UMB Bank, which runs the artist's estate, is managed by the Kemper family.
Located on New Zealand’s North Island (about 60 km north of Auckland) lies a 1,000 acre (4 sq km) property owned by one of New Zealand’s wealthiest businessmen, Alan Gibbs. The a…
These pop tarts bring together the tangy goodness of sourdough with sweet and flavorful fillings, creating a perfect harmony of taste and texture.
After crisscrossing the nation for the last half-decade looking for a home, Pokey LaFarge found himself in Mid-Coast Maine. Upon arriving, the Illinois-born singer/songwriter/actor pursued a major life change, working 12-hour days on a local farm-a turn of events that catalyzed an extraordinary burst of creativity and redefined his sense of purpose as an artist. Rhumba Country was initially shaped from material that emerged while LaFarge was deep in work on the farm. "I'd be pushing a plow or scattering seeds, and the songs would just come to me," he recalls. "It was tremendously inspirational and made me realize that apart from singing, farming is perhaps the oldest human art form." While farming, LaFarge began dreaming up a kaleidoscopic sound informed by his love of music from far-ranging eras and corners of the globe, including mambo, tropicália, rocksteady, and mid-century American rock-and-roll. "The songs that naturally come to me are upbeat and make you wanna dance or at least bop your head-they're all very colorful," says LaFarge. "I used to think of my music in dark blue, but now I see it in technicolor." Co-produced along with Chris Seefried and Elliot Bergman and recorded in L.A., the resulting Rhumba Country is an invitation to come together to celebrate life and love. A1. One You, One Me A2. For A Night A3. Run Run Run A4. Like A Sailor A5. Sister Andre B1. So Long Chicago B2. It's Not Over B3. Home Home Home B4. Made To Be Loved B5. You Make My Garden Grow
These pop tarts bring together the tangy goodness of sourdough with sweet and flavorful fillings, creating a perfect harmony of taste and texture.
At a Downing Street party to toast in the historic moment, the campaign guru who masterminded the 2016 Leave vote tried to make a victory speech but choked up.
Photos that are fascinating and educational.
by @Fitzysmom Thanksgiving by Doris Lee This year I'm feeling a bit melancholy about the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. I know I'm going to come off as a fuddy duddy, but I miss the Thanksgivings that I grew up with. I miss all the women (and a few of the men) scurrying around the kitchen making crazy amounts of food. There always seemed to be children underfoot and someone's hand was always getting slapped for trying to sample the goodies too soon. The smells that filled the air were divine! I loved being part of that unruly mess of extended family and friends. Eventually everything was finished and we all gathered around the table (actually it was usually tables). The eldest male asked the blessing upon the food and those gathered together. Then each person would take turns saying what they were thankful for. Some words made us tear up and some of the little ones words of thankfulness would make us laugh out loud. After dinner the men and kids would either head outside to throw a ball around or find a recliner to watch a ball being thrown around. The women would clear the table and try to figure out ways to put all the leftovers into containers. I think that was the one day of the year that I didn't mind dishes. Many hands make light work. Several years ago the phenomenon of Black Friday came to my little part of the world. I loved it! It became a fun addition to our family's traditional activities. Sometime late Thanksgiving evening someone would run and get a paper so we could peruse the ads and plan our strategies. At this point in history the earliest the stores would open would be midnight. It was fun to bundle up and stand in line chatting with family and friends waiting for the doors to open. We live in a pretty small town so the crowds aren't bad at all. We'd start at Tanger Outlet Mall and then make our way to Target, Walmart and Walgreens. By 3:00 a.m. we were done and heading to breakfast. We felt like conquering heroes! In more recent years my children have married and their spouses have joined in the festivities. Poppy has willingly stayed home with the grandbabies so we can indulge in our yearly fun. I can't even begin to describe what a blessing it was to stand in line with my grown kids and listen to their sibling banter. I know it has been a slow progression, in fact it has been slow enough that I didn't really think much of it until this year, but the thrill of Black Friday has eroded for me. At the time all of the men in the family worked in retail but they were still off until the wee hours of Black Friday. We just adjusted our schedule a bit (yes it was different but we adapted). Now we come to this year and it seems that daily we are hearing of more and more stores that will be open on Thanksgiving Day. We keep hearing that it is necessary because of the economy and the shorter buying season between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year. I understand those arguments. My husband works in retail and teaches business classes at the university level. I get the economics of it. But it still makes me sad that as a people we no longer find it important to stop and give thanks for the provision of the past year. I just can't seem to escape the irony that we are giving up time with our loved ones in order to rush out and buy stuff for our loved onese. There's an old song called 'Big Yellow Taxi' and the chorus of it keeps running through my head. The lyrics go like this: Don't it always seem to go, That you don't know what you've got Til it's gone. They paved paradise And put up a parking lot. I know that most things are cyclical and we tend to come full circle, but I'm wondering how long it will take for us to realize what we had . . . now that it's gone?
I am joining Mrs. Miracle at her linky party called "Three Things". We are blogging about three things that have worked very well for our ...
London-based sculptor Ron Mueck, formerly a model maker and puppeteer for children's television and films, has been creating fine art sculptures since 1996.
It is a crazy world out there! It is filled with strange places, bizarre objects, weird events, and odd yet beautiful people.
Designed by James Rizzi, the Happy Rizzi House in Braunschweig, Germany might just be the happiest house in the world.
Do you ever have days where you feel like this little guy? Or girl? It's kind of hard to tell, but he just kind of seems like a boy to me. My sister claims this is how she looks before she has her morning coffee. Scary. Watching this little nest was definitely a highlight of my summer. The weather has been gorgeous. I've got the most outrageous farmer's tan ever. I've made a point of choosing my porch swing over my computer screen, and that's been a good thing. But, I can already feel a change in the air. The nights are crisper. The flowers are fading. There's a 36 degree morning in the forecast. I want to make sure to catch every last second of my very favorite time of year while I can. How about you? Has it been a good summer at your house? Are you ready for fall with its cool, crisp days? Or are you like me, hanging on to these last hazy days with all your might? Chime in with your favorite season and then go have yourself a great Thursday!
Games! Games! Games! It is one of the reasons I love being an SLP. The tricky part is turning commercial games into therapy tools. My students love to play games, so what better way to motivate them to practice their speech targets. I love to use Pop Up Pirate, Jumpin Jack, Shark Bite, Pop the Pig, the Sneaky Snacky Squirrel, Yeti in my Spaghetti and Fishing games. One way you can use them is with articulation or language decks. The students practice their sounds or language target and then take a turn. Quick and easy. I have also started to use Game Companions that go along with each game. These game companions replace the dice or spinner that comes with the games. The spinners have targets that the students practice before they take turn. Shark Articulation and Language Game Companion For the games that do not use dice or spinners I use game mats that have articulation or language targets on them. When you remove game pieces from Fishing games or spaghetti from Yeti in my Spaghetti you place the game piece on the mat. There are targets on the mats that the students practice. These can also be used as Smash mats. Yeti Spaghetti Articulation and Language Game Companion I have created 2 Freebies that I wanted to share with you. I created free K sound spinners that I use with Jumpin Jack. The spinners can also be used by themselves as a game. Free Rabbit Game Companion for K sounds Another Freebie that I have created is for commercial Fishing games. It includes mats that target early apraxia syllables. There are mats for VC, CV, CVCV and CVC syllables. Free Apraxia Game Companions for Fishing Games Games are such a great motivators for our students. They are a great way to work with those mixed groups that always present a challenge in therapy. I hope these spinners and mats are helpful. Click here to follow my tpt store Speech Gems. Sign up for my newsletter below Subscribe to get our latest content by email. Success! Now check your email to confirm your subscription. There was an error submitting your subscription. Please try again. Email Address Subscribe We won't send you spam. Unsubscribe at any time. Powered by ConvertKit
Pann: The reason why you'll never forget Switzerland once you go there 1. [+84, -0] Yes, it's almost interesting... It feels like looking at scenery pictures in real life. It's so unrealistic ㅠㅠ 2. [+53, -3] It's the best country I've been to. 3. [+49, -2] I went there recently and I was amazed that it was possible to live in a place like this... 4. [+43, -0] It feels like my lungs are refreshed. 5. [+40, -0] I've been to Switzerland and I thought I was in a fairytale. The water was crystal clear and when it was 7 in the morning, the bell was ringing. I thought I was in heaven. But the souvenirs are limited to chocolate and watches. 6. [+35, -0] It's a blessed country. 7. [+32, -2] It's random but don't people go to Europe a lot these days? They said the amount of tourists to Japan decreased tremendously and that travelling to Southeast Asia and Europe increased a lot. Instead of feeding Japan, we should go to Europe where it's more foreign. 8. [+24, -0] If I earn a lot of money in the future, I want to live in Switzerland. I went there a month ago and it was the best country that I've travelled to. I really liked Jungfrau and everything, except the prices... ㅋㅋ I paid $3.70 for an ice cream cone. I'm a fan of dairy products and I liked how products like cheese and yogurt were cheap. It's the best ㅠㅠ 9. [+21, -3] With the amazing scenery, they have amazing prices ㅋㅋ 10. [+15, -0] I've been to Spain, France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Czech, and Italy. Spain and Switzerland are the only countries that I want to go again. It was that good.
The 75 greatest women of all time: A definitive list of the women who have shaped the world as we know it. Well, inasmuch as definitive can be completely arbitrary
C’est une des expos parisiennes à ne rater à aucun prix : le sculpteur australien Ron Mueck expose depuis avril une dizaine d’œuvres fascinantes à la Fondation Cartier. Rue89 vous donne trois excellentes raisons d’y courir.
Send words of support and solidarity to expectant and new mothers for Mother's Day, on 22 March.
'They never stop, folks. They are constantly on the march.'
Southern Justice (Murder in Mississippi), 1965, Norman Rockwell In America, the dead can’t sue for defamation, so a writer who makes outrageous statements about the deceased can’t be touched in a court of law. In the past, we were protected by an unspoken code of decency: a publishing house like Farrar, Straus and Giroux would not have taken a biography like American Mirror, and it wouldn’t be nominated for a PEN award. Saying Grace, 1951, Norman Rockwell “The thrill of [Norman Rockwell’s] work is that he was able to use a commercial form to thrash out his private obsessions,” writes author Deborah Solomon. And what, according to Solomon, were those obsessions? That he was a repressed homosexual with pedophilic impulses. Rosie the Riveter, 1943, Norman Rockwell Rockwell’s granddaughter Abigail did a great job debunking Solomon’s book in this column, and it’s worth reading in its entirety. I once made the mistake of mentioning to an instructor in Manhattan that I love Norman Rockwell’s work. That was the first experience I had of the animus some intellectuals direct toward Rockwell, who—as a ‘mere’ illustrator—achieved fame and fortune most of us can only dream about. The Scoutmaster, 1956, Norman Rockwell Why is it that men who paint children are suspect? A decade ago, we saw the same phenomenon with Caravaggio. It’s now received wisdom that he was a bisexual pederast—a theory that totally ignores the painterly and social conventions of his time, and is almost purely speculative (since there is very little historical record of his life). This desire to tear down icons reflects less on the artists in question than on the art world’s deeply rooted sexism and its own twisted desires. Freedom from Fear (one of the Four Freedoms series), 1943, Norman Rockwell Norman Rockwell is being accused of pedophilia at the same time as other intellectuals attempt to destigmatize that perversion. This is part of the vast value-leveling going on in our society today, an insistence that no ideals or values deserve to be elevated above others. By making Rockwell look tawdry, we can dismiss all those hokey mid-century values he painted: family, patriotism, courage, equality, freedom, faith. Message me if you want information about next year’s classes and workshops.
Melbourne-based artist, Kate Bergin, has released a new series of paintings which were inspired by Collette Dinnigan and her animal-filled farm in Milton in the New South Wales Southern Highlands. The collection of 15 life like works feature a zoo of animals from kangaroos to tigers and flamingos.
These Waxwork replicas are so bad they're scary!
Marjorie and Aurelien's playful French farm wedding took place at La Ferme du Haut where Les Films de la Traversée captured a magically fun wedding film.
Hi everyone, It’s time for another CHF challenge over on the Cornish Heritage Farms Blog . This week the challenge is hosted by Steph. Steph has challenged us to create a summer themed card …. I know it is winter up there in the Northern Hemisphere, but down here in Australia where I live we are in our final month of summer. So it was easy to get into the mood to create a summer themed card! For my card today I have used Cornish Heritage Farms Dog Welcome Home Digital Stamp. This is such a fun digital stamp! As you can see I decided to create an Accordion card using the Circle Accordion Die set designed by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Crafts Design. To decorate the left panel of my card I used the coordinating Square W/Circle Frame Edges Die set. These are such fun dies! Here is my card closed ready to be placed in an envelope. Want to play along???? If you would like to play along with us of course we would love to have you! To play create a card using CHF images. You can use either CHF digi or rubber stamps to create a card or project.... anything you like as long as the stamps are Cornish Heritage Farms. (Yes, they can be older stamps.) Once you have created your card/project come back here and place a comment with a link to your card/project to this post so that we can see what you created. If you upload your card/project to SCS don't forget to include the keyword CHF46. We can't wait to see what you create! Don’t forget to check out the rest of the Design Teams blogs today so see what they created for this challenge. Kristine Reynolds Steph Ackerman Stamps: Dog Welcome Home Digital Stamp – Cornish Heritage Farms; Summer Sentiment – Hero Arts (retired) Paper: White; Yellow; Orange; Down By The Shore DP – Fancy Pants Pop It Ups Dies: Circle Accordion Die Set; Square W/Circle Frame Edges – Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs Other: Black Ink; Foam Tape; Copics
three 0.82 square meter structures are positioned as if they were placed around a small yard with a small terrace and a chair, influenced by the rituals practiced in japanese tea ceremonies.
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We have plenty of recipes worth sharing here at the farm, but sometimes the back story is a bit harder for us to come up with. This isn’t one of those times. These popovers are a truly deligh…
La giovane cantautrice danese Agnes obel che con lalbum di debutto Philharmonics (PIAS/SELF) si è aggiudicata il Disco d'Oro in Francia, Belgio, Olanda e Danimarca presto arriverà anc
These pop tarts bring together the tangy goodness of sourdough with sweet and flavorful fillings, creating a perfect harmony of taste and texture.
