various ruminations

Swiss-Miss has the most creative blog I have found in the web. Always a joy and an ode to human creativity. I found this underground house on the blog as well as a myriad of other fantastic ideas ranging from the silly to the historical.

The Onion's 5th top ten stories of the last 4.5 billion years is titled "Sumerians Look On In Confusion As God Creates World" which took place in 3991 and I quote "I do not understand," reads an ancient line of pictographs depicting the sun, the moon, water, and a Sumerian who appears to be scratching his head. "A booming voice is saying, 'Let there be light,' but there is already light. It is saying, 'Let the earth bring forth grass,' but I am already standing on grass."

Whether one agrees or disagrees with Castro's running of Cuba, one has to recognize his intellectual prowess. Monthly Review publishes his ongoing comments of actuality. A different perspective.

New Year's Resolutions

Off to the New Year then...and resolutions
A health care bill which will be improved upon..if it passes, and it seems like it will....
A commitment to a healthy diet which will include blueberries and oatmeal on a daily basis
A sense of humor...
Reading a little more fiction..too much serious reading makes me boring...
Being more sensitive to those around me...
Nurturing my friendships and my family...
Become more politically committed...
Continue to feed the birds in my back yard and finding a way to feed the deer...
Save for a "real" vacation that will have tropical trees, tropical drinks and corals...
That was easy...

It is such a joy to see the birds outside eating to their little heart's content. With nothing but hardened snow on the ground the seeds we provide them makes it a little easier for them. Both of my cameras are broken so I don't have pictures but as soon as I fix them there will be many pictures of blue jays, cardinals, sterlings, doves and other little creatures. What does one feed the deer?
7th day of Hanukkah, but the house feels empty without that teenager daughter of mine around. She's having a grand old time in Portugal though, so that makes me happy. She has been doing so great art...time to go

Semester's end

Another semester of Touro Graduate School of Social Work behind me sort of...internship continues. I learned so much about how little I know!! That could be good...What a hard semester that was! Working nights, the internship, the classes. I am starting to realize that I will be a changed person when I finish this degree. Not by virtue of the "Degree" but by what I am learning, and the internal changes occurring. I don't think I'll ever be a good clinician, but the classes with Dr. Krantz blew me away. At times irritating, at times incredibly funny, he is a master at what he does. He was able to put me in an imaginary chair with an imaginary client and for the first time in a class setting I was at a loss for comments and terrified of making a fool of myself...I look forward to another semester, maybe I won't feel so inept. I think I'll be alright, and above all I will continue to learn a craft that is as intense, cerebral and challenging as any course on physics or any other so called "hard science". It truly is a blessing to have teachers who are masters in their skill.