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Country Music - tribunedigital-chicagotribune
Beneath Diversions, Performers' Roots Reach Deep
December 05, 1999|By Jack Hurst. Special to the Tribune.
Mainstream country music on the cusp of Y2K may be a little more country than it has been for most of the '90s -- if you know where to look.
The Dixie Chicks cleverly employ sartorial outrageousness to mask deep and diverse country roots, but the roots are definitely discernible. George Jones is not masking anything, and Asleep At the Wheel's veteran virtuosity remains as impressive as its ability to choose guests for its excursions into classic western swing.
There remain, however, myriad influences from beyond the pale.
1. Dixie Chicks, "Fly" (Monument Records): The Chicks are not only confident and comfortable with everything they have become but they balance being wildly contemporary and remaining true to their seminal essence. Their chops, instrumental and vocal, are killer too.
2. George Jones, "Cold Hard Truth" (Asylum): In terms of consistency, this is perhaps the best album by the most passionate male vocalist in country history. And he recorded it at age 67.
3. Asleep At the Wheel & Guests, "Ride With Bob" (DreamWorks): This is by no means the first Wheel album with invited duet acts, but some performances (Willie Nelson & Manhattan Transfer on "Going Away Party" or Lee Ann Womack on "Heart To Heart Talk") are unforgettable.
4. Brad Paisley, "Who Needs Pictures" (Arista): This young West Virginian wields a mighty pen and guitar.
5. Martina McBride, "Emotion" (RCA): The impassioned McBride proceeds even further in pop directions.
6. Tim McGraw, "A Place in the Sun" (Curb): A collection of varied voices and styles as well as impressive taste in material, this package deserves its awards.
7. Mandy Barnett, "I've Got a Right To Cry" (Sire): Barnett, a latter-day Patsy Cline, did some of these tracks with Cline's producer and finished it up with Bradley's guitar-wizard brother.
8. Gary Allan, "Smoke Rings in the Dark" (MCA): Allan may be a Southern California surfer in his off-time, but he sounds as authentic as a South Texas wrangler.
9. Debbie and Julie Wade, "Sisters Wade" (Blue Hat): This record walks a Judds-like line between contemporary-sounding cool and faithfulness to tradition.
10. John Prine, "In Spite of Ourselves" (Oh Boy): You may question whether this is music, given Prine's inability to do harmony, but it is definitely country and much fun as the great songwriter and nine of his favorite female vocalists feel their way through a well-chosen list of all-time country hits.
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Return From Seattle of Conductor Gerard Schwarz - latimes
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Return From Seattle of Conductor Gerard Schwarz
January 27, 1988|JOHN HENKEN
For local audiences, at least, Gerard Schwarz and the Seattle Symphony is a coupling of a very familiar conductor with an almost unknown orchestra.
Schwarz became music director of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra in October, 1978 and greatly expanded that ensemble's activities throughout Southern California during his tenure, which lasted through June, 1986.
This week he returns, but with an orchestra familiar to local listeners only through recordings. The 40-year-old trumpeter-turned-conductor became music adviser to the Seattle Symphony in May, 1983. He was named music director a year later and signed a three-year contract extension last summer.
The Seattle Symphony makes its first appearance in Southern California since 1935 tonight in a concert at the Orange County Performing Arts Center sponsored by the Orange County Philharmonic Society. Performances follow Thursday at Royce Hall, UCLA; Friday in El Cajon; Saturday at Ambassador Auditorium and Monday in the new McCallum Theatre at Palm Desert
When a tour by the orchestra was first suggested, New York was inevitably nominated as the destination. But Schwarz pushed for Los Angeles.
Three of the sites--Ambassador, Royce Hall and the East County Performing Arts Center in El Cajon--are well known to Schwarz from performances with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. "I loved all the venues that I played in," Schwarz reported recently from Chicago.
(Schwarz was in Chicago to tape "The Performing Arts Salute Public Television." In that PBS special, scheduled to air in March, he conducts the Indianapolis Symphony and hosts a portion of the program.)
The other two concert locations have opened since Schwarz departed. Of Segerstrom Hall at the Orange County Performing Arts Center, he knows only hearsay. "Which is that it is fabulous," he said. "A number of people have told me that."
The tour, the orchestra's first appearances outside its home state since a financially disastrous tour of Europe in 1980, is "very meaningful" to the organization, according to Schwarz.
"People don't know us. Coming to a major cultural center like Los Angeles is important for us," the conductor said.
The problem of his orchestra's identity is a real one for Schwarz, who humorously reported receiving a "who-do-you-think-you-are?" challenge from a journalist, regarding the current tour. The tour itself is part of Schwarz's answer to such questions, as is an ongoing recording relationship with Delos International.
In fact, most of the repertory that Schwarz and Co. will play on this tour is representative of its work--finished and projected--for Delos. Another piece, Brahms' First Symphony, was chosen as a standard for comparison.
"I wanted something standard to be judged by. I have a great respect for the press in Los Angeles," the diplomatic conductor claimed.
Through two recordings of excerpts, the Seattle Symphony is becoming known as a Wagner orchestra, and music by that composer is featured on several of the tour programs. The excerpts from Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet" ballet music, which will be played here, have also been recorded by Schwarz and his orchestra.
Stravinsky's "Petrushka" and Howard Hanson's "Romantic" Symphony No. 2 complete the tour repertory. The former caps an interesting disc of early Stravinsky, and the latter is part of a Hanson survey the orchestra will record.
"I'm just an American music fan, that's all," Schwarz avowed. "Hanson has been maligned over the years, particularly by other composers with whom he disagreed." The Second Symphony was commissioned by the Boston Symphony for its 50th anniversary, and Hanson's Fourth Symphony was awarded a Pulitzer Prize. But the composer's tonal music came to sound increasingly conservative and was given fewer and fewer performances, leading to unconcealed bitterness.
Contemporary music has also been a priority with Schwarz and the Seattle Symphony, though it is not a risk they are taking on this tour. "What I felt I had to do was start slowly and gradually have the audience build a trust in me," Schwarz said of his programming in Seattle. "And it's been successful," he added.
The Seattle Symphony has achieved a measure of financial stability since Schwarz arrived. "It's a success story," he said. "Last year we actually had a surplus. We average over 90% (ticket sales) in our 3,100-seat house. You build the artistic quality, and then the other things fall into place."
There is some union turmoil within the orchestra, Schwarz reported, but not in conflict with him or management. "We have a group of musicians from the orchestra who are not pleased with the American Federation of Musicians' representation."
Schwarz had a close association with his players here, and that, he says, is true of his work now with the larger ensemble in Seattle. "I feel like we're all looking for the same thing, for the same reasons," he said. "There's an unanimity of opinion, to make music on the highest level we can."
He does not find work with a bigger ensemble that much different from conducting a chamber orchestra. "Obviously, there's a lot more to choose from in repertory," he noted. As for technique, "I don't find it significantly different."
Schwarz recalled his days with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, where he acquired much of his podium presence, with fondness and gratitude. "They took a risk in me," he acknowledged. "I love that orchestra. I was listening to the radio the other day and heard our recording of the Prokofiev "Classical" Symphony. All it did was bring back the memories."
All of that contributes to the New Jersey native's sense of homecoming about this tour. "In the end, I'm just very excited to be coming back."
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json - jquery not updating DOM after $.getJSON in IE/Internet Explorer - Stack Overflow
I have a page that contains an element, <displayedimage>, that is not getting updated using jquery's document.ready/$.getJSON funcitonality in IE 6 and IE 8 (probably IE 7 too even though I haven't tested). This same piece of funcitonality works fine on XP Safari and OS X Safari, OS X Chrome, OS X Opera, etc. So, here's what happens:
I have an element, , that is empty on first load, but gets populated by a javascript method executed by document.ready:

<displayedimage></displayedimage>
gets updated by:
function loadFirstImage() {
$.getJSON("/servlet/access/image/" + id,
$("displayedimage").html("");
$("imagelabel").html(json.images[0].label);
As stated, this system works fine in OS X Safari, OS X Chrome, OS X Opera, XP Safari, but doesn't seem to do anything in XP IE. I've performed simple debugging (alert("loadFirstImage called") in the loadFirstImage method and it gives me an alert, so it seems that it might be some .getJSON issue? Any suggestions on where to start with something like this? Thanks.
jquery json dom cross-browser share|improve this question asked Dec 15 '09 at 6:20
2 I never know that 'displayimage' tag in html.
Using arbitrary DOM element names can give you this kind of problems and inconsistencies.
Why don't you just simply use a standard element, like a div or a span perhaps?:

And in your $.getJSON callback you set the contents of it:
$("#displayedimage").html(/*...*/);
Browsers will accept any markup, even if it's not legal HTML. By this, it means that the browser will try to guess about what you probably meant. That can lead to having browser compatibility issues as the one you are now, for that I would recommend you to validate your markup.
share|improve this answer edited Dec 15 '09 at 6:34
answered Dec 15 '09 at 6:28
I assumed that I could create whatever element name I desired in IE. Thanks for the help.
Try it with sematics
$("#displayedimage").html("");
share|improve this answer answered Dec 15 '09 at 6:33
Nice answer and example. Thanks for the help.
Since you are using custom tags, have you explicitly created those tags as needed for IE? Put this in the head of your page:
document.createElement('displayedimage');
document.createElement('imagelabel');
For the record: I agree with the other answers that you should stick to valid tags or you may run into name collision later on.
Thanks for the help. I used standard tags and voila, it worked. Good example on defining custom tags.
Also note that if $.getJSON is called multiple times on the same page (perhaps as a result of button click or similar), in IE 7/8 your data will NOT be updated because IE caches ajax requests by default (e.g. Chrome and FF don't do that).
Solution is to use $.ajax method instead ($.getJSON is a wrapper method for $.ajax):
url: 'JSON_SOURCE_URL',
cache: false, // 'cache: false' must be present for IE 7 & 8
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13 Reviews #13 of 23 things to do in Shirdi Sacred & Religious Sites, Sights & Landmarks Sakori | Near Lord Khandoba Mandir, Shirdi, IndiaSakori | Near Lord Khandoba Mandir, Shirdi, India
Also show MapSatellite Map updates are paused. Zoom in to see updated info. Reset zoom Updating Map... Return to Map Overview 4.5 13 reviewsExcellent69%Very good15%Average15%Poor0%Terrible0%Travellers talk about“maharajas” (2 reviews)“meditation” (2 reviews)“shri” (6 reviews)LOCATION Sakori | Near Lord Khandoba Mandir, Shirdi, India
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aarti_relemumbai18425Reviewed 21 March 2017 Adjacent to Upasani Maharaj templeWe visited this temple which is known as Kanyakumari Ashram. This place houses kumaris & supports them to live a respectable life.Thank aarti_rele meghashyamChennai (Madras), India328232Reviewed 26 January 2017 via mobile Sheer blissSilence , reverence , peace , calmness , soulful , hallowed place just visit to feel the beauty of your self . 5 kms from Shirdi .1 Thank meghashyam SGnani44Reviewed 3 January 2017 Upasani Maharaj livingWe can to know this place from local and it very clam and nice place. It is little far from Shirdi temple and must visited. There is ashram and Mandir in opposite sides.Thank SGnani 318SatishRego Park, New York3013Reviewed 14 July 2016 Highly recommended if you visit ShirdiIf you have an extra day in Shirdi, a visit to Upasani Maharaj's Ashram at Sakori, 5 Kms away is highly recommended. I hired an auto for Rs.150 both ways. The Ashram is a place of peace and tranquility, ideal for meditation. It was started...More1 Thank 318Satish anshu4frndzBengaluru, India142Reviewed 28 May 2016 calm placemust visit for every people who are travelling to shirdi..
you cant miss this.. best time spending placeThank anshu4frndz apoorv3012Ahmedabad, India19522Reviewed 30 April 2016 nice placeshri upasani kanyakumari sthan is bit far away from shirdi temple.it is not in the list of must visit place but do visit if you are in shirdi for long time.Thank apoorv3012 kvs05Ahmedabad, India57754Reviewed 23 February 2016 Its place where upasani maharaj livingIts place named "Shakori", where upasani maharaj living, who do last rites of Shri sai baba. This place is 5km away from shirdi. Here temple is operated by women. Good , nice and quiet place.Thank kvs05 TravelGuru080Mumbai (Bombay), India127148Reviewed 6 February 2015 Salute to women powerShri Upasani Kanyakumari Sthan is situated at Sakori, a short distance from Shirdi. Upasani Maharaj, one of the disciples of Saibaba stayed for 4 yrs with Saibaba at Shirdi for his treatment and attained self-realization here. He later moved to Sakori on Baba's instruction where...More8 Thank TravelGuru080 NikkhilGuptaNew Delhi, India1733Reviewed 2 February 2015 Just okayThis is just an okay place. if you have time left and don't have anything to do in shirdi after pooja in temple. then you should visit this placce.5 Thank NikkhilGupta Jadhav444Mumbai (Bombay), India29Reviewed 18 November 2014 peace of mindInstead of shirdi i got peace of mind at this sansthan, its a small place but well maintained and disciplined.7 Thank Jadhav444 Previous

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and yes...there will be some of those SUPER cool pipe fittings {see a peek below}. i {HEART} heavy metal...decor that is!
i am nicely stocked up and ready w/ my junkWREATH forms! a sweet customer sent me a picture of her handiwork inspired by seeing my display @ the {dog&ponySHOW} in early november. i had to share with you all to show yet another variation in COLOR! she used her grandma's precious ornaments. and i LOVE the texture she gave her wreath with the burlap ribbon & whimsy w/ the fabric tape measurer. well done erin! it's GORGEOUS {below}.
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the {PUTTER} post
hey there show & tell friends! often times when asked what i am working on...my mind 1st races trying to pin-point {1} important task i've accomplished. and if i come up blank in that department my fail safe reply is "oh...just been puttering". that pretty well covered it all i figured. then in collecting ideas for this post...i thought i'd just see what the definition of a day spent "puttering" meant in the dictionary minded community. this is what i saw {below}...
put•ter
Pronunciation: (put'ur),
1. to busy or occupy oneself in a leisurely, casual, or ineffective manner:
the last words i disagree with entirely. because despite sometimes (often) being causal, yes. i feel that a few days spent puttering can be quite productive.
"where is this going, beth??". i can hear your thoughts right now as you read. well...because as the time draws near for patinaWHITE's upcoming {miniEVENT} - i have found balance "puttering" my way thru the days. for instance. i was in the studio. getting displays "fluffed". (another favorite term. i have yet to look up the official meaning but i'm sure when i do that will lead into another post). here's the results of some of my "fluffing" as seen {below}.
then not realizing how many folks the following song has touched...
...i created quite a stir @ my little corner of the FACEBOOK world when i posted a necklace {PRIZE} encouraging the sharing of the love of my fairly new page. have you visited it? well let this teaser photo {below} motivate you.
you still have til the morning of november 28th to enter! click ***HERE*** to check it out! and please be sure to look for that very same photo shown above for details. good luck (2) you should you decide to enter. and incase you're wondering...i will have {SUNSHINE} available in limited numbers @ my event on december 1st & 2nd too!
back to working on that balance thing i mentioned...i decided that it is important to stick to some traditions no matter what's on the horizon. meaning. even with upcoming {miniEVENT} i still wanted to fit in our annual christmas tree hunt. so on sunday we hopped in the truck & we were off! bring on THE tree!
and find our tree we did! we immediately trimmed her down to fit into my giant old urn so as to clear the ceiling. w/ not even an inch to spare she's up. and even in her "bare" state...is still a "looker" as you'll see {below}
i really had wanted to get our beauty decorated right away. but then a squirrel moment came over me and i decided i needed to "putter" in my {MAKE} room on jewelry. (see my make space below)
so in lieu of ornaments...i hung up one of my creations on our tree's empty branches {below} (oh. LOVEyouMORE will be available @ my event too!)
after recounting my days spent "puttering"...i've decided that doing it, despite the definition, can certainly be effective. so i need to spend some more time doing just that! there is a studio that needs more "fluffing". and more jewelys to be made. and some branches that are begging to be adorned. though that last one may have to wait til next week. when i can putter in a bit more "leisurely fashion".
until then...i will see what i can putter my way thru & be back intouch (1) more time before showtime this coming weekend! words cannot express my continued gratitude for your notes, comments & the kind words they contain. that necklace {PRIZE} really does say it all. YOU make me happy to be here doing what i do best. to which i will proudly say is PUTTERing!
happy day til next we meet!
Nov 27, 2012 4:45:42 AM
black {BOARD} friday.
GREETINGS! amazing how one holiday comes & goes so quickly. w/ ThanksGiving behind us...many of you are onto the next order of business. and that may mean a little blackFRIDAY shopping. the days find me plucking away @ getting things together for my {miniEVENT}. it's coming up quickly!
for a good long time...i've been a fan of chalkboards. got me a nice collection of old slates from the early years when school-kids used them to do their lessons. WAY before ipads + computers became the norm. but old fashion charm reigns yet again w/ chalkboard art sweeping the creative world by storm. i found myself inspired by the movement when i created the black{BOARD}-like art {below}.
showed ya a little tickler above. now time for a little teaser below. i wanted to give you a glimpse @ some of the goodies you might expect should you venture over to my neck*of*the*woods.
of course i'm excited to have a great selection of my
a-la-carte baubles
for your necklace building pleasure.
plus a wonderful variety of my thoughtfully collected {some here}...
...and created {like this below} artisan jewelry pieces. each made by hand and always a little work of art unique in nature. many with a special sentiment that will make you {HAPPY}.
and though i'm calling this a miniEVENT due to it's smaller scale. i am pulling out some bigGUNS in home decor as well. with a couple large scale pieces that will WOW you. like the 6" tall conservatory-like window that is not only an impressive sight...but also retains ALL of it's original glass panes. take a little gander {below}
and the larger than life gilt mirror w/ ghostly beveled mirror. it sits atop a patinaWHITE exclusive furniture design...my cottage locker storage {below}
i'd like to invite you to pack up your car. with your excitement + a friend or two & make the trek out to my studio. if you need driving directions or a few more details...then click {HERE} to find out all you need to know to join me for my {miniEVENT} sure to be bigFUN!
i look so forward to seeing your happy faces soon! and will continue to share some peeks on my blog + facebook {click HERE for my FB page}
until then...have yourself a HAPPY*day!
Nov 23, 2012 9:12:09 AM
hello there everyone! with thanksgiving nearly upon us...i had to take a quick moment to express something very important to me. and that is my {THANK}FULLNESS for the likes of YOU! because knowing that you pop by...my cottage, blog, events, facebook....or maybe ALL of the outlets i use for my creative expression...is what really keeps me going and {4}ever thankful.
i've said it a hundred time & will say it again. it is truly my passion to inspire. and being able to do so on so many levels makes me very {GRATEFUL}. not too long ago...i created this necklace recently as a reflection of that gratitude.
so i hope this finds you enjoying the start to the holidays. and if you're like me, taking a moment to reflect on those things that you are thankful for. awhile back i did a "grateful" list inspired by a conversation i overheard. so simply put. i am grateful for EVERYTHING. and i'm quite content with that being ENOUGH! how could you ask for more, right?
Nov 21, 2012 9:33:00 AM
hello there show&tell friends! as i prepare for patinaWHITE's {miniEVENT}... what's that you ask?? - please click {HERE} 4 info ...there has been a great deal of "decorating" going on the exterior our home. one of my favorite things is to go all out w/ seasonal accents to evoke an inviting holiday feel to our homestead.
i started the other day by packing my bundled-up self, saw + determination into our little truck & driving into the depths of the woods. not exactly where i preferred to be w/ deer hunting going on. but i was hoping with my lime vest on i wouldn't be mistaken for a well fed doe. i kept going back for just "one more" branch & ended up with a truck full of evergreens, bright berries + red dogwood branches. as seen {below}
we also rounded up our garlands from the always accommodating {BERGEN'S} greenhouse. they are so very good to me no matter what the season! we {hubby & i} got a nice start on a pleasant day. and worked into the eve due {2} shorter hours w/ the winter solstice rolling in.
here was a peek @ the start of the annual garland hanging. which can be a challenge {for hubby that is putting up w/ his perfectionist wife asking for 1 tweak there & a tuck there}.
the next day when i should have been back on task hitting the decorating detail...i made a stop on the way home from my cream & coffee run {yes. THAT order} @ our thrift. this is otherwise known as procrastination in my land. someone was sending me a message when i whisked by the book section and saw this {below}
"hey! that's me!" i thought. then i remembered where i should be & decided to go back home. not before i sprung the $1 for the book! it was just too appropriate. and had some fun inserts i thought i could use down the road.
the garland came together beautifully on our home & studio {you can see the studio decked out in my last post}. and one very gorgeous blue skied day shortly after our first snowfall of the season....my childhood "friend", mr roger's, cheerful song of it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood rang thru my mind as i snapped the picture {below}.
can't forget to show my window planter*box in it's winter cloak of the local greens & twigs. also popped in some GIANT sugar cones among the medley of junk. the final touch is my vintage star decor that i have treasured for years.
so this "lady of the decoration" is onto the next order of business. and that is fluffing the inside of the studio for my miniEVENT. i hope those of you who are planning on popping by will enjoy perusing around this smallerSCALE, but bigFUN environment! i look oh*so*forward to seeing you of and i am tickled that things are coming together for me to be able to open up "shoppe" for a couple days on DECEMBER 1st & 2nd.
wishing you all a happy start to the holiday season!
Nov 15, 2012 9:11:37 AM | happy holly days
here we go {AGAIN}...miniEVENT time!
hello hello! so. after things started winding down for the summer season @ shady hollow, i made a decision...for the 1st time in {10} years not to have an EVENT from my home. to which i was met w/ fallen faces when i informed those anticipating it. ok. let's do a {DOG & PONY} show on the road. something a little smaller. more manageable. off to perham, mn i went last weekend. and had a FABULOUS time. like my old wooden wheel rack...i was on "roll".
thought i would settle into making some smaller items + jewelry. trying my best to accommodate the requests and emails i have received. then. the day after the {DOG & PONY} show i woke up to more emails. and calls. from those wonderful folks who were disappointed they couldn't even reach my display. much less grab the goodies they were after.
i've always wanted more time in the day...which that extra hour we were granted on sunday provided. it sent my already "deep in thought" tendency into overdrive. the booth from the show is right there. ready to be unpacked. why not set it up in my studio?? and do a "miniEVENT". invite guests by word of mouth + online "sharing". well...i'd like to extend that invitation {below}...
so those who were wishing...
...for a studio event {see my studio ready 4 holiday action below}
...could come out and get a taste of patinaWHITE wares one more time for the year. incase you were wondering...here's the address {below} for my home studio / miniEVENT location. and if you click the chalkboard...hang on - because you'll be whisked to mapquest where you can plan your route of action!
are you excited? i am! i think perham was just what the doctor ordered to get a fire lit under me. i've got a few weeks to replenish those best sellers many are looking for. {please pass the spring wreaths!}. and maybe just maybe iron my wonder woman cape and get a few of my uniquely created jewelry creations not only miniEVENT ready but also stocked in a little etsy shoppe. i've been saying it for awhile but just when i think things might settle a little bit...i make another decision trying my best to keep everyone happy. while doing the same for myself!
there you have it. and even though i am dubbing this my miniEVENT...i promise it to be BIGfun!
thank you everyone for your excitement. it is what keeps me rolling in the right direction! which is where i best head off to now to get things together once again! of course i will be back with little snippets + tidbits to share. stay tuned! and have yourself...
...a happy day!
Nov 9, 2012 12:15:38 PM
hello & happy day to you! this post is a tribute to my little duck, MJ. if you're new to my corner of the world...that likely won't have much meaning. but if you dig a little bit back into my blog you will soon discover what an impact she had on me this summer.
today marks exactly a month that she spread her wings & took {what we hope was} the flight south to warmer weather that northern minnesota doesn't offer in the winter months.
now...jump back even FURTHER into my ramblings and you might remember the start of a project i was monkeying around with...
at the time i had been seeing alot of neat takes on recycled wood into signs. i had plenty of weathered wood myself & figured i could add another variation to my sign selection i already offered at patinaWHITE. well. despite having the wood + the inspiration...i didn't take {make} the time to follow thru on my creation.
so it sat in the garage in a pile. once and awhile i would catch a glimpse @ the one & only painted slat and smile. because...i figured...love is ALL i need, right? and then i became distracted by something else that had come into my life around the time of this concept. my tiny ball of fuzz...a baby duck who i named MJ. do you remember what she looked like? adorable to say the least. here she is {below}...day 1!
i decided late summer to revisit the project motivated by the many random, inspiring quotes i had jotted down. plus at this stage of raising MJ, she was well into her routine of floating at her home away from home for hours on end. AND i wanted a form of creative expression while on the visits i made to her pond daily. MJ would climb up the bank when i arrived and play about while i painted. she made me laugh w/ her constant peeking @ what i was up to {like seen below}
painting the slats took quite awhile. it became an act of personal expression. i'd throw on my dickies...pack up my paint + brushes & walk across the fields thru the woods {almost sounds like a christmas carol!} w/ the sign tucked under my arm like a canvas. i'm sure if the neighbors saw me they would wonder just for a moment what the "eccentric" lady next door was up to.
as summer drew to a close...i was near the end of painting the quotes on the sign. and MJ had grown into the beautiful adult wood duck many of you enjoyed reading about. even a month later my eyes still are swelled over typing & show this {below}...one of the last photos i took of her.
i had originally planned on selling the sign. but found that as i painted...i became very attached to it on many levels. mostly because of the memories i hold when i look @ it. that & i think it just looks darn COOL! so i hung it in my kitchen. where i see if daily. and...if you ask me...whats neat about it not only the random thoughts...but ultimately how i decided against the perfect ends & straight lines. leaving it rough and all most unplanned in appearance {random again!}. you be the judge when you see it {below}
the date on my little calendar gives away the fact that i took this picture awhile ago. i meant to show it sometime back but had to stop due to the writer's block i faced. decided that today would be the day.
and as long as i am on the topic of random thoughts + calendar dates...i am finishing up the little collage of art to announce the miniEVENT that i have decided to go forward w/ here in the very near future @ my home studio. i will be doing that this friday...so you all can mark your calendars!
with that i am off. time to do some seasonal transformations on the outside of our home today. we have been granted a peek of sunshine & that always motivates me. that and the long term forecast calls for highs in the mid 20's. and unlike MJ i don't have any plans on flying south. so i will make the most of the onset of winter and whatever randomness the day may bring!
and here's hoping you are enjoying yours!
Nov 7, 2012 8:46:51 AM

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Silence is deafening. – a dreamer with his eyes wide open
I finally know why they say that silence is deafening. It has nothing to do with the lack of sound or even in the screaming in your head.
Your silence is deafening. The unspoken screams of things you let go unsaid until it was well past time to say them. It’s hard to listen to music with lyrics and not find a way to make them my own. It’s next to impossible to keep my thoughts from wandering back to each syllable that I wanted to say, but won’t.
I keep writing them all down. Over and over; just letting the ink spill out on the page in an inconsistent flow of nonsense. For approximately forty seconds I can breathe again, but reality crashes in. It does no good to share the words with an empty page.
I tried talking it out. Despite the fact that it felt pretty good to ramble it all out without judgement; it didn’t remove the feeling.
I haven’t been giving my writing the attention that it deserves. I can’t even give this post my full attention. It feels like I’ve been trying to force words on this computer screen all day, but it’s actually been two and a half hours.
There’s a logical part of me that knows I won’t feel like this forever. The scientific composition of even my abnormal brain will eventually swing another way and the feelings will change. The logical part of me also knows that eventually even though both sides of me will use what I feel to hurt me; I won’t hurt about this forever. Eventually, it will fade into a dull ache that crosses my mind from time to time.
It’s not easy to become someone’s stranger, but that’s the path I’ve chosen for myself. As the ships keep passing on the ocean, I know the sun is going down and that ships which pass in the night are usually out of sight before the sun rise.In the warm glow of the sunrise, healing will begin.
Five years from now I won’t understand why I felt this way. Ten years from now I won’t remember where I was sitting when I penned these words. Twenty years from now it won’t matter because I’ll likely be dead.
Another day. One more sunrise might make all the difference.
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PhotoFriday – ‘Structures’
July 14, 2013 by Suzy Walker-Toye
This week’s Photo Friday entry: ’Structures’
Sorry for the belated photofriday this week (this is being posted on sunday night). I was travelling back from Egypt. I’ve some great new photos in store for you guys. Here is one of a brittlestar on a soft coral that I found on a night dive on the famous Thistlegorm wreck last week.
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Georgian Bay | Mike Pereira Photography
Another few shots from my trip to Killbear with Kevin Collins.
While there is plenty of Canadian landscape photography out there, I often find there is less Ontario landscape work going on. Part of this of course is that I am probably not looking hard enough.
Still, you can easily find hundreds of thousands of images of the Rocky Mountains, but start searching for images of Ontario and the results pages tend to get a little thinner. It could be because, outside of Niagara Falls, Ontario doesn’t seem have the “trophies” that many look for: those iconic images that have drawn the attention of so many photographers throughout the years.
Myself, I find the landscape here more subtle; it requires time and contemplation to create images that really stick. Often, I need to visit a place more than once just to start getting a feel for what it’s really like.
Georgian Bay is an area that I have only begun to discover. It’s an amazing landscape of rocks and coniferous trees that just astounds once you spend some time there. I can’t wait to get back.
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Me encantan, bellas tomas!
Hey Mike, another nice set of images, I like the clouds in number 1 but, the big foreground in number 3 is killer. Number 3 is my favourite of the group hands down.
Thanks very much Lee! That last one was a bit more challenging for me, but I was quite pleased with the results. Glad you liked it!
Love the clouds in #2 and details in the rocks in #3. Well done good sir… well done.
Thanks man! I was pleased with the second one in particular. That second sunset was a tough new for me. Glad I was able to create something that captured the feel of that evening.


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Life Will See You Now by Jens Lekman | 656605033921 | CD | Barnes & Noble®
After the release of his 2012 album, I Know What Love Isn't, Jens Lekman went out on tour and quickly realized that his fans hadn't really warmed up to the sad and subdued nature of the new songs. This realization sent Lekman into a bit of a tailspin that led to him questioning the nature of his songs and the character of "Jens" that he had created. He kept working and almost finished an album in 2014, but set it aside when it became clear that it wasn't quite right. Then in 2015 he launched two projects: Postcards, which consisted of Lekman writing and releasing a new song every week; and Ghostwriting, where he would put stories sent to him into lyrics and write music to go with them. The work that went into these undertakings inspired Lekman to rededicate himself to making another album. He teamed up with producer Ewan Pearson, whom he had met while doing guest vocals on a Tracey Thorn album, and started work on a new album. Life Will See You Now swings back from the subtle, more intimate nature of I Know What Love Isn't in favor of a bright and sunny-sounding album that's full of happy samples, disco beats, and cheerful melodies. As for the songs themselves, Lekman has taken a big step away from writing about "himself," and the record is a series of vignettes about other people or conversations he's had with people about life, with all the humor and insight, odd observations, and catchy choruses his songs have always had.
Jens Lekman Primary Artist,Piano,Hand Clapping
Ralph MacDonald Sampling
Ewan Pearson Hand Clapping,solina
Ellen Hjalmarsson Strings
Jackie Stoudemire Sampling
Josa Gerhard Strings
Anna Eichholz Strings
Jonas Odhner Horn Engineer
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Dominik Petzold Piano
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Jens Lekman Composer,Producer
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I'm not sure about you but I cannot believe that we have less than two weeks before the kids go back to school. Usually by this time of year my kids are starting to get on each other's last frayed nerve and I'm ready for them to hit the books again and get out of my hair for a bit each day. For some reason this summer is different. Maybe it's because this seems to be the fastest summer EVER! Maybe it's because I'm afraid it's the last summer I may be able to have off with my kids. Or perhaps it's because we're packing in as much fun as we can into this summer which is making it fly by. See, at the beginning of the summer our family sat down and brainstormed a list of things that we wanted to do, visit, eat etc. We called it our Family Summer Bucket List. This list included things like going on hikes (check), going to Great Wolf Lodge (check), getting ice cream at a local organic dairy (check), going to the drive-in (check) and hitting the beach (check!), hitting the all-you-can-eat fish and chips at a local restaurant (hopefully next week), going to Wonderland (hopefully soon) .... So far, we're doing pretty well on our list of fun things to do and even added an impromptu trip to Niagara Falls this week. Can I just say that I adore doing last minute day trips with my family?!? Who doesn't love a nice drive with coffees in hand to get to a new place to explore, have supper out with no normal everyday things to distract us from just spending time together?? It's truly blissful for me to have my family all to myself!
In a medium bowl, whisk together all of the ingredients until the sugar dissolves. Place chicken in a large Ziploc bag. Pour marinade over chicken and marinate for 4 hours. If possible, flip chicken half way through the marinating time to ensure that the marinade coats the chicken.
You know I love you, right? Well tonight you were the Queen of our house. I made this chicken tonight and it was a hit!! Yup I BBQ in Jan. and Yup it is totally worth it :)I used chicken legs, I was feeding a bunch of MAJOR eaters so it is cheaper than chicken breasts. My 3 year old gobbled up 3.thanks.
Oh dearest Kym! You know I love you right back. As for the marinade? You liked it! You really LIKED it!! I had a kind of royal feeling all day. Must have been from your marinade love. :) We are also big winter BBQers (by 'we' I mean Brad and by 'winter' I mean come hail, come snow come iced over BBQ my man will grill me some food!). We typically use boneless chicken thighs instead of the pricey breasts but any cut would do. I'd also love to try it on pork tenderloin.Thanks for the shout out. I do love to hear when people use and like what I post. If you're looking for a good salad dressing check out the Maple Balsamic Dressing I posted earlier this week. I lurrrved it!
Hi Laurie, I made this on boneless, skinless breasts yesterday for Colin's birthday party. 13 guests and everybody loved it. Thanks for the great recipe!Amanda
Amanda, I'm so happy that you guys loved this marinade. You comments reminded me about this recipe. I suffer from the 'so many recipes, so little time' issue. I'm planning on putting on this week's meal plan. Thanks for leaving me a comment. I love hearing that people enjoy my posts. Monday, May 13, 2013 10:47:00 am


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Eyeing Lynne's camera lens: October 2011
Happy Halloween! I am in Key West Florida, enjoying some beautiful weather. Fantasy Festival was a lot of fun. All I can say is I am speechless on what to say about what I have seen. Hope to post images soon. Till next time Peace!
I have been playing with a iphone app called iDroste, it makes some really cool shapes. Not sure to what I would use them for yet. They all started out with a image I have of a red apple. Till next time Peace!
iDroste art,
I just upgraded my 3gs to 4s. What a big difference. What surprised me most is the thing is wicked fast, also has great reception. Tell next time ~Peace~
The kids are always watching the carmel apple girls carmel apples. I love watching there reactions. This photo was captured and edited with my Iphone.
Fall has arrived the colors have started, and it is changing fast. It has started about two weeks early. The nights are cold into the 40's and todays high only 57 degrees. I hope winter comes and goes as fast as summer has.


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Rantings on Markets, Economics and Business Strategy: Pathocracy Update - Tesla’s Coming Collapse
I’m going to use this post to look at some less than obvious esoteric factors at work in the economy today. As a result, to call into question much of the beliefs commonly held by those who support this system and who are bullish about its future. I think many people will appreciate this post’s stark reality.
There is a lot of manipulation going on in Tesla’s stock. Frankly, I wonder if there is some shady dealings going on. The regulators are in the pockets of the Wall Street criminals because the politicians are crooks so we’ll never know. But Morgan Stanley recently raised Tesla’s stock price target to insanity, then professional traders manipulated the stock into the stratosphere and then after this was accomplished Tesla announced another stock offering. A coincidence? What did Einstein say? God doesn’t play dice. In other words, randomness is a delusion of our ego’s perceptions. I wonder if Wall Street plays dice?
If Tesla’s stock were trading at a valuation it deserves based on fundamentals, which is somewhere around 99% lower than it is today, then they could never raise the money needed. If they cannot raise money then what? The markets would demand a greater risk premium. That premium may actually may be too much for a startup company to absorb. Remember, Tesla has already benefited from many political favors including guaranteed taxpayer loans. Maybe a lower stock price and higher risk premiums would result in bankruptcy or a future that is grounded in reality (ie the company is a startup that still may fail) or something similar. There certainly is a club and we aren’t in it. This system is so rotten that what is outright insanity, if not fraud and corruption, has become accepted without question. Almost every aspect of our lives is described by this greater truth.
Tesla’s valuation today is closing in on the GDP of Bolivia, Bulgaria, Ethiopia, Kenya, Macau and Serbia. It has already surpassed the GDP of dozens of countries. Yet, Tesla’s economic output is comparatively just about zero. Have you ever wondered why Tesla can trade at nearly one thousand times EBITDA? This when tens of millions of Americans are enduring a debt-enslaved, nonliving wage existence paycheck to paycheck or worse. This when poverty is at record levels on our nation. This when the real unemployment rate is 25%. This when we are told there is no money for any type of democratic programs. We don’t have enough money to pay a living wage but we have enough money to plow Tesla’s stock to a level discounting one thousand years of earnings. Let the market decide. Hahaha! Well it has. The market decided that so much money should flow into Tesla that it is worth one thousand years of earnings and that millions of American citizens aren’t worth keeping alive. Or they are worth just enough to keep barely alive. Why? Because private, for-profit capital can’t extract any rent or profit exploitation from them. I’m sure if it wasn’t so heinous that the nonliving wage class would bring back the guillotine, the free market would be fine with actually allowing the untermensch to just die. A life enslaved to a nonliving wage job can’t be much more rewarding than death anyway. Why else do Chinese workers jump out of factory windows? This kind of Godless dystopian madness cannot be made up. Orwell would be blushing right now at the dystopian state horror that is far worse than he ever imagined.
How come that money plowing into Tesla isn’t instead being distributed to serve the needs of democracy, community and society? Or, how come that money isn’t being distributed to others who can create another few hundred or ten thousand companies like Tesla? It’s the same reason Tesla exists in the first place. Cronyism and corruption that is private, for-profit, rent-seeking capital. Well, and the fact that private, for-profit, rent-seeking capital has created the most massive financial bubble in the history of the world.
How does Tesla rate to receive guaranteed taxpayer-backed government loans when it had never turned a profit? Where is your guaranteed loan? Or where are the guaranteed loans from untold numbers of suppressed entrepreneurs who can’t get one?Frankly, this is how Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla, and countless others made their wealth in the first place. Musk had a small business that merged with another company during the Internet bubble. That company was then purchased by Paypal again during the Internet bubble. Then eBay purchased PayPal, again during the Internet bubble. And, as a result of that gargantuan Internet money bubble, he received magnitudes more money for his company than it was actually worth. Actually, his company was apparently worth little or nothing because it was scrapped by Paypal. But that didn’t stop him from becoming a billionaire through the money printing idiocy of the Internet bubble.
So, we saw this magnification effect of companies buying companies inflated in value by magnitudes. Once you get to the third of fourth iteration of companies buying companies the magnification effect on money was insane. Magnitudes times magnitudes of company mergers and buyouts, the cash-out payments for those in the club became stupidly beyond any semblance of reality. By the way, this still happen.
So, let’s take a look at what I am talking about. A hypothetical of what was happening during the Internet bubble. Let’s say a company is bought for 50x what it is worth. Frankly, maybe it has never made a profit so it may actually be worth little to nothing at all. Buying companies that are worthless or substantially so happened time and again during the Internet bubble and many times since. Then that company is again bought by another company for 75x what it is worth. Then again this company is bought by another for 20x what it is worth. If your investment was originally $10,000, you are now worth $10,000x50x75x20. Or your $10,000 is now worth $750,000,000. Voila! You are now a member of the one percent and you never really did anything other than support the predatory mergers and acquisitions game. All courtesy of the criminal Wall Street racket. Yes, it is a club. Not a club based on merit but on corruption and fraud. Not every example is so extreme but this reality of “cashing out” is quite common. I doubt most participants are even mindful of its madness. Their ego tells them that they are brilliant and they deserve what they have “earned”. The same ego that tells them that millions of Americans aren’t worthy of a living wage. The rot is so ingrained and accepted that this is the American dream for the ego-driven unbridled ambition for many college “educated”. And we actually encourage our children to embrace this system. Remember, the German people giggled with glee under the leadership of the Nazi Party because they too closed their eyes to greater truth.
Frankly, as an aside, eBay itself has excelled because millions of Americans have essentially created an undercurrent barter and broker economy to stay alive. That’s really what eBay mainly represents. In many ways, they have become renter capitalists as well. Not by choice but through the force of the state. Yes, some corporations have become involved in selling overproduction on eBay but it’s success is predicated on working class people bartering and brokering to stay alive. eBay flourishes substantially because our economy is and has been collapsing for decades. (More on this in my upcoming series of posts.)
Remember that barter and broker comment because I have made it before about what may be coming. It’s already here for millions. Most who serve the corporatocracy just aren’t mindfully aware of their ego’s own delusions so they don’t see it.
Today Musk took the money he made in the Internet bubble to make cars for the one percent. In other words, to make cars for those who made him rich during the Internet bubble. A little bit of quid pro quo or back scratching that has come to define success in Amerika. I doubt that was his mindful intent but the reality is the best opportunity to make money in this system is to serve the class who controls the flow of money. There is no doubt any astute person recognizes this.
I will grant Tesla that it employs quite a few people. Most of whom cannot afford the product they make. I thought we used to call out capitalists who made things that their workers couldn’t afford as Robber Barons. But now they are revered as magnates. Ha! Steven Jobs is the poster child for this dynamic. How much of what is made in this world is unaffordable to those who make things for the amusement of their masters? That class-based dynamic continues to swell.
Now, some people will view this post singling out Elon Musk. Meh. That is simply not my intent. I just don’t mindlessly chant ignorance in support of how this unjust system of control operates or why Tesla’s stock is hundreds of times more expensive than the average stock in 1929. I’m simply using an example to build a narrative of larger importance. Personally, I think Musk exhibits many admirable qualities and respect him as a human being. I’m simply asking people to think beyond the end of their nose. Elon Musk is worthy as all people are. As all life is. I wish Musk an abundant life as I do all people. Actually I wish we had more people like Musk. That is, more people who actually embraced science, the method through which humanity is propelled into abundance, and who valued building things. And building them well as Tesla does. Then there would be millions more Elon Musks in this world. And, rather than building cars for the one percent, wouldn’t it be nice if we had an economic system that encouraged them to build things that actually allowed more of humanity to reap benefits? That will never happen as long as our world is controlled by pathocrats, private banking, private money creation and private, profit-seeking capital because they care more about their gods of money, class rank and title than they do about humanity. We can clearly see this greater truth with the massive poverty that exists in a world of unprecedented abundance.
In closing, it is quite plausible that Tesla’s collapse will include more than in its stock. It could be the company itself that collapses. I think all of the other Obama crony investments have already failed. To be honest, I doubt that Tesla is actually long for this world either. That’s a common theme on here as I have noted that we could see corporations fall like dominos as this system unwinds. Tesla is benefiting from exogenous, temporary factors as noted on here before. If carbon energy prices implode, and that is a long term thesis on here that I remain very comfortable with, there isn’t going to a line out the door for electric cars. Well, and if that happens, most of the illusion of wealth in this world created through central bank money printing (that created the one percent Tesla serves) is going to disappear anyway. In other words, both the one percent and the electric auto industry are going to be exposed as a temporary mirage. What a great irony. The very system that birthed Musk’s wealth and Tesla may destroy them both. That’s simply another manifestation of the endless contradictions of corporate capitalism.


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Some look to Bible for financial guidance - tribunedigital-chicagotribune
Advice developed on spending, debt, how money is viewed
April 23, 2006|BY GREGORY KARP, a personal finance writer for The Morning Call, a Tribune Co. newspaper in Allentown, Pa.
Inspiration for handling money smarter stems from a variety of sources. Math and logic might inspire some people, while understanding emotional spending triggers provides an "Aha!" moment for others.
Many people are turning toward spiritual guidance to get their financial lives on track. It's especially gaining traction among Christians, who point to some 2,350 references to money in the Bible.
"People know that they've got personal struggles," said Howard Dayton, chief executive officer of Crown Financial Ministries and author of the new book "Free and Clear: God's Road Map to Debt-Free Living" (Moody Publishers, $12.99).
"People, I think, are really hungry to find answers," he said.
Crown Financial Ministries offers Bible-based financial advice at seminars in churches throughout the country. Similarly, radio talk-show host Dave Ramsey, who wrote the best-selling book "The Total Money Makeover," weaves common-sense personal finance with the Bible daily on his show. His class, Financial Peace University, is taught at churches and other organizations throughout the country.
Dayton said he's aware that some people like to keep money and religion separate.
"It's totally understandable that many people partition handling money from their spiritual life and view it as secular," he said. "What you see in scripture is there's no partition at all. It's, in fact, one of the key pieces in the puzzle in a person growing in their spiritual life."
Dayton said 15 percent of everything Jesus says in the Bible is about money and possessions.
And how you handle money reflects your values, he said. "It's tangible. If you show me your calendar and your checkbook, I can tell you what's really important to you," he said.
Christianity isn't the only faith to acknowledge a link between money and religion.
For example, similar attitudes about overspending and debt are present in Judaism, and Islam forbids the charging or paying of interest.
But Christians celebrated Easter last week and 77 percent of adult Americans identify themselves as Christians, according to the Census Bureau, so here are Biblical notions about money and spending that might inspire you, whether or not you are religious:
"The borrower is servant to the lender" (Proverbs 22:7). "That's probably the key passage with respect to the heart of God when it comes to debt," said Dayton, who said he had to dig his own way out of significant debt during the 1970s.
The Bible doesn't address which types of debt might be more acceptable than others, but Dayton teaches that debt for a home, education and business are OK, although he does advocate paying off a home mortgage early.
"I can say from my own experience that once we had our own home paid for, we were able to give much more generously, and we were really able to increase our saving and investing significantly," Dayton said.
The type of borrowing that is hurting many Americans is car loans, he said. "Car debt is, if not the biggest, then one of the biggest, inhibitors keeping people from being financially free," he said.
Crown's financial plan advocates keeping a car for at least three years after paying it off, but keep making the monthly payments to your bank account. That way, when you need another car, the trade-in value of your old car plus the saved money should be enough to pay cash for a decent used car.
Keeping up with the Joneses has been a persistent problem. The solution is to find contentment in what you already have. The word contentment appears seven times in the Bible, six of which are references to handling money and possessions, Dayton said.
One example: "I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret to being content in any and every situation" (Philippians 4:10-13).
Contentment allowed Dayton, for example, to drive what his kids called the "rotten Chiquita," an ugly yellow station wagon, while the family was getting out of debt. "It didn't bother me one bit," he said.
"It is required in stewards that one be found faithful" (1 Corinthians 4:2).
Americans and the American Dream are tied to the concept of ownership. That perhaps makes more difficult an idea that people don't own anything but are just handing money and possessions for God. "He's the owner of everything, and we're merely stewards, managers of what he entrusts to us," Dayton said.
If nothing else, being God's money manager "elevates all your financial decisions," he said. "When you're handling it for the creator of the universe, you want to do it his way."


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Clear Thinking ink: When the pipes burst
When the pipes burst
Nothing in life is guaranteed. Not love, security, happiness or health. The only thing I know for sure is that I am in charge of choosing how to respond to the good and the bad that comes my way.
Yesterday, I learned the city water line that comes into my house has sprung a leak -- and it's my responsibility to have it replaced. Yikes - that will be messy and expensive. I'd love there to be someone to blame, someone to take responsibility. But there is no one and nothing to blame. The pipes are old and I happen to own the property they service. Damn and blast, but there you have it. Life. When you least expect it. Smacks you in the eye.
I am overwhelmed and exhausted even before I begin to sort this out. But focusing on those emotions will get me precisely nowhere.
Pick myself up. Dust myself off. And start calling those contractors. That'll get the ball rolling and repairs happening. Even though each step brings me one closer to my lovingly tended front yard being dug up, it's the only way through this mess. And it's going to get messier.
Oh well. At least the basement hasn't flooded...yet.
Posted by Amanda LeRougetel at 9:38 AM
Labels: attitude, disaster, old pipes, perspective
Annalise Johnnie said...
Well, good for you for being so calm about this. It's not a great situation, but the best thing to do is to get moving and seek a solution to the problem. You're acting pretty quickly, but not rashly. I hope those pipes of yours get fixed and no severe flooding happens in your basement.
-Annalise Johnnie