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Turkey really rocks.
I've naturally had to adjust my pilgrim routine for the culture I'm now in. There're no churches or priests to seek for accommodation and no women in the village shops to bond with in consolation. I stumbled on a new and effective method - the Jandarma (internal army) or Polis (federal polıce force) have become my new best friends, and they're terrific. When I first started down from the mountain border with 'Bulgaristan', the Jandarma asked politely if I'd check in when I pass one of their offices or with the Polis when I enter a town of size (>500 pop.). They're clearly a little uneasy about a foreign woman traveling solo by foot, but of course they're not inclined to discourage me. So if I just stop by and say 'selam', they take note and serve me tea and a light snack, and if I ask, find accommodation for me. I think if I were a guy, they'd allow me to sleep in one of their bunkrooms, but as I'm not, they make a call to a local 'pansyon' and I get treated very nicely as a guest of the town. Nice, clean, and safe. Who'd a-thunk it? If I weren't asked from the beginning to check in like this, I would never have thought to ask the officers for assistance in where I can sleep, but it's worked out great for me.
Twice now, frustrated and hindered by my language limitations, I've sought help from women. Huge kudos to Meral in Karaburun on the Black Sea for her assistance... I stepped into Hanimeli Restaurant hoping someone might speak English or German, and there she was able to call the Jandarma and help me find a place to sleep. She gave me a light supper at the restaurant, too, which was excellent, so if anyone happens by that restful little resort town, go to that restaurant for a great meal. The other experience was a woman named Leman, a lawyer as it turns out, I met while trapped in endless kilometers of suburbia - way out of my pilgrim element. She took the time to sit with the police officers and find a place for me to sleep in a teachers' housing complex. Kindess quite happily prevails.
I've cruised through Istanbul and know for sure it's a place I must return to for a proper visit - in winter to avoid the cruise ships and heat, of course. I waylaid there for a few days and saw many sights, though few museums because of the time commitment. I love how each stretch of winding street is home to specific merchandise - one area just for tools, another for hardware, this one for fabric, that one for plasticware, over here carpets, over there shoes... and that's not even in the Grand Bazaar, which is really 'grand'. Wow, lots to see.
In general, what I find interesting in Turkey is how modern everything is; what I find uninteresting is how modern everything is. This is my first visit - as it is my first visit to every country on this trip - and I couldn't help but have some expectations. Without giving it a whole lot of thought, I had the idea that the towns and villages would be full of oldness. What I see is the opposite, save maybe a small stone outbuilding or stretch of wall tucked behind a large ultra-modern house. Curious. How do they do that? Italy, Spain, France... these places have adorable old buildings modernized and still in use giving an air of steadfastness. I'm just surprised, that's all. How can history be so hard to find here in Turkey??
I just passed through a town called Marmara Ereğlisi, another in a series of haphazardly collected compounds of unattractive cookie-cutter holiday homes. In the midst of the residences and kabap houses is a small park strewn with Greek columns and engraved lintels. A sign explains in Turkish and English that this is the ancient town of Heraklia founded in 600 BC. Cool. The sign explained the town's role in many historical events - wars with Philip of Macedon, dominance over Byzantium... huge stuff a similar town in western Europe would fully capitalize on, but here, it's passed into history. On the way, I walked along an old stretch of road parallel to the modern highway and crossed a restored bridge from the 16th century. It struck me as being quite like the bridge at Hospital de Orbigo on the Camino de Santiago except that that one, built for pilgrims, is several centuries older. Anyway, I made a painting in the rain and hope to post it soon (along with the others =)).
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My arrival in Turkey was through a dramatic wintry mountain scene - thick forests of tall spruce and mixed hardwoods, thick wet agglomerated flakes of snow plopping audibly through the canopy of darkness. There's only one road to access the border crossing into Turkey from Bulgaria near the coast, but I walked its 10k length seeing but one car. Eerie solitude. Walking through a border again had its challenges; its not commonly done. A simple visa for 20USD - I'm set for up to 90 days. Another 10 kms or so and I arrived in the first village, quite small, in fact, not even possessing an exchange for Turkish lira. I immediately befriended a few shopowners who spoke some English and German and began my Turkish adventures with a list of useful Turkish words and an idea of how to proceed - no map available in the village but a handdrawn sketch from the fellows and I at least had some guidance on how to get back to the Black Sea. They found me accommodation of sort for the night in a hamlet 10 km further on, lodged with a strange family of woodsmen who live with their mother in two rooms - perhaps the craziest place I've stayed in so far. The eldest of the woodsmen, a tiny hunchback who looks 15 years older than I but who is in reality 5 years younger, was proud of the few words of Russian he was able to communicate to me in, so I had an effective crash course in Turkish. He warned me to stay in the dark forests where the woodsmen roam because the military patrols the road; later, unsurprisingly, the soldiers I met warned me equally to stay on the road to avoid the dangerous woodsmen in the forests. Neither group made me uneasy.
Once I descended from the pass, the snow changed to light rain, which washed the scenery clean. So lush! Tall hardwoods spring from a shag carpet of brilliant green rhododendrion arising from a broad covering of moss; ivy hangs from the trees; cascades and waterfalls abound in a symphony of trickles; and most warmly, dots of magenta and violet flowers glitter in the shadows. Beautiful.
Adding to the warmth of the scene was the welcome I received in the passing villages. It's clear no one's ever seen someone dressed like me before. The most outrageous reception was in the village of Kislecik, 'red tree' in Turkish. As the packed gravel road became the main street of the village, a handful of schoolgirls espied me and unabashedly shouted 'What is your name?' over and over. Out paths converged and the girls gathered around me with excitement. I asked if there were an English teacher and they gleefully led the way up the hill into the two-story brick schoolhouse. By then, all 100 or so kids had come rushing through the entry in a roar, all shouting 'What is your name?'. They were fascinated with my backpack and walking sticks, my clothes and boots - all new to them. The English teacher, a well dressed young man, whisked me into the teachers' lounge for tea and reception. The director of the school was summonsed, the mayor of the village... everyone interested in the stranger who came to their village. I enjoyed the feeling of bringing memorable excitement into their world. Other villages offered me similar reception and the school children, the police, the Jandarma, the old men in the cafes playing card games... everyone seemed genuinely interested in helping me, offering tea without hesitation. People are incredibly friendly, though understandably cautious... from my appearance, I certainly put the 'stange' in 'stranger'. Barriers are broken easily enough. The food is terrific.
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I'm already in Turkey but hadn't had much opportunity to blog about Bulgaria - I had a string of days where it was like I hit the multi-ball lever in a pinball game the way the adventures came hurling at me in an assault of excitement. Life is grand...
The language challenge was evident from the get-go. A typical conversation ran
me: 'Dobry den' (smile) 'Do you speak English?'
them: 'No' with an emphatic smiling nod of the head in that peculiarity of the Bulgarian contradiction
me: 'Sprechen Sie deutsch?'
them: 'Nein' with a stronger nod
me: 'Parlez-vous françaıs?'
them: 'Non' with a persistant bobbing nod
me: 'Parli poco Italiano?' ( slight desperation)
them: 'No'
me: >gulp< 'Mali Rusky?'
them: 'Da!, da!, da!' with a strong shaking of the head
Saints preserve us! The burden is of course on me, the foreigner and the one who wants to converse, to come up with an adequate compromise. In the end, a smile and sincere desire can fill a chasm left by absent vocabulary. A lot of laughs can be had at the attempt if nothing else =D
I was only in Bulgaria for eight days, which is hardly enough time to get to know a place, and only in a small region of a diverse country. I enjoyed a nice mix of city and country, mountains and sea, snow and sunshine. What I didn't like at all is the decadent new construction for the tourist trade - bland and flashy casinos, resorts, restaurants - there's nothing Bulgarian about it. Road signs are written in German; 'For Sale' signs in English. Everything's behind a tall fence and security guards with their dogs stand at every entrance. Icky. But it's the new economy, I suppose. Progress. ?
One semiprecious stone among the heaps of new touristic rocks is Nessabar, an ancient Greek settlement continuously inhabited throughout the ages. Now a UNESCO world heritage site, it's totally given over to tourism, but looking between the schlocky souvenir stands, the architecture stands out with charm. I strolled through its cobbled lanes early on a rainy morning alone except for the dogs. The important ruins and remaining buildings are conveniently labelled with information signs in Bulgarian, Russian, and English. The interesting feature of the building construction is that the entry floor of each house is of mortared stone and the upper floor of wood siding unlike anything I've seen so far. It was Greek until 1924 and escaped injury by communism. I hope to see more places like it.
The landscape is decidedly more to my liking - thickly forested whirls of the Carpathians spin into the sea. The land between is rolling green fields dotted with villages of red tile roofs. My legs are so well conditioned now that the limiting factor of my progress is more the number of daylight hours than my physical capability. With my progress being southward and westward and toward spring, the days have quickly become long - 11 hours of daylight now compared with 8 in December. I can rather easily walk mararthon days - more than 42 kms - even successive ones, even in really crappy weather. Bulgaria, I learned, has few village churches. Finding accommodation was a bit more difficult outside of the cities. No worries, something always works out.
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From my perspective, the daily pattern is largely the same - I pack, say goodbye to my host, walk, and find a new host for the evening, eat, wash and sleep. I know what needs to happen but can't expect those whom I encounter to immediately know their role.
I entered Bulgaria in a good deal of snow that persisted for many days. In modern and efficient Dobrich, an Orthodox priest told me of a monastery 34 kilometers toward historic Varna. I understood it to be isolated and in a forest and though there was a symbol for it on my map, I had discovered so many errors on the map that I couldn't trust it for accuracy, so had a only a fuzzy idea of its location. The sky was dropping fat wet snowflakes and the wind blowing fiercely from behind me, but the distance not so great as to require all of the daylight hours and I didn't feel overly stressed about the situation. The best laid plans...
It did take all of those daylight hours to reach my destination and for nearly all of them, I was completely alone. Rather that lie on the country lane, the villages I passed that day branched off a kilometer or two leaving me no opportunities to escape the elements for even the smallest amount of time. Ugh. Added to this inconvenience to my desires was the deep drifts that barred my passage, often much deeper than the length of my legs. Double ugh. Exhausting effort that day. Tea, soup, a warm place to sit for a while... this reward could only come when and if I found the monastery. A dented, faded, handwritten sign (a Cyrillic world again) miraculously poked out of a drift to be tripped over, but was in a confusing location for its arrow to clearly indicate the way and the snow too deep to reveal the trace of the presumed track for the stated 500 meters. The triple ugh came when the wind shifted just enough to be directly in my face. In the shadowy haze of the dusk, I could just make out the edge a forest in the distance. This was close to madness - I couldn't even take a compass reading to pretend to rely on with comfort. The nearest hamlet was still many kilometers away. How do I get myself into these situations??? I took comfort in counting my steps for an idea of distance covered, though of course the length of my pace was skewed from the effort of breaking trail, so the math was unreliable anyway.
After I was certain that I long passed the 500 meter mark, I had a growing concern that I was completely in the wrong place, still being several hundred meters from the edge of the forest. Before I could let the sense of doom digest, I realized that I was standing on the roof of a car buried in the snow. I could make out the trace of a fence surrounding what I could believe was a parking lot, then realized further that the first tree that I could make out near the forest was really a large wooden cross. Well if that's not a sign of a monastery, what would be? Full on into the wind, this last distance passed remarkably quickly with the great sense of having a clear destination. The size of the forest was obscured from the plain above because of being in a deep glen. Once below the elevation of the surrounding land, the wind eased and I could see more clearly, though the mix of evergreen and hardwoods made the dusk appear even darker. Winter wonderland... a small white church with a colorful dome sat in a bowl beside a pond. several outbuildıngs harmoniously placed, and best of all, in a large wooden buildıng nearest to me - a light shone through a window and whisps of white smoke came from the chimney. Yeah.
As I took those last quickened slippery steps down the slope toward the buildıng, elated as I was, I had to check my jubilance - I saw the occupant of the lighted room as a lifesaver, but whoever it was had no idea of my presence on his doorstep much less my trials to get there and even less about the real intensity of the storm being protected in the glen. I was an uninvited guest in a isolated monastery and needed to conform to some type of protocol. Through the frosted window, I saw a man (not dressed like a typical monk) in a kitchen. I tapped gently and saw him react to the surprise, dropping what was in his hands, obviously startled.
It just took minutes to get me in front of the wood stove with a steaming cup of tea, the encrusting ice falling from me like shattered glass from a window hit with a baseball. The novice monk, I learned quickly (he spoke some English), was alone at the monastery, the prior being unable to return because of the snow. It didn't matter though, the monk happily shared the dinner he was preparing for himself and enjoyed pleasant conversation that easily pushed the harshness of my day's journey from the forefront of my thought. He was in the third of four years of study in theology to become a full-fledged monk and much older being called to the monastic world later in life. He had heard of pilgrims but never met one. On that stormy evening I provided him with an experience he thought his prior monk hadn't ever enjoyed: meeting a real-live pilgrim.
He brought in armfuls of wood to keep the stove stoked all night and then retired to one of the outbuildings to sleep. I slept warmly and soundly before the fire without care of the storm. In the morning, he returned with more wood and made the tea. He told me that during the night he contemplated deeply my unlikely appearance at this particular monastery when he was unexpectedly alone... he quoted a Biblical reference that he gave particular consideration. He told me that Jesus said 'if you turn away a pilgrim you turn away from me'. He found a great sense of satisfaction in my giving him the opportunity to demonstrate that he is true to his monastic calling. The difficulty of my walk that day is put in a different context when that fact that I made the effort is so meaningfully interpretted by a random stranger from whom I sought help on a stormy evening. A pilgrim and host mutually benefitting from the experience... isn't this why the world needs pilgrims?
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Anyone who tries to plan a pilgrimage is completely missing the point. Unplanned events make for excitement and experience.
While in the coastal city of Constanta, known as Tomas in the days when Virgil and Ovid visited the place, I was tipped off by chance to a young monastery recently built to capitalize on a site known as St Andrew's Cave. A 3-day march inland rising along the rolling hills, it was a diversion from my understanding that Andrew the Fisher of Men stuck to the coast. What's 120 kilometers? (well, it's three days' walking...) With each elevating meter, the snowcover became thicker, but the sun shone for a few days, dazzling across the vast, treeless hills. The icy surface of the blown snow covered the minor roads and the multitude of horses struggled to pull their carts. Few cars venture on these packed earth roads. It's ironic how modern the Romanian villages and towns look compared to the Ukrainian equivalents, yet the utilitarian horsecarts are absent in the Ukraine I passed through. Several times, the drivers of the horsecarts offered me a short lift of a kilometer or two, and I accepted reasoning that the same type of offer could have been made during St Andrew's time. I was especially pleased to accept a short ride in a one-horse open sleigh, complete with sleighbells around the horse's neck, and hummed the song during the swift glide... I don't think the driver got the reference as he babbled on proudly about his five children ('copies' in Romanian). The Romanians, Gypsies, and Turks equally were friendly to me in the villages and in between, offering me short rests and eager to share their lunches or gritty coffee, and each equal in their warnings that it's not safe to be out and about alone because of the notorious reputation of another of the ethnic groups. Villages are clannish within these groups but otherwise similar in structure. The distraction of a visitor to a village seems univerally liked.
Finally at the monastery of St Andrew, I saw quickly the capitalistic opportunity being beneficially exploited. The legend has been written down that the good Saint in his wanderings near the Roman outpost of Civitas Tropaensium, now Adamclisi and pretty cool ruins, came to the homes of nearby weathy landlords - their names chronicaled in the Roman ledgers - but was cautious to preach in a hidden cave three kilometers away for fear of being persecuted by the authorities. The cave was discovered in 1924 by a local lawyer/theologian who tracked the legend. There's an associated spring claimed to be the spot where Andy punched a staff into the ground. During the dark days of communism, these legends were suppressed and the small hermitage built there destroyed. In the 1990s, a larger monastery was built and outbuildings to accommodate pilgrims and other visitors. The cave is nicely decorated, to be sure. The gift shop large, though lacking in English literature. The monks employ laymen to work the land around the monastery, thus having tasty cheese and bread and honey from the land. One monk spoke some Italian with me and shared some of this history; another spoke some English and bubbled with excitement to let the story be known. Pilgrims on bicycle come from Germany and Holland they told me. They would like more pilgrims to know of this holy place so it will become the Santiago de Compostelle of Romania. Are giant yellow arrows the future of southeastern Romania?
Not too far away, I by chance was tipped off to another monastery, also built around a devine source said to have sprung up when Andrew stuck his staff into the ground. They have nice bottles with special labels available for take-away. There is also a rock protruding from the ground that vaguely resembles a stout cross. They've recently built a chapel around it. Some time ago, a shepherd, dumb and deaf, slumbered against this rock and his faculties were restored. People with disabilities can come today and sleep on a mat next to the stone in hopes of a cure. A monk who spoke German explained this to me, adding that married couples who are having difficulties in conceiving can also come for a cure, but the details of this were not clear; it's a very small mat. In addition to the miracle stone and spring, the monastery has a great deal of land and a large lake. Plenty of laymen manage all of this, as made clear in the refectory - fish soup, barbequed fish, whole-grain bread, dense fruit bread, yogurt, cheese, wine, honey, and jars of pickled peppers of more varieties than I've ever seen spread on the table. There are rooms for at least 100 pilgrims and visitors. I shared the supper table with a group of university students studying the theology of Romania. The young monks sing their biblical chants many times during the day in beautiful harmonies that sound more eastern than western. Their singing from the church is piped around the monastery with an impressive sound system. It's clear that the abbots want to put these monasteries on a map for religous tourism in the region.
The part of Romania visited by St Andrew has passed beneath my feet. With the guidance of many border patrol officers, I've legally entered Bulgaria - note to others, there's no open border between these two new members of the EU. I walked a long distance in Ukraine and experienced a lot of history in Romania... what does Bulgaria hold for a wandering pilgrim?
'Drum bun' is an expression I heard many times every day in Romania. Amusing to my ear, it means something like 'happy trails' or 'bonne route'.
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If there are any groundhogs on the Black Sea coast of Romania, low clouds and snow flurries prevented any type of shadow to be seen this morning, so - great news! - spring is right around the corner. None too soon, all this snow is exhausting to walk through. It's pretty, though. Despite the snowfall, I've managed to get a glimpse of the sunrise over the Romanian Black Sea a few times now.
I had a recent come-uppance: humans are not at the top of the food chain here as I thought. A full moon the other night, staying in a remote monastery being built close to the site of historic Istria, a Greek outpost from the 5th century BC and a place visited by St Andrew. I was welcomed by the handful of Romanian Orthodox monk-priests and one elderly nun, but in saving every lei for the church they're building, they forego unnecessary expenses like meat and electricity and running water and heat. The situation for me was pretty grave - my clothes were quite wet from the snow/rain/slush from the day's walk and the temperature was dropping quickly. Without an opportunity to dry my clothes before a fire, they'd freeze within minutes of taking them off. Moreover, my chattering little body would take a long time to warm up the cold wool blankets in the cold bunkroom. I wimpered a bit to the abbot, who took pity and offered up a half bucket of coal for a brazier. When he couldn't get a fire started right away, he doused the whole thing with a liter of kerosene, filling the entire place with thick black smoke. We took refuge outside in the light snowfall. The full moon winked at us through the passing clouds. The whole scene was the picture of tranquility until the howling began. Chakals, I was told, Romanian coyotes that live on the vast treeless steppes along the sea. Once they got to howling from all directions, the multitude of abandoned dogs started their baying. There was a veritable symphony of scary wild noises. Last year, the monks told me, two men were killed by a pack of these chakals in a nearby village. Note to self, don't wander out alone a night. But the outhouse was so far away...
I visited the historic site of ancient Istria, quite expansive and otherwise similar to Khersoness on Crimea. A long walk out on the treeless swamp to get to the archeological digs and new museum (yeah EU funding!). It's closed in winter of course, but I told the caretaker that I'm a pilgrim and he and his three large dogs let me have the run of the place. Very impressive, even covered in snow. If 2,000 years ago the landscape looks like it does today, wild animals notwithstanding, I can imagine St Andrew thinking it's rather inhospitable. Maybe the Greeks planted some trees to spruce the place up.
On a long lonely stretch of lane surrounded by 3-meter tall marsh reeds to get back to the main road, a horsecart filled with many bundles of neatly cut reeds came by and the two fellows offered me a lift for the remaining kilometers. From my nest on the cut reeds, I could see much further to the distant hills and multitude of lakes. Too wet to plow, too dry to drink... no wonder it's a migratory bird paradise.
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Unpopular Opinion : Oh, Henry! The 700 Billion
When the Economic Stimulus of 2008 was being discussed early this year, I suggested that they save themselves the trouble of mailing out the checks to the American taxpayer, and mail the whole sum directly to China. After all, that was where it would fetch up anyhow when Americans, who were given the money in hopes they would spend it, did so.
Though no economist my guess was right; the stimulus went nowhere. And now the economy is said to be in the worst crisis since the Great Depression.
Democrats, just as they supported the stimulus package above, are again falling for the administration's cry of crisis. It is all too reminiscent of an old saying about software projects, "We don't have time to do it right, but we will have time to do it over". Here we have a political establishment that cannot muster the resources to provide subsidised health insurance, free college education, or secure borders. But we do have a bipartisan leadership happy to spend 150 billion dollars a year on foreign wars, and ask for 700 billion more to plug a problem created with open eyes.
The 700 billion dollars will not solve the problem, just as the stimulus package did not. The reason is quite simple. The housing crisis was not a matter of lending alone. After all, home ownership is not dramatically higher today than it was, say, 10 years ago (65% in 1996, 68.9% in 2005, see this website). So what is different today?
The real answer is the loss of jobs. In software design they talk of a black box approach: clarity is achieved at each level by ignoring the inner complexities of a system and examining the inflows and outflows. In such a view, if wages are stagnating or dropping, and jobs are fleeing the country, how can people afford to maintain or buy new homes? In this situation, even if you gave people the most favorable loan terms, how would they be able to repay? Clearly the housing market would have to drop. This much was clear to anyone with half an eye open. But not, evidently, to Mr. Paulson, or to Mr. Greenspan.
American wages have been under assault from two fronts, illegal immigration on one and outsourcing on the other. Curiously, the right favors both and the left half-heartedly opposes one. The governing meme in the last 30 years has been to foster both, with an imbecilic worship of false idols like globalism and diversity. So steeped are we in shibboleths that not even this so called Great Crisis of this week has forced a discussion of the true ills afflicting the land.
Instead, we have Thomas Friedman writing a letter to Iraq (in George Bush's name), telling them that we now need to attend to America, as we can no longer afford to spend our wealth in Iraq. It is hard to say which is more staggering, the man's arrogance, or his lack of shame. The Iraqis did not invite us. We went there, egged on by Thomas Friedman and his Flat Earth crowd, dismantled the state and instituted mayhem. We have the blood of several million people on our hands. Barack Obama's grouse these days is that Iraqis have 80 billion dollars sitting in New York banks (maybe he thinks they should move them to Zurich) while we're spending so much money on Iraq. Perhaps someone should remind Sen. Obama of his numerous votes authorizing exactly this expenditure. And recall that all he wants to do is spend it in Afghanistan instead.
Come home, America, said George McGovern during Vietnam. It has been the only sensible prescription for several years now. But America is a land of plenty in all things, it would seem, except common sense. Writing of George Bush's prime time address on the current 'crisis', Gail Collins captured our plight when she wrote this morning, 'Bush has arrived at that unhappy point in American public life when a famous person begins to look like a celebrity impersonator.'
But the old song from the Hindi film Tere Mere Sapne (1971) still says it best: Andhi Praja, Andha Raja, Taka Ser Bhaji, Taka Ser Khaja. (Meaning: A Blind People, led by a Blind King, A country devoid of discrimination, that would price a pound of vegetable the same as a pound of dates). Let us not forget just how special we are; the only country in the world that would have given a president like Mr. Bush a second term, and one that discusses lipstick, pigs, and the crumbling of its economy -- all with equal attention.
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Pauline reflections | Scholaristas
Reflection 1: I loved the transformation of the high priest’s office into the office of Jesus Christ. As the high priest, Christ replaced stale legalism with a new covenant, one that was not built on the performance of particular rites but upon the “better testament” of Christ’s blood: “But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us” (9:11-12).
I love this graphic illustration of the liturgy of the tabernacle. Through Christ’s blood, and not through ritual sacrifice, we are enabled to metaphorically enter the Holy of Holies and to literally enter the presence of God. Christ’s descent through the veil of flesh led the way for his ascent by forsaking the same, re-robing himself in glorified flesh by the power of God. He consecrated this way for us, which enables us to follow him (see Hebrews 10:19-20) and which enables us to have “a full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water” (10:22).
Reflection 2: Abraham is an important figure for me. I have been told to give special heed to my forefathers. Thus, I pay careful attention to any mention of Abraham and Sarah and their children. Paul refers to them often. In Hebrews 11, his discourse on faith, Paul gives what are, to me, some of the most stirring words on what it means to be a believer by referring to the shared Jewish and Christian sacred history:
I feel as though God interacts with me as he did with Abraham. My decision to go to divinity school was based on the answer I found in the scriptures which urged me to have faith and go. I went to a land I knew not of and found myself in the wilderness. While there, I lost faith; I despaired. But, these verses offer me such hope. By faith, Abraham received the promise of posterity more numerous than the sands of the sea and the stars of the sky. I love that Paul says Abraham was “as good as dead.” I have experienced the near death of my faith (not the near death of my body, thank goodness), and it is something I still struggle with daily. Yet, if I believe, God will fulfill his promises to me, as he did for Abraham and Sarah. They hoped for something beyond their everyday existence, beyond the narrow scope of their vision. They hoped for a city that God would build for them. Even if they did not find the city in their lifetime, even if they were strangers and pilgrims as they dwelt in the promised land, they had an eternal hope.
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The only problem with your approach is that more than likely Paul didn’t write Hebrews.
Of this I am aware. Just using it as a classification/pseudonym for whoever did. Doesn’t matter to me whether he wrote it or not.

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GASG: Housing Slump to Continue: Fannie CEO
Voltron Says: I still predict housing will not begin to recover until 2011.
Tuesday January 8, 4:49 pm ET
Housing Market Will Continue to Weaken and Sap Strength From Economy, Fannie Mae Chief Says
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The CEO of Fannie Mae, the largest financer and guarantor of U.S. home loans, predicted on Tuesday that the housing market downturn is likely to persist into 2010.
To blunt the broader economic impact, Fannie President and CEO Daniel Mudd, speaking at an event hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, urged lawmakers and lenders to pursue "the most generous means possible" to help out borrowers facing sharply higher mortgage payments in the next few years. But Mudd voiced only qualified support for a new plan orchestrated by the Bush administration that would help borrowers with weak credit whose mortgages are resetting to higher costs with a five-year freeze of interest rates.
Losses to investors from reworked loan contracts could reduce the available credit for mortgage securities and reverberate on Fannie and its smaller government-sponsored sibling, Freddie Mac, which buy up home loans made by banks and other lenders and then bundle them as securities for sale to investors worldwide.
Washington-based Fannie Mae, which lost $1.4 billion in last year's volatile third quarter, expects to lose money this year on eight to 10 of every 1,000 mortgages held on its $2.4 trillion book -- a steep increase from four to six in 2007.
Mudd's comments came the same day as Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said the administration was exploring a possible expansion of the program to include stronger borrowers. Such an expanded plan to cover homeowners with conventional mortgages would more directly affect Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which have a relatively small exposure to high-priced subprime mortgages but stand behind hundreds of billions of dollars of conventional loans.
Shares of Fannie and Freddie slumped Tuesday as Countrywide Financial Corp., the nation's largest mortgage lender, released a statement denying rumors that it would soon file for bankruptcy.
Fannie Mae's stock fell $2.60, or 7.6 percent, to $31.63, while Freddie Mac shares declined by $2.40, or 8.2 percent, to $26.76. Both Fannie and Freddie are major buyers of loans made by Countrywide.
Smaller drops were seen among other lenders such as Wells Fargo & Co. and Bank of America Corp., while shares of Countrywide fell $2.17, or 28.4 percent, to $5.47.
Mudd said in his speech that the Bush mortgage rate-freeze plan was "an important step," but he also warned that "altering basic contracts would have a high price," in particular by breaching the legal rights of the investors holding mortgage-backed securities.
"Investors left with the losses would not easily return to the market," Mudd said. "That inevitably would shrink the pool of credit."
Meanwhile, Mudd told the business audience that the health of corporate America this year will depend on "how we get through the toughest housing correction in our lifetimes."
He reaffirmed the prediction made recently by Fannie Mae that American home prices will fall by 10 percent to 12 percent from their 2005 peak before the housing market can rebound, likely in 2010.
Fallout from the slump has forced Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to set aside billions of extra dollars to account for bad home loans, eroding their profits at a time when home prices are falling and foreclosures are spiking on high-risk mortgages made to borrowers with weak credit histories.
Last month, the two companies sliced their dividends and sold billions of dollars of special stock to raise capital and shore up their finances.
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A Dreadful Fairy Book (Those Dreadful Fairy Books Series #1) by Jon Etter, Hardcover | Barnes & Noble® B&N Top 100 NY Times Bestsellers
Our heroine is, perhaps, the worst offendera sprite more interested in books than carefree games, who insists on being called Shade. She is on a quest, albeit with rather questionable companions, to find a place her outré self can call home. A place of companionship, comfort, and, most importantly, positively filled with books.
Those Dreadful Fairy Books Series , #1
The author of this dreadful tale, one Mr. Jon Etter, grew up in his local library in Forrest, Illinois (Population 1200 and some dogs) and eventually migrated north to Wisconsin, where he has taught high school English for the past twenty years.
When not teaching or attempting to domesticate his two children, Jon has written a number of proper tales—mostly fantasy—for The London Journal of Fiction, The Singularity, The Great Tome of Forgotten Relics and Artifacts, and other venues. A Dreadful Fairy Book is his first novel for kids and he’s loved every minute of working on it that wasn’t spent with Quentin Q. Quacksworth, whom Jon describes as “the opposite of fun,” although he does enjoy how annoyed Quacksworth gets when referred to as “Triple Q” or “Q Cubed.”
In his storied, 43-year career as a professional narrator, Quentin Quigley Quacksworth has worked on many wonderful, proper pieces of literature. His greatest regret, professional or personal, is his involvement with Jon Etter, whom he describes as “a pugnacious purveyor of puerile prose,” and A Dreadful Fairy Book, which he strongly urges publishers, parents, teachers, and librarians to keep out of the hands of children.
“This isn't just any fairy book: it's dreadful . . . A charming read with a quirky narrator, a brazen heroine, and eccentric characters.” Booklist
“...a ripping good tale ofadventure filled with jokes,guaranteed to get a laugh outof even the most surly bridgetrolland we all know howsurly they can be!" QUILLY MCINKSPOT
A Dreadful Fairy Book 4.7 out of 5 based on 0 ratings. 12 reviews.
Anthony_E 10 months ago
I read this in a digital format, but without illustrations. I am anxiously awaiting my preordered copy :) What I particularly enjoy about this book is its world-building. Yes, there is an element of self-awareness at work, which many of the other reviews have pointed out, but for me the real draw was the sort of tongue-in-cheek populating of this land, as though all of the characters are sort of the neglected step-children of more famous fairytale archetypes. It's not parody exactly, so much as a softer form of adventure tale, akin to say Adventure Time and its ilk, or Bone, where the comic sort of seeps into the dire, and vice versa.
Academic_Momma 11 months ago
Finally a fairy book I can get behind. I remember lamenting with classmates in graduate school about the dreadfulness of many fairy tales - too many distressed damsels and daring dudes. Armed with that knowledge, I often cringed my way through overly syrupy and stereotypical fairy books when my kids were younger. Enter Shade, protagonist of A Dreadful Fairy Book, who provides evidence that fairies can be complex, flawed, and relatable creatures who struggle to find a sense of belonging. From Etter's writing, it is clear that he respects the intelligence of his readers - the humor is witty and smart, and the story is complex. A whimsical read for children and adults alike!
WeveGotSnacksNow 10 months ago
As a father of three, I have spent a fair amount of time reading dreadful fairy books. Boring, cookie-cutter stories that brought little enjoyment to me or my children. A Dreadful Fairy Book is clearly different. Despite the narrator's warning, this book is filled with delightful characters and adventures that DO teach wonderful lessons (take that Mr. Quacksworth!). At every turn there is a character that is not quite what he or she seems, ready to challenge the expectations you have from those other truly "dreadful fairy books" out there. These characters will not only make you laugh, but teach your children that you can't "judge a book by its cover," all while reinforcing the love of reading and knowledge. My nine-year-old son raves about this book and is reading it for the second time. My eight-year-old daughter can't put it down. While it is a bit "young" for her, my thirteen-year-old enjoyed it. Even this 40+ year-old kid found himself laughing out loud at times. Will every person that picks up this book love everything about it? No. Just as flying is not for every fairy or being nasty isn't for every troll. But if your child is looking for a fun read with unexpected characters and a story that encourages a love of reading, this book is a fantastic choice. And, if after you read the book, you utterly and completely disagree with my review, well... get donkled you termite kisser. Feel free to go back to those other dreadful fairy books. I myself am waiting for the next installment from Mr. Etter!
Elizabeth-J 10 months ago
My 10-year-old voracious reader and I both read this book, and it was a delight! Full of adventure and humor. We both appreciated the not your usual fairy story take on this quest of self discovery. Shade is a cranky, imperfect protagonist who doesn’t quite fit in with the flightier residents of her home village. As she sets off into the wider world, she finds a whole host of nontraditional fairies who befriend and support her along the way. Although there are dangers to transcend, Shade finally discovers a magical place to spend her days, somewhere other fairies may also find some refuge. A whimsical, fun read, and an asset to any book shelf.
MilwaukeeMom 11 months ago
This story was pure fun and whimsy, and it had my kids laughing aloud and begging for the next chapter. Full of memorable characters, including the sometimes surly protagonist, an array of other misfit fairies, and a reluctant narrator who is a character in his own right, this tale is ultimately a love letter to books and their most sacred home: the library. It also shows kids that it's OK to defy convention and take your own path. Although the book's description says it's for kids ages 8-12, my 5-year-old enjoyed it as a read-aloud chapter book, and I loved it as a 30-something mom. I especially enjoyed the author's wink-and-nod parodies of classic literary titles. All in all, this book lived up to its cover claim of being "a fairy tale for all ages," and I look forward to the next installment of Shade's adventures.
I laughed all the way through this book. Even though it is technically a children's book I loved it. It was fun trying to catch what well-known fairytale they were doing a parody of, or what book title they were making a play on. I highly suggest this book for pretty much all ages, and for anyone needing a good laugh, or even just a little cheering up.
Bequette 11 months ago
A children’s story that is somehow equal parts Lemony Snicket, the Marx Brothers, Monty Python, the Hobbit, and imaginative whimsy and insanity that could only have been concocted in this author’s brain. A Dreadful Fairy Book is a fun and engaging read that will appeal to readers of all ages and leave them much more cheerful than they’ll ever find their main character.
Beverly_Stowe 6 days ago
First, the title of this book, A DREADFUL FAIRY BOOK, written by Jon Etter, Narrated by Quentin Q. Quacksworth, Esq. and Illustrated by Adam Horsepool, hinted that I’d find something a bit different when I read the story. Second, I read the warning from the Narrator and guess what? It came true. Yes, this book is different than any book I’ve read about fairies or other creatures. It’s a good difference, with a cast of characters that I will remember for quite a while. How can I forget Shade, a winged species of fairy known as a sprite. She’s spunky and brave and an inspiration, even in her troubled times. She also loves books. It’s a story of friendship and standing up for your rights. It’s a story that I think young people and old people (like me) should and enjoy. A good read for school libraries, public libraries, and your own private library. Enjoy.
AmyWeidenaar 5 months ago
Right now, it seems to many that society is ready for stereotypes to be flipped on their heads. This book does that perfectly!! Perhaps my favorite character in this book is the narrator them-self, who guides you along the tale, never forgetting to remind you what you would expect to read if this were an ordinary fairy book and lamenting that it is not. Because you, the reader, are insisting, the narrator will continue to lead us through this quite dreadful fairy book. The tongue-in-cheek humor is equal only to the lessons we inevitably learn along the way as well as a cast of characters who aren't afraid to throw tradition to the wind and be who they truly are. So, who is the audience for this book? Everyone. Quite simply, I could see giving it to any number of different types of readers regardless of age. The humor is written so that children and adults alike are delighted. The lessons contained are pertinent reminders to any and all ages as well. If you're looking for a good bedtime story to read to your little ones? This is as good as any other you could possibly wish for among the well-known classics. I highly recommend that you give this book a chance to thrill and delight you as well. Thank you to Amberjack Publishing, Jon Etter, and NetGalley for the chance to read this book and share my honest thoughts and opinions with others. .
I loved A Dreadful Fairy Tale from beginning to end. Nothing was as expected- I was left guessing throughout. The characters really came to life for me and had such distinct personalities. I wanted to be friends with them, especially Ginch. I was surprised by how badly I wanted Shade to find a library but then I was almost disappointed when she did because it meant the book would be ending. I cannot wait for the next in the series. My 9 year old, who would never pick up a typical fairy book, also loved it and couldn’t put it down- so much so that she read it in a single sitting.
In the details of the book I could picture everything come alive like I was adventuring along with the heroine Shade. No one is who you would expect them to be, and that was a fun thing to see play out in the story. I loved the humor, the narrator, and the book titles that seemed to reference popular books. The illustrations are also awesome.
SchizanthusNerd 11 months ago
“A place with books and people who read them - that’s where I need to be.” Shade is a sprite who doesn’t fit in. Her home in Pleasant Hollow is a constant reminder of the bullying she endured when she was younger for being different and all that she has lost: her mother who went to fight in a war and never returned, and her father who died. Now her home and more importantly her precious 74 books have been lost to a fire after some “grub-sucking, slime-licking mudbrains” set off fireworks in the middle of the forest. Shade is “dingle-dangle” furious and storms off (she doesn’t like flying) into the Merry Forest, after making sure she tells the other sprites to “Get donkled!” I don’t mind fake swearing generally because it’s usually humourous but, with the spite that came with a lot of the swearing in this book, the chuckles weren’t there for me. Shade has never ventured outside of her village before so she isn’t quite sure where she’s going but, armed with the knowledge she’s gained by reading and fuelled by rage and determination, she begins a quest to find more books; hopefully enough to last her a lifetime. “Books that we love truly are our friends, always there to comfort us in times of trouble, revel with us in times of joy, and inspire countless acts of kindness, nobility, and goodwill every day of our lives.” It’s difficult to believe that a character who spends the entire book on the hunt for a library could be as obnoxious and surly as Shade, the main character. Although there are glimpses of something softer beneath the surface (deep, deep down), Shade is mostly acerbic and downright rude to practically everyone who is unfortunate enough to cross her path. Even those who help her along the way are not immune to her venom. Because the narrator overslept they wound up stuck narrating this story and all they do is whinge about it; what a terrible story this is, how you should skip to the end of the chapter, blah blah blah. If you enjoy reading commentary from someone who consistently tells you how “dreadful” what you’re reading is you may like the narrator. I absolutely hated the narrator and wish that they’d kept sleeping so they never made it into this story at all. Each time the narrator intruded on the story I wanted to stop reading altogether and almost gave up entirely several times. Rather than adding any depth or another point of view to the story I felt they detracted from it. I would have enjoyed this book a lot more if the narrator’s lines magically disappeared. Every so often they’d add something that didn’t make me want to slap them, but it was rare. “And we all know, no matter how many books we come to read and love in life, how special that first beloved book is, don’t we, my friend?” My favourite characters were Chauncey the Gentletroll (it made my blood boil when he was called a “ponce”) and the Professor, who was blissfully silent for the majority of the book. I really enjoyed discovering how the card catalogue in the library worked; it was imaginative, magical and I need this system for my own personal library. I would also like to visit some of Chauncey’s uncle’s vacations. My moral of the story: A bookworm without books is pretty insufferable. Make sure books are always available to them and you’ll be okay. Thank you to NetGalley and Amberjack Publishing for the opportunity to read this book.

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Why Women Love Jewelries
The use of jewelries can be traced back to ancient cultures such as the Egyptian and Mesopotamian cultures. Jewelries has stood the test of times, having been used for various reasons foremost of which is to adorn oneself. Use of jewelry has been consistent across space and time, across religions, cultures, class and gender.
Jewelries then and now are used to adorn oneself, satisfy a need and express one’s self. But why are women more concerned with jewelry than men? Why do women love jewelries? Why do we have that inherent (as it seems) fascination for jewelry?
Women are beauty conscious. Jewelries can make some body parts of the body stand out. Dangling earrings for instance enhance the jaw line; chokers enhance the neck and nape area. Jewelries can brighten the skin tone. Jewelries can direct the attention of people away from any physical flaws of a woman. For instance, a huge earlobe can be hidden with sparkling diamond stud. Women also use jewelries to match and complete their wardrobe and make them stand out.
Women are emotional; jewelries help them express themselves. Humans, most especially women, have a need/desire for jewelry. The need for jewelry is somewhere within the social needs and esteem needs of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. The need for one to belong to a group is a social need while the desire for recognition and for status is the esteem need. Jewelry is one of the things that can identify a certain group. If you go to a high society party, you will notice that there is something common in the jewelries that adorn their women. As a non-written rule, you have to wear a diamond-piece of jewelry.
Jewelry acts as an agent of personality. We somehow identify with a jewelry. A child born in December may develop a life-long attachment to turquoise, her birthstone, for no reason at all other than that turquoise is her birthstone. Our personality tends to draw to the stones we wear; we somehow imbibe the personality of the stone. For instance, we would like to wear ruby because it symbolizes passion or we wear amethyst because it symbolizes sobriety. Our esteem and ego is reinforced by the stones we wear.
Jewelry makes a woman more comfortable of herself. A jewelry gives her confidence and makes her feel special. As a romantic being, a woman is overjoyed when she receives an engagement ring, a jewelry gift from her husband or inherits a jewelry from an ancestor. This for her is a symbol of everlasting love and will forever treasure the gift.
Like any other human being, women would boast of their status. Jewelries are status symbols. We desire to be unique, to stand out from the herd. The rarer the jewel we possess, the more unique we are. The less common a jewel is, the more it is desire. For a jewelry to be valuable, it has to be perceived as rare. A single diamond may be coveted for its rarity or an elasticized ring paved with tens of rhinestones maybe desired because of its onomatopoeic bling. For jewelry to be so universally coveted it must possess inherent value.
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Today’s blog post is borrowed from an earlier guest post I did for Bloomed to Last by blogger Kristi Richardson entitled “The Bridesmaid Luncheon“.
“Marry Month of May” is a play on words from the original poem by Thomas Dekker, “Merry Month of May”.
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The Americavision Song Contest consists of three semifinals and a Grand Final. The participating states are randomly drawn into one of these semi finals where they compete against each other for the 26 spots in the final.
The winning state of the last contest is the next hosting state.
The entries are chosen internally for the first edition. From the second edition on, users can hold preselections for a state they choose. A song is eligible to participate if it meets the following requirements:
The entry has to have been released within the last ten years
There must be a music video (fan-made or official) for the entry
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The performer of the entry has to be born, raised or be living in the state they compete for (in cases of collaborations, only one of the performers has to meet this requirement)
Only the audience is allowed to vote in the semifinals and in the Grand Final. The users rate each song from 1 to 10 via a Google form. The winner is the song with the most points and will be selected 100 % by public voting.
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The first edition of the Americavision Song Contest is a special edition which will be held in New York City, New York. All states will be participating.
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So here we are, the last and final blog for this challenge.
What is your Hopes for your blog?
I don’t have a specific “hope” for this blog, but I imagine I want the same thing that any blogger wants…. To have her blog read and enjoyed. Hopefully my readers will get something out of reading what I write – Enjoyment, A Smile, Information…..
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A Forex View From Afar: Another wave of bad numbers
Written by A Forex View From Afar on Thursday, February 21, 2008
Another day, another wave of bad figures has hit the markets around the world, from Forex to Equities, passing through Bonds.
The first hot news of the day was that another fund had been rescued from bankruptcy resulting from sub-prime. The third largest bank in Germany, Dresdner, will provide a credit line to save its $18.8bn fund, which had been reduce by $31.2bn since July.
How big did the losses generated by sub-prime get? They are so widespread that I've lost the count.
Economist Intelligence Unit had cut today the GDP prognoses for 2008, as for 2009. This year's estimate is 0.8% growth, down from 1.5%, which was released in January (not so long ago). Next year GDP prognosis is down to 1.4% from 2.0%. This looks like two years of slow growth. The analysts were expecting a 3% growth from Q3 2008.
The Philly Fed Index came -24, versus analyst estimations of -10. It's not a surprise that is the lowest reading since '01 recession, but it is a surprise that the respondent's six-month forecast is at the lowest level since the last decade.
Manufacturers, both in the ISM and Philly index had accused higher input prices, and as I write Gold makes another top at $951, while Oil is trading around $99.
WSJ: Secondary Sources: 2009 May Not Be Better Than 2008
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The Taxpayers’ Union has launched a campaign aiming to force New Zealand’s mayors and regional council chairs to commit to a 12-month rates freeze in light of current economic challenges.
While the Government prioritises economic relief for struggling families and employers, most local councils are still planning significant rate hikes in the coming months. Some plan to hike rates up to nine or ten percent from 1 July.
In the letter to mayors and chairs, Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director Jordan Williams says, “The Government is currently prioritising economic relief for businesses and households facing economic calamity. But rate hikes at this time of economic turmoil will serve to exacerbate immediate financial stresses and undermine the Government’s relief strategy. Any economist will tell you that a recession is the most damaging time to hike taxes.”
The letter advises councils to cater for the reduction in expected revenue with cuts to lowest-value spending, rather than borrowing. “Households and businesses are cutting costs and it is only fair that your council does the same — we must all cut our cloth to fit the new economic reality.”
A public petition has also been launched at www.RatesFreeze.nz.

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when we went to the capsule design festival in SF last weekend, sean and i stayed at the west coast home and headquarters of the amazing alice of feral childe. it was so lovely, and i got my first feral childe piece - a gorgeous gauzy top. i can't wait to get more of their stuff in the future!
sean and i picked up molly in the bay area this weekend. yesterday we went to beautiful moonstone beach!
i'm getting ready for the Capsule Design Festival this Sunday in San Francisco. i have heard that this event is really a great one. if you're in the bay area, come by and visit - i'll be in space 55. (see capsule's web site for a map) i'll be right next to the amazing bi-costal feral childe!
Sometimes the fog here is amazingly thick.
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i finished a pad of newsprint today.
the weather has been unusually warm for the coast the last few days, hovering around 85 degrees. we had a nice walk on the beach, and i even took off my shoes!
i had fun making rainbows when i watered the garden the other day.
there were so many beautiful wildflowers and grasses at our campground and along the dunes at the beach on our lost coast camping trip.
last weekend i went on a seaweed collecting trip with some friends on the lost coast, about an hour south of here. i was stunned by the beauty of the area - the mountains, the ocean, and the amazing tidepools! i collected nori, kombu, and wakame, which are all now hanging up to dry around the house. i've never collected wild plants of any kind before, and i'm so grateful to my friend allison, who shared all of her seaweed knowledge with us.
our sweet brooklyn kitty poe has turned into a hunter! after over a year of being contained to the deck, he recently figured out how to escape into the yard and has been making long sojourns through the neighborhood. we were initally worried that the cats would eat birds, which was the reason for their porch containment. that fear hasn't come to pass, but this week poe discovered a rodent's nest and has been camping out in front of it, waiting for unsuspecting victims. we're not sure what species he has found, but today i managed to take a lot of pictures of his prey. i'll spare the close ups on the blog, but hopefully we can identify what he's catching - one possibility is baby norwegian rats. if that is the case, he'll be allowed to catch as many as he likes!
its back to work today, i'm still developing some new designs that didn't get completed for the maker faire. and eureka keeps getting more and more lush - the view out our back windows is getting ever more jungly.
the maker faire was so inspiring! i was blown away by all of the varied projects and displays i saw. i spent most of my time at my own table, so i wasn't able to see very much of the rest of the fair, and i surely missed some great exhibits. i only took a few pictures - most of the time i wandered around mesmerized. the event was huge - i read an estimate of 80,000 visitors - and it was a true fair, funnel cakes and all. i am just so impressed by the drive and ardor of makers, who are compelled to create in an amazing variety of ways. being a vendor was great fun, but sometime i'd like to just be a visitor, so i can really take in all of the exhibits.
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Sugar Pop Ribbons Reviews and Giveaways: Disney TANGLED Prize Pack Giveaway -- ENDED
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Winning comment is #45TANGLED swings into theaters everywhere on Wednesday, November 24th in Disney Digital 3D! Walt Disney Pictures presents “Tangled,” one of the most hilarious, hair-raising tales ever told. When the kingdom’s most wanted—and most charming—bandit Flynn Rider (voice of Zachary Levi) hides out in a mysterious tower, he’s taken hostage by Rapunzel (voice of Mandy Moore), a beautiful and feisty tower-bound teen with 70 feet of magical, golden hair. Flynn’s curious captor, who’s looking for her ticket out of the tower where she’s been locked away for years, strikes a deal with the handsome thief and the unlikely duo sets off on an action-packed escapade, complete with a super-cop horse, an over-protective chameleon and a gruff gang of pub thugs. In theaters this holiday season in Disney Digital 3D™, “Tangled” is a story of adventure, heart, humor and hair—lots of hair.Notes:· “Tangled” marks Walt Disney Pictures’ 50th full-length animated feature.· Byron Howard directed Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Bolt,” the 2008 animated comedy adventure that grossed more than $300 million worldwide and earned two Golden Globe® nominations (Best Animated Film and Best Original Song), and an Oscar® nomination for Best Animated Feature. Nathan Greno, a 14-year Disney animation veteran, served as head of story on “Bolt,” and has animation and/or story credits on such other animated features as “Mulan,” “Brother Bear,” and “Meet the Robinsons.”· “Tangled” features new songs and a score by eight-time Oscar®-winning composer/songwriter Alan Menken “The Little Mermaid,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “Aladdin,” “Pocahontas,” and, most recently, “Enchanted.” Lyrics are by Glenn Slater, a 2008 Tony® and Grammy® nominee for his work on “The Little Mermaid.”When the kingdom’s most wanted—and most charming—bandit Flynn Rider (voice of Zachary Levi) is taken hostage by Rapunzel (voice of Mandy Moore), a feisty teen with 70 feet of golden hair who’s looking for her ticket out of the tower where she’s been locked away for years, the unlikely duo sets off on a hilarious, hair-raising escapade filled with adventure, heart, humor and hair—lots of hair.To help celebrate Disney's new release, the company has generously offered a prize pack to one of my lucky readers (US residents only please).The prize pack includes the following:- Female fit Rapunzel t-shirt in Adult and Youth sizes (S, M, L, XL)-- winner's choice in size- General fit Flynn Rider t-shirt in Adult and Youth sizes (S, M, L, XL)-- winner's choice in size- General fit Pascal t-shirt in Adult and Youth sizes (S, M, L, XL)-- winner's choice in size- Silly Bandz – set of 4 characters (Rapunzel, Flynn, Pascal, Maximus)How to enter:In order to enter my giveaway, you MUST be a public follower of my blog through Google Friend Connect. To follow me, click on the "Follow" button on the right hand side of my blog. If you are not a follower and you enter my giveaway, ALL of your comments will be automatically forfeited.1). Please tell me why you would like to win this giveaway (you MUST be a public follower of my blog to enter this giveaway, and your profile can not be set at private).How to earn additional entries (please leave a separate comment for each additional entry):2.) Blog about my giveaway- with a link back to here, when you leave the comment make sure you include the URL of where your post of my giveaway is. Please do not copy and paste my review over to your blog, please write about why you would like to win this giveaway and provide a link back to this post. The Contest ends Nov 24th, 2010 at 11:59pm PST. Blogging about my giveaway earns 2 additional entries.3.) Add me as a friend on Facebook for 2 additional entries.4.) Follow me on Twitter for 2 additional entries.5.) Grab my button and display my button on your blog or website. Then come back to tell me what your website or blog address is, make sure to leave an url address so I can check it. Grabbing my button is worth 5 additional entries. If my button is not displayed on your homepage but it is posted elsewhere, you will not be eligible to win with your additional entries.6.) Grab my "Maternity Shopping Guide Shopping Guide" button and display my button on your blog or website. Then come back to tell me what your website or blog address is, make sure to leave an url address so I can check it. Grabbing my button is worth 5 additional entries. If my button is not displayed on your homepage but it is posted elsewhere, you will not be eligible to win with your additional entries.7.) Tweet about this review and giveaway. Please tweet the following: " I want to win a Disney TANGLED Prize Pack @ http://www.sugarpopribbons.blogspot.com/ ". After your tweet, please leave me the url of your tweet so I can check. If you do not know how to check your tweet url, please read this post for step by step instructions. You can retweet once a day for 1 entry each time.8.) Comment on one of my non giveaway posts for 1 additional entry (leave me a comment here to let me know which post it is).9.) Enter in any of my active giveaways for additional entries. You get one extra entry per other giveaway you enter. So enter 1 of my other giveaways for 1 additional entry or 10 other giveaways to 10 extra entries. When you leave me a comment for your additional entry, be sure to let me know which giveaway it is so I can check.10.) Grab my " Holiday Gift Guide" button and display my button on your blog or website. Then come back to tell me what your website or blog address is, make sure to leave an url address so I can check it. Grabbing my button is worth 5 additional entries. If my button is not displayed on your homepage but it is posted elsewhere, you will not be eligible to win with your additional entries.Read the fine print:* Lucky winner or winners will be selected through True Random Number Generator.* If your profile page does not show your email address, please include your email address in your comment. For example: sugarpopribbons at yahoo dot com -- so that I may get in touch with you if you are selected as the giveaway winner. * Each giveaway winner has 48 hours to respond to my email about getting the awesome giveaway prize to him/her. If the winner does not reply to my email within 48 hours, I will choose another winner using the True Random Number Generator. * I do contact each winner via email. If anyone is curious about who the giveaway winner is for any of my giveaways, please go back to the original post of that giveaway. Once a winner is selected through random.org, I will post a screen shot of the the number random.org picked. You will be able to see which number has been selected and if you scroll down to the bottom of the page, you can cross check who the giveaway winner is. *I received a free product (or products) for review purposes. I did not receive any form of compensation from the company. All opinions are my own and not influenced in anyway. My reviews are not always positive, but they are my personal and honest opinions. Other people's views and experiences with the product or products might be different from mine. Labels:
I'm a follower! I want to win this prize pack for myself. I can't wait to see the movie it looks awesome. I love Disney Movies!!!hottmomma_03(at)yahoo(dot)com
What a fun prize! Love the shirts! I am a follower who would love to win this.
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This sounds like it is going to be another Disney hit and I know just the girls who would love this prize pack!
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I lie this giveaway, because I think me and my daughter will like the movie and the prizes too!
Great giveaway! I would love too win this for my daughter. She loves all of the Disney Princesses, and both of us can't wait for this come out. We watch the trailors together online....and my 2 year old son pounds his little fist into his hand like little Pascal...I think he's excited for it to come out too. :)~TeresaI follow your blog.
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I would like this because I think it would be fun to get shirts for me, hubby and daughter-- then we could all get dressed up to see the film! And my kid loves silly bandz.
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I am a follower and I would like to win because it looks likke a great movie and I know me and the kids would enjoy the Tangled swag.
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i'm a follower! :-) i love Tangled's trailer! your giveaway's wayyyy too cool to have it on. actually i would love to have this set for me, my two sisters and my mom hihihi some kind of a Tangled uniform eh :-) hope to win!pringlespalo(at)gmail(dot)com
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I would love to win this for my oldest girl. She has long blond hair and she is excited to see the movie
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I am a follower. I would love to win this giveaway, because my daughter is turning six this coming week and we are using the Tangled theme for her party, as she loves Disney Princesses. She has requested Tangled toys for her presents. We are going to see Tangled together when it is released. Cannot wait!!!
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Middle Eastern Macro Super Foods with Chef James Holloway *** Gluten-Free except Dessert ***
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Beautiful scene with thoughts for those who have lost lives, over 200 in our state alone.
Wonderful picture and beautiful words.
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