Over fifty whirling pools left by the glacial age
Source: Glacial Potholes – Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts - Atlas Obscura
I've been there and it's spooky good! BOOM!
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Roadtrip: Shelburn Falls, MA
Over fifty whirling pools left by the glacial age
Source: Glacial Potholes – Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts - Atlas Obscura
I've been there and it's spooky good! BOOM!
blended
Look Back
Today marks 50 years since the Supreme Court’s decision in Loving v. Virginia struck down laws against interracial marriage in the U.S. In our December 2002 issue, Randall Kennedy looked back on its legacy:
Although white and black Americans are far more likely to date and marry within their own race than outside it, the cultural environment has changed considerably since Loving. … The de-stigmatization in this country of interracial intimacy is profoundly encouraging. Against the tragic backdrop of American history, it is a sign that Frederick Douglass may have been right when he prophesied, even before the abolition of slavery, that eventually “the white and colored people of this country [can] be blended into a common nationality, and enjoy together ... the inestimable blessings of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
Read more here.
Summer RoadTrip: Colorado and Clapton
CRESTED BUTTE, COLORADO
Summer 1974. Fresh out of high school, my college boyfriend and I went camping in Crested Butte Colorado on our way to see his family in New Mexico, then off to El Paso, Texas and Mexico.
We were supposed to bring back six-packs of the famous Coors beer from Colorado for our theater classmates. (This was before pot was legal and made the state uber-famous.) We set up our two-man tent with this majestic mountain view (above). Even though it was July, it was so cold the dishwater froze overnight. I was so froze I couldn't sleep and had to get in the Honda Civic hatchback just to get warm. A river snaked in the valley below our tent.
Like being in a movie, high up in the West Elk Mountains... Crested Butte is a lively old mining town where we paid to take a hot shower and have a hot meal, both necessary!
Heading south to literally warm up, I tried my first Tex-Mex meal - SPICY HOT! These were not ordinary tacos, mind you. My tongue sizzled!
Also hot, that historic summer I got to see THE Eric Clapton perform in El Paso. We stood in line for hours and hours. It was worth every minute. Blonde and pretty Patty Boyd was on the edge of the stage. Eric had stolen her away from Beatles George Harrison. (I've confirmed the year was 1974 and my parents were not happy I was going on a roadtrip with a guy, even though I was 18.)
George Harrison wrote the love song Something for his wife Pattie Boyd. Eric Clapton wrote Layla for her. Theirs was the most extraordinary love triangle in rock history.
Touristy Stuff: In summer, Crested Butte and Mt. Crested Butte are the place to enjoy all of Colorado’s outdoor recreational activities: epic mountain biking (there’s more than 750 miles of trails to choose from!), hiking in alpine and aspen forests, fishing in pristine rivers, lakes and streams, and whitewater rafting and kayaking. Camping is also available in the Gunnison National Forest, which provides a variety of amenities — from primitive to full-service.
Crested Butte Blog
Summer 1974. Fresh out of high school, my college boyfriend and I went camping in Crested Butte Colorado on our way to see his family in New Mexico, then off to El Paso, Texas and Mexico.
We were supposed to bring back six-packs of the famous Coors beer from Colorado for our theater classmates. (This was before pot was legal and made the state uber-famous.) We set up our two-man tent with this majestic mountain view (above). Even though it was July, it was so cold the dishwater froze overnight. I was so froze I couldn't sleep and had to get in the Honda Civic hatchback just to get warm. A river snaked in the valley below our tent.
By July, this Alpine valley is blanketed with swaths of red and orange Indian paintbrush, and periwinkle columbines drape the hillsides. The palette is rounded out by dainty scarlet gilia, iridescent blue flax, cheery yellow sunflowers, deep purple delphiniums and dusky blue lupines. READ
Heading south to literally warm up, I tried my first Tex-Mex meal - SPICY HOT! These were not ordinary tacos, mind you. My tongue sizzled!
Also hot, that historic summer I got to see THE Eric Clapton perform in El Paso. We stood in line for hours and hours. It was worth every minute. Blonde and pretty Patty Boyd was on the edge of the stage. Eric had stolen her away from Beatles George Harrison. (I've confirmed the year was 1974 and my parents were not happy I was going on a roadtrip with a guy, even though I was 18.)
George Harrison wrote the love song Something for his wife Pattie Boyd. Eric Clapton wrote Layla for her. Theirs was the most extraordinary love triangle in rock history.
Touristy Stuff: In summer, Crested Butte and Mt. Crested Butte are the place to enjoy all of Colorado’s outdoor recreational activities: epic mountain biking (there’s more than 750 miles of trails to choose from!), hiking in alpine and aspen forests, fishing in pristine rivers, lakes and streams, and whitewater rafting and kayaking. Camping is also available in the Gunnison National Forest, which provides a variety of amenities — from primitive to full-service.
Crested Butte Blog
Mountain Manners: Marijuana... The legal recreational marijuana industry is arguably the biggest thing to happen in Colorado this decade.
Equinox
Link to article and Interview
http://www.timothy-green.org/blog/joy-harjo/
for if I do I will find myself with a war club in my hand
and the smoke of grief staggering toward the sun,
your nation dead beside you.
I keep walking away though it has been an eternity
and from each drop of blood
springs up sons and daughters, trees,
a mountain of sorrows, of songs.
I tell you this from the dusk of a small city in the north
not far from the birthplace of cars and industry.
Geese are returning to mate and crocuses have
broken through the frozen earth.
Soon they will come for me and I will make my stand
before the jury of destiny. Yes, I will answer in the clatter
of the new world, I have broken my addiction to war
and desire. Yes, I will reply, I have buried the dead
and made songs of the blood, the marrow.
—from Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings (W. W. Norton, 2015)
http://www.timothy-green.org/blog/joy-harjo/
Equinox
I must keep from breaking into the story by forcefor if I do I will find myself with a war club in my hand
and the smoke of grief staggering toward the sun,
your nation dead beside you.
I keep walking away though it has been an eternity
and from each drop of blood
springs up sons and daughters, trees,
a mountain of sorrows, of songs.
I tell you this from the dusk of a small city in the north
not far from the birthplace of cars and industry.
Geese are returning to mate and crocuses have
broken through the frozen earth.
Soon they will come for me and I will make my stand
before the jury of destiny. Yes, I will answer in the clatter
of the new world, I have broken my addiction to war
and desire. Yes, I will reply, I have buried the dead
and made songs of the blood, the marrow.
—from Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings (W. W. Norton, 2015)
Joy Harjo: Moving Forward https://t.co/pWQpJmQgii— Terra Trevor (@terratrevor) May 10, 2017
Make America Rational Again! #MARA
https://www.jumpsu.it/mara/
The Rational Dress Society is pleased to announce our latest initiative: Make America Rational Again!
For the next several months, we will be soliciting your gently used, and emphatically discarded Ivanka Trump brand garments, to be recycled into new, 100% Made in the USA, Special Edition JUMPSUITS!
The Rational Dress Society is pleased to announce our latest initiative: Make America Rational Again!
For the next several months, we will be soliciting your gently used, and emphatically discarded Ivanka Trump brand garments, to be recycled into new, 100% Made in the USA, Special Edition JUMPSUITS!
Despite President Trump’s calls to “Buy American, hire American,” over the last several months, more than 53 tons of Ivanka Trump-brand clothing have been imported into the United States from China. (ugh)
Arlene, Bret, Cindy, Don Emily, Franlin, Gert
Hurricane Names for 2017
Atlantic Tropical (and Subtropical) Storm Names for 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Arlene | Harvey | Ophelia |
| Bret | Irma | Philippe |
| Cindy | Jose | Rina |
| Don | Katia | Sean |
| Emily | Lee | Tammy |
| Franklin | Maria | Vince |
| Gert | Nate | Whitney |
Eastern North-Pacific Tropical (and Subtropical) Storm Names for 2017 | ||
| Adrian | Irwin | Ramon |
| Beatriz | Jova | Selma |
| Calvin | Kenneth | Todd |
| Dora | Lidia | Veronica |
| Eugune | Max | Wiey |
| Fernanda | Norma | Xina |
| Greg | Otis | York |
| Hilary | Pilar | Zelda |
RoadTrip: Mass MoCA
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MASS MoCA will unveil what it’s claiming is the “world’s largest watercolor painting,” a 120-square-foot (8′ x 15′), site-specific commission by Barbara Prey. That’s quite a claim, though I do wish the painting was a little more exciting. (via MASS MoCA) On May 28, Building 6, a three-story structure that was renovated by architecture firm Bruner/Cott, opened on the museum’s industrial campus and doubled its gallery footprint. Read More → |
ah, Bill
Bill Murray and the Brooklyn Bridge: Two New York City icons, united by poetry.Source: Bill Murray to lead annual Poetry Walk Across the Brooklyn Bridge | am New York
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