Sunday, October 31, 2010
Lasagna Clipart
Today's pasta clipart image is lasagna clipart. Authentic Italian lasagna is one of my favorite foods in the world. You may think that lasagna is extremely heavy and fattening, but the original Italian kind isn't like that. It's lighter and healthier than its American incarnations.
People with food websites or a website for an Italian restaurant might find this clipart useful.
The above pasta clipart was found at clker.com. Check them out for more related free clipart.
People with food websites or a website for an Italian restaurant might find this clipart useful.
The above pasta clipart was found at clker.com. Check them out for more related free clipart.
Celebrating Uniqueness
One of my favourite parts of being a Coach is recognising and Celebrating Uniqueness - hearing what makes my Clients Excited and helping them express their Unique Gifts in the world.
It has been wonderful at College the last few weeks - although we have all been studying the same Course, we all have a sense of our own Unique Purpose - how exciting to hear what Excites and Inspires different people. How wonderful to see people in touch with what makes them SHINE, and so Excited to share their Gifts. I loved last week hearing about my friend Christie who is so passionate about nutrition and so talented in her raw food creations - she is truly amazing!! And another woman from College is so passionate about Wellness and helping people in the area of Health.
And as I watch 'X-Factor' tonight, it is clear that Altiyan Childs is definitely expressing his Uniqueness - he started his first band when he was 12 and is currently a forklift driver and had almost given up his dream of becoming a musician. He has a Gift.
We all have a Gift.
We all have a Gift.
However, from the time we start school we are taught to fit in, wearing our uniforms, learning the rules, learning all of the subjects that will make us "successful". Through school and inparticular through our teenage years, we try to be like everyone else - to "fit in". We feel the pressure of friends, parents, society. And in doing so this can often be the undoing of our self-esteem and confidence as we move away from being true to ourselves.
Then we have to make a decision what to do after school, or find ourselves in a job that does not make us happy, or find ourselves redundant or returning to the workforce and trying to work out what to do. Not to mention experiencing financial pressures and sometimes making Choices, that we feel we have to make, to pay the bills or "pull the sled" for the family.
And there is the stress of working out what to do and how to make this possible. This is where a Life Coach can help in Celebrating Uniqueness and putting your Dreams into Action.
My belief is that we are all here for a reason, that we have a Life Purpose, a Calling. I love the part in 'Wishcraft' Barbara Sher - Imagine that Your Gifted Child Within You was...
- Treated as though You had a unique kind of genius that was loved and respected...
- Told that You could do and be anything you wanted...
- Told that You would be loved and admired no matter what it was...
- Given real help and encouragement in finding out what You wanted to do and how to do it...
- Encouraged to explore all Your own talents and interests, even if they changed from day to day...
- Allowed to complain when the going got rough, and given sympathy instead of being told to quit...
- Surrounded by Winners who were pleased when You won.
WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD BE DOING NOW?
WHAT WOULD YOU ALREADY HAVE DONE?
WHAT KIND OF PERSON WOULD YOU BE?
- Treated as though You had a unique kind of genius that was loved and respected...
- Told that You could do and be anything you wanted...
- Told that You would be loved and admired no matter what it was...
- Given real help and encouragement in finding out what You wanted to do and how to do it...
- Encouraged to explore all Your own talents and interests, even if they changed from day to day...
- Allowed to complain when the going got rough, and given sympathy instead of being told to quit...
- Surrounded by Winners who were pleased when You won.
WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD BE DOING NOW?
WHAT WOULD YOU ALREADY HAVE DONE?
WHAT KIND OF PERSON WOULD YOU BE?
As a Life Coach I love Celebrating Uniqueness, Celebrating a Client's Greatness. Some of the areas and questions include:
- Who Are You?
- Highlights from the Past - asking such questions as "Recall times when you have so absorbed in what you were doing that you hardly noticed the time. What were you doing?'
- Highlighting Your Passions - "What makes your heart sing?', What do you enjoy doing when you're not working? - Also - What exciting topic (s) would keep you talking late into the night?"
- Changing the World - "If you could share one bit of wisdom with the whole world, what would it be?", "Imagine yourself at the end of your life looking back - is there a dream in you of serving or helping others or making a positive difference in a certain area?"
Some of my favourite questions are:
- "If you were financially independent and money was not a factor, what kind of work would you do?"
- "If you could wave a magic wand and know you could not fail, what would you do?"
Coaching can offer you a chance to find a Career that has Heart and Meaning for you with the opportunity to look at your Special Qualities, your Talents, your Passions. Coaching also offers you the opportunity to take steps to express your Purpose.
If you would like to wake up feeling Excited that you are living your life on Purpose, please call Kath, SHINE Coaching 0416 285 687.
You may be a school leaver, trying to work out what to do next... or you may have been recently made redundant or a Mum returning to the workforce... or perhaps you are unhappy in your job and finding it hard to be motivated day in and day out.
THINK BIG!!! LOVE YOUR LIFE!!! EXPRESS THE TRUE YOU IN THE WORLD!!!
* And I would like to dedicate this to my friend Julie who has ALWAYS been an Inspiration to me and is living her Life Purpose, stepping into a new Career that she loves - Congratulations Juls x
* And I would like to dedicate this to my friend Julie who has ALWAYS been an Inspiration to me and is living her Life Purpose, stepping into a new Career that she loves - Congratulations Juls x
Orange & Black
Shadows of a thousand years
Rise again unseen,
Voices whisper in the trees
"Tonight is Halloween"
Dexter Kozen
I'm really into candy right now. Not in the same way I was in 1968, but that is a completely different story.
I am not going to write about All Hallow's Eve today but about something completely different -- clear, unequivocal statements about relationships, hopes, dreams and the future. For those seeking an orange and black goblin fix, scroll down to the video link at the end.
Here is what I wonder: when someone feels that certain way about someone -- why don't they tell them? I bring this up for two reasons. First, I don't get it; when I want, desire, hope, pray or beg for something I do it explicitly. I mean who wants to miss out on something simply because we were unclear about our intentions. Second, an old girlfriend got in touch recently via one of the social networks; after the exchange of details of our lives over the past 25 years, she told me that she had always regretted that we did not give "a real relationship a try."
Her: "I always wanted that."
Me: "Why didn't you ever say that to me?"
Her: "I did in many little ways."
Me: "How about in english to my face, preceded by the words 'I have something I want you to know.'"
Her: "That's not how love works."
Really! Is this another of those life lessons they taught girls in Home Ed. while the boyz were being shown how to throw a curve ball? That's all I got for now -- Happy Halloween.
Here lies the Video link at the end for cat-lovers, pumpkin-lovers and fans of halloween.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Thematic Photographic 121: Yellow
Sunshine Yellow - makes me think of summer, makes me smile.
All that glisters is not gold ....
these are from a visit to New Zealand's only open-cast gold mine:
A big hole needs a big yellow truck-
My mother used to warn me about this :
Back to flowers - a beautiful azalea from my spring garden (a bit orange, maybe)
Prince And The New Power Generation - Gett Off
01 - Gett Off (Single Remix)
02 - Gett Off (Urge Single Edit)
03 - Gett Off (Purple Pump Mix)
Prince And The New Power Generation
Friday, October 29, 2010
Leading Causes of "The End"
Well it is nearly All Hallows Eve and I have been working on a fairly dark section of my current book project, so I thought today I might ponder a bit about death. Specifically, what are the leading causes of death worldwide and then some specifics about death in the United States.
The best numbers on death worldwide come from the World Health Organization. They divide their data into low, medium and high income countries because the standard of living equates to better or worse access to health care. For that reason malaria appears in the low-income data but not middle or high-income nations. On the other side of the dark coin, Alzheimer's related deaths appear only in the high-income countries. A comprehensive global comparison would run far beyond the scope of a single blog post. So I focused on the U.S. numbers.
Divide the population into 10 segments by age:
<1,
1-4,
5-9,
10-14,
15-24,
25-34,
35-44,
45-54,
55-64,
65+.
First a couple of questions and then a big hint if you need one.
Question 1: Five age groups (1-4, 5-9, 10-14, 15-24, 25-34) share the same most common cause of death, what is it?
Question 2: What is the most common causes of death overall, it appears in the top ten of every category except infants under one year of age?
Here is your hint, which will answer question #2 and help you on question #1.
Top Ten Most Common Causes of Death in the U.S.
1. Heart Disease 616K
2. Malignant Neoplasms 562K
3. Cerebro-vascular 135K
4. Chronic Low Respiratory Disease 127K
5. Unintentional Injury 123K
6. Alzheimer's Disease 74K
7. Diabetes Melitus 71K
8. Influenza & Pneumonia 52K
9. Nepritis 46K
10. Septicemia 34K
Heart Disease remains the number #1 killer in the U.S. and from that list you probably also figured out that Unintentional Accident tops the list for those over 1 and under 45. And yes a big portion of that number is automobile accidents. Two more questions.
3. What cause of death not in the top ten ranks 2nd for 15-24 year olds, 3rd for 1-4, 10-14 & 25-34, 4th in the 5-9 age group and 6th among 35-44 year olds?
4. What cause of death also not in the top ten ranks 2nd for 25-34 years old, 3rd for 15-24, 4th for 10-14 & 35-44 and 5th for 45-54 and even 8th among 55-64 year olds?
Just a couple of other facts before I answer those two questions. Clearly the 65+ group has the highest numbers in all categories of the top ten. Deaths of those 65 and older account for nearly 70% of the total nationwide. This 70% of deaths number would be 80%+ if the answers to questions 3 & 4 did not exist.
Answer to question #3: Homicide
Answer to question #4: Suicide
If you would like to see this data as a graph.
The best numbers on death worldwide come from the World Health Organization. They divide their data into low, medium and high income countries because the standard of living equates to better or worse access to health care. For that reason malaria appears in the low-income data but not middle or high-income nations. On the other side of the dark coin, Alzheimer's related deaths appear only in the high-income countries. A comprehensive global comparison would run far beyond the scope of a single blog post. So I focused on the U.S. numbers.
Divide the population into 10 segments by age:
<1,
1-4,
5-9,
10-14,
15-24,
25-34,
35-44,
45-54,
55-64,
65+.
First a couple of questions and then a big hint if you need one.
Question 1: Five age groups (1-4, 5-9, 10-14, 15-24, 25-34) share the same most common cause of death, what is it?
Question 2: What is the most common causes of death overall, it appears in the top ten of every category except infants under one year of age?
Here is your hint, which will answer question #2 and help you on question #1.
Top Ten Most Common Causes of Death in the U.S.
1. Heart Disease 616K
2. Malignant Neoplasms 562K
3. Cerebro-vascular 135K
4. Chronic Low Respiratory Disease 127K
5. Unintentional Injury 123K
6. Alzheimer's Disease 74K
7. Diabetes Melitus 71K
8. Influenza & Pneumonia 52K
9. Nepritis 46K
10. Septicemia 34K
Heart Disease remains the number #1 killer in the U.S. and from that list you probably also figured out that Unintentional Accident tops the list for those over 1 and under 45. And yes a big portion of that number is automobile accidents. Two more questions.
3. What cause of death not in the top ten ranks 2nd for 15-24 year olds, 3rd for 1-4, 10-14 & 25-34, 4th in the 5-9 age group and 6th among 35-44 year olds?
4. What cause of death also not in the top ten ranks 2nd for 25-34 years old, 3rd for 15-24, 4th for 10-14 & 35-44 and 5th for 45-54 and even 8th among 55-64 year olds?
Just a couple of other facts before I answer those two questions. Clearly the 65+ group has the highest numbers in all categories of the top ten. Deaths of those 65 and older account for nearly 70% of the total nationwide. This 70% of deaths number would be 80%+ if the answers to questions 3 & 4 did not exist.
Answer to question #3: Homicide
Answer to question #4: Suicide
If you would like to see this data as a graph.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Juliana Hatfield - Universal Heart-Beat
01 - Universal Heart-Beat
02 - Where Would I Be Without You
03 - Yardsailing
04 - Girl In Old Blue Volvo Disowns Self
Juliana Hatfield
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Bacon, Baklava and Barium
Imagine this twist in the tale, the wise persons are not blind, they are all put in front of a huge salt water coral reef tank in one of the wonderful aquariums we have built around the world. Their task: describe one of the tropical creatures they see. Of course you would expect to get a wide range of reports with all of the brightly coloured sea life on display. But then I tell you that at least one of the reports came from a man wearing those blu-blocker sunglasses, another from a women who turned her back to the aquarium and described only what she heard murmured by others and finally, one of the reports came from a man paid to describe only the yellow and white, heavily spined pufferfish. What distorted moral would you draw from this tale?
An article this month in The Atlantic suggests that this little fish story is the moral equivalent of medical research today. Lies, Damned Lies and Medical Statistics reports via meta-research that the data being given to doctors and patients about diet, exercise and in particular pharmaceuticals is terrible flawed and potentially bought and paid for by the drug manufacturers.
Here some excerpts:
Can any medical-research studies be trusted?
That question has been central to Ioannidis's career. He's what's known as a meta-researcher, and he's become one of the world's foremost experts on the credibility of medical research. He and his team have shown, again and again, and in many different ways, that much of what biomedical researchers conclude in published studies--conclusions that doctors keep in mind when they prescribe antibiotics or blood-pressure medication, or when they advise us to consume more fiber or less meat, or when they recommend surgery for heart disease or back pain--is misleading, exaggerated, and often flat-out wrong. He charges that as much as 90 percent of the published medical information that doctors rely on is flawed. His work has been widely accepted by the medical community; it has been published in the field's top journals, where it is heavily cited; and his is a big draw at conference. Given this exposure, and the fact that his work broadly targets everyone else's work in medicine, as well as everything that physicians do and all the health advice we get, Ioannidis may be one of the most influential scientists alive. Yet for all his influence, he worries that the filed of medical research is so pervasively flawed, and so riddled with conflicts of interest, that it might be chronically resistant to change--or even to publicly admitting there is a problem.
No here comes the scary part--Dr. Ioannidis is not being scapegoating or attacked, nearly everyone segment of the medical research community agrees with his findings, but they are not sure they should tell--us!
The question of whether the problems with medical research should be broadcast to the public is a sticky one in the meta-research community. Already feeling that they're are fighting to keep patients from turning to alternative medical treatments such as homeopathy, or misdiagnosing themselves on the Internet, or simply neglecting medical treatment altogether, many researchers and physicians aren't eager to provide even more reason to be skeptical of what doctors do--not to mention how public disenchantment with medicine could affect research funding.
I strongly recommend reading the entire article. After I finished it I thought about the several medical newsletters I regularly read online and wondered how much of that information is flawed. Never mind, how much has changed, even completely reversed the health advice we received in the recent past. I thought I would offer up some of my favor current bits of medical wisdom with Dr. Ioannisdis' caveat that it is likely to be flawed, wrong or bought and paid for.
*Hair loss before age 30 is associated with a lower risk of prostate cancer later in life, according to a new study that contradicts some earlier research.
*A new study shows foods high in fat and refined sugar can create a cocaine-like addiction that leads to obesity. Persons so addicted should be treated for their addiction before attempting to address the weight issues.
*That daily baby aspirin for heart health, you know the one that suddenly became a full 325 mg tablet a couple of years ago. Well now it may not be such a good idea, particularly if you have a predisposition to stomach bleeds.
*Water--yes water! It seems those eight glasses of water a day are not such a universally good idea. Not only are there kidney issues for some individuals but when you drink the water can have an absorption/dilution effect on many medications including your Flintstone vitamins.
*Sex remains a good outlet for nearly every one. For the very few who might have serious life threatening consequences -- you got a better way to go?
**Yes I know that's a rhinoceros not an elephant, but a cool sculpture none the less.
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photo/sculpture: wirelady.com
photo/sculpture: wirelady.com
Monday, October 25, 2010
Link Dump
There's been a lot going on out there on the world wide web. Some of these links come from my own surfin' expeditions and others comes as suggestions from friends and fellow cyber travelers. I absolutely guarantee you won't care for all of them, so I shall add some prose to guide your clicking finger.
The first is a series of color coded maps of racial and ethnic diversity in U.S. cities. These are flickr photos from a gentleman named Eric Fischer. Easy to access and probably more fascinating when you check out the cities you know well. For me two interesting finds: there really is a Chinatown in San Francisco (third row, first map) -- look for the really, really green blob. And Detroit (second row, fourth map), sure there are a lot of racially segregated places all around the country, the original idea behind these maps was to demonstrate "homophily" which is the theory that we group together not because of segregation but because we want to be around those who share our group traits. You decide how that explains your favorite big city or not.
Next a quick science link answering the age old question about the condition of Schrodinger's cat. A good friend and cat lover noted that Schrodinger actually overlooked the fact that the cat is also an observer, dog people don't get that.
On a lighter note, this is came to me entitled Dating 1961, when I forwarded it to my high school friend it most reminded me of, she responded: "I never came home after twenty minutes." Damn, I should have dated her.
Touted as The Best Motivational Video, I suggest you not check it out unless you are a fan of Fight Club. Personally, I think I would take a step back from anyone truly motivated by this but you decide, I've been wrong before. This was sent to me by two friends on the same day, so I took notice.
For those in my generation who never really got it what our parents felt when they saw us listening to Black Sabbath, watching Mick Jagger and growing our hair ever longer... Watch this offering from Evil Boy and feel the generational disconnect. For anyone who started to watch the motivational video above and turned it off -- do not even start watching this one. BTW, there is a 30 second commercial lead-in not part of the video.
Finally for something truly uplifting, if nothing else today has hooked you... try this three minute gymnastic dance video. Even if you are not into modern dance, the gymnastics in this piece are truly spectacular. Wish I could move like that.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Celebration
I love to be in Celebration mode - taking time to acknowledge the Wins of my day and show Gratitude in my life. As the weekend nears to an end I would like to take the time to be in Celebration.
I am Excited that I have finally had my Garage Sale. I am in Celebration that I was able to bring in my Organiser Archetype and make this happen.
I am in Celebration for all of the people that visited my Garage Sale and bought my once loved treasure. I am in Celebration for my Mum and Dad who helped me for days and joined in the day.
I am in Celebration of My Man for cooking lunch for us on Saturday and for always supporting me.
I am also in Celebration that My Man's Mum arrived safely from her 4 week holiday and was Excited and Energised about her holiday.
I am in Celebration to spend time with my Brother and my Nieces Ashley and Olivia - it was such a wonderful surprise when they came to visit the Garage Sale on Saturday afternoon. And then we were able to go to Cronulla to enjoy ice cream. I just love holding their hands and hearing their stories and receiving their hugs. They are such a Gift in my life.
I am in Celebration that I have Choices where I can choose to Spread The Yellow, even in the small ways, such as when My Man and I have a disagreement, I can reach out to hold his hand.
I am especially in Celebration and Appreciation for my Coaching Clients. It is such an Honour to share their Journey. I am also very Grateful that I received two wonderful testimonials to include in an upcoming Editorial and in creating my Website. I am VERY Thankful.
- "Life Coaching has enabled me to get my wonderful life 'back on track'. Having an unbiased sounding board, as well as a skilled, enthusiastic and inspiring Coach has enabled me to create big changes in every area of my life. Thanks Kath." Julie, Cronulla.
- "Kath's Coaching has helped me change my life around for the better. She has guided me in many aspects of my life from getting organised with a new baby to strategies to help me lose weight. Kath has shown me how to find the abilities and tools within me to follow my dreams." Bronwyn, Caringbah.
- "Kath's Coaching has helped me change my life around for the better. She has guided me in many aspects of my life from getting organised with a new baby to strategies to help me lose weight. Kath has shown me how to find the abilities and tools within me to follow my dreams." Bronwyn, Caringbah.
I felt so happy when I read these words from my Clients. I am definitely in Celebration that I am a Life Coach.
I am committed to enjoying a daily ritual of being in Celebration and showing Gratitude and Appreciation for the Gifts in my life. This is my way to Love each day, Love Self, Love Life, Love All.
And I also Love being in Celebration with my Clients, Celebrating their Uniqueness and Greatness and Celebrating all of their Wins.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
KeepingItPeel
John Peel, he gave me more music than I could handle, simple as that. Everybody has said everything that can be said. We all listened, we all taped,we all wrote. I was lucky enough to start listening in 1977, when the best thing to ever happen to music was strangely enough happening!
I could ramble on and on and on, but to anyone else it would just be boring, what I can remember makes me smile, which is good, I could even handle the fact he was a Liverpool supporter!
So what to do to mark this day? What session? Couldn't choose, so here's an A-Z of session covers, sadly incomplete, but hey that's life. Thank you John Peel, Thank you.
01 - 3 Mustaphas 3 - Jingle Theme Tune (Grinderswitch)
02 - Ash - Teenage Kicks (The Undertones)
03 - Billy Bragg - Jeanne (The Smiths)
04 - Cud - You Sexy Thing (Hot Chocolate)
05 - The Delgados - Mr Blue Sky (Elo)
06 - Elastica - Da Da Da (Trio)
07 - The Fall - This Perfect Day (The Saints)
08 - Galaxie 500 - Submission (Sex Pistols)
09 - Half Man Half Biscuit - Goodnight Irene (Leadbelly)
10 - Inspiral Carpets - Gimme Shelter (The Rolling Stones)
11 - The Jesus & Mary Chain - My Girl (The Temptations)
13 - Lush - Hey Hey Helen (Abba)
14 - Mansun - Shot By Both Sides (Magazine)
15 - New Fast Automatic Daffodils - Purple haze (Jimi Hendrix)
16 - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - The More I See You (Dick Haymes)
17 - The Pixies - Wild Honey Pie (The Beatles).mp3
18 - Quickspace - If I Were A Carpenter (Tim Hardin)
19 - Rich Kids - Here Comes The Nice (The Faces)
20 - Siouxsie and the Banshees - Helter Skelter (The Beatles)
21 - Tompaulin - Since Yesterday (Strawberry Switchblade)
22 - The Unfinished Sympathy - Teenage Kicks (Undertones)
24 - The White Stripes - Jolene (Dolly Parton)
26 - Yo La Tengo - You Can Have It All (George McCrae)
27 - Zion Train - Babylon's Burning (The Ruts)
28 - The Housemartins - Pickin The Blues (Grinderswitch)
Maybe a tab predictable, but hey, I like it.
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Another little Milestone
This is the 160th post of this year on my little blog here, that number equals my output of last year, which was the most prior to today, err tomorrow, I mean the next one, probably Monday. Now I do admit to being a much more prolific poster when I wrote and edited PokerBlog.com. I produced poker content there at a rate of twenty posts a month; but as they say that was then this is not.
Even though I use this here blog as a daily writing exercise to keep me sharp for larger, longer projects; I did sorta have a goal for this year, which was 182.5 posts, you know every other day. It now appears I will exceed that number should I continue at my current pace. I hadn't really thought much about these numbers until I went to one of my good friend's blog the other day and found a post that simply said: Away.
How simple, how clear, how appropriate, just away.
I too wish to be away.
So I think I am going to take a hiatus from blogging . . . but not just yet. I'm thinking the end of the year. I am even considering a complete timeout from cyber-space including email, skype, facebook, twitter and lovely ladies over sixty dot com. I'm thinking of spending a couple of weeks with a short stack of books, just reading with a cat curled by my side. Yes going off grid.
But not yet, I have a mini list of items I have ignored while gazing at the western skies the last couple of weeks; those shall be coming to you soon.
I too wish to be away.
So I think I am going to take a hiatus from blogging . . . but not just yet. I'm thinking the end of the year. I am even considering a complete timeout from cyber-space including email, skype, facebook, twitter and lovely ladies over sixty dot com. I'm thinking of spending a couple of weeks with a short stack of books, just reading with a cat curled by my side. Yes going off grid.
But not yet, I have a mini list of items I have ignored while gazing at the western skies the last couple of weeks; those shall be coming to you soon.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Thematic Photographic 120: Savour
What a very intriguing theme this week.
If I were to post pictures of all or even a small percentage of the the things I savour, I'd be here till Christmas - and everyone would have lost interest and hitched a ride elsewhere.
So: pick one. What is better than music, or beautiful paintings, or the beach, or ciabatta, or a chilled glass of a good New Zealand white wine, or a warm apricot just picked ripe from the tree? What is more to be savoured than the smell of freesias, or the taste of espresso coffee? A good book, a perfect poem, an amazing movie? Can I choose anything which rates above my dog racing to greet me when I open the gate, a rib-crushing hug from my son, or the thrill I get from teaching clever, responsive young people?
Too hard. But I have managed to finally decide that my post will be about something I really delight in, relish, enjoy to the full: travel. I really do savour the thrill of visiting other countries, finding out how people live, touching the past.
Turkey is one of the most interesting places I have ever been.
If I were to post pictures of all or even a small percentage of the the things I savour, I'd be here till Christmas - and everyone would have lost interest and hitched a ride elsewhere.
So: pick one. What is better than music, or beautiful paintings, or the beach, or ciabatta, or a chilled glass of a good New Zealand white wine, or a warm apricot just picked ripe from the tree? What is more to be savoured than the smell of freesias, or the taste of espresso coffee? A good book, a perfect poem, an amazing movie? Can I choose anything which rates above my dog racing to greet me when I open the gate, a rib-crushing hug from my son, or the thrill I get from teaching clever, responsive young people?
Too hard. But I have managed to finally decide that my post will be about something I really delight in, relish, enjoy to the full: travel. I really do savour the thrill of visiting other countries, finding out how people live, touching the past.
Turkey is one of the most interesting places I have ever been.
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| Goreme: this woman was making a silk carpet in the traditional manner. |
Cappadocia has some of the most amazing natural land formations you'll ever see:
This shot is of the Temple of Zeus at the ancient city of Corinth, in Greece.
At the Monastery of St Stephen, actually a convent, high high in the mountains of Meteora in Greece: this was such a beautiful, pleaceful place.
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A Doh! Sunset
Just forty-five minutes before sunset the cloud layer lifts and there is the bridge with a light blue and pink sky behind it. This is the sunset that will align perfectly with the bridge, lo and behold this might actually happen!
Slowly the golden streaks of sunlight intensify the overcast holds high above the Bay, even with my meager little camera this could be the event I have been blathering about for weeks.
Yes! A solar appearance and with this angle of decline the sun will appear to be setting right smack in the middle of the bridge, it will actually be cradled between the two towers. Tolkienian prose leaps to mind.
Wait! What is that large dark bank of clouds. Quick check the weather website. Weekend storm moving in -- marine layer 35 miles off shore. Quick mathematical calculation: marine layer 35 miles away, sun 92,875,414 miles away. Hmm, that is going to cause a juxtapositional problem.
Damn! Foiled again by water vapor.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
The Chemical Brothers - Come With Us
01 - Come With Us (Edit)
02 - The Test (Edit)
03 - Come With Us (Fat Boy Slim Remix)
The Chemical Brothers
Beautiful Tom And Jerry Cartoon Wallpapers, Photo, Images
Tom and Jerry have been fighting like cats and dogs 1940. Tom & Jerry was created in 1940 by William Hanna and Joseph Barbara.The cartoon managed to win seven academy awards during its run, making it one of the most successful cartoons in television history. In 1963, The original cartoons such as the very first one: "The Puss Gets The Boot" featured a poorly drawn version of Tom and Jerry. Tom was portrayed to be an unintelligent house cat while Jerry was the brown mouse with a pea brain. He is most famous for his music for Tom and Jerry''. Started with Walt Disney in 1929 and moved to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1938 cartoon unit. om and Jerry cartoons were produced in the standard Academy ratio and format; from 1953 to 1956 some of the output was dually produced in both Academy format and the widescreen CinemaScope process.
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