Entries from January 2006
DREAMS
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
- Langston Hughes
“I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith”
- 2 Timothy 4:7 (WBS)
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Tags: Ethnic Minority · General · theWord
This has turned into an interesting week for this back-woods and marshy metropolis. An oxymoron? That’s Seattle. But as of today, the entire state is involved.
First, on Sunday, our long-suffering Seattle Seahawks won not just a playoff game, but the highest rank in its conference, and with it won a chance […]
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Tags: Gay/SGL
Read Steven Fullwood’s piece about getting on Oprah Winfrey’s bad side (Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid) if you want to laugh, or just look at this picture in its full size. This’ll make you laugh…
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Tags: General
Good lord! Where has the time gone? I forgot all about this. 1975-6… which means they were recording this in 1974-5 the year I lost my cherished sombrero in the California desert. I was not happy.
We were on our way to “Amabama” as one friend called it. […]
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Tags: Ethnic Minority · General
The Smallest Witnesses: The conflict in Darfur through childrens’ eyes
What:
Panel and Reception
Date:
February 1
Time:
6:30 pm
Location:
Odegaard Library ~ University of Washington - Seattle
Featuring: Human Rights Watch investigator Olivier Bercault, who collected the drawings. Bercault has documented human rights violations in Sudan, Chad, Afghanistan and Iraq; Nancy Farwell, Chair of the African Studies Department […]
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Tags: General
Justin Hall reviews “…and let the choir say AMEN!” by Caesar Brunswick
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Tags: Ethnic Minority · Gay/SGL · theWord
I love collecting the state quarters that have been coming out for the past few years now. Today, I took my first look at the choices for the Washington State quarter. I think they’re pretty good even though they fall on the side of being incomplete.
Design #1
This design I like the nature […]
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Tags: Ethnic Minority · General