tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19364732009-06-13T18:52:23.735-04:00physics, nature, books, barter, simple life, hiking, backpacking, maps, astronomy, art, NewfoundlandDianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16800360832150348636noreply@blogger.comBlogger136125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936473.post-80264614702167436152009-06-13T18:51:00.000-04:002009-06-13T18:52:23.742-04:00

It's so simple it's hard! Some thoughts from 2 books on why it's good to be working to live and living to work:1. Anonyminity -- one's work must be known by a higher authority. -- otherwise a worker sees themselves as invisible, generic or anonymous2. Irrelevance -- person must see that their job matters to someone, anyone. -- must see connection between

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Flight of Steel. Drawing on our interest in astronomy, the fate of the Valley's steel industry, rides in a friend's plane over the beautiful Trumbull county landscapes, and Leonardo's interest in flight, flying machines, and his theories on astronomy and visual effects, I have painted a scene of a Bessemer converter (steel processor) "burning out" on the darker left-hand side, with the sparks

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Magma dribbleOriginally uploaded by NekoglyphI missed the glory of steel production in the Mahoning Valley and am rapidly catching up via some great portfolios on FLICKR.com this photo by Nekoglyph's being one of them-- see:

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DSCN3718Originally uploaded by Art Youngstown Gallerypoetry reading in the Great Room, Youngstown, Ohio

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DLudwig-FoxRiverPaperMillBuOriginally uploaded by Art Youngstown GalleryArt Youngstown posted all the artwork from The Great Room Show. Click to see all

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Bill Hazlett has very nice memoriam for Rick Pirko (who passed away quietly Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008) http://billhazlett.blogspot.com/2008/10/thanks-rick.html Rick will be greatly missed. I have started a place for people to post their stories and memories here: http://thanksrick.blogspot.com/Here are just 4 of Rick's incredible photos: photo credit: Rick Pirko photo credit: Rick

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the meadow is starting its summer stream of blooms...: penstemone, orange hawkweed and ox-eyed daisy

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working on art in Franny the Bunny Slayer's lair

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furry violets in Joseph Allen Skinner State Park, on Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts

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Kestrel on the line, kestrel lifeless on the hard rock highway, kestrel in the sky, Canada goose in a still pond,no leaves only reddish buds, crumbly, swollen streams and rivers, skeins of goose bodies dot the leaden greys,sole redwinged black bird on every tiny tree top, nuthatch hops, tufted mouse tits in the hemlocks, jayblues swoop and jump, chickadees, crows everywhere, new trailing arbutus

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On the red spool table bring:Dylan Thomas bookKen Rexroth paper poetry stapled twobook Beat Reader, 2 guys on the coverenvelope rejection sliptan corduroy hanging in closet patches on elbows2 shoes

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X-country skiing in the McDonald woods mud trails, snow was deep and a red-tailed hawk overhead.

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Tree. Rock. Cold. Cat. Wood. Fire. That sums up the past 3 months of winter. Every night we look at the neatly-made bed as a place to go and drink a cup of sleep -- it is there, we can see it, the unshaped deep dark softness -- but every late early am it isn't there, it all goes sifting through my fingers, sleepHere is a string from the comics page one day:"here ya go Bently, ok ok Johnny what is

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I used to own this 1991 Volkswagen Vanagon Syncro Minivan!view more photos here 223,426 milesI was the original owner (and the legendary "little ol lady", having babied it and rarely took it over 61 mph!) I never had reason to take it "off-roading" -- except for the dirt roads that can be seen in some of the photos. Often went on state forest dirt roads for TrailCares (hiking trail

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Blue ribbony day-o-way was yesterday for up the storm windows on the storm doors of the storm home we did put (for the first time in 2 years!). It was only beacause we were in need of screenage and thus kilt two birds with one cat... Little Miss Kitty (a.k.a. Frances Jr. Laptop) is not allowed to climb anything including stairs for 2 weeks so we blocked the stairs and put up the 2 storm door

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2 cardinals in the back pines in the morning, bright red blobs. So Very cold; made 2 meals of soup on the woodstove today.I sure wish this blogger had a blog to link to but in lieu of that here are their thought-provoking commentary on society and the arts: read human stain's 2 comments here:http://youngstownart.blogspot.com/2008/01/graffiti-pics-from-bears-den.html

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Got up, fed frannie the cat, started fire in wood stove, made bowl of granola and toast & bologna sandwich and boiled water on woodstove for 2 cups instant coffee and read Farenheit 451; swept up, tested & strung up 5 strings of christmas lights, put cat out, washed dishes, made noodles and beans and beef veggie soup, watched episode of Sherlock Holmes, brought in wood from garage, found cat, put

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Noisy freezing snow & sneet, cat on the carpet, red wool plaid, breaking up wood, "wandering thirteen valleys crying out, it coulda been me". Two nites ago warmer than it had been, cottontail bunny hopping around in headlights, 2 dogs run in front of the truck, one dark right before the model railroad church ( Uncommon Carriers), man running across street with coca cola. Kitty ignores her water

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Peals of thunder and large leaves falling fast.A lot of raining, little kitty makes itself at home half under a sleeping bag, cooked squash for supper, late for the nursing home in the black cold hard dark, in the black hard rain

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No War No More book is now available here: click to view at authorhouse.com click here to preview only Description:These are poems, essays, artwork and photos for the cause of peace. We take a stand for peace, independently and collectively, artistically and politically. In these times it is imperative not to let slip through one's hands the opportunity to say again and again, with whatever

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Kids screaming in the too warm early dark; too warm the spider ponders the bounty of tiny gnat snacks filling its web; lights are on and the pool balls click: snickery dickeryToo warm, perspiring on the photo-maker, on the photo-taker, sun fries and our skin crawls, earth has a fever and us is viralAll we can envision is cupcakes, sweetcakes, wooden rocking chairs and a harmonica that gives you

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"'The chaos smells very bad,'... p.352Watch out for art, Crake used to say. As soon as they start doing art we're in trouble. Symbolic thinking in any kind would signal downfall, in Crake's view. Next they'd be inventing idols, and funerals, and graven goods, and the afterlife, and sin, ...and kings, and then slavery and war. "p.361Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake (New York: Doubleday, 2003) ,

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cicadas begin to sing walking back from Girard-town we see a Baltimore oriole brilliant from the viaduct over the railroad and also goldenroad (or goldenrod...) blooms now

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bricksOriginally uploaded by qichao just a random check of contacts' latest photos popped this into view while just happened to have WWOZ playing , thanks Samantha ( her music place ) Patti Smith just came on with a stuttering promo for "community" radio as opposed to "Public" radio (yahooie). The deejays are great...JellyRollJustice is coming up next, then it's Problem Child ("Wake up with the

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shooting the city on the run sticking it out the Mercedes, drop it in the digital paintbox, happy as fleas on a dog tipping over garbage cans, coffee on an aluminum table, can they get that cab going?

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