Lisa Markley CD Release
Jan/25/2007 07:58 AM Filed in: Balcony
People
This is last minute notice, but a very old friend of
mine is having her CD Release party this evening.
List Markley's new CD "The Sky is Blue and Sometimes
Cries" will be featured at a great show tonight at
Sons of Hermann Hall:
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MLK Day 07
Jan/15/2007 11:33 AM Filed in: Life Happens
This morning, I am remembering
this entry
from two years ago today.
I hope you are honoring the holiday. In case you need a reminder of why we celebrate this day, here's one of Dr. King's more famous speeches: (Read the rest. Click here)
I hope you are honoring the holiday. In case you need a reminder of why we celebrate this day, here's one of Dr. King's more famous speeches: (Read the rest. Click here)
Art and Soul of North Texas
Jan/12/2007 08:22 AM Filed in: Angels and
Pins
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For those of us interested in the connection between art and spirituality (and, actually, I hope that is most of us...) there's a new local podcast out there that you need to check out.
It's called "Art and Soul of North Texas," and it's created by my friend Shelly Niebuhr. Shelly is a wonderful artist herself --a musician and painter-- and you may know her as half of the duo "ClarySage."
The website says that "Art and Soul of North Texas" is: "Inspiring conversations with ordinary people creating extraordinary art."
Each podcast is an extended interview with a local musician/artist about their art, and about the way that spirit and art collide. Here's some of what Sherry says about the podcast on her site: (Read the rest. Click here)
Humiliation Theory and Terrorism
Jan/04/2007 07:21 AM Filed in: Angels and
Pins
While surfing the
Morning News Views blog
this week, I stumbled on
a fascinating
link,
posted by Keven Ann Willey. The article is from a
publication called "Democracy: A Journal of
Ideas," and the title is
"A Matter of Pride: Why We Can't
Buy Off the Next Osama bin
Laden.
It seems to me that the insights of this essay are quite good. So, I wanted to blog about it here because my sincere hope is that ideas like this might be more seriously discussed in the mainstream. The more blogs that pick it up, the more it might actually get out there and get discussed in the real world. (Read the rest. Click here)
It seems to me that the insights of this essay are quite good. So, I wanted to blog about it here because my sincere hope is that ideas like this might be more seriously discussed in the mainstream. The more blogs that pick it up, the more it might actually get out there and get discussed in the real world. (Read the rest. Click here)