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"Everybody's worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there's a really easy way: stop participating in it."
- Noam Chomsky
not mine but wish it was... one of my lifelong dreams is to see the aurora borealis as vividly as this... i've seen it only a couple of times, once faintly in the skies above the twin cities and once fairly clearly from the window of an airplane flying from dallas to minneapolis... just imagine seeing it like this...
it's stunning natural beauty like this that reminds me of what's really important in life and helps me transcend the human-generated bullshit that rains down continuously...
i mentioned in the previous post that we were going over to an afghan friend and colleague's house this afternoon to fly kites from his roof... here's some shots from just a few hours ago...
Preparing the kite
Launching the kite
Kite-flying intensity
High-flying kite (right) and crescent moon (left)
and, finally, a video clip of some of the action...
Saturday photo and videoblogging from last Sunday and yesterday
yes, folks, it's a TWO-COUNTRY bonus...!
last sunday, my landlady and i went to one of my favorite spots, feria mataderos, in barrio mataderos, buenos aires... i wanted to pick up a few things to bring back to the states and also to soak in the essence of argentina one more time before flying out the next day... after enjoying the fair proper, we adjourned to an adjacent park where there is always plenty of things going on, people enjoying picnics, pick-up games of fútbol, and, of course, music, always music... off to the side, there were a bunch of folks dancing murga and i managed to get a decent video clip...
Murga is a form of popular musical theatre performed primarily in Montevideo, Uruguay during the Carnival season. A different sort of Murga groups ... also operate in Argentina (mainly during Buenos Aires Carnival), though to a much lesser extent, and the main difference is that Argentinian murga centers around dancing, and not vocals, as Uruguayan murga does.
now that i'm back in northern nevada, i'm enjoying the regular first-rate sky show of clouds and colors at sunset... here's a few from last evening...
if you look closely at both photos above and below, you will be able to see faint traces of turquoise and pink in the cloud formation...
and, of course, what would a northern nevada photoblogging session, particularly posted by ME, be without a sunset...?
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