling the photos I take through online stock photo agencies.
All I'm using for today's shoot are ingredients from my kitchen cabinet, a few props like napkins and placemats from home, a table next to the window, my camera, and my appetite (if it looks good enough to eat, I'll photograph it first).
Last month at the Ultimate Photography Workshop, graphic designer Lori Haller taught us how to use Google Trends. She said it's a great way to stay on top of what people are buying right now. Focus on stock photo trends first, she said, and you'll always be ahead of your competition.
Challenge accepted.
Turmeric is on Google's trend list and it's shooting up in popularity because of its many health benefits. So I got some out of the cabinet, set up a shoot next to the window, and took a few photos for stock.
Here's my super-simple setup:
This is nothing but a window, a table, and a piece of white foam core board I bought at the grocery store for $1.99. You can set this up at home, too, in less than five minutes.
Here are a few shots I got:
To spice up the colors (pun intended) I added cayenne and paprika to a few. And guess what?
I uploaded these to my online stock photo agencies and 3 have already sold. Woo hoo!
It's crazy how easy it is to set up a stock photo shoot by a window with things you have on-hand. You can photograph food, objects, people, your travels, animals… even your daily chores. Right now, my best-sellers are flowers, chocolate, a family on the beach, kale chips, and various shots from my travels.
What's great about stock is that you upload your photos once, and then they can sell over and over while you do other things.
There's no printing, pricing, or marketing involved.
Set up a little shoot like this every month and you'll have a sizeable portfolio of images up for sale by the end of summer.
Tomorrow I'll share some more fun food photos I'm taking this week. Stay tuned!
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I can tell very quickly just how far I'll be able to go in helping Spawn with homework. As far as second grade math.
Spawn came home last night with a note from the teacher, asking me to work with the kid to understand how to add columns of numbers.
Oh holy crap. Having to teach math. This is my husband's department, he's much better with numbers than I am.
But of course last night was one of those nights where my husband was out of town, and so that meant it was up to me to try to sort this out.
My main problem with math and numbers in general is that I don't fully grasp how the whole discipline is ordered. Fortunately, second grade math is right about the level that I understand. I mean, I can count by fives and tens and I can add and subtract. There is no algebra in second grade.
Spawn was having trouble understanding adding columns in which the sum of the ones column is ten or greater. Like, for instance, 15 + 25 = ___. Spawn was adding left to right, which makes sense since that's how you read. But as you know, adding columns goes from right to left, and you have to add the ones column first. If the sum is ten or more you take that ten position number and carry it over to the tens column. (See! I understand it!)
Which I explained to Spawn. But apparently that was just a bit too technical, so I had to dial it back some.
And then there were some tears and some eyerolling and some generalized attituding, and a big fat go-to-your-room.
Followed by tears and screaming. (Spawn) And a desire to choke someone. (me)
Hey, I love math! (Not.)
After we had gone to our respective corners and things had settled out, I explained to Spawn that I am glad to help with homework, and all I ask for is a cooperative attitude. Which got me an unprompted apology (one of the true joys of parenting life, your kid apologizing, unbidden, for bad behavior aimed in your direction) and a commitment to cooperating.
So we tried it again.
I explained how numbers worked, in sets of ten. We counted by tens to one hundred, to illustrate the point. I wrote 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 and explained that then we jumped to the next set of tens, 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20, and so on. That seemed to make some sense.
Then we tackled the columns of numbers. Add the right column first, and if it adds up to more than ten, put the second number down and carry the first number up to the left column. Then add the left column, don't forget to add that carried number, and Bob's your uncle.
The light started to dawn. I could see comprehension on Spawn's face. It looked like a faraway oncoming train. I couldn't hear the whistle quite yet.
In first grade, when Spawn was learning to add single numbers, we used the concept of steps to add numbers. I drew a set of steps and numbered them 1 through 10 and asked Spawn to picture standing on X step and going up X number of steps, and what step would you be standing on. Same as with subtraction, just going down the steps. Sometimes I had the kid to march in place to bring the point home. It really helped Spawn to understand the idea of addition and subtraction.
When I wrote out the sets of ten, Spawn seemed to "get" that they also worked like steps, which in turn helped the kid to understand the concept of ones and tens places. Of course I got the whole "that's not how Sister explained it in class" which I distinctly remember saying to my parents when they were helping me with the "new" math the schools were teaching back in the 1970's. Hey, I can only teach the kid what I know, and how I learned to do things. The schools seem to want kids to memorize a lot of number facts these days, which is great in a lot of ways, but I also think you have to be able to have another way to arrive at the answer. It seems to me that putting your hands in your lap and counting on your fingers will only work for so long.
I hope that I was able to send the kid off to school today with a better understanding of the concept of adding columns. I guess I'll know if I get another note home from the teacher saying "just stay out of it from here on."
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Josh Beckett (left) pitched pretty well, allowing 2 runs in 6 innings, as he is now 9-4/2.20/122. Franklin Morales, who was lights out, relieved him with two shutout innings, a huge asset in the win as he has been a respectable 0-0/3.94/15 in 16 innings since coming to Boston. Jonathan Papelbon got the win in a scoreless ninth inning, making his record 3-0. Despite getting that key hit in the 9th, Jacoby Ellsbury only went 1-5, but he still deserves to be mentioned. Dustin Pedroia went 2-4, and is now batting .312 this season. Kevin Youkilis went 1-4 with that solo home run as he is now at .275/16/76 for the year. Tonight, Tim Wakefield (6-4/5.06/52) will go for #200 against Carlos Carrasco (8-9/4.67/80).
Bright Spots:
Josh Beckett- 2 runs in 6 innings in a good start
Franklin Morales- 2 shutout innings from the bullpen, striking out 3
Jonathan Papelbon- the win in a scoreless inning
Jacoby Ellsbury- the walk-off single, need I say more?
Dustin Pedroia- 2-4
Kevin Youkilis- 1-4 with a solo homer
Dull Spots:
Carl Crawford- 0-4 with 2 strikeouts and 3 runners left on base
Darnell McDonald- 0-2 with 2 runners left on base
This was an awesome game and I'm really glad I watched it!


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Now that she's received them, I can post pictures of the things I made for my friend Danielle for her baby boy, due in November.
Soaker, made with Paton's SWS, a soy/wool blend that is my favorite for soakers. Knitting in boy colors was kinda fun.
A crochet bib, made with Lily Sugar & Cream. Someone made me a couple of these bibs for Cora and they are my favorites. I wanted to share the fun of using crocheted bibs.
I also made him a cute little fleece bunting with monkeys on it, but I either didn't take a picture of it, or can't find it.
Yesterday was a real Saturday. No school, just lazing around and relaxing. I did a lot of knitting, Chloe played more computer games than she's ever allowed to, and Cora just hung out and played with us. It was so nice, and much needed. With the weather cooling off, we hung out outside for awhile, the girls played in the water while I working on my knitting.
I weighed Cora last night. 18 pounds even. A week or so ago, she was 17 pounds, 8 ounces. It's not just my imagination, she really is eating a lot!
I thought the sock monster that lives under my dryer was particularly hungry lately. Then I realized that no, Chloe's just been stealing the baby's pajamas to use on her baby dolls.
Phantom Husband should be home today. We haven't seen him since Wednesday evening. I'm hoping I can convince him to get a few things done around here this afternoon since he'll be on another long week starting tomorrow.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
1 comment:
- allykitty5 said...
Those are gorgeous. I bet she just loves them!
- September 8, 2008 at 11:34 AM
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I noticed that even if I don't have an effect sphere linked to my sample... if I slide it all the way right or left, there are effects on it. Sounds like maybe a high or low pass filter on each side? Is that right?
If so, is there a way to specify no filter at all to the sides? And/or specify a different filter to be used when sliding to the sides of the screen?


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Vintage Bracks: Heineken Classic 2003
It's just over three years ago that Ernie Els edged out Nick Faldo and Peter Lonard to win the Heineken Classic in early February 2003. I remember vividly what followed, as I was a volunteer that year with an access all areas pass.
When the presentation area was set up on the 18th green of the composite course, Steve Bracks gave a short speech and presented the trophy to "Ernie Eels" (sic). I heard it and thought something was odd, and even the Big Easy thought Bracks had scuffed his lines. It's really not hard to remember the name of the major drawcard; three letters. I automatically suspected he'd spent too much time in the Victorian Government marquee indulging in the sponsor's product. He claimed a technical problem:
"I can simply say that actually the microphone was echoing and obviously playing back in my ear and that was probably the cause of some of the reverberation and the comments."
However public opinion, in the form of a 3AW poll, found against Bracks. Only 4% of callers deemed him sober.


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Angie: So Camy, I hear you have an unusual use for eggs, lol. Please share it with us. (Folks, we have Camy Tang back for an encore with a recipe.) Remember to get her book, Sushi For One, on the shelves now! It's a fun read with a lot of flair, just like Camy:-D
Camy: Here's my fav recipe for Loco Moco that I make all the time, despite the fact it's a cholesterol bomb:
Make white rice (actually, we use half brown rice) in the rice cooker or on the stove. Uncle Ben's is okay but not preferred.
Make hamburger patties: one pound ground beef, one egg, three slices of bread pulled into thumb sized pieces, salt and pepper, mixed together (sometimes we add one small minced onion). We make four patties, but you can make anywhere from 3 to 6.
In a cast iron skillet, cook patties in a little oil until cooked through.
In the same skillet, toss in a tablespoon of flour and mix in the oil. Then add a can of beef gravy (we use Campbell's). Heat through. We sometimes add mushrooms. Salt and pepper to taste.
In a separate pan, fry one egg over easy for each person. The yolk has to be runny b/c that mixes with the gravy. I heard on good authority from Alton Brown at Good Eats that a little raw yolk typically won't kill you. :)
For each person, serve a small mound of rice, topped with a patty, topped with an egg, smothered with gravy. The runny yolk might sound gross but trust me, it's delish.
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