We're All In This Together!
One of the most profound things that was ever said to me in college came from a Dr. Jim Lyle. He was a theatre and directing professor who was one of the best teachers I ever had. I remember asking him whether he thought that people across the world and from different cultures, religions and such, had more things in common, or more differences.
I was recently asked the question “What would the world look like if everyone did everything you wanted them to do?” I was told to make a list of at least five and no more than seven ways in which the world would be different. The object of the exercise of course is to sort of encapsulate one’s philosophy of life. I thought the question was interesting, so if you follow me on the flip, you’ll see what I came up with. I’d be interested to know what your lists would look like, too.
Sharing Circle
It is my understanding that in first nation traditions, (Native American and other indigenous peoples) that one of the things they would do is to come together in a sharing circle. A sharing circle is an opportunity to come together and talk about what is on your mind and heart, what you want the community to know, and things of that nature. These sharing circles doubtless brought and kept their communities closer together. In modern mainstream America, one of the things that are said again and again in surveys is that people feel isolated and they feel no sense of community. That is what this website, I think, is about…to give people a chance and space to share their feelings, thoughts, and their knowledge.
But a “sharing circle” was not the only kind of circle that some first nation peoples held.
Feast II
My husband and I are quite the movie buffs and we enjoy several different genres, including horror flicks. Here’s a quick review of one we saw recently – Feast II: Sloppy Seconds
I really dig dark humor (you know, the kind that makes you cringe while you laugh) and Feast II was full of it. However, although it’s rated R, it’s NOT a movie that you’d want to watch with impressionable children or if you’re rather prudish. It’s not quite as tightly paced as the first one, but it’s still pretty good, with lots of cringy moments. I had a lot of “laugh out loud” moments with it too.
One probably doesn’t expect much out of any direct-to-DVD movie, but I have to say in my opinion this one was a cut above the usual horror schlock. I’m looking forward to more from these writer/directors, and I was pleased to read that they’re doing “Feast III.”
Dedicated horror fans will quite possibly like this movie. So if you count yourself as one, and you’re wavering over whether to rent it or Netflix it, I say give it a go, but not when your kiddies or nervous wife/sister or mom’s around. They might think you’re sick.
Tumbled Dalmatian Jasper
For some reason, I’ve been a collector of stones since I was a little girl. I remember playing in my front yard and finding a glittery piece of what I now know was just quartz, but it seemed to me to be a huge treasure. I took it to show my dad and he said something like wow, what a treasure, and we made a secret treasure box out of a shoe box for me to keep my stones in. I probably had fifty stones in that thing before the end of the week, all of them not very remarkable. So I don’t know what it was that attracted me to rocks and stones from a very young age. (more…)
