Street Art: Turkeys and Misfits

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"Meet me at the skate park on Saturday."

Birdhouses: Stone Cottage

Stone birdhouse in Nyack, NY.

You should know I love birdhouses and tree houses, because they are mini houses for animals and kiddies. Babies!! And baby houses!! They are so cute and they come in so many varieties. If you like them, too (chicks <cough> chicks), check out my Pinterest boards. I post lots of pictorial content on there that's way different from here. http://pinterest.com/mariedoucette/birdhouses-and-treehouses/ 

Here's hoping your day includes some charm.

Small Town America: River Towns

View of the Tappen Zee from Nyack, NY.

Oceans are one thing, and big ass rivers are quite another. Townspeople by the Hudson will tell you that the river is as fierce as you would expect a major artery to the Atlantic Ocean to be. Anyone whose driven along the Palisades State Parkway will tell you that the fog bank that rolls off it at night is like something out of a horror movie: thick, impassable, and almost tangibly powerful enough not to be cut through with a car. We've all had those nights when you simply follow the tail lights in front of you, hoping that car doesn't drive right off the road, and that's how we get through it.

Picket fences and a very big river.

There remain no lights to lead the way, because of it's Federal Park status. Some folks swear they "know" the road by heart, but any good pilot will tell you that the true test for them is flying solely by instruments, because looking out the window does you no good, and that's exactly how it feels. It's scary, surreal, and wild, and that's the way it goes with forces of nature: you're not in control. That's what makes great adventures. What adventures will you have?

Small Town America: Nyack Memorial Park

Nyack Memorial Park, Memorial Day Weekend 2013

Hello, Readers! This weekend may have begun cool and rainy, but it ends with something grand: the remembrance of heroes past. I started practicing Tai Chi Chuan again, here in this beautiful park (weather permitting) and at the end of class, our venerable Lao Shi (Teacher), told us that it is a law for Americans to take a moment of silence today at 3:00 pm for our vets. 

Of course, no one will come to your house and arrest you if you don't, representing another brilliant, beautiful part of our shared American experience: freedom. Oftentimes, I make work about the inequities and flaws within our system, but it is always done with the greatest of love. 

I believe that our society and government represent the ultimate experiment ever endeavored in the history of the human race: the quest for a true equality. That's certainly something worth fighting for, don't you think? All of us living together in relative harmony, here on Earth. It's a lovely thought, and a worthy ideal. Peace! Osu!