Timothy Power's Blog, page 12
August 5, 2018
Happy Friendship Day!
A TIME TO TALK
When a friend calls to me from the road
And slows his horse to a meaning walk,
I don’t stand still and look around
On all the hills I haven’t hoed,
And shout from where I am, What is it?
No, not as there is a time to talk,
I thrust my hoe in the mellow ground,
Blade-end up and five feet tall,
And plod: I go up to the stone wall
For a friendly visit.
When a friend calls to me from the road
And slows his horse to a meaning walk,
I don’t stand still and look around
On all the hills I haven’t hoed,
And shout from where I am, What is it?
No, not as there is a time to talk,
I thrust my hoe in the mellow ground,
Blade-end up and five feet tall,
And plod: I go up to the stone wall
For a friendly visit.
—Robert Frost
Happy Friendship Day! pic.twitter.com/3Ue5w22fxT
— eric carle (@ericcarle) August 2, 2018
July 30, 2018
July 22, 2018
July 14, 2018
Bug buddy
Fossils found from the Triassic Period 190 million years ago indicate that the giant weta of New Zealand is an insect species that’s older than some dinosaurs. Certain arthropod-happy New Zealanders keep them as pets. Wetas have ears on their knees. Some are as heavy as two sparrows or three mice. And they love eating carrots! I don’t think they play fetch. But they might bring you your slippers in the morning!
July 4, 2018
Happy Fourth of July!
Fourth of July is a holiday traditionally celebrated with fireworks. And fireworks come in many forms. Colorful explosions of flowers. Vibrant crayon drawings. And corn!
This is glass gem corn, a heritage variety cultivated by Oklahoma farmer Carl “White Eagle” Barnes.
Seed-keeper Carl was half-Cherokee, half Scottish-Irish, and in the course of growing older corn varieties he was able to isolate and cultivate ancestral types that had been lost to various Native tribes after their relocation to the Oklahoma territory in the 1880s. Carl’s philosophy: “The Seed Remembers.”
I stand in a radiant Glory
My roots in the heart of Mother Earth
My crown in the clouds of Father Sky
The Four Winds encircle me in spirals of Love
One going up, then down
One going down, then up
They meet in the Center of Complete Perfection—
The Human Stalk of Corn
—Carl Barnes
This is glass gem corn, a heritage variety cultivated by Oklahoma farmer Carl “White Eagle” Barnes.
Photo and story found at Seedbroadcast
Seed-keeper Carl was half-Cherokee, half Scottish-Irish, and in the course of growing older corn varieties he was able to isolate and cultivate ancestral types that had been lost to various Native tribes after their relocation to the Oklahoma territory in the 1880s. Carl’s philosophy: “The Seed Remembers.”
I stand in a radiant Glory
My roots in the heart of Mother Earth
My crown in the clouds of Father Sky
The Four Winds encircle me in spirals of Love
One going up, then down
One going down, then up
They meet in the Center of Complete Perfection—
The Human Stalk of Corn
—Carl Barnes
June 30, 2018
June 25, 2018
Ugly beauty
The prize for World’s Ugliest Dog 2018 has been awarded at the hotly-contested competition at the Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds in Petaluma, California.
So…who was the winner of this prestigious prize?
Was it Himisaboo, from Oregon, seen here parading unattractively?
No.
Could the winner be Wild Thang, from Los Angeles, putting her worst face forward?
No.
The winner of World’s Ugliest Dog 2018 is unbeatable, unsightly Zsa Zsa from Minnesota!
Zsa Zsa is not expected to spend her $1,500 prize money on beauty treatments.
So…who was the winner of this prestigious prize?
Was it Himisaboo, from Oregon, seen here parading unattractively?
No.
Could the winner be Wild Thang, from Los Angeles, putting her worst face forward?
No.
The winner of World’s Ugliest Dog 2018 is unbeatable, unsightly Zsa Zsa from Minnesota!
Zsa Zsa is not expected to spend her $1,500 prize money on beauty treatments.
June 17, 2018
Happy Father’s Day!
Thanks, Dad, for all you’ve put up with. You’re the best!
June 15, 2018
When every action has a fun reaction
Kinetic artist Joseph Herscher is the creative genius behind YouTube’s Joseph’s Machines. His amazing chain-reaction devices are sometimes referred to as Rube Goldberg machines. Rube Goldberg was an American cartoonist who drew complicated gadgets that performed simple tasks. Behold the diagram for Rube Goldberg’s Self-Operating Napkin!
And here’s Joseph Herscher’s tooth-brushing technique.
More work=less fun is true in most cases.
Not with Joseph’s Machines!
Check out more of them on YouTube.
And here’s Joseph Herscher’s tooth-brushing technique.
More work=less fun is true in most cases.
Not with Joseph’s Machines!
Check out more of them on YouTube.
June 1, 2018
The write stuff
Nine-year-old Edbert Aquino, of Fairview, New Jersey has won the Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest.
He is the third-grader with the best penmanship in the country.
I would like Edbert to write my name!
He is the third-grader with the best penmanship in the country.
I would like Edbert to write my name!
