in times long ago, on the edges of our collective memory, the old women were the ones sought out for their wisdom. i think it’s time to take note of these ways gone by and start listening to the old women.
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/04/10/433/
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ok…this is kinda cool and makes me happy to have proof that humans aren’t the only smart creatures in the forest (as if anyone could believe otherwise given our dismal display over the centuries)
go here for the story with photos:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=447527&in_page_id=1770
——–the story——–
Bus drivers have nicknamed a white cat Macavity after it has started using the No 331 several mornings a week.
The feline, which has a purple collar, gets onto the busy Walsall to Wolverhampton bus at the same stop most mornings – he then jumps off at the next stop 400m down the road, near a fish and chip shop.
The cat, nicknamed Macavity, has one blue eye and one green eye
The cat was nicknamed Macavity after the mystery cat in T.S Elliot’s poem. He gets on the bus in front of a row of 1950s semi-detached houses and jumps off at a row of shops down the road which include a fish and chip shop.
Driver Bill Khunkhun, 49, who first saw the cat jumping from the bus in January, said: “It is really odd, the first time I saw the cat jumping off the bus with a group of passengers. I hadn’t seen it get on which was a bit confusing.
“The next day I pulled up on Churchill Road to let a couple of passengers on. As soon as I opened the doors the cat ran towards the bus, jumped on and ran under one of the seats, I don’t think any of the passengers noticed.
“Because I had seen it jump off the day before I carried on driving and sure enough when I stopped just down the road he jumped off – I don’t know why he would catch the bus but he seems to like it. I told some of the other drivers on this route and they have seen him too.”
Since January, when the cat first caught the bus he has done it two or three times a week and always gets on and off at the same stops.
Passenger, Paul Brennan, 19, who catches the 331 to work, said: “I first noticed the cat a few weeks ago. At first I thought it had been accompanied by its owner but after the first stop it became quite clear he was on his own.
“He sat at the front of the bus, waited patiently for the next stop and then got off. It was was quite strange at first but now it just seems normal. I suppose he is the perfect passenger really – he sits quietly, minds his own business and then gets off.”
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so, the follow up with the surgeon was better than expected.
Actually, I’d expected the x-ray would show that the graft didn’t take and the screws and rods had all broken. Instead, despite my usual worst-luck-this-side-of-the-Mississippi, everything is good. The bone graft is grafting, the screws are screwed in and holding and I’m allowed out of the brace. I can walk as far as I want and I can do hills, so no more pacing the 200 feet of flat walk on our hilly street–it’s around the block from now on. I can even drive (only for short jaunts, but after 6 weeks of confinement, I’ll take it and be happy about it too).
Starting Monday, it’s off to physical therapy 3x a week for the next 7 weeks. I can’t wait to get my muscles back. It’s amazing what slashing the back muscles does to your hamstrings and abdominals. Don’t ask me how, but the hams are tight and the abs are, shall we say, not so tight.
anyway…
I don’t care. I’m fine. The bones and hardware are fine and the brace is off.
It’s good. It’s all good.
something to look forward to: I’ve ordered copies of the x-rays with the screws and rods…I will be scanning and posting them, and then making art out of them.
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a friend of mine sent me this fascinating article about art/beauty and the rushed world of the commuter. it’s long but very worth the read.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040401721.html
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very worthwhile read:
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/04/06/342/ -
oh sigh sigh sigh
we just can’t get anything right, can we? i’m almost at the point of giving up any and all hope for us. we’re going out with our pockets full of cash and we’re taking some of the most amazing creatures with us.destruction and mass extinction by palm oil:
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/04/04/296/as the coral reef goes, so goes the fish:
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/04/04/303/ethanol vs food, or how to do it wrong (as usual)
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/04/04/306/and one small squeak in the right direction (too little too late?):
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/04/04/307/
Croneswood Art 