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I decided I had better get out and get pics of the garden while the azaleas are spectacular. It is SO late this year for them. We have had much cooler temps . Now we are getting 80's this week. Some are finished but most are at their peak. I hope you enjoy. c through the back garden gate: camellia has no idea what month it is :) New Guinea impatiens in my antique iron rockers : red maple and side garden : |
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Beautiful! I'm so jealous. Spring has yet to appear in my neck of the woods, although we are getting April showers today- maybe it will melt the last of the snowplile at the end of my driveway. But temperatures are expected to be only in the upper 30s all week. Maybe we will just go from winter to summer this year. |
- Posted by allison0704 (My Page) on Tue, Apr 9, 13 at 13:20
Just gorgeous! We are behind you, as the azaleas are just starting to open. |
Snow showers predicted here for tomorrow ... sigh. The spring time eye candy much appreciated! Love the antique rockers in the garden. |
TR, It has been a strange, extend post winter season. I hadn't thought about my azaleas being late bloomers but you are right. Yours are certainly pretty and seem to be very happy to out and about. |
Beautiful!! You are ahead of us. My azaleas are just blooming. I use all pink, white and blue/purple. Had a bunch of new white azaleas put in last year. The new ones we bought this year for the back are called "pink ruffle". Love them! Sadly, I have yet to follow Stinky's advice - I do not have a camilla! (Where is Stinky anyway???!!!). tina |
- Posted by nancybee_2010 (My Page) on Tue, Apr 9, 13 at 13:40
Just lovely. And so well kept! |
- Posted by cliff_and_joann (My Page) on Tue, Apr 9, 13 at 14:15
gorgeous, you're about a month earlier than us with your spring blooms...enjoy the glorious blooms of Spring. thanks for giving us a peek of your beautiful gardens. j |
So beautiful! We are not that far along yet in New England:( |
Just gorgeous! I miss the dogwoods and azaleas we had in East Texas. We will be visiting our daughter in TN next week, and I hope theirs are in bloom. |
Thanks, I needed that! We still have a foot of snow on the ground, and soon everything will be flooded, so pretty flowers look fantastic right now! |
Aren't you lucky. Most of our yard is still snow covered and where snow was piled from plowing is still about 3 feet. It came down a lot with last nights rain. |
Lovely! If I lived there I'd drive by just to enjoy the view. :) |
Gorgeous! Our fruit tree's are in bloom right now, so pretty. But we're supposed to get snow and ice overnight, along with below freezing temp's the next too mornings, so I hope it won't kill the fruit. Question. Once the blooms are gone, do you plant flowers for continuous color in summer? |
- Posted by trailrunner (My Page) on Tue, Apr 9, 13 at 15:49
badger...we will be getting a big rain on Thursday which is why I got out there to take pics. The azaleas sometimes get a "wilt fungus" if it rains and then gets warm ...it makes the blossoms slimy ...yuck ! I hope your Spring comes soon !! Allison I hope you will post pics. We sure enjoyed the Crocus and Daffies in VA when we were there 2 weeks ago. They were gorgeous. I can't seem to keep Crocus..the chippies dig them up !! deedee...bbrr...I couldn't take snow !! We had it in VA and it was pretty for one day :) I got the old rockers from my neighbor. He found them in a man's garage and gave them to me. DH thinks I should have them upholstered as they were when they were new over a 100 yrs ago and let him sit in them :) mustangs...thanks for looking !! They are indeed late but I do believe they are prettier this year than they have been in a while. The big ones are very fragrant...most folks don't know that they have a lovely scent. I hope you will post pics of yours. tina I have wondered where she is also !! Come out Stinky ! Please post pics of your azaleas. These were all put in many years ago by PO's. Any I have planted haven't done well so I have given up :) I just manage these. Thank you Nancy ! They pretty much take care of themselves. I prune heavily after they bloom and that is all. I used to feed them but stopped..they seem to do better without fertilizer and I have read that old ones don't need it. Thank you Joann...please post pics of yours as they get going . roarah..I remember how gorgeous all the flowers were in ME when I was up there in late June of 2011. They were stunning. I hope you will post. Thank you for looking ! Texan I remember the lovely blooms in East TX when I rode my bike across the country in 2010. They were sure stunning . Maybe you can post pics of your DD's area when you visit TN. Would be a treat to see them. Thank you ! ann...snow and then floods ! Where do you live ??? I am so glad not to have that kind of weather...but we will be in for a long hot Summer I bet again this year so I shall enjoy it now. Thank you ! holly....3 FT !!! Whew...I sure hope under all that snow are your lovely Spring blooms...you will have to take pics when your crocus and daffies come up :) rosie..there are arrows to direct traffic through this whole area for Spring flower watching !! So you would be most welcome. This area is a registered historic district. It does show off nicely this time of year...all the old houses with their "fancy dresses ". Wish you lived nearer..thank you ! oakley..I sure hope your fruit trees don't get frozen ! No I don't plant anything anymore. I have tons of roses and they show off when it isn't too hot. They are covered with buds now and will be pretty till it gets really hot then they drop all the leaves ..then I get a wonderful Fall Flush. I also have a lot of clematis but they got "pruned " when I had the pool wall re-stuccoed so I have no idea what I will have..then there are the 3 kinds of Jasmine on the pool walls...haha..so I guess I do have more blooms !! But I don't plant anything new anymore as we are gone too much and the drought is too much trouble. I am glad you liked my posies :) Thank you everyone !! c |
Your azaleas are gorgeous, C! The colors are so vivid--- and all the shades of red, pink, and salmon look so beautiful together! Ours are just now getting started, but the blossom output this year is anemic, at best. We have some George Tabor azaleas (with really big blooms) that are just not producing this year. Maybe it is all the rain? Enjoy your garden---it is so pretty! Thanks for sharing it here. |
So, so beautiful. Thank you for those pictures. I have one white azalea and it is also in full bloom, but we had a terrific windstorm yesterday and it ripped many of the blossoms right off the stems. |
Beautiful home and gardens to match a beautiful person! Thank you for sharing, C!!! |
Oh how beautiful! I think we're 3 weeks to a month behind you. Here in NOVA the daffodils are still looking good for the most part, but some are going. Hydrangeas are awake and budding leaves. The cherry blossoms have FINALLY started blooming. No sign of the azaleas whatsoever. The tulips have started coming up, but not blooming yet. I love your house too trailrunner, I don't think I'd seen it before. |
- Posted by trailrunner (My Page) on Tue, Apr 9, 13 at 20:23
kswl..funny that you speak of "all the rain "...not here...it makes the backwards letter "c" and misses us almost all the time ! I must be giving off the wrong vibes :( Thank you for your sweet words...if you get over to see family give us a holler !! fun...I read about the wind in the CA and AZ areas. Pretty amazing. I don't know what is happening with our weather. Thank you for looking !! ann,,,,oh my.... anele...how generous of you to say so...thank you !! I am glad you enjoyed the pics. I will take some of the roses when they get going ! pirula I wish I had cherries...but many of our neighbors do and they are amazing this year...all of a sudden they burst forth this week. I have cheery cherry envy !! I thank you for the compliments...we do love our home...it was built in 1890 so she has seen some stuff :) please take pics of your flowers !!! c |
Oh how lovely! The snow has melted and this weekend we're faced with the sticks and leaves and mess left behind. Your photos were a treat! Beth P. |
It's crazy warm here -- high if 86 predicted for tomorrow, but only 65 by Friday. At least I got a little yard work done, not much. I dumped a bunch of dirt in a depressed area in the yard where a tree came down a few years ago. That spot just keeps sinking and sinking. It's a nuisance. I also mulched a bed that doesn;t usually get mulched because there is some little pink flower that blooms so early, I don;t like to squash it with mulch and then I never get around to mulching there at all. I love the smell of mulch. When i worked in the city I liked to walk past the Four Seasons Hotel because they always kept the beds mulched. I also planted some pansies in some lonely looking pots. They were looking parched today because I forgot to water them. Have to get back in that routine. TR, your house and gardens are lovely. Did you paint the purple chairs yourself? They are sweet. |
- Posted by trailrunner (My Page) on Tue, Apr 9, 13 at 21:39
beth... I have spent days trying to clear the detritus of winter and storms !! I know what you mean...and ours wasn't hidden by snow !! I hope you will also post pics when it is all cleaned up and flowers are in bloom ! Thank you for your sweet words !! ded...maybe you need to put in a fish pond :) where the low spot is...I know what you mean about mulch..I just love the smell of the fresh dug earth too. The azaleas are so fragrant and there are bees and butterflies...it feels more like summer today as it was mid-80s. My Dear Brother is in Manhattan and he and his wife were out on the Hudson Bike path for their first ride of 2013...it was 80 ! I am sure it will get cold again before Summer sets in. Thank you for looking !! |
So jealous!! Love azaleas....! Our forsythia are just starting to open up at least....... :) |
wow trailrunner! Thanks for sharing your season, it is fabulous :) |
- Posted by merrygardener (My Page) on Wed, Apr 10, 13 at 0:16
Beautiful! It makes me want to book a vacation to the south next March/ early April to gawk at both landscape and houses! |
Just lov seeing the pics of a " back east" spring. Your setting is so lovely and charming! Hope your dh is healing fast. Thanks for sharing . Any dogwoods? |
- Posted by trailrunner (My Page) on Wed, Apr 10, 13 at 2:06
cat..hey..the forsythia is pretty much finished here..I keep meaning to put some in but my neighbors have some. Glad you liked the pics :) thank you sasafras ! merrygardener..let me know when you are coming ...you can sit on the porch and have sweet tea and a chat !! thank you for looking. martin...my dogwoods are SO old that their blooms are not all that great anymore . Most of the dogwood trees in this neighborhood are on their last legs and are falling over or splitting when we have storms. That is a dogwood where the 2 purple rockers are...I forgot to answer above..I painted them purple..they were pale yellow the original color when my neighbor gave them to me...also at the curb that is a dogwood by the front sidewalk and the one at the corner of the lot in picture 2 is a dogwood. Newer varieties are more resistant to disease and drought. Glad you enjoyed the pics . c |
it all looks so amazing, truly beautiful !!! |
Well, there's ice on everything. There goes the fruit! I hear ya about not planting more. I ended up doing a cottage rose garden (have 3 waiting to be planted) and they just take care of themselves. I hope the drought is over though. |
- Posted by trailrunner (My Page) on Wed, Apr 10, 13 at 9:37
thank you mitch ! oh no oakley...I was afraid of that..I kept checking your weather. That is so sad...although the people in FL coat their citrus with water to form ice on purpose as it saves the fruit...so maybe the trees will still be OK..I sure hope so. As to the drought...well they are predicting it to get worse..so I don't know...time will tell if the rain cont. or stops like last year. |
- Posted by cooperbailey (My Page) on Wed, Apr 10, 13 at 9:53
Love seeing your house in springtime. Or anytime for that matter. |
I look forward to seeing your roses! Thank you! |
- Posted by outsideplaying (My Page) on Wed, Apr 10, 13 at 10:33
Wowser, TR! All of it is just gorgeous, and thank you for sharing the lovely views. You are so right, everything is very late this year. Our azaleas up here in North Bama are just budding and a few are finally opening. The redbuds are blooming, the dogwoods are budding, and the pollen is falling. |
- Posted by trailrunner (My Page) on Wed, Apr 10, 13 at 12:48
Sue...thank you for looking..you know how I love your place too ! That sweet porch ;) Anele they are starting so stay tuned ! outsideplaying..please post pics of yours as they get to their peek...hope the storms tomorrow don't mess mine up too bad...but we sure need the rain. Thank you for the compliments. c |
Your azaleas are gorgeous! I love your house too. You must be in the same zone but our soil is alkaline so we can't grow those here. I love to go see them though and yours are outstanding. |
Here's our backyard cherry tree in full, happy bloom (those are dogwoods in front of it. As you can see, they're still sleeping.... I'll post our azaleas once they bloom.... The daffodils are fading here, which can only mean one thing....tulips! |
- Posted by trailrunner (My Page) on Wed, Apr 10, 13 at 15:49
thank you marti !! I am in the same..although I believe that the zones are changing. We are getting more like 8 some years with the colder winters. oh my pirula..that back yard is SO gorgeous ! Just stunning. Our violets are all in bloom too...I kinda have a love/hate with them :( They are tenacious !! Please keep posting pics of your pretties !! c |
Thanks! They are tenacious, I want them to take over the weeds! Is there anything prettier though than finding a violet that has entrenched itself in a surprise location? Like the one that I just discovered growing under one of my front flower pots. So lovely. You're right that zones are changing. We're officially zone 7 now. |
- Posted by trailrunner (My Page) on Wed, Apr 10, 13 at 16:56
was sweeping and cleaning up over the past few days and have found rose campion babies everywhere...several in the cracks in the sidewalk !! I was just out and said " hello" to all my violets :) I shall endeavor to live and let live. c |
Here is a link that might be useful: rose campion
Thanks so much for sharing those beautiful pics! The crisp blue sky, vibrant pinks. bright green new growth and white trim create such an inviting landscape! Along with others we're in the midst of an early spring snow & ice storm so everything is coated white and heavy with ice. Your pics brightened my day! There's hope that things will change. |
- Posted by trailrunner (My Page) on Thu, Apr 11, 13 at 1:04
thank you hilltop ! I am so glad it was a breath of Spring for you. I am just up and checking the weather . It is going to be very bad tomorrow for many areas. I will up early and make sure to have everything put away and truck in the carport in case of hail. It is always something..you are right...change. c |
- Posted by outsideplaying (My Page) on Thu, Apr 11, 13 at 13:09
I'll post pictures as soon as ours hit their stride, but I really don't have that many azaleas either. I haven't had much luck getting new ones established either, and some died after a late freeze and a couple of dry summers, despite irrigation (and DH turning off the wrong water supply before a vacation a few years back...grrrrr). We do have some nice native dogwood around though, and I hope they are as spectacular as they were last year. |
- Posted by trailrunner (My Page) on Thu, Apr 11, 13 at 15:25
I'll be watching :) Love to see what others are growing. We are holding on for the storm !! If you look at the radar is is a doozy ! c |
- Posted by rococogurl (My Page) on Thu, Apr 11, 13 at 16:02
So beautiful C! It's been so cold here the daffodils just came yesterday. First hint of color. My azaleas are still twigs. Very late here and still no run of even seasonal warmth. But we've already got bugs. |
- Posted by trailrunner (My Page) on Thu, Apr 11, 13 at 16:09
hey roco...so glad to hear from you ! I wondered if you were getting the warm temps yet. My DB and SIL were out on the bikes on the Hudson Bike Path day before yesterday and he said it was 80 !! Same as here :) We are waiting for the storm to hit...only a couple more hours and it will be here. Hopefully the flowers won't be all gone. I hope you will post some pics of your pretties..I will have to check over on AM....thank you for looking ! c |
Your azaleas are gorgeous, but what I REALLY love is getting to see all the exterior pictures of your great house. Love the porched and the little triangular roof sections over the bay window. And the pergola. Just north of DC, we've had two days hit 90 degrees after a long cold spring, so everything is exploding into bloom at one time. I've got my cherry tree, my crab apple and my korean spice viburnum all blooming at once. Usually their blooms are staggered. As soon as soil temps reach 64 degrees (2 or 3 weeks from now?), we'll have a gazillion cicadas!! I'm actually a little excited about that. We weren't in this house yet in 2004, the last time they came in force. I want to sit out on our screened porch and witness the crazy swarm just outside of the screens. |
Whereas I will be holed up in my house for six weeks and if I have to run to the car, will no doubt do so screaming bloody murder in total fear. I missed the last two cicada biblical mating rituals, so this is going to be interesting. Thank heavens the rains today are bringing normal Spring temperatures back to NOVA. It's been miserable, and the new sprouting baby plants need a drink. |
- Posted by trailrunner (My Page) on Fri, Apr 12, 13 at 10:10
arlosmom...thank you for looking and your sweet compliments. You know how much I love your home. Wish we were closer ! We love to listen to the cicadas. And we have tons when they do their thing ;) ( pirula you wouldn't like it at all :) ) ! We were having a holiday in North GA in 2007 and they had a huge number that year...they were all over everything on the deck of the cabin we rented just had to love them they were so strange and LOUD ! Please take pics arlosmom of your blooms !! pirula I am so glad your posies got a drink . We lost power late for a couple hours and the yard and pool are full of debris...guess what I will be doing today :( . But the flowers sure needed the water. You have to take more pics too !! c |
i will. the azaleas are starting to bud, and the bleeding hearts are waking up. I'll post pictures as soon as they're ready. |
After my "downer" message about our snow I thought I would update. Little left in yard but still piles of about 2 feet where it was plowed. The rain is doing a job on it. |
- Posted by trailrunner (My Page) on Fri, Apr 12, 13 at 16:00
pirula..I can hardly wait ! I am so glad you will post. Holly...melting...melting ....melting :) c |
- Posted by trailrunner (My Page) on Fri, Apr 12, 13 at 18:51
oh...busybee...tulip magnolia..they are SO pretty. I love them. A couple years they have bloomed way to early here and then we would have a late freeze. They are long done in our area. Pretty... |
Beautiful busybee! I dream of a tulip magnolia. I might plant one this fall.... Look who's awake!!! bleeding heart Virginia bluebells: And the shepherd's purse is coming along nicely too, won't bloom for awhile yet: The azaleas aren't quite ready to show off, but very soon. I may be able to show the ones on the south side of the house later today, we'll see.... We had the most marvelous thunderstorm last night. Everything is so green and fragrant today. I love this time of year when there's still a chill in the air but the sun is bright, and not a mosquito in sight yet (wish I could say the same for the dandelions). |
- Posted by trailrunner (My Page) on Sat, Apr 20, 13 at 17:02
pirula...so pretty and they aren't things I have planted so wonderful to see them in your garden. I tried bleeding heart but it was 't happy in my garden . I have rose and roses and roses out now. The jasmine is almost ready to open and the honeysuckle is already really going. I was able to swim 2 days this week !! The water was 74.3 !! It was chilly but I love it that way. Now we had the rain before you got it and the temp last night was 39 !! So no more swimming till the days warm again. It was 84 two days in a row. I planted flowers today and clean the shed. it is cool and lovely and fragrant here too. I can hardly wait to see more of your pretties ! c |
Wel it's not really fair since I live in California and we basically get spring instead of winter here, but here are some of our blooms: |
- Posted by lazydaisynot (My Page) on Sun, Apr 21, 13 at 1:04
I'm really enjoying all of your beautiful spring garden shots. These really highlight the difference in climate zones and the varied pace at which spring is making its way to all of us. Annkh, oh my. I will stop complaining about how cold it is here in Seattle. At least I'll try. |
Okay well this group of azaleas is actually on the North side of the house, not the South. Yes, I do get lost in the bathroom. These are always the first to bloom. The ones in the front are different colors, and I'll post more pics when they bloom, they're very close! They look pretty inside too! |
- Posted by trailrunner (My Page) on Sun, Apr 21, 13 at 16:16
Very nice !! So pretty...mine are all done now. That big rain did them in so on to the roses and other things . Will have to post more pics :) tinan..love all the purples and blues ! c |
- Posted by joyce_6333 (My Page) on Sun, Apr 21, 13 at 16:39
I've enjoyed all these beautiful pictures. But here in the Midwest, we are beginning to wonder if we'll ever see Spring. It snowed AGAIN overnight, with a blizzard for awhile this morning. I gotta tell ya, I'm really sick of this. Even all us hearty Norwegians have had enough! Our builder says he can't even begin to dig basements for at least another 2-3 weeks because of the frost still in the ground. |
I'd be sick of it too Joyce, jeez. I thought our Spring was late (and it was).... I agree on the purples, just lovely. I envy Cali their lack of bugs! I can't wait to see your roses trailrunner. Mine are quite happily leafing and climbing. Won't bloom for a while yet. Then will come the annual battle with the aphids and the bloody Japanese beatles. Hmmmm, do cicadas eat beatles? Maybe this biblical plague won't be so bad afterall...... Oh! And do you have hydrangeas?? Will be great fun posting those as well. But then I'll suppose we'll need a "Summer 2013" thread? |
"So beautiful! We are not that far along yet in New England :( " Ditto-- such a treat to see your lovely pix and the other folks pix as well! |
Thanks trailrunner - I love purple-blue flowers, and they tend to be heat tolerant low water use, too. I have some pinks and yellows too but the main path is mostly sages and lavenders. Don't worry, spring will find its way to you all! |
Well unfortunately, I had to take these in the rain (I shouldn't complain. I love the rain and we really needed it). But I'm afraid the rain may do in the blooms so it's now or never. The front azaleas, finally blooming: The Shepherd's Purse is blooming: The Jacob's Ladder: And perhaps the loveliest, sweetest flower of them all. The Lilly of the Valley has just begun to bloom: And here's one in the backyard, with the one dogwood that remains blooming: I am still weeks away from posting roses on the other thread, but they are starting to bud! |
Trailrunner & Pirula, I love the deep bright red Azaleas! Trailrunner, all your blooming flowers are gorgeous! Where are you located to have such beautiful flowers? We are finally having our trees bloom in my townhouse complex but they bloom for about 2 weeks and then the flowers all fall off. I wish I took pictures when they were at their full bloom. Thanks for sharing. Your azaleas are gorgeous |
AnnkH & Joyce6333, So sorry that you both have snow and cold weather. In Northern NJ, flowers and trees are starting to bloom but we have days of cold and dampness still like today. I can't wait to put all my winter clothes away. |
- Posted by trailrunner (My Page) on Mon, Apr 29, 13 at 14:06
Pirula...beautiful !! I am so glad you got rain . We had it all around us and not a drop fell...will be like that all week. We can't get a break from the drought that has hovered over us since 2007. I sure hope that it doesn't get like it did last Summer ! Your Shepherd's purse looks like my Ginger. I have tried Jacob's Ladder in the past..it hates the heat here and the on again off again water situation. Thank you lynn..I am in central AL. Roses are just full the best I can remember. Will get a pick of the jasmine in a day or so when it is really thick with blooms. It smells wonderful around the pool. c |
Thank you! Oh I'd love to plant some jasmine. But I think here it would be an annual no? Some of the white blooms you see in that picture is not an azalea but a Daphne. And OMG the fragrance is intoxicating.... It has suffered so much. From Snowmageddon trampling it a few years back. It looks like some prehistoric thing, but I hope it will even out over the years. it's not going anywhere. It's few weeks of fragrance are well worth anything. |
- Posted by trailrunner (My Page) on Mon, Apr 29, 13 at 18:35
Oh I had 2 daphnes One white and one pink. Again it was a problem with fluctuations in the water. Also I tried to move one and they are very temperamental as far as their roots. So no more daphne ! I love their fragrance. You can plant asiatic jasmine to zone 7...zero is the lowest temp so with a little care I bet you could have it. Mine is HUGE covers the whole pool wall . It is almost at peak...pics soon ! c |
Oooooh! We're 7 and almost never get down to zero. Is it full sun though? As you may have guessed, I haven't got full sun anywhere.... |
- Posted by trailrunner (My Page) on Tue, Apr 30, 13 at 2:41
Mine is on a North wall so gets full sun but it is a strong and amazing plant and would do well I think with less than that. For under 20.00 you can find out ! I will have to email you they won't let me post the link !! c |
- Posted by joyce_6333 (My Page) on Tue, May 7, 13 at 13:22
This is the front of our house last Thursday after a foot of new snow. Need I say more! Trees are not budded out yet, but snow has melted and it is a gorgeous day. So maybe Spring has finally arrived. |
- Posted by trailrunner (My Page) on Tue, May 7, 13 at 13:49
Holy cow !! I hope the sun stays out and the buds begin to burst forth :) More pics please ! c |
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Divergent and Insurgent by Veronica Roth.
Genre: Dystopian
Level: YA
Source: Bought
Rating: 3 stars for Divergent, 4 stars for Insurgent
The Divergent Trilogy is probably the most popular and most anticipated young adult dystopian trilogies since The Hunger Games. I don't need to write a review of these two books, seeing as there are so many out there and most people have read them at this point, but I wanted to get my feelings about them down anyway. I'm reviewing them together because it's hard for me to separate them at this point and I think if you are going to read Divergent, you need to read Insurgent.
Divergent follows main character Tris through her life as a teenager in a future Chicago, where the society is divided into five different factions based on one dominating characteristic. The five characteristics and factions are: Honesty (Candor), Bravery (Dauntless), Selflessness (Abnegation), Peaceful (Amity), and Brainy (Erudite). At age 16, each member of the society must choose their faction and, if need be, leave their family to join their new faction. Tris leaves her family's faction (Abnegation) to join the Dauntless. Divergent follows her struggles through the initiation process and living in her new faction. She finds some new friend, makes some enemies, and meets Four, one of her initiation leaders and the boy she has a crush on. The end of the book brings lots of action and we see the beginning of the fall of their society. Insurgent picks up right after the end of Divergent and follows Tris and Four and the rest of the factions as they come to terms with the direction their society is heading and the chance of a war among the factions.
In all honesty, I was not as taken with Divergent as most people were. I was a little put off by Tris and the fact that most of the book seemed to be the Dauntless beating up on each other. It seemed to me that Tris was a bit too oblivious, both with Four and his feelings and with how the Dauntless (and all of the factions within the society) really lived and coexisted. But she was otherwise a strong female lead, willing to stick up for herself and her friends and loyal to both her new friends and her old faction. The end was exciting when all of the action started happening and we learned more about the society. I wished there had been a better way to end the book rather than having all of those characters die, but I was also glad that it seemed like an actual probable event. Sometimes authors go to crazy lengths making sure no characters die, I'm kind of glad Roth didn't go there. Overall, I was pretty happy that I read Divergent. It's no Hunger Games, to me at least, but it is the beginning of what will hopefully be a great dystopian trilogy.
And if Divergent is the beginning of a great story, Insurgent does a fantastic job of leading us right up to the grand finale. There is no second book syndrome here. In fact, I was a much bigger fan of Insurgent than I was of Divergent. We get a bigger look at the society, more information on the rest of the factions, less brooding on Tris' part about her own situation, and a surprise ending that promises to make the final book incredible. The relationship between Four and Tris experiences some rocky moments and the action in the book is nonstop. I sometimes needed some downtime myself from the book just to process everything that was happening. It was intense. And like any great dystopian, we are left wondering who among our friends and allies can we actually trust? I am still blown away by the ending of this book.
It took me a while to pick up Insurgent because I wasn't a huge fan of Divergent, but I'm so glad I did. There is a big cliffhanger though, so if you have yet to read any of them, you could save all of them until the last one comes out (sometime in the Fall of 2013). Then you won't be left hanging. They are long but quick reads and perfect for the YA dystopian genre. Even if you aren't fans of dystopian books, I recommend you check these out at some point. I hope Veronica Roth will continue to surprise me in the last Divergent book and in whatever else she may write. I gave Divergent 3 stars and Insurgent 4 stars.

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This year's Oscar nominations for "Best Original Score" have been announced. All very talented people here:
"How to Train Your Dragon" (Paramount), John Powell
"Inception" (Warner Bros.), Hans Zimmer
"The King's Speech" (The Weinstein Company), Alexandre Desplat
"127 Hours" (Fox Searchlight), A.R. Rahman
"The Social Network" (Sony Pictures Releasing), Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Some of you might be wondering — who the heck are these people?
Here's a quick look at the contenders:
John Powell entered Hollywood with the score for "Face/Off" back in 1997. Since then, he has worked prolifically on animated films for DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox. Stuff like "Happy Feet," "Kung Fu Panda" and "Bolt." He's also become something of a "go-to guy" for director Paul Greengrass (see the amazing scores for the Bourne trilogy). Out of all the films I wish I had seen last year, "How to Train Your Dragon" is near the top. I've heard nothing but good things about the film itself, so I'm really curious about the music.
Hans Zimmer is probably the most well-known composer in the group. His work stretches back twenty years ago, all the way to "Rain Main." He's worked on over a hundred films, so I was very surprised to learn that he actually hasn't won an Oscar since "The Lion King" in 1994! Another interesting thing about Zimmer is that he's also very collaborative. He shared nominations with Lisa Gerrard for "Gladiator," John Powell for (hey look, it's animated) "The Road to El Dorado," and James Newton Howard for "The Dark Knight." Even the score to "Inception" is a bit of collaboration with guitarist-songwriter Johnny Marr (of the Smiths, Modest Mouse, and The Cribs), though he did not write any original material for it. "Inception" shows a continuing partnership with director Christopher Nolan, probably through the end of the new Batman trilogy, but perhaps even further. Having seen it multiple times, I don't think the film would exist without Zimmer's score. Not because the rest of the film is flawed per se, but more because the music does so much to define it. When you hear the soundtrack by itself, there's no question which movie it's from. I can't say that about any of the other nominees.
Alexandre Desplat is a name I've been seeing more and more recently — he has been on the rise in Hollywood ever since 2004′s "Girl with a Pearl Earring," earning nominations every year for either the Chicago Film Critics Association Award, the Golden Globes, or the Academy Awards. But he has yet to take home any of these. When his work for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt 1″ caught my attention, I rejoiced because I hadn't noticed or cared for any of the Harry Potter scores since "Prisoner of Azkaban" — but to be perfectly honest, I haven't been able to find anything particularly distinctive about Desplat's style. I've seen "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and "The Fantastic Mr. Fox," but I couldn't tell you what the music was like. Maybe I should see them again. With that, I should also check out Desplat's work for "The Queen" and "Lust, Caution." Anyway, he's got a lot of solid work under his belt this year, and I think "The King's Speech" is probably his best chance at finally winning an Oscar.
A. R. Rahman is a huge success in his native country of India. After composing jingles for several years, he landed an opportunity composing the score for a film called "Roja." It launched him into the limelight and ended up changing the face of Indian film music. Many praise Rahman for his ability to blend classical music with other traditions from around the world, including Carnatic, rock and jazz music. Most people here in the States know him for his work on "Slumdog Millionaire," which was so popular, it made it on the Europe and US Billboards and won him two Academy Awards. With "127 Hours," he brings a similar style of music to the screen, and it's well-made, but it doesn't have nearly as much appeal. The film was a critical success, but it didn't reach a lot of audiences, so I don't expect this one to win.
Rounding off the list are Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, who collaborated on the score for "The Social Network." Trent Reznor is famous for his work as the founding member of Nine Inch Nails, a hugely popular industrial (sort of) rock band, but he's never really done composing before this. Apparently, Mark Romanek tapped him to do the score for "One Hour Photo," but it didn't work out. Atticus Ross became a producer/programmer for Nine Inch Nails around five years ago. He composed the score for the TV series "Touching Evil" in 2004 and "The Book of Eli" in 2010. If "The Social Network" wasn't also nominated for Best Actor, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture, I would be very surprised to see this score on the list. It's dark, edgy, electronic, and sounds nothing like a traditional film score. But it also happens to work very well.
From what I've seen and heard so far, I'm hoping the Oscar goes to "Inception" or "The Social Network." But I have to admit, I'm a little disappointed in this list. Daft Punk's score to "Tron: Legacy" is quite good, even though the movie isn't. The way they combine electronica with film music is flawless. Clint Mansell's score for "Black Swan" is also creative and ambitious – and disqualified – because it uses many cues from Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake." That's really what makes it cool, though. Mansell takes all these really familiar classical cues and twists them, plays them backwards, to create a really different experience.
On the other hand, I'm really glad Danny Elfman isn't on this list for "Alice in Wonderland" – I am sick to death of his stuff – and while I really enjoyed "Toy Story 3," I wasn't blown away by Randy Newman. Usually I'd be plugging James Newton Howard right about now, because I'm a big fan, but this year he scored "The Last Airbender" and the music did nothing to assuage the deep wounds being inflicted upon me. Maybe "Green Lantern" will be better. *crosses fingers*


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Lucky magazine editor-in-chief Eva Chen doesn't try to pass the blame when it comes to her mag's shockingly unrecognizable Kerry Washington cover. But she also made it clear to Women's Wear Daily that, hey, Anna Wintour liked it! I can't imagine how this cover got past the most meticulous and picky person at not only at Conde Nast, but maybe in all media in general. Was Wintour for serious or is this some kind of Jedi mind trick to make Chen look bad at her job? [WWD]


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10 producers to watch in 2011: part one
- The first half of our annual producers to watch round-up, with mini-mixes from each artist
11 Jan 2011 -
Brenmar's music fits perfectly in that middle ground between hip-hop, R'n'B, contemporary UK club fare and faster strains of Chicago house music that the likes of Ikonika and Girl Unit pursue. A former member of the group These Are Powers, he's built a reputation beyond the States in the last couple of years on the strength of his remixes of Aaliyah, Teengirl Fantasy and more, and is poised to kick down the door with his original productions in 2011.
Hey Brenmar, introduce yourself.
"What up, I produce and DJ under the name Brenmar. My young brother gave me the name when he was 2 years old due to a speech impediment. I make clubs shake."
What's your story to date? You're originally from Chicago, right?
"Born and raised in Chicago, lived there till I was 21 then I moved to NYC. Been here now for about three years."
Were you making music back then? And if so, what kind of stuff was it?
"I've been playing with samplers since I was 15. I hustled hard to buy an MPC 2000XL. From 15 to 17 I made weird hip-hop beats sampling off of shitty dollar store records and found sounds. I started getting into 'live' music around 18. Sampling really opened me up to other types of music besides hip-hop and ghetto house which is pretty much all I heard in my neighborhood. I got into IDM, rock, noise, ambient, and jazz. The music I made from 18-21 was all over the place… I didn't really have any direction, I did whatever I wanted. Pop one moment, straight up free jazz noise the next. It was wonderful creatively but it was very hard to define myself and to establish a solid fanbase."
When did you relocate to New York? Was that when you started taking music more seriously?
"I've been taking music seriously since I started, this is all I do every day. No joke, I'm still chasing the same dreams I had when I was a kid in high school.
"I originally moved to NYC because I joined the band These Are Powers. I was in the band for about 3 years."
There seems to be kind of a parallel scene growing in the US to what we have in the UK right now – artists like you, Nzugunguzu, Dubbel Dutch. Obviously Kingdom's been a link between NY and the UK for a while now. Is that fair?
"Yeah, they're all friends and I love the music they're making. It's an exciting time right now because both the US and the UK are borrowing from each other a lot. We all know the UK has a very progressive dance scene but for the first time in a while the US is holding it down too."
What's in the pipeline for you this year?
"My next official release will be a two track 12″ for Ikonika and Optimum's label Hum & Buzz. A music video for my last single 'Taking It Down' is in the works, that'll be out in Feb. Working on a collab EP with Nguzunguzu that'll be out sooner rather than later, and I'm also working on a single for Sinden's Grizzly label, it'll be released late Spring/early Summer. Also planning an NYC edition of So Bones, finding the right space at the moment, got a couple friends helping out, sure we'll find something soon. Then a lot of touring here in the US and abroad – fingers crossed. I'm also in talks with producing for some other artists, more within the hip-hop and RnB vein."
1. Rihanna – What's My Name (Brenmar Club Mix)
2. Brenmar – Tasting
3. Brenmar – Be The One
5. Brenmar – Done (Don't Luv Me No More)


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A Talk with the Taliban
By Sara Daniel, Le Nouvel Observateur
Former Taliban are part of the ongoing dialogue between the Karzai government and the Taliban in Pakistan. (Photo: Codepink / Flickr) |
Obama has finally opted for troop reinforcement. But by evoking the beginning of a scheduled withdrawal 18 months from now, he has also incited the Karzai government to keep the channels of discussion with the Taliban open.
And what if the stabilization of Afghanistan could come only at this price? While Barack Obama's decision to send 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan seems to sound the death knell for that option envisaged by the more cynical members of the American administration, those who don't believe in a military solution in the country continue to militate in favor of a "discussion" with the enemy. Not with the "pragmatic" Taliban Hamid Karzai boasted of having been able to rally to his cause – and who are today considered traitors by the guerrilla – but with the most ideological fringe of the "students' of religion" representatives, the Mullah Omar and Hezb-e-Islami leader, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. These are the ones who are inflicting losses on NATO's forces and laying siege to Kabul. "If you want significant results, you have to talk to important people," Norwegian diplomat and UN representative in the country Kai Eide declared the day before the elections to encourage discussions with the guerrilla movement's leadership.
The idea is highly controversial. Its detractors explain that any attempt at dialogue would be considered a sign of weakness by the fundamentalist guerrilla at precisely the moment when the West is demonstrating the scope of its determination to pacify the country militarily. Didn't Mullah Omar just violently reject the proposals for national reconciliation that President Karzai since his investiture has ceaselessly tried to engage him in? Nonetheless, Barack Obama has repeated that NATO's troop withdrawal should begin in 18 months. Yet, nothing proves that the counterinsurgency strategy he has opted for will be a success in the meantime. Consequently, the Afghan president maintains all channels open and, far from official platforms, enemy leaders are talking to one another.
In spite of the fighting, meetings occur between the clandestine headquarters of the blind mullah and the Afghan government. From Pakistan to Kabul, intercessors see to it that messages are passed under the watchful eye of the Americans. Even American Defense Secretary Robert Gates has declared that, in Afghanistan as in Iraq, it would be necessary to come to the point of conducting a policy of a reconciliation with people who have killed American soldiers: "Isn't that how wars always end?" he declared during a NATO meeting.
Maulvi Arsala Rahmani is one of those messengers. Under the Taliban regime, he was minister for religious affairs. Today, he has returned to the Afghan Senate. He receives people in his house in Kabul, where he is under good protection and spied on by several countries' intelligence agents. Enveloped in an Uzbek coat lined in gray fur, he prays with fervor, as though better to reflect on the questions he is asked. To hear him tell it, he would like to reconcile everybody. For he likes Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and … Mullah Omar. He mentions his "friend, Osama" (bin Laden), whom he knew well in Sudan, then during the jihad. According to Rahmani, Mullah Baradar, the present Taliban operational commander, is a "good and honest man." And he misses Jalaluddin Haqqani, whose armed groups are covering the south of the country with blood: "We always used to be together …" Nonetheless, he believes that the time has come for the guerrilla movement to dissociate itself from his "friend Osama." But are the members of Mullah Omar's choura (council of notables), with whom he is in contact, ready for that divorce? In his opinion, it's not impossible. For, in spite of their military "success," the Taliban, like all soldiers, would like to be able to go home. Moreover, and contrary to what has been suggested in Mullah Omar's communiqués, it is sometimes the guerrilla leaders, and not the Afghan presidency, who take the initiative for these meetings, Maulvi Arsala Rahmani assures me. Last year, Mullah Baradar led a Taliban delegation to Kabul to talk with Karzai's older brother, Qayyum.
Born to the same tribe as the Afghan president, Mullah Omar's right hand man is supposed to be a more conciliating man than his mentor. Patient, charismatic, he has proved to be a redoubtable enemy for NATO's troops. At the head of the Quetta choura in Pakistan, it is he who manages the war chest – the booty from kidnappings and trafficking – and who coordinates attacks. Above all, it is he who has been authorized to speak in the name of the man the insurgents consider the commander of the faithful: Omar. "Should there ever be discussions, he will be an indispensable interlocutor," asserts Rahmani.
In Kabul, the former minister is sharing his home with another one of these "intermediaries" who sound out the Taliban and regularly meet with Barack Obama's advisers. His beard is black, his turban, cream-colored: Pir Mohamed was the president of the University of Kabul under the Taliban regime: "Afghanistan is composed of several groups. No one should be excluded … That's what I said to Holbrooke, who shares my point of view!" Repeating – for whatever purpose it might serve – that, at the time, he had tried several times to convince Mullah Omar to allow him to give girls a religious education, he asserts that today he has warned the White House special envoy against the new pacification strategy for the country: "Afghanistan is not Iraq. The Taliban come from very different origins. Mores come from Uzbekistan, Kandahar or Khost. And one may neither set the tribes against one another nor buy them: there are too many of them!"
Yet, is seems that the political leadership of the Taliban, tossing around between Peshawar, Quetta and Karachi, would like to put an end to its wanderings in Pakistan. That's the sense of the messages from the Quetta choura and its representatives, Baradar and Mohamed Mansour, former chief education officer. The rebels would like to install themselves somewhere, then form a government-in-exile to elaborate the conditions for a negotiation with the Karzai government. Why not in Saudi Arabia where Mullah Zaeef, former Taliban ambassador to Pakistan, has already tried to organize a meeting between the enemy sides? Then from Riyadh, the Taliban leadership could negotiate its own neutrality in exchange for a right to return, amnesty and participation in political life after the withdrawal of foreign troops.
Isn't this scenario unrealistic or premature? Our intermediaries agree: it will not be easy to convince Westerners to guarantee a safe haven for the same people they're fighting. But the two men insist on the necessity of cutting the guerrilla off from its Pakistani sanctuary. Even though they know Afghanistan will not be at peace until Pakistan agrees to it. "As long as Pakistan's vital interests, such as the future of the Durand Line, are not taken into account, all discussions will fail," explains Rahmani. According to him, the key to potential negotiations is in the hands of the Pakistani mullahs, themselves under ISI – the Pakistani secret services' – control. As are Mullah Fazel Rahman and Sami ul-Haq, who lead the coalition of Pakistani fundamentalist religious parties. "Before the Taliban, it is they who must be convinced to make peace, because today they control al-Qaeda and bin Laden and hold the future of the region in their hands …" On this point, at least, the former Taliban and Barack Obama come to the same conclusions.
Maulvi Rahmani
Religious affairs minister under the Taliban regime, he is a member of the Afghan Senate today. He has contacts within circles close to the Pakistani secret services.
Pir Mohamed
Former rector of Kabul University. He meets regularly with Richard Holbrooke and representatives of the Quetta choura.
Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef
He was the sole interface between the Taliban regime and the international community from 1996 to the end of 2001. He was imprisoned at Guantanamo from 2002 to 2005. He would like to see the Saudis play a role in future peace talks.
Wakil Muttawakil
Former foreign affairs minister for the Taliban, he played the role of intermediary between the Americans and Taliban groups in Kandahar and negotiated the conditions for surrender with the Americans at the fall of the regime.
Assassinations Anyone?
July 23, 2009 by TMO · Leave a Comment
CIA claims of cancelled campaign are hogwash
By Eric Margolis
CIA director Leon Panetta just told Congress he cancelled a secret operation to assassinate al-Qaida leaders. The CIA campaign, authorized in 2001, had not yet become operational, claimed Panetta.
I respect Panetta, but his claim is humbug. The U.S. has been trying to kill al-Qaida personnel (real and imagined) since the Clinton administration. These efforts continue under President Barack Obama. Claims by Congress it was never informed are hogwash.
The CIA and Pentagon have been in the assassination business since the early 1950s, using American hit teams or third parties. For example, a CIA-organized attempt to assassinate Lebanon's leading Shia cleric, Muhammad Fadlallah, using a truck bomb, failed, but killed 83 civilians and wounded 240.
In 1975, I was approached to join the Church Committee of the U.S. Congress investigating CIA's attempts to assassinate Fidel Castro, Congo's Patrice Lumumba, Vietnam's Ngo Dinh Diem, and Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser.
Add to America's hit list Saddam Hussein, Afghanistan's Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Indonesia's Sukarno, Chile's Marxist leaders and, very likely, Yasser Arafat.
Libya's Moammar Khadaffy led me by the hand through the ruins of his private quarters, showing me where a 2,000-pound U.S. bomb hit his bedroom, killing his infant daughter. Most Pakistanis believe, rightly or wrongly, the U.S. played a role in the assassination of President Zia ul-Haq.
To quote Josef Stalin's favourite saying, "No man. No problem."
Assassination was outlawed in the U.S. in 1976, but that did not stop attempts by its last three administrations to emulate Israel's Mossad in the "targeted killing" of enemies. The George W. Bush administration, and now the Obama White House, sidestepped American law by saying the U.S. was at war, and thus legally killing "enemy combatants." But Congress never declared war.
Washington is buzzing about a secret death squad run by Dick Cheney when he was vice-president and his protege, the new U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal. This gung-ho general led the Pentagon's super secret Special Operations Command, which has become a major rival to the CIA in the business of "wet affairs" (as the KGB used to call assassinations) and covert raids.
Democrats are all over Cheney on the death squad issue, as are some Republicans — in order to shield Bush. But the orders likely came from Bush, who bears ultimate responsibility.
Americans are now being deluged by sordid scandals from the Bush years about torture, kidnapping, brutal secret prisons, brainwashing, mass surveillance of American's phones, e-mail, and banking.
In 2001, as this column previously reported, U.S. Special Forces oversaw the murder at Dasht-e-Leili, Afghanistan, of thousands of captured Taliban fighters by Uzbek forces of the Communist warlord, Rashid Dostum.
CIA was paying Dostum, a notorious war criminal from the 1980s, millions to fight Taliban. Dostum is poised to become vice-president of the U.S.-installed government of President Hamid Karzai. Bush hushed up this major war crime.
America is hardly alone in trying to rub out enemies or those who thwart its designs. Britain's MI-6 and France's SDECE were notorious for sending out assassins. The late chief of SDECE told me how he had been ordered by then-president Francois Mitterrand to kill Libya's Khadaffy. Israel's hit teams are feared around the globe.
History shows that state-directed murder is more often than not counterproductive and inevitably runs out of control, disgracing nations and organizations that practise it.
But U.S. assassins are still at work. In Afghanistan and Pakistan, U.S. drones are killing tribesmen almost daily. Over 90% are civilians. Americans have a curious notion that killing people from the air is not murder or even a crime, but somehow clean.
U.S. Predator attacks are illegal and violate U.S. and international law. Pakistan's government, against which no war has been declared, is not even asked permission or warned of the attacks.
Dropping 2,000-pound bombs on apartment buildings in Gaza or Predator raids on Pakistan's tribal territory are as much murder as exploding car bombs or suicide bombers.


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We had picked out Coventry Gray for our kitchen cabinets, but when we got the sample door---it has hugely blue undertones in our space, which I hadn't anticipated! We picked it because it looked like a true gray on the 8" swatch.
Now I'm scrambling to find some viable alternatives. We are looking for something without blue/purple undertones for lower cabinets. Either a true gray or something with taupe/green undertones would work. We like the grayness of Coventry (i.e., it's not too dark or light---just the wrong tone!) Could go a bit darker for the right color, but not any lighter as we need to maintain a contrast with the Acadia White trim. Other colors in play in the space:
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- Posted by beekeeperswife (My Page) on Tue, Nov 23, 10 at 15:03
I could get my doctorate in gray paint, I think. I have sampled 30 colors. Really. Just had the foyer painted finally in Baltic Gray. No blue undertones to me. No green undertones either. Check this color out. If you notice on the color strip, it goes towards the browns. It is a warm color, I was so afraid that even with all of my research, including my thesis paper on gray (kidding) I was still going to feel that this gray was cold. I mean it's a 2 story foyer. But it was such a warm gray when I came home to see it. So check it out. Good luck! And remember you must sample the gray in your space, just don't go by those paint chips. (Lowe's can make any sample for about 2.50 for you) |
I found BM Metropolitan was great in my living room but was too blue in other rooms. It'll very much be a trial and error because your room will dictate how much it reads blue. Get lots of samples! |
Thanks---we ended up choosing BM Sea Haze, which is a gray with some green undertones. We'll see how it turns out! We'll probably hold off on committing to a wall color till we see the cabinets in person. |
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Editor's Note
An Early Thanksgiving
By Wendy Dager
There's a really annoying television commercial in which a woman mistakenly believes another woman is pregnant, then tries to cover up her faux pas by saying "thank you." This makes no sense, but the other woman is so thrilled that someone has thanked her that she forgets she's been insulted. While it's not completely surprising that "thank you" has become, at best, a non sequitur and, at worst, a joke, it's still disappointing when people forget to say it. And it's reflected almost constantly in our daily experiences, including our working lives.
Recently, I received two e-mails within days of each other. The writers, strangers to me, were seeking writing advice. One wanted to know about feature articles and the other had questions about greeting card markets. I quickly sent them my thoughts, Web links, and other information. I don't know if my advice was inadequate; if they didn't receive my return e-mails; or if there was some other problem, but I didn't get a "thank you" from either of them.
I couldn't help but feel slighted by the lack of response. The first thing we teach our children is that they should always say "please" and "thank you." Does this lesson go out the window upon reaching adulthood?
I suppose this was why I was particularly struck by the words of columnist Richard F.X. O'Connor in last month's edition of SPAWNews: "Don't forget to send a handwritten thank you note to anyone you deal with in the publishing process." O'Connor, formerly the marketing director at Doubleday, was so impressed that an author would take the time to thank him, that the act, though it occurred decades ago, was never forgotten.
Saying "thank you" is not a matter of buttering up someone, like the non-pregnant woman in the TV commercial. "Thank you" is a simple courtesy that, to the recipient, might be even more meaningful than you think.
–Wendy Dager is editor of SPAWNews. She is thankful for comments from SPAWNews subscribers. E-mail her at firstname.lastname@example.com.
SPAWN Market Update
By Patricia Fry
The October 2004 edition of SPAWN Market Update (the 47th edition to date) is amazingly meaty. We offer updates on over 50 magazines, publishers and agents. We report on over a dozen opportunities for authors, freelance writers, artists and screenwriters. And we publish the news that's important for you to know. For example:
In an excerpt from our interview with Carol Woods, senior editor at Timberwolf Press, she shares her comments about working with agents.
"Many authors look for an agent, and there are a lot of great agents out there, so this is not a slam on them. But there are a lot of questionable agents out there, too. So when you're considering approaching one, at least Google all of the names you can find that are connected with the agency. These manuscripts are dear to you; in a way they're your babies, and you wouldn't turn your baby over to just anyone you happened to find on the Internet, now would you? And yes, some of these "agents" do send out your work, and some of them have really professional presentations, but they typically aren't selective, so your manuscripts are shot down before they have a chance."
She continues: "What raises a red flag for me? If, all of a sudden, I receive a number of inappropriate queries or manuscripts from an agent or agency I've never heard of (especially if there's more than one submission per envelope). All of this wastes my time and your opportunity—and probably your money. Remember, those great agents—the ones that are legitimate—they're not going to charge you anything*. Believe it or not, we're on your side. Without authors, where would publishers be? And without this whole process, where would readers be?"
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Book Festival Report
SPAWN participated in two book festivals recently. We had one booth at the Central Coast Book and Author Festival in San Luis Obispo in mid September. I was there along with two SPAWN members and together we sold around 30 books. We also talked to many hopeful authors and handed out over a hundred brochures and catalogs of members' books to writers and readers.
The following weekend, we were 4 booths strong at the Santa Barbara Book Festival. Virginia Lawrence and I were joined by a dozen members joined for a fun-filled and, for some, a profitable day. We estimate that we sold a total of 40 books throughout the day and we handed out close to 200 brochures and catalogs of members' books.
Take a look at the SPAWN booths! http://www.spawn.org/festivals/sbbf04
While we were caught up in the excitement of the day, Virginia and I began making plans for the huge Los Angeles Book Festival in April. We want to get our reservations in as early as possible in hopes of securing a good location. And we want to open up the opportunity to as many members as possible. Let us know if you are interested in selling your books from the SPAWN booth in L.A., then watch SPAWNews for more detailed information.
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After deciding on your goal and your target market, you have written the text to attract that group of site visitors. Now it's time to actually start designing the site.
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Patricia Fry has been invited to speak at the Meet Me In St. Louis Book Festival and Arts and Crafts Fair in St. Louis, MO October 29-31, 2004. She'll talk about book promotion while introducing folks to SPAWN. This event is sponsored by the St. Louis Publishers Association. For more information about SLPA, visit their Web site, http://www.stlouispublishers.org. For information about the Book Festival, http://www.stlouisbookfestival.org.
Wendy Dager will be speaking at the October 11 meeting of the Simi Valley, California branch of the National League of American Penwomen. The topic will be writing and selling greeting card copy.
Article: Changing of the Guard
By Richard F.X. O'Connor
In the year 1960 all publishers did advertising, publicity and sales promotion for a book, but they did not market it, because "marketing" was not in their lexicon until the mid-60s.
To be sure, Lucky Strikes were marketed in the '60s, as were DeSotos. But the staid, if not quaint, world of publishing had yet to grasp the concept. After all, book publishing was a self-proclaimed cottage industry and there were no such things as bookstore chains or publishing conglomerates.
If memory serves me—which it does less and less—in 1964 the House of Doubleday sent this writer to take an American Management Association course on marketing. What an eye-opener. My counterparts at this gathering came from companies across the business spectrum including the ad mangers from Duracell Batteries and the New York utility Con-Edison. I was exposed to the brave new world of product development, marketing plans, and market share.
Swelled with all this marketing knowledge, I returned to my company certain that I alone held the key to its future; I was going to bring Doubleday, if not publishing, into 20th century business.
Read about what happened when Richard presented his new-found marketing knowledge to Doubleday at http://www.spawn.org/marketing/changingoftheguard.htm
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In 2009 we opened our first overseas campus: the School of Energy and Resources in Adelaide, South Australia (UCL SERAus). The school will offer an innovative two-year MSc programme in Energy & Resources, with students spending their second year on an industry placement pursuing a research project which has been developed in collaboration with their host company (based in one of the world's seven continents.
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So, I have volunteered to take control of my kids' preschool's 4 raised garden beds. I knew they wouldn't be ready right away, but are planning to plant them out next week. So, I got started this week by helping each class plant bush green beans in dixie cups. I'm going to send these home, and the kids are so excited, I know they are going to want to plant them. Now there might be a parent or two with a garden suitable for planting their precious plants in, but we all know no good will come of sticking them in the sandy ground here! I was thinking of typing up some instructions on how to grow them in a pot for the parents.
I have some ideas, but wanted some guidance from my mentors. ;) What advice would you put in such a send home? TIA,
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- Posted by ibarbidahl 9 tampa-ish (My Page) on Thu, Feb 2, 12 at 9:47
I guess that depends on what type they are. If they are stocky enough to stand up on their own and be OK I'd just write something simple like 'Take me home, place in a pot with soil in a sunny place, water and watch me grow!' on the back of the tag make sure you say that it is an edible green bean - 60 days to harvest. Leave it at that. Putting too much info will make people nervous. If they think it's hard to take care of it might just get thrown away. KWIM? I can't tell you how many times I brought home sunflowers or corn starts only to have my Mother throw them out or not take care of them. LOL. Barbie |
...we all know no good will come of sticking them in the sandy ground here! I was thinking of typing up some instructions on how to grow them in a pot for the parents. Huh? Bush and pole beans are the easiest and hardiest of veggies to grow here in the Florida sandy soil simply by poking a hole to the end of your fingernail, popping a seed into it and pinching the hole closed. All that's required after that is a little water now and then, it's an ideal veggie for nurturing growth of plants, parents and kids, foolproof if grown at the right times of the year here. Tom |
- Posted by FLgardenmom 10 (My Page) on Thu, Feb 2, 12 at 20:53
See! That's why I asked. Great point about 'less is more' on the instructions. And, Tom, yes, I know they are hearty, that's why I used them with kids. But I had no clue they could be planted in this God aweful sand. Thanks so much! Kind of sad that I am the one in control of the gardening project. They all think I'm so wise in the ways of growing. LOL! Oh well, I may not know much, but I have a passion for it and that's what really matters with keeping kids attention and getting them excited! Becca |
You need to give yourself more credit ;-) Pole beans are ideal for kids because they grow so fast and so long it's easy to see resuts. Bush beans are okay in a container but in my opinion pole beans will keep their attention better. Tom |
- Posted by FLgardenmom 10 (My Page) on Fri, Feb 3, 12 at 11:25
I'm learning and I'm getting there. Yes, I probably should have done pole beans, as many stated that they wanted a big bean stalk like Jack! ;) I think I will use pole beans for in the garden beds. I got these giant sunflower seeds. I'm so excited for them to watch them get bigger and bigger and bigger! I just finished getting the beds prepared this morning. Next week is going to be a blast! |
Also, if you can find some purple pole beans they can see them better and the flowers have a purple hue instead of white, more appealing since flowering and bean growth are easier to watch. The beans will turn green when cooked, so the kids find this interesting too. If you send me your mailing info and are willing to pay mailing and for a bubble envelope I'll send you some Purple Podded pole beans, very prolific. Tom |
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marchinghurdler (10/17/2013) [-]
Honestly, the skies wouldn't look exactly like this. In order to see this much of the stars, we'd need to slow down the rate at which our eyes see. These images were taken with long exposure times, and so even without light pollution, we'd never get as good a sky as that.
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marchinghurdler (10/17/2013) [-]
Yes. I've been to the Greenbank Radio Astronomy Facility in the middle of the Appalachian Mountains. There's nothing more than a few small towns within a hundred kilometers. And although it's the darkest sky I've ever seen, and there are more stars than anywhere else I've been, it didn't look as vibrant as those images.
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If you can adjust the exposure time, the human eye is usually around 1/30th of a second per image. Like I said, those images probably have several second exposure times to let in all the light and give off the vibrant detail. There may be some places in the world where you get the level of clarity that you find in those images, but it'd have to be as isolated as an island in the Pacific or some such place.


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