February 20, 2012/ And she is off!

This is a clue to my next ten days.  I am hoping to do some posting.  I got a keyboard for my IPAD so that I can write.  But we will be with people, so I never know how that will work out.  

Two things things that I read or saw on the weekend  struck me as timely.  On the new book by Charles Murray, COMING APART, The state of white America from 1960- 2010.   Amazon says, it explores the  formation of American classes that are different in kind from anything we have ever known.  , focus on whites as a way of driving home the fact that the trends he describes do not break along lines of ethnicity or race.  I only heard the author speak on CNN for a while and am thinking of downloading the book for the airplane.  I graduated in college in 1960, so I am very aware of the changes.  It is no wonder that the Move On group  can not understand us, and we cannot understand them. But isolation of the poor from the upper class is not solving anything.

The other artical I read was by Nathan Jurgenson : Life becomes Picturesque, Facebook and the Claude Glass. A Claude Glass was used as a type of mirror that people used to look over their shoulder and see the sceanery behind them, but it somehow was made to make the scenery more idealic.  This is what we are doing with many of our photographic actions on our cell phones and in photoshop and movies. In fact the reason hung the picture below and took the photo was the Photo actions used to dress up the photos.    I do this myself.  Mainly because it is so fun.  I am guilty of being overly public also which the article talks about. I mainly post on Facebook when I am away.  

Off to cook dinner.  Have a great week.  Wish us safe travel, and again I hope to occassionally post.  

February 16, 2012/ On my wall

This is the new wall that was put up today after the downing of the Christmas photos.   There are more, Albert Brooks, who is aging well, George Cloony and Antony Banderais.  These are from the magazine W.    Will Ferrell said that he reads bedtime stories to his three sons.  He said that he tries to do funny voices  and his kids give him a hard time.  "Papa what are you doing?  Just use a regular voice!"  They don't find me funny."

February 15/ Very end of Christmas

This is the wall behind my desk.  I put up the photo Christmas Cards to have them around for a little while longer. I think of the people who went to such trouble to take the photo and have the card made, I like to not throw them away immediately.   Today they are coming down because movie stars are going up.  Stay tuned.

February 14, 2012/ Valentines

 I am hoping for a cookie exactly like this.  Today is mammagram day.  For a woman whose mother died of breast cancer, you would think I would remember to go get one. but it has been two years.  To all women out there, check your mammagram date,

with love, Radish

I am stopping for one of these cookies on the way home.  

P.S.  Women in Germany do not have much breast cancer.  They eat a lot of cabbage.  I do eat pretty much, not like the Germans.

February 13, 2012/ When do ------------------ arrive?

Every year in about January I like to know when my crocus will bloom.  This is where they were on February 10th of this year.  This is like the swallows returning to San Capistrano. I am recording this photo in my Project Life. Also,  I am also going to record when the swallows arrive this  here year.  They send a few scouts and then about a week later the main group arrives.  Swallows are more important than crocus because you must get your plastic owls out, or strips of hanging foil to deter nest building. Next year I will know.