December 2011
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“So many things are possible just as long as you don’t know they’re...”
– from The Phantom Tollboth by Norton Juster
November 2011
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June 2011
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“In working with a great master, no matter what goes wrong they can correct it;...”
– Dale Chihuly, in Chihuly and the Masters of Venice
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May 2011
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“Let us spend one day as deliberately as Nature, and not be thrown off the track...”
– Henry David Thoreau, Walden, Where I lived and What I Lived For
This chapter is something that should be read often!
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Satisfaction: Finally being able to mow the grass after it rained every day this week.
Peacefulness: Getting rid of all the weeds in the flower beds so all you see is the plants that should really be there. (Phlox and Tiger Lilies - one of my favorites!)
Contentment: Combing my daughter’s hair to get all the tangles out after she got a shower.
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Tweeting Conference
Here’s my next conceptual literature/art project, a cut-up of all the talks from the LDS church’s April 2011 General Conference. I tweeted and followed tweets for the first time during this conference and this is my take on the experience. Using most of the talks twice, I copied roughly 140 characters at a time, in linear succession from each talk and pasted it into my piece....
March 2011
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“The sounds of the car sounds kind of like music to me.”
– My 6 year old daughter, Madeleine
February 2011
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“Laura, Jo, and I went to a concert. Have you ever noticed the man with the...”
– Anne Morrow Lindbergh, in a letter to her sister Constance, October 14, 1928
January 2011
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The TV in my life
It’s gonna fall into the beaker for all those reasons and many more. Make Christmas an even bigger blast. There can be miracles when you believe the bath would not occur in the morning. These bags are so cool around the world, their information is still being tracked online. So, there are a lot more things that need to be followed that’ll work when you look at it. It’s gone. That...
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Peeling apples
My in-laws gave my family the 50th anniversary DVD set of The Andy Griffith Show for Christmas and I’ve really been loving watching these episodes from 1960s TV. Here’s Mayberry, which even 50 years ago was like a place stuck in the past; a slower pace of life, a simpler life. On the episode we watched tonight, Andy took the time to peel an apple in one long cut without making any...
November 2010
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October 2010
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August 2010
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“We can have eternal life if we want it, but only if there’s nothing else...”
– Elder Bruce C. Hafen, 174th Annual General Conference, April 2004, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Tonya: I really like having wasabi on my sushi.
Jared: Yeah, it's like an adventure for your mouth!
July 2010
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June 2010
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a foray into conceptual writing
Anything is possible. Nothing is impossible. That which you desire to do is possible. What do you desire? You desire what is possible. It is not impossible, but possible. If you want to do it, it is possible. It is possible because it is not impossible. You can do it, it is possible! Definitely possible, not impossible. When you think something is impossible you are wrong because it is possible....
May 2010
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“For me, music must first make me react viscerally from the core of my being; if...”
– Margaret Leng Tan, Radio Papesse interview, October 11, 2007.
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“I think the biggest curse for a child is to grow up with parents terribly...”
– Brian Eno, Speaking of Music series interview, 1988
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April 2010
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Beethoven and Schubert again?
Tonya and I went to see Kronos Quartet last night. What an amazing performance! During the first or second piece I was thinking, “Why is everyone else still playing Beethoven and Schubert when they could be performing this kind of music?” I later said that to Tonya and she said she was thinking the same thing. Except for two arrangements, (one of a Jewish liturgical poem set to music,...
January 2010
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Rilke inspired by Thoreau?
In Letters to a Young Poet Rainier Maria Rilke writes “If your everyday life appears to be unworthy subject matter, do not complain to life. Complain to yourself. Lament that you are not poet enough to call up its wealth.” Sounds like that could have come straight out of Walden.
Here’s a quote from Walden: “We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by...
December 2009
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Merry Christmas Eve!
Although yesterday’s posting was satirical there was some truth to it. Every since I married my wonderful bride, Christmas has become more and more special. For many years before meeting her it just didn’t have the same magic and consummate joy for me that it does her. Now eleven years later I think I can say that I’m finally coming close to how she feels about Christmas and I...
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Putting the X back in Christmas
Ever since I can remember it seems I’ve heard people bemoaning the fact that Christmas is getting more commercialized every year. Now I see videos or read stories written 50+ years ago and they said the same thing back then. How far do you have to go back before people started saying things like that? Back to Mr. Pickwick, Bob Cratchit and others? Lately I’ve been thinking maybe we...
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One of the things that always signals the...
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A perfect night
School was out at 1:30 for my children today. It was already snowing and Tonya walked to go get them so they could walk back in the snowfall. I had lit a fire at lunch time which we kept roaring all day long after that—it got pretty hot! After I was done with work I could finally spend some quality time with family. We had dinner (pizza as usual since it’s Friday), watch a Scholastic...
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A fire in the fireplace and Elvis singing “I’ll be Home On Christmas Day”. I’ve spent tonight wrapping Christmas gifts, it’s so nice to have them ready a week before Christmas! I’m so tired. Unfortunately I lit the fire too late and think I had better stay up until it’s mostly out, just to be on the safe side.
Tomorrow it’s supposed to snow—a...
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Christmas limerick
I woke up from falling asleep on the couch and realized I already missed one night so here’s Tuesday night’s Christmas installment. Please forgive me for writing a limerick that is neither about someone nor tongue-in-cheek as they usually are!
In December it’s time to come in from the cold.
It’s a month that’s designed for the young and the old.
It’s a month...
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Christmas at last
The two-week run of The Nutcracker is over and now I can relax a little and enjoy Christmas. What a better way to start than eating a delicious St. Lucia cookie, Tonya’s deeply rich and thick hot chocolate, reading from Tomie dePaola’s Christmas Remembered and enjoying Christmas music in our living room now bedecked with beautiful decorations?
One of my favorite things to do when I...
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November 2009
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This one is for Brandon. I think this is actually...
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What do Mormons really believe about the Bible?...
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“You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.”
– Galileo Galilei
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Good reason to not have a jailbroken iPhone! →
October 2009
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This took place after Nicholas picked up...
M: Thanks for getting my things. You were a super helper. Know what I'm going to give you?
N: A Viking? (Playmobil)
M: No, something even better. Loving! (she then kissed and hugged him.)
September 2009
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Here’s a conversation Nicholas and I had...
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“By turns our purity inspires and our impurity casts us down. He is blessed who...”
– Henry Thoreau, Walden
August 2009
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Apple TV Set by 2011? - Mac Rumors →
I’ve been waiting for this for years.
