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Front Page Photo: The Russian River entering the Pacific OceanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger318125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796915197598928218.post-30309715714228110032016-05-20T09:17:00.000-07:002016-05-20T09:28:10.127-07:00In Praise of Ordinary Things...!<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 16.0pt;">Note: I plan to go into summer time mode blog posting - I will post only when the spirit moves me to do so until late August... Enjoy the summer!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16.0pt;">It has been a busy year supervising my interns and student teachers, and now, summer vacation has </span><span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;">arrived - Most recent summers we have gone off to </span><br />
<span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;">explore exotic lands for </span><span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;">our </span><span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;">annual travel
adventures - but this summer Judy</span><br />
<span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;">had an important project </span><span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;">that she </span><span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;">deeply believes
in... </span><span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;"> </span><span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;">And it’s amazing, </span><br />
<span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;">after a busy
year, for now, </span><span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;">just doing ordinary </span><span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;">things is a pleasure.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Entrance drive into Mills College, Oakland</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16.0pt;">The dogs and I walked early this morning along the Alameda
Creek trail - It </span></div>
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<span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16.0pt;">was a time of day when the water birds were actively hunting for
food, I saw </span><br />
<span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16.0pt;">the first baby ducks of the season, and a great V of geese passed
so close</span><br />
<span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16.0pt;"> overhead I </span><span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;">could hear the wing feathers vibrate in the wind. The plant </span><br />
<span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;">community is </span><span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;">preparing for the long wait of summer dryness- - seed pods </span><br />
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formed... the summer season has begun... Cormorants stood watch from </span><br />
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<span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16.0pt;">There is a gentleness to this season - a predictability -
Mornings are cool and delicious - middays warm - even hot, and evenings cool when
the cloudy</span></div>
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<span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16.0pt;"> ocean air mass.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The hammock
is up if I ever get time to use it...<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking west - every night cool ocean air comes streaming in from the Pacific -<br />
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<span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16.0pt;">We can't have it all - the cool evenings preclude the
growing of peppers, </span></div>
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vegetables that like </span></div>
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<span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16.0pt;">long warm summer evenings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They will grow handsome plants - <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I tell </span></div>
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<span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16.0pt;">myself "Don’t be greedy - grow what
is suited to our climate." <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As I have changed the garden to have more drought plants - my population of lizards has increased -<br />
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<span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16.0pt;">One of my first 'real' jobs this summer has been to weed
and prune the winter garden - with all our rain plants grew crazy wild and we
had more weeds </span></div>
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<span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16.0pt;">that I have seen before... So I have worn my fingers down to
nubs - but that </span></div>
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<span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16.0pt;">job is done...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scarlet Pimpernel - just like in the fiction book - they show up everywhere - they are on my kill on sight list!</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #092b59;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">It is also the season when gophers are digging their deep
summer tunnels. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #092b59;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">( 10-12 </span><span style="font-size: 21px;">inches</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> deep in the soil).</span></span><span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;"> </span><span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;">I am in a state of war
with these guys!</span><span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;">So far they have eaten
the roots off </span><span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;">of two zucchinis and two Swiss chard </span></div>
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<span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;">plants...</span><span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;"> </span><span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;">It is a certain ethical problem </span><span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;">for me -
generally I work to preserve </span></div>
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<span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;">wild life - and theoretically I find wild gophers
charming little animals with remarkable behaviors... </span><br />
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<span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;">But when they </span><span style="color: #092b59;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">eat my
zucchini that is another matter.</span></span><span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></div>
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tried traps, </span><span style="font-size: 21px;">ground</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> vibrators, </span></span><span style="color: #092b59;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">smoke </span></span><span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;">bombs, 'safe' chemical poisons...</span><span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;"></span><span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;">I dig back to find the "T" in their
tunnels... </span><span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;">I have tried it all... My latest </span><br />
<span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;">method is to plant inside of buried wire baskets. </span><span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;">One </span><span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;">person even told me to </span><br />
<span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;">put ex-lax </span><span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;">pills in the tunnels - she
said it worked marvelously I haven’t tried </span><br />
<span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;">that </span><span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;">yet.</span><span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;"> </span><span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;">But who am I to complain - in Tanzania </span><span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;">I was
told the biggest </span><br />
<span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;">garden </span><span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16pt;">pest was rampaging elephants...</span></div>
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strawberry crop, loquats </span></div>
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coming soon! Here my competition for fruit are a big noisy blue</span></div>
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loving mocking bird...that and sometimes a nighttime possum </span></div>
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<span style="color: #092b59; font-size: 16.0pt;">or raccoon... Oh
well - Man against nature right here in my backyard.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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I was pondering the political messages that I am now
receiving - many of them making amazing claims - some I fear are not attainable - many of them seem to be designed to manipulate
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It got me thinking about how ads are created to guide our behaviors, opinions, and beliefs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some manipulations are helpful - Signs are like ads -sign
posts have messages meant to direct our actions more effectively... <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Judy
and I were hiking a trail in southern Peru and we realized that there were no
signs to tell us if we were on the right path or how far we had to go. Signs
are important and an expected part of our lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But not all times in history and not all
cultures recognized signs. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you wanted
to know something we had to ask a local farmer with knowledge of the area.<br />
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Sighs of
another sort have long be seen and interpreted by seers who were able to read
the signs in tossed dry chicken bones or signs in the sky or the occurrence of earthquakes,
or from breathing too man y volcanic fumes - Many of these so called signs were
based on a misguided understanding of cause and effect...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I see an owl in the daytime, it means
something... If I see a black cat crossing my path it means something...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many traditional religions include the
reading of signs in this way.<o:p></o:p><br />
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In our day and age, we live with all kinds of signs... In
bilingual communities may include two or more languages or may be signs with only pictograms - School
crossing, restrooms: male, female, bigender, cattle crossing, right turn, windy
road... Some depend on symbols: Red=stop, Green = go, claxon = evacuate, computer
beeps and chimes...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many of our signs
assume that everyone can read English: Stop, Construction - right lane
closed...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Traffic signs can be essential
for safety.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p><br />
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The use of messages written on a wall expanded in the late
19th century... "Bertha's cafe - breakfast all day", "Use Sloan's Liniment for pain
relief", "Curb your dog.".. But it was in the early 20th century that the concept
of signs became an industry - The concepts of Madison Avenue - the concepts of
encouraging consumption of certain products through wide spread engineering of
needs and wants...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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The famous Burma
Shave adds were an early example: a series of signs along a roadway, spaced at
intervals, would each have a portion of the message with the "punch
line" something about the shaving cream. People loves them and often
passed them on like valued jokes:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "helvetica"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Hardly a driver / Is now alive / Who passed / On hills
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But the industry expanded to include clever radio and newspaper
ads... and it works!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I have a new
product and want to increase my profits - it’s all about well-designed ad
campaigns to create a need or desire for the product.True is you are selling spaghetti sauce, a church, travel to Tahiti, or tooth paste ...<o:p></o:p></div>
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A kind of co-evolution began to develop among consumers - a
growing resistance to be 'taken in' by the ads - Do you sometimes tune out
certain annoying ads...? But never mind the ads have just gotten glitzier,
cuter, sexier, louder... and they keep drawing us in with subliminal messages
that we don’t even know we have received...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We just have to resolve to be even smarter and more resistant - but they will come
right back at us...<o:p></o:p><br />
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A different kind of sign has shown up - mostly in the last
few decades... <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I saw pay first pencil written
graffiti on the inside of public places when I was a kid... Modern graffiti is
largely dependent on the development of the spray can of paint.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most graffiti emphasize stylized script -
some is recognizable as a single word... What is the message behind it all...
The message is "I was here, I matter, whether you like it or not I am leaving my
personal mark on the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I don’t
do this, I will remain invisible."<o:p></o:p></div>
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So this brings me back to our politician friends:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> They tell us "</span>I am running for office because I want to win.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need to have ads directed at my audience -
I want them to know that I will meet their needs - I care about them - I will
get rid of things that they do not like - I will make policies good for their
freedoms, their resources, their beliefs..." The sad thing is their message is
often more about trying to manipulate me and not much about how much they actually
will be able to deliver...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> The really sad thing is that ads have come to take the place of the hard work of analyzing issues . There is no other way to vote intelligently but by </span>careful study of the Candidates past achievements. What they have said and done are critically important - We have to discover who they associated with. Democracy is hard work... <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can either be suckered in by Madison Avenue
type political ads - or we can each do the hard work of understanding issues.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's the end of my academic year working with interns and student teachers - I have seen a lot of really good teaching and some - not. Its a good time for me to reflect on the idea of ' learning'</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Try a little experiment with yourself – think about a lecture, speech, sermon, or 'listening encounter' that you have had this last week. Now, sit down with a paper and pencil and see how many of the concepts and details from the talk you can jot down. How did you do? Most of us leave the lecture with a sense that "that was really interesting" or "boring" or "I really liked it a lot"...but at the same time we remember few details. Most of the time I can’t even remember what I had for dinner two nights ago. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now imagine that you are 15 years old and its 4</span><sup style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">th</sup><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> period, just before lunch. The teacher is explaining the difference between mitosis and meiosis. This student may be thinking, “I’m starving – should I get pizza or a hot dog for lunch…?" "I wonder where that new cute girl eats lunch…? I wonder if she would talk to me if I sat down at her table? All this time the teacher is explaining critical ideas about gamete production by meiosis. The teacher is quite pleased because today everyone seems to be looking intently at her during the presentation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Dale and Glasser pyramids though often quoted, needs to be interpreted with a grain of salt. Many factors determine how much we retain. Think back to your own experiences about what causes you to 'learn' and remember. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In a 'high stakes' exchange - Memory of first meeting with the one you love... a coach giving you instructions... The instructions on how to drive your new car... The warning a police officer gives you... How intently focused are you in the topic affects retention, the authority of the speaker influences learning, how much information is presented, did you relate positively to the speaker, are you sleepy or anxious?, how abstract is the content ?... How long ago did the learning take place?</span><br />
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When I was a child, one day my father brought home a fine
wooden duck cut from pine boards. It was painted to look like a mallard. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It had wings designed to rotate at different
speeds depending on the windspeed; it swiveled and served as a wind vane. We placed on a pole for all to see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was my first experiences with "kitsch" but I didn't know the word then.<br />
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from German - kitsch objects are found in many (all?) cultures. <span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "helvetica"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Designs are often based on popular or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_icon"><span style="color: #092f9d; text-decoration: none;">cultural images</span></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is sometimes called "art of the
people" when compared with 'fine art'.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Objects or pictures can be hand made one of a kind objects or factory
made copies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kitsch is meant to be 'fun',
it is a statement of who you are and what you enjoy, it is a statement of humor
for your neighbors to enjoy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Originality
and creativity are important.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "helvetica"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Once when we were staying in a pension in Hungary - I
walked through the neighborhood to see if I could find examples of Kitsch in the
front yards.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the exception of a few porcelain
Gnomes and a couple of medieval looking Gargoyles attached to modern homes - I
found few... There was a sad sameness to all the homes - neat front yards,
trimmed lawns, a few shrubs... but no "art".<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In American yards it is much the same - Why
is this? It is our cultural loss...<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "helvetica"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">In some neighborhoods in Central America amazing kitsch
is more common - simple wooden carvings, religious figures of porcelain, creations
of tile and mirrors, terra cotta burros, roof top ornaments... The line between a unique creative art piece with something to 'say' and
kitsch is sometimes difficult to define...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Should the religious objects be classified as Kitsch - Do plastic manger
scenes set up in America qualify as Kitsch...?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Niles has a peewee golf tournament each summer with individuals setting
up different holes in back yards - each participant puts a gaudy pink flamingo
in their front yard to advertise. Good example.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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everywhere for their specialty - old antique toys become kitsch when collected
and displayed, porcelain puppies, French postcards, peasant art, farm tools,
British tea cups, Silver spoons collected from cities of the world, license
plates...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It appears that kitsch is in
the eye of the beholder not the original item itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Niles we have 6 or 8 specialty shops that
sell every manner of kitsch...<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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average American bathroom or kitchen .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I often see porcelain
fish, birds, mushrooms, or woven baskets with seashells.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The bottom line is that when these displays
are well done does it add to the enjoyment of the visitors to that bathroom?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> What is chosen for display</span> tells something about the person who
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<span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "helvetica"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">How you feel about kitsch is largely a matter of your
personal history, and who you are reaching out to through the display... - I
hate "cute" stuff - Once we stayed in a bed and breakfast with "
darling" little stuffed kitties and "sweet" little pictures
painted in the sentimental style of the early 20th century, doilies and little
stitched messages on the wall... Not my thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Nor do I like places with cross-stitch messages like "Don't Pine
for Me" "You are the Apple of my Eye". Not me...<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "helvetica"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">My preferred Kitsch makes me smile for its originality. I like something that the person has made or painted themselves. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like
pieces that tell something about the owner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Good kitsch in Peru may be a
roof top assemblage of objects with origins both in the Christian era and pre-Christian
symbols.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A well-made scare crow would be
kitsch; a clever carved jack o lantern is a kitsch object with a brief life time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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standing out by expressing their unique creativity by making or showing
kitsch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kitsch has a 'bad name' in our
culture as something cheap and of little value... I think this is also the result of many mass produced 'cutsie' products flooding the market.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How many plastic gnomes or chipmunks can you take? On the other hand I know someone who makes the most amazing bird houses our of old boots - bicycle wheel water wheel that uses the water coming from the down spout, clever wooden buildings or garden toys...those things bring joy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Much of the earlier 'Blackface' Kitsch was demeaning and filled with racist images</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "helvetica"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">So how do you feel about Kitsch - do you love it, hate
it, put up with it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What Kitsch do you
have in your bathroom or front yard? I think Kitsch is one of the last remnants
of how we express our creativity to the world - Tell your story! Do Kitsch!</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> I never went near a fava bean until 2 years ago - We were in the highlands of Equador with Heifer project to learn about developing collective co-ops among small independent farmers. In one farm, the farmer brought out two well roasted guinea pigs and a bowl of steaming hot lava beans with fresh olive oil and a bit of salt... they were so good! (I felt it was my duty to also have a good serving of guinea pig - sort of like rabbit... I liked it! ) . But I discovered the favas are delicious - and I determined then and there to grow my own.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">No vegetable on earth is easier to plant and grow, and is more productive</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> than favas All you have to do it scratch the soil ( before the fall rain is best ) stick in a seed and forget about it. No need to water or weed - leave it to nature. With the winter rains, the seeds grow and thrive into a nice small bush... I dont what what ever got into my head this year - but I plugged in dozens of seeds all over my yard I was thinking that in the heart of winter its nice to see green healthy plants growing and thriving . </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> But now our back yard is a fava bean forest - the plants are now as tall as I am - dozens of them with beautiful long 9 inch pods - each with between 3-6 seeds larger than a Lima bean, I like them (Judy doesn't) - but I tell her that they are also adding Nitrogen to the soil - and they look rather nice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Fava beans have quite a history... prior to the time of Columbus Europe did not know the beans that we value most today... Favas are grown in the Mediterranean countries, but also through much of Europe. British gardeners have long prized them , and call them "broad beans". The nursery rhyme "pease porridge hot" refers to broad beans, also the story of "Jack and the Magical Beanstalk" refer to favas. Dried favas were soaked and served aboard the slave ships bringing their cargo from Africa to the North American Plantations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Humans have been eating them since 6000BC ( and also genetically modifying them by plant breeding to create the modern varieties The early </span><span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Egyptians, loved them (and still do) - in ancient times they were considered to have magical properties, </span></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The </span><span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Greeks have long enjoyed them (with the exception of </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Pythagoras - who would not allow his followers to eat them - I dont know why).</span><span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Romans (ancient and modern) created tasty recipes, they are known in India, Africa, China, and Mexico and Central America. They are popular in Spain and Portugal and the Azores .. Favas can adapt to cold climates: they can be planted after the last hard freeze. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The big puzzle is why they haven't ever really caught on with most North American gardeners. One reason may be the unfortunate nickname they picked up in America - "Horsebean" - This is the power of bad press!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But some considered them sacred - The Romans saw the fava bean pod and seed as visual metaphors of human sexual parts. Some of the early Romans had very active imaginations!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So what am I going to do with all my favas? - I enjoy giving them away - (please if you read this, please come and pick some up!) I do enjoy eating them - and they are very adaptable to many different ways of cooking. Some I will dry. After I pick them, the plants will end up in my compost and will decompose nicely during the summer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here is a sample of a few recipes - <a href="http://www.thekitchn.com/5-fantastic-ways-to-cook-fava-beans-190674">http://www.thekitchn.com/5-fantastic-ways-to-cook-fava-beans-190674</a></span></div>
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My views about gardening<span style="font-size: medium;"> changed after a visit to Oaxaca Mexico – Water is scarce in Southern Mexico, and the plants that most people grow in gardens there are adapted to living under local ecological conditions. Now we are told that La Nina ( a dry winter) is very lively to return next year - so we can't get too smug about our average rainfall this year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">If you dont particularly enjoy frequent watering, or paying high water bills, or consider it your social duty - consider making a change in your landscaping. It doesn't have to be a huge all at once change. The first step is to determine what plants would adapt normally to your climate - educate yourself by reading and talking to experienced people - A good place to begin is with this book: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Plants-Landscapes-Summer-Dry-Climates-Francisco/dp/0975323113">http://www.amazon.com/Plants-Landscapes-Summer-Dry-Climates-Francisco/dp/0975323113</a> (its a bit expensive but you can find it in your library)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">When we returned home I thought, “Why am I trying to maintain a lawn, whose concept originated with the estates of England? Why am I trying to grow flowers that are naturally adapted for moist regions of Europe and New England…? These plants need constant attention and lots of water under our California conditions.“ So I started looking at plants found in Northern California that are adapted in this environment. Several years ago I starting ruthlessly pulling out thirsty plants and replaced them with natives.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Our climate is pretty much a classic Mediterranean climate (which is determined by temperature patterns, a wet winter, followed by a long dry summer) There are several places in the world with similar conditions – the southern coastal areas of Europe, Coastal areas of Chile, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia. Over long periods of time each of these areas has naturally evolved plant varieties that grow well with those conditions. I found a few books with information about Mediterranean plants. My favorite is “</span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Mediterranean Gardening”</span></u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> – Heidi Gildermeister < </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mediterranean-Gardening-Waterwise-Heidi-Gildemeister/dp/0520236475"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">http://www.amazon.com/Mediterranean-Gardening-Waterwise-Heidi-Gildemeister/dp/0520236475</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Once I knew what I was looking for, the next question was finding the plants. My local nursery had very few; every time I visited other nurseries I looked for more…They were hard to find. I discovered in the SF Bay Area specialty nurseries with only native California plants. One of my favorites is Ruth Bancroft Gardens: <a href="http://www.ruthbancroftgarden.org/rbgarden/pages/NurseryPlants.html">http://www.ruthbancroftgarden.org/rbgarden/pages/NurseryPlants.html</a>. Its worthwhile to become a member for discounts and special classes. Another </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;">source are the monthly plant sales held at the Botanical gardens in San Francisco. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.sfbotanicalgarden.org/plant_sales/11GA_PlantSaleCard.pdf">http://www.sfbotanicalgarden.org/plant_sales/11GA_PlantSaleCard.pdf</a>. These are plants that volunteers start from the garden collection, or brought from personal collections. You do have to be careful though, because many of the plants they sell are not low water plants - but if you know what to look for they are great. I</span>n the last few years, low water plants have started catching on - and they are now more available in local nurseries.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #092b59;"><o:p>What </o:p></span><span style="color: #092b59;">are "ordinary things" for you? For us they are such things as a simple shared meal, sharing tales about the events of the day, giving and receiving comfort for the 'bumps and bruises' of normal life, planning and laughing together, walking together in a beautiful place.. doing the routine things that make up our lives...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A favorite corner of Quarry Lakes park</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #092b59;"> The three pups and I walk for an hour on alternate mornings -
other days I ride my bike for an hour... and Judy does just the opposite
- so the pups enjoy good walks every day.</span><span style="color: #092b59;">
</span><span style="color: #092b59;"> </span><span style="color: #092b59;"> As we ride or walk, spring</span><span style="color: #092b59;"> is the season of daily small surprises - the
golden California Poppies and occasional Purple Lupine are splendid,</span><span style="color: #092b59;"> </span><span style="color: #092b59;">grass is forming seed heads, Crain flies are out and
active, ( with their giant mosquito appearance), </span><span style="color: #092b59;">big black stink bug beetles </span><span style="color: #092b59;"> </span><span style="color: #092b59;">meander on the trail. </span><span style="color: #092b59;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The 3 stooges - Willy, Roxy, Rusty</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #092b59;">Clouds of small male water insects swarm and hold in </span><span style="color: #092b59;"> </span><span style="color: #092b59;">a tight flight pattern hoping
to attract a female.</span><span style="color: #092b59;"> </span><span style="color: #092b59;"> </span><span style="color: #092b59;">Blue belly lizards have emerged and are sunning
</span><span style="color: #092b59;"> </span><span style="color: #092b59;">of the rocks, and for days now they have
been adding water to the Quarry Lakes to bring them well up to normal... Hurrah!</span><span style="color: #092b59;"> </span><span style="color: #092b59;">Flocks of migratory birds come </span><span style="color: #092b59;"> </span><span style="color: #092b59;">for a while and then continue on their
way...</span><span style="color: #092b59;"> </span><span style="color: #092b59;">Right now we have gangs of cormorants and grebes hanging out in the lakes. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My friend the Crain fly</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #092b59;">Spring in California is a continuous parade of subtle changes
–We dont have the dramatic emergence of green sprouts, and the running of the
sap, such as they have in New England.</span><span style="color: #092b59;"> </span><span style="color: #092b59;">Even
in the coldest days of winter there is always green grass, always something blooming, </span><span style="color: #092b59;"> </span><span style="color: #092b59;">and signs of growth activity (even days when we have a touch of frost) . But I know that winter
is past by the </span><span style="color: #092b59;"> </span><span style="color: #092b59;">return of bursting leaves, fruit
trees blooming, and the advent of hay fever... I picked the March avocados, oranges </span><span style="color: #092b59;"> </span><span style="color: #092b59;">are ripe and soon we will have loquats.</span><span style="color: #092b59;"> </span><span style="color: #092b59;">My spring garden is in: Swiss chard, Romano
beans, Zucchini, Cucumbers, Beets, Tomatoes, Manoa Lettuce, and Favas...and all doing well.</span><span style="color: #092b59;"> </span><span style="color: #092b59;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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Lettuce and beets from last years garden</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #092b59;">I love to visit the coastal forests this time of year (We go to the neighborhood of Pescadero) – the
soil is moist, trillium is blooming (both white and purple) , banana slugs abound...and the small
streams flow </span><span style="color: #092b59;"> </span><span style="color: #092b59;">over moss covered
stones. (Such melodic sounds!)</span><span style="color: #092b59;"> </span><span style="color: #092b59;">Birds sing a cacophony of forest songs ... it's still cool and the trails are </span></span><span style="color: #092b59; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">empty of people. The coastal redwoods have a special charm in this cool misty air...</span><br />
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Not actually ordinary - but time with family and friends is always great </div>
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<span style="color: #092b59;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I complained a lot about the rain this winter!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #092b59; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span style="color: #092b59; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I'm a bit like the farmer who cried "Bad rice" - hoping to fool the weather spirits into giving more rain... </span><span style="color: #092b59; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">February was terrible - almost no rain.</span><span style="color: #092b59; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span style="color: #092b59; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In March we got hit with a Pineapple
express - a steady series of warm tropical storms that did wonders for our rain
totals... At the moment we have just attained the season average - but this
could well be the end of our season.</span><span style="color: #092b59; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span style="color: #092b59; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">For
the foreseeable future not a drop more predicted.</span><span style="color: #092b59; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span style="color: #092b59; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> And worst of all, the mountain snow pack falls well short of season normal. Almost all of our rain this year was due to two rainy spells that gave us
90% of our season's rain.</span><span style="color: #092b59; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span style="color: #092b59; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">At this point
some of our reservoirs are looking pretty good...But they are predicting a dry La Nina year next winter... Save keep saving water folks! Let those lawns stay dry - </span><br />
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Our hills are actually green - much of the rear they are "golden" </div>
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<span style="color: #092b59;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Judy and I <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>have a
family policy of catch and release when it comes to <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>insects and spiders in the house: big giant
Crain flies with their long fragile looking legs, fast moving wolf spiders <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>on the floor, and every now and then a lizard will
get into the house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Generally we catch
the critter in an upside down water glass and slip a card under a glass to trap them...Then we release them in their preferred habitat out doors. I have a special feel for releasing crane flies - they are so delicate and beautiful.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #092b59;">Do you notice the springtime
sky? I am a cloud watcher - great fluffy cumulus - little wispy cirrus -
even ice crystal sun dogs when the sun is low in the Western sky.</span><span style="color: #092b59;">
</span><span style="color: #092b59;">I watch the changing position of the rising and setting sun.</span><span style="color: #092b59;"> </span><span style="color: #092b59;"> </span><span style="color: #092b59;">Now
every day the sun follows a path higher in the sky and sets further North.</span><span style="color: #092b59;"> </span><span style="color: #092b59;">Sometimes if the dust particles, smoke, or
water particles in the air are just right there are even glorious reds,
oranges, red in the sunset.</span><span style="color: #092b59;"> </span><span style="color: #092b59;">I understand
it has to do with scattering and refraction of light.</span><span style="color: #092b59;"> </span><span style="color: #092b59;">We have too many
city lights to see the night stars well - for that we have to go high in the mountains where we lie back on great rocky boulders and watch for shooting stars...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A telephoto shot of the moon in my backyard</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #092b59;">This past year we started feeding birds - I built a platform feeder
and we buy seed 60 lb sacks from a farm supply store.</span><span style="color: #092b59;"> </span><span style="color: #092b59;">With the
first morning light the gang of little grey birds in hard at work and we watch the
drama of their feeding routine progress... Everyone scatters when a Stellar
Blue Jay arrives - and they really panic when a hawk visits- the real marauders
are a gang of Band tail pigeons - Judy runs out and shouts and waves something
- and they dash off in fear... And when we go to bed at night the call of the
grebes and other water fowl calling to each other from the lakes...Us and our
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<span style="color: #092b59; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">These are some of the ordinary things that make up the mosaic of our lives... Not the sort of things that deserve comment - but they are the things that bring 'salt' into our daily life...</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love the alternatives open to us here - an hour to reach the ocean, 3 hours to the high mountains, 4 to the high desert</td></tr>
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Photos from our trip to Peru in 2014<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here the juxtaposition of the woman and the mural, with similar clothing struck my eye</td></tr>
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<i><span style="color: #092b59; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 16.0pt;">“Photographers deal in things which are continually
vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which
can make them come back again. “Henri</span></i><span style="color: #092b59; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 16.0pt;"> Cartier Bresson<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #092b59; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Taking pictures has never been so easy. With my iPhone I can point and shoot - and if
I like what I see I can post the photo on Facebook within minutes... The presence of ever ready cameras changes
our experience - Consider two scenarios...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">catching 'the moment 'when she was reacting to smoke in her eyes...</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #092b59; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 16.0pt;">1. Sometimes I go
out into the city or wilderness with my mind focused on looking for good
photos. And when I see something
promising I click it and now its mine. The presence of the camera causes me to be more alert and attentive to what
is before me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #092b59; font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">2. If I go out
without my camera my experience is difference.
Now I relate to nature or city as a reality to experience - not to
dissect and analyze. I am </span><span style="font-size: 21px;">experiencing</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> it more in the moment. I am free to
relax and 'be there'.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #092b59; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Which is better? - I'm glad I can do both at different
times... <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"> A woman of great dignity</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #092b59; font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Disclaimer:- I am only a dabbler in '</span><span style="font-size: 21px;">picture</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> taking' -I fiddle around and try things but I not a 'real' </span><span style="font-size: 21px;">photographer</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">. What I relate, </span><span style="font-size: 21px;">comes</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> to me from conversations with others, and from books I have read...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #092b59; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Each photographer makes choices a little differently. A photo may <u>look like </u>an image of reality -
but the fact that this photo, taken from this angle, with there people or
places, with this light... tell something about the person who took the
photo. Compare 10 photos by 10 different
photographers and you can create an identify for that photographer... <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Three camposinos in town for the day</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #092b59; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Consider the historic photos by Dorthea Lange, Ansel Adamson,
Robert Kapa, and Henri Cartier Bresson...They each choose to see the world
through their own eyes - their styles are so unique that you can recognize them
by one photo. Some want to show the texture of a farm, a war, a tranquil
mountain... others focused on faces,
another on children. Some seek violence
- others seek tranquility. Some seek to
tell us the realities of life others want to show us how to connect with peace and happiness in the moment... Each person had their
own “decision making process” in place to guide them in choosing what and when to
photograph.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Peruvian mountain farm woman</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #092b59; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 16.0pt;">One rule that most all photographers follow is that of training yourself to choose
the exact right moment to capture the image. Human faces change in a flash. When I
take a photo, I hold my breath for a moment and check the action of my subjects
and when the moment is right - GO! It is
kind of like training a reflex action. I
don’t really think about finding the moment - it seems to just happen. A moment sooner or later and you lose it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #092b59; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 16.0pt;"> “Think about the
photo before and after, never during. The secret is to take your time. You
mustn't go too fast. The subject must forget about you. Then, however, you must
be very quick.” </span></i><span style="color: #092b59; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Henri
Cartier Bresson<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #092b59; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 16.0pt;"> A good photo is all about light! If the lighting isn’t
right – come back when you can get the light you need to make the photo
interesting. Just notice a favorite
landscape in the very early morning when the light and shadows are
pronounced. By midday the lighting is
flat and totally uninteresting. A great
photo use shadows and reflections for real and effective results.... Same with
photos of people. Sometimes all you have to do is ask the people you photograph to move so that good light strikes their face and they have a more interesting background...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">..."and then she said..."</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #092b59; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Framing the picture is a big deal thing. Make it interesting, avoid clichés... think
about how the parts of the photo fit together. Avoid making the photo to crowded. I must
admit that I 'cheat' - when I download my photos to the computer I frequently
crop the photo to make the framing more interesting. You can also easily adjust brightness,
shadows, and color balance if you are using a digital camera that downloads to
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Sharing a bag of candy - (dont miss the pup)</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #092b59; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Avoid far away pictures of people – They make for
boring photos. Its exciting to be close
enough that you can see features. Human expression in the moment are
all-important. I like profiles, head and shoulder shots, random candid shots
can be fun - but there is nothing wrong with staging your photos too. </span><span style="color: #092b59; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Remember to wait for the “decisive moment” to click the shutter. When photographing a group
meeting– don’t show the speaker - show the people watching the speaker. Focus
on the responses of people.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Example of a photo that would be better with improved camera angle and closer range (with telephoto)</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #092b59; font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Now the big question - while my iPhone is so convenient - why on earth would I want to use
a digital camera? You can do so much
more with a </span><span style="font-size: 21px;">digital</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> camera and generally get way more satisfying photos. With my digital camera I can; easily use telephoto
to zoom in on a subject from a good distance away, I can compensate for light
conditions (bright sunlight, late evening), I can take excellent clear macro photos,
I can adjust for subjects with action, choose wide angle, late evening. Then I can transfer the photos to my computer and
quickly and easily make final adjustments - all this with one of the
inexpensive new generation small view-screen digital cameras. I use a Sony Cyber-shot camera and
love it!</span></span><span style="color: #092b59; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Herbs for sale - probabily collected from her garden or wild in nature</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #092b59; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 16.0pt;">So - I guess I am one of those people who has
integrated a camera into my world experience. I think a good photographer is
always seeking to 'see outside of your usual' way of encountering the world - I am
constantly looking to see what I am overlooking and what might make an interesting
photo : Angle - position - light/shadows - framing - timing...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">This photo shows a whole tableau of life at the entrance to the city market</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.0pt;">What do you find when you look inside your head? - a swarm of agitated bees or a sunny
mountain meadow? With me - both - at different times - There are times when I want to engage in intense problem solving and interaction with others but there
are times for choosing to go to a place of peace inside my own head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our busy lives push us in the direction of
being sharp - being on edge - being production... Wow - sounds like stress to
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.0pt;">I was talking to a man who told me that he worked in the city - surrounded
by urban streets, urban sounds, electronic sounds, and constant
conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had a passion for the
high mountains because this was when he could most fully disengage - His time to get </span><span style="font-size: 21px;">unstructured</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 21px;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16pt;">was when he could get a few days to backpack into the High Sierra country.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16pt;">He said that it took a
couple of days for his parade of thoughts and ideas to quiet down in his mind
-</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16pt;">for snatches of tunes and bits of
conversation to leave his head... and then he could became fully aware of what was
around him.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16pt;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16.0pt;">He said that normally in the
city he felt like there was a radio station or talk show going on in his head
all the time and he couldn't turn it off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> (Some people do literally have the radio or </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16pt;">TV on all the </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 21px;">time</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16pt;"> or earplugs in their ears when they are out walking.) He had to empty the noise from his mind before be could be fully
present.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16pt;"> This process actually has a name.
It is "attention restoration" and it is something we experience when
we disengage long enough to set aside our mental demands and thinking. </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16pt;">I'm not saying that productivity and response are wrong - the key word
is balance - finding how to be able to purposely connect with our real
selves.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16pt;"> This is not some far out left
wing, cultish, hippy thing - but something we are learning to integrate into our
culture...it quickly is going main stream.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">I find peace walking such meadows and peaks</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">You undoubtedly know that the left side of our brain is concerned with
logical sequential operations - like reading, stringing words together in a
sentence, computer code writing, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>...and the right ride of our brain is where we have more holistic
operations like artistic creations, </span><span style="color: #131313; font-size: 16.0pt;">recognizing
faces, expressing emotions, music, reading emotions, color, images.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course we normally </span><span style="color: #131313; font-size: 21px;"> </span><span style="color: #131313; font-size: 16pt;">communicate back
and forth between<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>both sides of our
brain all the time...both are critical to our 'humanity'.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, most people
favor one side of their brain over the other. Think of the difference
between Steve Jobs and Pablo Picasso.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I suppose the "noise" in Steve's mind was very sequential and Pablo most likely saw wonderful whole images...</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #131313; font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 16.0pt;">Mindfulness</span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 16.0pt;"> training<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>is now available for everyone from airline personnel to basketball teams (Oakland </span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 16pt;">Raiders), from nuns to high school students, from</span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 16pt;"> prisoners to US military personnel. ( It could save your life to know how to be fully mindful - being fully present in the now.)</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Its really about balance of all three - I like to remember the past, I am not hung up on the future, but my goal is to be able to choose to live fully right now...</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 16pt;">So how do you do it... Basically it involves becoming</span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 16pt;"> </span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 16pt;">more aware moment-to-moment of where you are and what you are doing. </span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 16pt;"> </span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 16pt;">You don’t try to control the thoughts, or seek
new thoughts, or seek to make thoughts go away - Just practice awareness of
what is occurring in your mind.</span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 16pt;"> Its probably best to sit in a comfortable chair in a quiet room for 15 minutes a day for a few days and then try to extend it up to 30 minutes. Most western people want a quick fix - you will notice some benefits right away - but the results increase over time. The process is</span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 16pt;"> like imagining a blue sky and in that sky you see </span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 16pt;">clouds that appear on the horizon, drift overhead, and eventually disappear. </span></span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: inherit; font-size: 21px;">But in reality you are just observing your normal flow of thoughts as they come and go in your awareness.</span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: inherit; font-size: 21px;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 16pt;"> </span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 16pt;">Many people find it easier if they concentrate on their breathing - dont
try to control your breath but just be conscious of observing the breathing as it
occurs.</span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 16pt;"> </span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 16pt;">You can even practice conscious
breathing as you wait for a traffic light to change or while you are standing
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<span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 21px;">Sometimes you hear it said that for meditation to be correct it is necessary to shut off all thoughts - </span></span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: inherit; font-size: 21px;">That you have to train yourself to have an empty mind - that is just as impossible as telling yourself </span><u style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: inherit; font-size: 21px;">not to think</u><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: inherit; font-size: 21px;"> of a red elephant. </span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 21px;">Others have said that you have to breath in a way or hold your hands just so - Not true - The goal is just simply to become aware of your breathing as it </span></span><span style="color: #1c1c1c;"><span style="font-size: 21px;">occurs</span></span><span style="color: #1c1c1c;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 21px;"> naturally, be aware of the </span></span></span><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 21px;">thoughts that come to mind and allow them to disappear... Start where you are.</span></span><br />
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There comes a day each spring when I suddenly see that everything is sprouting new growth. The 'red bud' tree is awash with color, even the Yellow oxalis look beautiful with intense yellow. (I do my best to overlook how invasive they are...) New growth is sprouting out of 'dead' branches. It is a riot of activity! It is good! I walk with the dogs and everywhere - the world appears as it should be on such a morning...<br />
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I say “I don’t see any great changes taking place..." "Melting polar ice caps don’t affect me" " the air pollution in China isn’t my problem" " So what if the average annual temperature is .5 degrees warmer this year than last and the sea level has risen a fraction of an inch? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These changes may well accumulate to affect future generations of people and even mass extinctions of some organisms, but not me on a morning like this! It requires effort on a day like this to deal with real problems.<br />
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But I know - <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> There have been natural changes in the past - but never such a rapid change related to human activity.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have only one earth - and every day there are more us of living on it...What can I do today to be a little more responsible...? Like your mama used to say to you - "its time to clean up your room!" Isn't it ironic that the 4 elements of our universe recognized
by the ancient Greeks, (and independently by other cultures) have come back to prominence
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Many organisms on our earth are adapted to live in very narrow environmental limits - adding chemicals or changing temperatures even a slight amount have already been fatal to thousands of species - "once something becomes extinct it will not return to our earth".<br />
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To the ancients it made logical sense that all forms of solid
matter were aspects of 'earth' - the rocks and minerals, the flesh of animals
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Air was what we breath, what surrounds us, what a bird flies
through.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Air was not visible but
essential for life...It would be long years before such fine distinctions as
Oxygen, Nitrogen, and Carbon dioxide were known.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Fire was seen as a strange 'substance' to the ancients - it
was something powerful that could be locked within some forms of matter (wood.
coal), it was the energy of the sun, even the earth generated it in volcanoes...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fire (heat) tended to rise and dissipate into the
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Water was different from 'earth' in that it was fluid - Oceans
were a mystery - Was the earth afloat on a 'great sea' ?- Did the earth have
known limits and then endless water? Was there a great sea over our heads that sometimes gave us rain? Moisture could rise in the air to form
clouds and then fall as rain... Water is capable of evaporation and freezing ... pretty
mysterious!<o:p></o:p><br />
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Now the interesting thing is that these elements could often
combine into single phenomena...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Humans
had components of solid earth, we breathed 'air' in and out of our bodies, there
were aspects of 'fire' within the human body - hence our body heat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fish however did not have this fire in their
bodies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And water was an important component
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To us today this all seems naive - yet to Aristotle, early
Arabs, Chinese, and Indian cultures this was the product of good inductive
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Why is it important today - because we have gotten ourselves
in a fix over these same 4 elements?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
have created systems out of balance with the natural world. Please visit this site - highly recommended! <a href="https://royalsociety.org/~/media/Royal_Society_Content/policy/projects/climate-evidence-causes/climate-change-evidence-causes.pdf">https://royalsociety.org/~/media/Royal_Society_Content/policy/projects/climate-evidence-causes/climate-change-evidence-causes.pdf</a><br />
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Long ago, deposits of fossilized organisms trapped sunlight
energy stored inside them- they would represent solid "earth" to the
ancients but they contain the capacity to release fire - energy to make our
gasoline or coal to burn for industry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They also release vast amounts of carbon dioxide into the air and this has resulted in a mechanism that traps energy in our atmosphere and even heats the ocean.<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">The great surging sea - constantly exchanging materials and heat with the atmosphere</td></tr>
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In addition, we have
through our industrial manipulations created an array of liquid and solid products
that have found their way into the ocean - causing changes in the chemistry of
the sea... Atmospheric CO2 has dissolved into seawater to create changes in sea
water acidity... plastics are extremely slow to break down and they tend to concentrate
in the sea interfering with the feeding of natural organisms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even the air we breath has become contaminated
with exhaust from our cars and industry causing a serious increase in asthma
and respiratory and blood diseases that shorten life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Products of the plastics can mimic naturally occurring
hormones and alter the development and life cycles of organisms, also stimulate
abnormal cancers.<o:p></o:p><br />
If we deny these facts we are 'ostriches" burying out collective heads in the sand...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our one and only Earth </td></tr>
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Why are we reluctant as a society to correct these problems? Thats simple - we are entrenched in a way or life and an economic system that would find
the corrections painful - coal and oil producing states would stand to lose
jobs, taxes, and a way of life. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We like
the convenience of jumping in our cars and 'going places' (I do!) ...But every
time I go to the store to buy milk or bread I am adding to the climates
greenhouse gases... ( Its just easier to pretend that these problems dont matter! ) We need new technologies to eliminate the need for
fossil fuels... its starting - if you have solar panels on your house-
hurray!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you drive an electric
car...super!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These technologies will
continue to grow and expand. Imagine what eliminating our dependence on foreign oil
would do to the world economy and politics.. There would be winners and losers.<o:p></o:p></div>
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What can I do and you do to minimize my damage to the environment?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> The Sierra club has the motto "When you go into wilderness - leave nothing but footprints"</span><br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sea Anenomies are very sensitive to changes in seawater pH</td></tr>
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We are so in love with our current system of
conveniences it is a challenge - I want to go to Europe?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No problem hop on a commercial plane (jet
exhaust), I love my plastic everything - it doesn’t last very long - but thats OK -when
I'm done with it I throw it away (There is no 'away' in this world).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I get hungry for fresh tomatoes in January -
ah the supermarket has them - They must travel by diesel truck from Mexico -
but I'll overlook that) When I want to throw something away I now have to make a
decision is it compost, trash, it recyclable...Is it too much trouble to make
that distinction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p><br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">But on a day like this please cut me some slack - I will enjoy the glory of springtime and watch the buds swell and sprout new life.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796915197598928218.post-9557502998518839122016-02-26T16:11:00.003-08:002016-02-26T16:22:59.037-08:00Green jeeps and mosquitos <div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">All this business
with the Zika virus reminds me of the summer jobs I had starting with the summer after my sophomore year until I completed the local community college. I worked for the Delta Mosquito Abatement, located in
the north end of </span>Visalia California in the Central Valley. At the operation center there was a metal Quonset Hut for the
"bosses", a parking area for a fleet of old Korean war surplus jeeps (each outfitted
with a 200-gallon tank filled with Parathion insect spray), and a garage overseen by a tough
old guy names "Buster" - he took great care of the jeeps, and all the
equipment - and tried his best to put the fear into us to not do anything
stupid that would harm 'his' equipment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCagjdRMTsz3o-_WDDwYe04S6J5V7LFAKc0dUCX1SpedT2MH57CE8Re6-d4rmxWAnIe6vqHdlJk1EHFQGhKK80ic2i1JxfYJaYFmdC-pVqFEyP5X3rjVKApnXx3YHzygceJg85z-b8kuNa/s1600/willys-jeep-03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCagjdRMTsz3o-_WDDwYe04S6J5V7LFAKc0dUCX1SpedT2MH57CE8Re6-d4rmxWAnIe6vqHdlJk1EHFQGhKK80ic2i1JxfYJaYFmdC-pVqFEyP5X3rjVKApnXx3YHzygceJg85z-b8kuNa/s400/willys-jeep-03.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Jeep was never so clean - At times I would return to my Jeep and find cows gathered around sticking their heads inside...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">A 4 gallon Hudson sprayer - these babies were heavy then carried through thick mud on a hot day!</td></tr>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Each summer morning
at 7 AM the drivers and helpers gathered out in the open air near the gas pump
for the daily briefing - and special information that was pertinent to us all -
any new mosquito information, any 'civilian' complaints, anything 'to do' or
'not to do'.The field operators could also put in orders for certain large fields to be sprayed from the air. We had an old slow stable Stierman biwing with a very 'colorful' pilot - who loved what he did...<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">San Joaquin - with irrigation it is green and wonderful - no water - it turns dry and dusty</td></tr>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">When I began, I was
a "helper", and every morning I climbed into the Jeep with Matt D. (the field operator in charge
of the area we worked) ... an interesting guy... Native to Oklahoma, his
family came west with the dust bowl, he was drafted into <span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">the Army - went to fight in the Pacific
islands. He still bore the emotional scars from the experience. He was a
wealth of amazing stories about his life and adventures. He loved old time country <o:p></o:p></span></span>music. Little Jimmy Dickens, Earl Tubbs, Hank Williams...And from him I learned to "talk Oakie".</div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">The Jeep had no doors or walls and in the early summer
air it was really cold- We drove north to Goshen Junction and then east
toward the area of New London California - the land was flat and only produced crops
because of irrigation water. And that was the problem - there were
constantly large areas of land with standing water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Dipper method - looking for larva</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">Matt had to keep meticulous data of each of
the many fields for which he was responsible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We would at times take water dippers and collect a sample of water to
look for larva.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Alfalfa and pasture
lands most often had a species called: 'Aedes nigromaculis'. This one is a serious pest and can be very prolific. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We also looked in standing tubs, flower pots, horse tanks for '<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Culex tarsalis' - this one is capable of
carrying encephalitis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One that we
dreaded to find were the "Anopheles" mosquitos capable of spreading
malaria.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Note abdomen filled with blood</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;">When
we identified an alfalfa field with active larva - we got out of our jeep -
filled 4-gallon pressure cans with Parathion spray, pumped them up by
hand,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> then I slung the can onto my back with the strap crossing my chest and off we went. T</span>he two of us would walk the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>field swinging out wands back and forth
releasing spray.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes we would
start on opposite sides and work to the middle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Many fields were deep with sticky mud.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">The only photo I could find - and old WW II photo - but we did it the same way ( except this tank has a different pressurizing system)</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> There were often clouds of mosquitos to content with. </span>A big field might take much of a
morning or afternoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes when
Matt had extra work I would drop me alone to spray a field alone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In those cases, he sat up a 50-gallon tank on
sawhorses so that I could refill my can.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When lunch time came around we often drove in to Traver California -
there was a grocery store, a China Berry tree and a tiny patch of lawn where we
ate lunch. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">When we were in the neighborhood at break time we would go to a truck stop for coffee and a donut<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">My favorite General store in Traver California - good place to by Moon pies and Coke</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;">All the little towns in this area were inhabited by seasonal field
workers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> The towns would generally be considered as centers of rural poverty. </span>The homes are made of simple
materials, often no paint, have weed filled yards, skinny barking dogs. But the people
that we met often had fascinating life stories to tell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One particular wino often came to eat with us
(he mostly was happy to share our lunches).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sometimes he had items that he had stolen that he tried to sell to us...But
he was a jolly man with stories about jail, his lost loves, some big 'deal' coming
up... <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">The style of homes in New London and Traver... I hope that conditions there have improved </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Make of the people in these towns were descendants of those who escaped the dust bowl in the midwest</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;">Finally,
the day came that I got my own little green jeep - I was promoted to spraying
dairy drains!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> The work was much easier but I missed the camaraderie of working with Matt. </span>Milking requires a lot of
water- <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and vast amounts of water collect
and breed mosquitos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many dairies had made
long trench drainage areas -about 12 ft., wide and the length depended on the
size of the dairy, the trench was dug to be about 12 feet deep. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some just let the water go where it will. On a
typical day I drove about 100 miles - Going from one dairy to the next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">The life cycle was dependent on the day and night temperatures</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;">Many of them I could spray without leaving
the jeep - I just drove slowly by the pit or pond of drainage area and sprayed
my poison onto the surface.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some were
not jeep accessible and then I was to walk into the farm or along one of the
the sloughs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I learned to deal with
savage farm dogs! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My favorite slough was
one that was about chest deep and there were thick blackberry vines on each
side - so I had to walk down the middle of the slough, spraying as I went, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>through slimy mud and floating duckweed... but
I loved the biology of this place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
needed two full days to complete all of the dairy drains on my route.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many of the dairies were owned by Portuguese
dairymen - who frequently went out of their way to offer me fruit from their
trees. Thats where I learned to love fresh ripe figs!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Delta Mosquito abatement also had a person who went around putting mosquito fish into home ponds, horse tanks, or other permanent water</td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: text1;">A
memorable day I recall was the day that 2 of us were sent out to deal with a mosquito
source- it happened to be by a watermelon field.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The owner was still there and we asked if we
could pick over the left over melons (and there were a lot of them) - he said
"Sure - take all you want - I'm going to plow this up” So we loaded the
jeep with watermelons - full and over full with watermelons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wouldn’t you know it - some well intentioned
citizen phoned in to the office and said that 2 "mosquito boys" had stolen
a bunch of melons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fortunately, it was Buster
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">That's me - here I am spraying herbicide around d a dairy drain so that the poison can reach the water - this is a special jeep just for that...</td></tr>
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When I think about those years - I remember barb wire fences,fields full of cows ( and occasionally bulls), vast dust devils swirling on a hot summer day, heat and dust, mud, deep mud, and hoards of mosquitos... but I remember faces and voices - so many good people...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">What my arm looked like on many occasions - It was often so hot that I didn't want long sleeves unless I needed them.</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796915197598928218.post-33499387937908439972016-02-19T10:57:00.000-08:002016-02-19T20:32:48.800-08:00..."And that's the way it was!"<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Images this week are from Google Images - and show examples of the "Oral Tradition"</span><br />
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I grew up among people who appreciated good story telling! Telling stories was partly entertainment and partly about building relationship. I was born into a world where extended family and friends gathered on Sunday afternoons - and I remember circles of people sitting in small farm house dining rooms or parlors talking together. As the conversation progressed - someone would say - "That reminds me of a story.." ...and off we would go... Everyone listens and remembers, chuckles and agrees... and that often leads to another story. Good storytellers were prized - and since many of the stories had been heard before - the telling of the story was important - the timing - the emphasis - the accurate recall of details...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This could be me listening to my Uncle John ( except he talked about mountains and dessert - not the ocean ) </td></tr>
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This is what modern anthropologists would call an oral tradition of telling
stories about the past to remind people of who they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some stories were funny , and some<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>sad, some about overcoming hardships, and
some about getting out of scrapes, some personal, some about people long gone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
last weekend I was talking to a cousin who was telling me again some of his
stories ... hearing stories is a powerful way of connecting with people present
and past...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Why is out so good to hear someone tell you the stories from their life or history?</td></tr>
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One of my favorite family story tellers was one of my uncles
- As he got older I told him "Uncle John - I wish you would write your stories down" - and after much encouragement to everybody surprise - he sold his prized hunting
rifle and bought a used typewriter - and he began writing story after story - I told
him that I would duplicate and distribute to the family all of his writing - It
ended up with over 300 pages of double spaced typing. I realize that I was urging him to break the oral tradition - but now I am glad now to have his stories recorded in print.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Good story telling is different from gossip - The oral history that I knew never made fun of or diminished another person </td></tr>
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Here are two of Uncle John's stories<o:p></o:p></div>
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"After the war, one day I was walking near the family
farm and I saw a sign saying that the next weekend a pilot would be landing
in this cow pasture and would take people up for $5.00.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had never flown before so it sounded like a
good deal - even though he was charging a big price.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I
got there Saturday morning I saw the plane sitting there - it was an old bi-wing
plane with fabric covered wings and two open-air seats - the pilot in front. To get in you had to climb over
the side, and once you were seated not much over the head was visible from the
outside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All cultures - all peoples- taught with oral history before there were schools</td></tr>
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So I got in and fastened the safety belt and the pilot got
in the front - and he called on his mechanic to start the motor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The mechanic took hold of the propeller and the
pilot called out 'contact; turned on the ignition switch, and the mechanic
gave the propeller a pull ... it started OK and we taxied to the end of the cow
field <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and turned to face the wind - then
the motor stalled ... the pilot climbed out of the cockpit and proceeded to
restart the motor<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> by </span>himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plane immediately started forward<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- <br />
The pilot made a dash for the end of the wing to grab hold- but he lost his
footing and fell down - and by the time he got up the plane was moving too fast
for him to catch it...<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jesus taught by speaking to his followers in the oral tradition</td></tr>
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So here I was a passenger in a plane with no pilot racing
down the cow pasture...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I first thought
to bail out - but the ground by then was moving fast and if I jumped I might
break my neck.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Then I remembered that every gasoline engine has an ignition
switch so I climbed into the pilots cockpit and started looking for something
that looked like an ignition switch - a rather large toggle switch caught my
eye and when I flipped it - the motor came to a sudden stop... it kept rolling
forward and stopped a few feet before it would have hit a truck full of
airplane gasoline... The pilot came running up and thanked me for stopping the plane and
gave me my 5$ back. ... and then took me on a good long ride showing me all the
local sights from the air..."<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Campfires and story telling - they seem to go together<br />
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And a second example: <o:p></o:p></div>
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My brother Frank and a friend George were hunting for Rocky Mountain
Goats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was late in the season and
snow was already thick at high elevations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They had brought skis along so that we could follow the goats if they
moved above the snow line. They made camp on a little flat place on the rugged granite mountain side - The slopes were very steep ...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I</span>n the morning it the sky was clear
and it was very cold. Frank and George started up the slopes with skis and
rifles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> They had n</span>o luck seeing goats. After
lunch they circled back over the north slope - they crossed the snow field on skis
- Frank was a little lower than George-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>- he got about half way across and the snow began to move until his skis
and quickly gathered speed and volume as it crashed down the mountainside. When things settled down, George went down as fast as he could to where the avalanche stopped and found
Frank trapped in the snow - His head was sticking out but her was locked in tight with the snow. he was more or less upright but his feel were still attached to the skis, and they were were buried deep in
the snow. So George set about digging him out with his hands until Frank could help get free...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Uncle John as a young man on the sides of the Snake River in Idaho - creating good experiences to tell about...</td></tr>
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<o:p></o:p><br />
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that he carried by a shoulder strap was still with him... I guess his guardian
angle was with him all the way that day! Frank didn’t feel much like going out the next
day - but a day later they were back on the slopes and each of them came home
with a nice trophy sized Billy.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Now... sometimes I have trouble relating with some of the stories from my conservationist perspective today - but I still like getting in touch with there view of things a few decades back... I do think that growing up with such stories gave me a sense that having adventures was good and the importance of being resourceful no matter what... They gave me permission...</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796915197598928218.post-43611788897051681402016-02-12T16:47:00.001-08:002016-02-14T07:33:30.806-08:00Memories of China<div class="MsoNormal">
On cold winter days in Kansas, my
Mother would at times take out her old metal travel trunk. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When she opened the trunk it gave off a scent of camphor wood and incense,
of tea and sandalwood. Then one by one she took out lacquer bowls, carved
figures, silks, painted scrolls, small weavings, ink stamps to mark documents,
books written in Chinese, and idol pictures common in the households of south
China… </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">The cook plays an Ehru as his daughter sings : Listen here to the Ehru: <span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btu32Qk27tA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btu32Qk27tA</a></b></span></td></tr>
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The first tea I ever drank was her Chinese Oolong tea – and she might
light a stick of incense… <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and then showed us photos of the mission house where she had lived, photos showing what
it was like to live in a land without roads between towns – only narrow pathways
that led between rice paddies… photos of junks and water buffalo, of pagodas, river boats., and rickshaws. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Hingwa in Fukien Provance (Southern China)</td></tr>
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When I grew older I learned more about her experience. As a young woman she graduated from USC. It
was between the two world wars and she was impelled by the message of her Methodist
church to serve God by helping the uneducated people of the
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Methodist missions sought to convert people to the Christian faith, by
providing education, hospitals, and orphanages in places where these services were most needed.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Spreading "night soil", collected in town, onto the rice field</td></tr>
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This was in the age before the Peace
Corp – and for altruistic young people who wanted to make a difference in the post war world, responding to the call of church missions was one of the few options. It was quite a
rarity for a young woman raised in a small Kansas town with the prevailing
attitudes of that time, to make such a bold move. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Harbor - on the coast from Hingwa</td></tr>
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She was selected for special
training to go to Southern China –the region of Hingwa in Fukien (Fujian) province across from
Taiwan… In Southern California she received training to prepare her for the
Chinese mission service; and special training for creation of village schools. Finally the day came to tell her family and friends goodbye as she
boarded a 'Dollar Line' coal powered steam ship travelling across the
Pacific.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">River travel - passing villages</td></tr>
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She arrived in southern China
and made her way by human powered river barge up to the town of Foochow
(Fuzhou)…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(She spoke of the haunting chant
of the rowers at they pulled on their oars against the river current). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was met and guided by the staff of her Methodist
Mission center.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It must have been an
amazing cultural shock to adapt to her new reality. My mother had first to
learn the Foochow dialect of Chinese – and she was in a total immersion
situation – She spoke of waking in the night with a newly learned phrase coming
strongly to her mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Workmen in a teashop</td></tr>
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The prevailing religions in the
region were a polyglot of traditional folk religions, Buddhism, Confucianism,
and Taoism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were many temples and
life for the average people was guided by a strong belief in fatalism, luck,
and superstition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Christian faith offered a
positive alternative to the burden of traditional beliefs… Still the weight of
traditional beliefs was slow to budge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> While there she made of collection of traditional wood block images of the various deities - </span><span style="text-indent: 0px;">house idols woodcuts used to protect the kitchen from evil spirits, to protect boy babies, idols for safety on a trip, an idol for cleanliness of spirit. She also saved joss paper (luck paper) and funeral money to burn at the time of someone’s death.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Temple in Hingwa</td></tr>
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Often it was the poor and destitute who came first to the Christian Mission.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As my mother became more able to communicate in
Foochow dialect she had more interaction with the local people. Her primary
task was to set up schools to train children in basic knowledge – how to read, write, practical mathematics, and to learn something of the wider world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many of the children who attended the schools belonged to traditional non-Christian families.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">School children</td></tr>
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My mother told of travelling to distant
villages – travelling in a sedan chair carried by two strong men.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think it is easy to misunderstand people,
with our modern social attitudes, what it must have been like to drop into
China in those years when having someone carry you was normal and natural –
after all you were giving employment to two families by paying the men in this
task.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Note walkway between rice 'paddies' </td></tr>
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She spoke of visiting temples
where Buddhist novitiates would show their indifference to pain by inflicting
painful burns to their bodies with thick glowing sticks of incense… she spoke
of small cages high above the cross roads with the heads of bandits on display
… she spoke of abandoned children saved from starvation and raised in the
mission orphanages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And she often spoke
about the prison that unyielding superstitions created around the lives of the
people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p><br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">A days outing</td></tr>
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<span style="text-indent: 48px;">Sometimes she and her mission sisters would take excursions into the hills to see a particularly fine pagoda and to share a picnic lunch…I suspect they were a very close supportive group with each other.</span><span style="text-indent: 48px;"> </span>I have one of the daily journals that she kept, recording
daily plays and events… much of it quite ordinary…I am astonished at her courage to make such a great step into a very different world – and I think that it is ironic that her adventure sparked a fire in my head to long to see more of the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Pagoda - </td></tr>
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Sadly she became seriously ill and weakened (there was a
prevailing belief that Western people often didn't do well living in the
tropical conditions of heat and disease) – This was after all before knowledge of
our modern medicine and before antibiotics … In any case she returned to
America in need of recuperation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Orphans</td></tr>
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Not long after her return to America she went to Kansas to regain her health and to be close to her family. Shortly later she married my father and made a satisfying life on a Kansas farm. There was one frustration in later years... Given the attitudes of
the time it was difficult for my mother to find people who cared to understand her experience in China, her deep love of the Chinese people, and the
thousand and one memories she held inside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> She even found those who scorned her for her wider view of the world... </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Life often comes in distinct chapters - Door open and doors close... but for good or bad we are shaped by our experiences...</span><o:p></o:p></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796915197598928218.post-64515427974796973162016-02-06T11:48:00.002-08:002016-02-06T11:57:20.961-08:00"Getting down and dirty"<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo Credit: All photos this week came from my good friend Google Images...</span><br />
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Once January is past, we have very little chance of any more frost. .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
if we have a few days free of rain, it becomes possible to work the soil. I have
several things that I like to plant as early as possible and then hope for the
best –and if a late frost happens - I will just replant…. its worth the risk
and planting now you can let the spring rain do the watering<o:p></o:p><br />
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Fava beans are so easy to grow (a good crop to
plant with kids). The plants are attractive and snails don't seem to like
them<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- You don't even need to do much to
prepare the soil - Just dig a 2 “ hole and drop in a seed, cover up, and it
will grow – They also add Nitrogen to the soil… You can go to your local
Mexican market – and just buy a small pack of dry seeds –
they are good to grow beautifully <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Glorious fresh Fava beans</td></tr>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Nurseries now have 6 packs of small Kale and Swiss chard
plants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The young plants prefer a well
dug soil. Mix in some compost or soil conditioner for good measure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> There are several varieties of Kale that I like better than the curly Kale with which you may be familiar. Kale and Swiss chard both grow </span>easily. Unfortunately snails love them both too. So sprinkle a little snail bate around the plants. <o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swiss Chard - I like both the red stem and the green...</td></tr>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Now is the perfect time to plant magnificent beets. Plant seeds – they also like good rich soil with compost – plant the seeds 3-4
inches apart – they grow well in our climate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> The biggest problem with beets is that most people dont plant enough of them!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Carrots are also good in the spring. Your
nursery or hardware will have several varieties of carrot seeds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Carrots are notorious for growing best in a loose
sandy soil – so with our predominately clay soils select one of the shorter
varieties. Be brave and try a couple of varieties - see which one you like best... (One of my happy memories as a child was pulling ripe carrots fresh from the soil, washing off the dirt, and eating it right there - so good! ) <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carrots have a mystique for me</td></tr>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->You can also put in broccoli and cauliflower
plants – but unless you have a big garden – they take a lot of space and
generally produce only 1 good head of vegetables – I usually skip them. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Chayotes grown as a patio arbor</div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Chayotes are a very satisfying vegetable to
grow– These are grown extensively in much of the world with Mediterranean
climates but they not well known here. – Go to a Mexican market and buy a good
large specimen – Ideal if you have a fence that needs covering, or want a quick cover for your patio arbor. They grow beautiful vines with rich green leaves and late
in the seasons large amounts of chayote squash form. The fruit can be kept for many
weeks into the fall and winter. To learn more about Chayotes visit this site: <a href="http://www.harvesttotable.com/2009/03/how_to_grow_chayote/">http://www.harvesttotable.com/2009/03/how_to_grow_chayote/</a><o:p></o:p><br />
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plant them both – and some people swear by them – I find that for all the space
required and storage problems once harvested – I don’t grow them any more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> But t</span>hey both grow very well here if you want to try<o:p></o:p></div>
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Oriental sugar peas (or sugar snap peas>) – for only a little work they give
you a wonderful satisfying crop – Only downside is that you must pick them consistently
or they will stop growing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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some would say foolish) you can try looking for small tomato plants in your
nursery soon now – I plant mine very early at the base of a south facing wall
with good day time sun – and they take right off… Different tomato varieties
have been developed for distinct climatic regions. Forget the large
beefsteak tomatoes or most of the heirloom varieties – sure the plants will
grow and you can get a very small crop from them – but you will get a much more satisfying crop with good flavor if you stick with “Ace” and “Early Girl’ varieties.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sunchokes - try them first before you put in a big crop<br />
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be available soon– and providing that you can grow them on a drip irrigation line –
will keep you supplied in strawberries for many weeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My preference is Albion <a href="https://www.burpee.com/fruit/strawberry-plants/strawberry-albion-prod000530.html">https://www.burpee.com/fruit/strawberry-plants/strawberry-albion-prod000530.html</a> ( you can read about them here - but buy them from your local nursery ).<o:p></o:p></div>
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climate has one drawback from the point of view of a gardener – Every night in
the summer the cool Pacific air flows over us<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- We love to live in this climate – but cool nights make it almost
impossible to grow a good crop of peppers, eggplant, and okra… Many gardeners
will disagree – but its true – these plants need warm nights to set and develop
a good crop… I have struggled with them all and only been able to get small unsatisfactory crops ( even though the foliage seems to grow well )… The Alameda County Master Gardening group gives
the same advice… also the home garden group out of UC Davis…Never mind – there
is so much more that we can grow well… “Live within your climate”<o:p></o:p></div>
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My favorite garden reference book is Golden Gate Gardening
by Pam Peirce: Read reviews here: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0056IJJP8/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?ie=UTF8&btkr=1">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0056IJJP8/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?ie=UTF8&btkr=1</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796915197598928218.post-51621266561379620492016-01-30T12:14:00.000-08:002016-01-30T12:17:02.494-08:00Faces and Masks<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">My advice to young
teachers when they start teaching is to imagine themselves as ‘actors’ -
and imagine that they are playing the role of an effective teacher… perhaps
based on a blend of favorite good teachers that they have seen in their own lives…they should attempt
to emulate the actors voice, their timing and delivery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I tell them that it is OK to feel like an
imposter when you first start teaching – No one else in the room will think of them as an
imposter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And if they play their role well
for a few days they will discover that they are soon speaking with their own
voice and responding as themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">This person creates
and puts on a kind of invisible “mask”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A mask in this sense is the self that we create to deal with a certain
situation or with certain people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
isn’t a physical mask – but the way we present ourselves, the words we choose
to speak, our pattern of body language.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1c1c1c; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The Swiss
psychiatrist Karl Jung called this a “<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">persona”</span>.
And he saw it as the social face the individual presents to the world—"a
kind of mask designed on the one hand to make a definite impression upon
others, and on the other to conceal the true nature of the individual".<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1c1c1c; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Many
cultures include physical masks in ceremonies to make present certain spirits,
gods, or states of mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Such masks can
be a real aid in visualizations., and education. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How I
loved Halloween when I could wear a mask and pretend to be someone else. </span><sup><span style="color: #092f9d; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></sup><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">As I think about my
typical day – I wake in the morning and have breakfast with my wife, Judy – We
know each other so well that generally we don’t need special personas to interact - But
there are times we choose to project a special tenderness or insistence with
each other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I drive to the
classroom that I will visit that day and I put on a different ‘mask’ to deal
with the office staff and then a different persona with my young teacher, and
still a different persona if I am dealing with high school age students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVwvFn367vC5wV_UuDXYUOMR2FnRPEndtNnx7D8zKCUac0KICwoMDJxBEiXIcZ4PVUpU5POchiBDfnMv8tD3qgTrnSmGueEn21ehzGj5_WYrHC6yZ2tiTHVg4XmyMvSXByjy0qNCJUXI6p/s1600/CH-Mask1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVwvFn367vC5wV_UuDXYUOMR2FnRPEndtNnx7D8zKCUac0KICwoMDJxBEiXIcZ4PVUpU5POchiBDfnMv8tD3qgTrnSmGueEn21ehzGj5_WYrHC6yZ2tiTHVg4XmyMvSXByjy0qNCJUXI6p/s400/CH-Mask1.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I may visit different schools I suppose that my demeanor changes if
I am taking to a school principal, a custodian, if I stop for lunch in a
taqueria, or a Chinese bakery, speaking with an Oakland Police officer, or a homeless
guy… I have a different persona when I go to a baseball game, in church, and
out hiking with friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This doesn't
seem dishonest to me because I attempt to present personas that put the other
person at ease, at which present myself in a positive light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don't think the goal is never to use
different masks (personas) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- but to be
conscious of how and why you are presenting yourself.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I have known people
who get trapped in a persona –Let me engage in some stereotypes –(You can think of
exceptions of each) – but we all know people that the labels fit<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> - </span>maybe even see ourselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Have you met people who want the world to see
them as any of these categories: tough guy, funny, intellectual, militant (fill
in any political party), smart, cute, religious, techy, athletic, poetic,
daring, anti-intellectual, the guy that wont take any ‘guff’ from anybody, the peacemaker, the adventurer….</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once a person is
trapped in a persona it can be difficult to expand their horizons… There are
cowboy poets, and conservationist hunters; there are inner city kids that go on
to make breakthroughs in medicine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
think there are even regional personas – I suspect I would engage in
different conversations with the people behind the counter of a coffee shops in
San Francisco, in Omaha Nebraska, and in a little country cross
road café in Georgia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> There are topics that would be inappropriate in the small towns of Northern Mississippi that might be quite welcome in the Bay Area.</span><o:p></o:p><br />
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Sometimes after a busy day, a good dinner… I feel relaxed
and tired and I want to sit in my favorite chair and read a good book… but I
have to go to a meeting – so tired and a little grumpy, I drag myself to
the meeting – and ‘boing’ as I walk into the meeting my friendly, outgoing,
verbal mask falls into place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I listen,
contribute, maybe tell a funny story, I act really engaged in the meeting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is that dishonest or wrong…? I don't think so
– it makes me more productive and a better team player… than going in as a
‘rain cloud’ and sitting quietly through the meeting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like my collection of masks and I can be aware that I them
out and put them on more or less consciously.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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On a cold wintry Saturday I sometimes get the urge to try my hand
at cooking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don't <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘do’ many recipes – but sometimes I feel
inspired to create one of my “specialties” … an East Indian Curry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now the first thing you need to know: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>forget that you ever heard of “Curry powder”
it was a creation of the British during their long occupation of India and is a
far cry from the real thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another
common misconception is that Indian food is too ‘spicy’ –<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>some people that means too much hot red
pepper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The blend of spices in this
recipe is a fragrant tasty blend – if you are concerned about “hot” just reduce
the cayenne a bit – but some cayenne is necessary for a full flavor.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This is modified from a Moosewood recipe <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- for other Moosewood recipes go - <a href="http://www.moosewoodcooks.com/all-recipes/">http://www.moosewoodcooks.com/all-recipes/</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Can you imagine the good smell? - The spices I buy come in little packets</td></tr>
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Some people <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>are intimidated
by cooking curries –If you take the time to assemble all the ingredients before
cooking, it is no big deal…</div>
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A.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For me the first
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(T= teaspoon T = Tablespoon C = cup )<o:p></o:p></div>
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.5 t <u>black mustard seeds</u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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1 t <u>cinnamon</u><o:p></o:p></div>
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½ t ground <u>cardamom</u><o:p></o:p></div>
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1.2 t ground <u>cumin</u><o:p></o:p></div>
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1.5 t <u>whole coriander seeds</u><o:p></o:p></div>
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.5 t ground <u>fennel</u><o:p></o:p></div>
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1 t<u> turmeric</u><o:p></o:p></div>
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.5 t <u>cayenne </u>( about right ) <o:p></o:p></div>
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1 t <u>salt</u><o:p></o:p></div>
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A 'proper' Indian market will have a whole long section of nothing but spices and another with nothing but varieties of 'dal' (legumes and grains)</div>
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It is said that a proper blend of spices should be such that
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So when I look at our spices I may discover that I am
missing one or more – so the next step is a visit my friendly neighborhood
Indian market – I could get the spices in Safeway – but I like the sights, smells,
& prices when I shop with my Indian neighbors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like the friendly chatter in Urdu, the
music video playing, and the range of merchandise that I can’t find anywhere
else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While you are there buy a small
jar of Mango Chutney to serve with the curry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You will need to buy ginger root too…You can also buy chapatis ( flat bread ) to serve...<br />
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Indian markets often have really good fresh vegetables for sale because 'fresh' is prized in Indian cooking.<br />
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Not my market - but very similar </div>
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<u>B.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next I prepare
the vegetables and chicken<o:p></o:p></u></div>
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2 C chopped <u>onions</u><o:p></o:p></div>
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2 large <u>carrots </u>sliced into half moons<o:p></o:p></div>
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3 C cubed <u>sweet potatoes</u><o:p></o:p></div>
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1 medium head <u>cauliflower</u>, cut into florets<o:p></o:p></div>
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2 medium <u>tomatoes</u><o:p></o:p></div>
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2 Cups frozen <u>green peas</u> or 2 medium green peppers<o:p></o:p></div>
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2 t ground <u>fresh ginger root</u><o:p></o:p></div>
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2 pounds of <u>chicken breast meat</u> cut into small pieces
(optional)<o:p></o:p></div>
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--<o:p></o:p></div>
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3 medium <u>garlic</u> cloves – minced (added w/ onion<o:p></o:p><br />
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The finished product will look like this ( this had cilantro on top)</div>
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<u>C.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now the steps
in cooking<o:p></o:p></u></div>
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1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Select a large
sauce pan (~ 6 qts) and heat <u>3 T oil</u> – when moderately hot add mustard
seed - they will pop! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(avoid burning ) <o:p></o:p></div>
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2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Add other spices roast with low heat for ~2 minutes to enhance the flavors<o:p></o:p></div>
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3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Add onion and
garlic – sauté until transparent<o:p></o:p></div>
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4.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Add chicken - stir<o:p></o:p></div>
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5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Add carrots and
cook several minutes with cover<o:p></o:p></div>
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6. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Add sweet potatoes
– cook a few minutes more <o:p></o:p></div>
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7.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Add cauliflower –
stir all vegetables so that all are covered with the spice mixture<o:p></o:p></div>
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8. Add .75 cups water, cover – simmer about 20 minutes –
stirring once in a whole - Watch carefully – it can burn!<o:p></o:p></div>
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9.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When potatoes are
partly soft add tomatoes and peas – simmer 10-15 min. more… the sweet potatoes
will soften and become part of the sauce<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Another version<br />
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On the dining table place, small bowls of raisins, yogurt, mango
chutney, and roasted chopped cashews or almonds for your guest to sprinkle on
top of their curry serving.<o:p></o:p><br />
<br />
You can serve with chapatis ( or you can substitute flour tortillas freshly cooked on a hot fry pan ) .. or fresh cooked rice</div>
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The best thing is that Curry gets even more flavorful if you
have left overs – Judy and I eat our curry for 3 days…and it's better each day…<o:p></o:p></div>
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There are a wealth of other curry recipes – This is a good
place to start your search: <a href="http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/collection/indian">http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/collection/indian</a><o:p></o:p><br />
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I'm sure you will see what a tasty healthy dish this is! - and oh so satisfying!</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I don't mean to
sound ungrateful, but this El Nino is pretty grudging about giving us the rain
that we were told would be coming… Mind you, I love every drop we get and the
snow in the Sierras gives me hope for snow melt in the reservoirs next summer. However t<span style="color: #262626;">he amount of rain fallen in the SF Bay Area in this season is actually less than the same time last year, which was less than normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Due to one good storm that came barreling through last year.) </span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #262626;">What we havent had yet this year is a rollicking good
Pineapple Express storm sequence… Remember back a few years when we get </span><span style="color: #1c1c1c;">a steady sequence of wet warm air direct from the
tropical oceans south of Hawaii? It made an </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_river"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">atmospheric</span><span style="color: #092f9d; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> river</span></a><span style="color: #1c1c1c;"> hooked in with jet stream influence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When this moist warm air is forced to rise
over the coastal hills and Sierra Mountains it cools it down and hard steady rains were released.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Its tricky when you ask
for a certain weather pattern – because you might get more than you wanted –With
‘expresses’ we have received substantial flooding <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- and the warm rain can melt the snow pack
resulting in early run off… much of which flows out to sea...not good! <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1c1c1c; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">So a
Pineapple express is a mixed blessing. What then are we likely to get from a nice
well-formed El Nino system?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The weather
pattern that we call El Nino is not completely understood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some years the temperature of the tropical Pacific
oceans become warmer than normal making a plume of warmer water that extends far out
into the Pacific Ocean from the coast of South America. </span><span style="color: #262626; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The strength of an El Niño is
linked to just how warm the sea waters get, and this year in November and
December, they reached record highs. The name El Nino in Spanish means “the
baby boy” referring to Baby Jesus – which relates the time of year when this
weather pattern is likely to happen. Due to the warmer than usual sea water, we are currently in one of the strongest El
Nino year ever recorded. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #262626; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">This<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>El Nino year heating has been influenced by the
greenhouse effect on earth brought about by high levels of greenhouse gases in
the atmosphere<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(such as CO2, Ozone,
Methane), that trap sun heat energy and don't permit it to escape into space <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>as happens normally. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even though the seawater heating happens in
the tropics, it affects the weather thousands of miles away. By changing the
location of where warmer ocean waters can be found in the Pacific, regions of
seawater where heat is being given off into the tropical atmosphere are also
changed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Normally, the warmer Asian
Pacific is where convection and rainfall are found, while the atmosphere over
the Mexico and California Pacific coast remains is more stable. Events in the
earth’s atmosphere make a kind of domino effect – what happens one place
affects what happens elsewhere – which in turn changes something else… but the
end result for us is more moist warmer than normal air being driven ashore to bring
us more rain than usual.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #17181a; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Although
there have been no major storms so far this season there has been a non-stop
series of medium sized storms every few days since early December.The Sierra
Mts. have been plastered with heavy snowfall and, for the first time in several
years, the water content of the snowpack is above normal for the season at this time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Good news for skiers
to!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2b2b2b; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">My
favorite weather prediction site in Weather Underground <a href="http://www.wunderground.com/weather-forecast/zmw:94536.1.99999">http://www.wunderground.com/weather-forecast/zmw:94536.1.99999</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> (</span>Just enter your ‘zipcode’ and you can get local
information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> ) </span>You can even see a video
clip of the last half hour of Doppler radar images showing changing
precipitation patterns in your area. From this you can tell the
direction of rainfall patterns – and make a good guess whether you have time to
‘walk the dog’ before the rain will hit your area.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2b2b2b; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Everybody
loves to complain about the weather predictions they receive but when you look
at a Doppler storm map, you see that such things as the vageries of cloud
patterns, topography, rain shadows… causing there to be a mosaic of ever changing rainy
patches that are quite random and unpredictable. When they say 20% chance of rain - that means that, on 10 days with conditions like this </span>there will most likely statistically be 2 days with rain - in the region - but not necessarily on your rooftop... its all statistical probability.<br />
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<span style="color: #2b2b2b; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I appreciate the
rain we have received (and there may be more in February and March)…but our
water shortages will not go away with one season – Look at the state of our
mostly empty reservoirs…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #17181a; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">So
at this point we have about 8.2“ of precipitation in Fremont … Normal average
for this date is 10.3”… Season normal 16.7 inches… 'They say' we might get a good storm Sunday and Monday (see chart above) but weather people have a pattern of being really optimistic about the likelihood of future rain - only to change it and easy "well, you should at least get .5 inches.." We will see...<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #17181a; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">So 40 days and 40 nights might do it...</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796915197598928218.post-77238966269748207812016-01-08T12:16:00.003-08:002016-01-10T07:57:18.848-08:00Me and my hardware store...<div class="MsoNormal">
I feel like a kid in a candy store when I go to my community
hardware store, Dale Hardware in Fremont– I may be in the middle of a project
and realize that I broke a drill bit, need a different wrench, a bolt, a sack
of grout… There is no need to dress up when I go – mud on the knees – OK,
dressed in my old red flannel shirt with holes in the elbows– OK - …<br />
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I have
gone in with a rusty piece of plumbing that I don't know how to fix – so me and
the pipe go right in – dirty hands and all…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And when I go to the Hardware I almost always run into friends … it is a
place to catch up – tell stories – laugh at jokes… It is a social institution
that cuts across the whole community.<br />
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But I warn you if you go to the hardware without being able
to ‘talk the language’ you will feel like an outsider… I go in and ask for 5 pounds
of 10-penny nails, 4 three quarter inch machine bolts with 30 threads per inch…
a metric box wrench for an 8 mm hex head… A pint of undercoat and some 0000
steel wool, 3/16 round rat-tail file to sharpen my chain saw…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean if you can't talk the talk you are in
danger of getting the ‘look’ and that patient smile used with ignorant people.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Hardware stores and me go way back – in my hometown Delia Kansas
we had Macha’s hardware a one-room store <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(across from Wehner’s Grocery) with shelves and bins lining the walls – they had
real ‘hardware” products – metal gate hinges, hoes, rakes, and post hole diggers…
log splitting wedges, tight rolls of yellow binder twine, nails, fence wire,
barbed wire, harness wax, large curved needles to sew up burlap bags of grain…
all the hardware products you might need on the farm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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The place smelled of oil and wax, or rope and
kerosene, of old unpainted wood and a certain mustiness built up over the years…
I remember how the accumulation of cigar smoke adding to the blend of aromas. During the long winter months, there stood a black oil-burning stove, in
the middle of the floor (vented through a stove pipe to the ceiling).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just like my hardware today it was a place to
linger – to share stories and share a good laugh.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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But now my modern hardware has evolved into a whole
“different kind of beast” It is the old maxim of modern capitalism – “Get
bigger or get out”…I’m not complaining – it’s oh so convenient and comfortable…Now
when I walk in I am greeted by a friendly young woman at the information desk… Heck,
they even offer a free cup of coffee while I shop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I can choose a vast array of aisles and
shelves – with sections for Plumbing – Paint – Fasteners (nails, screws) -
garden furniture – nursery – tools – Sheet metal products – Rope, Wire, Cables
- Lumber… and in each section knowledgeable people await; who can locate
specific products solve problems my problems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> And no cigar smoke. </span><br />
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“My dogs have learned how to work open the sliding door –I need some way
to shut the door so that they can’t get it open”… “I’m putting in a new clothes
dryer and I have to figure out how to vent to the outside.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn't have quite enough paint to finish
the whole room – how close can you match up the color in another can of
paint?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“ I have a huge gopher problem
and I need your help – what works?" " I’m worried that my Aunt Sophie’s vase will
crash to the floor in the next earthquake – do you have any suggestions?" "My
neighbor’s kid just hit a baseball through my window and I have to replace it
(His dad offered to pay)."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> "Help! </span>My 3 year old
tried flushing a jar of cosmetics – now its jammed into the toilet and it
wont budge… "These are all real cases that either happened to my friends or me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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Small hand tools</div>
<br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>I measure the difficulty of a job by how many
trips to Dale Hardware I have to make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Plumbing often ends up being a 3-trip job, electrical too… Wood
projects are usually in the 2-trip range.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The clerks are patient and when. I return we laugh a lot and I tell them
my problems – and they send me off with a better solution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now they even offer micro courses in
everything from planting spring bulbs to fixing common household plumbing
problems – they will accept and recycle used fluorescent bulbs, take an item back if I got the wrong size - they practice the rule "The customer is always right"...<o:p></o:p><br />
<br />
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I have been to the big chain building-supply stores – and
they are cold and impersonal by comparison – nobody to help me find things –
nobody to answer questions – nobody to help me load heavy items… plus the whole
social thing in missing…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Every now and then when I visit a small old town I find old
time hardware stores – they still exist - these places often feel like they are in a kind of time
warp… few changes over the decades, the same mustiness and cigar smoke… But
whether I am in a small town in northern California or hardware in Oaxaca I can
count of the easy camaraderie of people with time to tell their stories and to
enjoy each other’s company with a good laugh.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As I grew up I picked up naturally 'who I was' – In my childhood I came to think of myself as male,
white, Presbyterian, Republican, Czech American (Bohemian) from my father, and part of the Fuller lineage (Swedish/English) from my mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And each of these identities created for me a sense of who I was and who
was the ‘other’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was as clear as if I
built walls delineating ‘me’ from ‘them’… It was convenient because my group
proscribed what I should believe and how I should behave… Me the Presbyterian v. those ‘wrong headed’ Catholics…
The package of Republican beliefs didn't have to be too carefully examined
because ‘that is what I was’…<o:p></o:p><br />
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This is my metaphor: I visualize a broad expanse of pastureland, divided by
fences into smaller and smaller divisions until here I stand in my own little
patch surrounded by fences and more fences that delineate who I am.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Over the course of my lifetime some 'fences' have been torn down
and some new ones have been built…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today my
fences look like this:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am physically a straight Caucasian male – (but my experiences of the world have taught me that I can be friends with others with identities quite different from mine), I identify myself as a liberal Democrat
with a belief in social justice, laws that protect life, liberty, and justice
for all.<br />
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Ethnically I am some-what a cultural chameleon interested in and comfortable
with most any human cultural groups with which I find myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My main identity is American, with the flavor of a Bay Area liberal outlook. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I identify myself as a Progressive Christian
seeking to live an honest moral life, reaching out to those in need, seeking to
follow the teachings of Jesus for our time and place, open to historical interpretation of the Bible. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am
committed to scientific problem solving and fascinated with teaching and finding how to make effective student learning happen.<o:p></o:p><br />
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I am not advocating that having beliefs are wrong – but only
that we need to be mindful of the beliefs we choose to hold... <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">A key part of this, is what we do
when we encounter others with different ideas – the typical human response is
to try to convince – to win over – the other person with our 'obviously superior
idea’ ( because we are 'right').</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">I can remember times in my life
when I was with someone committed to very different ideas than mine… but we were both
open to learning from the other… not to convince the other but to understand
their position.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">I have struggled with
this concept - it seems so ‘right’ to do this – but my natural inclinations are
to tell the other person how right I am.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
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<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">This is so easy to do with
Facebook – where we can advocate for a position without having to actually confront
others face to face. I recall speaking to a Muslim friend and we were both
ignorant of the other’s beliefs and to some extent carried with us false
information learned from our own culture. We knew each other well enough that
we respected the work and beliefs of the other – and it was a memorable
learning time.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">A harder example was
talking to a friend about guns – He and I live in different worlds…he lives in
a rural setting, with livestock to protect, where hunting is a way to augment the
family food supply… And I live in an urban situation where guns are kept for
protection but easily fall into the hands of angry people who use them
impulsively – and disturbed people who may strike back at a society from which they
feel alienated and engage in mass killings, or simply accidental shootings. </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> Because we know and like each other, our discussion was mostly about wanting the other to understand out position - not about winning them over. Later, </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">I think we both understand
the position of the other but we both still feel committed to advocate for what we believe. I guess that is progress...</span><br />
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Another metaphor that describes the situation for me is
choosing to see the world through filters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In physics a blue filter will only allow blue light to pass – all other
colors are absorbed. A ‘filter’ in the idea sense is to look for and respond to
certain key words or stimuli and disregarding other parts of the reality around
us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We only ‘see’ what we are set to see
through our filter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We all frequently
change our filters…When I am driving my car my ‘filter of attention’ is to be
watchful of traffic conditions around me, speed, presence of police offices,
red lights… I filter out side distractions beside the road.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is my concentration…<br />
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filters for my belief positions – What I am watchful for and respond to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have encountered people whose primary
filter through which they approach the world is to be on the lookout for
information that supports their political beliefs, their sports team, being Asian or
Native American or African American or Czech, sex (within their own persuasion),
Evolution, Global Warming, American History, mountain climbing, growing roses, their religious
persuasion, electrical engineering, … the list goes on and on – So I ask you –
what are your filters through which you choose to see the world?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Does your filter prevent you from seeing
incredible wonderful things that you you are not open to seeing? I'm sure we all are at times - Being aware is the first step. I remember a time when newspapers posted both conservative and liberal articles - not we tend to talk to people that support our positions, read news sources that agree with us, watch Rachael Maddow or Fox news... Filters - Filters - filters!<o:p></o:p><br />
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When I hike in the high mountains I carry a lot of my
civilized world with me – I play back snatches of conversations, news items,
bits of music, problems to ponder… Each of these is like a fence or a filter that
I have brought with me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Slowly I open my
eyes and shut down this noisy part of my brain – and I turn my attention to where
I am – I talk to the Pika I see gathering hay, and I smile at the Ptarmigan with its brood of babies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am
delighted to discover white heather in bloom or the red algae growing on a
summer-time snow patch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I feel my lungs
adjust to reduced oxygen and my muscles complain about the steep rocky trail –
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Delia Kansas - the closest town to our farm - Population 100 people</div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Growing up on a farm in northeastern Kansas
there were no Christmas Tree lots from where to buy trees – however there was a
nice stand of Juniper trees growing on the old family farmstead. A few days before
Christmas my father and I would go out and choose a good small tree – The
Junipers did not grow as full and balanced as fir trees – so my father used a
hand drill to make holes in the trunk at empty spots and inserted small
branches of the right size into the holes – By the time he was finished the tree
was beautiful.... and it smelled so good! We decorated it with colorful electric lights, old glass
ornaments used year after year, icicles, paper chains made by us kids from
construction paper, popcorn chains, and cranberry chains…to my young eyes they
were absolutely beautiful by the time we finished.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Midwestern Juniper</div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->There was always a special service the evening
before Christmas in the Presbyterian Church. Delia had 2 churches,
Presbyterian and Catholic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The church
was decorated for Christmas. This is where I learned the old Christmas songs; and sometimes I was drafted into the Christmas skit – usually as a shepherd,
dressed in a bathrobe and a dish cloth tied around my head…After the service
there were Christmas goodies for all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was really special if it snowed before Christmas – coming out from church into the cold crisp air, walking through the crunching snow to our car…And then later that night I would listen intently for Santa's sleigh bells. ( He always ate the cookies and milk that I left for him!)<o:p></o:p><br />
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Delia Presbyterian Church</div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->The Czech community in Delia had lost many of its
Czech cultural roots – but every Christmas and sometimes for Easter my mother and
many of the other women made Kolache… these are small 4 inch pastries made of
pastry puff dough, with a central core of filling – The most Czech varieties made a
traditional filling of dried prunes or dried apricots. Some simplified the
filling and just added jam.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was a
roasted crushed nut topping on top… I loved them then and still do!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I visited the Czech Republic I was
interested to see Kolache there – and found that my mother had kept close to
the tradition.<o:p></o:p><br />
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Gift giving was part of Christmas – but the
gifts were mostly small. Some of my childhood years – my father planted a small
field of popcorn to sell – It was however a lot of work to pick the small corncobs – and I remember my sister Helen and I picking the dried ears of corn to earn extra money to buy Christmas gifts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When
we asked our parents for suggestions they told up of things that the other
parent would need anyway – A pair of cotton work gloves, Shaving soap, a new pair of scissors, a tool, or a
bottle of toilet water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My sister and I
mostly received things that we needed – but usually at least one special gift
that we wanted- For my sister it might be a book or a collection of sheet music
(she played the piano very well) … for me the most memorable gift of my
Childhood was a Chemistry set with a book of instructions for all kinds of
wonderful chemical reactions!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mind you
–this was before the day of ‘safe and sane’ chemistry sets – so I could make
impressive explosions, dyes that would stain my hands, horrible smelling
smoke<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(to my delight), invisible ink, model
volcanoes… I’m not sure how much real chemistry I learned but I sure had a lot
of fun creating things.<o:p></o:p><br />
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Over the years American economic interests have changed Christmas – Now in many places the push to buy 'stuff' for Christmas
starts just after Halloween.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have
Black Friday, and Cyber Monday… buy … buy … buy …In our anxiety, we ask: "What is the economic index
this year? – are Americans spending as much as other years…" It is now one of the
most stressful seasons for many – Many people fear that their social status or loving family will be damaged if they haven’t bought the ‘right’ gift for each person on
your list… It has gotten really crazy in some households!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are signs of many people returning to
sanity – it is possible now to give a gift to a loved one in the name of your
favorite charity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can give a pig or
a goat, a hive of bees, or a smokeless stove through 'Heifer Project' <a href="http://www.heifer.org/">http://www.heifer.org</a> or help address world disasters through 'Doctors without Borders' <a href="http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/">http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org</a>…
Sure makes sense to me!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What makes the
world a better place – me getting a gift of some electronic garget or a third
world person getting a water filter to protect the whole family from water
borne disease?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This woman is happy because she just received a donkey - she won't have too carry water </td></tr>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->One of the things I like best about Christmas are the relationships – the people – getting together with family and friends –
eating and laughing together – Now, because of distance, we most often spend
holidays with Judy’s family – many I only see once or twice a year – but we
have long histories of warm relationships – So there are lots of hugs, and story telling,
recounting family history – remembering those no longer here… it is family at
its best…<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jesus speaking with an outcast Samaritan - outrageous for him to speak to 1. a Samaritan, 2. an unknown woman, and 3 a woman with a 'shady' past... he saw her personhood...</td></tr>
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7. In my life, I have wrestled with the Biblical Christmas story - but I now feel quite comfortable with it. I realize that there are many stories in the Bible that dont have to be literally true to convey great truth and meaning. The coming of Jesus continues to make a difference to people today. Jesus lived a life of serving others, helping the poor, sick, outcasts, social rejects. He defied the social and religious norms of his time. It would be audacious to say that I seek to emulate the ways of Jesus - but I can seek to follow his example of recognizing the personhood of each person. - I can seek to move from arguing to listening to others... from only asserting my beliefs to attempting to enter into dialogue. Even more important I know that seeking to be in relationship with Jesus gives me a sense of wholeness and connectedness...that gives my life meaning. In Jesus I find my center.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Spending my teen age years in
the shadow of the Sierras, I thought of the mountains as my back yard... In wintertime, when
the snow was too heavy for hiking in the high mountains, there were accessible locations
in the lower mountains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One winter day I
had been exploring with my friend Charlie and late in the afternoon we were
hiking along a trail high above a deep valley.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We were aware that the temperature was falling - and in the span of a
few minutes the valley below up to our level filled with a thick fog...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">I do not have a photo from that day - but this give you the idea</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>It was amazing to look over this solid
looking firmament of clouds, with billows and ripples and see the sun shining
bright and clear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our concern was to get
back to the car before we were caught up in this cloud - and we did - and once
away from that valley the fog lifted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Now I know that the sudden development of the fog was due to normal
cooling of the deep valley air...As air cools it is no longer able to hold as
much water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The point where the air is
saturated in called its dew point, and if air cools below that point it must
form tiny cloud droplets of 'cloud'.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When this happens close to the ground we call it fog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What we saw that day was a sudden winter time
drop of air temperature in that valley and its moisture had no where else to go
but into fog.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Flat bottom - think rising air - air forced to rise past its dew point -<br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Look at a heated swimming
pool or a bathtub with hot water in a cold room and the cool air above the
heated water can not hold as much moisture as the air above the warmer surface.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the San Joaquin valley, the same happens
with Tule fog - Soil is a little warmer than the air above- just like the heated pool -
and moisture from the soil forms fog in the air... With Tule fog the soil isn’t
much warmer than the air, but the difference is enough to form fog.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Oh how I hate Tule fog - sometimes it lasts for many days -<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Water warmer than the air ( even a few degrees)- moisture laden air rises into the cool air and fog forms - think steamy bath tub<br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">The sun normally heats the
ground, which heats the air in contact with it... Warm air rises... as it does so it cools
off...It cools until it reaches its dew point... and as it rises further - a
cloud forms in the air...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But suppose it
continues to rise and cool - eventually it reaches the freezing point and ice
crystals form from the cloud particles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If there is a system of vertical winds within the cloud, the ice
crystals and the liquid droplets stick together and grow bigger and bigger
until they are so heavy they fall out of the cloud - Viola! Raindrops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All of these steps are needed for rain to
form... Next time you see it raining - look up and imagine this vertical zone
of mixing - and imagine each rain drop falling thousands of feet before hitting
on your head!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Mountain "thunder head" - big enough to have a region of freezing and vertical winds to produce rain drops</div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">This raises another issue and
that is freezing point on the earth's surface... Easy to imagine how on a cold
night, heat is being lost into space, and the temperature drops... if the
temperature drops below 32 F (0 C) ... the moisture in the air does something
surprising it changes directly into ice crystals without first going through a
liquid stage. It is the formation of frost!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is the mystery - often this time of year
when my thermometer reads several degrees above freezing there is still thick
frost formed on roof tops... How can that be?</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Aircraft wing would give off heat quickly - and would allow moisture to form frost...</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fact is that frost can not form unless that surface is below
freezing. My thermometer is a several feet above the level of the soil - and
air currents bring in slightly warmer air... Some materials radiate heat more
effectively than others and the roof has lost enough heat that the air sitting
above it is below freezing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">I had the expected childhood
diseases– Mumps, Chicken Pox, Measles, - and in each case the country doctor
drove out to our farm and examined me and then gave me terrible tasting
medicine that he poured into small brown glass bottles – it was to be taken
one spoonful at a time… Some ‘wise’ parents arranged to have ‘parties’ in
the summer time when it was more convenient to be sick – When parents in the
community heard that a kid was sick with one of the common childhood diseases they would
arrange for other kids to visit to ‘catch’ the disease –”It was going to
happen anyway.”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Wounds and infections were often treated with poultices – A soft mash was bound in place over infections to
‘draw out’ the redness…The two favorite poultices in my family were made from boiled bread
paste and boiled flax seeds... About a half cup of the still warm mixture was
placed over the wound and held in place with a bandage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.healing-from-home-remedies.com/make-a-poultice.html"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">http://www.healing-from-home-remedies.com/make-a-poultice.html</span></a><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure this
was a traditional treatment carried over from earlier pre medical
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Since those early beginnings
– I am now a member of Kaiser Medical – an HMO – and I can be seen by my
personal doctor anytime – and if she things its appropriate I can see a
specialist… It is a great comfort to know that I can have anything from a skin
rash to hip replacement for a minimal cost, with a skilled practitioner…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I got into this topic this week because I have developed recurring back pain (This condition seems to be common among people in our time and age)
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Modern drug development requires careful testing</div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">My Kaiser doctor suggested that besides physical therapy I might like to try Acupuncture…
As a scientist I have serious questions about the theory of Acupuncture –
something about the flow of energy, ”Chi”, within the body – The concept of chi has never been observed or accepted by the scientific community… <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(I have the same problems with the theory of chiropractory)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still I thought – it has worked in the Asian
world for thousands of years – so out of curiosity I went to my first session –
about 10 chairs were facing one wall, and 10 more facing the opposite wall –
with an aisle down the middle… the acupuncture practitioner explained the
procedure to us all – then went down the row and inserted 5 very fine needles
in each ear. </span><br />
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Acupuncture of the ear</div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">It was virtually painless. We sat there listening to soothing music for 40 minutes – then the
needles were removed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Read more here: </span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auriculotherapy">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auriculotherapy</a></span><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">… My back doctor had told me that my back would be
like the stock market – sometimes 'up' and sometimes 'down'… So I don’t know how to
judge my acupuncture results – Maybe its wishful thinking or maybe I am a highly
suggestive person – but I think I feel better… so much that I have been
back for 3 more acupuncture treatments… Do I think it works – I don’t know –
but what the heck – it’s a pleasant experience…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">I have in my travels observed
other alternative medical practices… In Austria a friend took me to visit her “Kraut
Hexa” – (Kraut=Herb, Hexa=witch) … this is a grower and practitioner of using
herbs for medical treatments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In much of
the world ( Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, Native Americans) there are long traditions of using natural plant products for healing. Many of our modern medicines are developed from products first identified in natural herbs. My grandmother used natural herbs. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The European herbal tradition goes back to the first humans in Europe - this is a Medieval wood cut...</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Folk healers learned the use of local plants for treating a wide
range of health issues. Today in many modern countries, herbs are seen an a
more natural, less invasive ‘cure’ than chemical drugs. I still seek and take
what my Kaiser doctors give to me but I respect herbal traditions in other lands. …<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So the "Kraut Hexa" looked into my eyes and felt my pulse and gave me something for my
hay fever – But I was impatient and returned to my chlorphrenamanine…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">In Chiapas Mexico I observed
a curandero healer inside a church use live chicken when treating a patient –
he chanted and passed the chicken over the body of the sick person – and then
both he and the patient drank the local home made distilled
alcohol – and I suspect the patient felt much better (at least temporarily). We modern folk would call this a 'placebo' effect cure.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">In a native village in the
rainforest of Ecuador I went with my small group of 5 people to the home of a shaman… His healing method was to drink a potion (not the patient!) made for a
jungle plant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This caused him to see
visions and to see the ‘evil spirits’ affecting the sick person… he would then
know how to dispel the spirits and heal the person. I didn’t try it…These traditions are accepted as valid by the local populations that have not been trained otherwise. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">So we in the west are still
believers in our antibiotics and steroids… our Tylenol, Levitra, and Penicillin… I like learning about other traditions but I trust my scientifically tested medical
practices…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But what the heck – we still all live with the same human condition seeking to maximize our health and well
being…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Dear Friends of Spectrum - it is the end of semester for my interns - and a time for me to write reports and check to see that all is complete... so this week only photos of fall coming upon us...</div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796915197598928218.post-33409044341376481122015-11-28T09:21:00.000-08:002015-11-28T20:32:06.266-08:00"Change and staying the same"<br />
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I have loose change in my pocket<o:p></o:p></div>
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I change lanes on the freeway<o:p></o:p></div>
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The leaves change color in the fall<o:p></o:p></div>
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I change my mind<o:p></o:p></div>
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I change the oil in my car<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Water changes from gas to liquid and sometimes solid</td></tr>
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We are surrounded by change - living without change would be
static and deadly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How do you feel about
change - it is part of life that you enjoy or does it tend to bring <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>anxiety?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Do you seek change or avoid it?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Yikes! - which way should I go?</td></tr>
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There are all kinds of change - There are those changes we choose...<o:p></o:p></div>
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When we get married, when we move, when we start college...
these are huge events in our lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each
of them can be the most wonderful times in our lives - but they also involve adjustments
- stress - as we adapt to what is new.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Choice has real force - and results in impact</td></tr>
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There are also change that are imposed on us... Adapting to wind, flood or fire, going through boot camp, undergoing
surgery, getting mugged... these changes often have a much lower "wonderful" index
and a much higher "stress" index.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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I remember going off to college - I had completed 2 years in
a community college, just finished my summer job spraying mosquitos in the San
Joaquin valley, loaded my car, told my Mother good bye... and off I went to San
Francisco State University.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was
scared, wildly excited, and nervous - I wanted to succeed, but I was a small town 'valley boy' with very limited knowledge of the wider world. Thus began a 2 year period
of great changes for me was I learned to adjust to dorm life, college level expectations, making life
decisions, learning new social patterns previously not part of my life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Sometimes change is slow - one grain of sand at a time</td></tr>
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Sometimes it was bewildering.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes it was wildly elating, and through
it all I not only survived and in the process learned to live in what to me was
a "strange new world".<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
learned not only in the classroom but in the City Lights Bookstore of San
Francisco - in the Yet Wah restaurant of Chinatown, visiting the homes of my fellow College students, in the apartments of independent
living students, and in endless conversations with people who had very different
life experiences than me...</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">The plants have no choice - they simply carry out the instructions coded on their DNA - but they do experience change</td></tr>
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I discovered that Thomas Wolfe was correct when he
said - "You can never go home again..." ; meaning that once you have
had new experiences and new insights you can never return to the way you lived
and felt before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am immensely thankful
for this time in my life - would I want to go back and relive those years
again? For me that would be a tough question...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>it was a time of the joy of learning and new experiences... but it was
also the most stressful time in my life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">rapid change = great explosive change</td></tr>
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Which brings me to the second type of change - the Paradigm
shift. This is a dramatic change in the way you or I see and interpret
something.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It totally changes ones <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>approach to the way you view a phenomenon.
Copernicus had such a shift when he suggested that the earth is not at the
center of the universe but instead the sun is. When I come to see that the
crust of the earth is made of moving geological plates <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>rather than a totally fixed earth. A big one
for me was recognizing <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the evidence for
the origin of life by natural selection and a continuous on-going evolution of
life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Personal paradigm shifts happen
when I change my love or dislike of another person based on new evidence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our idea about ourselves can change
dramatically based on new insight, growth, and experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also the insight that comes from conversions
to new ideas, new religions, new loves would be examples of paradigm shifts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some
shifts are instantaneous and some shifts we can resist and fight <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for months or years before we come to accept
them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have to emerge in their own
time.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">"Change for me is dictated by culture and nature"</td></tr>
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Many paradigm shifts come about due to a perceived
disconnection in our lives... this disconnect is like an itch that wont go
away... One of my disconnects was a growing awareness that my early religious
training did not prepare me for the scientific and social realities that I was encountering
in my life. I underwent a paradigm shift when I discovered the works of Marcus
Borg, John Spong, John Dominic Crossan, & Karen Armstrong... and through
them all, and through conversations with others struggling with the same issues
I found a different approach that feeds me, resolves my conflicts, and helps me
to better understand what it means to "<span style="font-family: "georgia";">Seek
justice, Love mercy, Walk humbly with your God following the example of Jesus."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This isn't about getting 'holy' and
'sanctimonious' its about my own struggle to feel honest with myself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Change in an afternoon<span style="font-family: "georgia";"> </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">Then there are changes
imposed on us from outside - responding to world events - responding to mass
movements swirling around us... Do we go along with the crowd or do we think
for ourselves...but the power of "group think" can be seductive... It
can be hard to buck the tide...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think what
it feels like to join a group of protesters who stand for something for which
you believe but its outside the existing system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Change from wave action</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>I remember when I was young, changing my political identify from
the Republican views of my family to identifying as a Democrat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every election raises the possibility of
changing our government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have heard it
said that the only reason we don’t have our government overthrown ( as seems to
happen to many other lands) is because no matter what we are always only 4
years from a new election. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Light patterns - ever changing</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">water enters cracks - freezes - pry the stock apart -after many repeats - the rock falls </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">Now the control of group think is an industry<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>designed to get us to change our toothpaste,
our pain relief, what we eat and drink, which candidates we support, what cars
we drive, whether we believe in the clean use of coal, the Transamerica
pipeline, solar and wind power...The changes we make are becoming harder and
harder to make based on our own thinking... That's scary!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "georgia"; text-align: center;"> </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Change from cultural mental image to rock petroglyph<br />
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