Roasting Vegetables for Soup

It

feels

like

Fall

now.

SNL Tough on Obama, and Rightly So

Anyone else weirded-out, but not surprised, by the GOP's glee over losing the Olympic Bid??

read this article

Exactly what I have been thinking.

..." this episode (with the Olympic bid) illustrated an essential truth about the state of American politics: at this point, the guiding principle of one of our nation’s two great political parties is spite, pure and simple. If Republicans think something might be good for the president, they’re against it — whether or not it’s good for America."...
Paul Krugman

Toughies

the best Napkin Explanation ever...

Check out the Super Clear Napkin Slideshow about Healthcare...
just keep clicking the arrows...51 in all. Very well done!

Healthcare Napkins All

View more documents from Dan Roam.

We are going to be on the radio!

I am not sure exactly when we will get the live, semi out-of-the-blue call, but Brent AND Woofy will be talking to us about our CD.
They contacted us after hearing some of our songs....so, WOW! We are curious to see what happens. I wish we could actually see Woofy...Silas would be more into it, that's for sure. Right now phone conversations are difficult for him. He likes to talk about what's right in front of him. It often goes like this..."spidey slippers... and there is Mabel...and my lunchbox had a banana ...." A long string of non-sequiturs. Could be interesting.
You never know what Mac and Emmett might say on live radio either, not to mention MATT! Maybe not such a good idea afterall! ;)
I wonder if he's gonna ask us to sing?

Good One

NY Times article by Thomas Friedman. Check it out.

And, I will add, that Jon Stewart still remains one of the few to put the faux attacks from the right AND the left into perspective.

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
America: Target America
www.thedailyshow.com
Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Ron Paul Interview

These Boys are Hilarious

Post-Impromptu-Beach Day, Pre-Pokemon DS Marathon,
Funny Stuff.

Silas Love

Nana can't leave the house without Silas wanting to chase her down to hold up the
"I love you" sign.
He's proud he can do this with his fingers and wanted to show 'shadow Silas' ....and also to "photobooth it to Baby Feee". His words.
Update:check Craig Cami and Finley's Blog for some more love...

Cami's Website!

I just love the pictures on Cami's Photography website. If anyone knows any pregnant mama's who want this time captured in an awesome and natural kind of way, recommend Cami! Maybe she'll have to come for a West Coast/Work trip!!! ;)
...And when you checkout the website you get to hear the original version of "Again"...recorded in my office while tickling Silas!

Check it out HERE

A blast from the past for BeBe's Birthday!

WE Love YOU!!

this is a good one!

Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will Ferrell

get yourself a cup of tea and get peaceful...

International Day of Peace Assembly at SDCCS highlights...(some of you may need a tissue...)

Miss Morgan and her kindergarteners softening us all up...


Dmitry and Merrill and their 3rd graders singing in Hebrew... "shalom"...
(and, yes, that is a hobby horse microphone!)


what a wonderful world tear jerker...


hilarious 7th graders (with Mac on piano and Nick on guitar) singing "whirled peas"...


and of course, "all you need is love".
Happy Peace Day!!

Germ House.

First Silas, then Emmett...and let's hope it stops there because it's nasty.
We went to the doctor and it's not swine flu, just run of the mill flu/upper respiratory business and I refuse to get it. So there.
In line at the pharmacy they were both hacking and snotting so much into their shirts so as not to spread germs that it was comical.

A couple of people who were watching me say every 5 seconds, "cough catcher" or "cover your mouth with your shirt", finally said, "Wow. I bet it's really gross in there".
Tomorrow they go back to school. We'll see how that goes.

This face!

My niece Finley!
...thought of this little girl all day today (and during shavasin, cam!)
...she just started pre-school and is soooo her own happy self!
Just look at this face!!!
FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

"So I am just a muggle."

Mac regrets to inform you all that
although she is 11 years old
she did not, by Sept. 1rst, receive
her Hogwarts letter of acceptance...
and is therefore
a muggle.

Bummer.

collard greens and kale for days!

I made the best soup today (despite it being summer weather...)

But just look at it. There is no way the kids will even try this without some serious...garnish??

And bribery and promise of desert.

And Silas won't even try it I am sure. So sad.
It is really really yummy.

Vegan Greens Soup
Swiss chard, collard greens kale whatever... about 4 cups cut up very small like cole slaw.
1 onion, 3 cloves garlic, olive oil
one large potato cut small-ish
great northern beans I can or 1/4 cup dried
vegetable stock 2 boxes
bit of cumin, teaspoon fresh thyme leaves, bit of cinnamon, bit of curry, shake of red pepper flakes

saute the oil onion garlic spices first
add potato for a while
add then everything else
bring to a simmer and then reduce heat and cook on low until potatos are soft.
add parmesan if your are not vegan!

awesome!!

UPDATE: later that day...Emmett loves it. Happy to be wrong!

Everyone but Silas gave it the thumbs up!

coming home to this is the best...

Mac and Emmett have discovered that they can play the basics of almost any song by getting the chords online and sitting down together. This is a new development. Instead of the "pretend play" that used to go on around here, now they spend a lot of time doing this....and their childhood continues to evolve.
I LOVE IT.
Besides the fact that they are learning so much so quickly...they are also having so much FUN. This is the reason I made them practice. Not to be famous pianists but for this. Now, along with the tedious rigor of learning complete piano pieces and figuring out finger picking etc...they get to see why its so worth it. Suddenly it all makes sense! Hurray!!!

What are these people really protesting?

The big concerns seem to be that we will become a socialist country (hardly), that Obama is a fascist (they must be unclear about the definition), that he isn't even a citizen, that he is too smart and his speeches too fancy, that he's responsible for out of control government spending (war $ and tax refunds are o.k. though) and the rest of the folks seem to be misinformed about death panels killing granny and Obama taking away their guns. You know its hard not sound like an arrogant uppity liberal smarty pants when we are dealing with folks like this.

I am ALL for a protest. Where real concerns are brought into the light from the power of thousands of voices. But this is silly.

All in all, a very uneducated gathering. At least from what I can tell from these signs. (I didn't even include the ones misspelled as that is just too low a blow.)
The one civil, clear exception would be the little girl with the CUT SPENDING sign who, you can tell, really IS worried about government spending (on frivolous things like health care, I am sure.)
And then there are the racists who are shouting "racism".
Whole lot of convoluted fear mongering going on around here.

Julia Child

Saturday night mom and I finally got to do something together other than chat while cleaning the house...we went to dinner, frozen yogurt and then to see "Julie and Julia".
What a great movie full of the passions of life! So much fun! Thanks mama.