The Farmers' Almanac lists these Algonquin Indian names for the full moon of each month:
January: Wolf Moon
February: Snow Moon
March: Worm Moon
April: Pink Moon
May: Flower Moon
June: Strawberry Moon
July: Buck Moon
August: Sturgeon Moon
September: Corn Moon
October: Harvest Moon
November: Beaver Moon
December: Cold Moon
Source: www.farmersalmanac.com
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009
My favorite blog: "The Improvised Life"
I'm overcome with happiness to have found this blog. Postings like: "Learning About Color - A Daily Practice" and leads to books with recipes for Fried Water ("Mud Pies and Other Recipes by Marjorie Winslow and illustrated by Erik Blegvad, one of my all-time favorites) hooked me at first glance. Check out the posting on "Urawaza: Secret Everyday Tips and Tricks from Japan."
Happy happy joy joy
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Happy happy joy joy
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Monday, December 14, 2009
2008 Web 2.0 Award Winners; The Urban Spoon
We're in the midst of our NetTrek Week#4 assignment: to check out the 41 categories of 174 plus award winning Web 2.0 applications. Just browsing through the categories is an education in and of itself. I was particularly wowed by the Urbanspoon site when - with just one click of the mouse - I was taken from the awards listings to the Columbia MO information. This site is so well done: useful information, visually appealing...most interesting and inviting! Also has quirky local references and stories from blog postings as well as information on restaurants in the surrounding towns and countryside. A fine compilation and reference source on the local food scene. It only took one bite and I'm hooked and hungry for more!
Thursday, December 3, 2009
I love Charley Harper
Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life
Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life, by Charley Harper and Todd Oldham, hardcover, 424 pages, AMMO Books, list price: $49.95
This gorgeously reproduced overview of the work of American modernist Charley Harper is a labor of love from Todd Oldham. In 2002, the celebrated designer sought out the aging and largely unheralded Harper after stumbling onto some of Harper's minimalist yet dizzyingly sophisticated illustrations in a rural Pennsylvania thrift store. Although he didn't know it at the time, the images resonated with Oldham for a reason: Harper's exuberantly colored drawings for a biology textbook had had a life-changing impact on Oldham as a kid. Harper's passionate subject was the natural world, and there is, unquestionably, a childlike wonder in his dozens of depictions of birds and insects and wildlife. [See image 5 of the Springer Spaniel. Doesn't it make you happy?]Oldham's tribute to his hero (who died in 2007, at age 84) floats on the wings of these beautiful creatures and Harper's expressive, one-of-kind talent. "
Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life, by Charley Harper and Todd Oldham, hardcover, 424 pages, AMMO Books, list price: $49.95
This gorgeously reproduced overview of the work of American modernist Charley Harper is a labor of love from Todd Oldham. In 2002, the celebrated designer sought out the aging and largely unheralded Harper after stumbling onto some of Harper's minimalist yet dizzyingly sophisticated illustrations in a rural Pennsylvania thrift store. Although he didn't know it at the time, the images resonated with Oldham for a reason: Harper's exuberantly colored drawings for a biology textbook had had a life-changing impact on Oldham as a kid. Harper's passionate subject was the natural world, and there is, unquestionably, a childlike wonder in his dozens of depictions of birds and insects and wildlife. [See image 5 of the Springer Spaniel. Doesn't it make you happy?]Oldham's tribute to his hero (who died in 2007, at age 84) floats on the wings of these beautiful creatures and Harper's expressive, one-of-kind talent. "
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