http://jean.mackenzieward.ca 42 e O Poema Neccessario (and no, it is not mispelled) Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:59:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en William R. Foust, formerly of Palatine, died Friday, March 31, 2000, in Memphis, Tenn., following an extended illness. Mr. Foust was born in Jackson, Tenn. http://jean.mackenzieward.ca/2009-06-08/mr-foust-is-not-in-the-house-today/ I hope that you are able to enjoy the snow. Today the sun is shining...I looked out the window and saw something that was amazing. In the large space formed underneath the branch of a large tree, I saw sparkling that danced in the air. I don't know what caused it. ... http://jean.mackenzieward.ca/2008-01-12/diamonds-in-the-sky/ The snow is white and crisp and stays there. Our neighbour uses his snow machine. I marvel at this. Who would have thought about a machine that shoveled snow. I like the smell of it. [The snow, not the machine!] The sound of the crunch under foot when ... http://jean.mackenzieward.ca/2007-12-13/the-more-it-snowstiddly-pum/ Stories, if they are well thought out, can often teach us useful things about all of us and our lives together. I'm a great fan of Douglas Adams because he wrote very compassionately. One of my many favourite passages of his Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is as follows. This ... http://jean.mackenzieward.ca/2007-11-17/be-kind/ I am very interested in following the progress of the L. A. writers' strike. What might be the outcomes? Better pay and working conditions? Is any hope for better quality and more complex narrative scripts; and fewer or breaks for advertisements in those narratives? I've very nearly given up watching ... http://jean.mackenzieward.ca/2007-11-12/8/ Wm R. Foust, was my art teacher in High School. He is a unusual person. Hanging out in his dept. and being in his classes kept me from 'drowning'. He helped me realize my abilities, not just to draw and to paint. He encouraged all of us to talk about ... http://jean.mackenzieward.ca/2007-11-08/wm-r-foust-can-i-still-have-a-hall-pass/ I've been listening to Brazilian music today while I also tried to get some work done. I heard some of the music that I first heard there. When I reheard it today it moved me greatly. This music 'caught me' unawares when we lived there and it still does. ... http://jean.mackenzieward.ca/2007-11-07/going-back-is-never-quite-the-same/ This belongs to yesterday's view. Well, I can't seem to work out what the day is, whether it is the 5th today, or the the 6th... by the time I finish this entry it will definitely be the 7th,  which is what I had thought it was in the first ... http://jean.mackenzieward.ca/2007-11-06/november-6th-2007-the-past-is-another-country/ November 4th, 2007 - Still moving. Still breathing. The phase in my life as a "semi-migrant" is a few months shy of 3 years - I've been moving a lot since 2004 but I'm working on the "stopping" part. It has meant new adventures for me some of which were ... http://jean.mackenzieward.ca/2007-11-04/hello-world/