[ from a. addair who is listening to Keb' Mo' (Keb' Mo') ] Some things I’ve been reading about : “Many animals appear to have an instinctive aversion to genetically modified organisms (GMOs)…a farmer named Bill Lashmet performed a feeding experiment with his cows. He filled one trough with fifty pounds of genetically modified Bt [...] Continue Reading »
you, me, that rock with the lichen, and cucumber beetles : we’re all in this together
3reason for hope and curiosity
2[ from a. addair who is listening to Ben Harper and the Blind Boys of Alabama (There Will Be a Light) ] A few months ago I heard about a man (Slobodchikoff) who was trying to understand what prairie dogs are talking about as they chirp to one another from their burrow holes. The study [...] Continue Reading »
going into today
4(by Levon who is listening to Tyler James, “It took the fire”) My heart is full. From the bitterest loss to the strongest bond of togetherness, my heart is just full, and of what I don’t know. We miss someone and there is a void. For moments, the same longing can make a houseful [...] Continue Reading »
http://www.etsy.com/shop/ashleyaddair
0My house today. As you can see, the inventory of paintings is doing well. Many of them are submitted for upcoming shows, but I’m listing what I can at Etsy.com. If you’d like to look, we’d be happy to let you in. I’ll have the gallery finished sometime tomorrow. Seven paintings [...] Continue Reading »
for our friends in Tuxtla Gutierrez
4[ from the both of us and we're listening to Radiohead (Amnesiac) ] Written for Jessica and Edwin’s wedding: We are honored to be standing here with you on this day. Our wish to you is that marriage will bring you joy, laughter, adventure, and gratitude, all of which are gifts you bring to us. [...] Continue Reading »
still thankful for thanksgiving (a sister, dad, and cousins)
0[ from a. addair who is listening to French Kicks (Swimming) ] “…that we come to appreciate and enjoy nature’s laws, learning to live within a self-renewing ecological home, we discover there’s more than enough for all to live well.” -Frances Moore Lappe