- 16:18 Lovely time at our first corn maze with MamaJenn, Preston, Grayson! Thanks!
After meandering slowly (me) and racing up and back (kids and Jenn), we found the treat tokens and the 5 clues, but no painted ears. We did learn that the paths made (from above) the shapes of a barn, a silo, and a tractor. How is this done? Can a corn-planting machine be made to lay seed in patterns like a sewing machine can be programmed?
We lounged on the grass near rows of for-sale pumpkins for a picnic, and then bought some brownies from a local school fundraiser, a few tiny gourds, and petted a young Bernese Mountain Dog. I got (unsurpisingly) that much more sore* but it was pretty well worth it.
Mo and I came home, chilled out, my on the couch resting my pelvis joints and working on our Hallowe'en ears and him playing some PBS kids games online** until he talked me into getting up to feed him and make some paper airplane thing...
* The front bone in your pelvis is actually a joint, bound strongly with ligaments. When (if) your body is preparing to deliver a baby, this starts (ideally) to stretch, in part because the baby's head is pressing the hell down on it most of the goddamn time --ahem--at least near the end of the pregnancy. It can hurt. Mine hurts like hell for about half of my waking hours (the other half it's either rested from the night or I'm doing something else and not paying attention to it).
** I try to limit him: One hour of banal repetitive DVD I hide from v. one hour of online somewhat educational games that I can observe while working. Only sometimes it's both. I feel vaguely guilty the whole damn time (why are we not helping each other with chores, doing crafts, building castles, playing music, ...?) even though I know my own grandmother, who I respected deeply, allowed me a similar hour. Ah well! Parenting. Silly thing.
Podcasts from How Stuff Works: Stuff You Missed in History Class, thanks to DVS in SWAPA. Need iTunes specifically to listen to 'em.
A short essay on memorization (specifically of poetry), and why this isn't the "spitback" we (we?) hated in High School: A Word on Rote Memorization by Mark Bauerlein. Wish I'd had this handed to me in high school chemistry. Thanks maybe to![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
supergee? I forget. Maybe to Jed.
On retouching photos, in which a 46-year old woman is edited. Was this successful? Why did they do it? Impossibly Beautiful from Shakesville, via supergee.
Something that made me think about where I've been slacking in my own family responsibilities (this is a good thing, here, as I have been doing just that in certain ways): Dude, man up and start acting like a mom: How I learned to stop sulking and embrace my life as a stay-at-home father by Aaron Traister on Salon. Can't remember who posted this first, but thank you.
China Miéville has some reasons I hadn't heard of to appreciate J.R.R. Tolkein. This is via Supergee too, but seems right up Jed's alley also. And Chris Cobb's?
Continuing in the literary vein, an essay by Terri Windling on Beauty, Beast, and Marriage. Again with probably from Jed or Supergee.
The Achipelago of Weird, a metaphoric approach to coping with people who think you are just out there, and vice versa. Great phrasing; the comments fill out this idea a little, and add what I would've added had I been there for the discussion.lepi and mysteryelfx might appreciate this one especially. Well, many of you, but those two occasional readers of my blog come immediately to mind.
Three Swarthmore Reunion pics that make me happy: Folk Dancers, musicians and physics teachers (yes, Jim).
A short essay on memorization (specifically of poetry), and why this isn't the "spitback" we (we?) hated in High School: A Word on Rote Memorization by Mark Bauerlein. Wish I'd had this handed to me in high school chemistry. Thanks maybe to
supergee? I forget. Maybe to Jed.On retouching photos, in which a 46-year old woman is edited. Was this successful? Why did they do it? Impossibly Beautiful from Shakesville, via supergee.
Something that made me think about where I've been slacking in my own family responsibilities (this is a good thing, here, as I have been doing just that in certain ways): Dude, man up and start acting like a mom: How I learned to stop sulking and embrace my life as a stay-at-home father by Aaron Traister on Salon. Can't remember who posted this first, but thank you.
China Miéville has some reasons I hadn't heard of to appreciate J.R.R. Tolkein. This is via Supergee too, but seems right up Jed's alley also. And Chris Cobb's?
Continuing in the literary vein, an essay by Terri Windling on Beauty, Beast, and Marriage. Again with probably from Jed or Supergee.
The Achipelago of Weird, a metaphoric approach to coping with people who think you are just out there, and vice versa. Great phrasing; the comments fill out this idea a little, and add what I would've added had I been there for the discussion.
lepi and mysteryelfx might appreciate this one especially. Well, many of you, but those two occasional readers of my blog come immediately to mind.Three Swarthmore Reunion pics that make me happy: Folk Dancers, musicians and physics teachers (yes, Jim).
- 21:11 I am printing a SWAPA. See what reunions do to me? I don't have time for this! Clearly, I failed my willpower roll (again)...
- 13:50 Lots of good baby-type news happenin' among my friends. Very cool. Welcome, new arrivals, and hee! to the expected ones!
- 11:29 my to-do list is (as usual) too long. Partly New Year's stuff, partly still-undone stuff, partly just clean up after/before company stuff.
- 17:07 I'm off to Ladies Night Out with Indian Food. A good way to start the new year!
- 09:03 Happy New Year!
- 15:13 is having a great, lazy, New Year's Day with M, D & K from Proctor. Plus R & MonkeyBoy. Happiness!
- 17:11 just realized I decreased every row, not every inch, for 7 rows. Damn! Time to unknit...
In an uncharacteristic but sorely needed and probably well-deserved move, I went out last night to listen to Longford Row last night with the fabulous raven_albion and kilted_omalley. Oh, and drink scotch. Not too much (in the absolute sense), and enough for a merry me. Not as merry as, say, KiltedO'Malley, though. Hee!
R and MonkeyBoy stayed home for a movie night; R doesn't like Irish music and the show started after 9, which was pretty well right out for MonkeyBoy. Given that the music ended at 1 a.m., I spent the night at Raven's & KiltedO'Malley's, and actually slept all night long without being kicked in the back or even turning over. Wow. And then there were waffles and bacon and coffee for breakfast.
Wow. THANK YOU.
raven_albion and kilted_omalley. Oh, and drink scotch. Not too much (in the absolute sense), and enough for a merry me. Not as merry as, say, KiltedO'Malley, though. Hee!R and MonkeyBoy stayed home for a movie night; R doesn't like Irish music and the show started after 9, which was pretty well right out for MonkeyBoy. Given that the music ended at 1 a.m., I spent the night at Raven's & KiltedO'Malley's, and actually slept all night long without being kicked in the back or even turning over. Wow. And then there were waffles and bacon and coffee for breakfast.
Wow. THANK YOU.
Happy birthday, eclectic_boy!!
eclectic_boy!!Um. By the way (I thought today was yesterday):
Happy Birthdayellenmillion!!! Hope it's AMAZING.
(At least my subconscious must've had the days right, because I picked the dancer to post instead of some other stuff. Phew!)
Happy Birthday
ellenmillion!!! Hope it's AMAZING. (At least my subconscious must've had the days right, because I picked the dancer to post instead of some other stuff. Phew!)
After a bit of a tangled day, I finally made it to Burl, where R, MonkeyBoy and I had a wonderful time visiting with nutmegger and his lovely wife, mona_lisabeth. We got to spend Christmas money on a Train Cake pan and cookie cutters, have yummy food at Three Tomatoes, and lovely tea at Dobra Tea house. We stayed up late. MonkeyBoy is really quite wonderful; when exhausted, he gets runny and squirmy but not necessarily whiny. Strange, but true (and I am so grateful)!
nutmegger and his lovely wife, mona_lisabeth. We got to spend Christmas money on a Train Cake pan and cookie cutters, have yummy food at Three Tomatoes, and lovely tea at Dobra Tea house. We stayed up late. MonkeyBoy is really quite wonderful; when exhausted, he gets runny and squirmy but not necessarily whiny. Strange, but true (and I am so grateful)!Had a fabulous brunch with nutmegger and mona_lisabeth. Thank you guys so much for swinging by this side of the state!
nutmegger and mona_lisabeth. Thank you guys so much for swinging by this side of the state!MonkeyBoy is walking around with my cell phone saying "I love Lisa." :) She knows who she is.
I was posting a comment to ruthling that included one of the reasons I like LJ. Apparently this started the back of my mind ticking, and that just gelled out after reading a series of posts from women on my friends list: I am also a reader of LJ to be inspired and motivated by these talented, persistant, creative women. They include artists, self-employed women, writers, scientists, teachers, mothers, bakers, home fixer-uppers, dancers (and of course, most of these women are several at once!). I should find some webbish women to read as well (as if I need more to do/read), just for the ideas side of things.
Anyway, this is a big ol' shout-out to y'all for sharing yourselves. Thanks.
ruthling that included one of the reasons I like LJ. Apparently this started the back of my mind ticking, and that just gelled out after reading a series of posts from women on my friends list: I am also a reader of LJ to be inspired and motivated by these talented, persistant, creative women. They include artists, self-employed women, writers, scientists, teachers, mothers, bakers, home fixer-uppers, dancers (and of course, most of these women are several at once!). I should find some webbish women to read as well (as if I need more to do/read), just for the ideas side of things.Anyway, this is a big ol' shout-out to y'all for sharing yourselves. Thanks.
Fantastic day with lepi, turbocat, some 2- and 4-leggeds from Faerie Court Farm, and other good friends. Made even more wonderful because cookies began, continued, became even more numerous....
Mmm, cookies.
Yesterday scanned 4 or 5 pictures (old and new), which I will post after I have a chance to format them for the web. Yay for doodleworks. Am making progress on a series of 3 sample illustrations for a kids book, and am in consequence discovering I know jack-all or less about the colors of shadows, let alone where they go, and then let alone again how I can put them there on the page. Hrmph.... Not knowing about the ok-ness of web publication in advance of paper-book pub (should I be so lucky), I'm not posting these for feedback, but wish like heck I were.
In other news, forruthling: http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/0
In case you wondered why knowing about climate change/global warming is important:
lepi, turbocat, some 2- and 4-leggeds from Faerie Court Farm, and other good friends. Made even more wonderful because cookies began, continued, became even more numerous....Mmm, cookies.
Yesterday scanned 4 or 5 pictures (old and new), which I will post after I have a chance to format them for the web. Yay for doodleworks. Am making progress on a series of 3 sample illustrations for a kids book, and am in consequence discovering I know jack-all or less about the colors of shadows, let alone where they go, and then let alone again how I can put them there on the page. Hrmph.... Not knowing about the ok-ness of web publication in advance of paper-book pub (should I be so lucky), I'm not posting these for feedback, but wish like heck I were.
In other news, for
ruthling: http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/0Portland [the one in Oregon] is rolling out onstreet bike parking to accommodate the myriad of cyclists who need a place to stash their bikes while they work, shop, and plot to change the world.
In case you wondered why knowing about climate change/global warming is important:
when at customs, the officer of Homeland Security asks about the goal of my visit, I proudly tell him about the training. He goes: “Why that’s a mistake! They will brainwash you! They claim it's all about that carbon dioxide...but do you even know how much carbon dioxide there is in the atmosphere?” I do - 380 ppm (parts by million) - but quite frankly, I’m thrown. I get myself together and tell him that there’s a non-controversial correlation between the CO2 levels and the global temperatures averages, and also about how CO2 triggers the atmosphere to take up more water vapor, which in turn also works as a greenhouse gas ... but to no avail. The people in line behind me are stunned, and so am I. I thought I was going to Tennessee, but somehow I landed in the State of Denial.via http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/0
...Two hundred people coming from all fifty US states, from Slovenia, Uganda, Bali, Mexico, Canada and Belgium (supposedly, out of 4500 applicants for that session). The youngest is 14, the oldest must be the mid to late sixties. There are scientists, business-owners, students, editors, post-doc researchers, sales executives, professors, lawyers, architects, engineers, actors, nurses, writers, physicians, ministers, etc. All committed to do something about the climate crisis.
Thanks, you guys, for the birthday wishes!
Yes, it was a good day. It included a professional massage, a date, and cake. Yay!
I gotta get to the DMV pretty soon, my license is expired now. We tried yesterday, but arrived at 4:05, and it had closed at 4.
Yes, it was a good day. It included a professional massage, a date, and cake. Yay!
I gotta get to the DMV pretty soon, my license is expired now. We tried yesterday, but arrived at 4:05, and it had closed at 4.
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