Storytime is back at the library for granddaughter. I drove over yesterday to be a part of it. I recognized many familiar faces of parents and kids and new additions to their families from last time, as well as several new families participating. The same librarian leads storytime, and she is wonderful in building enthusiasm…
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Music that strikes a chord: “Hope is the thing with feathers” by Rhiannon Giddens UPDATE — Democracy Now! video
Rhiannon Giddens has a new album out on Nonesuch Records label called, “Hope is the Thing with Feathers.” Here is the title track. It is not only the music but the video, which shows the artist creating the album cover using multi-media collage, that strikes a chord with me. From the Nonesuch newsletter: Rhiannon Giddens…
#FFF 76 MMA’s 97th Michigan Contemporary Art Exhibition
In addition to the female animators exhibit going on at the Muskegon Museum of Art is the Annual Contemporary Art Exhibit. This year is its 97th. Granddaughter had a lot to do with the pace we went through, so little time for photos. Will try to get back there while it is still going and…
Female Animator Exhibit at Muskegon Museum of Art
This past Sunday some of the family went canoeing and some of us went to the Muskegon Museum of Art. One of the exhibits was about female animators. It included many drawings, colorings, and biographies by them. They had kiosks set up that showed some neat early ones, including “silhouette animation.” They also set up…
Warts and All: An Ekphrastic Pondering
Warts and All: An Ekphrastic Pondering Sagacious-eyed, panoptic lumpy godsendPrimordial, a polar sprout, a forked tooth.A state unplaced, outside of time, alleged, A boulder rests, that’s bold yet bland. A rough sleuthIngests all dust ingredients to swirl cake,Its vortex cached with ev’ry seasoned spice sooth. In petroglyphic fashion, fetish-carved castBeyond a culture’s judgment, baking new…
#FFF 75 (on Thursday) fmg 042826
Even though Chihuly’s exhibit doesn’t open until May 2, there is plenty of it out and about on the grounds of Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park. Tuesday was a beautiful day to walk around. Sunny and slightly chilly as the sun started going down. Links to learn more about the 2 sculptures included here:…
A2Z 2026 Zemyna, Links to all posts, Concluding statement, and links to my favorite A2Z 2026 blogs (LONG)
Žemyna (Lithuanian) Zemyna Shrine ŽemynaOther names known by:ŽemljaPerkunateléŽemynėlė or Žemelė) (from Lithuanian: žemė – earth/)Žemyna stems from the name of Proto-Indo-European Earth-goddess *Dʰéǵʰōm, which relates to Thracian Žemele (‘mother earth’) and Greek Semelē (Σεμέλη.) Žemyna is the earth-goddess and is a psychopomp of the dead. She is usually regarded as mother goddess and one of the chief Lithuanian gods similar to Latvian Žemes māte. She personifies the fertile earth and nourishes all life on…
