dkfjlskjfslkdjflksjdflksjdfsdf: December 2006

Many Wishes for Happy, Healthy, Prosperous & Enlightened New Year!

from 3 peas in a pod * - [My Family ]

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a few photos that i like [above] pommes & the tree, My Husband loved the [libations] so much He resized it up [kinkos] i mounted & framed it for him, now it hangs in His office & blackberry lassi, pad thai - http://www.golocaljamaica.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=recipes + other dishes. -- Again, all images coyrighted © registered & digitally watermarked by me*

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thoughts....

cooking - i made spinach & feta empanadas this week. They were well received & devoured by the krew with ice cold beer , as fast as i could let them cool & drain from the frying. Over the Holidays My Husband is a homemade pie bandit !but? That's My Boo - He can have anything He wants! --

on hip hop vegetarians - http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/living/2001964629_hiphopvegan25.html

SISTERLY LOVE - http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/sport/tennis/tm_headline=serena--this-was-for-sis&method=full&objectid=18542251&siteid=62484-name_page.html

PARENTHOOD - old wives tales

Reading these lately, Curious about the origins....Especially the many Caribbean/African ones -that My Mom & Female relatives instilled in me , all the things my Granny used to tell me when i was child- things like?
Never take a baby out after sunset without a cap on their head!
The funny thing is? i never thought i was remotely superstious, until i had my son
[& during the pregnacy.] "You must be carrying that baby in your butt!" [small belly 1rst.trimester] & All that stuff about "marking" the baby? & Staying away from bad mind people resurfaced ! [laughing] i guess, after 5 years? I'm turning into an old wife?

Some of the wives tales have lots of merit like - Stay away from negative people - Especially if You're a breastfeeding Mom. The warnings to leave bitter / sour women alone - those who pretend to befriend, but are jealous of you. I do think that Babies can sense &pick up on many things [emotionally] like osmosis.

Even my Husband, Cracks up when, right before We leave the house for an outing? i'm in panic paranoid looking for a matching crochet cap or white kufi for myLittle King's round - round head, to cover the "mole"of the baby's head so he can be safe from the cold & colic, mayhem & malvais! [ a styling lil' GQ baby]

links to old wives takes here [ some are very humourous ! ]http://www.totallybarbados.com/barbados/About_Barbados/Local_Information/Facts_about_Barbados/3517.htm & http://berdina.tripod.com/superstitions.htm more http://www.oldsuperstitions.com/ more http://www.tntisland.com/superstitions.html more http://www.allaboutmoms.com/allaboutmoms/wivestales.htm

Most of all, I'm loving My own Mother - sharing the fruit of All of her years of hard experience of raising children with me , Her Wisdom [ whether in person, e-mail on the telephone, reassuring me.] is a Priceless Gift, that i really treasure ! - Same goes to My very Helpful, Mother-in-law & My big Sister! & Friend's Wisdom. You are all much appreciated!!!!!

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cool web sites *

a nice one! - audio dharma - http://www.audiodharma.org/talks-guidedmeditation.html

Veg TV - http://www.vegtv.com/TheEnlightenedKitchen.htm

code z magazine [a favoritesite] Black Arts & Graphics http://www.codezonline.com/

a good forum "roots women" - http://www.rootswomen.com

black consciousness books tapes & more - http://www.blackconsciousness.com

dr. nai'im akbar's site - http://www.naimakbar.com/ + http://www.naimakbar.com/index.cfm?pageId=4&ContentId=15

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art/photography image sites [found on the web]

photos of Mali by stephen codrington - http://homepage.mac.com/scodrington/Images_of_Mali/Menu48.html

Meditation on African Art - Light @ BMA http://artbma.org/exhibitions/index.html & http://www.buraimoh.com/arts.htm

kinga freespirit'ssite - http://www.kingafreespirit.pl/kingaen/index.php?option=com_zoom&Itemid=8&catid=71

murray neville http://www.nevillemurray.com/

autin wright http://www.groundsforsculpture.org/c_awrigh.htm

alphonso blake http://discoverjamaica.com/biz/blake/

jennifer merranto http://www.yellowboat.com/gallery.htm

tonia st. cyr http://members.tripod.com/berdina/stcyrTpics.htm

wazari johnson http://www.advocateindustries.com/

sharon wilson http://www.sharonwilsonart.com/home.asp

nelson young jr http://www.cybercayecaulker.com/nelsonyoung.htm

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books

on the honorable Mr. Noble Drew Ali - http://www.sevensealspublications.com

The Huevolution of Sacred Muur Science Past and Present - by Noble Timothy Myers - EL

http://www.authorhouse.com/BookStore/ItemDetail~bookid~25463.aspx

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music

about the talented Ms. Maysa Leak [from incognito] baltimore, http://www.maysa.com/smoothsailing.php?id=biography&sub=m2

Common [rap music] - a dream (video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBa55sDTIiA

swiss groove radio - global jazz, funk and beats - http://www.swissgroove.ch/en/

radio staions of the world online - http://radiostationworld.com/

dj marky & mc stamina [original drum &bass mix] - "LK" http://www.place4bass.com/profile/predstavitve.php?id=00027

lance desardi - dre says ! [deep house] http://www.vitalvinyl.com/album/43463.info

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africa proverb - One who relates with a corrupt person likewise gets corrupted. - kikuyu

and an Artful New Year! [ stay creative! keep blazing, haterz take a number & stay out of the way.. ]

I don't do much darkroom work in the home studio lately because We have a Little One in the house, now. [ kicking the toxic chemicals to the curb, lately] but i used to loved experimenting with cut [window] screens or netting, under the beseler enlarger or putting a piece of old lace to create a cool pattern when burning the image onto the photography paper from the roll of film.
I am finding, Digital photography can be equally as challenging & fun! the leaf used in Nov.17th entry of theblog photo art, I found when out walking a nature trail with My Husband one afternoon, It was then scanned directly into the notebook with a sheet of newspaper placed on top [the stocks section, in business - actually] i altered it, in photoshop using a filter. The end result is - what you see. Fallen Leaf & Newpaper . You are only limited by your Own Creativity.

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a few cool art/photography supply sites *cool filters & tools for photoshop or corel [ not for the timid ]

lusic art http://www.lucisart.com/pArtisticEffects.htm

alien skin's snap http://www.alienskin.com/snapart/snapart_examples.html

art studio pro http://www.twistingpixels.com/site_flash/gallery_coloredpencil.html

auto fx photographic edges http://www.autofx.com/pge_6/pge_6.html

beautiful techniques - http://www.dimagemaker.com/compwins.php

papers

moab satin inkjet paper - http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/printers/moab-paper.shtml

i love using regular cheap white strathmore artagain paper in the printer [to print out photos]

several watercolor papers work, fine too! if you adjust the paper feed settings.

http://www.strathmoreartist.com/

also cotton laid paper is cool, linen paper, pearl luminance finish, matte sometimes parchment / vellum [the kind you get from a generic mega office supply store] a few metallic papers, i've used cold press canson watercolor paper & various watercolr rag type papers [from utrect] with satisfactory results..I'ved also tried trimmed down plain cotton fabric, & linen touse , the results vary so experiment [& when doing thatuse a fixative to set the ink]

a good article here - http://www.naturephotographers.net/articles1202/mh1202-1.html

pictorico papers http://www.pictorico.com/

Hahnemühle Digital FineArt papers [wells river style velvet textures & more ] -http://shopping.netsuite.com/s.nl/c.362672/sc.13/category.156/.f

innova papers - http://www.innovaart.com>http://www.innovaart.com/

ilford inkjet & photography papers http://www.ilford.com/html/us_english/prod_html/galerie/default.htm

crane inkjet papers http://www.crane.com/museo/

somerset velevt & others http://www.inksupply.com/paper.cfm

media street papers - http://www.mediastreet.com/s.nl/sc.13/category.538/.f

afga http://www.agfa.com/en/gs/solutions/sign_display/media/index.jsp

other similar sites

a great product wacom intous 3- http://www.wacom.com/productinfo/intuos.cfm

graphic authority[edges [ornate & grunge, brushes] - http://www.graphicauthority.com/

dover clip art cd's can get you similar ornate art nouveau & art deco style edges for between $9. to $25.bucks a pop! http://store.doverpublications.com/by-subject-clip-art-and-design-on-cd-rom.html

http://store.doverpublications.com/0486999386.html & http://store.doverpublications.com/0486995275.html

typeface & fonts that are nice

saki mafundikwa's site http://www.graphismeechirolles.com/memoire/2000/MG00_ZIMBABWE_02.html

or http://www.myfonts.com/info/ziva/ http://abecedaria.blogspot.com/2005/07/saki-mafundikwa.html

more nice sites

G.R. N’Namdi Art Galleries - http://www.grnnamdigallery.com/

http://www.design-africa.com/fonts/african-fonts01.html

http://www.dafont.com/font.php?file=african

http://cg.scs.carleton.ca/~luc/africa.html

http://www.members.aon.at/africanfonts.at/nsibidi.htm

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0312/03120101leicadigilux2.asp

http://www.letsgodigital.org/en/news/articles/story_5582.html