Above: A set of Ceramic Tiki Cocktail glasses, circa 1960, from the collection of the National Museum of American History. Tiki as a cultural movement is a Hollywood originated motif of exotically decorated bars and restaurants reflecting a fantasy escapist attitude regarding the tropical regions of the South Pacific. Featuring mock tiki carvings and complex, […]
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In October the first cool fronts start to work their way into southeast Texas, and the pumpkins appear in bins next to the watermelon bins at the grocery store. It may be cool today, but hot weather isn’t far away, and can rear it’s head at any time. Still, for me October is the beginning
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…or a wall of sound?When I listen to music I automatically see structures, shapes, forms, and colors moving and developing through time. A simple melody bursts forth in my mind as a glittering artifact in four dimensions. Tempo, rhythm and beat set the foundation and spacing of the structure. Musical phrases build a myriad of
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We Americans have our traditional dishes, the hot dog, the hamburger, barbecue, fried chicken, and of course, apple pie. I like all of them, but I have to admit that apple pie is not really a favorite, and given a choice I’d go with something else. I never felt like it was a complete dessert,
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https://overleafgardens.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/TSBeta_Rain.mp4 After several near misses with Hurricanes and Tropical Storms, The Houston area is finally getting a soaking. Tropical Storm Beta has brought a bit of localized flooding in the usual low lying areas, with the obligatory street and freeway closures. As always seems to be the case, someone loses their car by driving into
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I had anticipated clearing out a few beds and preparing the soil for some planting this week. As it happened, my schedule outside of the garden pushed my major workdays to Friday and Saturday. It turns out I’m glad I didn’t turn out the beds, disrupt the soil or get any seeds into the ground.
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Top: Child With Flower, Oil on Canvas, (1945) ~ Pablo Picasso “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.” – Pablo Picasso It was a cool clear NYC day in early September 2001 when my life effectively ended. That sounds like a very dramatic and ominous
“Red meat and gin” – Julia Child, when asked about the reason for her longevity. It’s debatable if the combination of gin and red meat has life extending properties, but gin is credited with preventing malaria from consuming much of the tropical parts of the British Empire. Gin, as well as quinine powder, a bitter
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Above: “Elephant” Photo by Stuart Bassil / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elephant.jpg This has been another week of split time between Overleaf the House and Overleaf the Garden. I’m doing a little bit on each, and I have to keep telling myself that I’m not on a strict deadline to complete either, so I don’t need to
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Blackwater Woods by Mary Oliver To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go. Mary Jane Oliver ~ b. September