tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23183095537853165242024-03-19T04:21:11.821-04:00Begrudgingly BBBB shares her own interests and chronicles the joys, pain, and discovery of exploring cultures and interests she never thought would be her own.Begrudgingly BBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03093776835134927567noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318309553785316524.post-75069980076233411232012-06-23T18:22:00.000-04:002012-06-26T14:26:04.833-04:00Leonia Sculpture Garden<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">From
the late 1800s through the mid-1900s, the small town of Leonia, New Jersey was
a noted art colony – home to more than 90 professional artists including Grant
Reynard, Harney Dunn, Charles Chapman, Howard McCormick, Clara Elsene Peck,
Rutherford and Harriet Boyd, Harry Eaton, and Peter Newell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Barns and lofts were converted into studio
space throughout the town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Creativity
flourished in this community of photographers, writers, actors, and painters. </span></i><br />
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Sammy Davis, Jr., Buddy Hackett, Alan Alda, Al B. Sure, and Anthony
Bourdain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Classic and original plays are
performed at the Civil War Drill Hall by resident acting company, the Player’s Guild of Leonia; craft shows are held in the town center; book readings
are presented by authors at the local Library; and streets are filled with aromas of Italian, Spanish, and Korean foods being prepared by renowned chefs
in neighborhood restaurants.</span></i><br />
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showcase of talent and display of dedication to the arts is the Erika and
David Boyd Sculpture Garden. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
rotating display allows sculptors to exhibit their works and Leonians to enjoy
the visual enrichment of the community. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></div>
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blog presents several of the sculptures that have enhanced this historically rich
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">by Jerome Harris Parmet<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“C-Squared” demonstrates the
conflict of a thick, heavy structure protruding from the earth on an angle –
appearing as if it could fall in either direction with even a slight
breeze.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The structure is secured to its
base at just the appropriate angle to realize its balance-tension.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Artist, Jerome Harris Parmet
notes that when working with a preconceived drawing, there is less decision
making involved its execution. But in the construction of all of his pieces, he
lets the sculpture have its “say” in the final design outcome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In order to conclude the obvious open-circle
void space in “C-Squared,” Jerome built models from cardboard, wax, metal, and
wire until that “eureka” moment arrived.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He translated the form into reality, uniting the entire sculpture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">As with “Pisces Denied” and
other works, Jerome describes his joy in working with steel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“It may seem to the observer as a cold, inert
material, but understanding its capabilities urges an appreciation for the
material.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It bends at my will and then
returns to a fixed state – it’s almost magical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It allows me to express my sense of design and philosophy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I focus on the process and work my way to an
artistic conclusion.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Enjoy my full interview with
Jerome Harris Parmet by <a href="http://begrudginglybb.blogspot.com/2011/11/interview-with-sculptor-jerome-harris.html" target="_blank">clicking here</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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the Artist</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">From
graduating design school at Syracuse University in 1957, to managing his own
interior architecture firm for 35 years, to exhibiting works throughout the
country – acclaimed sculptor, Jerome Harris Parmet, has dedicated his life to
the arts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">His sculptures,
displayed in art centers, sculpture gardens, and private collections are
revered for their presentation of simple shapes that assume complex dimensions
and new forms from every angle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">For more information, visit </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><a href="http://www.sculpture.org/parmet" target="_blank">www.sculpture.org/parmet</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Traditionally a sculptor who works with metal, Dan Bergman veered to wood with the creation of "My Father's House."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The carved out space in this
sculpture represents the house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
visible from every angle of the three-paneled display.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here, Dan describes his fascination with
houses and his artistic intensions for “My Father’s House.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Dan Bergman grew up in
Chicago and Cleveland.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After a 30-year
business career, he began studying at New York’s Art Students League.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His sculpture has been exhibited in many solo
and group shows, and he has executed a number of public works.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is known for intense, convoluted welded
pieces, wind-driven kinetic works, and explorations of mathematical structures
such as tensegrity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">For more information, visit <a href="http://www.danbergmansculpture.com/" target="_blank">www.danbergmansculpture.com</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Disposable Hero,” which won
an award from <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Sculptor’s Alliance</i>,
is a life-size adjustable steel figure inspired by a Vietnam veteran who was
homeless in New York City.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The piece is
stripped down to bare emotion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like a
toy soldier played with and disposed of, one can sense emptiness and loss in
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The sculpture is poignantly
positioned in the Erika and David Boyd Sculpture Garden looking towards the
American Legion Hall across the way. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Damien Vera is a technical
instructor teaching students the basics of metal working, forming, and welding
as well as artistic uses for metal at The Art Student’s League in New York
City. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Constantly intrigued not
only by the human body, but the human spirit as well, he delights in meeting
new people and hearing their tales.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Sculptor, Judith Peck, describes
her sculptures as being inspired by people – how they look, speak, and act; how
they endure travail and tragedy; how they celebrate joy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They address thematic concerns about the
choices people make and the choices made for them by history, by chance, and by
the intensities of their emotions and experience. The landscape of people is an infinite terrain full of vitality, pain, and joy. It is always changing. The artists is too changed as she explores familiar and unfamiliar places with the tools of carving, molding, and fabrication in hand. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Judith Peck’s sculptures are
in 80 public and private collections, including the American Art Collection of
Yale University, West Palm Beach Florida Library, the Ghetto Fighters Museum in
Israel, the Rockland Center for Holocaust Studies, Temple Beth El in New York,
and in New Jersey at the Teaneck Public Library, Ridgewood Train Station, and
Tenafly High School.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Judith Peck has a
doctoral degree from New York University and two Master’s degrees in Sculpture
and Art Education from Teachers College at Columbia University.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a professor and the author of several
books on the creative process.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">THE
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">by Michael Alfano</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">"The Gates of Transcendence" is a
larger-than-life face split down the middle, representing the two sides to
every situation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It addresses the idea
of transcendence which the viewer can experience from multiple angles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Facing this monumental portrait provokes
thoughts of life on an heroic scale, with all of its challenges.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From behind the sculpture, the viewer can
look through the eyes, as if looking through someone else’s eyes, to see a
different perspective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Walking through
the “The Gates of Transcendence”<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>is like
taking a symbolic journey into a clear new view of life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the Artist</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">For over fifteen years,
Michael Alfano has been sculpting in clay, creating figurative-based realistic
and surrealistic works that are often philosophical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His sculptures, including commissioned
portraits and monuments, are found in galleries, museums, public venues, and
private collections around the globe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Michael
has won over 50 awards at juried exhibitions, including the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sculptor of the Year.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">For more information, visit </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><a href="http://www.malfano.com/" target="_blank">www.malfano.com</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“The Thinker,” nicknamed
“Snubby,” is cloned in bonded marble from the original marble sculpture. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“The Sage” is respected for
his wisdom, experience and judgment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
piece is cloned in bonded marble from the original marble.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Michael Bertelli has been a
professional sculptor for over thirty years, working in wood, stone, bronze,
and porcelain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His public works can be
seen throughout New Jersey in cities, parks, campuses, churches, and
hospitals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His work has evolved from
realistic, as in “Bust of Pope John Paul II” presented to the Pope in Rome, to
his current unique fictional characters like “Snubby” and “The Sage” now
residing in Leonia.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">For more information, visit </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><a href="http://www.mikebertelli.com/" target="_blank">www.mikebertelli.com</a>. </span></div>
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FIGURE</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">by Marilyn Friedman</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">This six-foot terra cotta
sculpture is hollow and stands over a single support.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The work reflects the variety of tools used
by the artist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Clay was pulled, pressed,
and dragged to build the forms, silhouettes, and motifs of an abstract figure whose
interrelationships express the process of its creation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The artist’s choice of material relates
directly to the natural world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The piece
captures the dualities of strength and fragility and vitality and stillness in
both its creation and expression.</span><br />
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process in creating “Walking Figure.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Marilyn Friedman studied at the
Art Students League of New York, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture,
and the University of Siena, Italy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
has received numerous grants and awards for her works from organizations such
as the National Academy of Design, the National Sculpture Society, and the
National Arts Club.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Marilyn Friedman’s work is
in many private collections.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has
also created commissioned sculptures for Kohler, Lufthansa, and Absolut.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has taught sculpture at Parsons School of
Design and Montoya Art Studios, and is currently teaching at the Art Students
League of New York.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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TIMES REBORN</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">by Craig Usher<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Artist Craig Usher explains,
“I am interested in the blending of progressive and traditional sculpture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sculpture is a kind of vessel reflecting the
self, which continues to communicate information beyond the work of the maker.
This idea of transcendence is a powerful inspiration as it moves one beyond self
in order to connect with others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sculpting
is one way for an individual to make a mark and counter the immense alienation
of existence.”</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">While earning his BFA in
Sculpture from SUNY Purchase College of Art and Design, Craig Usher developed
an intensive interest in working with the figure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After working for artist fabrication
companies and assisting various artists, Craig’s endeavors led him to the New
York Studio School of Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture and an exploration in
working with the life model. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">For more information, visit </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><a href="http://www.craigusher.net/" target="_blank">www.craigusher.net</a>. </span></div>
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SUN and WALDORF A</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">by Gil Hawkins<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Made of polished aluminum
and standing guard in front of Leonia’s Borough Hall, “Rising Sun” captures the
presence of “now.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">In describing “Waldorf A,” Gil
Hawkins explains that the title relates to social genre of New York City in the
late fifties.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I recall the uniformed
doormen of the hotels and posh apartment houses on Manhattan’s east side,
polishing brass door decorations as patrons passed without noticing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The literal name is quite inadequate
nomenclature for the sculptural expression.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Waldorf A” is composed of
shapes and forms found in architecture or industry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Individual pieces are bolted together rather
than welded because the union created by bolting, as the artist describes, is
both difficult and expressive.</span></div>
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the Artist</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Gil Hawkins has won several
awards including 1<sup>st</sup> place in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sculpture
in the Rittenhouse Square Fine Arts Show</i> and winner of the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sculpture at Newark Airport</i>
competition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has had countless exhibitions
and one-man shows, at venues such as the Puffin Cultural Center Forum, Delaware
Museum, and the Stamford Museum and Nature Center.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gil’s work is displayed in collections at the
Storm King Art Center, The Puffin Cultural Forum, and in several private
collections.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">He earned his BFA in
Sculpture from the Philadelphia College of Art and was part of the Arts Students
League in New York.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has taught at
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Pace, New York University, and Sarah Lawrence
College, among others.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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BRING ME DOWN</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">by Jodi Carlson<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Can’t Bring Me Down” is a
towering metal sculpture of a bud vase containing an abstraction of a
lily.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Originally created to be displayed
in a 150-acre farm, the artist chose a subject in nature and welded it to a
grand scale. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Here artist, Jodi Carlson,
describes why she called her sculpture “Can’t Bring Me Down.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Jodi Carlson is a metal
sculptor who creates abstract and semi-abstract art.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has shown her works in a variety of sites
in the tri-state area including William Maxwell Fine Arts in Peekskill, New York;
the Frasier Woods Montessori school in Newton, Connecticut; and the Putnam Arts
Council in Brewster and Mahopac, New York.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Jodi has trained under
sculptors David Boyajian of The Sculpture Barn in New Fairfield, Connecticut
and Robert Perucci of Silvermine Guild Arts Center in New Canaan, Connecticut. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition to her work as an occupational therapist,
Jodi continues to expand her welding skills at Silvermine Guild Arts Center.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">For more information visit, </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><a href="http://www.jodicarlson.com/" target="_blank">www.jodicarlson.com</a>. </span></div>
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and TWO SPHERES</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">by Grace Knowlton</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Originally a painter, Grace
Knowlton has traveled freely through various art forms, methods, and
materials.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has had exhibitions that
included works of her photographs, drawings, paintings, and sculptures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">“Buoy” and “Two Spheres” are
made from copper and show various stages of patination.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The surfaces of dulled copper to white patina
result from various solutions applied to the shell-like enclosures and from
their exposure to the elements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Organic
seams joining the copper sheets, mossy coloration, and different textures
combine to make evocative surfaces.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the Artist</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Grace Knowlton has exhibited
extensively throughout the United States.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her wok is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn
Museum of Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Yale University
Art Gallery in New Haven, and others. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">For more information visit, </span><a href="http://www.graceknowltonart.com/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: blue;">www.graceknowltonart.com</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">. </span></div>
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#1, #2 and #3</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Garden sculptures even grace
the trees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These hanging sculptures of a
ladybug, cicada, and bumble bee have see-through forms that evoke the elusive
quality of bugs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hanging high in the
trees, they offer a whimsical joy to those who walk the grounds.</span><br />
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the Artist</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Mary Martire teaches a
sculpture class in New Jersey and uses bugs and butterflies as inspiration to
create her three-foot “Superbug” sculptures. </span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">BALANCING
AT HIGH SPEED and DEFINING BOUNDARIES</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">by Eric David Laxman</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">For Eric David Laxman,
sculpture is a journey and exploration that helps in understanding and making
sense of the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Balancing at High
Speed” and “Defining Boundaries” integrate hard stone and metal into coherent,
figurative compositions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The figures
express the themes of transformation, growth, balance, and movement.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Eric describes, “It is my
intention to create sculptures that seem spontaneous and inevitable using a
process that is labor intensive and deliberate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I transform materials while respecting their unique properties and raw
fundamental nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The recognition of
discreet parts and creation of a new, unified whole is the essence of my
creative process.” </span></div>
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the Artist</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Eric David Laxman is an accomplished
sculptor and furniture designer who has created a unique studio and showroom at
the Garnerville Art and Industrial Center in New York.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has exhibited his diverse works throughout
the metropolitan area and nationwide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
was awarded the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Rockland County Executive
Art Award for Visual Artist</i> and was recognized by Rockland’s business
community in the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Forty Under Forty”</i> award
ceremony.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eric has recently completed a
large sculpture commission for the City of Sculpture in Hamilton, Ohio and has
completed commissions for the Greenwich Hospital in Connecticut and the Summit
Medical group in New Jersey.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">For more information, visit <a href="http://www.ericdavidlaxman.com/" target="_blank">www.ericdavidlaxman.com</a>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">GALLOPING
HORSE 2</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Gaining inspiration from his
father and grandfather, who were expert horsemen, Adrian Landon’s first
figurative metal piece was a life-size horse’s head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After that came a few small horses and then a
whole life-size horse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Galloping Horse
2” is every bit as powerful and majestic as the horses he was surrounded by
throughout his life. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The pieces that make up the
sculpture are cut and formed from flat metal sheets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a labor-intensive process, the sheets are
hand forged with anvil and hammer. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Adrian Landon grew up in New
York City and attended the Lycee Francais de New York.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After a year of industrial design at the
Academy of Art in San Francisco and a year of traveling through the Unites
States, he returned to New York City in 2009 and began the craft of welding and
forging at the Arts Students League.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">For more information, visit </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><a href="http://www.adrianlandon.com/" target="_blank">www.adrianlandon.com</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Herrat Sommerhoff’s outdoor
sculptures are made out of Styrofoam packing material covered with flexible
cement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This colorful piece in the
Leonia Sculpture Garden is called “Dancing In The Rain.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Herrat Sommerhoff was born
and educated in Germany.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
immigrating to the United States, she began her art studies at Bergen Community
College and continued at the Art Students League in New York as well as the Art
Center of Northern New Jersey in New Milford.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Herrat is affiliated with
the Art Center of Northern New Jersey, SALUTE to Women in the Arts, and NAWA
(National Association of Women Artists).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her artwork is in numerous collections throughout New Jersey and New
York.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Last summer, Herrat was the grant
recipient for the public arts project, “The Doors of Roxbury” in the Catskills.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">For more information, visit </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><a href="http://www.herratsommerhoff.com/" target="_blank">www.herratsommerhoff.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Paul Von Ringelheim was born
during a turbulent time in history in Vienna, Austria in 1934.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a young boy, he was exposed to the evils
of the Nazi Party.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He and his family
managed to escape and immigrate to America.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">They settled in Newark, New
Jersey before moving to Brooklyn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Paul
attended Fairleigh Dickinson University and enjoyed the arts from a very young
age.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1959, Paul had the honor of
befriending the famous Pablo Picasso.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
studied and worked with this extraordinary man.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">In 1964 and 1965, Paul’s
“World Peace Screen” 50’ long by 10’ high cast bronze was created as a
non-wall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was prominently displayed
at the New York World’s Fair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That very
same sculpture can be seen on Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Teaneck campus. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Later, Paul was
commissioned by former President Gerald Ford to create a sculpture at his
estate in Palm Springs, California. Many of his works are a permanent
collection of the Museum of Modern Art and the Getty Museum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Paul believed that art is what you want it to
be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Art can be a personal and individual
experience.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Tragically, while on a
working vacation in Venice in 2001, he passed away.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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POST 2 and BURNING BUSH</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">As sculptor, James Murray
explains, “My sculpture is an extension of what I do every day of my life, or
vice versa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everything I touch seems to
turn into sculpture – the commissioned furniture, the apartments that I
recreate, and my home.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">James carves in wood and
steel, welds in steel and aluminum, and casts in bronze.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He puts found objects together in unexpected
ways – admittedly sometimes with humor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He connects sculpture to the environment where it will live.</span></div>
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Erika and David Boyd Sculpture Garden is truly a reflection of Leonia’s rich
artistic culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thanks to all those who
volunteer their time and art to create such a display that enriches the community
and the lives of those who visit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Just as Arianna Huffington learned courage and strength from her mother, she teaches women by way of her example to have the strength and courage to pursue our dreams and aspirations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In her book <u>Becoming Fearless</u> and through other media vehicles, she encourages women to not be afraid of failure because it will only hold us back from realizing our potential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is important for her to speak her mind and her truth, as she has exhibited through top news site, the Huffington Post.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She also advocates “unplugging and recharging,” to promote health and wellness. She has not only affected the content of political and business messages in the media, she has affected how those messages are disseminated through the media with the improvement and elevation of new media. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Eve Ensler has an incredible story that she shared on, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">At the Paley Center</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a writer, an activist, and a cancer survivor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Through her play, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Vagina Monologues</i>, she provided her perspective on her own womanhood and opened a forum for other women that allowed them to express themselves and the joys and pains of being a woman. She considers the performances as a way to transform social consciousness and has empowered women around the world to develop their own productions to support the commitment to end violence against women.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eve Ensler gives of herself because she realizes that these causes are greater than she alone. She shares the message that “if we find that thing in our lives that is beyond us, we can always find a way to keep going” and uses art to inspire women and help them realize their own strength. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I found the discussions to be thought-provoking and inspirational. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition to the programs that I featured in this blog posting, you can also enjoy videos with <a href="http://www.paleycenter.org/at-the-paley-center-pbs-2012?bctid=1405101729001" target="_blank">Glenn Close</a> and Maria Elena Salinas this season on At the Paley Center.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div>Begrudgingly BBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03093776835134927567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318309553785316524.post-79650033187003829542012-02-14T14:01:00.002-05:002012-02-26T14:58:49.469-05:00Tackles, Flowers, and Sex<div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Over 111 million Americans watched Super Bowl XLVI this month.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s more than a third of the country’s entire population.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, in between touchdowns and tackles, those same football fans tuned in to the highly anticipated Super Bowl commercials.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some usual suspects who have traditionally aired Super Bowl commercials veered away from previous strategies of objectifying women to promote interest in their product.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember last year’s Sketcher commercial?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It featured Kim Kardashian coquettishly leading viewers to believe that she had just concluded a sex session with her handsome trainer, telling him “you were the best I ever had,” then leaving him for Sketchers’ new <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Shape-Ups</i> shoes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This year, Sketchers shifted its communications strategy, sending the sexual overtones to the dogs – literally. Their spot featured a Greyhound race with a bulldog “underdog” winning while sporting Sketchers on his little moon-walking doggy feet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The spot caught the attention of viewers and garnered favorable reviews from both men and women.</span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">And although several auto manufactures and snack companies made us laugh this year, not all advertisers shifted messaging strategies from sexual innuendo to comedic blatancy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Super Bowl viewers were hit with a huge dose of sex-charged commercials.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A crop of advertisers surfaced exposing onlookers to sexy commercials that had some men salivating, some women offended, and some pre-teens blushing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One spot that caused a stir was brought to us by online flower company, Teleflora. The spot stars Victoria’s Secret super model, Adriana Lima.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After slowly pulling her stocking up her extended leg, zipping her sleeveless black dress, and touching up her lipstick, she looks into the camera and speaks directly to the male audience saying, “Guys, Valentine’s Day is not that complicated. Give and you shall receive.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/uWrJgFjxlS0?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 200%;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Women voiced reactions from mild annoyance to outrage for what they called an overtly sexist commercial. Twitter accounts buzzed and social media comments rang out comparing the character in the commercial to a hooker and clarifying – for the record – that flowers will <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">not</i> equate to sex.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, plenty of men had opinions about the commercial too and were not shy about sharing them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here are some interesting ones from YouTube.</span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In response to the “haters,” one post read, “All hot women cause the normal red-blooded male to think about sex… hell even desire it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s like blaming GM, Chrysler, and Ford for car crashes.” Another entry read, “Yeah I’ll be buying my wife flowers for Valentine’s Day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hopefully by giving I’ll receive something too.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet another comment read, “Don’t watch the commercial if it bothers you. The rest of us real men will continue to enjoy the commercial, probably buy their woman some flowers, and then enjoy the rest of the evening getting laid!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, I don’t want to leave out this infamous comment, “If watching the commercial makes you feel bad about yourself, then do something about it!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">No matter how much the comments make the mildly feminist cringe, these attitudes do exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Teleflora tapped into it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The originators of these YouTube messages did not pay $3.5 million for a 30-second spot to broadcast their views, but they were able to transmit their messages to the masses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can bet that Teleflora is tuned in, observing with satisfaction the ongoing comments and chatter as their online flower orders increase.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Buzz did not just result from the message delivery via purchased airtime and social media, but also from the news coverage that followed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For days after the Super Bowl, we saw headlines like “The Smoldering Hot Super Bowl Teleflora Ad” and “Sexy Ad Stirs Controversy.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Conversations ensued on news and lifestyle programs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Politics, health, the economy, natural disasters, and crime stories were trumped by Teleflora’s Adriana Lima and her sexy suggestion to the men of America.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Gender influence in media was evident in the commercials, news coverage, and online chatter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Through the visual medium of television, the spot apparently elicited a physical reaction for some.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The message became not only what was enacted in the commercial, but the reaction of those seeing it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Could these commercials be working to condition women into believing what their role as women should be? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Could they be attempting to condition men into believing what they should be getting from women?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some say that it’s all a form of audience manipulation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet others say that the commercials simply reflect real attitudes and desires of the audience that is watching.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whether the former is true or latter, the Teleflora commercial tapped into an emotional place for both men and women. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, isn’t that what a commercial is supposed to do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 200%;"><br />
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</div></div>Begrudgingly BBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03093776835134927567noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318309553785316524.post-91987810941096201282012-01-24T21:37:00.000-05:002012-01-24T21:37:29.565-05:00Zaha Hadid: Form in Motion<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Iraqi-born British architect, Zaha Hadid, is the first female recipient of the renowned Pritzker Architecture Prize.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has advanced contemporary architecture and design through her exploration of fluid geometries and the use of her own representational technique of drawing and painting to depict building elevation plans and design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-no-proof: yes;"><shapetype coordsize="21600,21600" filled="f" id="_x0000_t75" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f"><stroke joinstyle="miter"></stroke><formulas><f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"></f><f eqn="sum @0 1 0"></f><f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"></f><f eqn="prod @2 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @0 0 1"></f><f eqn="prod @6 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"></f></formulas><path gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" o:extrusionok="f"></path><lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></lock></shapetype></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Influenced by the Russian avant-garde movement of the twenties, influenced by <a href="http://www.kasimirmalevich.org/" target="_blank">Kazimir Malevich</a>, Hadid infuses the idea of motion and energy into her designs to “smoothly harness form to natural processes.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I recently visited the Philadelphia Museum of Art to see Zaha Hadid’s exhibition, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Form in Motion</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A room in the Perelman Building had been incredibly transformed from blank slate to functional space with perspective flow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Walking into the room, I was immersed into her style of movement with curving sofas, tables, chandeliers, jewelry, and even shoes. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Here are some of my favorite pieces from the <span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><em>Zaha Hadid: Form in Motion</em></span> exhibit...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Z-Play Seating Elements </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">|<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> 2002</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Made by Sawaya & Moroni</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Cold-foamed polyurethane, wool upholstery; W (each piece) 28 3/8” (72 cm)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">These abstract, irregularly shaped seats are additions to the original Z-Scape furniture program of eleven pieces designed by Hadid for Sawaya & Moroni in 2000, when her designs were realized in exact detail with new digital design and manufacturing technologies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Having researched and found inspiration in the “morphology” of geological forms and stratifications, Hadid was able to transfer original drawings directly from the three-dimensional computer models into the CNC milling machine where the polyurethane foam seats were cut and shaped.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Conceived as fragments of dynamic landscape formation, the seats offer multiple possibilities for use and configuration.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieBIwcf2KAINS5Mm8v4sxmuFFCISh-dbPdShrNIGjLFrwhDWnXhaW5V9YI7bFm56XWLx2eHn_hYK5BtCRu7extxHETKsyIvBQpvXwEhcYdI7Yf0gvhTWSEkCA0EgpRdRDuJE3mW3_Q3HxS/s1600/Z-Play+Seating+Elements+photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gda="true" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieBIwcf2KAINS5Mm8v4sxmuFFCISh-dbPdShrNIGjLFrwhDWnXhaW5V9YI7bFm56XWLx2eHn_hYK5BtCRu7extxHETKsyIvBQpvXwEhcYdI7Yf0gvhTWSEkCA0EgpRdRDuJE3mW3_Q3HxS/s320/Z-Play+Seating+Elements+photo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Vortexx</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> Chandelier | 2005</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Made by Zumtobel Lighting GmbH in collaboration with Sawaya & Moroni</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Fiberglass, car paint, acrylic, LED; H 60” (152.4 cm)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Whirling around a vertical axis, as its name aptly describes, Hadid’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Vortexx</i> chandelier, made by Zumtobel and produced in collaboration with Sawaya & Moroni, was awarded a prize in the Lights of the Future design competition established by the European Commission to promote energy-efficient residential lighting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Concealed within two spiraling translucent acrylic diffusers cased in fiberglass, colored LED modules are combined with white LEDs that emit light only on the underside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lower in energy consumption, cooler, smaller, and more durable than incandescent lights, the color-changing LEDs realize Hadid’s vision of seamless continuity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The color of the chandelier changes continuously and almost imperceptibly, flowing though the helical tubes in what appears to be perpetual motion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Vortexx</i> is fitted with a programmable management system that allows the user to control the intensity and color of the light.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-no-proof: yes;"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbpq9EpSrInYRKjQjTkwmfRjBrhwK7HICB9FpuDZKOupOdbgWucVv6ZpXwl_qwXJ4uHEYJdpjYuARTE38SVbPWkvU-4lBGsmvi0pS8c6yR8YmX8xPkrbzfa6y3gYTl_gPkFEDytoVxb4lY/s1600/Vortexx+Chandelier+photo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gda="true" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbpq9EpSrInYRKjQjTkwmfRjBrhwK7HICB9FpuDZKOupOdbgWucVv6ZpXwl_qwXJ4uHEYJdpjYuARTE38SVbPWkvU-4lBGsmvi0pS8c6yR8YmX8xPkrbzfa6y3gYTl_gPkFEDytoVxb4lY/s320/Vortexx+Chandelier+photo.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Crater Table | 2007</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Designed for David Gill Galleries</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Aluminum with polished finish, L 104 ¾” (266 cm)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Its sleek surface deformed with the volcano-like projections and bowl-shaped depressions that give the piece its name, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Crater</i> table has no precedent in the history of furniture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two of the crater rims overhang the table’s edge and extend toward the floor, providing the piece with support and balance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Varied in appearance, the craters reflect Hadid’s interest in geomorphology and the tectonic forces that shape landforms into circular basins or conical summits, as well as her early and ongoing adoption of Russian Suprematist and Constructivist ideas, among them Kazimir Malevich’s principle that motion is central to the treatment of form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Its curving supports hidden underneath, the tabletop appears to be suspended in space.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-no-proof: yes;"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGGNhfhBuR1moPbc-_Amy5QnEjh1QrSEWOklfM5VLZKLZ_vWLkPHk2gcmnbsuRMTo8oZzuqixW00wOIDQSRxZcnAXPePb-3TNj-g9AYe4UDr_CO15xSrV-g2SLQRLS3T9qePOmVwru0HDZ/s1600/Crater+Table+2007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gda="true" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGGNhfhBuR1moPbc-_Amy5QnEjh1QrSEWOklfM5VLZKLZ_vWLkPHk2gcmnbsuRMTo8oZzuqixW00wOIDQSRxZcnAXPePb-3TNj-g9AYe4UDr_CO15xSrV-g2SLQRLS3T9qePOmVwru0HDZ/s320/Crater+Table+2007.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Moon System Sofa and Ottoman I 2007 </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Made by B&B Italia </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Steel, cold-pressed polyurethane foam, nylon/polyurethane/spandex upholstery</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">L (sofa) 113 3/8” (288 cm), L (ottoman) 59 7/16” (151 cm)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">B&B Italia was challenged by Hadid’s complex, curvilinear geometries, which give the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Moon System</i> sofa and ottoman their unusual boomerang shape and thin profile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Circumscribed by a single, continuous dynamic line, the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Moon System</i> sofa required B&B Italia to use a CNC milling machine, which shaped and cut the polyurethane foam as a single block continuing the sofa’s back, seat, and armrests according to the exact specifications of Hadid’s three-dimensional computer model.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This direct-to-production manufacturing technique allowed Hadid’s original design concept – an assemblage of parts conceived as a singular production unit – to be fabricated with precision and economy of resource. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-no-proof: yes;"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMCfM9h1W8jK1F4G2k2Kto0MpgHtecgu2GGcqI9q-Mn0LMjwgPf8K9wLnqtdhaiXbcdPyFLbndd4KWyUlpI36oHQc7_uHfKv0wqmJC9v_lpm0sgu_c91Z78n82h7hY1OgWaXi9MnnkXp1Y/s1600/Moon+System+Sofa+and+Ottoman+2007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gda="true" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMCfM9h1W8jK1F4G2k2Kto0MpgHtecgu2GGcqI9q-Mn0LMjwgPf8K9wLnqtdhaiXbcdPyFLbndd4KWyUlpI36oHQc7_uHfKv0wqmJC9v_lpm0sgu_c91Z78n82h7hY1OgWaXi9MnnkXp1Y/s320/Moon+System+Sofa+and+Ottoman+2007.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Glace Collection Jewelry | 2009</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Made by Swarovski AG</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Colored resin, Swarovski crystals in jet and crystal; L (cuff 1) 4 1/8” (10.5 cm), L (cuff 2) 4 5/16” (11 cm)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Devoid of clasps and closures, the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Glace</i> bracelets form asymmetrical, continuous loops that can be interlocked by means of embedded magnets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are designed by three-dimensional computer-generated modeling wherein digitized ribbons are combined and manipulated into directional flows through advanced mathematical calculation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Swarovski then uses the computer model file to produce detailed molds into which the resin is poured; as the poured resin gradually hardens, crystals and stones are selectively suspended in it.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-no-proof: yes;"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbI-3AvDzEUEcVgxCyiTAnCTBAgTM0l1xoYM42NByGxPNndKocwKv6fq7TLh0hyphenhypheni_LQ-KpvNJX6FWiMlmhTUH21fQcWwso64CdDxXwQdmZYUagJnuskDy9abs19Dg1LpmFEUDu2JKRvrwR/s1600/Glace+Collection+Jewelry+2009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gda="true" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbI-3AvDzEUEcVgxCyiTAnCTBAgTM0l1xoYM42NByGxPNndKocwKv6fq7TLh0hyphenhypheni_LQ-KpvNJX6FWiMlmhTUH21fQcWwso64CdDxXwQdmZYUagJnuskDy9abs19Dg1LpmFEUDu2JKRvrwR/s320/Glace+Collection+Jewelry+2009.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Celeste Necklace | 2008</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Made by Swarovski AG</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Made with Swarovski gemstones in topaz white, smoky quartz, and black spinel; blackened silver; L 16 15/16” (43 cm)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The silver <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Celeste</i> necklace is similarly designed and cast according to curvilinear geometries that follow the form of the individual wearing it; the necklace rises from the wearer’s torso, wraps around her neck, and comes to rest on her shoulder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Its accompanying cuff extends along the length of the forearm, continuing the formal movement of the composition.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-no-proof: yes;"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioQsG1t-9zKmur3w86xL_zM6ZIOro4pdkqSP-j7Gzt03DFSAnc9QKNuTFkH5sUn1xQufoROiiWQurfNmhzkCbj43ct66zhxBTIiD_a_J0PKUk5Ydt3HL492p_CknSu3E4A8zq6WltIAbeC/s1600/Celeste+Necklace+2008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gda="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioQsG1t-9zKmur3w86xL_zM6ZIOro4pdkqSP-j7Gzt03DFSAnc9QKNuTFkH5sUn1xQufoROiiWQurfNmhzkCbj43ct66zhxBTIiD_a_J0PKUk5Ydt3HL492p_CknSu3E4A8zq6WltIAbeC/s320/Celeste+Necklace+2008.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Crevasse</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> is a direct offspring of Hadid’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">City of Towers</i> design representing visionary study models of skyscrapers for ground zero.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Conceived as twinned towers, the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Crevasse</i> vases are cut like the fissure the name suggests from a single block of stainless steel and scored along two diagonal lines at differing angles, creating a warped, inverted surface that appears to twist away from and merge with its twin at various points along the vertical axis. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">In my last blog, I wrote about my last trip to Cleveland, Ohio and my visit to the <a href="http://begrudginglybb.blogspot.com/2011/12/women-rockin-cleveland.html" target="_blank">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the holidays upon us, I am compelled to mention that while on that trip, I also visited a museum dedicated to the 1983 film, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvMLfSQrHKE" target="_blank">A Christmas Story</a>,</i> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">which is a classic tale about a boy eagerly pining for a Red Rider BB gun for Christmas. It’s an all-time holiday favorite.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-no-proof: yes;"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">You can walk through the house and see the kitchen cupboard that little Randy hid in when he thought his dad was going to kill Ralphie, the bathroom in which Ralphie got a mouth full of Lava soap for saying a bad word that was not "fudge," and the desk where Ralphie wrote his theme paper on what he wanted for Christmas. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The last time I was in Cleveland, I visited the Rock and Rock Hall of Fame and Museum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> D</span>owntown on the shores of Lake Erie, the building is an architectural specter, with cantilevered spaces, exterior white reflective cylinders, and an anchoring rectangular tower. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Beams and glass form a dual-triangular form providing for a breathtaking entryway into the museum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, the reason why the front view of the building resembles the expansion structure of the Louvre in Paris is because internationally renowned architect, I.M. Pei designed it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The 150,000 square-foot space holds the most prized music treasures in the world. Exhibits include costumes, lyrics, instruments, stage props, posters, and concert handbills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can see the outfits that stars like Steven Tyler, Madonna, and Mick Jagger performed in and then walk down another hall to see Jim Morrison's hand-written music notes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Janis Joplin’s 1965 Porsche 356C Cabriolet is there and even a few pieces from Elvis’ gun collection. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the day that I visited, the museum was featuring in its theater a video of Michael Jackson’s induction ceremony.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Music is energy and passion and rock and roll has affected each and every one of us – with joy, tears, exhilaration, or simply the desire to sway, shimmy, or rave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seeing the costume or the car or the piano of our music idols provides us with an exclusive entry into their lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The 1920s and 1930s were a time when women struggled for social justice and equality. Through their strength and perseverance, American women were able to make great strides in the pursuit of equality, attaining the right to vote and pursuing personal and professional interests outside of the home. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The woman that stands out to me from this era is Billie Holiday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Holiday was the pre-eminent jazz singer of her day and remains one of the most revered vocalists. Born Eleanora Fagan Gough, Billie chose her stage name after silent movie star, Billie Dove. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Brenda Lee is best known for her 1960 breakthrough hit, “I’m Sorry” and 1958’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” which is ensconced as Number 4 on the all-time list of popular seasonal records. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Teenagers in early 1960s girl groups pushed through the limits and defined the sound of an era. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">From 1963 through 1964, The Ronettes placed five singles in the Top 40 including “Be My Baby,” “Baby I Love You,” and “Walking in the Rain.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Aretha’s musical style of church rhythms and pure soul spoke to the Sixties generation, with her greatest song triumph being “Respect.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Respect,” which was the opening track on her classic first album, </span></span><em><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I Never Loved a Man the Way I Loved You, </span></em><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">represented her assertion of selfhood and became an anthem for the women’s movement. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other tracks from this pivotal release are “Do Right Woman - Do Right Man,” “Dr. Feelgood” and “A Change Is Gonna Come.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">All bring fire to the stage and joy to our hearts, while shaping contemporary music and changing the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Through their music, they not only share their talent, but demonstrate their strength and prompt women around the world to recognize their own. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their passion is contagious and their impact unquestionable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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Begrudgingly BBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03093776835134927567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318309553785316524.post-14456001653738406122011-12-01T12:01:00.001-05:002011-12-01T12:37:49.877-05:00One Night in Brooklyn... I mean Beijing<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I was reading about the Peking Opera on a blog site dedicated to Chinese culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My exposure to opera is a handful of performances that I have seen at the <a href="http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/index.aspx" target="_blank">Met</a> and my favorite La Boh</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN;">è</span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">me CD that I have completely worn out over the years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Peking Opera is described as an ancient Chinese opera originating in Beijing around 1840 and remaining extremely<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>popular in China through the mid-1900s.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Women were not allowed to participate in the operas or receive publicity, so female roles called “Dan” were played by men.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mei Lanfang is a Chinese Peking Opera legend who is noted as being the first to expose United States audiences to Peking Operas through his travels here in the early 1900s. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-no-proof: yes;"><shapetype coordsize="21600,21600" filled="f" id="_x0000_t75" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f"><stroke joinstyle="miter"></stroke><formulas><f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"></f><f eqn="sum @0 1 0"></f><f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"></f><f eqn="prod @2 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @0 0 1"></f><f eqn="prod @6 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"></f></formulas><path gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" o:extrusionok="f"></path><lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></lock></shapetype></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6RyzW2FrH5e8DMC7q0zSlHJzeAUKUkGsaUvI-SYsvRMSq6UB6LQEdTmnkXxY0PMFF1okHHryV89lprIIDV1V99w4vrCRmWFn2wNTyDpvXE2QuB4rJECRbnlmYym6UGAS07vjFqC2Mkm9A/s1600/meilangfangpekingopera.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dda="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6RyzW2FrH5e8DMC7q0zSlHJzeAUKUkGsaUvI-SYsvRMSq6UB6LQEdTmnkXxY0PMFF1okHHryV89lprIIDV1V99w4vrCRmWFn2wNTyDpvXE2QuB4rJECRbnlmYym6UGAS07vjFqC2Mkm9A/s320/meilangfangpekingopera.jpg" width="242" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I can appreciate and admire the costumes and slow, deliberate movements of the Dan from this clip from <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Drunken Beauty</i> without really understanding the plot of the episode or the implications of the gestures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Watching it, though, does make me wonder if getting a teenager to go to the Peking Opera in China is anything like getting a teenager to go to the opera in the United States.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">An extraordinary Chinese female impersonator, <a href="http://english.cri.cn/4406/2007/11/05/47@291237.htm" target="_blank">Li Yugang</a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">, is accredited with bringing the ancient art of the Peking Opera to a younger Chinese generation with a modern, pop take on the traditional Peking Opera style.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Reading about the history of ancient art forms is something that I can get absorbed in for hours at a time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s intriguing to see these ancient artistic traditions and connect them to relatable, modern works.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Li Yugang has been successful in doing just that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Of course, there are critics that say that Li Yugang’s work diminishes the integrity of the ancient Peking Opera, but I think that his work expands the art to a broader and younger audience – which is a good thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">In a Yugang performance of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">One Night in Beijing</i>, he actually integrates beatboxers into his musical set.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Beatboxing actually made its way overseas and through cultures to make it onto a Chinese Peking Opera stage!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-no-proof: yes;"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/1xWEharVQ40?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">While listening to beatbox pioneers Doug E. Fresh and the Fat Boys on the radio back in the day, if someone asked me if I could ever image this hip-hop vocal percussion technique making it to China, I would have said, “not in a hundred years!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, it’s only taken 30.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Appreciation for the arts is not foreign – whether marveling at a Peking Opera or moving to hip-hop beats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> And there is much to be appreciated with this</span> expansion of styles and blending of cultures through dance and music.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Script", "sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Begrudgingly,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Script", "sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">BB </span></div>Begrudgingly BBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03093776835134927567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318309553785316524.post-21325485063699020662011-11-26T12:48:00.006-05:002012-03-30T22:39:35.187-04:00White Line Black Line<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><span style="color: #666666;">I was flipping channels and thought about this new paranormal craze.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find it fascinating that public interest in the supernatural has become such a huge trend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition to the Paranormal movies that have come out (which I will not see), there are at least a dozen reality shows dedicated to the topic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just on two networks alone, I saw listings for Celebrity Ghost Story, Ghost Adventures, Ghostly Encounters, Psychic Kids, Haunted History, Paranormal Activity, My Ghost Story, The Haunted, and Paranormal State.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><span style="color: #666666;">There is a new heightened awareness of other levels of spirit existence because of the sharing of paranormal experiences and ghost stories on these reality shows.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I dedicate my blog to exploring my own interests and discovering new ones that I never thought would be my own, but this trendy interest is one that I will keep at arm’s distance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><span style="color: #666666;">It did inspire me to write a short story though.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><span style="color: #666666;">I call it</span></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">WHITE LINE<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>BLACK LINE</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rita fastened the top button on her nurse’s uniform and peeked into her kids’ bedroom. Ten-year-old Sarah was laying on her belly, knees bent, feet swinging back and forth. She seemed mesmerized by the episode of iCarly that she was watching and hardly noticed her mom. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Her little brother, Matt, suited up in Spiderman pajamas, was sitting with legs crossed on the floor trying to figure out how to snap the sword onto his Red-lion Power Ranger action figure. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Kids, I got called in for the late shift tonight. I want you both in bed by nine o'clock. Aunt Judy will be here by ten to sleep with you for the night. We’ll all go out for blueberry pancakes in the morning.” </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Bye Mom,” she heard as she walked down the creaking pine stairs and out of the front door. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The children continued to play in their room until Sarah noticed that the clock read 9:10pm. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Matt, it’s time to go to bed.”</span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
“Where’s my blue Power Ranger?” he whined. <br />
“Matt,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>BED!” <br />
“But I need it!” he screamed back. <br />
“We’ll find it in the morning,” she assured him. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With a huff, he climbed into bed. Sarah turned off the light, shut the bedroom door, and got into the twin bed across the room. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">She lay for a while watching the linen curtain float up and down then twist and whip as the night wind picked up. The sounds of her brother’s faint snores relaxed her and she soon fell asleep too. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">SLAM</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With a great startle, they both awakened to what sounded like a slam of the back door. But the back door had been bolted for years. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Spider-leaf bushes had grown to almost reach the top of that door. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sarah pulled her cover to her chin and peered over to Matt. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A red glow from the digital clock showed across his face exposing his fearful expression. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The glow flickered as the number switched from 1:46am to 1:47am. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Motionless, they listened to slow, heavy movement just down the stairs. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">KNOCK - STEP STEP<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>KNOCK - STEP STEP </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Their minds immediately took them back three years to their grandfather’s last days, sluggishly walking the corridor, cane in hand, cigarette dangling from his cracked lips.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">KNOCK -<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>STEP STEP<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>KNOCK - STEP STEP </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">then a creak in the stair – then again. </span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: yes;"><shapetype coordsize="21600,21600" filled="f" id="_x0000_t75" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f"><stroke joinstyle="miter"></stroke><formulas><f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"></f><f eqn="sum @0 1 0"></f><f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"></f><f eqn="prod @2 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @0 0 1"></f><f eqn="prod @6 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"></f></formulas><path gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" o:extrusionok="f"></path><lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></lock></shapetype></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sarah didn’t move except for a single tear that leaked from the corner of her eye onto her pillow. They listened to their door knob turning – then nothing – then the door slowly opening. Both children felt compelled to shut their eyes as hard as they could. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They listened as the pointed tip of a cane hit their wood-paneled floor and what seemed like two sand-laced soles dragging behind. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In terror, Matt clutched his blanket and tightened his eyelids. He could smell mildew and stale smoke from the figure that now stood over him. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As a desperate whimper made its way through Matt’s throat, Sarah felt a tug at her arm and heard a soft voice whisper to her, “Hurry, come with me.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Relieved to be saved from the frightful figure, she jumped up. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The room still dark, Sarah yelled to Matt to follow them. They scurried into their mother’s bedroom and quickly into bed. She held the children close and stroked their hair while they buried their heads between her arms and chest. In the warmth and security of their mother’s bed, they eventually settled to sleep. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6:20am…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rita, exhausted from her shift, walked in the front door. She headed to the kitchen and dropped her keys on the counter. She grabbed a cold bottle of Evian from the fridge and swigging it back, pressed the blinking button on the answering machine. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Rita. It’s Judy. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m really sorry but I can’t make it over tonight to babysit. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rich came in a day early and surprised me with theater tickets to RAIN at the Kimmel Center. And you know how much I love the Beatles! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’re headed into Center City now. I’ll call you tomorrow.” </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rita set the water bottle down to go and check on the kids. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She shifted the position of the out-of-place umbrella vase at the base of the stairs and headed up. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She looked into the kids’ room to see blankets strewn across their beds and then turned to approach the closed door of her bedroom. She quietly opened the door and smiled when she saw Sarah and Matt sound asleep. Kicking off her shoes, she climbed into bed. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sarah turned over and opened her eyes to the first light of day. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She smiled as she laid her head on her mother’s shoulder. Matt soon followed suit on the other shoulder. Rita clicked the TV on. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Turn it to Spiderman, Mom,” Matt pleaded. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rita flipped through the channels, gave out a yawn and asked, “Hey, what happened to the old walking cane that was in the umbrella vase? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s gone.” </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: yes;"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Illustrations by my talented friend, Nicoletta Mazzesi</td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><span style="color: #999999;">Do you know why the story is called White Line Black Line?</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe Script", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">Begrudgingly, </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe Script", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text1;">BB</span></div>Begrudgingly BBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03093776835134927567noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318309553785316524.post-79053664213505224742011-11-25T16:12:00.003-05:002011-11-26T12:23:15.232-05:00Malbecs of Argentina<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Malbec grapes originated from the Bordeaux region of France and have been known as one of the six grapes allowed in the blend of red Bordeaux wine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Malbec is a finicky vine whose fruit is prone to rot and mildew in the cool, damp coastal climate of Bordeaux.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sensitivity to frost and proclivity to </span><a href="http://www.winepros.org/wine101/vincyc-shatter.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">shatter or coulure</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> is the primary reason that Malbecs have not flourished as a stand-alone wine in most of France.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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</div><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Malbec has come into its own in Argentina, where it is the major red varietal planted. Much of the Malbec vines there were transplanted from Europe prior to the outbreak of </span><a href="http://www.cellarnotes.net/phylloxera.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">phylloxera</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> in the 1950s and most is therefore on its own roots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Malbec<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>vines thrive in the sunny, arid climate of Argentina. </span></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihVVWrvGCmqdzghU3HHuehS5NSvlP89wfROE8eBbTBHtj-yosMMQsDfPysrd3lS_hAr7YX9iwVVS8_KRX7v23qCaMUeXORagbrBEeGfsXbI9Nw7mgvsawkpdcrPskTKe9F03J23mroOwMi/s1600/Argentina+Map.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihVVWrvGCmqdzghU3HHuehS5NSvlP89wfROE8eBbTBHtj-yosMMQsDfPysrd3lS_hAr7YX9iwVVS8_KRX7v23qCaMUeXORagbrBEeGfsXbI9Nw7mgvsawkpdcrPskTKe9F03J23mroOwMi/s400/Argentina+Map.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"></span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0.25in 0in;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">According to an article I read in this month’s issue of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Wine Spector</i> called “Malbec’s Moment,” Argentine wine was a blank space on the map for most Americans until recently.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the mid-1990s, Malbec wine exports from Argentina to the United States were nearly nonexistent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By 2002, Argentina exported just 200,000 cases to the U.S., but then exports began to skyrocket.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 2010, Argentina exported more than 4 million cases of Malbec to the United States, which is 20 times what the exports were eight years earlier.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Malbecs provide a lot of drinking pleasure at the right price, and Americans love that.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0.25in 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Malbec is typically a medium to full-bodied red wine. Ripe fruit flavors of boysenberry, blueberry, plums and blackberry define its character. The tannins are supple and earthy, making it a rustic and versatile wine. </span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0.25in 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: yes;"></span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0.25in 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDN5fSR200uVk5hifbjLZZxvQt4u4OezgIhuzoXS9jUW9bUnOoxZeOqCLqjt4kRbUgoPNfNyk3pKgegmAzc_vGhvNV2WVlaLSfsBcBoe18xeqYNWd0kiSKW8ZaJxiqqEwovutnTR3ViLXR/s1600/220px-Glass_of_Malbec.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDN5fSR200uVk5hifbjLZZxvQt4u4OezgIhuzoXS9jUW9bUnOoxZeOqCLqjt4kRbUgoPNfNyk3pKgegmAzc_vGhvNV2WVlaLSfsBcBoe18xeqYNWd0kiSKW8ZaJxiqqEwovutnTR3ViLXR/s200/220px-Glass_of_Malbec.jpg" width="132" /></a><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Malbec’s rich flavors pair nicely with red meats such as steak, sausage, and lamb.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With their rich, jammy flavor, they also pair well with Mexican, Indian, and Creole cuisine. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I recall from my sampling last night, that they are also enjoyable on their own after dinner. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0.25in 0in;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>The two bottles that I sampled are the 2009 Catena Malbec and the 2008 Gouguenheim Valle Escondido, both from the Mendoza region of Argentinian</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> in the foothills of the Andes.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2009 Catena Malbec is developed from a blend of four unique vineyard sites in the Mendoza region resulting in dark violet wine with hints of plum, black currant and spicy black pepper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The second wine I sampled is the 2008 Gouguenheim Valle Escondido, also from the Mendoza area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The balanced flavor with fruit and spice will leave you with a long, pleasant finish.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Malbec is one of the best value price wines around. Most selections, like the ones I sampled yesterday, will run you between $12 and $20 dollars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, you can also find some very high-end Argentina Malbecs from some of the most renowned winemakers like the legendary Paul Hobbs from California, and the world-famous Michel Rolland, who moved from Bordeaux to produce Malbecs in Argentina.</span></span><br />
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</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-no-proof: yes;"></span><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If your typical red wine choice is a Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot, give Malbec a try.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A nice full-flavored, reasonably priced Malbec, may just become your next go-to wine.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Script", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Begrudgingly,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Script", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">BB</span></div>Begrudgingly BBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03093776835134927567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318309553785316524.post-14716336586087670012011-11-17T22:24:00.002-05:002011-12-02T09:44:15.143-05:00Interview with Sculptor, Jerome Harris Parmet<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From graduating design school at Syracuse University in 1957, to managing his own interior architecture firm for 35 years, to exhibiting works throughout the country – acclaimed sculptor, Jerome Harris Parmet, has dedicated his life to the arts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-2hyphenhyphenkXQct3ugLne9xlLcWc3IOqoU0jzp45w4Ztoc-rRW8gE3bHI6CCi3b5BdoscgN_yk4ioXzll_MsgkiqibtjFU0cjIg55dgj2ERdZMCaphF8dnks5cORNJ39bC14Dly_09NvQG6Ki3Y/s1600/CrossCurrents.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-2hyphenhyphenkXQct3ugLne9xlLcWc3IOqoU0jzp45w4Ztoc-rRW8gE3bHI6CCi3b5BdoscgN_yk4ioXzll_MsgkiqibtjFU0cjIg55dgj2ERdZMCaphF8dnks5cORNJ39bC14Dly_09NvQG6Ki3Y/s1600/CrossCurrents.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">His sculptures, displayed in art centers, sculpture gardens, and private collections are revered for their presentation of simple shapes that assume complex dimensions and new forms from every angle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was fortunate to interview Jerome Harris Parmet and get a glimpse into how he is able to manipulate metal into the multifaceted flowing figures that are his sculptures.</span></span> <br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">What inspired you to become an artist?</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">My mother recognized my early interest in art and sent me to the Brooklyn Museum to attend art classes while I was still a child.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, in high school, I was a member of the art society, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Artsmen</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I entered the design field after graduating with a BFA in Interior Design from Syracuse University, an aspect of the business that particularly fascinated me was solving spatial interrelationships in building architectural interiors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This carries over to developing my sculptures today, because just as in my past field of architecture, I am working with art in three-dimensional space.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Where did you get your training on welding and sculpture?</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Back in my senior year of college, I had a welding class on Fridays from 2:00pm to 5:00pm, which is really not an optimal time for a college kid to attend class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet, when I looked up from my welding at 6:00pm to find my class room empty, I knew that I was hooked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was my passion and I resolved that when I retired, I would pursue my passion again full time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, that’s exactly what I have been doing for the past 12 years. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">What inspires your work?</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am always captivated by well-designed products, art, and architecture in the world around us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I try to apply the principles of good design as guiding elements in my own work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My creative process usually begins with existing pieces of metal that have character… that speak to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I add to it, my creative thinking to reshape that piece in an entirely new direction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Are there any historical or contemporary artists that you specifically admire?</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I admire the work of Mark di Suvero, John Chamberlin, John Van Alstine, and Richard Serra.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each artist has a different and distincitve style, and each motivates me in a different way. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">What materials do you prefer to handle in the creation of your sculptures?</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I sculpt mostly in steel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It talks to me and it listens to me, bending at my direction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I cut it, hammer it, melt it, twist it, and weld it – and it still loves me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Occasionally, I might add a chunk of glass or rough piece of wood to the mixture, but it’s primarily steel that I enjoy handling. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">What satisfaction do you gain from creating your sculptures?</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I gain emotional satisfaction from my craft.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I sculpt, there are moments... days sometimes of agony, when the work is frustratingly slow. The shapes are not right; the metal won’t bend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, then the answers start to emerge and I can feel the piece talking to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are talking to each other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, when it is complete, with every element having come together, we reminisce on the pains and delights it took to get there. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Have you found the Internet to have any effect on your work or creative process?</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It has not affected my sculpting process, but has allowed me to appreciate the work of other sculptors.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Do you have a favorite sculpture that you have created?</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Yes, I have two favorite pieces that are actually substantially different from each other.</span></div><br />
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</div><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">What advice can you give to artists just starting out?</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Take classes, learn your tools, and just keep producing.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Where can people go to see more of your work?</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">They can see my sculptures by going to </span><a href="http://www.sculpture.org/parmet"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">www.sculpture.org/parmet</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Mr. Parmet,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you for sharing your talents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, thank you for granting me this interview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has been my honor to discuss your work with you. </span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I must say that I have a favorite one of your sculptures, too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The twists of the metal, the pairing of the colors, and the assembly of the elements remarkably reflect the title:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“All That Jazz.”</span></i><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Script", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Begrudgingly,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Script", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">BB</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"></div></span></span> </span>Begrudgingly BBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03093776835134927567noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318309553785316524.post-86661890950579759882011-11-16T16:43:00.002-05:002011-12-02T09:48:21.661-05:00The New Victory Theater<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I find myself searching for something interesting to do on weekends, I will often-times check out what is going on in the world of live theater.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dramatic plays are my preference and I have thoroughly enjoyed plays including <em>God of Carnage</em> and <em>Race</em>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My all-time favorite, I have to say, was August Wilson’s, </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqIHzuBm2Gk" target="_blank"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fences</span></em></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, with Denzel Washington and Viola Davis. The story, set in the 1950s, explored the relationships, regrets, and struggles of main character, Troy, played by Denzel Washington.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">But, going to see one of these types of major Broadway plays takes a bit of advanced planning. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">This past Saturday, I hadn’t planned anything, so I turned to my trusted and sometime last-minute go-to, The New Victory Theater, on 42<sup>nd</sup> Street.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The theater had a string of successful plays and vaudeville acts in the early 1900s, including <em><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=jecgNiZH118C&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=abie's+irish+rose&source=bl&ots=gLpFPApRSy&sig=1rLsg7NUbY7YwKEjoO5UTk0fstw&hl=en&ei=cizETqiLOor30gHXzunsDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&sqi=2&ved=0CIMBEOgBMAk#v=onepage&q&f=false" target="_blank">Abie’s Irish Rose</a></em>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the 1930s, the theater became Broadway’s first striptease house and featured the famous, Gypsy Rose Lee. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, the theater ran second-run motion pictures, and at the pitch of 42<sup>nd</sup> Street’s decline in the 1970s, the Victory became the block’s first XXX-rated movie house. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I’m in a theater that was built over 100 years ago, I can’t help but think about those who have sat there before me and the acts that have performed on the stage at the turn of the century.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(In this case, I try hard <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">not</b> to think about who sat there before me in the 70s and 80s when the Victory was a XXX movie theater :o ) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I do appreciate what it is today, which is New York City’s first performing arts theater for kids and their families.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a delightful way to spend a Saturday afternoon – watching story books come to life, experiencing dances assembled by troops from around the world, and seeing performance art that captivates young audiences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">This winter, the New Victory Theater is featuring the following performances:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.newvictory.org/show.m?showID=1033964" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Untapped</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">November 11 - 27</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 10.5pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Raw Metal Dance<br />
Brisbane, Australia</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-line-height-alt: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Andrew, Daniel, Matthew, Reece and Sam strut their stuff in a mash-up of moves drawn from tap, acrobatics and funk in this raucous and irreverent reinvention of rhythm.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.newvictory.org/show.m?showID=1033970" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">BAI XI</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">December 2 – January 1</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 10.5pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cirque Shanghai<br />
Shanghai, China</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-line-height-alt: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The world’s premiere company of Chinese acrobats makes the impossible look effortless as they perform astounding feats with mind-blowing perfection.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.newvictory.org/show.m?showID=1033976" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rumplestiltsckin</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">January 6, 7 & 8</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 10.5pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Stella Den Haag<br />
Den Haag, Netherlands</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-line-height-alt: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">An artful, eerie rendition of the classic story, <i>Rumplestiltskin</i> tells of millers and maidens, castles and curses and of a dreadful bargain saved by a beautiful friendship.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.newvictory.org/show.m?showID=1033991" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wuthering Heights: Restless Souls</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #a6a6a6; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 166;"> </span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">January 27, 28 & 29</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 10.5pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Theater Artemis<br />
’s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-line-height-alt: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emily Brontë’s love story sweeps across the moors and into the New Victory in a contemporary adaptation of the ultimate gothic romance.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.newvictory.org/show.m?showID=1033997" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brazil! Brazil!</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></b><br />
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Salvador da Bahia, Brazil</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-line-height-alt: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is a sizzling celebration that blends music, dance, acrobatics and capoeira with the lightning fast footwork of soccer freestyle superstar Arturo.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.newvictory.org/show.m?showID=1034003" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Adventures of Tom Sawyer</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></b><br />
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United States</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-line-height-alt: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This adaptation of Twain's novel captures the thrill of mischief-making, the fickleness of first love and the shivers that linger after a graveyard adventure gone very, very wrong.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">You may find the New Victory Theater to be that last-minute (or even planned) solution to the "what should we do this weekend?” question.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Script", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Begrudgingly,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Script", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">BB</span></div>Begrudgingly BBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03093776835134927567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318309553785316524.post-46478390424972418312011-11-10T16:36:00.002-05:002011-11-15T18:18:00.841-05:00Time for Turkey Croquettes<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">With the holidays around the corner, I wanted to post an original recipe that you can add to your spread.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I considered braised short ribs or gumbo, but decided on turkey croquettes because they are a perfect way to transform Thanksgiving leftovers.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You’ll use your leftover stuffing and turkey for this recipe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone has different recipes for stuffing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some use nuts, some use cranberries, some use sausage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All of that is fine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> You can u</span>se what you have.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I included a simple stuffing recipe for these Turkey Croquettes.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You will need:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1 package (12 oz) of seasoned stuffing mix</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1 cup chopped celery</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1 cup chopped onion</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1 cup of a combination of green, yellow, and red peppers</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3 cups of chicken stock</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Italian seasoning</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6 cups of cubed turkey</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3 cups of milk</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1 tablespoon of flour</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tony Chachere’s creole seasoning</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Garlic powder</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2 cups of seasoned breadcrumbs </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2 cups of vegetable oil</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">When the vegetables have cooked down, add them to a casserole dish and mix with the dried stuffing mix. </span></div></span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Add the chicken stock and cover with the casserole lid or foil. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Bake for 45 minutes and then let cool.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Cube about six cups of turkey. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In a large pot or Dutch oven heat two cups of milk on medium heat. Stir in one tablespoon of flour and continuously stir for about three minutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfp8NHE6z_MLnSgzNJNUrlzUkqWj6Eh1TZ8EOxRmpWth0Oq6JR72ryT2y_rAcs8IyAVWhilwlwMT1lv5GVt-YHHB8uRy1MxfXV02a28RDHqR7n1yhfPkzbPojj1dUDweUGcEDxVpymsEhu/s1600/Add+Turkey+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157" nda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfp8NHE6z_MLnSgzNJNUrlzUkqWj6Eh1TZ8EOxRmpWth0Oq6JR72ryT2y_rAcs8IyAVWhilwlwMT1lv5GVt-YHHB8uRy1MxfXV02a28RDHqR7n1yhfPkzbPojj1dUDweUGcEDxVpymsEhu/s200/Add+Turkey+2.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Add the cubed turkey and stuffing to the pot and stir.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the mixture is too thick to stir, you may want to add bit more milk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, season heavily with <a href="http://www.tonychachere.com/" target="_blank">Tony Chachere's</a> creole seasoning and garlic powder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you do not have Tony Chachere’s, then you can use a mixture of onion powder, paprika, black pepper, cayenne pepper, and garlic powder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">When mixed well, turn off the burner and let cool. Line your countertop with wax paper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a bowl, pour a cup of milk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You will use this to moisten your croquettes before rolling in breadcrumbs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On a plate, pour two cups of seasoned breadcrumbs. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Heat two cups of vegetable oil in a large pan over medium heat.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3iCn5AcYnbRO5GO0x5gqbs56ZlJkmKXeO9NzwrB3wiz8bzv8wRTp4D7zJmAvjd5Xs7ScBRzOgKQ1YSyjqxC1gQjNRM2RuRf-hfp7HOmPk-xNNUDf0iGYCf8GZn_M0qfiN1xDt8mKjzAb5/s1600/Let+Cool.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" nda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3iCn5AcYnbRO5GO0x5gqbs56ZlJkmKXeO9NzwrB3wiz8bzv8wRTp4D7zJmAvjd5Xs7ScBRzOgKQ1YSyjqxC1gQjNRM2RuRf-hfp7HOmPk-xNNUDf0iGYCf8GZn_M0qfiN1xDt8mKjzAb5/s200/Let+Cool.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Roll the stuffing/turkey mixture into small balls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Moisten in the milk and roll in the breadcrumbs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Place in the hot oil and continue to rotate until the croquettes are golden brown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let stand on a cooling rack or paper towels.</span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY19J4-C_Y_9dQn6nRKN8lNNAD5kC_3HHx9N1DxoqcIv8OiWyn82fHI6bxFe52um41M8BwApp3S8Jng_WgmPhKDRu-qnT7tZPvcyufzMC76J24GWkWHDRmmhHAu45npmagNOBzzK1AGxWT/s1600/Turkey+Croquettes+with+Tiger+Sauce.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" nda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY19J4-C_Y_9dQn6nRKN8lNNAD5kC_3HHx9N1DxoqcIv8OiWyn82fHI6bxFe52um41M8BwApp3S8Jng_WgmPhKDRu-qnT7tZPvcyufzMC76J24GWkWHDRmmhHAu45npmagNOBzzK1AGxWT/s200/Turkey+Croquettes+with+Tiger+Sauce.jpg" width="200" /></a> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Serve warm with <a href="http://www.cajungrocer.com/tryme-tiger-sauce-p-1681.html" target="_blank">Tiger Sauce</a>. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">(If you can't find Tiger Sauce in your local grocery store, you can order it onlin from the <a href="http://www.cajungrocer.com/tryme-tiger-sauce-p-1681.html" target="_blank">Cajun Grocer</a>. It's worth trying. The spicy, sweet flavor complements meats, seafood, sandwiches, soups, and dips.)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Turkey Croquettes are a perfect snack when you have company because you can put them out on your kitchen counter or coffee table and guests can snack on these hearty and delicious treats at their leisure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The video, from Aardman Animations in Bristol, broke the Guinness World Record for the smallest stop-animation character in a film. It was created by Sumo Science from directors, Will Studd and Ed Patterson with a microscopic camera device originally developed for medical scoping. The video is an incredible way of showcasing this new technology in a creative application. </span></span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><div style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">This short movie, titled "BOB" is Animation. Be sure to catch the punch line after the credits.</span></div><div style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://0.gvt0.com/vi/_me99f1ynMg/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_me99f1ynMg&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_me99f1ynMg&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This animation, from directors Jacob Frey and Harry Fast from Germany's Filmakademie Baden-württemberg, took six months to create and has won awards from film festivals around the world. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div></div>Begrudgingly BBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03093776835134927567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318309553785316524.post-61034324052207525182011-11-03T12:43:00.001-04:002011-11-15T17:35:03.169-05:00Notre-Dame-de-Grace<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In my last blog post, <a href="http://begrudginglybb.blogspot.com/2011/11/ulamonge-blog.html" target="_blank">Ulamonge Blog</a></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, I described this blogging site that showcases the best of pop culture art, photography, video, and design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The post was my point of view on blogs being used as a vehicle to communicate and inspire art, thus becoming art.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, a particular photo in that post has called some attention.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The five-story “Our Lady of Grace” mural that I referred to was created by a team from the artist-run collective in Montreal called, <a href="http://www.ashop.ca/" target="_blank">A’Shop</a></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Richard “Bugs” Bernett originally blogged about this amazing mural in his post titled <a href="http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/2011/10/24/montreal-graffiti-artists-paint-five-storey-ndg-masterpiece-dubbed-our-lady-of-grace/" target="_blank">“Montreal Graffiti Artists Paint Five-story NDG Masterpiece Dubbed <em>Our Lady of Grace</em>.”</a> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In his blog, Bernett notes that graffiti artist, Fluke, from A’Shop describes the mural as a modern take on “Our Lady of Grace” inspired by Czech Art Nouveau painter <a href="http://www.muchafoundation.org/MHome.aspx" target="_blank">Alphonse Mucha</a>. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Notre-Dame-de-Grace</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> is French for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Our Lady of Grace</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is also the name of the borough in which the mural was painted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So the mural is commonly referred to as the N.D.G. Project.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bernett writes in his blog that Fluke, from A’Shop, hopes this N.D.G. Project will encourage other city boroughs to consider murals of their own.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvNENXOOxOOc799-VPDjfXoQDAXVuyZ-98BnK6QocIV-G-QUhST4oJK6n-3X8pqTrdSt9s9mwtbbZKfQa4ehNkgH-pXY-Fut8oZ3EPeHIjBZsJwxTkldjjMcTc9z1z6HVbHq3BSVZdZhyphenhyphenh/s1600/rsz_ashop_ndg_mural.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvNENXOOxOOc799-VPDjfXoQDAXVuyZ-98BnK6QocIV-G-QUhST4oJK6n-3X8pqTrdSt9s9mwtbbZKfQa4ehNkgH-pXY-Fut8oZ3EPeHIjBZsJwxTkldjjMcTc9z1z6HVbHq3BSVZdZhyphenhyphenh/s640/rsz_ashop_ndg_mural.jpg" width="467" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPA4IvnBjYdB_S5G_kVd7PaLR6h9u0xtLFYMY6PPeGVwlSAYWM7isYFeJZEH9COJhE4gEihS0lQIsNTIRsl2h5OeY5Wt_DPT9UHhGs0FZyAYWZG3zEGa-BrsiRqoZLPKt6GloxDQfG_gU_/s1600/Alphonse+Mucha_Rose_1898.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I certainly hope it does as well.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Well done, A’Shop!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">And Bugs… <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>thanks for the blog.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</span></span></span> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span>Begrudgingly BBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03093776835134927567noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318309553785316524.post-64835044145777849262011-10-28T20:04:00.000-04:002011-10-28T20:04:29.855-04:00Pas de Deux<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em>Pas de Deux</em> is French for “Step for Two.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has traditionally been used to describe dancing with a partner in the art of ballet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In ballet, with the support of a male partner, the woman can take positions that she would not be able to assume by herself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the man lifts the danseuse, she appears to be able to jump higher, turn longer in a promenade and float across the stage above his lifts.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I was first introduced to the term <em>Pas de Deux</em> as a young teen when asked to critique, in a poem, the balcony scene from a Romeo and Juliet ballet production.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I gained an appreciation for the dance and, of course, the story. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Even though the term <em>Pas de Deux</em> is traditionally and typically used to describe partnering in ballet, it can also apply to other dance genres.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here are some examples of the Pas de Deux in the genres of Hip Hop, Contemporary, and Break Dancing. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div></span></span> </span></span>Begrudgingly BBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03093776835134927567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318309553785316524.post-53807474558568450182011-10-27T11:24:00.000-04:002011-10-27T11:24:51.013-04:00Breaking Down Ballet<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now that </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0947798/">Black Swan</a> starring Natalie Portman is on cable, more people than ever are being exposed to the art of the dance of ballet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Black Swan, directed by Darren Aronofsky, presents the same type of character depth and story intensity as his 2008 movie, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1125849/">The Wrestler</a></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, with Mickey Rourke.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In Black Swan, Portman’s character, Nina Sayers, balances a line between reality and insanity as she strives towards perfectionism in her pursuit of and ultimate portrayal of the White Swan and its counter, the passionate Black Swan from <a href="http://www.classiccat.net/tchaikovsky_pi/20a.info.php">Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake."</a> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The <a href="http://www.pnb.org/"><strong>Pacific Northwest Ballet</strong></a></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>is performing Love Stories, The Nutcracker, and Don Quixote at the Marion Oliver McCaw Hall this season.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The <a href="http://www.miamicityballet.org/"><strong>Miami City Ballet</strong></a> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">performing at the Adrienne Arsht Center, has an extensive line up this fall with Square Dance, World Premiere Ballet, Giselle, Coppelia, The Nutcracker, Afternoon of a Faun, In the Night, Liturgy, Ballet Imperial, and In the Upper Room.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Thank you, Carol, for sharing your knowledge and your kindness…</span></div>
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</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><br />Begrudgingly BBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03093776835134927567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318309553785316524.post-24228401079841586202011-10-13T13:14:00.000-04:002011-10-13T13:14:45.766-04:00Wine Review I - Cabernet Sauvignon<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Cabernet Sauvignons are among the most popular red wine varieties in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are dry and full flavored, commonly described with essences of berry, currant, herbaceous, bell pepper, and oak.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cabernet Sauvignons have high tannin content and high alcohol levels which can make a young bottle taste harsh.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As this wine matures, the flavors remain complex, but smoothen out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;"><shapetype coordsize="21600,21600" filled="f" id="_x0000_t75" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f"><stroke joinstyle="miter"></stroke><formulas><f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"></f><f eqn="sum @0 1 0"></f><f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"></f><f eqn="prod @2 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @0 0 1"></f><f eqn="prod @6 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"></f></formulas><path gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" o:extrusionok="f"></path><lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></lock></shapetype></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Because Cabernet Sauvignon is a bold and assertive wine, it can overwhelm light delicate dishes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, the high alcohol levels don’t pair well with spicy foods.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cabernet Sauvignons pair best with grilled meats, steaks and dishes with cream sauces, as they neutralizes the tannins, allowing the fruits of the wine to be more noticeable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Turnbull is one of my all-time favorites.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The wine I am having today is a 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is dark and very, very smooth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It opens with black cherry and currants and ends with the richness of oak.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Turnbull Cabernet Sauvignon is full-bodied and velvety.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will be perfect with tonight’s grilled steaks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My 2007 bottle was $40.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you can find it, also try the 2001 Turnbull Cabernet Sauvignon. That was a great year for Cabernet Sauvignons coming out of Napa Valley - and the Turnbull is especially smooth.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The second California Cabernet Sauvignon I recommend is Cupcake Vineyard’s 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon. It's a fantastic bargain at $8 to $10 a bottle. This wine brings to the palate, flavors of blackberry and cassis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also detect a peppery essence in Cupcake's Cabernet Sauvignon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a great wine to stock up on for gatherings with friends or afternoons on the back deck. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find this wine to be better when chilled. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Script", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Script", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Begrudgingly,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Script", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">BB</span></div>Begrudgingly BBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03093776835134927567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318309553785316524.post-49480958658020205312011-10-09T19:59:00.001-04:002011-10-09T20:00:38.146-04:00Korean Festival at Overpeck Park<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">There is nothing better than the combination of good food, good music and good weather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve hit the Crawfish Festival, the Garlic Festival, the River Blues Festival and even the Shad Festival. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, I went to the Korean Festival. Traditionally held in New York, the festival was moved to the new Overpeck Park in NJ this year because of the huge turn-out that was expected. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We got about 4 blocks from the festival park ground when we figured out that it would be smarter - and quicker - to circle the highway back home and grab our bikes to ride back down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a beautiful day for a bike ride anyway.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">There were vendors selling everything from music CDs to shoes to jewelry, plus every kind of Korean food you could dream of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On my way to the scallion pancakes that I had been craving all day, I stopped to watch a wresting competition and a parade of traditional Korean musicians.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Wrl6HLjuEiGtAZiEMbsLBdyTYtSEQKPFWEs2WfeBAsKPvAd_sWFBjXewQY4O-_C5hX5f1UUvpjhcfN5o12hPnkBATbQ7mhcznkYLS3h7U9r5mjTeCbyaMdJGb5K1S4sePhTF3RgAyanL/s1600/Korean+Musician.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="208" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Wrl6HLjuEiGtAZiEMbsLBdyTYtSEQKPFWEs2WfeBAsKPvAd_sWFBjXewQY4O-_C5hX5f1UUvpjhcfN5o12hPnkBATbQ7mhcznkYLS3h7U9r5mjTeCbyaMdJGb5K1S4sePhTF3RgAyanL/s320/Korean+Musician.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Then, I caught a kimchi preparation demonstration. (Kimchi is a spicy, fermented cabbage served with most Korean meals.)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQq_p8JLNsW9Gc6q-ZWospBu1nU-bCnW7McF_zytyhIEs7IdLDcsFogmbfAOGJs1bs1a8m9wTOQ74E41XTAA-gzaTv8mYRvcf7ufsd9KAv1gBkMnxr7dQKZXdpr0YKMVUK4NWSHIYAPPgr/s1600/kimchi+demo_small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="254" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQq_p8JLNsW9Gc6q-ZWospBu1nU-bCnW7McF_zytyhIEs7IdLDcsFogmbfAOGJs1bs1a8m9wTOQ74E41XTAA-gzaTv8mYRvcf7ufsd9KAv1gBkMnxr7dQKZXdpr0YKMVUK4NWSHIYAPPgr/s320/kimchi+demo_small.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And, even though I could not get close enough to the main stage to see them, I heard the live sets from superstar Korean pop bands, TVXQ and Beast. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">So, I sat at a table under a beautiful blue, kite-filled sky, listed to great music from bands that were new to me, and enjoyed my scallion pancakes and cold tea to wash it down.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It was well worth the bike ride. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Script", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Begrudgingly,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Script", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">BB</span></div>Begrudgingly BBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03093776835134927567noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318309553785316524.post-43126935610475043472011-10-06T22:24:00.006-04:002011-10-11T19:45:48.064-04:00Look Who's Puzzled<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #7f7f7f; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 128;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">[If you haven’t read my last blog, <a href="http://begrudginglybb.blogspot.com/2011/10/puzzled.html"><strong>Puzzled</strong></a>, posted on 10/3, read that one first and come back.]</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In my last blog post, I shared a short story that I wrote called <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Puzzled</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The story is told from a voice that is confused and saddened as she realizes that the world as she knew it didn’t exist anymore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The story explores the dark depths of the character as she works her way through her despair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The story progresses with the character gradually making it through her hopelessness and once again relishing the simple pleasures in her life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the end of the story, readers are surprised when they think this depth and detail of depression was rooting itself in the little girl, Gracey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">But the voice of the story is<strong> </strong>not<strong> </strong>Gracey’s.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Here are some excerpts to provide hints as to who's voice it is:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">-- -- -- -- -- -- -- <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">-- -- -- -- -- -- -- <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">-- -- -- -- -- -- -- <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Today, my <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #4f6228; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 128;">world is hard</span></b>.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I close my eyes and wish that my <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993300;">dull brown day</span></b><span style="color: #993300;"> </span>would leave me. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Does he not sense this <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #7f7f7f; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 128;">nothingness</span></b>?</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Let this <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993300;">brown stiffness</span></b><span style="color: #993300;"> </span>give way to the soft blue light of day.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I succumb to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #7f7f7f; mso-effects-shadow-align: bottomright; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 40.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 13500000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 128;">the shadow</span></b><span style="color: #7f7f7f; mso-effects-shadow-align: bottomright; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 40.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 13500000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 128;"> </span>and allow it to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-effects-shadow-align: bottomright; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 40.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 13500000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%;">embrace me</span></b>… to hold me still and quiet.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A large <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #7f7f7f; mso-effects-shadow-align: bottomright; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 40.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 13500000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 128;">shadow makes its way</span></b><span style="color: #7f7f7f; mso-effects-shadow-align: bottomright; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 40.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 13500000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 4.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 128;"> </span>over me.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I am frozen under the shadow that </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: DFKai-SB;">reaches</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">down towards me <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #c00000;">from beyond</span></b>.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A strong current of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #00b0f0;">air blows</span></b><span style="color: #00b0f0;"> </span>through my hair and then settles. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In amazement, I stare at the old cottage, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0070c0;">again standing before me</span></b>.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #993300;">brown hardness</span></b><span style="color: #993300;"> </span>is to my right and left, but <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0070c0;">behind me</span></b>.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Eventually, those <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0070c0;">things</span></b> that are <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0070c0;">familiar</span></b> to me <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #0070c0;">will return</span></b>. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The hard background that had surrounded me allowed the sunshine back in – even </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><strong><em>guided</em></strong> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: red; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">it </span><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><em>with an outline</em></strong></span>.</span></span></span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipx69aec5w5FJrFjw7gheaTCwzorSVqBksLzFv1aTVb87z-jkb2-0t24bl-0RU35cUljBDIu9l_2njc2LYXWgy5BoUBEbyrIEgdeE1qy-kvZ7wdR_lclPLx-l9_aHgzRazmn6jJ_57rLJH/s1600/Puzzled+2+small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipx69aec5w5FJrFjw7gheaTCwzorSVqBksLzFv1aTVb87z-jkb2-0t24bl-0RU35cUljBDIu9l_2njc2LYXWgy5BoUBEbyrIEgdeE1qy-kvZ7wdR_lclPLx-l9_aHgzRazmn6jJ_57rLJH/s1600/Puzzled+2+small.jpg" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: yes;"><shapetype coordsize="21600,21600" filled="f" id="_x0000_t75" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f"><stroke joinstyle="miter"></stroke><formulas><f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"></f><f eqn="sum @0 1 0"></f><f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"></f><f eqn="prod @2 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @0 0 1"></f><f eqn="prod @6 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"></f></formulas><path gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" o:extrusionok="f"></path><lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></lock></shapetype></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #7f7f7f; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 128;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">[Did you figure out who the voice belongs to?]</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Script", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Begrudgingly,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Script", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">BB</span></div>Begrudgingly BBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03093776835134927567noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318309553785316524.post-17326579621423309162011-10-02T16:42:00.001-04:002011-10-04T16:21:52.255-04:00Puzzled<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Calibri;">[I share with you a short story I wrote called Puzzled…]</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Where is grass that lies beneath my feet and tickles my toes? Where is the blue sky that I gaze upon when I daydream about marching daisies and candied tulips? Where is the old cottage that whispers to me when the wind blows through it? Where is the ladybug that sits on the third petal of the third daisy in the garden? </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Today, my world is hard and I miss what I have come accustomed to seeing and smelling and enjoying. I miss what I have grown to know and I close my eyes and wish that my dull brown day would leave me. Please, give light to my sunshine. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: yes;"><shapetype coordsize="21600,21600" filled="f" id="_x0000_t75" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f"><stroke joinstyle="miter"></stroke><formulas><f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"></f><f eqn="sum @0 1 0"></f><f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"></f><f eqn="prod @2 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @0 0 1"></f><f eqn="prod @6 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"></f></formulas><path gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" o:extrusionok="f"></path><lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></lock></shapetype></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoLnXUsp9g5P5QHbZZP6BZPgI4Il-psge-GS6MjSJ75uVY9rkD6lHx85Dn_41kFO2xKdU2rmWeIGf031fppkXe-nOiUryzpXgIuDi3APFuVLYkjP8yelnNbB3j4jqQHLXsPdwL1kQ20xAG/s1600/Puzzled+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoLnXUsp9g5P5QHbZZP6BZPgI4Il-psge-GS6MjSJ75uVY9rkD6lHx85Dn_41kFO2xKdU2rmWeIGf031fppkXe-nOiUryzpXgIuDi3APFuVLYkjP8yelnNbB3j4jqQHLXsPdwL1kQ20xAG/s320/Puzzled+1.jpg" width="254" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My little black puppy frolics about biting and taunting the laces of my boots, as he so loves to do. How can he be so unfazed by this darkness that surrounds us? Does he not sense this nothingness? How such a simple thing like a leather boot lace can bring him so much joy, I don’t understand. But secretly I wish that I could find contentment and joy in such a simple thing. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In desperation I plead, “Please deliver me from this fog. Open my mind and allow the light back into my world, my life! Let me smell the tall grass and feel the sting of the caterpillars that fall from the trees. Let me taste thick, hardened sap from pinecones and whistle with acorn tops. Let this brown stiffness give way to the soft blue light of day.” </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My body falls, then my eyelids fall and I succumb to the shadow and allow it to embrace me… to hold me still and quiet. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">As I sit still in the darkness, the air around me becomes cold. A large shadow makes its way over me. My somberness turns to fear as my brown world becomes black from the shadow. The depression and sadness that had overtaken my life had just gotten worse. Darker. And I couldn’t help but wonder if I had done something to summons this blackness, this desperation, this depression. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My breath is short and my heart screams as panic sets in. I want to run but am frozen under the shadow that reaches down towards me from beyond. As I tighten my jaw and close my eyes tight, I feel my body tensing. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A strong current of air blows through my hair and then settles. With a dreadful foreboding I slowly open my eyes. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In amazement, I stare at the old cottage, again standing before me, that whispers when the wind blows through it. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The brown hardness is to my right and left, but behind me – and I head towards the cottage. I notice now the yellow patterns that peek from beneath the white paint chips on the walls, as I approach the front steps. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Again, I am taken back with a fierce gust of wind followed by a black cloud. I kneel and take cover holding the back of my head in both hands. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Not knowing what to expect, I release my head and turn to find a ladybug sitting on the third petal of the third daisy in the garden, next to the cottage. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Again – harsh winds and darkness – again and again, but I learn to not fear it and I hold on to myself finally understanding that all I have to do through the darkest of times is keep breathing… breathing… and that eventually, those things that are familiar to me and happy for me, will return. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I sit back in the grass and let the blades tickle my toes. I am elated that the hard, brown background that had surrounded me earlier had allowed the sunshine back in – even guided it with an outline. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My breath is not just for the purpose of getting by, but to breathe the beauty of the flowers. I listen to my puppy nipping and barking at my laces until… </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am suddenly startled by voice that seems to come from far away, but is still booming. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“<b>Gracey… <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>I’m glad that you were able to put your country cottage puzzle together by yourself. But please put it away now. It’s time for dinner.” </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #666666;">[Were you surprised by the narrator of the story?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stay tuned to the next blog, when I reveal who the speaker really is…]</span></span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Script", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Begrudgingly,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Script", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">BB</span></div>Begrudgingly BBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03093776835134927567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318309553785316524.post-34896534092159291222011-09-30T17:17:00.003-04:002011-10-04T18:20:43.450-04:00Two Foxes<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Nicholas is headed out to the mountains today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He goes way out in the middle of the woods, an hour north of Laporte, Pennsylvania. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was so proud last week to have made a turkey pot pie from scratch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nicholas is actually building a small cabin from scratch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is an amazing thing to me whether in the city or the country.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a skill and a talent that I certainly don’t possess. (I found out what a sump pump was just last year.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To see the progress of a house being put up board by board, tile by tile is quite impressive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m looking forward to blogging some how-to’s on home improvements and building tips in coming posts.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">But, for this weekend, I decided to stay put and not take the trip out to the mountains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I thought of my top 3 reasons why based on the last time I was there:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">When pitch black outside, it was hard to tell whether the eyes glowing back at me in the night belonged to a raccoon or a black bear.</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I spotted what I thought were two crabs alongside of a rock. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Turned out they were spiders.</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">With the cabin being a work in progress, the bathroom is now an oversized paint bucket with a Glad bag and kitty litter, topped with a toilet seat cover.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">That was enough for me to take a pass.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">But, I did ask Nicholas what was drawing him out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He said:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I stood on a hill overlooking a mountainside and wondered if a Native American stood in that same place before me looking at the same mountainside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wondered what he was thinking.</span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I sat motionless in my tree stand and watched the randomness in the patterns of falling leaves. </span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I smelled wood burning as I watched two foxes wrestle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They didn’t know I was there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Script", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Begrudgingly,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Script", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">BB</span></div>Begrudgingly BBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03093776835134927567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318309553785316524.post-15103684545463946422011-09-25T20:50:00.002-04:002011-09-27T18:35:30.199-04:00Go Make Me A Turkey Pot Pie!<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If on occasion I whine about being over worked at home and underappreciated, Nicholas gets in character and quotes one of our favorite John Bender lines “Go fix me a turkey pot pie!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;"><shapetype coordsize="21600,21600" filled="f" id="_x0000_t75" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f"><stroke joinstyle="miter"></stroke><formulas><f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"></f><f eqn="sum @0 1 0"></f><f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"></f><f eqn="prod @2 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @0 0 1"></f><f eqn="prod @6 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"></f></formulas><path gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" o:extrusionok="f"></path><lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></lock></shapetype></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Q5rasqeYAklugssVLLF6cwzG8zDY3ocgFssNDVjCdhFGuedVKBWwaruuUnLhu9ziEICBDA-qDZcIXWHCFaEIj30cFXcc7zT2bCz8bEnVNTiLWrAfCUSDzYPp2UmSzygcmG07fmlfw5gB/s1600/John+Bender.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Q5rasqeYAklugssVLLF6cwzG8zDY3ocgFssNDVjCdhFGuedVKBWwaruuUnLhu9ziEICBDA-qDZcIXWHCFaEIj30cFXcc7zT2bCz8bEnVNTiLWrAfCUSDzYPp2UmSzygcmG07fmlfw5gB/s1600/John+Bender.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Well, today I actually did it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I made a turkey pot pie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Since it was my first time making one, I just figured if it didn’t come out well then I just wouldn’t blog about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, it was DELICIOUS, so I’ll share.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You will need:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2 cooked oven roaster turkey breasts (they are usually next to the rotisserie chickens in the grocery store)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2 sticks butter</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6 cups chicken stock</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1 chicken bouillon cube</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2 cups chopped onions</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2 cups chopped celery</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1 cup all-purpose flour</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">½ cup heavy cream</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1 cup diced carrots (steamed)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2 cups frozen peas</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1 tbsp ground oregano</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1 tbsp thyme</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">(optional: dash of Tony Chachere’s seasoning)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4 Pillsbury Cressent seamless dough sheets (or you can make your own)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In a pot, heat the chicken stock and dissolve in the chicken bouillon cube.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a separate dutch oven, melt the butter and saute the onions and celery until translucent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Turn to low heat and pour in the flour, stirring continuously for about 3 minutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Add the heavy cream to this mixture and continue stirring for another 5 minutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Add the hot chicken stock and simmer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Add the peas, steamed carrots, oregano, thyme, <a href="http://shop.tonychachere.com/seasonings-c-8030.html">Tony Chachere’s</a>, and turkey cubes and mix.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib92Q5nEVQs0xi-sEY1IpqldXys9-ThQxNzfaGG1bvzO4bTxuIHoZr3nfpmo3Xf-y41Zd7yyAGC8X6qHIQlPpVhQNtyaW8Gi6KcjHljLUSQ7pwgHgnYHKc4zlHB3UYTu3Qrh4-qvrPLneS/s1600/turkey+in+mixture_small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hca="true" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib92Q5nEVQs0xi-sEY1IpqldXys9-ThQxNzfaGG1bvzO4bTxuIHoZr3nfpmo3Xf-y41Zd7yyAGC8X6qHIQlPpVhQNtyaW8Gi6KcjHljLUSQ7pwgHgnYHKc4zlHB3UYTu3Qrh4-qvrPLneS/s320/turkey+in+mixture_small.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Preheat the overn to 375 degrees F. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Pour the mixture into a ovenproof single-serving bowl and cover with the dough sheet. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvGrRvIO8qy5XmigqpexYs2z_ag7unOdvqK9Uv6xwrovuvesUhUdSn2gDlA9ZOIs3B1ptxEbvBXqfRPtSZd3Q20wfUHPJdLPAfitwVH8mnFRgEuhyphenhyphendq4sUc714i98CFetKkxa8V4qiM5zI/s1600/fill+pie+crust_small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvGrRvIO8qy5XmigqpexYs2z_ag7unOdvqK9Uv6xwrovuvesUhUdSn2gDlA9ZOIs3B1ptxEbvBXqfRPtSZd3Q20wfUHPJdLPAfitwVH8mnFRgEuhyphenhyphendq4sUc714i98CFetKkxa8V4qiM5zI/s1600/fill+pie+crust_small.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Or, if you are using a cup pie set, spray with cooking spray and line the bottom with the dough, fill, then place the dough sheet on top and pintch the top and bottom dough closed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cut slits into the top dough to allow steam to escape.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Brush the top with egg wash and bake for 40 minutes.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>Voila’!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Homemade Turkey Pot Pie.</strong></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Script", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Begrudgingly,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe Script", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">BB</span></div>Begrudgingly BBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03093776835134927567noreply@blogger.com2