In National Geographic magazine of animal mummies edition is a picture where Mantis catches hummingbird.
When a lion eats into a deer, the power play is visible but with a mantis, one only learns of the deceptive strength in it.
Net Galley Challenge
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Deep sea
In a big hall
the ceiling has an
aquarium
with a large whale
with a fin missing
There are couple other
whales with all fins.
There are many other
small fish too
For the beautiful scene
that it is,
should someone break the glass
the whole room will be the
deep sea.
**********
In this dream, I wear long hangings with flexible smaller ones adding length. I usually go for small ones.
the ceiling has an
aquarium
with a large whale
with a fin missing
There are couple other
whales with all fins.
There are many other
small fish too
For the beautiful scene
that it is,
should someone break the glass
the whole room will be the
deep sea.
**********
In this dream, I wear long hangings with flexible smaller ones adding length. I usually go for small ones.
Mirth around the earth
The geography of bliss. I saw this book at library but I hadnt picked it then. I recognised the authors name this time and decided to give the book a try.
Even though his journey is in search of the 'where they are happy and why', we get to preview his view on journalism, paradise.
Tsechu
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
23.1 point turn driving
Marian Keyes, narrates the chaos of endless fashion products arriving in her mail in the essay 'The nicest thing that ever happened to me' in the book Under the Duvet. One day the tap dries up.
In 'Given the boot', she puts her horror in words at the sight of mismatched boots in a very cinematic style.
Her experiences with not accomodating feng shui into her new house, becoming a gardener against her will, getting a drivers license and loads of practice before that are all very hilarious.
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Memoirs of a Dutiful daughter
As a child she read stories by Madame de Segur, Zenaide Fleuriot,Charles Perault, Madame d Aulnoy, Canon Schmid, Topffer, Becassine, Francois Caradec, adventures of sapper camember, Sans Famille, Paul d Ivoi, Andre Laurie.
As a child she read stories by Madame de Segur, Zenaide Fleuriot,Charles Perault, Madame d Aulnoy, Canon Schmid, Topffer, Becassine, Francois Caradec, adventures of sapper camember, Sans Famille, Paul d Ivoi, Andre Laurie.
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Selachology
Demon Fish will enlarge your shark knowledge from the 'Jaws'. It was amazing to know that sharks reproduce anywhere from 2 to 100 young. With reference to shark gods and the Lemebe legend, the author pulls the readers in to the book.
Shark virgin births add to the mystery of sharks.
Shivji moved from studying plants to sharks.
Ammer in Raja Ampat
Shark repellants to keep humans and sharks apart.
on NPR
Selachology
Shark virgin births add to the mystery of sharks.
Shivji moved from studying plants to sharks.
Ammer in Raja Ampat
Shark repellants to keep humans and sharks apart.
on NPR
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Another dream
What law is it
where you can not
put things back
into the package
they came from
My dresses wouldnt
fit into the baggage
When I go back to
retrieve my baggage
A session is on
in the room
I have to forget
about all the
stuff that I was
carrying.
where you can not
put things back
into the package
they came from
My dresses wouldnt
fit into the baggage
When I go back to
retrieve my baggage
A session is on
in the room
I have to forget
about all the
stuff that I was
carrying.
A dream
Under a low wooden deck
I lie watching the sky
filled with dark clouds to the
side of deck facing the ocean
As a ship passes by
I feel the water
undulating me
I lie watching the sky
filled with dark clouds to the
side of deck facing the ocean
As a ship passes by
I feel the water
undulating me
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Life in Abstract America
A Good American
The author is an immigrant to Missouri. There lies his main interest of the book. The book is narrated by James who ' was the only one who had nowhere but to look back'. He is the grandchild of the German immigrant couple who are fortunate to meet helpful people.
The narrator writes of an eventful life of his family, ancestors and the community. The book is interesting to read but not something that will leave an indelible impression on your mind. The first generation's struggle has the reader spell bound with how things are going to work out for them. I kept wondering how would Joseph's success story be. The book delivers with its unexpected twists and the narrator learning his own story while yarning out the rest of the town's. The story always stays within the town limits. The extremes are provided in the stories by making the families incomplete with either a father or mother sacrificed for the story. In every alternate chapter, theres a death.
With a lot of 'tiger mom' gusto to music, I expected something grand from the family members. 'A Good American' seemed a good context for the first generation's story to hinge on. For Joseph looked at America as a place where 'future was the only thing that mattered'.But the later on generations had too quotidian a life.
Author's interest in jazz music, playing sax and cooking/eating are all reflected in the book with a bar with live music turned to a restaurant back to bar.
4/5
Whats worthy of poetry?
Kaadedi kavitakanarham kukkapilla, sabbu billa, aggi pulla - Sri sri
This telugu line means that even a puppy, soap bar or a match stick are not incapable of being poetry subjects.
A note about the titles in the book. They are common places that you encounter in your life. The poet's palette is full of the most familiar and obvious elements like the restroom indispensables of soap and towel.
His
Of the canned goods and foodstuffs
Stacked in columns onto columns
Under columns pushed together
Into walls of shelves
Of aisles all celestially effacing
...
Of bodies that have picked
Packed unpacked and placed
in the poem `Supermarket' are reminiscent of the pepsi and cola cans which have been arranged in different colors to form human features.
His choice of words looms at you like the blocks in a tetris game. The reader is required to be on their toes.
His `Parkbench' poem is a juxtaposition of all things and events that happen in and around a park bench in the endless reel of time.
Even though the poet writes on everyday objects, he makes them interesting by discarding their static being and imbuing them with an organic quality. For example, in
`Stone Church'
Each stone is another
stones resistance
A note about the titles in the book. They are common places that you encounter in your life. The poet's palette is full of the most familiar and obvious elements like the restroom indispensables of soap and towel.
His
Of the canned goods and foodstuffs
Stacked in columns onto columns
Under columns pushed together
Into walls of shelves
Of aisles all celestially effacing
...
Of bodies that have picked
Packed unpacked and placed
in the poem `Supermarket' are reminiscent of the pepsi and cola cans which have been arranged in different colors to form human features.
His choice of words looms at you like the blocks in a tetris game. The reader is required to be on their toes.
His `Parkbench' poem is a juxtaposition of all things and events that happen in and around a park bench in the endless reel of time.
Even though the poet writes on everyday objects, he makes them interesting by discarding their static being and imbuing them with an organic quality. For example, in
`Stone Church'
Each stone is another
stones resistance
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Bell ringer
At Bashas, I saw a person ringing a bell. I didnt know that they represented salvation army.
Sunday, December 18, 2011
MapHead
Map watching, the author picked places which have similar outline.
Third culture kid
California map society
Travelers century club
Lilly Gaskin
National geographic bee
Sylvie and Bruno inspired Borge's story On exactitude in science
Degree confluence project
Collecting: An unruly passion
Antipode map
How to essays by Umberto Eco has On the Impossibility of Drawing a Map of the Empire on a Scale of 1 to 1.”, in the line of Carroll and Borge's work.
Map watching, the author picked places which have similar outline.
Third culture kid
California map society
Travelers century club
Lilly Gaskin
National geographic bee
Sylvie and Bruno inspired Borge's story On exactitude in science
Degree confluence project
Collecting: An unruly passion
Antipode map
How to essays by Umberto Eco has On the Impossibility of Drawing a Map of the Empire on a Scale of 1 to 1.”, in the line of Carroll and Borge's work.
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Each book has a secret
The mystery of metamorphosis
Amazon review
Sand hoppers use their visual cues in calculating the tide occurence.
Did dolphins learn sponging from Sponge crab ?
Mollusc and human eyes
Radial symmetry evolution
Larva and starfish - Luidia arsi
Cephalopods have three hearts and blue blood
Francis Balfour
Octopus mom cares for her young and dies. Penguin parents have to travel far to fed themselves.
Reflections on a summer sea
The great peacock moth
The Life of the caterpillar
Amazon review
Sand hoppers use their visual cues in calculating the tide occurence.
Did dolphins learn sponging from Sponge crab ?
Mollusc and human eyes
Radial symmetry evolution
Larva and starfish - Luidia arsi
Cephalopods have three hearts and blue blood
Francis Balfour
Octopus mom cares for her young and dies. Penguin parents have to travel far to fed themselves.
Reflections on a summer sea
The great peacock moth
The Life of the caterpillar
Friday, December 16, 2011
Great hall of Beijing 2005 -pg 25
A tea pot in a saucer
A cup next to it
for every political adviser
in each of the red velvet chairs
in rows of wooden tables.
A woman in red
stocks them one by one
In the empty hall
of name tags.
A tea pot in a saucer
A cup next to it
for every political adviser
in each of the red velvet chairs
in rows of wooden tables.
A woman in red
stocks them one by one
In the empty hall
of name tags.
Idea hunter
What is more likely to hold us back as individuals - a lack of things or a lack of ideas? - Andy Boynton.
Authors blog
What is more likely to hold us back as individuals - a lack of things or a lack of ideas? - Andy Boynton.
Authors blog
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
How much should a local phone call cost?
There are many cases where people have been charged exorbitantly for local calls.
ILD Telecommunications has a D+ rating.
TMobile connects and charges calls to Mexico and Canada, even though you disable international calls.
TMobile does not disable international calls for the phones added o family plan. When the billing is taken care of by the primary account holder, shouldnt the settings be default from that account.
ILD Telecommunications has a D+ rating.
TMobile connects and charges calls to Mexico and Canada, even though you disable international calls.
TMobile does not disable international calls for the phones added o family plan. When the billing is taken care of by the primary account holder, shouldnt the settings be default from that account.
Monday, December 12, 2011
Sunday, December 11, 2011
The woman who swallowed her cat
Now why am I reading 'gruesome' tales while even birthing videos make me cry.
Now why am I reading 'gruesome' tales while even birthing videos make me cry.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Vet tales
All my patients kick and bite
The author begins the book with a mishap. In the first chapter, he begins with a caveat- 'no friends pets' that might be translated to any vocation dealing with the health of a person.
Lamas need toenail care
Horses cant throw up
Impaction
Prolapsed uterus in cow
Prolapsed uterus
Hysterectomy
I was curious about how a caesarian is performed few weeks ago. I didnt know that the uterus could be sewn too. I didnt know that hysterectomy has risks of prolapse.
A pregnant mother reflex. To hold belly while sneezing.
The dolphin in the mirror
On saving Humphrey
Beaching
oikomi
sonars effect on dolphins
Diana Reiss
The author points that we would never slaughter chimps then why dolphins?
Dolphin giving a timeout. Imagine the beautiful rings that it can make in water and starting over again to make perfect ones like erasing a slate.
On Diane rehm show
dolphins sponging - tool use
cooperative feeding
The Cove
If there is magic
I wonder how 'Dolphin Diaries' book is.
On saving Humphrey
Beaching
oikomi
sonars effect on dolphins
Diana Reiss
The author points that we would never slaughter chimps then why dolphins?
Dolphin giving a timeout. Imagine the beautiful rings that it can make in water and starting over again to make perfect ones like erasing a slate.
On Diane rehm show
dolphins sponging - tool use
cooperative feeding
The Cove
If there is magic
I wonder how 'Dolphin Diaries' book is.
Happy Chaos
Punky brewster
review
Author's interview
Another interview
The author says that nobody told her about the granny panties after delivery. A child birth preparation class is to prepare you for such things. At first I thought it was a joke when the instructor showed the pads. If not for the author, I wouldnt know that you need ice pack after delivery. If the author had read Anne Lamott's Operating Instructions book, she would know of the possibility of a poop during the labour.
Punky brewster
review
Author's interview
Another interview
The author says that nobody told her about the granny panties after delivery. A child birth preparation class is to prepare you for such things. At first I thought it was a joke when the instructor showed the pads. If not for the author, I wouldnt know that you need ice pack after delivery. If the author had read Anne Lamott's Operating Instructions book, she would know of the possibility of a poop during the labour.
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