just booked my next adventure
off to the rainforest in costa rica
104 days from now.
they had me at
coffee, monkeys, trees, water, the unknown, and chocolate.
—
“the rainforests hold answers to questions we have yet to ask.”
-mark plotkin
Apr2
Category Archives: Life
Mar30
returning.
a return
to
la casita pacifica
my tiny peaceful house.
—
“why do you go away? so that you can come back.
so that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors.
coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”
-terry pratchett
Mar29
confidence?
that moment when you see your pilot
looking a bit world weary
after taking a spin
on the last chance
wheel of fortune
before boarding the plane.
—
“confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety.”
-virgil
Mar28
any kind of adventure.
“the thing I love about vegas is there’s something for any type of mood you’re in
and something for any kind of adventure you seek out.”
-christina tosi
Mar27
showtime.
jabbowoceez and adele
each big acts
in their own way
a split ticket for us
something for everyone
both amazing talents.
“i love playing in vegas because you’ve got people from all over the world, and you’re already accepted.
it’s kind of a great mixture of people that come out to the shows, and that makes it fun.”
-tom green
Mar26
lazy in las vegas.
floating down the lazy river in the middle of the desert.
“most people think of las vegas, and they think of extravagance.
but it’s really a mix between fantasy and laziness.”
-gia coppola
Mar24
tang.
Tang! The space-age drink that’s still a worldwide staple
But General Foods, Tang’s original parent company, had contracts with the military for producing rations and other food items, such as instant coffee. Thanks to these connections and the aforementioned shelf-stable, “just add water” capability of Tang, NASA sent the drink mix into space with John Glenn on his famous orbit of Earth in 1962. General Foods’ advertising strategy shifted to capitalize on the popularity of all things outer space, and Tang henceforth became marketed as the astronaut’s drink of choice.
But Tang isn’t just a space age relic. It’s still popular across the globe, from South America to Asia, and produced in a number of flavors – including pineapple, mango, lemon, calamansi and its newest Filipino flavor, Coco Plus Buko Pandan. Tang is also a popular drink during Ramadan in the Middle East, according to Mondelez International, the food corporation that now owns the brand.
—
“whoo, what a day! i’m gonna drink tang all day until i forget it all!”
-jhonen vasquez
—
Source credits: Casey Barber, CNN, Kraft Foods, General Foods, Monedelez Int., NASA
Mar23
nests.
robin’s nests created by the kinder using natural materials
clay, twigs, pinecones, clippings
any robin would be happy to raise her babies in one of these beautiful homes
—
“wildness we might consider as the root of the authentic spontaneities of any being. it is that wellspring of creativity whence comes the instinctive activities that enable all living beings to obtain their food, to find shelter, to bring forth their young; to sing and dance and fly through the air and swim through the depths of the sea. this is the same inner tendency that evokes the insight of the poet, the skill of the artist, and the power of the shaman.”- thomas berry
Mar21
listen, earth sings.
Claude Monet’s gardens in Giverny, France
“Spring has returned again.
The Earth is like a child
that knows poems by heart;
so many poems, so many verses,
patient toil winning her prizes at last.
Strict, the old teacher.
We loved the whiteness in the old
gentleman’s beard,
its bright snow.
Now when we ask what the green,
what the blue is,
Earth knows the answer,
has learned it.
She knows.
Earth, you’re on holiday,
lucky one: play now!
Play with us children!
We’ll try to catch you.
Glad, joyous Earth!
The gladdest must win.
Every lesson the old teacher
taught her,
all that is printed in roots
and laborious stems:
now she sings it!
Listen, Earth sings.”
– Rainer Maria Rilke
—
“The inspiration for this sonnet came from
a visit to Ronda, in southern Spain, in the
winter of 1912-13. Rilke had overheard a
group of schoolchildren singing in the Convent
of Santo Domingo, accompanied only by a
triangle and tambourine. He didn’t know what
their song meant, but the light-hearted
animation of their singing is reflected in the
cadences of the second and third stanzas.”
—
on international poetry day
Mar20
all fall.
how you deal with it changes everything. it’s all in the comeback.
