Evanston: models and mothers; Congress;
costly weather; BUCK; poem (?) added
Evanston: models and mothers; Congress;
costly weather; BUCK; poem (?) added
A few days ago the NY TIMES ran a gallery of photographs taken by Howard Schatz of models and their mothers. Not glamour shots, these are among the most interesting images I’ve seen recently. Similarities; dissimilarities; body language. I’ve bookmarked the link and gone back several times. If you do, read the brief introduction at the bottom of the first page.
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“Congress and the newspapers render one desperate, ready to cut one’s own throat.”
A timely remark made not this morning as it easily could have been, but 150 years ago in the journal of Mary Boykin Mille Chesnut (sic). I read it in the Civil War Today app.
I’d suggest changing ‘newspapers‘ to ‘media‘ and that the throat that ought to be cut is not one‘s own.
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Werner, a small boat sailor in British Columbia, wrote:
I read your recent post about the weather apps and your closing remark "All the weather you need for less than $20." I just came back from Germany, where I checked the weather on my Android smart phone three times. They charged me $598 roaming fees. The app was free though.
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The greatest strength may be absorbing the evil that has been done to you and not pass it on. By that standard, Buck Brannaman, the subject of BUCK, an award winning documentary that Carol and I watched over the weekend, and said to be the inspiration for The Horse Whisperer, is among the strongest of men.
I don’t recall how the movie got in my Netflix Instant queue. I have no particular interest in horses or experience with them or desire for more. While there are lots of horses in this movie, it is not about them, but about the triumph of empathy over cruelty.
Inspired and inspiring, BUCK will leave you feeling much better about at least some of our species than did THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES.
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After some deliberation, I’ve tentatively added what a reader, John, called my “over-sized haiku” to the poetry page.
I was in fact thinking of haiku when I wrote it, but have added the question mark above because I’m still not sure about it.
Easily removed if I change my mind.
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The photo has nothing to do with any of this, but is one that in a slightly different version I’ve run before and was working on last evening as a jig saw puzzle while half-watching the at most half-watchable Academy Awards.
An HDR (High Dynamic Range) image made from three exposures combined, it was taken in March 2011 at anchor in Whangaroa, New Zealand, forty miles northwest of the Bay of islands.
Monday, February 25, 2013