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Posting
You have probably noticed that I don’t post here much anymore. The truth is I am posting mostly on Facebook which is so easy to keep up with and update from the cell or wherever I happen to be.
I am not sure how much I will post here in the future but feel free to ‘friend’ me on Facebook and read my posts there.
http://www.facebook.com/joanne.toone
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Foraging in the woods
Ghost Flowers.
The blueberry motherload.
Wild flowers on my driveway.
A lone chanterelle.
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Farewell Dinner
Mayleen leaves for Arizona on Saturday. I will miss her. We had a farewell dinner last night and of course a group photo by Michael.
[left to right] Michael, me, Mayleen, Lynne, Shannon and Kevin.
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Feral women at the cabin
So last weekend was a woman’s weekend out at the cabin. I love the cabin – I want to live at the cabin! I had such a great time with my best women friends Mayleen, Lynne and Shannon – Shannon took the pics so you can only see the three of us:
Next time we must take a tripod so we can snap pics of us all!
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More Dmitry
This is my favorite slide:
This talk was presented at The New Emergency Conference in Dublin, on June 11, 2009:
Excerpt:
1. Good morning. The title of this talk is a bit of a mouthful, but what I want to say can be summed up in simpler words: we all have to prepare for life without much money, where imported goods are scarce, and where people have to provide for their own needs, and those of their immediate neighbours. I will take as my point of departure the unfolding collapse of the global economy, and discuss what might come next. It started with the… Read more »
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Porcupine came to dinner tonight!
He/she is way up in the top of this tree in the middle – you can just make out a dark blob!
I had no idea that they could climb trees. I was totally freaked out when sitting on the deck about to play mud relic I could hear a really loud chomping over to the right above me. I looked up and came face to face with this critter. He/she was huge. About 6 times the size of Clover! I am glad he/she is eating the tree and not my veggie patch. I snapped some pics quickly and left the… Read more »
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Ecotherapy or Applied Ecopsychology
This arrived yesterday and I can’t wait to start reading it. Sometimes I wish I had finished my Masters degree in Ecopsychology, but I wouldn’t use the degree so I console myself with the fact I can get all the knowledge and experience without actually receiving the diploma.
There was a great article in the Huffington Post about the author and the book:
Slowing down to nature’s pace by Linda Buzzell
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Images from a rainy day in Maine
For some reason today I felt the need to simplify and tidy the rooms in my house. Today I tackled the living room and the bathroom. Still need to work on the others. I removed all the pictures from the wall. Got rid of a lot of junky stuff that was cluttering up surfaces and moved books back to book cases. I feel so much calmer without the clutter. The remaining clutter belongs to my room mate and I will gradually move it out. There is something about playing a simple string instrument that makes me feel I really don’t… Read more »
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The birth of a musician – I hope!
I am not posting this because I think it’s good. It’s more that I want to document the progress someone can make when they attempt to learn an instrument with no prior musical experience. The look on my face is determination and concentration, but I am actually loving it! This is my very first fiddle tune and I am playing it way slower than normal but it is a start. Apologies for quality and sound of video – I shot this on my $100 camcorder and edited with Windows Movie Maker, not the $6,000 camera and Final Cut Pro software,… Read more »
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Sunday Morning, Rain is Falling!
Rainy Sunday mornings are natures way of telling us to stop, slow down and play music. That’s my theory anyway.
I had my second dulcimer lesson with the amazing Pam Weeks on Friday and I am still in love with this instrument. I have two weeks before my next lesson so plenty of time to memorize some tunes. I recently signed up for Dulcimer Players News and can’t wait to get my first copy in the mail. Their web site has some cool pod casts to check out and a video channel on YouTube too.
Here is one of their podcasts. I hope to play like… Read more »
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