Spending time

I was struck today by how meaningful the phrase "spending time" really is.  Yes, it alludes to the "root of all evil" (money) but there's meaning in that.  We all only have so much time, there is a limited amount, and how we choose to spend it, on what we devote it, shows what has meaning and value to us.

  "We noticed every minute we were with her, saying to ourselves "remember this time".  Now that she is gone, we rejoice in our wisdom and in our deliberate memories."  - Molly Fumia

We're so happy we made so many "deliberate memories" with you, Willow.

Poetry Month continued

 

How's this for poetry?  Create a poem using book titles!  This is our challenge at work, and while I am currently stumped I am chewing on it and hope to think of something!

Any ideas!?

(Thank you, Krista!  Great idea!)

 

The albatross around our necks

I received this in my email (thank you Sylvie) and the first time I watched it I was in tears... It's unimaginable how horrible it must feel to die this way: with a "full" belly and yet starving, or bleeding internally. 
So, can this film change how people live and how we deal with garbage in our day-to-day rush-rush world?  Will we finally learn that there is no magical "away" when we throw things away?  It is ALL our backyard and these birds are our neighbours and our canaries in the cave. 
  One person commented that in Holland they have a special word for "trash thrown away on the street or nature":  they call it "roamtrash" and "it will find its way sooner or later to a river and then to the ocean; the womb of all live." -- Peter Smith

"Do we have the courage to face the realities of our time?" my sister asked, and answered, "I hope so, but think not. Very sad."  I'm a little more optimistic and believe that perhaps this film does have the power to inspire us to change.  I’m hoping so!!   Every living thing on the planet is hoping so!!

 

http://www.midwayfilm.com/index.html

more videos here: http://www.youtube.com/journeytomidway

In the April issue of Teddy Bear Review, an article was printed concerning the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic and Steiff's creation of mourning bears. Death, doom, destruction and Teddy bears! Yippy! I was so in my element reading this article, it transformed me from a "who cares?" to a "wow, this is cool!"! Ah, the power of the written word!

At the Library, I created a display revolving around the toy animals in the photos and the people in those photos. This display turned out beautifully, very eye-catching, informative and respectful.

A Steiff Polar Bear (1990s issue?), an unknown well-loved cat and my own Midsummer mohair black bear are enjoying the attention.

Fall in light, fall in light...

I was going through a pile of old correspondence that I had (before email changed our lives) with a number of Teddy artists and I was then looking them up online to see if they were still into soft sculpture and... they're dead. Mary Bures and Jean P. Armes (although I'm not completely certain about Jean, are you out there?) are, according to the web, dead from cancer. Not to forget Millie Gage and Charleen Kinser, probably the artist I admired most of all. Lorna Dee Johnson and Janice Comito are also nowhere to be found. Then I'm looking for a piece of music, the theme from the TV series "Dead Zone" and the musician, Jeff Buckley, is also dead. I'm feeling a little lost, alone and left behind.

March 2nd:  snowdrops erupting through the snow.  All the snow is gone now, far too early... I predict a wild Spring.