My 61st Birthday Day

My Birthday Day has come and gone. Saturday most of my family was in town because Metta was graduating from Ithaca College on Sunday so I offered my house for everyone to gather. What I didn’t count on was getting my teeth done the Wednesday before and boy am I sore. Everyone pitched in and made the day much easier for me. Gary had gone to Philly to help Brian clean out his studio then he drove home arriving around 7pm. everyone seemed to have a wonderful time it was heartwarming to hear the house filled with chatterer family members cancelled their scheduled plans to come to the house and be with family. Mom would be proud. Liz gave me my birthday present, which included a hand knit fire engine red scarf and mitten along with some other lovely gifts. Liz was told by her instructor that she had the spirit of an experienced knitter – it showed in the workmanship of the scarf!

I had to but off getting, an iphone because of the monthly fee so I am exploring selling some stuff on eBay only time will tell. Brian had given me the picture of Tokyo Crouse it is beautiful and hanging on the wall as you go up the stair. Gary and Jenni gave me an Audible Book from the series I love to read. Gary and I were to go out for dinner but I couldn’t chew and then we planned to go out to Eder’s for ice-cream but it was overcast and cold. I am still looking into Gary’s present luckily; I have time until the 24^th

From Farming to Fracking

Happy Mother's

Happy Mother's Day Mom...I miss you

My feelings today

A day without sunshine that I so desparitely crave

Clouds just waiting to unburden their lot

 A breeze makes me want to stay inside

Looking for the light that will get me through the day

 Unfortunately, this forecast is to continue throughout the week

 My muscles will ache and my spirit drop while waiting for the SUN to

reemerge

Brian's One Man Show

An article put out by "theartblog" by Ben Meyer is reporting on Brian's One Man Show in Philadelphia.

Can’t Find My Way Home: Brian Spies on fracking at the Hex Factory
By ben meyer April 30, 2012 · 3 Comments

Brian Spies’ installation piece “Can’t Find My Way Home,” on display through May 31 at The Hex Factory in Fishtown, is a full-throated artistic roar against the insanity of “hydro-fracking,” the groundwater-polluting, ecosystem-destroying domestic oil-drilling technology currently in use in Pennsylvania and across the country. The exhibition combines Spies’ black-and-white photography of Dimock, PA, described by Spies as an “epicenter for the debate about ‘fracking,’” with photocopied print-outs of news articles about the situation in Dimock upon which Spies has written his comments, corrections and criticism.

http://www.theartblog.org/2012/04/cant-find-my-way-home-brian-spies-on-fracking-at-the-hex-factory/

This Dog is so cute