Enjoy this 360° video from the NYT that takes you to the Michoacan forest in Mexico: Basking in Butterflies Check out this wonderful 360° video of the Michoacan forests, destination of the migrating Monarchs. (sorry I wasn't able to embed.) Every year, thousands of monarch butterflies migrate from eastern Canada to Michoacan, Mexico. Step inside a …
Can Art Warm You Up?
Libby VanderPloeg piles on the sweaters in this illustration which the Northern Hemisphere can relate to. Here's a wonderful VIDEO about her work. Artist Libby VanderPloeg demonstrates just how many layers it takes to get polar vortex-ready. via Bundle up for winter with this adorable GIF — Boing Boing
The Unknown Artist that Everyone Loves
Despite it's tragic ending, most of us of a certain age remember with great fondness the Disney film Bambi. Originally released in 1942, it's considered one of the finest examples of animation from the 20th century. Yet the artist responsible for the backgrounds, the atmosphere, the 'look and feel' of the film is still largely …
Movie Legends Ascend to the Firmament
Farewell my Princess I wish this awesome girl hero had come along when I was even younger- but even in college years she was inspiring. When did we ever see such a kick ass heroine in space? Leia opened the door for Ellen Ripley of Aliens, Captain Janeway, even Buffy. [BREAKING NEWS: DEBBIE REYNOLDS DIES, 1 DAY …
Barbara Kingsolver on Our Post Election World
UPDATE: I've excerpted the end of her article; click the links to read the entire peice. I'm relying on the words of beloved author Barbara Kingsolver's words about what's happened to our country and where we go from here. From the Guardian 11/23/16 If we’re artists, writers, critics, publishers, directors or producers of film or television, we …
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Finding the Right Words… Part 1
Dear Readers, Since the election on November 8 I have started and bailed on 4 posts, unable to wrap my head/thoughts/words around the election of the 45th president. I'm going to do my best to weave those aborted essays into something coherent, so I can move on. Here's Part 1. The verse is from a poem by …
12 Steps to Living with the Election Results
Dear readers: I have started several posts since last week's election results and haven't decided which impassioned essays will live or die. In the mean time, I come bearing gifts, this one from Nicholas Kristof of the (notoriously liberal) NY Times. Link to complete original article Traumatized by the election results, many Americans are asking: What …
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Reblog: What a Buck in the Marsh Taught me About Respect on the Morning After the Election
Dear readers: last night Stephen Colbert reminded me that all the beauty OF the world is still right here IN the world. In that spirit I'm re-blogging my neighbor's beautiful post from today's morning walk: Earthy Blessings: What a Buck in the Marsh Taught Me about RESPECT on the Morning After the Election I am fortunate …
Seriously?
This American Life commissioned some musical theater songs inspired by this unbearable election ordeal, and here's one of three (listen to the other two HERE.) This is the refrain, in the voice of President Obama. Angry? Am I angry? You ask me if I'm angry? And I'm at a loss for words. After all we've done, every battle …
Comes the Thinning of the Veil
My mother died 24 years ago in late October, and we held her wake on All Soul's Day, November 1. With all preparations completed, my father, brother and I were looking at a long, sleepless night ahead. It was All Hallow's Eve, Samhain, the night when the veil between the living and dead is the thinnest. On a late October …
