May 26 Muse – 2015
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Author: Gary Boyd
Hello world!
Again... A funny thing happened on the (almost) eighth anniversary of this site/blog... I managed to accidently delete my database. So basically everything I had posted here... kind of like, went away. And since I had been ignoring this place anyway... And all of the links in my old posts…
A Pomplamoose Moment
With Ben Folds and Nick Hornby... Yeah. http://youtu.be/6G5JaicYuVU
Birthday Road Trip 2013
I had spent the week watching the weather forecast. A week ago they were forecasting fog for the day. By Monday the forecast had a 70% chance of rain. By Tuesday the chances were up to 80% and it was looking like a washout. But tradition is tradition. So I loaded…
How Lies Are Spread Via Word Of Mouth
Yesterday my wife came home with a passel of worries about Obamacare. She wanted me to go online and find out if what she had been told was true. It seems one of her coworkers had heard something on the radio that had her worried. There was talk about the IRS, an…
The Myth That Is Our Self
Everyone lives with self mythology. The more important a memory is to the story we tell ourselves about ourselves, the more often we rehearse the memory. And the more often we relive those memories, the less likely it is that they are true. via Seth's Blog: A legend in my…
The Weather, She Is Getting Interesting…
I keep coming back to the fact that this has been one of the gloomiest winters I can remember. We seem to have been stuck in the overcast since Thanksgiving. Just a day (or at most two) of sunshine each week or so. The only brightness in my days are…
A Winter Observation
When we go out, we carry some warmth into the night, and when we come in, we carry some cold into the house, a vanishingly small exchange of energy in a universe of such extremes. Verlyn Klinkenborg via Zero in the Dark - NYTimes.com.
The First Weekend of 2013
We have fallen into the Texas Gulf Coastal winter weather pattern I remember from my youth...Overcast and damp...Cool and breezy... Just generally dreary all day every day. Though, I must say, after a few years of less than optimal rainfall patterns, a bit of dreary misty, rainy weather is appreciated.…
The Health Of America Starts On The Farm
Mark Bittman makes the point in his column at the New York Times today, that the biggest killer of Americans isn't guns but industrial agriculture. A point I have made repeatedly with my family over the years. ...the root of that dangerous diet is our system of hyper-industrial agriculture,…
‘The Whole Nine Yards’ – Seeking a Phrase’s Origin In The Future
The recent discovery of several instances of “the whole six yards” in newspapers from the 1910s — four decades before the earliest known references to “the whole nine yards” — opens a new window onto “the most prominent etymological riddle of our time,” said Fred Shapiro, a librarian at Yale…
I Received A Christmas Blessing…I Am Passing It On to You…
Now that we have baked our cookies and trimmed our trees,now that we have wrapped our gifts and planned our dinners,now that we have hung stockings, sent greetings and set tables,assembled toys, trimmed wicks, written Santa and hung wreaths,the time has come to abandon it all,if only for a moment.Hallelujah…
Ever Wonder What Happened To…
... That Person From High School Who Was Always In A Band? While he really didn't go to my high school, it was at a high school dance that I met him when his band was performing. He was a friend of a friend. We lived in Pasadena and he…
More Seth Godin in Conversation
The other day I linked to a post by Mary Jaksch at her blog write to done where she was having a conversation with Seth Godin. Today she continues that conversation. The following interaction really resonated with me. It explains why I follow the people I do online in the most succinct way I have seen…
Another Advantage Of Backyard Hens « The Contrary Farmer
I started reading Gene Logsdon by in my younger "hippie" days. I would bet I still have a few of his books on the bookshelf somewhere in the house. I still follow his blog. He just posted this piece... I have a hunch that the following scene happens only on…
PHOTO: Mount Everest, in two billion pixels
I stumbled across this today at the Washington Post. I almost didn't follow the link. But, I did and all I can say is... Wow... This is awesome. You must have seen thousands of photographs of Everest. But there have been none like this: (Click to see the panoramic image…
What Does It Say About My Television Habit?
When I read the following article (alright, I didn't really read it...more like I skimmed it quickly), I thought it a bit amusing that none of the shows listed have ever been seen by me. Not one. More than half I haven't even heard of. Now is the winter of our (TV)…
Is It Really Warmer?
You tell me... November 2012 was the globe's 5th warmest November on record, said National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) on Monday. NASA rated November 2012 the 2nd warmest November on record. Global temperature records begin in 1880. November 2012 global land temperatures were the 6th…
We Are All Artists: Seth Godin
Today at her blog write to done, Mary Jaksch has a conversation with Seth Godin... As you may know, I follow Seth and have for years. I think I discovered him through the early years of Fast Company...However I came across him though, I am glad I did. He has…
The Story Behind “Wheel Inside The Wheel” By Mary Gauthier
Souls ain't born, souls don't die Soul ain't made of earth, ain't made of water, ain't made of sky So, ride the flaming circle, wind the golden reel And roll on brother, in the wheel inside the wheel via The Story Behind "Wheel Inside The Wheel" By Mary Gauthier. Have…
Coffee Art
Reading my email today, I received a notice from YouTube about this video posted by UNC-TV. Since it covers two of my passions, North Carolina and coffee, I thought I would post it here. I know from past videos that this kind of "barista art"is becoming quite common. But, as I don't frequent…
Merry Christmas
I just got this in an email from James Taylor... I though I would pass it on. http://www.youtube.com/embed/hx7z_vKMdCo
Kacey Musgraves – Merry Go ‘Round
https://youtu.be/GZfj2Ir3GgQ Thank-you NPR. Kacey Musgraves - Merry Go 'Round is one great song. I heard this on the All Songs Considered Podcast I downloaded this morning...Damn, this girl can write...And sing. I will be following what should be a big musical career. Just Saying...Give it a listen. Later: Of course, my…
Christmas Memories
I was reading through my emails and Google Reader feeds today when I came across Jim Casada's December Newsletter. As I was reading his list of childhood Christmas Memories I found myself nodding on more than one occasion as my own memories mached up with Jim's. Here are a few…
Do You Know What Corporate America Is Planning For?
Every news story about the coming "fiscal cliff" talks about what the "real" problem is. The consensus being, that American companies aren't making decisions on employment or investment because they don't know what is going to happen... They are putting off decisions until they see what Congress will do. The truth isn't quite that straight forward...I caught…
Loose Change from Jim Dollar: Home Is Where The Heart Is Welcome No Matter How Different It Might Be
Oneness is not agreement. Like minds like to sleep at different room temperatures and take different approaches to entering meditation. What are the things we all need to agree to? What are the things we can be free to do differently? It’s important to agree about what we can disagree…
Coffee Muses From a Chilly Porch
It's starting to feel like my time of the year. The trees are still mostly dressed in their summer finest, though with the wind gusts today, they won't be for long. So far this fall, we have only seen color on the Chinese tallow trees. I am holding out hope for the…
George Will – Post Election
The advocacy infrastructure being developed by both sides in the post-Citizens United world will, over time, favor the most plausible side, which conservatives know is theirs. via George Will: Republicans must start over again - The Washington Post. The final sentence of his column says everything about what went wrong…
Nash Prairie Preserve
I went to a seed collecting day at the Nash Prairie Preserve in Brazoria County last Friday. While I will be writing a post about the trip shortly, I have spent today updating my Nash Prairie Gallery at Mountain Dreams Photography. Here is a slideshow of the images I have…
Just Go Vote…
If you haven't voted early... If you haven't voted absentee... You really need to take yourself to your polling place tomorrow and Vote. While I would prefer you to cast your vote for the President, even if you support Romney, you really need to vote anyway. As I've said before (and…
