Thought we all could use some more color.
This is one of our prints:
(c) Clarity
Saturday, February 06, 2010
Thanks Tim
Thank you Tim Horton's for that lovely vanilla cappuccino and free bagel.
Coupons can be so handy when you're out and about.
Thursday, February 04, 2010
Out and About
Out in the snow filled yard with Isabella and her broom.
At 1 1/2, she loves sweeping snow...in the yard.
Rosy red cheeks and then in to warm up.
At 1 1/2, she loves sweeping snow...in the yard.
Rosy red cheeks and then in to warm up.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Excerpt from Henry Miller's Visit
Henry Miller Henry Miller says, " You know what's the problem with living? It's SO damn serious. "Take death for instance. No worries, no problems. If the living would act dead, they'd have a lot more fun." Henry takes another sip of coffee, another bite of cake, lights a cigarette
an pulls out his notebook. Yesterday Henry stopped by the house. I didn't notice him at first.
You have to be in a certain space to see Henry, to notice his presence. There is dead, and then there is Dead. Some people die to get out,
others die to get on, some die to figure the difference between the two.
And then there's the third way. The way of the determined.
They are the ones that hang out until the shift between limited and unlimited occurs.Henry's hanging out. It's not a space of nothing happening, it's actually a space of intense creativity between his present world and ours.
Thiscafe, a cafe for the dead, allows the dead to find a voice, to be heard in this dimension, the one of the living. Henry takes another sip of his coffee and reminds me that there are dragons out there in the business world.
"Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of good businesses, businesses that are good to people.
But boy, he says, there are bucketloads that are down-right mean."What you'll find when you start entertaining the dead, is more of them show up.
And it will be in groups of like-minded people, those that you yourself are attracted to.So here comes Gertrude Stein and Alice, they're loaded down with books.
They can barely see where they're going.Gerturde says, " Don't you absolutely love books!"
Alice is grinning that big grinof hers and saying, "
We found so many stories we were looking for.
Histories and fairie-tales, biographies, and poetry.""So many ways you can know the world, so many ways you can share insight.
So many works of fiction that are fact, and so many works of fact that are fiction."Henry lets out a big hoot, and says, "Ladies, if that isn't the truth!"Then they all start talking about the works they've done,
the works they came to be known for, and how the real work wasn't in the publishing,
it was in the writing of it.This world that I'm talking about is just a molecule to one side or the other
of what you are used to seeing and hearing.Nevertheless, its just as full and just as busy and full of life as the one you focus on.
And it is, it's a matter of focus to get in.You can pop in and out of it at will, which is exactly what they do when they want to visit.
That said, they do not push their way in.
They're very patient and allow you to notice their hints of being nearby.A song. A movie. A book. A photograph. A phone. A rememberance.
It takes very little to come here, if someone is open to it.
an pulls out his notebook. Yesterday Henry stopped by the house. I didn't notice him at first.
You have to be in a certain space to see Henry, to notice his presence. There is dead, and then there is Dead. Some people die to get out,
others die to get on, some die to figure the difference between the two.
And then there's the third way. The way of the determined.
They are the ones that hang out until the shift between limited and unlimited occurs.Henry's hanging out. It's not a space of nothing happening, it's actually a space of intense creativity between his present world and ours.
Thiscafe, a cafe for the dead, allows the dead to find a voice, to be heard in this dimension, the one of the living. Henry takes another sip of his coffee and reminds me that there are dragons out there in the business world.
"Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of good businesses, businesses that are good to people.
But boy, he says, there are bucketloads that are down-right mean."What you'll find when you start entertaining the dead, is more of them show up.
And it will be in groups of like-minded people, those that you yourself are attracted to.So here comes Gertrude Stein and Alice, they're loaded down with books.
They can barely see where they're going.Gerturde says, " Don't you absolutely love books!"
Alice is grinning that big grinof hers and saying, "
We found so many stories we were looking for.
Histories and fairie-tales, biographies, and poetry.""So many ways you can know the world, so many ways you can share insight.
So many works of fiction that are fact, and so many works of fact that are fiction."Henry lets out a big hoot, and says, "Ladies, if that isn't the truth!"Then they all start talking about the works they've done,
the works they came to be known for, and how the real work wasn't in the publishing,
it was in the writing of it.This world that I'm talking about is just a molecule to one side or the other
of what you are used to seeing and hearing.Nevertheless, its just as full and just as busy and full of life as the one you focus on.
And it is, it's a matter of focus to get in.You can pop in and out of it at will, which is exactly what they do when they want to visit.
That said, they do not push their way in.
They're very patient and allow you to notice their hints of being nearby.A song. A movie. A book. A photograph. A phone. A rememberance.
It takes very little to come here, if someone is open to it.
Donata Wenders
Check out this website I found at donatawenders.com
A wonderful photographer working in black and white.
Came across her work in Shots Magazine.
NZ Book Council - Going West
via youtube.com
Just came across this via Blurb Books blog.
What an amazing bit of paper engineering
and animation!
A Cup of Color
Figured we could all use a cup of color today.
Oh, and the joys of transferring contact names to a new phone. Ugh.
(c) Clarity
Oh, and the joys of transferring contact names to a new phone. Ugh.(c) Clarity
The Brick
We had the best lunch at The Brick in Rockland the other day!
The food has such flavor, what a chef.
The food has such flavor, what a chef.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Nothing Like
Nothing like waking up for or five times in the night.
Hello full moon.Nice to have a Saturday breakfast, including powdered donuts,
which the kids called "giving them" "snow lips". Wonderfully BRIGHT day. Where are those sunglasses???
Hello full moon.Nice to have a Saturday breakfast, including powdered donuts,
which the kids called "giving them" "snow lips". Wonderfully BRIGHT day. Where are those sunglasses???
Yup, it's Cold
(c) ClarityIt's 1 degree at 3:33 am.
And of course we''re awake, because the moon is full
and we got pulled awake by its beauty.Yesterday we walked to the Brick for lunch, then to
the Farnsworth Art Museum to see the Louise Nevelson
exhibit, then to Rock City Books & Coffee for an iced-coffee.
Wind chill outside at the time must have been 5 below zero.Iced-coffee. And a walk in that weather. But it felt SO good
to do that, and good for us to be outside. While at the museum, we purchased the film about Louise
Nevelson, and really look forward to watching the whole thing.
At the museum, we only saw part of its showing, and knew we
needed to have it in our own library.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Yup, it's Cold
Okay, it's cold outside. 22 below zero wind chill counts as cold.
And tomorrow morning it'll be the same. brrr.Still, the Winterfest in Camden will be fun. Ice sculptures,
and events inside in the library.
And tomorrow morning it'll be the same. brrr.Still, the Winterfest in Camden will be fun. Ice sculptures,
and events inside in the library.
Grocery Day
Ah, grocery day. Fun and a chore all rolled into one.And a quick hello to our friend Salle Wade in Illinois,
a wonderful write and very sweet dear friend.
a wonderful write and very sweet dear friend.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
We Got da Baby
While the other kids have a jaunt to the dentist,
we gots da baby. Yay!We'll take her out to the cafe for a little treat
and to take in this beautiful day.
(c) Clarity
we gots da baby. Yay!We'll take her out to the cafe for a little treat
and to take in this beautiful day.
(c) Clarity
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Time Out
We had a wonderful time out at the 2nd Read, also known as
Rock City Cafe and Bookstore...which is way too long a name
to type very often.Anyway, we had a great time writing and talking and relaxing
into the early evening light.Also managed to stop by the Farnsworth Art Museum park,
sit on a bench and enjoy the late afternoon air. Cool and crisp.We chatted all the way home.
(c) Clarity
Rock City Cafe and Bookstore...which is way too long a name
to type very often.Anyway, we had a great time writing and talking and relaxing
into the early evening light.Also managed to stop by the Farnsworth Art Museum park,
sit on a bench and enjoy the late afternoon air. Cool and crisp.We chatted all the way home.
(c) Clarity
Having Too Much Fun
Having too much fun posting via Posterous just using my email
and gathering a few photos.This one is one of our paintings above the bookcase.
(c) Clarity
and gathering a few photos.This one is one of our paintings above the bookcase.
(c) Clarity 
In Camden this morning
In Camden this morning, we stopped in at Boynton-McKay for breakfast,
had a chance to talk, then to Rockport Blue Print to check out the water colors.You can't get replacement blocks of color from them, so we'll use tube paint
into the little wells.Then on to Reny's where we participated in their Super Sale. Found wonderful
clothes for the kids, AND fairy boots for Su.Sane.Now back in Rockland, for a bite to eat, before a cafe visit.
had a chance to talk, then to Rockport Blue Print to check out the water colors.You can't get replacement blocks of color from them, so we'll use tube paint
into the little wells.Then on to Reny's where we participated in their Super Sale. Found wonderful
clothes for the kids, AND fairy boots for Su.Sane.Now back in Rockland, for a bite to eat, before a cafe visit.
Live Blogging the iPad Product Announcement - Bits Blog
David Gallagher/The New York Times
The Bits blog on the iPad
Update | 1:16 p.m. Mr. Jobs is giving an overview: it’s very thin, with customizable background images. “You can browse the Web with it. It’s the best browsing experience you’ve ever had.”
I’m cutting out all of Mr. Jobs’s “phenomenals” and “amazings” and “incredibles,” folks. Just assume they are there.
The iPad works in both landscape and portrait mode, like the iPhone. It has a virtual keyboard, access to photo collections, direct access to iTunes’ surfeit of content.
“It’s awesome to watch TV shows and movies,” Mr. Jobs says. “It’s so much more intimate than a laptop and it’s so much more capable than a smartphone with its gorgeous screen.”
He’s now displaying the New York Times site, NYTimes.com. If he shows the Bits blog, the space-time continuum may rip. Oh, jeez, he just did. I just saw my own name on the screen. Audience is chuckling as they see our tech headlines.
He’s now going to Time magazine, thank God. “Did you see what’s going on today?” he quips as the audience looks at Time’s tech headlines. “A whole Web site in the palm of your hands.”
The New iPad Looks Like a Big iPhone
Update | 1:10 p.m. All of us use laptops and smartphones now. The question has arisen lately: is there room for a third category of device in the middle?
The new device will have to be far better than the laptop and smartphone at doing important things: browsing the Web, doing e-mail, enjoying and sharing photographs, watching videos, enjoying your music collection, playing games, reading e-books. Otherwise, “it has no reason for being.”
Apple’s answer: the iPad.
It looks like, well, a big iPhone, pretty much as anticipated.
Apple is a Mobile Device Company
Update | 1:05 p.m. Mr. Jobs says there are 284 retail stores. At the online App Store, there are more than 140,000 applications, which have been downloaded a total of 3 billion times.
Apple is now a $50-billion-a-year company, Mr. Jobs crows. The revenue comes from iPod, iPhone and of course Mac sales — a majority of which are laptops. All are mobile devices. “Apple is a mobile devices company. This is what we do,” he says. He calls Apple the number one mobile devices company in the world.
Now let’s get the main event, he says.
Steve Jobs Appears
Update | 1:03 p.m. Apple’s chief executive, Steven P. Jobs, has taken the stage. He looks disturbingly thin, much as as he did when he took the same stage in September to introduce new iPods. But there’s a sparkle in his eye and a smile on his face as he gets a big standing ovation.
“We want to kick off 2010 by introducing a truly magical and revolutionary product,” he says. But first, there are some updates: a few weeks ago Apple sold its 250 millionth iPod.
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Workers apply the Apple logo to the exterior of the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco.
The Event Begins
Update | 1:01 p.m. The lights are darkening here at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. The Wi-Fi is unstable, endangering the tweeting and blogging of hundreds of journalists.
After remaining mum during more than two years of rumors and thousands of speculative articles and blog posts, Apple is finally ready to unveil its “latest creation” on Wednesday at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco.
All signs point to the introduction of a tablet computer. Analysts and high-tech companies have long thought that such a device, at the right price and with the right technology and connections to content, could establish a new category of computing and change how people consume media. It could also bring further disruptive changes (some positive) to all sorts of industries. But tablets have flopped before. On Wednesday we’ll see if the Apple tablet is a game-changer.
I’ll be chronicling the morning’s events here as they happen, with contributions from John Markoff, veteran technology reporter, and David Carr, the Times’s media columnist. We’d like to hear any and all questions from readers and will try to answer them in our coverage.
Steve Jobs is expected on stage at 10 a.m. local time, 1 p.m. New York time, so watch this space for updates.
Apple. Yes, thank you, we'd love one.
Out into the Day
We're heading out into the day.
So nice that it's a bright clear sunshiney day.Time to go out and continue the dialogue about the
direction of our work.
So nice that it's a bright clear sunshiney day.Time to go out and continue the dialogue about the
direction of our work.
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