http://www.mnstatefair.org/
A sure sign summer is over……where eating is a sport and the visual stimulation is almost too much to handle. But I’ll try….3 or 4 times in the next week. The play list?
Cheese Curds
Martha’s choc chip cookies
Chocolate malt from the dairy barn
Mini-donuts
Root Beer
A big fat peach
Corn dog
Foot long hot dog
Salted nut roll
all washed [...]
Archive for August, 2007
It’s Minnesota State Fair Time!
Posted in Entertainment, Events, Minneapolis on August 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
On Being Spiritual
Posted in Perspective, Sharing, Spirituality on August 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I came across this posting by Namit Arora I thought worth sharing. I’ll post an excerpt, but it’s an interesting read. Here’s a taste:
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This’ll Keep You Humble: otherwise known as Keeping it Real or There’s No Place Like Known
Posted in My Life, Sharing on August 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There’s nothing like wearing your shirt inside-out…..at a new freelance job, smack dab in the middle of a bustling morning street commute downtown, riding a crowded elevator to heaven, getting yourself morning coffee in the active kitchen and having several conversations with employees before you notice….to keep you humble and grounded.
All That I Am
Posted in How I See, Perspective, Seeing IS a verb, Something to think about, Uncategorized on August 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A network of conversations we are.
My bad
Posted in thinking outloud on August 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I am totally mis-using blogroll. (Probably mis-using the hyphen in mis-using too)
What is it About Fall?
Posted in How I See, Perspective, Uncategorized on August 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
WHAT HAPPENED?! You wake up one day, in what seemed like the midst of your summer fun, and the lighting is very different. Overnight, it’s raining for days and you watch newly accumulated college students scampering all over town. The loud drunk talking echoing through the neighborhood at 1am is back. Anxious and excited [...]
Login Logon Loginto Loginthefire
Posted in Blogroll, Need I Say More, Sharing on August 15, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Well there you have it. Finally answered.
Slow Down, Peeing and Patience
Posted in Blogroll, How You See, Perspective, Poems & Quotations, Seeing IS a verb on August 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them
master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.
—Helen Keller (1880-1968)
That Helen rocked—Helen Keller would be my fantasy lunch date, or dinner party, as some people play it. Not only do we have trouble acknowledging deficiencies in ourselves, we have no capacity to allow [...]
Holding Space for Others
Posted in How You See, Love, Perspective, Poems & Quotations, Seeing IS a verb, Sharing, Something to think about on August 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »
We have all been called upon at one time or another to help a loved one through a difficult time. When the help required consists of concrete actions, such as running errands or making phone calls, we know what to do. But sometimes we are called simply to hold space for the person as they [...]
A vinyl hankering, Little Feat, Ella Fitzgerald, Pet Shop Boys, Annie Lennox and Arlo Guthrie
Posted in Entertainment, Music, My Life, Perspective, Sharing on August 7, 2007 | 2 Comments »
…and then some. Who knew you could still buy a personal turntable?! I didn’t, until I finally had it with the screechie-high-pitched-shrill-bring-the-dogs-running tinny sound of mp3s and mp4s downloaded from iTunes and new cds. Craving my pops and skips, I dusted off my trusty Technics (complete with a brand new needle…20 years ago) and [...]
