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Ten Beautiful Summer Dance Songs…

02 Tuesday Aug 2011

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© Lauren DiMarco

I would believe only in a god that knows how to dance.
Nietzsche

A local cover band had the entire crowd up dancing to these favorites:

1.   Beach Boys – California Girls
2.   Bananarama – Cruel Summer
3.   Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
4.   Sinceros – Take Me to Your Leader
5.   David Bowie – Let’s Dance
6.   B52’s – Love Shack
7.   Patti LaBelle – Lady Marmalade
8.   Black Box – Everybody, Everybody
9.   The Bee Gees – Stayin’ Alive
10. Prince – Cream

Model: Lauren DiMarco

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Beautiful SF Marathon Medal…

31 Sunday Jul 2011

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© Joan Currie

Every jogger can’t dream of being an Olympic champion, but he can dream of finishing a marathon. – Fred Lebow

I spotted several San Francisco marathoners strolling around The Mission District after the race today sporting their well-deserved medals.

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Coastal Flowers…

31 Sunday Jul 2011

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© Joan Currie

I myself am quite absorbed by the delicate yellow, delicate soft green, delicate violet of a ploughed and weeded piece of soil. – Vincent van Gogh

I turned away from the shore and discovered another kind of beauty in the riot of flowers bounded by a weathered fence.

Pepper Tree…

30 Saturday Jul 2011

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© Joan Currie

Everybody would like to be an oak tree, that’s very strong and very pretty.
Katharine Hepburn

Early this morning, when I was inspecting the jumble of leaves and pink peppercorns that the California Pepper tree had deposited on the roof and in the gutters of my new home, I thought of Katharine Hepburn’s statement that she would like to be a great oak tree.

After having lived in New England for fifteen years and spent a good part of every fall raking and bagging thousands of leaves from white and red oak trees, I would not wish to be a tree that was so burdensome – no matter how beautiful. I think Johnny Carson was on the right track when he said he wanted to be a tumbleweed.

Ten Beautiful Love Songs from Musicals…

29 Friday Jul 2011

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© Olga Lacosta Photography

Am I making believe I see in you,
A man too perfect to be really true?
Do I want you because you’re wonderful, 
or are you wonderful because I want you?
from Cinderella by Rodgers & Hammerstein

My list of favorite love songs from musicals…

1.   Cinderella – Do I Love You Because You’re Beautiful?
2.   My Fair Lady – I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face
3.   Oliver – Where is Love?
4.   Phantom of the Opera – All I Ask of You
5.   Crazy for You – Someone to Watch Over Me
6.   Passion – Happiness
7.   A Little Night Music – Send in the Clowns
8.   South Pacific – Some Enchanted Evening
9.   Sound of Music – Something Good
10. Camelot – If Ever I Would Leave You

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Beautiful Yarns…

21 Thursday Jul 2011

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© Joan Currie

It is a peculiarity of knitters that they chronically underestimate the amount of time it takes to knit something. – Stephanie Pearl-McPhee 

Although I am not planning to give up my present love (Rowan yarn), I have to confess that I am smitten with two others: Ozark Handspun and Be Sweet yarns. I plan to use all three when making Christmas gifts this year for my daughters.

British royalty fans will want to check out the July 20th posting of the Be Sweet Blog and the instructions for the shawl that Kate Middleton wore recently.

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Green & White Pots…

20 Wednesday Jul 2011

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© Joan Currie

Are you going to Scarborough Fair? 
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme, 
Remember me to one who lives there, 
He once was a true love of mine.  
by Simon and Garfunkel

 I found myself singing Scarborough Fair as I readied my pots for an indoor herb garden.
Hayley Westenra’s version of the song is much more compelling.