One of my favorite singers, Dido, helped with this song. It was her brother’s project. I like it. It is kind of cute like those “Frosty the Snowman” shows that come on TV during the holidays or the art done in the book, “Where the Wild Things Are”. The music is entrancing. https://youtu.be/7luA86h7Q80
Normal
“If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.” – Maya Angelou Right on Dr. Angelou! This lady was amazing! She was a poet, memoirist, novelist, educator, dramatist, producer, actress, historian, filmmaker, and civil rights activist. She composed and read a wonderful poem about the renewal of…
10 Things That I Learned From My Brother
1. Who knows what’s wrong with some people. Maybe daddy did not love them. 2. People freak out too much over dyslexia. 3. The strong should protect those who are weaker than they are. 4. Video games are fun! 5. It can be great to have siblings around to hang out with. 6. A sense of humor is a great…
Vitas – Opera # 2
Vitas – Opera # 2 My house has been built but I am alone hereThe door banged behind my backAn autumn wind is knocking on the windowCrying over me all over again…Thunderstorm at night and fog in the morning…The sun has turned completely coldOld pains are following one anotherLet them all get together!My house has…
“Funeral For My Children”
http://www.npr.org/event/music/217277491/anna-von-hausswolff-finds-a-pipe-organ-in-new-york-city?sc=fb&cc=fmp This is a beautiful video by Swedish singer, Anna Von Hausswolff playing a version of her song, “Funeral For My Children”. I really like how she used a pipe organ, an amazing instrument, to play this rendition of her song. I also love how much feeling she puts into it. This song must be close…
Why Do I Blog?
One reason why I blog is because I love to write. I have heard that, in the past, that writing and, specifically, writing poetry used to be used by churches and people in history as a means of healing and medicine. I have also heard that creative activities such as writing are beneficial to one’s…
Astrogerm
A species of bacteria, Tersicoccus phoenicis, has been discovered growing in NASA’s and the European Space Agency in French Guiana’s spacecraft clean rooms which are kept dry, routinely bleached and have almost no nutrients available for microbes to grow on. If these microbe can survive in an environment as harsh as a clean room they…
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along
I like how the characters in this movie have some complexity to them. It was a fun film to watch.
Sky Lanterns and Floating Lanterns
In many countries such as Thailand there is a tradition of letting lanterns float away into the sky during the autumn. These sky lanterns used to symbolize war, but, today, they symbolize good luck and new beginnings. The western world has adapted this practice to a way to send love letters. In Hawaii there is…
Orion Nebula
The Orion Nebula (cloud) lies about 1,350 light-years from earth in the sword of the hunter’s figure in the constellation Orion. It contains hundreds of very hot young stars. Radiation from these stars excite the gases in the nebula and cause it to glow. I imagine that the stardust collecting in the stellar clouds’ gravity…
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