They show up everyday, like an alarm clock, wake up the entire camp site, and, an hour later, move on, to sing their songs elsewhere. Here's to sleeping late on vacation.
Monday, July 31, 2006
Friday, July 28, 2006
Raising a city
by Duda(based on a newspaper article)
City Stages
Infancy: Small, rural towns grow, reaching one another. Housing comes first, then restaurants, gas stations, and grocery stores.
Childhood: More housing, more schools, roads, city services. Major retailers come in.
Young Adulthood: Business development becomes the focus for job creation, such as regional malls. Must lure employers.
Adulthood: Reduced growth. Aging areas are revitalized. Grow upwards with high rises.
by DudaThursday, July 27, 2006
Everything contains some silence
by another someone
"Silence means a great deal to me, and I've learned to distinguish a great number of forms of silence. My poems talk about a palpable silence, that creamy, latexy kind of silence that we know, even when we're experiencing it as a giant luxury, like a dream luxury. There is an angry silence, which is a very different and unpleasant form of silence." by Kay Ryan, Poet
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
A marrabenta
by another someone It's a form of Mozambican dance music which is influenced by Mozambican and Potuguese folk music and the Western popular music.
It's raining!!
by DudaEvening showers and lightning. The summer monsoon. Turn off all the lights and listen.
International Space Station 2
by DudaA child's work.
Materials: cardboard boxes, straws, tape (lots), paper, popsicle sticks, string, soda bottle.
Purpose: "People from earth go in the space ship and they fly over to the space station which is in outer space. They use the International Space Station to study whatever they have to study and then go home."
Monday, July 24, 2006
Hyakutake on March 27
by Joe OrmanComet C/1996 B2 Hyakutake and a Saguaro cactus, Arizona
"On January 30, 1996, Yuji Hyakutake in Japan discovered a new comet using 25x150 binoculars. The comet was designated Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake). As subsequent observations of the new comet were obtained, Brian Marsden from the IAU Central Bureau was able to compute the comet's orbital elements, and these computations indicated that the comet will pass as close as 0.10 AU (9.3 million miles) from the Earth on March 25, 1996" NASA
The Equinox
by Joe OrmanA canal in AZ
Every place on earth experiences a 12 hours day twice a year on the Spring and Fall Equinox. This canal runs East - West.
Sunday, July 23, 2006
Reflections
by Duda
In Mozambique, on warm summer nights, families met outside to exchange stories about the happenings in the "interior". Were we safe? What should we expect next? Now, 30 years later, I found Lidio Araujo, who had left Beira in a convoy, for that "interior". My puzzle is coming together.
To drive is divine
by DudaIt's a whole body, got to be present, kind of experience. It tingles my brain.
Saturday, July 22, 2006
To be inspired
When time was more abundant, I was more inclined to test my artistic talents. I made birthday cakes. I found this picture. Lego kids swimming.
Thursday, July 20, 2006
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
A landmark of Matacuane
O predio Nicola. The magazine stand and its comic books. My cousin traded them and we spent leisurely summer days reading them. If I had gone to the Liceu, I would have gotten to know this landmark better. Photo taken by another kind someone (early 2000s)
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Safety Zone
The very tall Palms make me feel like there is a safe place up there, unavailable to the human hands that can cause destruction.
Sunday, July 16, 2006
A Igreja de Matacuane
Credit for this picture goes to one of the many someones who are kind enough to post pictures of places we cannot erase from our minds. This church was 3 blocks away from my house in Beira. Our family celebrated many catholic milestones here.
My Daddy's Car
A stick shift, without power steering. I drove it for the last time on the day after his funeral. The radio was set to his favorite spanish station. The compass rested on the dashboard. He was a man of gadgets and I found a few in this car. This was the only car he ever bought new. In Mozambique he owned motorcicles. I never did drive those.
Saturday, July 15, 2006
Friday, July 14, 2006
Thursday, July 13, 2006
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Look at the moon
Moon light, moon bright,
Shinning on a lovely
night!
I'm glad that everyone
in the world can see
The same full moon that
shines on me.
"Look at the moon" by May Garelick
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Monday, July 10, 2006
Sunday, July 09, 2006
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