Monday, November 30, 2009

Just finished Michael Thomas Ford's great new novel WHAT WE REMEMBER

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I've been on a major reading binge of late. I just finished Michael Thomas Ford's newest novel, What We Remember , yesterday and ...
Friday, November 27, 2009

Jeff Buckley's most amazing concert performance of HALLELUJAH, Leonard Cohen's song

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Photo of Jeff Buckley by Cabir Davis This remarkably beautiful man recorded one of the most amazing live performance in concert of a song th...
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Thursday, November 26, 2009

Leonard Bernstein's perfect SIMPLE SONG by the goddess RENEE FLEMING

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Leonard Bernstein is a bit of hero for me. One of my favorites of his songs, SIMPLE SONG (Hymn and Song), is from his musical theater compo...
Sunday, November 22, 2009

Polar Bear will be extinct within 50 years

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I just listened to the saddest profile on NPR a moment ago. The polar bear will be extinct within 50 years. There are now only 20,000-25,0...
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Friday, November 20, 2009

A timeless quote from Edith Sitwell

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The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth. -- Edith Sitwell (1887 - 1964) Seems to be quite a relevant stateme...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009

RUFUS WAINWRIGHT.....my hero. What a bright dude with a velvet voice

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Thanks to my friend, Staci Pope in Austin, for sending me this link to KUT radio in Austin which interviewed the fabulous Wainwright yesterd...

Evanescence song GOOD ENOUGH and the video are hauntingly beautiful

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I think I've mentioned before that I'm kind of old. Proof of that is that I just discovered a wonderful band/singer, called Evanes...
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Monday, November 16, 2009

Another short film, LEFT UNSPOKEN. Thought Provoking, huh?

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Left Unspoken, a short film. Really cute dude and really adorable accents. I know what I'm going to do. Go to the 7/11 and buy a cart...
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Sunday, November 8, 2009

Fall colors....oh so beautiful. Wish I lived where I could see them

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I love seeing the c o l o r s in Fall. Thanks to friend, John Wieneman, for giving me a glimpse from afar, since where I live in the Deser...

Carbonara Sauce: my favorite. Here's another great recipe and some history

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On my continuing quest to find the perfect carbonara recipe I found the following on line at http://cookingwithamy.blo...
Saturday, November 7, 2009

ME WANT! New breed of jets, called "light jets", are being created. I'd love this one: the Embraer Phenom 300

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In a previous posting I wrote about my fascination with private jets. In particular, I would love to own a Gulfstream (the newest version ...
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009

I love ELEPHANTS. Take a look at these elephant ARTISTS!

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I've you've been tracking with this blog for a while, you know how much I love elephants (among other things). This is an amazing...
Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Animals make the perfect humans (quotes from Rita Mae Brown) CNN article today

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Wonderful article today on CNN by Rita Mae Brown about her thoughts about animals (vs humans). Here are just a few of her wonderful bon mot...

DECCA: The letters of Jessica Mitford. My favorite read this year (so far)

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I just finished this most amazing and EPIC book titled Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford . It is astonishing the scope of this woman...
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Saturday, October 31, 2009

Short film BE MY BROTHER. Beautiful performances

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Great short film..... Be My Brother . The accents are the best.
Thursday, October 29, 2009

BEN HARPER'S A Better Way. Couldn't agree with this dude more

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This is an astonishingly powerful song from a very beautiful dude. Hold on cause this is something else.