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Capital W, Capital W
Michael Wood
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'It is fatal for a woman,' Virginia Woolf wrote, 'in any way to speak consciously as a woman.' Fatal for her as a writer, Woolf meant, but even so, not many people will now agree with this view. Not all that many, perhaps, will understand it straight off. How could it be fatal? How could you not write or speak as a woman if you were one? Except by pretending to speak or write as a man. But Woolf didn't want women to write like men. 'It would be a thousand pities if women wrote like men, or lived like men, or looked like men, for if two sexes are quite inadequate, considering the vastness and variety of the world, how should we manage with one only?'
And when Woolf's imaginary young writer Mary Carmichael learns the 'first great lesson', it is this: 'she wrote as a woman, but as a woman who has forgotten that she is a woman' – the fatality, it turns out, is a matter of too much consciousness rather than of too much gender – 'so that her pages were full of that curious sexual quality which comes only when sex is unconscious of itself.' This is dizzying stuff, but it is very precise. The sex of the writer is present in the writing, but only in a 'curious' way. You would have to be a woman, of course, in order to forget you were one. But you would have to forget in order to achieve the effect that Woolf describes. We may feel that Woolf's preference for obliquity is too passive and too polite – in any event we have our writers, whether we want them or not – but the effect she describes is familiar, and memorable, and can be recognised more generally. The pages of Henry James, for example, are full of a sexual desire he has 'forgotten' in this sense, that is, neither shouted out nor encrypted nor entirely repressed, just allowed to slip beyond the reach of his conscious word-choices.
In her very sharp introduction to Women Writers at Work, a collection of Paris Review interviews first published as a volume in 1988, and now expanded and updated to include Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison and Susan Sontag, Margaret Atwood remarks that the writers have been brought together 'over what, in some cases, would be their dead bodies'. Dorothy Parker, for instance, says she is 'a feminist, and God knows I'm loyal to my sex ... But when we paraded through the catcalls of men and when we chained ourselves to lamp-posts to try to get our equality – dear child, we didn't foresee those female writers.' Mary McCarthy is more acerbic. 'Some women writers make it. I mean, there's a certain kind of woman writer who's a capital W, capital W. Virginia Woolf certainly was one, and Katherine Mansfield was one.' McCarthy doesn't think Eudora Welty is one, but then changes her mind: Welty has 'become one lately' (the date of this interview is 1961). Elisabeth Sifton, interviewing, asks McCarthy what happens to turn a woman writer into a Woman Writer, and McCarthy snappily says: 'I think they become interested in decor.'
'No woman writer wants to be overlooked and undervalued for being a woman,' Atwood writes, 'but few, it seems, wish to be defined solely by gender, or constrained by loyalties to it alone.' Couldn't one just be a writer, unrestricted by adjectives or allegiances or definitions? Atwood's introduction moves firmly in this direction. 'What these writers have in common is not their diverse responses to the category "woman writer", but their shared passion toward the category "writer".' Well, not quite, since that is what they have in common with a great number of men writers, and this volume's very excuse for being starts to look a little shaky. All is not lost, though.
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As part of a learning activity, I was asked to watch this animation movie, 'Three monks' the other day. I was taken aback by how something so simple, could convey so much meaning. A Chinese feature film shot in the aftermath of the fall of the notorious 'Gang of four' in 1976, it is a movie which has a subtle and yet strong message. The lack of dialogues makes it an ideal candidate for anyone regardless of their vernacular. It also has animations which children would appreciate making it an ideal lesson for children at a very young age.
To give a brief idea about the plot of the film, it is based on the ancient Chinese proverb "One monk will shoulder two buckets of water, two monks will share the load, but add a third and no one will want to fetch water". A young monk lives a simple life in a temple on top of a hill. He has one daily task of hauling two buckets of water up the hill. He tries to share the job with another monk, but the carry pole is only long enough for one bucket. The arrival of a third monk prompts everyone to expect that someone else will take on the chore. Consequently, no one fetches water though everybody is thirsty. At night, a rat comes to scrounge and then knocks the candle-holder leading to a devastating fire in the temple. The three monks finally unite together and make a concerted effort to put out the fire. Since then they understand the old saying "unity is strength" and begin to live a harmonious life. The temple never lacks water again.
Now that I have talked enough about the movie, let me dive right into what I could interpret from it. Each of the point mentioned here would first talk about the implication that I derived and also how I have faced it in my life.
From Craftsman to a team:
It was really refreshing to see the first monk worshiping the deity with so much vigor and zeal. But it is quite obvious that after a couple of days, he finds it monotonous and lacks the motivation to do anything. This is very much the case with a lot of craftsmen who are all alone in their battles against life and regardless of how good they are at their job, their perspective is minimized which results in the lack of a vision in what they're doing. But it is quite clear that when the team is established, the monks get a common purpose and end up rejoicing what they are doing. While I have not really had any craftsmanship experience, I have often found that forming a team helps in enjoying the little things more and also gives a second perspective to what we do. This can come in handy, while facing any problem or while trying to scale up into a larger magnitude.
The need for a standard:
There is a single incident in the movie where when the first two monks are measuring the stick with their hands, the find differences in the resultant measurement. It was then that the first monk got the idea of using a scale. While the importance of this in the movie was not emphasized much, I'd like to say this: Our lives have become so much simpler because of the existence of standard units of measurement. Imagine weighing vegetables and computers through nothing but our hands!
Every team has a problem, and there is a definite solution.
"People who are winning at working don't ignore the problems they encounter."
While this was said by some intelligent gentleman who knew what he was talking about, I think all of us can relate to this. In the movie, even though we see that none of the monks are evil (there are actually instances of each of them showing kindness to a living thing), they end up having problems and misunderstandings when they start working together. And what next? They find the solutions which make their life much easier. Differences in personalities of people always results in the initial friction but this is the place where the manager needs to utilize his expertise in order to make them work together on a problem and give the team a chance to click. In fact, this is a direct application of the Pygmalion effect that we saw in the previous post. I, personally, have been in a lot of situations where there were initial frictions in the teams that I worked for, but eventually the chemistry kicked in and everything becomes normal and in fact, better.
Three is greater than one.
In fact any positive integer other than one itself, is. We see this depicted in the movie through the final scene where each of the three monks' life is made easier through the arrangement of the pulley and bucket setup. It is this principle which drives organizations to scale up and it is this very principle which makes companies better than a craftsman.
While there can be many more interpretations of this movie, I would like my readers to throw in their perspectives as comments.
After all what are we, if not a TEAM?


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Monday, May 5, 2014
Disney Project Life - Week 1
I also decided to intermix 12x12 layouts into the album because I just feel there are some photos worthy of the attention a full 12x12 page will give them.
This week I am paying tribute to Disney all week long. First up is one layout I did and later on I have PL pages plus a nod to Mickey with a card.
This is probably a bit busier than I normally like or would do but was having so much fun throwing stuff at it I couldn't stop. I apologize for the blurriness, but my scanner seems to be picky about what it focuses on when there are bulky elements.
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This is so fabulous, Leslie! Love all of the little details!ReplyDelete
Such a fun layout, Leslie, love the Mickey outline on the angle!ReplyDelete
That is a really cute, fun page!ReplyDelete
I am doing PL style for all my travel albums (although mostly 8 1/2 x 11) and it works so well!
I feel like I can fit so much in there.
Looking forward to seeing the rest :)
Wow, I see the mickey outline now. That is awesome!ReplyDelete
This page is great - it has a Disney feel without using traditional Disney colors! I definitely think PL is the way to go on a Disney album... One day I'll get around to making a Disney World album.ReplyDelete


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Perfect Piping Begins by Making Your Bed—Part 1
Easy to talk about; hard to attain.
A piece of music can be executed perfectly when played slowly. The doublings can be rhythmically correct, the tempo steady, and not one noted is missed. A piece of music doesn't need to be executed at a tempo that pushes the right edge of the metronome. Perfection can be attained as you work up the ladder.
Perfection, executing a piece of music correctly, can be attained through attitude and effort.
Consider retired Admiral, and current University of Texas Chancellor, William McRaven. McRaven started his career in the Navy by training with the Sea, Air, and Land (SEAL) Team. The SEALs are notorious for their pursuit of perfection and set incredibly high standards for themselves.
Admiral McRaven illustrated this pursuit of perfection in an address to the University of Texas graduating class. "Every morning in basic SEAL training, my instructors," he stated, "would inspect…your bed. If you did it right, the corners would be square, the covers pulled tight, the pillow centered just under the headboard and the extra blanket folded neatly at the foot of the rack."
"It was a simple task — mundane at best. But every morning we were required to make our bed to perfection. It seemed a little ridiculous at the time, particularly in light of the fact that were aspiring to be real warriors, tough battle-hardened SEALs, but the wisdom of this simple act has been proven to me many times over."
McRaven stated that "if you make your bed every morning you will have accomplished the first task of the day. It will give you a small sense of pride, and it will encourage you to do another task and another and another."
McRaven put this into context by stating, "if you want to change the world, start off by making your bed."
If you put this into bagpiping terms, if you seek perfection in the first task of the day, then you will seek perfection in every task of the day. If you execute your first exercise in a practice session to perfection, then you will seek perfection in every exercise that you execute.
If your first exercise is G-D-E triplets from Low G to C, strive to start the exercise with a completely closed chanter. Execute each gracenote in an open and rhythmically correct manner. Make each transition clean and without any crossing noises.
And, if you don't achieve perfection, "toss the mattress." Correct the mistakes as you make them, make your gracenotes rhythmically correct, make the transition from note to note clean.
While perfection is a difficult ideal, it is attainable, especially when you play at slower tempos. But, achieving perfection is a mindset and you don't need to be a SEAL to attain it. If you approach your first task of the day and attempt to do it perfectly, whether it is making your bed or brushing your teeth, the you will, as Admiral McRaven observes, have a small sense of pride. If you, then, approach your first exercise in your practice session with the same zeal, attempting to play it perfectly, you will be encouraged to execute the next exercise, and the one after that, perfectly as well.
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Not sure there's a good way to do this, but I'll ask and hope: Special:Uncategorizedpages is a great page, and I'd use it a ton (you know I'm category-focused, right?) but the inclusion of {{stub}} gives it a stub cat, which takes it off this page. SO: Is there a way to make it so this page excludes the stub cat? I.e., a page is uncategorised if it contains no categories other than the stub? B.S. Lawrence 11:13, 24 June 2009 (EDT)


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"Space Age Bachelor Pad" began as a script for a one act play. I had seen some ridiculous photographs, featured on the covers of old records, from an era of very early electronic music I later learned was named "Space Age Pop". The settings and scenarios in these photos were so blatantly, ridiculously nonsensical and obviously in love with the idea of outerspace. I wanted to play with that setting.
I set out to write a play, inspired by these wacky album covers.
At the same time, I'd been interested in the work of the early minimalist composer, Erik Satie. Once, and seemingly just for fun, the composer wrote a play along with interstitial music, entitled "Le piège de Méduse" ("Medusa's Trap" or "The Ruse of Medusa"). This play is structured in a format that was popular at the time, where the scenes of the play alternate with musical compositions, which are accompanied by dance movements. Satie, a composer, experimented to create this play. As I understand it, the hypothesis of the experiment was that theatrical dialogue, as sound, could be composed, as music, rather than to have the dialogue "written" in the conventional sense. The result is somewhat nonsensical, absurd language. It has the themes, patterns, rising and falling intonations that music has, but it does not exactly have narrative qualities. It's my opinion that the "nonsense" quality of this play is a side effect of the terms of the experiment, rather than the result. The DaDa artists didn't see it that way. They felt so liberated by nonsense; they pursued nonsense almost to the exclusion of all else, and this play was part of a body of work that encouraged them to do so.
The setting for my play would be the world where these album covers happen. One name for that style of music was "Space Age Bachelor Pad" which names the setting nicely for me. I've also heard it called "Space Age Pop" and "Exotica." That's just in the music world. In other parts of life the aesthetic has names like "mid century modern" and "shag."
The script is finished. I've got a story about a mad scientist, the guy who lives on his couch, that guy's girlfriend, oh and a creature from another dimension. It's lighthearted, nonsensical and intended to be way way way over the top.
The trouble is, I don't think I can stage the thing. A space for a stage, the actors, all the props, the time for rehearsal… I fear that's all a lot more than I can manage. Instead, I'll make an animation out of it!
The plan is to record audio for the three actors with speaking roles, and to use some entry-level animation software to bring the story to life. I've been toying about the idea of using some sort of motion sensor to animate the characters, mostly because the play I'm inspired by was heavily choreographed, and I don't want to lose the element of choreography.
The soundtrack is already recorded, thanks to my friend Curt Seiss.
I've been using my blog and then later Pinterest to gather up a growing collection of visual examples and pictures of things that seem to fit in with the world I imagine for this.
I have collected a small but growing audio playlist of inspirations on Spotify. It contains the far-out sounds of the retro-future that have inspired the whole idea.
Here are some images I've collected for inspiration.
Follow Dylan Kinnett's board Space Age Bachelor Pad on Pinterest.


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Winter's Frost (A short story by Tyler Scott Hess)
"It has to be here," Paxton tells me. I don't believe this is going to work, but it's our last chance of redemption. We have little time to spare before the trial begins.
"What's the map say again?" I ask him.
"I've read it to you ten times," he barks, pulling out the hand sketched artifact found in the attic of the abandoned home we'd been hired to clean out last summer. We kept it as a memento, more of a joke than anything, until we heard rumors from a local historian that there are golden coins hidden somewhere in the northern hills. Mrs. Joss swears she had overheard the miners when she was a little girl. I don't trust her. I don't trust anyone anymore, but I refuse to give up without a fight.
"Something about a tree and a…"
"In the trees you will find the markings of the commander," he quotes. "Beyond the tracks and above the reminders. The hammers and ashes reflect the times. When the sun is hidden with the day of crimes."
We should have waited for nightfall. I told him this before we left the village, but my accomplice didn't want to get lost and die of frostbite. I believe the riddle is the key to finding the treasure, but he insists the markings on the map will get us close enough to find it.
I shake my head and watch for unwanted visitors as Paxton digs through the stones of the ancients in hopes of buying our way out of this. It might be too late anyway, but I agreed it was worth trying. Neither of us would last a week in The Corridors.
"Quiet," I tell him. He stops digging. "I think I heard something." He pulls out a small pistol, the one he's been hiding in the floorboards of the house he's been crashing in since our last hearing. I don't know how he convinced those idiots to let him crash in their own home, but everyone thinks he's kept his nose clean since our arrest. They think I'm the mastermind. I was in the wrong place at the wrong time. I was next to him when, well, I didn't do it, so it doesn't matter, does it?
"I didn't hear anything," he snorts before going back to his project. "Shut your mouth and watch my back. You're in just as deep as I am, so remember your role and keep quiet unless you see someone."
He's right. We're in the same boat until we buy our way out of this fiasco or we hang. My throat is sensitive to rope so I do my best to comply. We're five miles out of town and anyone would be foolish to go so far without a plan to get back before the wind kicks in. I'm wearing my thickest coat, but I wouldn't be out here except that it's my only chance to survive this mess.
"What's this?" he nearly shouts, restraining himself before his voice escalates any further. "Come here, you worthless sack of meat. Help me pull this box out of the ground."
It can't be. Those are the markings on the map. A hammer and a sun, buried below the snow and a thin layer of dirt. I don't know what's more confusing, how he found it or how they would have been so careless. It has to be a trick. It's a trap. It's going to be empty. "Open it up," I whisper, coughing as I look back over my shoulder.
"It's here!" he laughs in the frozen afternoon. "It's all here!" But I don't answer him. I can't answer him. My speech was muted when my hands went up in the air with the barrel pointed in my direction.
"I told you to do your job you piece of," he trails off when the gun's aim finds it's way to his own face. "Come on. We need this. Who do you think you are to take this from us?"
She doesn't answer him. Valerie looks at me and sneers. "Is it all there?"
"I didn't get a good look," I tell her, my blood ripping through my stiff veins. "But I think so."
"Was it all there, worm?" she asks. Paxton spits in the ground, refusing to answer her. "I asked you a question, vermin."
"I didn't count it," he grumbles. "But it's all there. Every last piece of gold. The box is stacked from top to bottom. You could at least let us keep enough to get out of our predicament."
"Oh, you'll get out of your predicament alright," she says. "Toss it to me."
"Just a handful," he begs her.
I stay silent as she takes a step closer, not that she needs it. Everyone in town knows she's a crack shot.
"Stop talking," she says, her voice colder than the air. "Turn around and do as I say."
Paxton kicks the snow. He turns around and grumbles something about "one measly piece."
I'd say it's a shame, if I thought anything of him at all, that those were the last words of this man as two shots enter the back of his skull.
"Let's go," she says. "Before the frost gets us too. There's no point in burying him. He won't be found out here until we're across the border."
She's right, in part at least.
"I knew it was real," Val laughs. It's a shame those were her last words. Unlike Paxton, she had her favorable features. But I have plans and no one is going to get in my way. Not this time.
The End
The photo for this cover is a derivative of "Frosty Footpath – winter snow" by Flickr user blmiers2, used under CC BY.


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As you've probably guessed, I'm about to go off topic slightly by showing you what I have been working on. Quilting is now my new craft passion I stumbled upon accidentally when trying to think what I could make for my best pal's baby. My brief to myself was that it needed to suit either sex, be personal and not too challenging. By challenging, I don't just mean in terms of skills required, although that too was a consideration, but also due to our recent loss, it couldn't be something that would push me too much emotionally. I had my moments but overall I quite impressed myself by focusing on celebrating a new life and not just thinking of our own tragedy and what could've (should've) been.
Making Lottie's quilt was not altogether straight forward. For a kick off, I started too late and even though Lottie gave me a few extra day's grace, I was still well behind resulting in the scaling down of ambitions. I 'cheated' by going for a brick pattern as this saved having to have all the squares of equal size and trying to painstakingly line them all up. Also the applique is machine done. I'd recommend taking the time to hand stitch this. The bit I was dreading the most was actually the easiest -the binding (Pimps as they say up here). I think I may have just got lucky. Anyway although the baby quilt is clearly miles away from house renovating it does still tie in as I think I may make a quilt or two out of retro fabrics for the house. This would please me. Now all I need to do is to find the time (and the right fabric). What do you think?


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Hello everybody! I found something AMAZING. It's called the Write On Review-a-thon! It's hosted by Brianna at The Book Vixen. You know you're probably in the same boat--behind on reviews--so you should sign up with me here and we can do a nice little review blitz this coming weekend together.
I'm going to shoot for reviewing EIGHT books altogether. I don't think I have any that need formatting this time around. I've been pretty diligent about keeping up with those. ^_^
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Italicized = Books I need to review this time around
- Changing His Game by Justine Elvira
- Slade by Victoria Ashley
- Seven by Claire Kent ~
- Hothouse Flower by Krista & Becca Ritchie
- Stripping the Billionaire by Noelle Adams
- Wild Temptation by Emma Hart
- The Wedding Favor by Cara Connelly
- One Night of Scandal (After Hours #2) by Elle Kennedy ~
- Playing Doctor by Jan Meredith ~
- One Night of Sin (After Hours #1) by Elle Kennedy ~
- Taste by Cambria Hebert ~
- Being Neighborly: a novella by Carey Heywood ~
- Finding Cinderella (Hopeless #2.5) by Colleen Hoover
- From Fake to Forever by Kat Cantrell *
- Lost and Found by Ember Casey ~
- Their Wicked Wedding by Ember Casey *
- Hope Burns (Hope #3) by Jaci Burton
- Kiss the Sky by Krista & Becca Ritchie
- Calling California (Hunter Hill University #1) by J.P. Grider *
- Mending Michael (Hunter Hill University #2) by J.P. Grider *
- Still Me (20Something #3) by Amy Patrick *
- Crushed (Redemption #2) by Lauren Layne *
- One Night with her Roommate by Noelle Adams ~
- An Indecent Proposal by J.C. Reed and Jackie S. Steele *
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With Rosie I think it shrank a bit more and now pregnant with baby number 3 I seem to have acquired the memory of a goldfish! Honestly I can barely remember a thing.
I went through a stage of putting things in the oven and forgetting about them, although thankfully this has stopped. I remember serving up a rice pudding to the girls one day at about 14 weeks (usually their favourite) and Poppy looked at it asking me what it was...whoops.
Husband also came home from work one Friday night with pizzas as a treat, they were fresh ones that needed only 5 minutes in the oven...15 minutes later they were burnt to a crisp. Husband tried really hard to not look disappointed and attempted to eat it but it was no use.
Recently I took my Dad to visit his Mum when he came to stay. He was giving me directions and each time he said next left...or right I would get there and say "sorry was that left?"...it was a long journey!
So my question is will my brain ever return to normal or am I destined to have a memory like this for ever?
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So while I was just discussing with my friends on how we (Nigerians) take culture and tradition too seriously in Nigeria and how respect is killing us. I came up with these crazy rules we have been brainwashed with.
They may look impossible but trust me when I say it is the real thing.
I call them the 10 rules every Nigerian must take seriously when it comes to respect.
#1 You Must Lie Flat on Your Stomach When You Are Greeting an Elder: This is peculiar to a particular tribe in Nigeria. You can't just say "Hi", or "good morning". You must prostrate. If you don't prostrate, the gods will be so pissed that they may strike you dead. I'm sure you don't want that to happen, do you?
#2 Do not ever call an elderly person by name: An elder in this case doesn't necessarily have to be 20 yrs older than you are. Even if it is just by 2 days, he/ she are an elder. It is therefore a taboo to call them by name because you were not there during their naming ceremony. If you do so, you will not have children on your own.
#3 You Must put a title before their names: If the "elder" is not old enough to be your parent, you may put the title brother/ sister before his/her name. And it doesn't matter if you are family or not. After all we are one.
#4 You must refer to them as Daddy or mummy if they are old enough to be your parents: It is a crime to call these set of elders, Mr. or Mrs. You must call them mummy and daddy (and it doesn't add up if you are related or not). Your pastors are not left out too… if you want to make it to heaven.
#5 Nod your head and say yes…. All the time: Our elders are always right and they always have a story to back shit up. After all "you can never have as many rags as an elder" so when they tell you something, no matter how shitty, just nod your head in agreement and say "Yes Daddy/Mummy
#6 Do Not Talk Back Even When they ask you a question: This one is crucial, just assume all questions asked by your parents or an elder is rhetorical. Do not talk back. What is it that you want to tell them that they don't already know? They are wiser than you are. Is it because you have a twitter account or a facebook account or because you are now on BBM? Ehn?
#7 Do not look into their eyes… never: When an elder is talking to you, you must keep your head low. If you are confused just stare at your feet and imagine how beautiful they are. You must never look up especially into their eyes. You might go blind if you do. #SeriousTalk
#8 Do not eat on the same table with an elder: so you must always chill until an elder have finished eating before you eat on the dining table. And if you are that hungry, you may sit on the floor to eat or eat in the bathroom…. Anywhere else except that same table. You have been warned.
#9 When two elders are talking, do not interrupt… never ever: When you see two elders talking shit, do not interrupt. What you want to say can wait except maybe the house is on fire… no! Wait a minute that can also wait- it can never be as important as what they are talking about.
#10 These rules must be taken seriously if….: You want to live long, or you want your kids to respect you. These rules must be taken seriously if you want to make it to heaven.
These were the things most of us faced while growing up when it comes to showing respect. And it is arguably one of the reasons why the system is fucked.
Feel free to add your own rules and share your experiences. And don't be scared to share this article...
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Last nite my Granddaughter Hailey spent the night with me. So we were laying in bed watching a movie and she was holding my hand and snuggling close to me it was so sweet then this morning she said Nannie I want to sing you a song. So she sang me you are my Sunshine and when she was done singing she leaned over and put her head on my arm and said Nannie I love you. When my grand kids tell me they love me I know it's unconditionally and it's great.
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Happy New Year!
I still find myself saying that to people when I am out and about. What's the cutoff on wishing someone a Happy New Year? There are more years left in the year than are not left in the year, so maybe we should say it until at least Opening Day for Baseball. How was everyone's Dec 31? Heck, it's been a couple months since I've checked in, so I'm going to need a recap on all the holidays starting with Thanksgiving. I hope you ate a lot, recovered, had lots of Santa presents under your trees, and that NYE was a safe and joyous one. It seems like 100 years' of events and memories has happened since we last spoke, so I'll get you caught up.
So Thanksgiving. Always crazy. Always wonderful. My very pregnant wife and I went to Missouri for some family time, and that's when my 'eat just about every dessert' phase began, ending somewhere around Jan 1.
We had 2 shows in Milwaukee to bring in December in proper fashion, and to say we had fun is an understatement. The crowds in Milwaukee are always fantastic, and it seems that every show there is just a (very) early warm up for Summerfest. We then trucked up to Minnesota, then to Iowa to round out the week. The wonderfully mild weather made that trip nicer. We always cringe when we see Northern States between Nov 1 and March 1.
The next show was at Foxwoods Resort in CT. We spent the better part of 2 days there, but if I had to be somewhere where it was 20 degrees outside, Foxwoods would be one such place. First of all, the casino is IMMENSE. Tons of stuff to do, and I walked miles (literally miles) getting from wing to wing. But it was also my birthday, which used to be a month-long celebration, and has now whittled itself down to a tidy 2-day event. One for the party, one for recovery.
After Foxwoods, we hit the Cabot Theater in lovely Beverly, MA, which happens to be next door to Salem. My history senses were percolating as we hit Salem for lunch in a wonderfully quaint Italian eatery. My face froze off as I went for an after-dinner walk through Beverly. I found out I would pay for it later. I ended up with Bronchitis that lasted the better part of the month. Oh, New England. How you curse me so…
Jake and I flew back to Nashville and landed at 8AM, giving me about 40 hours at home before I had to head to Louisiana for a video shoot with PreSonus, a wonderful musical company. I was there for a day. Like, less than 24 hours, and had to get back to Nashville Tuesday to play the Opry at the Ryman that night.
The next night I played a wonderful show, although it was the kind show I never want to play. A bass icon here in Nashville passed away this past year, and his history is wonderful and unique. His name was Mike Chapman, one of the 'good guys' in this town, and he played on all of Garth Brooks' records. Local bass player Jeff Jenkins, a friend of Mike's, arranged the rest of the 'G Men' to get together and play Garth's songs, with different bass players filling in on each one. Phil was gracious enough to lend his time and talent to the evening, and we played a very special song.
Thanks to the G men and Jeff for having us out, and for 3rd & Lindsley for hosting such a great night for the Chapman family and the musical community of Nashville.
So after that – Christmas! Henry was all about his presents, and I am pretty sure we have 'one of everything' that has wheels. I can't wait for the next one.
On December 29 I was a guest on the ACME Radio show 'Gear Gab', which tapes at ACME in Nashville. Here's a link if you have an hour or so and want to hear some things I've recorded and hear about mistakes I've made in my musical journey.
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Phil was very kind and asked a few months back if we could book a couple of in-town shows for New Year's Eve. He asked because my wife was very pregnant, and he wanted to keep me close to home in case baby decided to show up early. The Franklin Theatre was the site of the 2 shows, and it is always nice to sleep in your own bed after a show. So we rocked for two nights, then, well, the next phase of our lives began. After about 4 hours of said 'sleep' in my bed, I was up with H-bomb, then someone decided to make his grand entrance.
We were admitted to the hospital at 2PM, and a scant 13 hours later, our boy Miles was born. Of course, we didn't know he was going to be a 'he', and I am once again glad we didn't find out. Guess what? the nursery decor is still waiting to be purchased, and everything was just fine. 🙂
So now we try to sleep, we spend a lot of time snuggling these babies, and getting ready for the year ahead. I get back on the road very soon, and I am looking forward to seeing you all again. In the meantime, between feedings, nappings, and changings, Daddy is diligently working on the albums that I promised. And I'm awfully excited about them. Yep. Them.
So get ready, 2017. The word is 'Love'. Shouldn't that be for every year?


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Gay and vegan in the burbs (of Los Angeles). I blog about veganism, equality, compassion, activism, politics, spirituality and the awesome life experiences of The Gay Vegans. The "s" includes my husband, Mike! I believe that we all have more in common than not and that we all have the power to be the voice of the voiceless. I want this blog to be a tool for me to build bridges amongst communities and those with differing opinions.
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VeganMofo Day 29: Sunday brunch potluck
This is Day 29 of Vegan Mofo, a month of vegan food blog posts, and this post is about my favorite meal: brunch. Since I am not a food blogger, most of my posts for Vegan Mofo will not be recipes, rather experiences I have with vegan food and sharing people, places and things that have brought me and continue to bring me amazing vegan food.
I titled this "Sunday brunch" as for us Sunday is the easiest day to have a brunch with friends. I have written blog posts in the past about brunch potlucks we have had, always fun and always filled with delicious food.
I can't write or think about brunch without mentioning Isa Chandra Moskowitz's "Vegan Brunch", one of my all-time favorite cookbooks.
The great thing about brunch is that you can prepare breakfast-type items or dinner type items. It's the perfect meal. And the best thing about a brunch potluck is that you get to enjoy delicious vegan food with friends and family, and also get to try dishes that you might never have tried to make.
A vegan brunch potluck is also an incredible way to show friends and family who are not vegan how delicious vegan food is.
All you really need is a living room or backyard to fit a dozen or so I just love coffee so coffee is a big part of our Sunday brunch.
If you'd like to offer guests a base dish, try scrambled tofu in a crock pot. The flavors just continue to make the tofu that much more delish and it ensures that there is plenty of a filling dish. And it will stay hot throughout the brunch.
Good food. Good friends. A Sunday brunch potluck is awesome!
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A2z! Where do I begin… The 10/09/2016 will definitely be a day to remember for ever and we have you to thank for that Laith! Words can't express how impressed and pleased Alaa and I were With the work and service you provided for the Before wedding and wedding day, you made us feel relaxed the minute we walked into your shop. Your work is amazing I wouldn't recommend anyone other then you and your customer service is A1. In the wedding industry a lot of people are chasing after money , but you want to make sure the bride and groom are relaxed as possible whilst delivery the best work out there. Thank you, thank you , thank you once again, You have a heart of gold and I wish you nothing but success in your business. We can not wait to see the wedding-photos/video now! Love Rouba & Alaa xxx Well done guys
Good morning Laith, Our wedding day was the best day of our life and a huge part of the reason why was due to your incredible team! We cannot thank the boys enough for how comfortable they made us both feel whilst taking photos/videos throughout the day but also how they edited a short video of the day for us to watch at the reception.. It was unbelievable how amazing these guys are! They captured everything we wanted and more! Your team is worth a million dollars Laith and We sincerely mean that! Looking forwards to seeing the rest of the incredible work they have done. Thank you so much,
Laith…. I don't know where to begin!! On behave of my husband and I, I would love to thank you and your incredible team for the amazing work, love and passion you all put into our day. You made our day as magical as we imagined, and we couldn't thank you enough. We really do appreciate all the hard work and long hours you all put into making our day perfect. The Before wedding shoot photos and our day edit video were breath taking. Words can't describe how happy we are with your work. We are both very excited and anxious to see what you have put together for us on our video… Lots of love Fadi and Alice ❤ wedding 21/8/16
Hi Laith, Hope you are well. Just wanted to let you know that your guys did an amazing job on Saturday! Couldn't have asked for a better team of guys. They made us feel very comfortable and they were so nice. The same day edit was a surprise and Jamie and I can't thank you and your team enough for that. All our guest were commenting on what a wonderful job your team did. We will definitely be recommending you to anyone who is getting married. We will be paying what we owe within the next 3 days and I will get that paperwork back to you with all the information sometime this week. Can't wait to see the finished product. Kind regards, Renee
Just wanted to take the time to thank laith and all his team for their awesome work on our wedding album and videos. Our day was captured every step of the way, Harry and Salim worked together well and were soooo comfortable to work with, with lots of laughs along the way. This day was very special to Simon and I and now have lots of memories to look back on, thanks to u guys. Looking forward to spending the rest of our life together smile emoticon
Laith Thank you! Thank you! Thank you Such an amazing crew and a fantastic job. The boys went above and beyond! The same day highlight was such a beautiful surprise. We loved it. Please pass on our huge thanks to the boys!!! Top job and so happy with everything. Thanks for everything you guys have done.
Hi Leith, Dursun and I would like to thank you guys for doing such a great job. The boys were superb throughout the day. They did a great job with their moral support, their humor, their work, same day edit turned out amazing. I couldn't have asked for a better team on my special day. Please send my regards to the boys photo - graphers and drivers all one by one. I will see you once photos are ready. Thanks once again
Hi Laith, our wedding day was on Saturday the 14th of January, and it was amazing! Thank you so much for a great video clip and amazing team, they were all amazing and extremely helpful and patient with us and most importantly very professional, they did a great job to make our day extra special and we really appreciate their efforts...all guests were amazed by the Before wedding clip. Thank you and please thank the team for us.
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Zaher and I would just like to thank you and the A2Z team for making our wedding one to remember. The Pre wedding shoot was amazing, the canvas turned out beautiful and the wedding day was even better, not to mention the same day edit which was the highlight of our night. Your experienced team made taking photos on the wedding day fun and easy and they even had food and drinks for us along the way. Thank you once again for allowing everything to run smoothly, we look forward to seeing the photos and videos.
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Hi Laith on behalf of me and my husband I just wanna say thank you! I don't know if many people thank and appreciate your work but you deserve all the appreciation because your team and yourself, have absolutely amazed us and everyone else. I love your work and your team are beautiful and friendly. I would probably have a 2nd wedding just to get my photography done with you guys again I'm still shocked with the quality of work thank you !
Good morning Laith! Just wanted to tell you how impressed we were with such phenomenal talent and workers in Sal and Matthew on Saturday! They made the photo shoot and videoing so much fun because of the level of energy and professionalism they brought. You were right your workers are very good, but these two in particular were way more than that, they exceeded our expectations and gave us great comfort that everything will be ok. They paid attention to small details like fixing my tie, flowers, or dress and just took Initiative in things we could not see. Thank you for them! Please give them our regards once again! They were fun to be with!


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I decided to paint an old sketch in honor of National Dog Day. My pup is a warm grey (when he's clean). Happy Friday!
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I love weird fish and was happy to discover the Spotted Frogfish when I was searching for something bright yellow for this week's Colour Collective. Frogfish come in different colors and textures, including a Hairy Frogfish that is extremely bizarre. They are lousy swimmers but make up for it by using their fins to amble along the ocean floor. Ugly, but enterprising!
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For those who hate an itchy sweater–a character study I drew a while ago–a perfect fit for this week's Illustration Friday! (click to enlarge).
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Tagged child, Children's book illustration, children's literature, doodle, humor, illustration, sketch, sketching, summer, tangled hair, watercolor
My Nose was one of my favorite poems when I was little–I never knew the poet, but now thanks to Google I found her–Dorothy Keeley Aldis. You can find more of her poetry for children in her published collections: All Together: A Child's Treasury of Verse New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [1952], Everything and Anything New York: Minton, Balch & Company, [1927]; and Favorite Poems of Dorothy Aldis New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1970].
Illustration Friday this week is "wheel"—perfect for a juggling mouse on a unicycle! This happy little guy is part of the cast of Language Together™, a unique and creative language immersion program designed by Germaine Choe. The program is based on tapping a child's natural "language instinct" through intuitive immersion and storytelling instead of using translations and formal instruction (visit http://www.languagetogether.net for a more thorough explanation of the process and the research behind it). This project kept me very busy for the last several months but I wasn't able to share any images until now. Super fun project and wonderful client! An added bonus was getting to work with my talented friend and book designer, Cathy Spengler.
I'm double-dipping this week as this illustration is also for Penny Neville-Lee's Colour Collective (Light Yellow Glaze). The color inspired the memory, as all I could think of was watered-down lemonade. My sister and I won a lemonade stand from a drawing contest sponsored by Pillsbury's Funny Face drink mix (ok, I'm really showing my age here!). We did not get rained out, but a gust of wind pretty much decimated the storefront and put an end to our entrepreneurial efforts.
Here's the Funny Face line up, if this triggers anyone else's nostalgia. Our kitchen floor was always sticky with sugar!
Three cheers for all the Little Free Libraries I pass everyday when I walk my pup! Sully went to the groomer yesterday, so I was able to grab quick pics on my way home without having to manage my squirrel-crazy dog. The Little Free Library movement ("take and book, leave a book") was started in 2010 by Todd Bol of Hudson, Wisconsin and Rick Brooks of UW-Madison, with the goal of building 2,510 Little Free Libraries—as many as Andrew Carnegie. By January of 2016, the number exceeds 36,000. Their mission: "To promote literacy and the love of reading by building free book exchanges worldwide and to build a sense of community as we share skills, creativity and wisdom across generations." Gotta love that!
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