Dining at Posh in Scottsdale is a real treat/learning experience. Improvisational cuisine is a thrill and a surprise on many levels. Watching the chefs right at the counter is fun. Every dish is different, a tasting size, created from ingredients fresh in the kitchen. The menu lists various exotic meats and asks you to eliminate those you do not care to include. A choice of wine parings is offered as an option. They asked me as a lacto ovo vegetarian if I would eat a goose egg. It was delicious. All the courses were brilliant, with so much exotic flavor that it was hard to believe there could be more to come. Each of the 7 courses we ordered continued to delight and surprise non stop. Finally they send you home with a tiny package of delicious toffee and biscotti bites to go.
I am 55 years old and I am still trying to figure that out.
First of all, who decided that your life must have an objective? Where is it written that if you don’t, then you are worthless and aimless? Why do we have to spend our lives chasing some elusive concept? Is there a winners circle at…
Tucson is a special community near the Mexican border. Our population is artful, free, and appreciative of Hispanic culture, if not a direct participant. The All Souls Procession Weekend has been growing as an art form for the last 22 years. It is our own homegrown tribute to all who have gone before us…all our relations. Join us this year Nov.2-4, 2012 for an experience like none other.
I surprised myself Sunday by starting a new blog on Wordpress, the Oh so grown up platform for blogging. For some time I felt a need to stake my claim over there in Wordpressland, because of the way it works. I have been attending some on line courses and reading books that educate me about the possibilities of tech today. This formal (shall we say paid) training comes after about 18 months of study by library materials, on line following of teachers, and interaction in various platforms. I have enjoyed my self taught journey and feel grateful to many teachers who have offered superb guidance for free. Now that I am paying tuition the background and practice is serving me well as a foundation. I want specifically to thank Cindy Ratzlaff, without whom I never would have known that social media marketing existed ( well, not at that time, anyhow). I read her book “Queen of Your Own Life”, http://www.amazon.com/Queen-Your-Own-Life-Happiness/dp/0373892152 co-authored by Queen Kathy Kinney, aka the actress who played Mimi on the Drew Carey Show. I read the Queen book in a single weekend, then noticed on the liner notes that Queen Cindy made her living as an expert consultant in social media marketing. She was my first teacher, a mighty fine leader by example, and a woman with high technical standards (key to success). I learned that she learned from Mari Smith, so by following both of those fine ladies from the start I have been given constant and uninterrupted examples of excellent content and engagement. Chris Brogan has also been a great teacher and an enlightening influence on my thinking. I listened to Trust Agents http://www.chrisbrogan.com/are-you-a-trust-agent/ on CD while driving to the beach as my SoMe 101 introduction. I have the book on my iPad now and love to use it as a reminder. Better yet, I now have the privilege of communicating with him.
On Sunday, 20 May we saw a solar eclipse that I had the good fortune of being able to view with a welding mask right in my living room . My experience is that all my needs are easily met and good things flow to me because I am open to trying new things. I believe this is a foundation for creativity which leads to liberation as well as maximum value per moment. On this most propitious day Chris Brogan asked in his Sunday newsletter, “What would today be like if it was the first day?”. He said in his own best first day he would open a blog on Wordpress with a premium theme. Since this first day theme is the everlasting question on my mind, and sometimes what I do in response is procrastinate……I pounced on the idea to begin blogging in a commercial capacity. For me the commercial part will mean I will blog from my expertise in wellness, movement, travel, therapies, water, and healing to create value and content. I will be disciplined and have a calendar for editorial content I create. I am taking my teachers to heart and following through on my homework. As usual, I do experiment with the assignments as I do them to find out if I can make them more personal.
I still love to Tumbl. This platform is my favorite because it introduces me to so many artists and cool content of every kind. I will never leave the Tumblin community because I love the artfulness I find here. The flow will continue as a personal expression of my view of life. My new blog is hardly designed but I have done one post anyhow. Plenty of people lead double lives, now I will too. I plan to live both openly, and everyone is invited to join. When my site has been appropriately sharpened up for action, I will invite you all to come over for a visit.
This very well written and performed musical is a statement about life in our times. These voices give a tribute to the importance and the beauty of updates. Zuckerberg the Musical is classy and entertaining. Although I have little patience for musical theater on Broadway, the length of this production makes it perfect for my attention span. I hope you will enjoy the professionalism that went into this mighty fine production.
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It was 1979. Music video was a brand new field. People were wearing completely bizarre fashion and dancing to “disco”. The hippest, coolest fashion trend setters were gay guys and Donna Summer, their mascot. She had a big political backlash when she was born again in the mid 1980’s and made some statements that were perceived to be bashing gay people. She started singing in church as a kid, like many African American stars. She set the style and created the genre called disco. There is no doubt that she is basking now in the glow of the great disco ball in the sky.
According to me!
No visit to New York would be complete without stopping at the Museum of Natural History.
The main entrance hall is cavernous…
…and only gives the visitor a taste of what is to come!
T Rex is always a crowd pleasure. If he only knew…
…he would have gotten…
My mother, Ruby Lee Taylor, grew up in Humble, Texas in an oil field. She is the youngest sister on the left side of the picture. Petroleum as a way of life was never quesioned by my parents. It was their inheritance and their cuture. They favored the biggest carbon footprint that they could manage at any given time.
