Thinking about how slowly the recovery efforts are coming along, I was also reminded of the following suggestion by David McCreery that I clipped out of Time Magazine just after the hurricane.
Can't help thinking how different the photos of the Lower 9th Ward linked in the Transitions entry would look if we would have followed Mr. McCreery's suggestion.
Guess all is fair in "Love and War," right?
I decided at the last minute to go watch the sunset tonight and I'm so glad that I did. I made it to Locahatchee just in time to watch the final decent.
The sky was electric shades of pink, lavender and blue, it's beauty of it nearly took my breath away.
Only managed to squeeze in a few shots, couldn't choose a favorite so I'm posting all three of these.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
Next Wednesday is the last class in the beginner guitar course I've been taking. I have not had a lot of time on my hands for updates on the past few classes. We've gone over so much in such a short amount of time like ... practicing movable chords, (using F formation a lot). We've also gone over a list of common chord progressions (just encase we ever find ourselves in Nashville).
Last night we worked on converting a song to a new key without using a capo, that was a bit like math class. Oh and don't want to leave out the rocking beat we practiced for The Hokey Pokey. I'm sure that the rocking beat must have other important uses besides the The Hokey Pokey, it sounds to me like it might be used in Johnny B Goode.
One of the best parts of the class is meeting out in the court yard 30 minutes early. We get the chance to practice a bit together and to talk about things like software and such. Some of us will be using and comparing Guitar Pro and Band in a Box. Both are designed to help beginners as well as accomplished musicians improve their skills, compose there own music and accompany themselves with other instruments.
Gotta love computers, now with a click of a mouse we can explore thousands of songs online then transpose and transcribe them in easy notation. Anyone have any comment or advice on either program? I'll let you know what we think once we start using them. Very happy that tomorrow is Friday.
over the River of Grass!
Last night's sunset was magnificent. I took this shot at Loxahatchee Park, it's right around the corner from where I live. The park borders on the edges of The Everglades and is one of the only places close by to photograph the magical moments of sunset. Those few fleeting moments when whole world seems to go techno-color right before your eyes.
Living on the East coast of Florida we see the sunrise here and very little of it setting. I takes special effort to load up the camera, hop in the car and drive to the park at exactly the right time of day (and just before it's time to wash the car) but it's so worth the trouble.
My one day weekend is over, off to work in a few minutes. It's so incredibly busy for us this time of year so ... let the games begin.
To start thinking and preparing for ...
This years theme is most exciting ever, I can't wait. Check out the website --> http://www.faceandbodyart.net/ .
Just read THIS entry at Alphawoman's Blog and was reminded of a photo of some of my books I posted a while back. As usual, I was reminded less of my entry and more of the amazing comments that were left behind by some of my favorite writers. Many of them are no longer here in J-Land, I'm still working on getting used to that. This is a repost...
My friend Vince posted and entry in his journal today asking what books are in the piles around our house. I have an entire closet in the computer room reserved for piles of books, I have easy access to them there and they are easy to put away ... I read a lot and use my books every day.
In his entry Vince mentions an entry in the Biblio Philes where Marigolds2 tells about the piles in the different areas in her house. I'm not to crazy about stray piles so my piles are the piles on top of the piles in that closet, most of the current reads will have sheets of scribbled note paper or beautiful bookmarks in them.
There were to many to list so, I thought I would just show some of them to you. I do most of my reading in the computer room, I sleep there most nights too on a comfy cozy daybed surrounded by many of my favorite things!
Thanks V for posting your entry and for the link to the Biblio Philes ... I see lot's of good ideas there for new books to add to my eclectic collection.
So ... what books are in your piles?
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When we moved from Alabama to Colorado a little over three years ago, I had almost 100 cartons of books. My husband swore after moving them the second time from storage into our townhome, that I HAD to get rid of some of them. My Dad was a minister and upon his death, my Mom gave me all of his books. There are several sets of commentaries and the rest are mostly inspirational books with him having been a minister and all. My stepgrandmother passed away a few years ago and my stepfather gave me books out of her house, a whole wall full much to the dismay of my husband. I LOVE to read and already had many books of my own. I did finally donate some of my Dad's books to the church library and some to charity. I am probably down to 30 cartons or so now. Unfortunately the majority of them are packed up because I have no bookshelves as of yet to put them on, although my carpenter husband has collected material to build me some one day.........................................................................................................
I could spend my whole paycheck and his too on books!!!! Being a medical transcriptionist, I have medical reference books. I also have lots of books on writing, as I aspire to be an inspirational author "one day." I collect cookbooks, you name it, I probably have it. :) You can check me out at http://journals.aol.com/smjr43/Colorado. Really enjoyed your journal. I like the part where you said it does not get any better than this. I feel the same way about living in Colorado after living the whole first 42 years of my life in Alabama!!!!!
Comment from smjr43 - 2/25/05 1:36 AM
The article was about the Auto Industry and the over 12,000 people they have been paying since 1984 to sit around all day and do nothing. Many are making upwards of $30.00 and hour plus complete benefits to sit in a room with a supervisor and hundreds of other one time autoworkers, doing crossword puzzles and other such insignificant things.
It's mind boggling when you sit back and do the math ... this works out to millions of wasted dollars and hours every year. Financially I guess it works out for some but I can't imagine being very content sitting around and being unproductive all day.
I didn't find the link to the article I read today but HERE is a similar article that I found in the Auto Insider at Detroit News. com. Amazing how a program like this has survived for over 20 years. Only in America.
Have a Happy Thursday tomorrow everyone.
