dkfjlskjfslkdjflksjdflksjdfsdf: October 2006

original photograph above - les pommes [apples] - all photographs by me!

[ photos - my zucchini patties & a few paintings, photos ]

a little rum vanilla addiction- http://www.island-rose.com/front.html in pretty noritake laureate tea cups!

to sample a clip of autumn leaves -go here - # 3 http://www.amazon.com/Crazy-Mixed-Up-Sarah-Vaughan/dp/B000000XLS

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thoughts...

It's a time of transitions, and savoring the moment. after Friday, i will be officially on leave from work! [I'll still keep My Business on the side going ] ......but boy?
It will be a quite an adjustment not getting up early to go to work, in the Mornings.

I am going to miss everyone at work, terribly - but Hey? Life is about changes, transitions & evolving. Bring it on! I'll try getting into it! There's a more important Job, up ahead for me, in the interim, Maybe, I'll knock out a few more digital photographs or paintings? I bet all the darkroom chemicals - for developing photos, toning and stuff have all "turned" by now or have been rendered useless - I bet it's all ready for thetoxic dump! later for for the traditional photography methods .---

I'm finding out that the digital darkroom can be alot fun too. [ I guess? a creative soul will always be a creative soul, no matter the transitions in life, or the medium - on canvas, on notepaper or in the kitchen!.] It will always be a very intimate part of who i am. ~Peace.

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Poetry

Drink Your Tea

Drink your tea slowly and reverently,
as if it is the axis
on which the world earth revolves
- slowly, evenly, without
rushing toward the future;
Live the actual moment.
Only this moment is life.- by Thich Nhat Hahn

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News

EVENTS

http://www.solvivaznation.com/unifyordie/unifyordiehome.htm

HEALTH - Whole grains cut diabetes risk for black women

Aiiight Ladies! Do right by your precious bodies!

http://www.reutershealth.com/archive/2006/10/12/eline/links/20061012elin022.html

Article on Your Newborn, Learning & Play http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/growth/learning/learnnewborn.html

Oliver Samuels 's back w/ Assistant Thief [a play] @ U. of Maryland, in Dec. 2006! http://www.claricesmithcenter.umd.edu/2007/c/performances/performance?rowid=4041

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OTHER NEWS -

The Professional Domino Association (Pda) Announces 2007 Pda Ranking Tourney In Conjunction With 2007 Multi-City Tour

http://www.dogonvillage.com/african_american_news/Articles/00000540.html

An Excellent read of upcoming book, "When Banana Was King" by Leslie Goffe

Everybody's Caribbean magazine has featured this in excepts thepast twomonths! onThe Banana Industry,in the early 1900s , scandal & the players. Very Interesting! http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=12137 & http://www.everybodysmag.com/

INTERESTING NEWS - ON PHILLY'S FUTURE HIGH TECH SCHOOL http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6210622

on newly elected Congresswoman Yvette Clarke * http://www.hotcalaloo.com/Oct06.htm

Daily Caribbean Diaspora News -

http://www.hardbeatnews.com/editor/RTE/my_documents/my_files/page.asp?cat=1&title=News

lonnae o'neal parker on the new sexisim in hip hop http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6277336

http://www.lonnae.com/

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MUSIC

recently jamming to classic roaring lion's nora darling & nettie nettie...

here's an interesting page on calypso music http://calypso-music.foosquare.com/

here's a clip of one of my fav. singers, k-reen - take my hand/ prends ma main - http://www.europe2tv.fr/musique/player/10708/ & "dans mes proses"

& tue me tues [ this song slays me] here http://www.myspace.com/misskreen

ali akbar khan http://www.ammp.com/aak.html

great music great mixes @ http://www.faroutrecordings.com/

keziah jones femiliarise http://qbs4u.co.uk/keziahjones.htm

amel larrieux -[ infinte possibilites* & i'n'i] page is here http://www.amellarrieux.com/

david rudder - [i'm a big fan] http://www.search.co.tt/trinidad/rudder/

easy star all-stars [progressive reggae] http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6248917

http://www.easystar.com/

[a fav] sugar minott- gems like conscious lover, what a feeling, so much trouble and chant http://stores.musictoday.com/store/product.asp?dept_id=241&pf_id=ESCD08&band_id=130

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ART

Those who can -- do! ---Those who can't -- just criticize. * quote by unknown ...