Posts from — June 2005

“Before you’ve finished your breakfast this morning, you’ll have relied on half the world”
- Martin Luther King

I’m trying to learn more about fair trade and become more involved.

Please check out Make Fair Trade for information on this and how to get involved. E-mail me if you come up with any good ideas!

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Have you ever wondered why the moon looks so humungous at times and then within 10 minutes it’s back to its normal little self high in the sky?
I finally looked into this and it’s actually an illusion. That’s why this “phenomenon” can’t be captured in photos or film.
Crazy, huh?!
Info from NASA on the Moon Illusion is here.

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Currently reading:
Deepsix by Jack McDevitt

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I came across this and thought it was a great idea. Figured I’d give it a shot.
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I am from magic markers, from Crayola and wax.

I am from the yellow sunlight streaming through the kitchen window
as the breeze gently blows the shades.

I am from the daffodils that brighten it all, the dandelions for salad and wine.
From the weeds that are a paradox and the dirt that lies under my feet year after year.

I am from long birthday songs and mothering hips, from Grandpa Joe’s silence and Aunt Lori’s tears. From mom’s eighteen laughs and dad’s lengthy snores.

I am from the wonderfully thoughtful, amazing birthday gifts that come a month and a year late and the belly laughs and squeals that turn to tears.

From “milk helps you digest” and “no cap’n crunch or soda”.

I am from church on days of funerals and weddings, and belief in something higher. From respecting everyone around you but not reading and prayers. From color blindness and money blindness and statues of the buddha.

I’m from the little hospital in Suffern, New York and the walls of Germany; from the fogs of Ireland to the cities of Poland. I am from chicken frickasee and the most disgustingly delicious brownies smothered in brown sugar and butter. From the crepes we call “French Pancakes” which require the special pans, passed down from Nana who turned 100 years old on a day when I was young. “Plate no fork” and a pound of butter and don’t forget to refill the sugar.

From the day Marly broke her arm….at the funeral, the car on Logan’s foot, the Friendly’s lunches with Grandpa B, and camping in the water gap.

I am from the boxes in attics and closets which hold it all in print, from the tapes of singing and talking and the memories we share.

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My daily calendar tells me to learn a new word today, so here it is:

apposite • \AP-uh-zit\ • adjective
highly pertinent or appropriate: apt

Example sentence:
“It is a lucid work, written in simple English and amply illustrated by apposite examples. . . .”

And, check out the visual thesaurus by the way because it’s pretty darn cool! I used to use it quite often when brainstorming…

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Saw a great movie last night – The Jacket with Adrien Brody and Keira Knightly. Definitely recommend it! Rent it. It’s like Jacob’s Ladder meets One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest meets Memento. Or something like that. Adrien Brody was brilliant as always. Get ready for a play on your mind.

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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
~J. R. R. Tolkien

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