A little girl asked her mother, "Can I go outside and play with the boys?"

Her mother replied, "No, you can't play with the boys, they're too rough."

The little girl thought about it for a few moments and asked,
"If I can find a smooth one, can I play with him?"

More fired and glazed pieces inset with plaster into architecture by various local grade schoolers, Santa Cruz Police Department, Laurel and Center Streets, Santa Cruz.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Art environments are immobile constructions or decorative assemblages, monumental in scale or number of components. They may be interior or exterior, and typically include elements of sculpture, architecture, bas-relief assemblage, and/or landscape architecture. 

   Simon Rodia's Towers in Watts, Los Angeles,

I have good boundaries
Durga guards my Achilles heal
I ride the tiger of success
I have battled my demons
And I fiercely protect myself

*** I place myself beyond the reach
of all who would destroy me
all who tries to wound me***

I am the Unapproachable
Unreproachable
Nothing can get at me
That I do not willingly let in

I dance my dance of oneness
Only with what and

Hello from Shingu. Shingu is an ancient, powerful place. We are writing this in a meeting with many officials and businesspeople from the Shingu community.

Dateline: 10-14-2008 ,Writer: Peggy

I wrote the above while giving my first-night presentation introducing myself and my work to our Japanese sister-city counterparts. Since I help to maintain an

 Fired and glazed pieces inset with plaster into architecture by various local grade schoolers, Santa Cruz Police Department, Laurel and Center Streets, Santa Cruz. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nihon de ichiban takei yama wa Fujisan des.

It was an 11-hour flight, and after 10.5 hours we saw Mt. Fuji out the window.

Some foreigners who weren't sitting near appropriate windows got up to look out, as did dozens of Japanese people — the Japanese were even more eager to see their famous mountain than we were, though they'd seen it many times before. We

Dan's blog - Shingu, JAPAN; 10/14/08

So are Shingu, Japan and Santa Cruz California really sisters?  Outwardly it appears so.  Both are coastal.  Both are bathed in natural beauty with a rich cultural texture.

Both are geographically isolated though Shingu is much more so - it is more than four hours from Nagoya airport by bus.  The drive reminded me of the

From the Altar Egos Series:
"Positive Affirmations to Heal a Nation"
Copyright kgr 2004

available from www.RamblingRoseStudios.com

    In an earlier post I wrote about Temporomandibular Joint Disorder (TMJ) and how it affects me, especially the disorientation and heightened sensitivity to loud noises which has caused me to stay indoors these last two to three months.  But last Friday, I went to Aqua Bleu after work to meet up with my friend and former coworker, Dave, and after we had

Global Day of Action against Data Retention

[en] Global Day of Action against Data Retention
[es] Dia de acción global en contra de la retención de datos
[pt] Dia Mundial de Ação contra a Retenção de Dados
[ru] октября. День глобальных действий против сбора данных

 

 

[en] October 11th: Global Day of Action against Data Retention

 

Today, October 11th,

I am a dancer. I believe that we learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. In each it is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from which comes shape of achievement, a sense of one's being, a satisfaction of

The Place: Shingu, Japan     View Map

The Mission:
A group of business owners and community leaders from Santa Cruz California are travelling to Shingu, Japan, for an exchange of information and ideas.

The Group:
Peggy Dolgenos — Cruzio Internet
Dan Haifley — O'Neill Sea Odyssey
David Le Van — Well Within Spa
Bonnie Lipscomb — City of Santa Cruz
Cynthia Mathews —

 

1. Benefit of Cruzio Membership: *Your* Downloads Aren't Throttled
2. Small Business Fair
3. Rate These Businesses
4. Cruzio Ready for Credit Crunch
5. Register to Vote -- Check How & Where on Google
6. More Wifi for Watsonville
7. Kowabunga! Best Surf Report & Weather
8. Cruzio Donates Service to Community Bridges
9. Watsonville Store Closing Oct. 31
10. Password

Here's a panorama of part of the Gateway School Life Lab garden:

 

The Life Lab Science Program is based here in Santa Cruz, learn more here.

 

Caprice Potter works with the kids in the Gateway garden in the elementary school grades. Kids learn about plants and insects, the lifecycle and the food cycle in a hands-on fashion. Projects which really bring it all

Here's a panorama I took of a crap view on my lousy commute to work.

 

Boy, some days it just doesn't pay to get out of bed. 

I read this story recently:

Joan (not her real name) had always been welcomed by Mary’s family. But after Mary and Joan had been together for over 15 years, Mary came to realize that she had never actually told her father she was a lesbian. She waited for the RIGHT TIME, when he was reading his newspaper and they were alone.

“Dad,”she said, “there’s something

Purification came to me

I am no longer
the slave to intensity

Instead I am

The face
Of satisfied desire

June 2004

Image by Sulumith

 

 

Purple - Give Me Some Purple Prose

In spite of my identity as a mix of red state and blue state, as an English teacher I bristle at the use of namby pamby language to cater to a supposed centrist audience.  Not only the Bush Administration, but the main stream media, sucks the life blood right out of our language.  Both are trying not to alienate their