November 4, 2009 at 9:13 pm (culture, entertainment, food, humor, life, random)
Tags: cookies, egg-free, food, fruit, nuts, recipe, whole wheat
Eva’s best cookies–so far~~
Okay, this seems like a really strange post for me to be even considering. But while I was trying to catch up with blog friends I kept wishing I really could give everyone some of these cookies I’ve been experimenting to get just ‘right’ for myself. These are cookies that fall into the full meal in themselves deal. Cookies that you want to keep eating and won’t make you sick. Or actually my goal is create cookies that won’t make ‘me’ sick by consuming one or more due to food allergies. So, since so far it is impossible to share hard copy food via computer technology I can do the next best thing and share the recipe as it currently stands. If it sounds ’good’ to you then bake them and eat until you can’t stand them. If you experiment and manage to improve them in some way, then DO TELL me about it! LOL.
The stuff you need:
2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 sticks of BUTTER
1/2 cup of olive oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup of vanilla or plain yogurt
1 cup of white cane sugar
1 cup of loosely packed dark brown sugar
2 cups oatmeal–NOT the instant variety
1 cup coconut
1/2 cup pecans
1/2 cup cashews
1/2 cup macadamia nuts
1/2 cup dried cherries
1/2 cup golden raisins or dark if you prefer
1 cup semi sweet chocolate morsels
Sea salt
Mix the flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder together in one bowl.
Mix the butter, sugars, olive oil and vanilla extract together in another bowl.
Mix the ‘wet’ and ‘dry’ bowl contents together.
Add the oatmeal.
Add all the nuts, fruits, and chocolate.
On ungreased cookie sheet, bake at 350 heat–depending on your oven and the size of your cookies–10 to 12 minutes–until golden brown. While still hot sprinkle lightly with coarse Sea Salt.
NO eggs allowed!
No Barley Flour used.
No beet sugar added.
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November 4, 2009 at 6:18 pm (Cheyenne River Indian Reservation, Indigenous People, Lakota, Native Americans, Pine Ridge Indian reservation, art, culture, history, photography, random)
Tags: Cemetery Hill, grave, history, Lakota, Lost Bird, Native Americans, photo, photograph, Wounded Knee
Lost Bird
Lost Bird
Aka Margaret Princeton Allen aka Mrs. E. C. Allen
Died February 14, 1920 in Hanford, California.
This is another photo from Cemetery Hill, Wounded Knee, South Dakota.
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October 26, 2009 at 9:12 pm (art, culture, entertainment, environment, life, photography, random)
Tags: abstract, art, feedback request, marketing, pen-ink, photography, research, watercolors
Greetings to all you yapping visitors who comment and converse, those of you who roam in and out every so often, and the silent lurkers too. I appreciate all of you making the effort to surf into mi casa whenever you take a fancy to do so. I have a favor to ask those of you who enjoy my efforts at visual arts. Need to make some choices and decisions about pieces for printing. Am hoping a few of you will provide some information regarding what really engages you–what you really like enough that you might seriously consider one for yourself or as a gift for someone else. So–if you explore the links to my energy-scapes or to shutterbug junkie and see something you consider appealing, please leave a comment here referencing the title. It’s easy for me to pick what I like best–but that does not mean others will also like it. So–I’m trying to get some sense of what appeals to a random sampling of folks. If anyone has a better notion about how to do a little market research of this sort, please don’t hesitate to educate moi. Wish I could really serve everyone Kokot’s Spicey Chocolate Soup in return. Merci, gracias, thank you.
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October 23, 2009 at 2:57 pm (Independent film, culture, drama, entertainment, ethics, movies, random)
Tags: entertainment, films, movies, television, writiing
In an effort to retreat from the never ending mania of war-mongering and other means of death dealing our species just adores wallowing in, I indulged in a mini filmfest via dvd rentals.
Your views are invited regarding the following or any other films you might recommend for extending my retreat from all things idiot box related.
The Edge of Heaven
The Secret of the Grain
The Band’s Visit
Everlasting Moments
What have you been ‘watching’?
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October 19, 2009 at 11:21 pm (Writing, creative writing, culture, entertainment, humor, life, poetry, random, satire)
Tags: anchovies, bindo, blog awards, coffee stains and cigarette burns, future update, poetry, satire, skip dekades
Have discovered that awards are very odd things from the surprise of discovering someone has tossed one your way to trying to figure out how to toss one to someone with a touch of grace and humor. Hope some of you discover a little something new.
Award came my way from Leigh Binder whose dark poetry rattles the dishwashers at coffee stains and cigarette burns, just how it is.
http://bindo.wordpress.com/
Passing it onto Skip DeKades satirist of Future Update, the Really Early Edition for his satirical surprises. Satire is tough stuff to write–and Skip makes it look easy. Enjoy.
http://futureupdate.wordpress.com/
When my partial geek cell returns from its vacation on Hidden Beach in California I promise to play with the shortlinks and catch up with the rest of blogland.
Oh–I’m supposed to list seven things about myself that are news–and interesting–to folks. Hidden Beach is a beautiful beach I’ve had the pleasure to discover and have all to myself –until The tireless, gleeful Dog arrived and play became work!
I like to eat anchovies straight out of their little tin cans.
I really really ticked off an Amtrack Conductor by laughing out loud at 4 am when she announced that the train was now only 6 hours behind schedule. She threateningly addressed me as “YOU!” for the next two days.
Can’t seem to stop myself from chatting with whoever is foolish enough to sit next to me at old diner counters. Bad habit.
One night I shared a very tiny room with seven other people in an OLD hotel run by an ex-circus performer in Athens, Greece. We needed ALL the floorspace for sleeping.
Never, never, offer me a bag of tootsie rolls. If I start eating tootsie rolls, I can’t stop until every last one is GONE.
I’ve driven hwy 101 in the dark at speeds in excess of 90 mph without taking a dive into the Pacific. What dumb luck was that?
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October 7, 2009 at 3:18 pm (Indigenous People, culture, environment, ethics, exploring interconnectedness, journalism, life, politics, random)
Tags: Achuar, Alileilani, Ecuador, environment, ethics, heart, inspiration, journalism, life, love, news, rainforest, relationships, shamans, spirituality, values
It’s been one of those mornings when I wish I did not listen to KKFI’s journalistic offerings like Democracy Now and Alternative Radio–why? Because when you get around the mainstream media’s insane–yes, I’m wanting to take it beyond just soft fluff peddling to INSANE due to the ongoing denial of the realities of war, human suffering via unnecessary poverty, and environmental degradation. To get a little ‘balance’ on my plate–otherwise what’s the point of doing anything but hiding out in the most remote region harboring a rare supply of CLEAN drinking water?–I roamed over to Alileilani’s postings about her journey to Ecuador for a little ‘hope’–and found true substance and positive reality–under attack by our worldwide context at large indeed–and yet–holding the promise of potential positive paths for even the likes of us who play the web lines on a daily basis.
Need to feed your soul? Need to warm your heart? Need to know that there are good things in this dysfunctional world? Need to learn that LIFE is possible without all the things we’re blitzed to buy, use, dispose of and replace again and again?
Engage another way of really living rather than reactionary existing at
http://pachamamaayni.wordpress.com/
I warn you–reading this could change you in unexpected ways.
Meet some very rich people, the Achuar, in Ecuador at http://pachamamaayni.wordpress.com/ — people living in harmony with their earth and each other, people who know more about loving hearts than, well, apparently the entire industrialized world complex…who knew?
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September 30, 2009 at 9:22 pm (Cheyenne River Indian Reservation, Indigenous People, Lakota, Native Americans, Pine Ridge Indian reservation, Writing, art, culture, environment, ethics, history, journalism, life, photography, politics, random)
Tags: Native Americans, Wounded Knee, Spotted Elk, 1890, photography, South Dakota, photo, American history, Cemetery Hill, Massacre Site, December 29, Mass Grave, photos, blog, minolta, pictures, Big Foot
Wounded Knee
- Wounded Knee Grave
Wounded Knee
Cemetery Hill
Cemetery Hill
Wounded Knee
BIA Historical Site Marker
BIA Historical Site Marker
The Flag Arrives
To the East
South
Wounded Knee
Most photo ‘views’ were taken the morning of December 28, 2006. Photos containing snow were taken on December 29, 2006. Some were taken from atop Cemetery Hill and others were taken ‘of’ Cemetery Hill–several from a distance in order to provide a sense of the overall landscape. The Historical Marker of Bigfoot’s surrender is not visible from Cemetery Hill. It denotes a place further northeast along the ‘highway’.
wojcik@
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September 29, 2009 at 8:52 pm (Indigenous People, art, culture, entertainment, environment, history, journalism, life, photography, random)
Tags: art, blog, Hispanic, Kansas city art, KCMO, minolta, photographs, photography, photos, pictures, Street Mural, The Bitter & The Sweet
Eternal She
The Bitter & The Sweet credits
Mural en toto of The Bitter & The Sweet
Anyone got any leads on the folks in the credits for this mural in Kansas City, Missouri on Ceasar Chaevez Blvd?
Yes, I am looking for the folks. It’s all good.
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September 28, 2009 at 2:39 am (Indigenous People, Peru, art, culture, entertainment, journalism, life, photography, random)
Tags: 2d mixed media, Andes, arcylics, Athlone Clarke, blog, Greg Davis, Jamaican, Kansas City, Marty Bolyard, Nicario Jimenez, photography, Plaza Art Fair, Rick Preston, Ronnie Phillips, sculptor, Suzy Scarborough
Could it be that the folks who select who will receive a coveted, and very expensive booth, at the Country Club Plaza Art Fair in Kansas City, Missouri have discovered that some of us like a little ‘meat’ on our art bones? Or was it just plain dumb luck or the colorfield appeal of the work of several artists that brought them to the land along Brush Creek?
Yes, folks, there was a welcome smattering of more than just home decor art here and there at the Art Fair. Moi gives thanks for the unexpected discovery of the art of Nicario Jimenez, Athlone Clarke, Ronnie Phillips, and Suzy Scarborough. Depending on what you desire from the art in your life, well, you might also appreciate work that goes beyond color coordination with the couch and rug set.
Nicario Jimenez cites himself as “Artist of the Andes” and according to his website he is indeed from a village in Peru. Though he now resides in Naples, Florida. But–what matters is his art–and it’s something to spend some time visually digging into. Jimenez creates “retablos” –self contained portable boxes of art. They’re like galleries you can carry hither and yon. And Nicario’s galleries are stuffed full of political, social, and cultural commentary via all the people and words that fill each box. He has a sweet online gallery at: www.retablosnicario.com .
A real surprise was the work of Jamaican born Athlone Clarke whose 2 D mixed creations seek and find for display every sore racial-cultural-political nerve that persists in the past and present–from swimming pools to slavery, he’s in touch with the raw nerves and does not hesitate to put them on display. You can check him out at:
http://www.myspace.com/athloneclarke .
Ronnie Phillips was a return artist to the Plaza. How ever did he slip in with those babies in the laundry washing machines? Oh yeah. While his work is more subtle than the two artists cited, it has its edge regarding African American history and issues. I relish his rich use of color and what he can convey with facial expressions.
My lone woman find was an eye intriguing delight even from a distance: Suzy Scarborough, whose large landscape was luminous from afar and not hurt one bit by sunlight. Scarborough was at the Plaza for the first time and me so does hope she returns just so I can enjoy so much of her work all in one place and at one time in person. Of her acrylic paintings on wood formats–figurative, abstract and landscape–my favorites are her collage landscapes which incorporate ‘found’ self educating book textual material into the backgrounds with overlaying colors and shapes. Decide for yourself which of her formats trips your fancy at www.SuzyScarborough.com .
I also enjoyed the photography of Rick Preston ( Miramonte, CA) who still uses the same 4×5 film camera he’s employed for the last thirty years. Apparenly Preston enjoys hiking–and photographing–at night. And the results can be intriguing when he plays with his coleman lantern.
Greg Davis’ photography also got me into his booth for a longer look at people and places of lands distant from midland Missouri. Visit www.gregdavisphotography.com and you can travel too. His mantra is: “There is no reason to look back. You’re not headed that way.”
Oh and at the UN-Plaza Art Fair on the grounds of the All Souls Universalist Church on Warwick there was the stone craft of Marty Bolyard–Netsuke Carver, Stone Sculptor –Wood, Tagua and Stone Turner. Bolyard’s exquistely detailed small creations are marvels of intricate craftsmanship. If you desire something truly unique in stone or wood, Marty is the Man for making it. Inquiries can be made via MUSEVISIONS1127@aol.com
Exploring we shall go….
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