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Back to school pix

Lucy starts school Thursday

Here is her route to school, if she walks with mom or dad. Last year I took her nearly every day because I was home recovering from surgery...good times.


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another contest

We have entered another video contest.
This on is about soccer so we sent a little thing we did last fall.

Follow this link to vote please

Talking Heads before they got all commercial

this is very funny

We Won!

Summer with Lucy won the cannonball contest on Gochongo.com. Whoo Hoo! That's $25 going toward the new video camera fund... or beer ... or some sort of candy.

Here is the video if you didn't get a chance to see it.

Video contest

We are tied for first in the contest. There have not been a lot of votes and we have the highest rating so far. If only a few of you visit the video an vote we could win.
The only catch is that you have to register with the website gochongo.com. It only takes a few minutes and I have not received any spam from them in the week or so since I have been registered...

Here is the link:

Cannonball video

More talented kin

Niece Ellen, who is in New Zealand this summer (winter there) this animated video recently.

Best song ever

When Lucy asks me what rock and roll is, I will play her this video.

My Talented Kin

FootHills Publishing is pleased to announce the release of
"The Wild Twist of Their Stems" a collection of poems by Carol Graser.

(Ordering information below)




Carol Graser is an alumnus of Binghamton University where she studied
under Milton Kessler. Her poetry has appeared in many literary, parenting
and locals arts publications. She organizes and hosts a monthly poetry
reading series at Saratoga Springs' historic Caffe Lena. Begun in 2003,
these popular readings have featured an exciting range of poets from
across the country. She performs her work at many poetry venues around the
state as well as at anti-war rallies and other community events.
Originally from Plattsburgh, NY, she now lives with her family at the
southern end of the Adirondacks in Galway.


From the Book:

THE WILD TWIST OF THEIR STEMS

Like two fresh Buddhas they sit
on the top bunk, conspiring play
two Believers
two Thin Air Breathers
scalps closer to roof tops
than mine ever is

She bubbles in like a bent-leg dancer
a flesh splasher
I'm the never-let-you-go catcher
but I always let her go

He's the larger and climbs on his own
down to the rough rug, plant of our feet
He's the bold spirited leaper I apprenticed with

I live like a gardener
doggedly tending the wild twist of their stems
fending off what I can of disease
It is impossible work
rooted where they are
and though their beauty demands more strength than I lately possess
still I persist
in refusing to abandon the effort



The Wild Twist of Their Stems
is a 68 page hand-sewn book with spine - $14.00

For more information, a picture of the book or
to order on-line go to:

Foothills Publishing

To order through mail send total price plus $1.75 Shipping and Handling
($2.25 in Canada; $3.25 other countries) for each address sent to.
(NYS Residents please add $1.12 Sales Tax per book)

Send orders to:

FootHills Publishing
PO Box 68
Kanona, NY 14856

A View of the Falls at Ausable Chasm

Lucy and I stopped off at the bridge over the falls at Ausable Chasm on our way to climb Pok-o-moonshine.

Snake on Poke-o-Moonshine

We saw three snakes when we climbed Poke-o-Moonshine in the Adirondack Park.

Climbing Poke-o-Moonshine

Lucy and I climbed Poke-o-Moonshine on Aug. 1, 2007. In the video Lucy keeps referring to "landmarks." She was worried about getting loss and wanted to have certain places to remember so we could make our way back down to the car. You can hear my heavy breathing throughout the video as well.

From Earlier this summer

I have entered this in an online video contest. The topic is cannonballs.

click here to watch the video

The Popcorn festival is coming

Everyone is excited

Back from vacation

And back to work. I have some video I have to edit. We had fun and Mary and Lucy remain in New York to go to a family reunion. I am back at work.
In honor of all the talk about the Simpsons, here is the recipe for a Flaming Moe (I found this via Stumble on WikiBartender.com:
Flaming Moe

Ingredients

* 1 oz. Brandy
* 1/2 oz. Blackberry Liqueur
* 1 oz. Creme de Menthe
* 1 oz. Pineapple Juice
* 1 oz. Sloe Gin
* 2 tbsp. Grape Cough Syrup (Krusty Non-Narkotik Kough Syrup)

Directions

Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker. Add crushed ice and shake well. Strain into cocktail glass. Light on fire.