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Quiz Time!

2006-08-14T16:59:00.000-07:00

This was in a bus on the way to Butchart Gardens. What does it mean?

Jasper's big day

2006-08-05T17:45:00.000-07:00

here are some wonderful people: Will (mon mari), Levi, Tim and Laura.We recently spent a weekend on marrowstone island.

This is Jasper. Jasper Takes care of Tim and Laura.

T+L Brought Jasper to Marrowstone.

It was his first time at the beach.

He found heaps of exciting things to do.

Then, someone threw a rock into the ocean...

and Jasper went to fetch it, thinking he could run on the water.

Too bad, Jasper...too bad.

It's Spring

2006-04-05T15:45:00.000-07:00

Here's a book I got recently. I love patiann Rogers. She isn't new to me, but here's one of my new favorite poems:

In Addition to Faith, Hope and Charity

I'm sure there's a god
in favor of drums. Consider
their pervasiveness--the thump,
thump and slide of waves
on a stretched hide of beach,
the rising beat and slap
of their crests against shore
baffles, the rapping of otters
cracking molluscs with stones,
woodpeckers beak-banging, the beaver's
whack of his tail-paddle, the ape
playing the bam of his own chest,
the million tickering rolls
of rain off the flat-leaves
and razor-rims of the forest.

And we know the noise
of our own inventions--snare and kettle,
bongo, conga, big bass, toy tin,
timbales, tambourine, tom-tom.

But the heart must be the most
pervasive drum of all. Imagine
hearing all together every tinny
snare of every heartbeat
in every jumping mouse and harvest
mouse, sagebrush vole and least
shrew living across the paririe;
and add to that cacophony the individual
staccato tickings inside all gnatcatchers,
kingbirds, kestrels, rock doves, pine
warblers crossing, criss-crossing
each other in the sky, the sound
of their beatings overlapping
with the singular hammerings
of the hearts of cougar, coyote,
weasel, badger, pronghorn, the ponderous
bass of the black bear; and on deserts too,
all the knackings, the flutterings
inside wart snakes, whiptails, racers
and sidewinders, earless lizards, cactus
owls; plus the clamors undersea, slow
booming in the breasts of beluga
and bowhead, uniform rappings
in a passing school of cod or bib,
the thidderings of bat rays and needlefish.

Imagine the earth carrying this continuous
din, this multifarious festival of pulsing
thuds, stutters and drummings, wheeling
on and on across the universe.

This must be proof of a power existing
somewhere definitely in favor
of such a racket.

--Pattiann Rogers

goose chase

2006-03-07T16:22:00.000-08:00

Once upon a time, Tina started a blog. Every day, she would come check her blog for comments. one day a comment came, and then another and another. Because Of that she felt pressure to post more, and because of that, she started to procrastinate, untill, finally, she realized that four months had passed with nothing on her blog but a picture of a dashing young man pretending to be a turtle. And ever since that day, she vowed to post more faithfully.

Will commented that I should try following someone random for 5-10 minutes, so I tried it in my car. The target: a 1970 Cougar XR7; the color: butterscotch; the accessory: a string of kukui nuts hanging from the mirror. As soon as he pulled out in front of me, I knew he was the one--trying to be all sporty and hip. After some twists and curves and a couple of left turns we came to a stop light and I saw the grey-haired driver eyeing me with narrowed eyes in the rear view mirror. his hands clutched the wheel. Was he challenging me? I didn't know. but I could tell I was losing my stealth. The light turned green and he gunned it, then changed lanes and left me in the dust. Next time I might try it on foot.

My newest tactic...
last weekend I realized a potluck/buffet maneuver I should have realized long ago. You know the dilemma: you're at one of the best potlucks in church social history, there's a cornocopia of delicious choices, and they give you that paper plate the size of a doily to try to fit it onto. My discovery: nibble as you go. Discreetly, of course. A jalapeno popper here, maybe some tortilla chips there...some salad...a bitesized veggie meat ball...aaaah, a bitesized veggie meatball...

Last but not least, today was the first day I ever paged someone. Yes, it's true! Never done it! I chose the "page this person" option on my friend Jerry's voicemail. Apparently all it did, though, was show up as a text message on his phone. And all the "message" was was my phone number. So that was kind of a dud. So...thechnology, yeah...seems like there should be a moral or something...take away what you will. I guess he did call me back.

New Things

2005-11-10T15:01:00.000-08:00

New things I did this week:

Created a blog.

So, I guess that's about it. Although my intention is to try new things more often. I think that's what this blog may end up being about. So if you are reading this and have any suggestions on potential new things I can try let me know. My friend Walt left town about a month ago. He's on a five-month bike trip from Seattle to Mexico. It's a new thing for him. So props, Walt.

Potential new things you can try:

Pick an object in nature and stare at it for awhile. See how many different color you can find.
Try the same thing with your hand.
Go to the zoo and find an animal to observe. start to move like the animal...be the animal...

Future new things for me:

Pilgrimage to the Oregon vortex.