The warm sun fills the room as the windows let through the first breath of spring. A spring tradition is to open all the windows on a very sunny March day and let the fresh breeze race through the house; replacing the stale air with the revitalizing pure fragrance of spring. During this time I [...]
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Mamma Mia: Here I go again
Posted in Art and Media, Connections, Music, Poetry, Reflections on a theme, tagged ABBA, dreams, life, mamma mia, movie, Music, thoughts, youth on August 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
After standing in a long lineup at the multiplex movie theatre, we finally got our tickets. There I was with my mother and father going to “Mamma Mia”. I felt 8 years old again. When I was 8 my parents had wine and cheese parties that morphed into dancing, singing, and guitar playing. When these [...]
The Million Dollar Question
Posted in Connections, Reflections on a theme, tagged dreams, e-jounalism, education, health, improvement, library, life, Louvre, money, politics, property, thoughts, travel on July 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
While running an afterschool e-journalism club at a local elementary school, the question of the week was…
“If you had a million dollars what would you do?”
This was a hard question to answer. It wasn’t because I didn’t have an answer, but rather it was that $1,000,000.00 is not a lot of money anymore. The economy [...]
Elbow Grease
Posted in Connections, Reflections on a theme, Seasons, science, tagged climate crisis, ecology, green, life, lifestyle, nature, stewartship, thoughts, workstyle on July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So many North Americans are complacent and apathetic towards taking responsibility for others. If you are happy then others are happy, but this is not always the case. Understanding what you do in your piece of the world and how this impacts people on the other side of the world should concern you too. This applies to [...]
Sensing Art and Music
Posted in Art and Media, Connections, Music, Reflections on a theme, science, tagged art, biology, creativity, Elisabeth Sulser, fusion, genetic, hear, learn, life, memory, Music, politics, sci-fi, science, see, sense, synaesthete, taste, thoughts on June 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944)
Transverse Line, 1923
141 x 202 cm
Oil on canvas
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf
With fused senses Elisabeth Sulser has an amazing gift to see words and hear sounds with colors, shapes and tastes. She is called a Synaesthete. There are others, like her, who see colors and shapes, but not tastes when they hear music or words. [...]
Real Superhumans
Posted in Art and Media, Connections, Music, Reflections on a theme, tagged Discovery Channel, game, life, memory, mind, Real Superhumans, superhuman, talent on June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Everyone has a special talent, but some have extraordinary talents. I always believed there were people walking among us that understand their world differently. These people have special abilities to use their minds to adapt and interpret their environment differently than most people. Discovery Channel has produced a show called “The Real Superhumans” –
http://www.discoverychannel.ca/shows/castlist.aspx?sid=4399
The show follows [...]
Fruits of labour
Posted in Connections, Reflections on a theme, Seasons, tagged harvest, journey, life, Seasons, strawberries, summer, summer solstice, sun, weather on June 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The longest day of the year- Summer Solstice. I always celebrate with fresh picked strawberries from the valley. It is truly the start of summer. Because it is the longest day of the year, it is also the day the sun stands still. It then begins the journey to the most southern extremes. The days [...]
Spanish Influence
Posted in Music, Reflections on a theme, tagged dance, flamenco, Jesse Cook, Latin, Music, Spanish dance, Spanish guitar, workout on June 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Latin and Flamenco music lifts my soul to dance til dawn. The strong strumming, intricate rhythms, and powerful drums are electrifying. The music of Jesse Cook tells stories of passion and hardship. There is a range of emotion captured in his music. He is one of my favorite Flamenco guitar musicians. While attending a performance, [...]
A Bird in the Hand
Posted in Connections, Reflections on a theme, tagged biology, birds, creature, life on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As I returned from the café, I took a shortcut to my office. As I looked down the forested driveway, there were three students and a Biology professor huddled together near a stand of trees. I know the Biology professor through the Forensic Executive Committee. She waved me over. I wasn’t sure why they were there [...]
