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| Pop's freshly-washed Old Navy unmentionables are now MINE! |
These last few weeks, all I've been doing is posting about TW and Pop and social commentary. This week will be about ME (and nothing but ME)!
I LOVE laying on nice, clean clothes right out of the dryer. Actually, I also love laying on Pop's sweaty clothes when he first takes them off cos they smell like my Pop. TW has ruined this part of my enjoyment by telling Pop that his good shirts were getting these mysterious "pulls" in them that she excused ME of deliberately doing. That is why I attacked her last night. HAH! I had her screaming and pleading for mercy from ME. Now enough about her, because this week is about ME!
As the old Melanie song goes, "There's a chance peace will come in your life, please buy one." Peace came in my life and it was FREE! Gratis, thanks to an art project by Nicaraguan-born artist Franck de Las Mercedes. This is my very first Blog Blast for Peace, although I've used this platform to write about TW and Pop's involvement with the Peace Movement, going back to their childhood. This post, however, isn't about them. I thought I'd revisit the Peace Box Project aka Priority Box Project, which is still going strong a year after I originally wrote about it. You can read the post in the tab at the top of the page or here. While you're reading, you can listen to songs of peace by clicking on the widget on the sidebar.
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| CK with her Peace Box |
The first boxes were sent to friends and then he placed an ad on Craig's List, to which he received over 100 responses. Since then, Mr. de Las Mercedes and the Project have received much media coverage and has just celebrated its 5th anniversary. Because of the volume of requests, it can take four to eight weeks to receive a box within the U.S., and up to 10 months outside of it.
The series is funded by the artist, contributions and "Handle with Care" T-shirt sales. He hasn't been willing to accept a sponsorship that would brand his boxes. Keeping them free "sends a message that there are some things you can't put a price on, like peace, joy, hope, justice."
On the left is a sample of the Peace Flyers Project, which was launched in January. The concept is you can make a difference in your community by printing and posting one or more of these flyers for all to see, and take a symbol of Peace and Hope with them. You can download them as Word documents or jpegs from his web site.
Mr. de Las Mercedes' art isn't limited to the Priority Box Project. He's an incredibly talented abstract artist in his own right, as you can see from the collage below.
For interested classrooms or companies, Mr. de Las Mercedes is giving Priority Boxes Workshops. Please contact nicolab@fdlmstudio.com
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| Peace flyer. Click to enlarge |
Mr. de Las Mercedes' art isn't limited to the Priority Box Project. He's an incredibly talented abstract artist in his own right, as you can see from the collage below.
For interested classrooms or companies, Mr. de Las Mercedes is giving Priority Boxes Workshops. Please contact nicolab@fdlmstudio.com
To request a "Priority Box," send an e-mail to fdlmboxes@fdlmstudio.com. Please include your name, address and tell them you read about the boxes on this blog. Only ONE box will be sent per requester/e-mail. No, it's not cool to send for another one from a different e-mail cos that would be something a Republican would do. HAH! Everyone who requests one will definitely get one and Mr. de Las Mercedes would love to see pictures when your box arrives.
If you don't like to wait, for a $25 contribution, your 5 x 5 x 5 box will ship within a week of order. Proceeds help the artist cover the project's costs for shipping and supplies.
You can own a work of art for the asking. Art is not solely for the 1%. Now we, the 99%, can also enjoy it, thanks to The Priority Box Project.
You can own a work of art for the asking. Art is not solely for the 1%. Now we, the 99%, can also enjoy it, thanks to The Priority Box Project.
I wasn't sure what was going on either yesterday but TW assures me that she was talking about Macoun Apples—not Maine Coons. She just wasn't pronouncing the name correctly. Her diction isn't nearly as good as mine. This is what Wikipedia says about them:
Macoun apples are a cross between the McIntosh and Jersey Black varieties. The Macoun (sometimes pronounced "McCowan") was developed at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, by R. Wellington. Named after Canadian fruit grower W.T. Macoun, it was first introduced in 1923, and has been regarded to be the finest eating apple in the World. Macouns are also very popular at roadside stands and pick-your-own farms. Availability is generally October through November.I still don't think TW is the sharpest tool in the shed. Na mean? We didn't have apples in da hood. We had FRIED CHICK-HEN!
Aside from its short season of availability, the popularity of the apple is somewhat compromised by the problems it gives orchardists. The Macoun has a short stem, and there is a tendency for the apple to push itself off the branch as the fruit matures; also, the Macoun tends not to produce reliable crops each year, with a good harvest followed by a sparser one.
I think TW needs to see a doctor. I'm worried about how confused she's become lately. Correct me if I'm wrong, but a Maine Coon is a cat. My furrends MaggieTKat and Parker are Maine Coons. OK, TW will agree that a Maine Coon is a cat; however, she's been calling something else a Maine Coon. Maybe I'm the one who's confused. I doubt it.
TW and I have discovered we have at least one thing in common: neither of us likes fall and winter fruit. Although I don't like ANY fruit at all, she'll stuff her fat face with strawberries, peaches, plums, nectarines, cherries, etc. EWWWWW! YUCK!
Recently, she's been coming home from shopping all excited. It seems that after not seeing them for two years, she's finally found nirvana—I mean her favorite kind of apple, which has a very short season. Not only has she found them; they're only $1.89 a pound. Even better still, the cashier has been charging her for Macintosh apples, which are .99 a pound. Be still my feline heart! Oh, sorry, that's my gag reflex in action, not my heart fluttering. Honestly, the things that get human excited.
Trying to appear like I cared, I axed her what's the name of these apples that she won't let me play with and she answered "Maine Coon." I swear, that's what she said. I can't believe TW is so confused. I gotta get her to a doctor quickly.
TW and I have discovered we have at least one thing in common: neither of us likes fall and winter fruit. Although I don't like ANY fruit at all, she'll stuff her fat face with strawberries, peaches, plums, nectarines, cherries, etc. EWWWWW! YUCK!
Recently, she's been coming home from shopping all excited. It seems that after not seeing them for two years, she's finally found nirvana—I mean her favorite kind of apple, which has a very short season. Not only has she found them; they're only $1.89 a pound. Even better still, the cashier has been charging her for Macintosh apples, which are .99 a pound. Be still my feline heart! Oh, sorry, that's my gag reflex in action, not my heart fluttering. Honestly, the things that get human excited.
Trying to appear like I cared, I axed her what's the name of these apples that she won't let me play with and she answered "Maine Coon." I swear, that's what she said. I can't believe TW is so confused. I gotta get her to a doctor quickly.
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| Maine Coon on left; NOT a Maine Coon on right |
Thought I'd provide some Halloween fun, aka TREATS, for my furrends. Enjoy!
Sorry, I had to delete the original video from this post because it no longer exists on youtube. I wish everyone could've seen it. Don't you hate when music companies do that? Hiss!
And here's one starting the World's Most Stunning Cat. Musical clip is The Spooks are Coming by the Hawaiian Pups
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
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