Sunday, October 30, 2005

Great Americans


Stephen Jay Gould Paleontologist

Great Americans


By request Emmylou Harris

Thursday, October 20, 2005

Great Americans



Richard Feynman Physicist

Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Great Americans



OK I was going to do this earlier. Sort of chain mail affair reminding us of what kind of people the USA has produced. And what kind are currently in power. Never got a to it so here it is in blog form. I'll keep tossing up pictures until it I feel better. Let's start with John Coltrane. Check out the John Coltrane foundation's web site. http://www.johncoltrane.com. Nicely done.

Saturday, October 15, 2005

Am I crazy or what...

I live in a wonderful city in a wacky, beautiful country filled with happily loco people. I have a swell. smart, funny five year old kid who speaks 4 languages and tells jokes and dances. Yep I'm proud of her. I love to eat, cook, play music, walk, ride my bike, draw, write, hang out with friends and talk with my family. Why then does it seem to me that everything is so messed up? And that we are all so lost? My home country is now in the hands of a fascist dictatorship that openly tortures people, invades countries for gasoline... you fill in the rest. My countrymen re-elect a really stupid dangerous moron who is just an oh so obvious puppet for some unbelievably scary people and entities. New Orleans sank, here Spain is alternately becoming a desert or like this week under a biblical deluge indicating to those that can look outside their window that our species has obviously really gone too far and should stop driving cars to Wal Mart to buy cheap DVD players, crappy sweatshop made clothes and 5 gallon tubs of nacho cheese dip. Oops, I now have entered the rant zone. Sorry...

So I write down my little recipes and try to look at all that I have that is good though this blog. And I really do feel that there is so much out there that is terrific. And that life is a gift. And that if I use somebody like Tom Waits as an example, we are one amazing species.

But ladies and gentlemen we seem to be at each others throats. I see couples tearing each other apart. Same with families. I see violence, anger and hatred and people sinking to actions and thoughts that seem to be out of some primitive dark ages. Where is hope and optimism? Where is understanding? Where is humor that makes you laugh at yourself and empathize with your fellow man? Where is love? Where the hell is Atticus Fitch?

So I'll continue to observe and write down my little recipes but some days I just have to stop myself from screaming, "What the hell is going on?"

"Love Power.
The power of a sweet flower is gonna rule the earth.
And there'll be a great rebirth."

"Love Power" from Mel Brooks "The Producers"