tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5289774770778288252024-03-05T20:29:16.203-06:00Perle's InkPerlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882263102859578797noreply@blogger.comBlogger634125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528977477077828825.post-28122993047315695932017-01-26T20:08:00.000-06:002017-01-26T20:08:06.942-06:00How do I Reboot My Blog?<div align="left" class="MsoNormal">
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this Blog since May. It's been a strange six months with the death of friends,
a highly contested election. But, Wow! Although I haven't been blogging on
the blog, I've been on social media, but mostly on my Iphone. That said,
I have been micro blogging via Instagram. Although I still write (yes by hand)
in my journal, I 've somehow grown accustomed to typing quickly with a
finger or two or a thumb in my phone's Notes pad. </span></div>
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with a photo and voila, I've posted there along with Facebook, Twitter and
Tumbler with one press of the share button. Color me lazy. Haven't figured out how to get it to
post to either of my Blogs yet. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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painting. But with that too, it's easier to take a quick Iphone pic
and then </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">upload on Instagram with a mini
Bloggy post. The painting on the right sold almost as soon
as I posted it. Loved it so much I'm going to do a series on the
theme of Windows to other worlds.</span></div>
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pictures and recipes of the result, but and again instead of Blogging it as I
used to do, it goes straight to Instagram. And as always, Jazzmine expects a
bite of whatever I'm eating.</span><br />
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this most contested election behind me, I've decided to actually sit at my actual
PC or alternately my Surface Tablet and post here at least once a week for
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Pretty much everywhere on social
media I am Perle Champion. But on Instagram I went with Perlesrose if
anyone wants to follow me there. There's an inside story to that
handle. It is shortening of Perle alias Rose. Maybe I'll tell it
someday. ( https://www.instagram.com/perlesrose/ ) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">I'm trying to do a painting a day for a while, until I get in the habit. The below book help put me on the track. </span></div>
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Perlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882263102859578797noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528977477077828825.post-81586151695399342692016-05-25T11:10:00.000-05:002016-05-25T11:10:17.476-05:00In Memory of Genie<div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">
<strong>Continuity</strong></div>
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miles and miles i’ve<br />come<br />some walked<br />many run<br />alone and not too<br />and with you i’d walked<br />but just a few<br />but there was something<br />familiar in the pace<br />my mind recalls that<br />gentle face<br />somewhere, somewhen<br />my friend<br />we’d walked in step<br />before<br />and somewhere, somewhen<br />we’ll fall in step again<br />and share a few<br />miles more</div>
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<em>© Perle Champion</em></div>
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Perlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882263102859578797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528977477077828825.post-59114441317799309582016-03-22T13:30:00.000-05:002016-03-22T13:30:05.821-05:00When will the hate end?<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="6dtts" data-offset-key="laqq-0-0" style="color: #3d596d; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25.5px;">
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<span data-offset-key="laqq-0-0">This is from an old journal entry as valid today as on that other sad day.</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="laqq-0-0">Sad commentary that I have occasion to ask the same question time and again, year after every year. ”We always ask why. There is no answer good enough. There is no reasonable, rational reason for the events of this day." <img alt="hands on face drawing" class=" size-full wp-image-2578 alignright" data-mce-src="https://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/hands-on-face-drawing.jpg" height="299" src="https://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/hands-on-face-drawing.jpg" style="float: right; height: auto; margin: 16px 0px 16px 16px; max-width: 100%;" width="254" /></span></div>
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<strong>Why?</strong></div>
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<span data-offset-key="7o60m-0-0">I want to know what madness is,</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="f2gl5-0-0">and where its edges and beginnings are.</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="4h3m8-0-0">what path does a twisted mind travel</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="c7mfg-0-0">that can explain taking pride</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="fkha4-0-0">in the slaying of innocents</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="1ofk3-0-0">what slight was so great that</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="d1oo8-0-0">it warrants wanton murder...</span></div>
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Perlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882263102859578797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528977477077828825.post-28105115283510668502016-02-22T15:59:00.000-06:002016-02-22T15:59:57.710-06:00Walkabout<div style="color: #3d596d; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px;">
<em>“Why are there trees I never walk under but large and melodious thoughts descend upon me?”</em> - Whitman</div>
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Most of my friends know I try to go Walkabout every morning at or a little before sunrise. It’s an unplugged walk of 3-5 miles. The above quote by Whitman is as true for me as it was for him, but I don’t think anyone would hear those ‘melodious thoughts’ with the interference of earphones. There's enough noise in the world.</div>
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<strong>My personal fringe benefit list.</strong><img alt="Hazy urban sunrise" class=" wp-image-2089 alignright" data-mce-src="https://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/hazy-urban-sunrise.jpg?w=680" data-wpmedia-src="https://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/hazy-urban-sunrise.jpg" height="459" src="https://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/hazy-urban-sunrise.jpg?w=680" style="float: right; height: auto; margin: 16px 0px 16px 16px; max-width: 100%;" width="344" /></div>
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Nature is all around. As I live in an old neighborhood, there are trees everywhere inhabited by all manner of creature. There are old houses (the once gated Glen Iris Park’s homes date from the late 1800’s to the early 1900’s); old and new apartments (my 4-plex dates to 1938); various chain and local stores (I love the old Wilson’s now run by a lovely Indian family and Western Market is open 24-7) and then there’s the University.</div>
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The University campus if it can be called that begins just 2 blocks from my home. Actually it encompasses a large part of the city. There are a myriad of sculptures gracing the front of their many buildings, so another fringe benefit is the art. I love photographing them in all kinds of weather and all times of day. My right pocket carries my IPhone for pictures. And then there’s the Muse.</div>
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<img alt="IMG_8716" class=" wp-image-2530 alignleft" data-mce-src="https://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/img_8716.jpg?w=680" data-wpmedia-src="https://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/img_8716.jpg" height="219" src="https://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/img_8716.jpg?w=680" style="float: left; height: auto; margin: 16px 16px 16px 0px; max-width: 100%;" width="175" />The Muse walks with me often, whispering in my ear lest I miss some of the tree’s melodious thoughts. My left pocket carries a small spiral pad with a pen clipped to it. If you think walking while texting is dicey, try writing. It’s a good thing I walk early and the foot traffic is minimal (a few joggers, dog walkers). I do stop here and there and sit on a porch stoop, wall or the occasional bench when necessary. </div>
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Health is the final and I’d say most important benefit of my morning Walkabout. There’s no doubt that walking daily keeps me sounder of body, mind and spirit than I would otherwise be. If I miss a day or two I feel the loss on many levels.<img alt="mini notebook" class=" wp-image-2535 alignright" data-mce-src="https://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/mini-notebook.jpg" height="234" src="https://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/mini-notebook.jpg" style="float: right; height: auto; margin: 16px 0px 16px 16px; max-width: 100%;" width="175" /></div>
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Tomorrow, I turn 67 and thinking I’ll actually park by Golden Temple and begin my<br />
Walkabout there and head for the string of parks along Highland (haven’t been there in a while). Might stop in at Starbucks on the corner before driving back home.</div>
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Later y’all.</div>
Perlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882263102859578797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528977477077828825.post-48377706326642144382016-01-15T17:00:00.000-06:002016-01-15T17:00:11.950-06:00<em>Happy National Hat Day.</em><br />
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I have many hats. Some are plain functional; some are fashion statements. But whether functional or fashionable, all hats serve a woman living in the South. The southern sun will bake you to leather if you don’t take care.<br />
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Functional hats: Most people call them baseball hats. When I lived in Texas, we called them <em>gimme</em> hats, because most of them were free handouts with various company logos – <em>gimme</em> one of those please. I’ve never bought a one and I own many.<br />
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Not my favorite hat, but they are useful in my life. They shield me on my morning 5-mile walkabout from the sun’s summer rays, falling acorns and pinecones, and from the errant bird relieving itself from a tree branch or on the fly. I’ve worn them on the tennis court, playing water volleyball, Frisbee golf, gardening and more. They not only shield me from the sun, but just as important, they keep my wild naturally curly hair in check.<br />
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Fashion and function: My battered Fedora gets the most compliments, but it serves me well in winter. It keeps my head warm, protects me from the winter sun. And, as I hate umbrellas, it and my London Fog take the brunt of rainy days. Berets and Boggans are for the coldest winter days when the sun rises late and walkabout is over while it’s a hint on the horizon, and when the sun sets early and I have places to go.<br />
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So much of life in the south takes place outside: barbeques, weddings, receptions, fairs, Doo-Dah Days, Art in the Park, Parades, and on and on. So, I have a selection of straw hats for summer wear; my outback vented canvass hat; and I have fancy hats for weddings and dressy parties. <br />
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I am grateful to a lady I met when I was very young. I’ve long ago forgotten her name, but not her words, “Take good care of that pretty face. Clean it well, moisturize and above all else, wear a hat to protect it from the sun.” <br />
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Yes ma'am. I've been hatted ever since. <br />
<br />Perlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882263102859578797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528977477077828825.post-2545098643079642462015-12-16T16:00:00.000-06:002015-12-16T16:00:13.117-06:00Are Cats Psychic?<div style="color: #3d596d; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 24px;">
<em>"Cats are kindly masters, just so long as you remember your place."- Paul Gray.</em></div>
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Jazzmine knows I'm leaving for the day. Don't know how, but cats seem to<img alt="jaz waiting 2" class=" wp-image-2490 alignright" data-mce-src="https://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/jaz-waiting-2.jpg" height="397" src="https://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/jaz-waiting-2.jpg" style="float: right; height: auto; margin: 16px 0px 16px 16px; max-width: 100%;" width="331" /> have that sixth sense. I can pass the front door a dozen times a day to place things in my outgoing stack and she does nothing.</div>
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But today is Wednesday – Mom’s day out. We go out all day: we shop, talk, lunch, shop, talk, happy hour, shop.</div>
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Jazzmine seems to know, so today my many trips to the front door are watched with considerable interest. The little cupboard by the door is my staging area for things to take with me when I leave the apt. The top shelf holds keys, change, hats, outgoing mail (there’s less every year in this digital age); the closed second shelf holds 3 purses, business cards, kitty treats; the open third shelf holds books for the library; large jar for mom to decant some canned peppers, umbrella and the bottom shelf is shoes (I usually take them off when I get home).</div>
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This morning, each time I pass the front door, she nearly trips me then jumps up on the coffee table and speaks to remind me that I'm not allowed to leave until she is handed at least 4 treats. I made the mistake of giving them to her early once, but 30 minutes later when I was actually ready to walk out the door, she demanded more.</div>
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Treats doled out, and I’m out the door. One stop to make on the way - Sneaky Pete's. One of Mom’s favorite breakfasts (and mine) is a Sneaky Pete's hotdog and a beer for breakfast before heading out for our Wednesday adventure. Sort of kicks the day off the day as a celebration.</div>
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Today, we’ll head straight to the Summit and work our way back to Hoover from there.</div>
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Later y’all and cheers.</div>
Perlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882263102859578797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528977477077828825.post-85874130620902479432015-11-12T14:36:00.003-06:002015-11-12T14:36:46.214-06:00Change. More Certain than Death and Taxes?<div style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.8px; margin-bottom: 0.825em;">
End of era – for me at least. I will not be renewing my P.O. Box, and I feel as if I’m losing a<a data-mce-href="https://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/po-box-1.jpg" href="https://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/po-box-1.jpg" style="color: #1b8be0; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="po box 1" class="alignright wp-image-2472" data-mce-src="https://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/po-box-1.jpg?w=300" height="197" src="https://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/po-box-1.jpg?w=300" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); color: #222222; display: inline; float: right; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0.5em 0px 1.625em 1.225em; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px;" width="259" /></a> friend. Actually, In a way I am. The people who work there are a friendly helpful crew. I’ll probably still take them my annual gift of 3-4 tins of cookies as I have for the past 25 years, but alas, it will be the last.</div>
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The post office has always been open 24-7 for those of us who have office hours of our own and need access in the wee hours of morning or night. Now, because of the unwashed who use it as a nighttime squat, leaving their trash and on occasion vomit, the Post Office has announced office hours of its own and the rest of the day the doors will be locked. </div>
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<span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;"><a data-mce-href="https://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/po-box-2.jpg" href="https://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/po-box-2.jpg" style="color: #1b8be0; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="po box 2" class="alignleft wp-image-2471" data-mce-src="https://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/po-box-2.jpg?w=225" height="213" src="https://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/po-box-2.jpg?w=225" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); color: #222222; display: inline; float: left; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0.5em 1.225em 1.625em 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px;" width="162" /></a></span>I’m not sure how those who have jobs outside the home will make it work. Fortunately I work from home and it doesn’t affect me except in principle. I loved stopping by and picking up my mail after an evening out or on my early morning walkabout (rain, shine, or snow), but they won’t unlock the doors now til 7:30, and I’m home from my walk way before that. Worse still they'll close early on Saturday and totally close on Sunday.</div>
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<span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;"></span>I’ve had a post office box on Southside since 1990. It’s always been staffed by a terrific bunch of people that I’ve enjoyed doing business with. It’s up for renewal and at $33 for six months, it’s a bargain for the security they’ve given me over the years. <a data-mce-href="https://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/footprints-snow-po-box.jpg" href="https://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/footprints-snow-po-box.jpg" style="color: #1b8be0; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="footprints snow po box" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2473" data-mce-src="https://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/footprints-snow-po-box.jpg?w=300" height="282" src="https://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/footprints-snow-po-box.jpg?w=300" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); color: #222222; display: inline; float: right; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0.5em 0px 1.625em 1.225em; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px;" width="300" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;"></span>My first 2 apartments on Southside, the one on 15<span style="bottom: 1ex; font-size: 10px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 0px; line-height: 1; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">th</span> Avenue (10 years) and then the one on 14<span style="bottom: 1ex; font-size: 10px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 0px; line-height: 1; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">th</span> Avenue that burned in 2011 (also10 years), had exposed and unsecure mail boxes easily accessible from the street. The day I moved in on 14<span style="bottom: 1ex; font-size: 10px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 0px; line-height: 1; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">th </span> in 1990, my neighbor came home to find his mail and an empty box of CD’s rifled and strewn across his front steps. </div>
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<span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;"></span>I immediately went to the Southside Post Office right next to the Golden Temple and got a box, and I’ve used it for 25 years. My neighbor did, too. I considered it a business address, but now I wonder if it’s necessary. </div>
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<span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;"></span>I live in a more secure 4-plex now; the boxes are inside; the mailman climbs the stairs to deliver packages to my door; I only have one magazine subscription that’s print; all my bills, bank and credit card statements, etc., are digital; payments from Amazon and other places that owe me money go thru PayPal or digitally credit my a special credit union account set up for such payments - separate from my house account at another bank.</div>
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<span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;"></span>Sad to say, but my PO Box is no longer necessary. I might of kept it just because it's been part of my routine for so long. I picked up change of address forms, but opted to do the deed online instead. Later I’ll order new business cards from VistaPrint and probably omit a physical address and opt just for email, as that's pretty much how people contact me these days.</div>
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I waited until the last possible pay by moment, November 10, to let the box go. I stopped by to say goodbye to the crew. </div>
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Up there with the certainty of death and taxes there is change. Death comes and you're no longer here to know it on this plane; taxes are a constant and expected, but change, oh change. Of the three, I think change is the more difficult.</div>
Perlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882263102859578797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528977477077828825.post-9494610898979270192015-11-01T13:00:00.000-06:002015-11-01T13:00:38.668-06:00Do I Paint or Do I Write? Both!<div style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.8px; margin-bottom: 0.825em;">
Well NanoWrimo (National Novel Writing Month) is here and I rose early to get my wordcount done (1773 done). I could write more and will probably do so later in the day, but I've been sidetracked. </div>
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What is it about me, that I've barely touched a paintbrush, pencil or pen to draw or paint all summer long. I blame my ennui on the sweltering summer heat. But now on this cool rainy Sunday with the Nano challenge of writing 50,000 words before me I'm working on unfinished paintings.</div>
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Madness to dilute my time in one of the socially busiest months of my year. What can I say. Here are 4 that are finally ready to post to Etsy unless they disappear via Blog. Acryllic, pencil and/or pen on rescued (I gather wood from construction sites and upcycle it and lessen the burden on our burgeoning waste)</div>
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Perlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882263102859578797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528977477077828825.post-4619389164986335992015-10-31T17:08:00.001-05:002015-10-31T19:41:16.127-05:00Runabout Saturday<span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0976563); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(191, 107, 82, 0.496094); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "noteworthy"; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px;">Forget walkabout, today was all runabout. </span><br />
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<br />Perlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882263102859578797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528977477077828825.post-58221403326688207172015-10-29T09:58:00.000-05:002015-10-29T10:02:08.793-05:00Can You Write a Novel in 30 Days?<div style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.8px; margin-bottom: 0.825em;">
It’s that time again – National Novel Writing Month. Every year thousands of the aspiring sign up for the challenge - write a novel of at least 50,000 words in the 30 days of November.</div>
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<em style="font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;"><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;"></span>“The very first NaNoWriMo took place in July 1999, in the San Francisco Bay Area. That first year there were 21 of us, and our July noveling binge had little to do with any ambitions we might have harbored on the literary front. Nor did it reflect any hopes we had about tapping more fully into our creative selves. No, we wanted to write novels for the same dumb reasons twenty-somethings start bands. Because we wanted to make noise. Because we didn’t have anything better to do. And because we thought that, as novelists, we would have an easier time getting dates than we did as non-novelists.” -Chris Baty - NanoWriMo.org</em></div>
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<span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;"></span>In 2014, over 350,000 signed up for NanoWriMo. I’ve been doing it since 2004, and although I’ve written the requisite words, I’ve never pursued the <img alt="pen and sword 2" class="wp-image-2430 alignright" data-mce-src="https://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/pen-and-sword-2.jpg?w=300" height="245" src="https://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/pen-and-sword-2.jpg?w=300" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); display: inline; float: right; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0.5em 0px 1.625em 1.225em; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px;" width="321" />arduous task of editing a final marketable draft. I had the excuse of a full-time job and life, but as I retired from Dilbertville early in 2013 I could not use that excuse that year or last. </div>
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<span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;"></span>Now, it’s 2015 and I’ve signed up yet again. I’m still painting, but I’m determined to get my daily word count in before I pick up a brush. I may have to do what I did the first time – leave the house and write at a coffee shop, the corner bar and anywhere that’s not my studio. The library is far too quiet for me. I need noise. Noise makes me focus harder on what I’m doing. </div>
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The hardest part is all the parties and family functions that are strewn throughout the month of November. I’ll be trying to exceed the daily 1667 words per day so I can bank enough to make up for those days, that just don’t make the mark. </div>
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<span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;"></span>We had our kick-off for the Birmingham Region last night. Big shout out and thanks to The Homewood Public Library for hosting us along with weekly write-ins and our Municipal Liaison, Jared “Tycho Brahe" Millet. Anyone looking for me on Nano, my handle is perlesrose – my close friends will know it’s shorthand for perle(alias)rose.<br />
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</iframe>Perlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882263102859578797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528977477077828825.post-55689858271025238422015-05-31T16:05:00.001-05:002015-05-31T16:05:30.812-05:00Summer's Late and I Can Wait<div style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 0.825em;">
Sunday and it’s the last day of May. I pulled the kitchen calendar from the wall and sat down at the kitchen table to flip the page to June and add dates from my iPhone calendar. The back d<img alt="aerie balcony jaz 2" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2452" data-mce-src="https://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/aerie-balcony-jaz-2.jpg?w=300" height="224" src="https://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/aerie-balcony-jaz-2.jpg?w=300" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); display: inline; float: right; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: 1.7; margin-bottom: 1.625em; margin-left: 1.225em; margin-top: 0.4em; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px;" width="300" />oor is wide open, kitty gate in place. Jazzmine preens and watches every moving creature in the back yard, but her kitten days are long gone. She never attempts to leap out. Not sure she could at her age and weight even if she wanted to.</div>
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I am amazed that this old place is still so cool inside when I know it’s a very warm 80-something outside when I took the trash to the alley just now. (if this is global warming, i'll take it)</div>
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Perhaps the daily rain storm is a contributing factor, <a data-mce-href="https://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/indoor-garden-2.jpg" href="https://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/indoor-garden-2.jpg" style="color: #1b8be0; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="indoor garden 2" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2454" data-mce-src="https://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/indoor-garden-2.jpg?w=300" height="225" src="https://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/indoor-garden-2.jpg?w=300" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); color: #222222; display: inline; float: left; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: 1.7; margin-bottom: 1.625em; margin-right: 1.225em; margin-top: 0.4em; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px;" width="300" /></a>but I also know that old buildings built before there was air conditioning were designed for air flow. I have windows open in the back bedroom and the dining room and the kitchen door, which all face west. I have the door and windows to the screened in balcony open wide as well. That, the ceiling fans and a few strategic box fans have been keeping it very comfortable in here. The minute I open the kitchen door in the morning, the air moves through the place at an event quicker and cooler pace. </div>
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I love living on the second floor – I can keep windows and balcony open year round. The onl<a data-mce-href="https://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/balcony-aerie-new-w-bistro.jpg" href="https://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/balcony-aerie-new-w-bistro.jpg" style="color: #1b8be0; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="balcony aerie new w bistro" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2453" data-mce-src="https://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/balcony-aerie-new-w-bistro.jpg?w=300" height="224" src="https://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/balcony-aerie-new-w-bistro.jpg?w=300" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); color: #222222; display: inline; float: right; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: 1.7; margin-bottom: 1.625em; margin-left: 1.225em; margin-top: 0.4em; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px;" width="300" /></a>y thing I do close when night falls or I head out to run errands is the kitchen door. </div>
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However many days I can delay cranking up the central air, I’ll cherish. I hate shutting myself off from nature and the outside world – the trains passing through in the wee hours; the birdsong and chattering squirrels that wake me in the morning; reading on the balcony loveseat; sitting at my small bistro tablejournaling, sipping and watching the life ebb and flow on the street below.</div>
Perlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882263102859578797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528977477077828825.post-85864207153373376412015-04-27T17:18:00.001-05:002015-04-27T17:18:40.515-05:00How to Build a Walking Habit - Easy as 1, 2, 3<div class="MsoNormal">
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rain or shine, although a really bad storm might keep me in on the stationary
bike. Walking is one of the single best
habits you can build into your life, and it will serve you for a lifetime. It’s a habit I acquired by a very simple
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<li>Get clothes ready the day before. Shoes, socks, shorts, undies,
t-shirt are right there in a neat stack by my bedroom door. I started putting them in a vintage hat box,
because of Jazzmine. Typically curious cat that she is, she is wont to relocate
a shoe or sock, or use the clothes as her napping spot. The hatbox solves that
and looks more aesthetic as well.</li>
<li>Fold laundry in workout sets. When I do laundry, I fold my
work out clothes in similar stacks then put them in the drawer. The following day
as I toss the dirty clothes into the hamper, I simply put out a new stack in
the hatbox.</li>
<li>Put other essentials by the door. Keys (of course), a small
pad w/pen (seems I always get great ideas while walking and a tablet comes in
handy), my iPhone to take pix of things that strike my fancy and for safety
should I need help (never know), and a hat (baseball in good weather, boggan in winter). Hats are necessary (keeps the sun out of your eyes, and bird poop out of your hair). </li>
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5a.m. to get my 5 miles in, come home, shower, change, make breakfast and get
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Perlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882263102859578797noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528977477077828825.post-57973982962394051562015-03-29T09:12:00.000-05:002015-03-29T09:20:23.658-05:00I Love Sunday; That's My Funday<div class="MsoNormal">
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calendar days can be seen on next month's page, I impatiently fast-</span>forward to
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- but I still put everything on my kitchen calendar. It's on the small
sliver of wall space next to the counter that holds the coffee pot. I
like seeing my month at a glance as, I pour my first cup of dark brew.
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Bacon is in
the oven, as I'm too lazy to nurse it on the stovetop. Jazzmine is purring
loudly in the chair across from me as the aroma fills the kitchen. She's
hoping for a taste or two. I'm sipping my third cup of coffee, just poured my
first glass of champagne and watching CBS Sunday Morning on the tiny TV in the
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relationships, jobs, hurts, etc., because they’ve invested so much money or years
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“Sunk Cost The dilemma is a company with a new machine that
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the old machine is entirely irrelevant. It’s a sunk cost. The money is spent.
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better alternative for the future. In business, the salesperson may call on
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woman from the bible comes to life under T.K. Thorne’s deft hand. An
amazing storyteller, Thorne takes us back in time to 1748 BCE. It is
the time of Abraham, of Lot, of men believed to be angels and messengers of
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life to another faceless, nameless woman of the bible. Here it is Lot’s
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is raised as a boy. As member of her stern but loving father’s
caravan, she is schooled in the art of trade negotiations, the languages of the
people in the lands they traverse, and duty. Under the sterner hand
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and appreciates the freedom allowed her male persona, which the females around
her will never know. The woman in her stirs; however, every time the
tall blue-eyed stranger comes near. Though the man and his brother are thought
to be messengers of god, she cannot help the feelings and the fervent wish, at
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father sees his daughter coming to an age where her womanhood becomes
obvious. It is a dangerous thing among the tribes, this
deception. A woman would be put to death for daring such. He
tells Adira she must go live with women relatives, but Adira balks and gets her
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is cut short all too soon, and her cherished childhood comes to an abrupt
end. The life she knew and people she loved are ripped away. With
only her faithful and much loved dog, Nami, she embarks on a path in pursuit of
the messengers of god. The winding path takes her through trials and
triumphs, and eventually to Lot’s house and Sodom. To tell you more
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The Edge of Dreams,</b><i>by Rhys Bowen</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rhys Bowen’s latest book in her Molly Murphy mystery series,<i> </i></span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Edge of Dreams</i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, has a serial murderer on the loose in New York City. The murderer is taunting the police with letters directed to Molly’s police captain husband, Daniel Sullivan. Much to Daniel’s chagrin Molly is brimming with ideas and champing at the bit to get involved.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She can’t help herself. Although some years ago she arrived a fresh-off-the boat immigrant, Molly soon found herself apprentice to a private investigator. When he was murdered, Molly successfully ran the business herself. It’s now 1905 and Daniel had hoped marriage and motherhood would keep her safely home as a good wife. He balks at what he considers her meddling, forbids her to get involved and refuses to discuss any part of the case with her, at least at first. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But Molly is too bright and persistent and has more ideas than he or any of his peers to be still for long. She slowly involves herself in the investigation exposing herself to dangers she's only seen on the edge of dreams.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I discovered this series in 2008 when there were seven books in the series. I started with Murphy’s Law when Molly, wanted for questioning for murder, flees the authorities in Ireland. She lands at Ellis Island where a fellow-traveller is murdered. Everyone is detained on the island as suspects, and intrepid Molly, determined to get on with her life in America, is determined to solve it herself. I read the whole series in a month and have eagerly awaited every new adventure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The characters are well developed and alternate lifestyles are explored with a light touch. Each story is well plotted and includes historical events that give an authenticity to New York City and the country of that era. I like that Bowen gives her own possible solutions to some of history’s unanswered questions of the time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Although each book can stand alone as complete, it’s always nice to know a person’s history. In case you want to read the entire series as well, below is a list in order of publication.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In Dublin's Fair City (2007)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Tell Me, Pretty Maiden (2008)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In a Gilded
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The Last Illusion (2010)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Bless the Bride (2011)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">H</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">ush Now, Don't You Cry (2012)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The Family Way (2013)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">City of Darkness and Light (2014)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The Edge of Dreams (March 2015)</span></li>
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Perlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882263102859578797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528977477077828825.post-1000061661619461072015-01-13T18:45:00.000-06:002015-01-13T18:45:00.080-06:00Salute to all the Charlies<div style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 0.825em;">
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This is not the case in other parts of the world. The Guardian article reads, “Nine hundred writers around the world were harassed, imprisoned, murdered or “disappeared” last year, according to PEN International…(1) For a list of Freedom of Speech by Country see the Wikipedia link below. (2)</div>
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I believe that fear leads to violence. (3) Writers often raise what are to some, uncomfortable questions, uncomfortable truths, provoking the uncomfortable truth that a closely held belief is laughable to some, untrue to others. The unstable and insecure cannot take the hit to their esteem, so they lash out often violently. </div>
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I’ve always believe that old saw, “the pen is mightier than the sword”. It does not mean there won’t be casualties, but I have to believe that writers the world over will pick up their pens on a daily basis and continue the volley of words, even when faced with guns.</div>
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_________<br style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7;" />(1) The Guardian, US Edition <a data-mce-href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/nov/10/authors-yann-martel-persecuted-pen-international" href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/nov/10/authors-yann-martel-persecuted-pen-international" style="color: #1b8be0; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7; text-decoration: none;">http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/nov/10/authors-yann-martel-persecuted-pen-international</a></div>
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(2) <a data-mce-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech_by_country" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech_by_country" style="color: #1b8be0; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7; text-decoration: none;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech_by_country</a></div>
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(3) Fear begets violence: <a data-mce-href="http://projectlove.me/how-does-fear-create-violence/" href="http://projectlove.me/how-does-fear-create-violence/" style="color: #1b8be0; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7; text-decoration: none;">http://projectlove.me/how-does-fear-create-violence/</a></div>
Perlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882263102859578797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528977477077828825.post-17655943734970789522015-01-02T16:20:00.000-06:002015-01-02T16:20:10.085-06:00Do You Make Resolutions or Intentions?<div style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 0.825em;">
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That’s when I light candles in each room and on my small altar. It is also when I choose my One Word – that one word that will inform my intentions for the year. My 2015 One Word is: <strong style="font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.7;">T</strong>rans<strong style="font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.7;">F</strong>orm. Below is my mini poster for fridge, desk and wallet</div>
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<li><span style="line-height: 23.7999992370605px;">I intend to stock my Etsy Store this year. So when an artist friend in Sacramento challenged me to join in the 30 paintings in 30 days January Challenge, I’ll finally stock my Etsy on-line store this year.</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 23.7999992370605px;">I intend to stick to my morning pages (read Julia Cameron’s Artist’s Way). I’ve been diligently doing since Solstice. </span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 23.7999992370605px;">I intend to keep up my Blog more consistently than I have this past year. With this post being my first of 2015, I plan on posting at least 2 if not 3 days a week.</span></li>
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<b>More to come – Happy 2015 y’all.</b></div>
Perlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882263102859578797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528977477077828825.post-5541156948143767412014-12-27T16:02:00.001-06:002014-12-27T16:02:45.359-06:00Leftover Makeover<div style="font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; text-align: left; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The leftover cornbread dressing from Christmas dinner got even soggier sitting in the fridge since Thursday night. 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After 30 min I dotted the top with butter and continued baking checking at 15 min then 10 and so on till bubbly and browned on top and around the edges. Yum taste and slightly scorched tongue. </div><div style="font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; text-align: left; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></div><div style="font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; text-align: left; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Once it's cooled, I'll freeze half and reheat half for dinner tonight w/a piece chicken as I didn't get any leftover turkey. </div><div style="font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; text-align: left; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPPI7qchjz2zff45SiD6MjNIBJRu__pHGRtQM4cQhShLRPnN0FngQGcIAaB_f24ed3q9sfnnScJXKd9o0ytO6Ud8WhZ7pkinLcgHUDSsplS1umKNc1L_LjFpm0t4yaVFl-Eo8Ti5uwbNQq/s640/blogger-image-246359588.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPPI7qchjz2zff45SiD6MjNIBJRu__pHGRtQM4cQhShLRPnN0FngQGcIAaB_f24ed3q9sfnnScJXKd9o0ytO6Ud8WhZ7pkinLcgHUDSsplS1umKNc1L_LjFpm0t4yaVFl-Eo8Ti5uwbNQq/s640/blogger-image-246359588.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6EEzkqeFGKzX0btrSx5mPVNeT50_5O_xli5_5z2aTY66a-zEfRK_q_750d-YbjYJW0IXasZdS745gO48XZ31YDieLrCTjF0rOFvf019h6qcJ12Tr4GYxskHt5mbmNNWSbJWBmbU_AEXvJ/s640/blogger-image--1124791482.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6EEzkqeFGKzX0btrSx5mPVNeT50_5O_xli5_5z2aTY66a-zEfRK_q_750d-YbjYJW0IXasZdS745gO48XZ31YDieLrCTjF0rOFvf019h6qcJ12Tr4GYxskHt5mbmNNWSbJWBmbU_AEXvJ/s640/blogger-image--1124791482.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div>Perlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882263102859578797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528977477077828825.post-18804865180542080962014-11-14T20:18:00.001-06:002014-11-14T20:21:55.151-06:00Do You Re-Read Favorite Books<div style="font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; text-align: left; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">I'm currently re-reading Women Who <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqhyphenhyphenPwkOitSl3BDWr9GJd63fhcv03-bzLhacOkxMRTArVLPhpRqXuSAA3rpvxgWK2UABztuGgDWWQirM2YBK5d5OeqAmsR73Eax25usVrH1joW89dU5wHCJg8A0kyHX_xx8pP1L0zCRI0E/s640/blogger-image-1240320187.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqhyphenhyphenPwkOitSl3BDWr9GJd63fhcv03-bzLhacOkxMRTArVLPhpRqXuSAA3rpvxgWK2UABztuGgDWWQirM2YBK5d5OeqAmsR73Eax25usVrH1joW89dU5wHCJg8A0kyHX_xx8pP1L0zCRI0E/s640/blogger-image-1240320187.jpg"></a></div>Run With the Wolves. Checked it out of the library today for a bit of light reading (just call me Hermione). </div><div style="font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; text-align: left; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></div><div style="font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; text-align: left; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">I've always had a fascination for Faeirytales. 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They drove away in silence. James driving and Jade deep in her own thoughts wondered how Chadak fit in and was startled by her thought. Chadak. Chadak? Why had his name come to mind? Bits and pieces of whispered conversations from her youth drifted unbidden to the surface of her mind. </div>
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<em>"Fear? No, child. I know her and knowing her and her kind, I prepare me and mine and protect them from the dark side. That boy is but a child, but a child raised in the dark is destined to walk dark paths. ‘As the twig is bent...' Ask me no more. To speak of evil feeds its power."</em></div>
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James's stared at the road and mulled over the interviews at the university. This Kane wasn't really intimately known by anyone. He was a loner. He spurned social invitations. None of his colleagues knew what his experiments were about. They could only point to his published papers. James would review those tonight. He glanced aside at Jade sitting beside him. A small crease above and between her eyes were the only signs that some deep thought disturbed her. "What is it, Jade?"</div>
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"Hmm? Oh, sorry, I was a million miles away. Did you find anything out at the University? How does research on nanotechnology fit in? I reviewed all his papers. The possibilities are endless if his theories are correct."</div>
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I've got another cold and I always resort to the old tried and true 4.</div>
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<strong>1. Does chicken soup cure the common cold? </strong> No, but it sure eases the symptoms. One Mayo clinic study I read years ago found that it promoted the flow of phlegm so ridding the body of the virus quicker. I’ve had a crockpot of it going for 2 days now and I’ve been sipping the broth throughout the day and replenishing the broth in the pot.</div>
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<strong>Chicken Soup</strong>Brown some chicken parts bone-in (Thighs, legs, wings…)<br />Add 1 chopped onion and sauté til golden<br />Add 3-4 smashed and finely minced garlic cloves and sauté a few minutes (don’t brown)<br />Add spices and stir briefly (cinnamon, salt, pepper, cumin, dash of cayenne, and a bay leaf)<br />Immediately deglaze pot with white wine, vermouth, or chicken broth and water to fill pot.<br />Add favorite veggies only an hour before a meal, if you want so they'll be a dente and not mush.<br />Simmer til done.</div>
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<strong>2.</strong> Does a hot toddie cure the common cold? No, but it also eases the symptoms and I personally believe it speeds recovery. My earliest memory of this particular remedy goes back to early childhood. </div>
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Sip slowly, then wrap up warmly and go to sleep. As a child, I assure you I went to sleep and woke up wet from sweat and ready to go to school. As I’ve grown older, it takes 2-3 such toddies to, but the effect is the same.</div>
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<strong>3. </strong>Do you really have to drink so many fluids and why? Yes you do and the reasons are many. The body loses fluids in a variety of ways: constant blowing of nose, fever and sweating, mouth-breathing. Remember teas are okay if herbal and not diuretic - water is the best. Flavor it with some juice concentrates, or stir in some frozen OJ or Apple Juice.</div>
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<strong>4. </strong>Does the adage starve a cold, feed a fever have any merit? I know that feeding a fever makes sense as we’re burning more calories. But the starve a cold part probably comes from the fact that appetite disappears when you have a cold, or at least mine does. I notice I eat less and on the upside, I drop a few pounds. This close to the over-indulgent holidays, that’s a welcome reward for surviving the cold.</div>
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<em>“Write in recollection and amazement for yourself.” – Jack Kerouac</em></div>
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Who hasn’t read On the Road? Kerouac understood, as I hope you do, that each of us is the hero, in my case her<img alt="" class="alignright wp-image-1499" data-mce-src="http://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/desk-close-up-3.jpg?w=300" height="247" src="http://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/desk-close-up-3.jpg?w=300" style="float: right;" title="desk close up-3" width="395" />oine, of our own story. My journal is my book, and sometimes in recollection, I <span style="font-size: 13.3333339691162px;">am truly amazed.</span></div>
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soliloquy on the page<br />journal diary<br /><br />a day once removed<br />to march cadence on blue lines<br />fill each empty page<br /><br />siphoning angst hurt<br />experience clears the mind<br />for new adventure</div>
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My journal is the running memoir of my life, my confidant, my Wailing Wall, canvas for creative thoughts, and so much more. </div>
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<strong>Falling into the gap</strong></div>
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you meditate long enough<br />you fall into the gap between thoughts and<br />you are one with the one and for<br />you all things are possible like the quark,<br />you are now both here, and there. <br /><em> © Perle Champion</em></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.3333339691162px;">Meditation is not so much a thing to do, as place to go. It is a realm unto itself, where we become our very own note in the one song that is the universe.</span></div>
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aerie, eyrie, perch <a data-mce-href="https://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/yellow-orange-tree.jpg" href="https://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/yellow-orange-tree.jpg"><img alt="yellow orange tree" class="alignright wp-image-2096" data-mce-src="https://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/yellow-orange-tree.jpg?w=225" height="395" src="https://perlesink.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/yellow-orange-tree.jpg?w=225" style="float: right;" width="295" /></a><br />leaves float on unseen breezes <br />I sit pen in hand </div>
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wanting to capture<br />it all on the page but words<br />cannot hold the wind<br /><em> © Perle Champion</em></div>
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William Wordsworth wrote, “Come forth into the light of things, Let Nature be your teacher”.</div>
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So one could call my gazing hours on end out the window or off the balcony of my aerie watching the seasons change before my eyes as research. </div>
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And, one could call my walking down sidewalks kicking leaves as hands on experience to commit to the page at a later date. </div>
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