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Month: April 2006

  • The sessions with Junko Takeo

    Marty’s had the pleasure this week of–via recording sessions with jazz pianist, Takana Miyamoto–working with koto player Junko Takeo. I wanted to witness some of this, and she had invited me to come down, but never could sync things up with H.o.p. to get down there. I had hoped, but…and now he is playing some…

  • The Carllile Women Concert on Sunday

    Here again is the information on the Carllile concert tomorrow night. I’ve seen the set list. They will be performing several of my favorite songs. To mention a few selections: Virginia will be singing “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry”, which she sang at Thumbs’ wake years ago. And will be singing over old tracks…

  • I’m older and wiser than you (digital painting)

    I’m older and wiser than you (digital painting)

    “I’m older and wiser than you,” she said twenty-five years ago (or) Salome’s Daughter Digital painting with photo elements 2006 Lightbox enlargement

  • H.o.p. draws the White House

    The story: Tim and his robot Moby are chased by space aliens to the White House. The President isn’t there so they run around the place. Tim discovers Moby has wandered off. Then the President walks by. He’s the tour guide. Tim looks all over for Moby. Then Tim ran all over the White House…

  • Reimagining yourself is hard work

    H.o.p.: “I want to be a turtle…I guess it’s a bad idea…Ow!” Circumstance? Well, one of those small round trampolines isn’t always a trampoline. Who knew it could be a turtle shell? The transformation wasn’t as smooth as H.o.p. thought it would be, but he was determined and now I’m the mother of Turtle Boy.

  • Phoenix, Suburban Study

    Phoenix, Suburban Study

    Phoenix, Suburban Study Digital painting 2006 Enlargement

  • Some Georgia Aquarium pics

    Went to the Georgia Aquarium today. It is quite an outing. A brother’s wife was with their daughter and picked us up. Then a sister of mine joined us down there with her children. So we were three adults and 8 children. One has to first make reservations. And if you are planning an outing…

  • Guess the song

    Boingboing has a link to a video of San Francisco Ballet principal dancer Muriel Maffre performing “Ballet Mori”…conducted by the earth. It’s a “musical composition modulated line in real time by the fluctuations of the Earth’s movement as measured by a networked seismometer at the Hayward Fault”. The 3 minute dance was in commemoration of…

  • The Rude Cayman

    I’m so disappointed. H.o.p. began last week a little story book called “The Rude Cayman” but never finished it. He cut out the cardboard cover and drew the pic and cut out paper to fit inside and began drawing the pics and writing the story then pffft apparently ran out of steam and interest and…

  • Someone please explain this for me

    Weird thing just happened (at least it’s weird to me, in my book) and I wish someone would explain it for me. I was neatening up around here and noticed on a corner table (plastic) a small wadded up piece of tape covered with lint. I picked it up and screamed (yeah) and dropped it…

  • First library book

    Yeah, I know, all other homeschoolers have their kids using the library like crazy, but until this year H.o.p. firmly believed in never a lender or borrower being. He would have nothing to do with it. Not the library, but the idea of lending and borrowing. What’s yours is yours and what’s mine is mine.…

  • Paul Bunyan and Bear Butte and the spiritual heart of these United States

    Looks like Tild’s back, Norweganity commenting, Just to kick things off, a contest! She doesn’t specify a prize in her post, but I know we were talking about something along the lines of a free trip to Arak, Iran, for a chance to meet Mohamed ElBaradei and maybe see a spectacular fireworks display. Which is…