Wildlife: We still see Hummingbirds at our feeders at Middle Foy's Lake. The brightly-colored annuals in our planters attract a lot of attention from them too.



Visit: A Tale of Two Movies

Weather: It continued to rain through Sunday night, but it's warming up again. The air conditioning is running here at the Hockaday Museum. (see below)

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In The Community: I'm sitting behind the desk at the Hockaday Museum today. We've had a steady stream of visitors since we opened at 10 A.M. Mother Murphy was laying in wait for me by the credit card machine.
Hockaday Museum of Art

Garage Sale Booty: A yellow formica kitchen set from the 50's, hauled up from Missoula for the lady who helps us clean twice a month; The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, a photo-illustrated paperback version of the Harryhausen movie, with Tom (Dr. Who) Baker playing an evil magician; A pair of poweful, small birding binoculars.

Media Watch: I took a look at the discussion board for The Fire Next Time at POV's website. I even wrote a comment, which drew a personal attack against me. The subject was NOT me, and I have an infinite number of better things to do than fight with a person who doesn't want to listen, so that was the last time I chose to contribute there. The board was dominated by about a half-dozen posters, three of whom spent a lot of their time haranguing against the film.
POV: The Fire Next Time
I added a note to the "Tapestry," though: This film rose like a glass float above the raging waves.

Book TV -- As If We Were Grownups: A Collection of 'Suicidal' Political Speeches That Aren't by Jeff Golden.
Golden urged politicians to start dealing with the American public as if they were adults. In his latest book, "As if We Were Grownups," the author writes a number of speeches that he wishes politicians would deliver. Mr. Golden asserts that the American public can handle facts and candidates should stop filling their political speeches with idealism and fiction. This event was hosted by the Ashland Public Library in Oregon. Golden is the founding president of the Oregon Guides Association and a former Jackson County, Oregon Commissioner. He is the host of a public radio talk show, The Jefferson Exchange, and the author of "Forest Blood," a novel of the Northwest timber wars.

New CD Purchase -- True Love by Toots Hibbert, the man who created Reggae, or maybe used the term first. It's a collecton of his most famous songs with The Maytals, sung with guest artists like Bootsy Collins (Yay!) -- Some singers are more appropriate than others.