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Camille Claudel lived in Nogent sur Seine as a teenager, and from there, she was launched into her career as a sculptor, her talent carrying her to Auguste Rodin's studio and into another complex world. The recently-opened Museum in Nogent sur Seine holds an important number of her sculptures, and offers a fascinating glimpse into the world of late 19th and early 20th century French sculptors.Read More
Basel's Paper Museum: an Artist's Delight /
Basel's Paper Museum is a small, extremely well-presented museum that takes one from paper-making to the history of writing, printing, book-binding and many other facets of the world of paper. As an artist, I was enthralled and found the paper they Museum still makes most tempting and beautiful.Read More
Plein Air Art - Looking Back (Part 5) /
When John Singer Sargent painted this scene of Claude Monet working en plein air, he recorded the heyday of the Impressionists' love of working outdoors to record and celebrate nature. Ever since, there has been a long list of wonderful plein air artists on every continent, and we artists, living today, have a rich heritage of landscape art from which to be inspired. This is the final Part 5 of my blog entry on Plein Air Art- Looking Back.Read More
Artists and the Short End of the Stick /
Every time one listens to the news these days, in no matter what country, it seems that someone is trying to damage or destroy someone else, or else trying to take advantage of someone else or another group. It really is a time when one can count oneself very privileged simply to be able, in peace, to listen to bird song, see a lightning storm dance across the sea, see the flutter of leaves in a poplar tree. Even in the art world, alas, increasingly, artists seem to be getting very much the short end of the stick. Of course, there are exceptions. Nonetheless, I have found, over the years, that many museums and art galleries have scant regard for contracts signed, agreements made or arrangements undertaken with artists. Expediency and politics rule. For the benefit of the administrative side of the art world, of course.Read More
Museum surprises /
Part of the fun of going to a museum is wondering what you are going to learn about that is totally unexpected and utterly fascinating. There is always something that stops one in one's tracks. In London, I had huge fun recently learning about the most unusual and esoteric of objects in today's context. How often does one use a tobacco grater today!
Tobacco had first been brought to Europe by Christopher Columbus and his men from Cuba, and by 1528, Europeans in general were being introduced to it, with an emphasis on all its medicinal advantages. The thriving trade helped foster colonization and was also an important factor in the slave trade with Africa. Sir Walter Raleigh supposedly brought the Virginia strain of tobacco to England in 1578 and again, its healthful aspects were emphasized. Virginia became a very important source of tobacco, with its cultivation spreading to the Carolinas. Tonnage imported to England steadily increased, and by 1620, 54,000 kg. were produced in Jamestown, Virginia, alone.Read More
A Delightful Discovery - the Musée Zervos at Vézelay, Burgundy /
It was a chance remark made as I was leaving to revisit Vézelay, the amazing Basilica which dates from the mid-ninth century: "You'll be going to the Zervos Museum too, won't you?" I stopped in my tracks. I had never heard of this museum. So it was explained to me that this was a small gem of a museum, not to be missed. Easy to find as you climb the hill to the imposing Basilica dominating the hills of green central Burgundy.
So after I had lingered and marvelled at the Romanesque architecture, the extraordinary stone carvings on portals and pillars (now a little over-restored to my eyes, but perhaps I should not cavil) and listened to monks and nuns chanting their midday services, I found my way to the discreet entrance to the Zervos Museum.
After a charming welcome, I wandered into the house, once the home of Romain Rolland, the French writer, who spent time there during the Second World War until his death in 1944. Christian Zervos, born in Greece but a naturalised Frenchman, was noted for his Cahiers d'Art which he edited from his rue du Dragon office in Paris' 6th arrondissement, above the gallery he also ran. His connections to Vézelay began when he and his wife bought a small farm there in 1937; there they entertained Picasso, Léger, Le Corbusier, Paul Eluard and many other artists over the years. In 1970, Zervos left his collection of Cahiers d'Art and art to Vézelay. He and his wife, Yvonne, are buried in the cemetery near the Basilica.
I was indeed fascinated and astonished at the museum art collection, which ranges from Kandinsky, Giocometti and Miro to Calder mobiles and a small painting, Picassos, a huge Léger mural, Raoul Dufy, Dogon sculptures from Mali, small but exquisite Cycladic and Middle Eastern pieces. A personal collection, acquired with friendship and a keen, discerning eye - the result is a delight to see.
The small museum is beautifully arranged, with a clever adaption of the house and its still-personal Roland touches. The views out over Burgundy are timeless and beautiful, even on a grey afternoon. The bonus is the wonderful post and beam attic, where the Cahiers d'Art, the Cycladic and other objects are displayed. It is just beautiful in its strength and harmony.
I was so entranced that I forgot to take photographs, but I have found these images on the web. They give a flavour of a museum well worth a visit when you have the luck to travel to Vézelay, France.
Azulejos - Those Amazing Portuguese Tiles /
Every time I return to Portugal, I find I fall in love all over again with the azulejos, the glazed tiles that are the quintessence of Portuguese wall coverings, on the outside of buildings, inside churches, monasteries, even private houses, everywhere.
The beginnings of this wonderful art form date from over five centuries ago, when the Moors held sway in the Iberian Peninsula.In fact, the word azulejos comes from the Arabic word for "polished stone", zillege,and the early types of tile - floral, geometrical, curvilinear in patterns - were introduced by them.Soon the Mozarabic centre of tile making was Seville, and for a time, Portugal imported tiles after King Manuel I visited the Seville factory in 1503.The Spanish adopted the Arab love of filling space and patterning everything.
Later in the 16th century, the Portuguese learned how to make the tiles themselves after they had captured Ceuta in 1415, and after an influx of Flemish, Spanish and Italians brought their pottery skills to Portugal. (Their arrival is a reminder of how skilled workers flow around the world to where there is wealth and thus work; it is not just a phenomenon of our times!) The heyday of azulejos began and soon churches were adorned in amazing friezes and vast picture panels in "Delft blue", palaces were tiled from top to bottom, stairways became glowing glories, the facades of buildings were works of art beyond belief. Wherever one goes in Portugal, there is beauty and complexity, thanks to the azulejos.
Just a few examples of tiled interiors that I have delighted in recently, in Evora and in a lovely small restored 16th century church in Redondo, both in the Alentejo region, inland and east of Lisbon.
If you are in Lisbon, one of the most fascinating and delightful museums to visit is the National Azulejos Museum. Spend all day there if you can – you will be rewarded. And elsewhere in Portugal, don't forget to slip into every church or historic building you see, because there will be great beauty to reward you, thanks to the azulejos.
Art Museums' Attitudes to the Public /
I recently had occasion to go looking for the e-mail addresses for Curators or Directors of a number of museums scattered throughout the United States. It was quite an exercise, and it got me thinking about museums' attitudes.
In today's world, a presence on the Internet is a given, a vital tool for everyone from the local plumber to the most prestigious of museums. But, as we have all recently observed in excruciating detail, websites are a vexed issue. Granted, an art museum certainly does not have the same demands made on it as the Government Health site. Nonetheless, web design is a very clear indication of the general attitude and ethos of the museum - or any other entity.
Many of the museum websites to which I went to find details of how to contact staff members via the Internet were clearly laid out and very functional. But a surprising number were positively lurid in their technicolour and busy overkill of information on the opening page, whilst making it hard to find out where next to navigate to get to the staff details. The impression was that these museums were so desperate to get the public involved, and hopefully through their doors as financial supporters in some way, that they were in a frenzy to attract them, rather like some of the amazing courtship displays of some bird species. And perish the thought that they might actually name their curatorial staff!
More indicative of the museums' ethos was their opacity, at times, I decided. Some museums literally block one from knowing names of their personnel. Others make it a complicated exercice to contact anyone working at the museum, obliging one to fill out forms and supply personal data. One even stated, in very small letters, that any e-mail address you supplied (the usual obligatory requirement) implied that from then on, they were free to send you publicity - i.e. spam! What does that tell one about that museum's attitude to the public!
I have always believed that museums are keepers of our cultural heritage, in whatever form is appropriate to the mission of that museum. Consequently, to my way of thinking, a museum has an implicit obligation to make itself open and welcoming to the public which it is set up to serve. Transparency and ease of navigation would therefore seem to be basic tenets of a museum website.
If a museum makes itself so inaccessible to the public through its website, the message I receive is that that museum believes itself superior and not needing to have any truck" with the general public, only the chosen inner circle. However, in today's world, elitism in museums seems to be a rather unfortunate attitude, to say the least. As in any other walk of life, you absolutely never know who might just turn up out of the blue and do something stunningly wonderful and constructive. If you make it so difficult to contact the requisite people through the website, you might miss out on an amazing opportunity. That applies particularly when geography comes into play and the museum you are trying to contact might be the other side of the country or of the world. We all know that museums are full of very busy people and that there is usually a lack of funding and staff. Nonetheless, the website design can still be welcoming, positive, elegant and clear and very much an open door to the physical museum.
I often wonder how many museums - or other businesses - go through the exercise of opening up their websites and checking out the ease of navigation, access of information and general appearance as if they were Mr. or Mrs. General Public. Museums could do themselves a favour to do this – no one likes a message of superiority and elitism, nor of opaque functioning vis à vis the public.
Making Others See /
Every artist knows the excitement of seeing something, discovering something or thinking of something that can then be translated into a work of art. The greater the excitement, the more impassioned the work and frequently, the better the results. Yet those results are then out in the wide world for each viewer to interpret and understand. And the path to achieving memorable art for viewers can be long and arduous.
Edgar Degas remarked, "Art is not what you see, but what you make others see." This wise and oh so experienced artist knew that that transformative alchemy needs somehow to come into play amidst the excitement of creation. His skill and innovative methods in choice of composition - often daring indeed for the time with their nod to Japanese woodcuts - allowed him to direct the viewer's gaze in almost unconscious fashion. He also commented, "No art was ever less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and of the study of the great masters; of inspiration, spontaneity, temperament I know nothing." As he grew older, he would work and rework compositions, trying out parts and juxtaposing them in different fashion, seeking to express movement, psychological impact, social distinctions, but always mindful of what he wished the viewer to appreciate. Chance was not in his methodology of art making.
Look at these two works with their bold, unusual compositions. In each case, Degas is playing with the viewer, directing the eye like an orchestra director conducts the musicians. If you pull the works apart and analyse each one, there are all sorts of odd shapes of limbs, strange angles of bodies, tipped lines. He is using almost hieroglyphic forms to convey what he wants us to see.
Some of the influence in later works is also photography, a medium that Degas embraced from the 1870s onwards. The camera's eye allows even more radical cropping and organisation of space than did the Japanese woodcut tradition, and Degas used these possibilities to full advantage, often in multi-layered compositions.
Part of his way of creating art, especially as he grew older, was to rely on his memory or on the small working sculptures he created of ballerinas, refining and refining the marks and gestures, in the same way that ballet dancers practise and practise movements. I read that he once said that were he to set up an art school, he would house it all under one roof, a building with six floors. On the top floor, he would put the novices to start drawing from the model. As the students progressed, he would move them downstairs, floor by floor. When they were at their most proficient, they would be on the ground floor, and that meant that in order to see the original model, they would actually have to clamber back up the stairs to the sixth floor. By this, he implied that memory is critical to an artist. Until you have practised, practised and re-practised until your art-making has become indelibly part of your inner being, you cannot then devote your attention to organising your artwork in seeming spontaneity but in very purposeful fashion for the maximum effect on viewers.
There are, coincidentally, a number of interesting exhibitions currently on display about Edgar Degas and different aspects of his artistic endeavours. Perhaps the most unusual sounds to be that of Degas and the Nude, at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. At the Phillips Collection, there is Dancers at the Barre: Point and Counterpoint, while at the Royal Academy, London, Degas and the Ballet: Picturing Movement. Lucky viewers can savour of being skilfully "made to see" what Degas wanted them to see.
The Test of Time /
How often do images of artwork remain with one long after going to the exhibition? I always find it to be a good test of how much I like a piece of art, how much it has spoken to me, and how it has become embedded in my mind.
I was thinking about this aspect of viewing art in relation, for instance, to the Summer Exhibition 2011 at the Royal Academy in London. I went to see this huge show in early June - it stays up until 15th August. Now, nearly six weeks after I saw the exhibition, I find that there are only a few of the thousand-plus works of art that remain fresh in my mind and still interest me. Naturally, as I invariably find, the art I like is seldom illustrated in any catalogue (let alone postcards in a museum)! So it is even more an acid test that I need to remember the artwork entirely without prompts, save for any notes or quick drawings I might have made at the time.
The RA Summer Exhibition, a selling exhibition, is a giant affair, with eminent Academicians in charge of hanging different rooms. Christopher Le Brun was the show's main co-ordinator; he operated under the thesis, "There are two ways of showing paintings. One is the classic orthodox hang with lots of space around every single piece. But here it's like a battle of the paintings - forty big pictures on one wall alone!" By contrast, Michael Craig-Martin, who curated another room, went in another direction. He explained, "Normally, the Royal Academicians are hidden among everyone else. I wanted to show their range and quality by focusing for the first time on RAs only, because there are lots of new ones and nobody quite realises that they have all arrived here."
Photographs, paintings, etchings and other prints, artist's books, architectural renderings and models, sculpture, drawings - the 1117 works gave everyone a taste of today's art. You need a few hours or several visits properly to absorb the diversity, quite apart from having to navigate the crowds which ebb and flow according to the hour. It makes the test of time even more demanding, in fact. But as I remember back, some works remain to delight me.
Frederick Cuming's large oils were a delight of subtle atmospherics, whose titles, "Crescent Moon and Sea" "Clouds Evening, Camber", "Clouds and Reflections" or "Dawn Garden, Frost" tell of his interest and skills in conveying almost abstractions that evoked northern climes. Later, I found his silkscreens, "Etna" and "Thaw", and promptly fell for them!
At the other end of the spectrum, a warm evocative abstraction in reds, "Window Screen Ajanta" took one far to the tropics - it was an oil by the late William Baillie. I have to say it was positively miserably hung, and almost impossible to view - shame on the RA for such a disservice to the artist.
In between, of course, there were the large and dramatic, the small and delightful, the ugly and strident, but more importantly, the gems. One, for me, was Edmund de Waal's "Untitled, 2011" white lacquered cabinet, hung on the wall, with clear laminated glass, containing 70 diminuitive celadon and white vessels. Discreet and elegant, interesting and evocative of so much history eastern and western in the ceramics world, I was not surprised that it was already sold. The other reason for my pleasure at seeing it was that the artist is also the author of one of the best books I have read for ages, "The Hare with Amber Eyes".
Another series of eight drawings, "Marks on the Edge of Space" were a fascinating use of conte, graphite and mylar by Ann Christopher RA. Layers, stainless steel rivets to attach them, use of shadows to evoke water, fields of grass, trees – so many plays of tone and shape to delight. Very sophisticated, lovely work.
There was another delight in the drawing section - a silverpoint. Small and quiet in its faintness, it was a lovely portrait, "Dulcie" by Dylan Waldron. Marvellous to find another silverpoint artist!
Of course there were many other stimulating or beautiful works of art at the RA. Nonetheless, the artworks which have stood the test of time for me and that come first to mind are, as I have mentioned above, but a handful. Of course, that is just my personal selection: vive la difference is definitely the operative phrase at a show like the RA Summer Exhibition. It is worth going to the exhibition if you are in London, for it is a good way of testing the pulse of a wide selection of British artists.


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From the Lodge at Oxmoor…
I was totally confused with the debate last evening.
Last week I was a moocher, lazy, wanted the government to take care of me and I disgusted him.
This week he loves me so much. He wants to take care of everything me and the rest of the 47 percent needs.
Mr. Flip Flop is still the same parasite he was last week: a very rich liar. He threw it up against the wall and it ain't gonna stick. The 47 percent are too smart to believe he has changed.
The over 60 crowd probably won't suffer but God help our children and grandchildren. If you really care about your precious children and grandchildren, the choice is clear and it sure to he__ isn't Mr. Flip Flop Romney.

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I love spaces that have lots of plants in different sizes and types scattered around. For this Rent The Look we wanted to curate pieces from our rental collection that could create an event in a space full of plants! (Indoors and outdoors, obviously.)
For me, plants add such an "alive" vibe, they create a happy environment and the greenery adds another layer of color to your event decor.
I love our "Tangled Green" patterned armchair, banquet sofa and ottomans. They have a modern, garden feel and I get excited just thinking about how cool it could look in an exotic, plant craziness space at a wedding or just a chic gathering. We paired them with wood pieces like our Duke Table and a Wood molding bar - wood always works with plants because that's how they are in nature ( I guess), and of course, how can we forget the palm printed Ella Shelving!!!
Stay Inspired , and surround yourself with lots of plants!! :)
1. Big Square - Tangled Green // 2. Industrial counter table // 3. Industrial barstool // 4. basic Armchair - Tangled Green // 5. Duke Table // 6. Banquet Sofa - Tangled Green // 7. Assorted Pillows // 8. Wood Molding Bar // 9. Ella Shelving w/ Custom print


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i had to move my work area to our living/dining space tonight because of some unforeseen project deadline-related circumstances.
so if i must be working late, i may as well keep some creature comforts close by: hydrangeas from the garden, candles, and just a little knitting. which reminds me, some tea would be nice.
and the olympics. this is the only time of day i ever get to catch up on the olympics.
i swam competitively for the philippines when i was little. all the butterfly events make my heart race. all of them.
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
not so much whistling
listening to the late 90's music of my university days while i work makes me feel better.
fighting the "buy yarn now" twitch.
wishing i was knitting or beach combing or hanging with my family instead.
when i do get a chance to knit these days, my gauge is much tighter than usual.
time for some chocolate. yes. chocolate will make the work go faster.
fighting the "buy yarn now" twitch.
wishing i was knitting or beach combing or hanging with my family instead.
when i do get a chance to knit these days, my gauge is much tighter than usual.
time for some chocolate. yes. chocolate will make the work go faster.
Friday, July 27, 2012
the way it's been
in the last two weeks, i've managed to work two workdays more than i'm technically paid to work.
the workshop materials i've been working on have, this morning, been sent to the clients for the second round of reviews.
my brain is mush.
i am so grateful to have a job. but i'm even more grateful its the weekend.
to celebrate, i really want to buy yarn. but i won't. (i bought patterns instead)
now, i'm going to take this little boy, who camps outside my office door because he's still not too sure of his nanny, out for a little walking date - just as soon as i've finished the need-to-have-done tasks i've set out to do today.
there will be no thoughts of the job-that-pays this weekend. absolutely definitely none.
enjoy your weekend!
the workshop materials i've been working on have, this morning, been sent to the clients for the second round of reviews.
my brain is mush.
i am so grateful to have a job. but i'm even more grateful its the weekend.
to celebrate, i really want to buy yarn. but i won't. (i bought patterns instead)
now, i'm going to take this little boy, who camps outside my office door because he's still not too sure of his nanny, out for a little walking date - just as soon as i've finished the need-to-have-done tasks i've set out to do today.
there will be no thoughts of the job-that-pays this weekend. absolutely definitely none.
enjoy your weekend!
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Monday, July 23, 2012
knit parade on tour: gifted in the t-dot
been meaning to show you this. just because i'm extra proud.
a vest for my nephew
this was such a simple and quick knit! and i really loved duplicate stitching my nephew's first initial on the vest.
i'm thinking about doing matching vests for my babes, too... but i'm trying to assess their wardrobe to see if they even need the layer. i don't want to knit wastefully.
booties for a new babe
i should've taken a picture of my old friend, when she was preggers, holding these booties. i finished knitting them in the car en route to see her (i held my breath the whole time while madly knitting the i-cords). the baby girl for which these booties were intended is now here and i'm so glad i left her the pair to cozy up to in early fall. i made them larger on purpose knowing just how quickly the girl outgrew the newborn pairs i knit her way back when (was that just a year ago?).
that's it for now. more coming soon, obviously.
Friday, July 20, 2012
{gorgeous moments}: yarn bomb sighting!
the day we went to spanish banks, the wife and i felt like going for a very long walk. so, after we'd had just about enough of beach combing, we walked from spanish banks to broadway and arbutus, with only two short stops in between (thank you solly's and thomas haas).
just as we were coming out of jericho beach's forest path (where the vancouver folk festival was in full swing), we crossed the street and happened upon a yarn bombing!
i was so excited, i squealed like a little girl who just got tickets to her favourite concert!
and then i proceeded to take some photos,
just before clicking my heels and skipping away with my family towards home.
don't they just make you so happy? they make me downright giddy, anyway.
think about it... someone, somewhere, perhaps a neighbourhood dweller, just thought it might be nice to decorate an otherwise non-descript fence around a patch of grass (that will likely be some sort of condo-cum-retail establishment... or parking lot) with knitted flowers! then this person (or group of people), dove into their beloved yarn stash and proceeded to knit each of these flowers, petal by petal, leaf by leaf, from scratch. and then, i imagine, said knitterly posse got dressed up in their finest mission impossible gear, in the middle of the night, to sew each flower (and cloud) securely in place so that passers-by can appreciate their lovely yarn art installation.
i certainly have no such initiative or imagination to do anything of the like. (i cuddle babes and clean up their vomit in the middle of the night. there is currently no room in my life for covert art installation missions.)
wishing you a fantastic weekend!
Thursday, July 19, 2012
new heights of... late night knitting desperation
that's a headlamp, folks. a headlamp (a very pretty headlamp).
for late night knitting in bed... so as to not bother the wife because she typically gets up before dawn to get to work.
(also comes in handy for checking in on the kids before finally surrendering to shut-eye)
i know. i shake my own head at myself.
(and i'm also super stoked. tee hee!)
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012
gorgeous moments: stopping to look at the garden and pick up some garlic
the premise was an impromptu co-op board decision-quorum-meeting. but the happy consequence was another after-dinner family walk.
the kids got some after-dinner playtime in.
then, the wife and i each got 10 minutes to ourselves to drink in the summer garden blooms.
the gardening committee tends to the gardens; among whom, are some pretty amazing ladies with a sincere love for fostering the beauty that grows.
one of those wonderful ladies gifted me two heads of her very own garlic. and i was so excited as all get out trying to figure out just how to use them in a dish to make sure they sing. (yes, i really am this enthusiastic about homegrown garlic. i've already made garlic bread, garlic potatoes, and tomorrow, tomato sauce. pesto after). i was also given a single shallot bulb... which is most definitely going into a salad dressing of some kind.
(there are pears growing in the garden, too!)
outside of our little home, in the co-op common grounds, our very humble first-ever-vegetable garden is starting to thrive, finally.
and "by starting to thrive," i mean, the basil looks like it's finally happy because it's gotten so warm. and apparently, two carrots are growing out of all the seeds the wife dropped in weeks ago. there are three tomato plants, and i am (still) hopeful they will yield a small crop to enjoy.
(it's the one to the right. the garden to the left is our neighbour's. they are clearly growing more than two carrots.)
apart from herbs, we've never attempted to grow our own food. and by "we," i mean, that i pick the plants, and the wife and son get to do the gardening. i'm just not into earth worms and rolly polly bugs. or digging in dirt, for that matter.
soon enough, we will be engulfed in our usual gray, watery, winter.
soon enough, the toddler giggles will give way to tweeny, teeny, sarcastic cynicism. the arms that throw themselves up and around us so easily and carelessly will be harder to reach.
soon enough, there will be time to define leisure differently. there will be time enough to grow gardens and clean our home and do things properly.
here i must i must i must stay present. aware. and appreciative. especially for all the things i can choose to leave by the wayside now, so that i can enjoy the all the things that inevitably pass with the all-season wind.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
mothering soundbyte: an exercise in patience
the wife, as overheard from my home office yesterday afternoon:
"son, come here. i'm hugging the angry out of you. i'm hugging the angry out of you. i'm hugging the angry out of you. i'm hugging the angry out of you. i'm hugging the angry out of you. i'm hugging the angry out of you."
i love her so.
|at marineland, a few weeks ago now.
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Sunday, July 15, 2012
in case you were wondering...
the ocean beach does make a world of difference.
i can think of no other way to breath wide and really stretch the soul.
definitely very much worth the trek. (and a mighty trek it was without a car. a double stroller and a willingness to walk a heck of a long way help though.)
Friday, July 13, 2012
from the kitchen: root beer float anyone?
1 large clear glass
+ 3 scoops of vanilla bean ice cream
+ generous pour of root beer to top the glass
+ four straws
= happy slurpy faces all around.
happy friday!
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
knit parade on tour: christening set (in which i begin by babbling about knitting and pretending)
so i've already managed to work an entire extra day and a half this week (at the-job-that-pays) and it's only wednesday. there are deadlines you see. and i was feeling all bummed out and broken about the fact that what i submitted wasn't quite what i wanted to submit for review, when i got my feedback and it was all the tiniest knitpicky formatting, terminology, stuff. apparently, the content and overall design of my learning materials were apparently (and i daresay impressively) sound, despite what felt like really grudgy crap work (because what i've been trying to do is squeeze a month of development time into 2 weeks).
so i did a happy dance! and to celebrate, i spent like, a good half an hour pretend-shopping for yarn at my favourite online haunts. i pretend-spent waaaay too much money (whole sweater and shawl yardages worth of the most exquisite yarns for each family member plus some for christmas knitting). which reminded me that i don't have that kind of money to spend. which isn't so much depressing because i'm not even allowed to buy yarn until next year.
except i did. i bought these lovelies in toronto when the wife and i unintentionally-intentionally went yarn crawling about the city.
aren't they purdy? i got the yarn at lettuce knit (where i happened to meet someone very cool and knit-famous who actually knows my pretend-blogger-bff's (soulemama and yarnharlot) and i played it so cool she didn't even know i knew who she was).
now, i only allowed myself to buy these blue moon fiber arts socks that rock beauties because my darling grandmother was so thrilled with the socks i made her, that she gave me some money! i know right? seriously? so naturally, i bought yarn.
these lovelies are going to be shawl for me. i'm thinking mara or damson but the jury is still out because i have a bunch of hats and mitts and socks to plow through before fall.
and now for a small parade.
the girl's christening set
as you may have gathered, the girl got christened in toronto. i made her a shrug and a hat for the occasion, my first forays into lace knitting. and i daresay i rather enjoyed it a lot.
i wasn't crazy about the way the shrug fit. it was hard to get her into it... but love the way it looks.
(photos taken by one the girl's godmothers)
i made some modifications to the hat pattern, intending it to be a bit more suited to the ensemble.
i wish i could show it to you... and i will, once i find it. (we haven't quite gotten organized since we've gotten back. on the list of things to do. right after the everyday stuff and the six load of laundry we always manage pile up by this time in the week.)
but the girl didn't end up wearing it at all anyway. firstly, it was an insanely hot day in toronto. secondly, the priest did not ask for it. which is a bit odd because he asked us for cap when the boy was being christened and we didn't have one. which is why i knit the hat in the first place. i'm hoping the hat will fit at least until the spring. because you know what they say about wearing white after labour day.
the yarn i used was elisabeth lavold silky wool. and don't you know my love for silky wool blends just grew stronger.
i've still got some mawata. anyone know if i can drop spindle mawata? i'm gonna google it and pretend i have the time to add yet another hobby to my days.
Monday, July 9, 2012
knit parade: a dress for my girl
i had a lot of silly anxiety over just how many projects i would pack with me on our trip to toronto. i packed four. but finished just this one, while there, and assembled it today.
it's the elise sundress by jane richmond, knit with knitpicks cotlin.
i am smitten.
it's such a simple knit. just around and around.
and then you add the little crotchet details and all of a sudden it's all sweetness and light.
i should have probably made this one a bit longer. i should have also tried it on the girl as i went... but i know better for next time. and i do believe i might just squeeze another one out of my needles before the summer is over.
i suppose it's fine for now... the mini dress length doesn't hamper her mobility. and she can eventually wear the dress as a top as her legs continue to grow.
another happy knit ending.
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Sunday, July 8, 2012
us being us
just look at her!
she's at the beach and all she wants to do is get back inside the stroller. (practicing her parade wave, perhaps?)
just look at him!
just look at the wife!
well... she is always lovely. but she does look a bit... mama bored shovelling sand into a pail (it was my turn to relax and do what i wanted. i think i took out my knitting and didn't actually knit.)
just look at me!
i've got that hands-on-hip, perma-exasperated look on my face, mama thing going on. (it was the wife's turn to relax. she read for a bit. but missed us so she walked up to where we were and snapped this photo.)
just us being us, really.
i'm bracing myself for a difficult week full of deadlines and reviews at the job-that-pays. couple that with family life and well, let's just say that if i get some whole cooking in at all, and even a tiny bit of quality time with the wife, that'll be enough to make my week.
i'll be back tomorrow with some knits to show you. in the mean time, hope you have a fabulous start to your week!
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Bảo Lộc (old name in Ma language: B'Lao) is a city of Lâm Đồng Province in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam. Bảo Lộc is famous for its registered trademark: B'lao tea. As of 2003 the town district had a population of 151,915.[1] The district covers an area of 229 km². The district capital lies at Bảo Lộc.[1]
Bảo Lộc has urban wards and five communes
- Ward I - 4.3144 km2
- Ward II - 6.6215 km2
- B'Lao Ward - 5.4029 km2
- Lộc Phát Ward- 25.7302 km2
- Lộc Tiến Ward - 13.0119 km2
- Lộc Sơn Ward - 12.3669 km2
The communes are
- Lộc Thanh - 20.8098 km2
- Đam B'ri - 32.201 km2
- Lộc Nga - 16.0319 km2
- Đại Lào - 59.2579 km2
- Lộc Châu - 36.1955 km2
Local sights[edit]
Older buildings in Bảo Lộc include the Bát Nhã Temple.[2] Ho Dong Nai lake is a small lake situated in the central part of the town.
- ^ a b "Districts of Vietnam". Statoids. Retrieved March 13, 2009.
- ^ Phillip Taylor, Modernity and Re-Enchantment: Religion in Post-Revolutionary Vietnam Institute of south-east Asian Studies - 2007 -- Page 317.... including Pháp Vân Temple in HCMC, Prajna [Bát Nhã] Temple in Bảo Lộc, in the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng, and Từ Hiếu Temple in ..."
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What to Do AFTER the Primary Program Is Over/
The program is over. Whew! Now what do you do though!? The Sunday of the Primary Program is probably one of the roughest Sundays for Primary teachers, the children, and the Primary Presidency. How in the world do you make it work and what can you do make sure next year is even better?
First Things First
Before we jump into what to do with all those Primary children now that they have completed the program and did their best to sit still; let's talk about what you should plan on doing first.
Give thanks
Say it, send it, top it off with a bow but say "Thank You" to those that have helped you so much with putting together this program. Most of the time people think about the chorister and pianist and the other women in the presidency but what about your spouse and your children? Did they help out a lot too? Is there anyone else that you may be forgetting? Here's three easy ways you can say thank you.
Right after the program is the perfect time to take some notes of what worked well and what you hope to change next year. Some things become so much clearer once you have completed the program. When you get home, write down the things you loved about your program, things you want to change, and the ideas you had along the way. Include any comment cards that were helpful as well. Then put it all in your binder where you will remember to look when you are ready to tackle next year's program.
What to Do After the Program with the Kids
You can use the whole 2 hours for a celebration or keep it to 1 hour of class time and 1 hour of fun. Whichever you choose to do PLEASE be sure you are communicating with your Primary teachers, chorister, and pianist (and other presidency members). It's a rough Sunday for them in the classroom as well and they need the time to prepare something appropriate too. If you are expecting them to help with your celebration be sure they know the details before they show up on Sunday. The biggest complaint from Primary teachers is always lack of communication so get them on the same page as you! Just letting them know what you are planning is helpful! For example, if you are planning on doing a movie they'll know they shouldn't do the same thing.
Movie Time
This is by far the easiest thing to do, however, I personally DO NOT recommend it. It's really easy for the kids to get bored and crazy with this option and it definitely comes with a mess if you opt for popcorn. Even if the kids don't obviously complain at church, their parents are going to hear all about how Primary was sooo boring that day. HOWEVER, sometimes you have to do what you have to do. Pick a church movie that is really engaging for the children but can be finished within the allotted time. Get rid of the chairs and lay out blankets for everyone to sit on. Make it fun! If you can, make your own video slideshow of the children. Kids love watching themselves on screen. The key is to make sure someone is taking photos throughout the year or take the time to interview on film beforehand.
Alternatives to the popcorn mess: Doughnuts and chocolate milk seem to be quite popular. I'm all about a bag of fruit snacks because it's easy! Whatever you choose though be sure it's safe for everyone to consume.
This is my favorite option because you can still do some learning and you get to channel all that energy in a great way. There are all kinds of fun games you can play. Keep in mind though, with games there will be an increase in volume. As long as you are expecting it, it's not so bad. Here are a few of my favorite games:
Latter-day Saint Pictionary- You can make it as easy or hard as you need to and all you need are the cards and a white board marker. You can jazz it up with a Cranium style twist where they might have sculpt it or hum it, act it out, or answer a question about that card instead.
Games with the Bishopric- Bring in these great priesthood holders for some entertainment. A lot of wards love doing the Trivia Pie Face game (a combination of Pie Face with some trivia cards. If you do the Pie Face Dual game, it gets turned away from them when they get it right and at them when it's a wrong answer. If you do regular Pie Face, the children get to turn the knob for the Bishopric member when the child answers the question correctly). Another great game is Are You Smarter than the Bishopric (or Primary Children)? or Stump the Bishopric. You can base all the questions around the program or search for some ideas on Pinterest. I liked this one from Hannah and Brett.
Name that Tune- You know the classic game of "I can guess that song in 20 notes" and the next person says, "I can guess it in 15" and so on until one persons calls them on their bluff and says, "Name that tune!" The pianist then plays the notes and the kids have to guess the song. Since they have been working so hard on memorizing the songs, it's great game to do as a reward. It works better if you have teams for the kids to cheer on and help out.
Latter-day Saint Family Feud is always fun. The Mormon Home has a great free edition you can use. I also love Latter-day Saint Shout Out! It similar to Family Feud in that you have to find the right key answers but allows more people to play at once.
Life Sized Board Game- Keep it basic like Candyland but use construction paper squares on the floor and a giant dice. One person even suggested making a human spinner instead of using a dice. To do so, grab a spinning chair and place the numbers all around. Have one person sit in the chair then give them a spin. Whichever way they end up facing is the number you use.
Service Project
Another great way to channel extra energy on Primary Program Sunday is to use it to serve others. Need some service project ideas?
Decorate the covers of blank greeting cards then use them as a Presidency to send out to children that don't come often, are sick, who are investing the Church, a teacher that had a rough Sunday, etc.
Depending on when your program is, you could also use it as a time to make centerpieces for a ward party (think Halloween or Christmas).
The Senior Primary could tie fleece blankets for a local shelter and everyone could pitch in an assembly line of making hygiene kits.
Decorate bags or coloring pages for Meals on Wheels.
Get them cleaning! Everyone can wipe down the chairs and tables, pick up trash around the building (in and out), etc.
Write the missionaries!
Heart Attack the Bishop's door, ward clerk's office, the library, etc.
Make cards for the elderly in your ward.
Random Acts of Kindness- Sing to someone in the hallway, give someone a treat, read a story to a baby, quickly make and give out birthday cards for people that have them that month, etc.
Comment Cards
Children love hearing that all their hard work paid off. Include comment cards in the ward bulletin or hand them to people as they enter asking people to share what they enjoyed about the program. Remember to place baskets by the exit to deposit them later. When you have the children together, read some of the cards out loud so they can hear the impact their hard work had on others. Also consider giving the children time to share how they felt during the program and what they liked. It's great to hear their sweet testimonies too. You can read them all in a row or divide them up by reading a few at the beginning, a few more after a game, another few after a movie clip, etc. Little LDS Ideas has great Comment Cards and program covers by the way.
Host a Talent Show
Let your Primary children continue to showcase their talents (especially the ones you wouldn't include in the Primary Program). Encourage the children to do some goofy talents too so that even if they didn't prepare anything, they can get up and share something fun.
Act Out Scripture Stories
Since they are already in performance mode, bring in some costumes or puppets and let everyone have a chance at acting out a scripture story. It can be a fun guessing game- the rest of the Primary has to guess which story it is.
Break down your Primary into smaller groups by doing stations instead. Each Presidency member can be in charge of a station or ask the other Primary callings to help out too. Plan for about 15 minutes a station plus time to switch between them. If you do 10 minutes it's usually too rushed. What do you do in stations? Here are some ideas from around the world:
Service project
Gospel focused Minute It to Win It Games
Refreshment table- Make their own snack necklaces or treat bags
Read the comment cards
Play a Short Game like Latter-day Saint Shout Out! (it's perfect for a station)
Children of the World stations- Each table is a different part of the world. It's a great opportunity to get returned missionaries to share about their missions.
Watch a Mormon Message- Watching a movie goes over better in stations since it's for such a short period of time.
Articles of Faith Station- You can practice memorizing or do a puzzle race, etc.
Story Time
Music Time as Usual
There is nothing wrong with doing Music Time as usual. Just remember to say a few words of gratitude or praise before diving into it. I also suggest planning a more interactive Sharing Time so the children have the opportunity to use their energy wisely.
Some Stake Presidencies are happy to come fill in for Music Time on the day of the Program. It gives them a chance to see the program, be involved with the children, and see you. However, keep in mind they may already have commitments that day so ask early and be okay with a "No."


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President Ensign has reiterated the University's commitment to positively impacting the society. This reassurance came on Friday, November 14, during the Do Not Turn a Blind Eye seminar organized by the Society for Ethics and Leadership, a student club.
President Ensign spoke on peace, and why the University cofoounded the Adamawa Peace Initiative. In her words, "Peace is food, water, shelter, and hope." She emphasized that to have peace, one need not turn a blind eye to anything. "We are all in the midst of this, trying to make a difference."
She said the API started following an industrial wide strike that paralyzed the country in January of 2012. "Out here it was very quiet… There were no planes… The country shut down."
Looking back, the President said she is glad the API was formed. Three of its members were invited to an inter-faith and peace conference in UK last year, by the Tony Blair Interfaith Foundation. After that conference, AUN and API collaborated to host an international peace and development conference here in Yola in June this year. The President announced that the US government awarded a grant to the AUN-API partnership in support of a Peace Conference recently held on campus for North East Nigeria embracing Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Bauchi, and Taraba states.
She also spoke of the Educate our Girls campaign that was inspired by the kidnapped Chibok girls, some 58 of whom escaped. Under this campaign, a scholarship foundation was formed through which 21 of the escaped girls are now being educated at AUN. Dr Ensign said the campaign "is for all vulnerable children in North Eastern Nigeria, not just the kidnapped Chibok girls alone."
Other panel members for the seminar were Mr. Reginald Braggs, Assistant Dean of Students, and Dr Fidelis Ndeh-Che, a Professor in SITC. At the start of the seminar, a tribute, in video and song, was paid to the club's Faculty Adviser, the late Dean Idorenyin Akpan.


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Bún chả is a traditional Vietnamese dish of grilled fatty pork served over rice noodles, usually served with herbs, vegetables, and a dipping sauce. These now internationally popular bowls are easy to throw together on a busy weeknight and can accommodate most produce that is still available (we have cucumbers, garlic, green onions, onions, carrots, and spinach available in northeastern Michigan right now, with the help of a hoophouse). This dish has a lot of room for your own personal local interpretation and I just love the mixture of hot, caramelized meats and garlicky sauteed spinach; the cold, sweet and salty pickled vegetables; the fresh, fragrant herbs straight from the garden; the spicy, pungent kim chi; the smooth Vermicelli noodles drizzled in toasted sesame oil. This dish is pure love.
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Simple Vegetable SoupRecipes, Tenille Enger
I first encountered this soup in Ireland, where the recipe varies from home to home based upon their likes and what they may have on hand.
Though wonderful as written, don't be afraid to substitute or add. Roasted root vegetables, squash, sweet potatoes, broccoli, even leftover green bean casserole. I wouldn't hesitate to include any of them because once pureed, this is one of those dishes where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.


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Despite facing threats such as industrial waste, sewage, illegal fishing and the addition of poisonous chemical to the water, the population of the Indus blind dolphin is said to be increasing in the River Indus.
According to the last survey done in 2011, the number of blind dolphins inhabiting the river between the Chashma and Kotri barrages was 1,505.
The Indus dolphin is a rare species of freshwater river dolphins found in the River Indus. According to experts, this sightless mammal uses echolocation, or biological sonar, for navigation and to hunt for food.
Imran Malik, the World Wildlife Fund's senior project officer in Sukkur, told The Express Tribune that during the super-flood of 2010, most of the blind dolphin population was washed away towards the Kotri Barrage. He added that the life of these dolphins is endangered when it slips into an offshoot of the barrage – something they often do in search of food during the annual closure of the canals every January. "A couple of years ago, fishermen added poisonous chemicals to the river after the floods subsided, causing extensive damage to the marine life, especially the blind dolphin," Malik explained. "After that, the WWF collaborated with the provincial wildlife and fisheries departments to launch an awareness campaign in this regard."
According to Malik, there are 1,452 blind dolphins in the River Indus, out of which 96 were recorded between the Chashma and Taunsa barrages, 465 between the Taunsa and Guddu barrages, 857 between the Guddu and Sukkur barrages and 34 between the Sukkur and Kotri barrages. He added that only two dolphins were found between the Jinnah and Chashma barrages in the 2001 survey, so no survey was conducted here in 2011.
"Hot water released from the Guddu thermal power station, industrial waste released by factories in Ghotki district and Sukkur, the release of sewage by residents on the riverbanks and the addition of chemicals for fishing are the main threats faced by the dolphin here," said Taj Mohammad Shaikh, the deputy conservator of the wildlife department in Sukkur. "The range between the Guddu and Sukkur barrages has been declared a protective area to shield the rare mammal."
Shaikh claimed that the continuous awareness campaign had helped people learn about the importance of marine life, adding that no incidents of adding poisonous chemicals in the river or canals had been reported in the last two to three years.
"We don't have modern techniques to count the dolphins, so a 10 per cent variance is acceptable; the WWF has also accepted the results of the wildlife department's survey," said Mir Akhtar Talpur, the in-charge of the Indus Dolphin Conservation Centre in Sukkur, explaining the difference between the WWF survey and the wildlife department survey.
According to Talpur, the blind dolphin has a lifespan of up to 30 years, reaching adolescence around the age of 7. Its breeding season lasts from April to June, he went on, and it carries its calf in the womb for nine to 10 months. The mother feeds the calf for three months, after which it starts hunting for food on its own, he said. He claimed that the biggest Indus dolphin rescued so far measured eight feet and two inches, weighing more than 100 kilograms.
"The policy of issuing fishing licences for a mere Rs110 for the entire year should be reviewed, because it is damaging marine life," he believed. "When fishermen poison the water, it not only harms the larger fish such as the dolphins, but also kills juvenile fish and damages biodiversity." He stressed the need to work together to save rare species from extinction.
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Been keeping a hand written blog here, internet is pricey in the hotel..
Been ill for 2 days, something going round the hotel I think.. Back in blighty on Thursday.. Snapping reading, writing.. More on that when I get back:)
I'm on the road to nowhere!
"Fools may become wise"
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Welcome home Jim, hope it was a good break (well apart from when you were ill, you better now?)
I'm better tho my stomach still feels a bit odd with food. I do however seemed to have picked up an airline cold,sore throat/snuffly nose. Possibly from the 2 good looking girls behind me on the plain! Who knows.. Seems to be passing tho.


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Topic 1: The Birthplace of Wine
Many wine enthusiasts have wondered at one time or another, where wine grape cultivation and winemaking began. Much of the research indicates that both winemaking and wine growing began in the land south of the Greater Caucasus Mountains. Explore the wonderful story of the Birthplace of Wine. Learn about the country Georgia and the modern and traditional wines that are made today. Georgian traditional wines are made in qvevri buried underground. Qvevri winemaking is the only winemaking process that is on the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
The 90-minute presentation explores the birthplace of wine, appellation wines and traditional wines. Participants will sample wines that pair with the presentation. Guests can purchase an inscribed and signed by the authors copy of the book: Georgia, Sakartvelo: the Birthplace of Wine (retail 14.95).
Topic 2: Stories and Anecdotes Surrounding Wine Words
Our fourth book is much more than a wine vocabulary book. Many of the terms also have stories or anecdotes. This presentation touches on some of those unusual stories and anecdotes surrounding a wine term. For example:
-How a Spanish town celebrates phylloxera, the dreaded aphids that destroyed many vineyards
-How ancient wine is produced in a qvevri
-How to clean your wine glasses
-How to pair a wine with chocolate
-Noble grape varieties
-Many others
The 90-minute presentation explores the stories and anecdotes surrounding wine terms. Participants will sample wines that pair with the presentation. Guests can purchase an inscribed and signed by the authors copy of the book: A Wine Lexicon: Increasing Your Knowledge (retail 19.95).
Topic 3: CAVA: Bubbles within Budget
There's something inherently celebratory about effervescent wines! For many of us, they also signal big price tags; however, Cava, Spain's own more affordable sparkling wine is reasonably priced. Spend an afternoon or evening learning a little about the wines of Catalonia, Spain and tasting examples of Cava.
This 60 - 90 minute presentation explores the Penedes region of Catalonia, grape varieties, production, wine cathedrals and tasting different types of cavas.
Topic 4: Myths and Misconceptions about Wine
Through our wine travels, we have heard of many misconceptions and myths about wine as reported by tasting room personal, winemakers and owners. Rarely we have also experienced misconceptions by tasting room personal. Learn about some of the common misconceptions and myths that people have about wine.
This 90-minute presentation explores some of the wine myths from around the world. Participants will sample wines that pair with the presentation. Guests can purchase an inscribed and signed by the authors copy of the book: A Wine Tourist's Guide: Visiting Tasting Rooms (retail $10.95).
Topic 5: Many Roads Lead to Wine Knowledge
There are many ways people can learn about wine. This talk explores the many different avenues that you can take to learn about wine, make wine and become wine travelers.
This 90-minute presentation examines what ordinary people can do to learn about wine while having fun. Participants will sample wines that pair with the presentation. Guests can purchase an inscribed and signed by the authors copy of the book: A Wine Journey (retail $12.95).
Knowledge of wine can come in many places and situations over the span of decades. Wine knowledge is interdisciplinary and the roads leading to that knowledge are different. One can take certificate programs that give some training to become sommeliers and wine stewards. Those types of programs rely heavily on the social sciences. In contrast, enology courses rely heavily on science and math. These are two different pathways both designed to increase one's knowledge about wine. Several years ago Kathy and I decided that if we were going to write about wine, perhaps we should make wine. Making wine is another avenue to wine knowledge. The road that has most endeared us though is wine travel. One can travel world-wide and visit thousands of wineries and vineyards. This presentation explores the different roads that lead to wine knowledge.
Topic 6: Beginning Wine Class - How to Taste Wine
The human body's head is exactly in the order of evaluating and tasting wines. Use you sense of sight, smell and then taste to determine if a particular wine is right for you.
This 90-minute presentation teaches the steps of a structured wine tasting and why the steps are important. Participants will sample wines that pair with the presentation.
The presentation includes:
Vineyard variables
Winemaking variables
Government's influence
Structured wine tasting steps
Topic 7: How Old Is Old?
This presentation examines our preception of the concept of old. This talk explores many different situations where wine, wine grapes and winemaking practices may be considered old. Is a cantina built in the 1700s old? How about an unearthed qvevri that is 4,000 years old, is that old?
This 90-minute presentation explores the evolution of wine from ancient world, to old world and to new world. Only one winemaking technique is on the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Participants will sample wines that pair with the presentation.
Fruit wines
Sweet Wines
Ice Wines
Sparkling Wines for the Holidays
Fortified wines
Ancient world wines, Old World wines and New World wines
Wine glass types
Red international grapevarieties comparisons
White international grape varieties comparisons
Wines of New Zealand
France - Burgundy
France - Bordeaux
Wines of Friuli, Italy
Wines of Tuscany - Italy
Wines of Umbria, Italy
Wines of Willamette Valley
Wines of Texas Hill Country
Wines of Walla Walla and Prosser, Washington
Wines of Napa Valley, California
Wines of Sonoma, California
Wines of Central Coast, California
Wines of Maryland
Wines of Virginia
Wines of New York's Finger Lakes


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Golden Globes Highlights
The stars were aligned earlier this week for members of the La La Land, Atlanta and The People v O.J. Simpson casts, who all won big Sunday night. Compiled below are several of our favorite moments from the show, from ethereal ball downs that paid homage to the city of stars, to host Jimmy Fallon's clever opening montage and Meryl Streep's potent speech about the importance of activism and artistry.
Most red carpet goers opted for monochrome or pastel looks, with sparing accessories and pared down makeup that lended the whole night a more classic, old-Hollywood feel. Stand outs include nominees Evan Rachel Wood of Westworld and Loving's Ruth Negga, who ventured into more ambitious territory with a sleek tuxedo suit and silvery, sequined gown. Best Actress winner Emma Stone, however, stole the show with her beautiful, constellated gown by Valentino.
All images above via Vogue.com
In addition to the long overdue recognition of many minority filmmakers and actors, especially with Moonlight's win for Best Drama, Meryl Streep's timely and moving acceptance speech for her lifetime achievement award served as the night's unifying call to action.
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It's time to make your plans to participate in the latest round of Pokémon TCG and Video Game Regional Championships.
The Pokémon 2013 Spring Regional Championships events are set to feature some of the best competitive play of the year! And, not only will Pokémon TCG and video game players be competing for Travel Awards to the Pokémon National Championships in Indianapolis this summer, but lots of other Pokémon-themed prizes will be on the line as well!
The Spring Regional Championships will take place in five locations—four in the United States and one in British Columbia, Canada—starting on Saturday, April 13th. Space is limited, so try to arrive early to register! The initial rounds of the Pokémon video game event take place on Sunday, April 14th, giving many players the opportunity to show off their Pokémon skills in both events.
Participation in the Spring Regional Championships is open to all players, and is completely free.
Play! Pokémon members—be sure to bring your Player ID when you attend! If you're new to Pokémon competitive play and you don't have a Player ID, you'll receive one for free at the event.
Start making your plans now to compete in the Pokémon Spring Regional Championships!THIS ENDED ALREADY!


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For some people, Odisha means the diversity it embodies which is cent percent true. This tourist destination which is known for many a reason is also known for sharing its land with 62 tribes that are 24% of the total population. These tribes serve as the soul of the state and are the ones who have till date their culture and tradition intact. Taking over the Eastern Ghats, these tribes are mostly tagged to the districts namely Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Jajpur, Balasore, Bhadrak, Deogarh, Dhenkanal, Angul, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Kandhamal and more. While the Kondh and Santal tribes are the most widespread in Odisha, other tribes like Munda, Oram, and Gond also have a major impact on the state.
These popular tribes of Odisha mainly survive on agriculture, fishing, farming, hunting and gathering all of which is characterised as subsistence economy. However, with the changing time, some of them made their way to the mining and industrial belts of the state. Other famous tribes of Odisha like Koya, Mohali, and Loharas are specialised in jobs like cattle breeding, tool making, and basket weaving. Besides, a sightseeing tour to the Tribal Museum in Odisha makes people come close with the traditions and culture of these tribes, their way of living, how they portray their uniqueness in the form of their costumes and more.
Kond is one of the largest tribe in Odisha who worship hills, nature, and streams. The people of Kondh tribe have an essential knowledge of the mountains, trees, forest, and plants.
Sauras is one of the ancient tribes in India that also find their mention in the Hindu epics of Mahabharata and Ramayana. The tribe has a unique shamanic culture and its people are the great craftsman of Saura paintings.
One of the countrys primitive tribes living in the quaint hills in Malkangiri district, Odisha. The unique culture, enthralling customs, and typical attire make Bonda the most popular tribal community in the state.
The great fighters during British regime in India and also most fun-loving ones are the people of the third largest tribe of India - Santhal. Music and dance are activities which are loved the most by Santhals.
A warrior tribe that resides in the hills of Koraput, Balangir, Sunderbagh, Kalahandi, and Sambalpur is Gonda. Not just Indias but Gond is one of the largest tribes in South Asia.
Esteemed as the most-celebrated tribes in the state, Bhumia tribe is rich in tradition and culture. The unique marriage trends and peculiar rituals make Bhumia a must-visit tribe in India.
Considered as the most progressive and developed tribes amongst all mentioned in the list, Oraons are mastered in tea plantation. Today, many of the Oraon people are shifted to Indian metro cities.
Amongst the more than 60 Odishas tribes, Koyas is one of the top tribes with rich ancient tradition, culture, art, and customs. Apart from Malkangiri, Odisha, the chivalrous people of Koya tribes also resides in some parts of Andhra Pradesh and Chattisgarh.
Devotees of numerous gods and goddess, the Prajas are the inhabitants of forests and hills. The people of this beautiful community have a different passion and love for music and dance and are mainly agriculturists.
Said to be the oldest and ancient tribe in Odisha that traces its history from Ramayana era is Gadava. It is also the most colourful tribe that sustain their livelihood through agriculture, hunting, and fishing.


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This brand new construction by Breskin development located in Watermill exudes luxury with eight bedrooms, eight full bathrooms, a finished 2,960 +/- square foot lower level, heated pool and spa, sunken tennis court, and pool house. As you enter the grand first floor you will find the great room, dining room, junior master suite, private den, and the expansive eat-in custom kitchen. The second floor consists of four guest suites and the luxurious master suite with walk-in closets and a spa-like bathroom with Cuiffo custom waterfall double vanity and soaking tub. The finished lower level includes a game room, home gym, media room, sauna and powder room. The two additional guest/staff rooms share a full bath. In addition to the heated 20x50 pool and spa, this home has a professional sized, sunken tennis court with basketball area, a 450 +/- square foot pool house includes a half bath and changing room, kitchenette and wet bar, and a Nana door bi-fold window allowing inside/outside entertaining with exterior bar. This property has everything one needs for a one of a kind summer vacation.
This listing courtesy of Douglas Elliman
Property Details
468 Edge of Woods Rd - Water Mill North, New York
Price: $450,000 (Memorial Day to Labor Day)
Neighborhood: Water Mill North
8 Beds | 8 Baths | 2 Half Baths
Approximate Sq. Feet: 9,388
Lot Size: 1.25 Acres
Listing ID: H111845
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Nicola from Mountains Herbs dropped off some beautiful perennial herb plants last week, including roman chamomile, Chamaemelum nobile.
I've only ever grown German chamomile, Matricaria chamomilla, an annual plant, which I routinely broadcast in my garden in mid winter in order to have a harvest of bushy leaves and flowers for tea in Spring. Perennial chamomile, known as roman or English chamomile, has the same medicinal qualities, but the plant behaves very differently: it grows low to the ground and creeps, creating a beautiful soft lawn, which is covered with apple-scented daisies in Spring, perfect for daisy chains, and for tea.
It is a perfect, medicinal lawn and/or ground cover in a food forest. It lives very happily in a shady spot and doesn't mind being trampled on a little. You will have to make sure it gets shade and moisture in the summer months as it prefers the cooler months of the year.
This plant is a perfect example of one element performing different functions in your garden. As a permaculturalist, this is an integral part of choosing plants for my garden. How many functions will it perform in my system? What roles will it play within the broader community of plants in my garden? Chamomile is a ground cover, protecting the soil, providing a surface to play and rest on and providing medicine.
Here is our naturopath Sarah Mann's recipe for a chamomile compress:
Roman Chamomile wrap for painful cramps in the tummy or for earaches
Before you make your compress, have your sore friend lay on a warm bed or quiet spot where they won't be interrupted. Give your friend a hot water bottle, put warm socks on their feet and place a heavy wool blanket over them and let them rest here for 10 mins while you prepared your chamomile compress. A warm eye pillow would also be a welcome addition.
Collect a handful of flowers and a handful of leaves from your roman chamomile plant. Lay these in a 30cm by 30cm piece of cheese cloth or layered muslin and fold to form a nice flat strip. Lay this in a bowl and cover the centre with boiling water. Let the centre of the compress sit here for 3-5 minutes. While the compress is soaking, warm up a hand towel by a heater or fire. You will use this to cover the compress on your friend. Lift the compress out of the water, fold it and squeeze out all the moisture from the cloth so there are no drips, being very careful not to burn your hands. The compress should have a penetrating heat but not burn. Cool a little if necessary.
For a tummy compress - lift off your friends wool blanket and pull up their top, place the compress over the belly pressing gently onto the tummy over the sore area. Cover the compress with your dry warmed hand towel then cover with the wool blanket and pop the hot water bottle ontop. Leave the compress on for 10-15 minutes and let the person rest. When you're ready to remove the compress, take it off gently and quickly replace the persons top, hot water bottle and warm blanket over their tummy. Let your friend rest in warmth for another 5 mins.
For ear aches - Have your friend lay down as above and place a dry warm bath towel flat under their head. Lay the warm compress over their sore ear, spreading over the sensitive glandular area behind the ear and jaw line also. Cover the compress with your dry and warmed hand towel and keep there for 5 minutes allowing your friend to rest.


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"Writing for Nonreaders in the Postprint Era focuses on the creation of short-form prose that is not intended to be reproduced on pulp fibers.
Instant messaging. Twittering. Facebook updates. These 21st-century literary genres are defining a new "Lost Generation" of minimalists who would much rather watch Lost on their iPhones than toil over long-winded articles and short stories. Students will acquire the tools needed to make their tweets glimmer with a complete lack of forethought, their Facebook updates ring with self-importance, and their blog entries shimmer with literary pithiness. All without the restraints of writing in complete sentences. w00t! w00t! Throughout the course, a further paring down of the Hemingway/Stein school of minimalism will be emphasized, limiting the superfluous use of nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, conjunctions, gerunds, and other literary pitfalls."
Prerequisites include:
ENG: 102—Staring Blankly at Handheld Devices While Others Are Talking
Week 3:
Curling up with
a good book/newspaper
is dangerous
Students will explore the dangers of curling up by fires with books and newspapers. That paper could catch fire should an ember unexpectedly pop out. And all that curling is not good for people's backs. Especially since most readers of books, magazines, and newspapers are elderly and are thus already more likely to suffer from back ailments.
Some great stuff and perhaps not complete parody. Read the rest here.


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Matrix is a growing organisation who are always on the lookout for motivated and talented individuals who can work with us and contribute to the continuing success of the business.
We believe in building long standing relationships with our Clients and Colleagues alike.
We will offer a great opportunity and an attractive remuneration package.
If you feel you have the attributes to work for an evolving organisation then please send your CV together with a brief description about you, your interests and what makes you tick using the form below.
If we do not have any vacancies at the time you apply, relevant curriculum vitae will be kept on file for future reference.
Many thanks for your interest.


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So in the last blog I attempted to explain how to use aperture to help you with the focus of your subjects. You can find that here. This post is going to attempt to help you with composing, how to make photos that captures attention and draws the viewer in for a closer look.
There are many blog posts on hundreds of sites about this kind of subject. In this you need to find your voice and style. There are plenty of rules to photography that people will tell you to follow, but I always feel that rules are made to be broken. When I was younger I used to break rules just to be a rebel and break rules. Now that I am older and hopefully more mature I have realized that you have to have a reason and a purpose for breaking a rule.
Lets start with the Rule of Thirds.
So the rule of thirds is probably one of the most widely used and a rule that is extremely helpful when composing an image. The top image I took down at the beach here in Rhode Island. I had plenty of images of just the sunset, But lets be real. Everyone has seen a sunset, and yes they are fun to take photos of, but what was going to set this image apart? Well I noticed this hot young lady standing there taking it all in. (She is my wife btw). So I recomposed the image with her in it, and just at that moment the geese flew into the frame. It makes the image a little more interesting that just a plain sunset photo. And as you can see she is on the right third and the geese are on the left third. But the bottom image is not composed in thirds. I was out taking some portraits last night and I had several that were composed in thirds, and I just was not happy with them. So I stepped back to get a wider shot and composed him in the center with the light above him. Everything in the photo draws your attention straight to his face in the center. I purposefully broke the rule of thirds and ended up with what in my opinion is a stellar photo.
Scroll through the gallery above and as you look at the photos think about how the photographer framed the image. Did they use the Rule of Thirds? Did they break it? Where are your eyes drawn too? (Click the images to see other images from these photographers.)
Speaking of where our eyes are drawn. A general thought on this is that our eyes move to the brightest part of the picture. So when you are composing you image think about if there is going to be anything bright that will distract from the subject. A great example of this is from my friend Chris Hsieh of La Brisa Photography Check out this photo.
Chris filled the image with a lot of negative space, and although there is a bright spot in the center his subject is lit just a tad brighter. It is also a unique way to compose the image. Just like this one.
So is that all you need to know? well, that is a start, but there are several others that can help you take you images to the next level.
Another thing you can do to compose your image is think outside the box. When you travel and you are around landmarks that EVERYONE has photos of, look for a new perspective. A few years back I was In Seattle and of course wanted to see the Space needle. Now everyone has the iconic photo of it, but as we were walking around I was looking for something different and came upon this.
There are is a lot more to cover about this. But I wanted to keep it quick and sweet. These are just a few of my favorite rules. What are some that are helpful to you?


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Legalization supporters lost a powerful advocate when Bernie Sanders dropped out of the race for the Democratic Party presidential nomination. Many began looking elsewhere for a champion, and Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson seemed to be an obvious second choice.
After all, he was a legalization supporter and the CEO of a cannabis industry company before he resigned to run for president. Yes, he was running for a party that had never been a serious contender for the White House, but he was an experienced politician who had served two terms as governor of New Mexico, and he had picked a running mate in William Weld who also had experience as governor of Massachusetts.
In an interview with Stephen Colbert a few months ago, Johnson said that the Libertarian Party, far from being a fringe option on the ballot, embraces values shared by most Americans. Libertarians are fiscally conservative politicians, he said, who believe in enhanced personal liberties for gay and lesbian Americans, women, and people who want the right to legally smoke marijuana.
In other words, things many progressives have longed to hear from a candidate they would support. Well, Colbert is back to tell them that Johnson may not be their man - something they may have already begun to realize after his recent comments that called into question his grasp of foreign affairs. First, there was the gaffe during an MSNBC interview where he didn't seem to know about Aleppo, the center of the refugee crisis in Syria. Then he had trouble naming any foreign leaders in an MSNBC town hall last week.
In a Late Show segment last week, Colbert highlights those events that call into question his fitness for the presidency, but he also talks about others that have shattered the illusion that he could be the progressive alternative for those not sold on Hillary Clinton.
"They've been long waiting for the smart, respectable candidate to represent their values...and the wait continues, because Gary Johnson says some crazy-ass stuff," said Colbert.
In particular, Colbert plays a clip from a 2011 interview, in which Johnson talks about climate change and whether or not we need corrective action. Johnson says he takes the long-term view that in billions of year the sun is going to grow and encompass the earth anyway. And then he goes on to advocate for building more coal-fired power plants. To which Colbert says:
"That's the kind of excuse I use around the house. Sorry, honey, I would take out the trash, but in a couple of billion years the sun's going to engulf the earth, so what's the point?"
And that's not even the most amusing part of the Colbert segment. The best one needs to be seen to be believed, or understood for that matter. Check out Johnson's answer to a MSNBC reporter's question about how he would perform in the presidential debates.


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Genealogy Lock-in
In celebration of October as Family History Month, the McKinney Public Library System will join the Genealogy Network of Texas (GNT) for a collaborative event on Oct. 20. The GNT is a state-wide initiative to connect libraries and provide educational and research opportunities and is spearheaded by the Genealogy Center of the Waco-McLennan County Library.
Programming includes something for everyone:
- Orphan Train Riders: Tracks to Texas & Beyond, All Aboard 1854 to 1929 with Paula Perkins from 11-11:50 a.m.
- Beginner's Guide to Documenting Your Family History with LaToya Devezin of the Austin History Center from noon-1:30 p.m.
- Discover Local History through a Regional Depository with Laura Saegert of the Texas State Library & Archives from 1:40-2:40 p.m.
- My Texans during the Republic with Sharon Farnsworth from 2:50-3:50 p.m.
- Connecting Your DNA Matches with Diahan Southard from 4-5 p.m.
- Researching Your Czech Immigrant Ancestor's Background in the Old Fatherland with Dr. Miroslav Koudelka from the Czech Republic from 6-7 p.m.
- Get the Scoop on Your Ancestors with Newspapers with Lisa Louise Cooke from 7:10-8:10 p.m.
- Discovering Your WWI Ancestor Sources & Resources with Earl Pogue from 8:20-9:30 p.m.
- Do you have a road block in your family research and need some special help? The Lone Star Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) will host an Ancestors Roadshow from 3:30 p.m.-9 p.m. at the Roy & Helen Hall Memorial Library via Skype. The Roadshow is an opportunity for you to enjoy a free 15-minute consultation with a professional genealogist from the Lone Star Chapter. You can ask questions about a specific genealogical problem or get general information on how to approach a research quandary. Roadshow appointments are limited to one-per-customer. To register, fill out a questionnaire at lonestarapg.com/roadshow_forms.htm and email the form beginning Oct. 16 to firstname.lastname@example.com. You must be present at the Roy & Helen Hall Memorial Library to be assigned a time slot on Oct. 20.


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Are you not satisfied with the way your photos are coming out? Comply with the guidelines in this report for advice on how to become a much better photographer and increase your pictures.
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Yesterday I posted comments regarding a blog that described the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood in Cincinnati. Today, I offer an alternative and a little more disheartening view on Cincinnati. Although the article, Ground Zero in Urban Decline claims that there is still hope for the cities like Cincinnati to revitalize, they are a lot of barriers in the way: "Yet cities such as Cincinnati make such development more difficult by continuing to focus on white elephants rather than the basic reforms that can help generate a broad economic base. Developers complain that many building inspectors are too narrowly focused on minimizing any risk when they should be letting the market innovate and diversify. Inspectors are focused on the narrowest interpretation of the law, and many rulings are arbitrary. Many developers in Cincinnati think of this as the cost of doing business, but it makes those areas less competitive than their suburban counterparts. Red tape shouldn't be considered simply another cost."
Ohio's economy has take some severe blows recently and it is obvious to most, that in order to recover we will need to change the way we do business in Ohio and think outside of the box. The Cleveland area has already started this process with the upcoming "Restoring Prosperity to Cleveland Mini-Summit" that will be held at the Wolstein Center this Monday, June 8th. The Mini-Summit will focus on addressing Cleveland's plans for establishing and coalescing around an urban and regional revitalization vision, and the importance of the state's role and federal resources in achieving that vision. Breakout sessions will engage participants in discussing local actions in five areas – quality of place, housing, infrastructure/transportation, economic engines/innovation and workforce – to help flesh out the state action agenda that was framed in the fall.
For more information or to register click here.