SpaceKitty Wanderingsjoyful resistance in difficult timestoday's tasty word salad- September 26, 2007 If onlyI could throw awaythe urgeto trace my patternsin your heartI could really see you.-unknownhttp://radio.weblogs.com/0106444/2007/09/25.html#a320 life is precious- September 17, 2007 my good friend paul died way too young. he had all the signs, but he had no idea, an avid dancer and healthy eater, that he was having a heart attack. so if you experience these symptoms, please please please get checked out:extreme exhaustionnauseamuscle pain, usually in upper body, but in his case it was in his legs.friend, mentor, a positive force in my life. pure presence with heart. big love for you, paul. big love.http://radio.weblogs.com/0106444/2007/09/17.html#a319 more books by my bedside- September 15, 2007 i'm usually a one book at a time kind of gal. but school has corrupted that pattern. gift from the sea, anne morrow lindberg. written the 50s, a white middle-class housewife who takes a two week break for herself to write and reflect. surprisingly insightful and relevant. beautifully-crafted writing. "...woman must come of age by herself--she must find her true center alone."omnivore's delight, michael pollin. a follow up to the barbara kingsolver...http://radio.weblogs.com/0106444/2007/09/14.html#a318 see with your heart- September 15, 2007 It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. Antoine de Saint-Exuperyhttp://radio.weblogs.com/0106444/2007/09/14.html#a317 i'm a fool for tools- September 14, 2007 I am embracing impending Fall and Winter. Last year I tacked up blankets to keep the heat contained in areas me and my roommate were using. We saved a lot of money on gas bills. This year, I realized it would be much nicer if I mounted the blankets on curtain rods. What's a power drill-less woman to do Go to Berkeley's tool library of course! Now I can drill, rotototille, mix cement, electric snake, and sand to my heart's delight, all for free using my library card! Berkeley was the...http://radio.weblogs.com/0106444/2007/09/13.html#a316 scorcher- September 12, 2007 Scorcher is the turn of the century term for those who rode their bikes too fast. Women, in particular, were not to exceed 7 miles per hour and ride upright to prevent "stimulation" (heh heh). At first bicycles were impractical for women, given their confining clothes, but as the bicycling caught on and the machinery was refined, more women began riding. This gave women more freedom to roam than ever before, and paved the way for more practical clothes like bloomers. While pants on..http://radio.weblogs.com/0106444/2007/09/12.html#a315 sf bike festival- September 12, 2007 if you love films and bikes--check out the sf bike festival, 919-22. this year's line up looks really great!here are a couple of examples:a documentary about snowboarders traveling the Northwest in a bikecar: a four-person, pedal-powered vehicle.in ghana, a rural village eagerly awaits a shipment of recycled bicycles--the film chronicles the lives of two individuals before they get the bicycles and again one year later.http://radio.weblogs.com/0106444/2007/09/12.html#a314 Localvore!- September 2, 2007 I am almost finished with Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. She and her family ate locally grown foods for one year. Most of the analysis of why one should eat local wasn't new to me--though still interesting to read because she articulated the reasons so beautifully. The descriptions of her garden season by season was informative and entertaining, as each new crop had it's own particular chaos. Halfway through the book, I returned my library.http://radio.weblogs.com/0106444/2007/09/01.html#a313 |