Happy National Poetry Month! If you’re in driving distance of Santa Barbara, there are a number of wonderful readings scheduled to celebrate! Read more…
The Writer’s Clock
Just in time for National Poetry Month, here is the perfect clock for poets and writers of all genres and stripes. Or stanzas and paragraphs…
You can get a Writers Clock for yourself or the writer you love here.
PS Lots of great literary readings and events going on this month to celebrate the occasion of National Poetry Month! You’ll find me reading this Saturday night April 14 at 7pm in Santa Barbara at the Contemporary Arts Forum!
Get your bunny on! Bunnies with handlebar mustaches especially encouraged to join in!
Join us for the Bunny Hop! Hop on your bike in your bunny ears and your easter best for the April ArtRide around town!
We meet at 5:30pm around the fountain on the Ventura Beach promenade by the parking garage and Aloha (where you can get your bunny ears a bit fuzzier! Bet we an get some drink specials for wily wabbits!) We’ll take photos and visit the show at the Artists Union and roll off into the sunset sometime between 6 and 6:30pm. We usually lap Main and cruise Ventura Avenue during this leisurely, fun, family friendly and FREE ride!
Bring your own cup for libations! Decorate and light your bike!
Please invite your friends! You can download a full size Bunnyhop pdf flyer and the Bunnyhop 4 up flyer here.
Save the date! We’re planning a second Bunny Hop on Sunday April 15–escape from the tax man! Meet…
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Fluxus a Go-Go & Outlaw Conduit present
Earth Night 2012
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For Wine Blogging Wednesday #75 Joe Robert’s prompt on 1 Wine Dude says:
- Your mission is to procure a wine produced from grapes grown in a single vineyard, and tell the world about it on March 21st.
- You can pick any wine style, made from any grape(s), hailing from any region of the world
- The only catch is that the wine’s grapes should come from a single vineyard. The point is to get as close to a wine coming from one single plot of land as you can, to emphasize how what’s special about that place on Earth gets transmitted to you through that wine
I planned to visit Roll Ranch in the upper Ojai Valley in Ventura County and talk about The Ojai Vineyard‘s wines made from grapes grown there.
But I Just Flat Ran Out of Time. Instead I did the next best thing–I…
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The Way It Is
There’s a thread you follow. It goes among
things that change. But it doesn’t change.
People wonder about what you are pursuing.
You have to explain about the thread.
But it is hard for others to see.
While you hold it you can’t get lost.
Tragedies happen; people get hurt
or die; and you suffer and get old.
Nothing you do can stop time’s unfolding.
You don’t ever let go of the thread.
– William Stafford (1914-1993) Read more…
Happy St Pat’s Day!
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! Here’s something different to drink on this get lucky and green day!
Ok, so I agree, Saint Pat’s-tini is a stupid name. But it’s a great drink. We thought it should be called the Shamrock because with this drink you’re sure to get lucky. But that name is probably already taken.
I know that this blog is called WINE PREDATOR and you expect to read about wine here. However, every once in a while, as much as I love wine, port, sherry, and cognac, I move beyond grape based adult beverages.
That’s right, I do love martinis. Yes, part of the affair is the romance of the glass–there’s nothing more sexy than a martini glass if you ask me.
I usually go for a gin martini up with a twist. Too many cocktails called martinis are too sweet for my taste.
I have discovered a few martinis that meet my standards, that make me swwon. One is the house martini at the Edison…
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Brides of March Brides Ride Redux this Friday March 2!
It’s a nice day for white wedding Friday March 2!
The San BuenaVentura ArtRiders Bicycle & Social Club
requests the honor of your presence
The Brides of MarchBrides Ride
March 2, 2012
5:30pm Photographs
Ventura Beach & CA St.
6pm Ride to
Galleries & Art Studios
—>formal attire requested
BYOB sparkling beverages
BYOB flutes, mugs, etc
RSVP http://bikergogal.wordpress.com or on our Facebook Group page or event page.
DownloadBridesRide12full size here. Download BridesRideMar12 6 up on legal size.
We Ride every First Friday!
bride drawing by the illustrious Claudia Pardo
400,000 page views? WOW! Thanks!
Sometime today, the stats counter flipped from 399,999 to 400,000. Somehow I missed it– too busy I guess with other projects. But YOU were there!! So thank you! It is so wonderful to have readers for my words, to know that you are out there finding value in what I and my guest bloggers like Grant Marcus (politics) and Ron Wells (music and film) do here. It’s amazing to thing that since November 2008, I have published 1290 posts!
I feel sad that I don’t have more time to devote to Ye Old Art Predator and wonder when I will reach 1300 posts. Now that I am working on a PhD in Depth Psychology with an emphasis in Community Liberation and Ecopsychology, I am spending my time reading and writing for that program instead of for you, my loyal readers.
I think about you often, and yearn to share more here; the best I can do is tweet! (Please follow me–@me a message and I will follow you back!)
Seriously, though, I am continuing to post, it’s just not always on Art Predator. I am publishing regularly
about wine and food on Wine Predator,
about bicycling events and activism on Bikergo Gal,
about topics relevant to my college teaching and to my students on Whisper Down the Write Alley,
and less so these days about Buddhism, spirit and inspiration on Compassionate Rebel
and about business writing on The Write Alley.
I intend to develop a publishing schedule so that I am getting something up at least once a week or two on each of these blogs and reblogging from one to the other as possible.
When I catch my breath, I will share more about what I am learning in graduate school! Believe it or not, this might even include starting up another blog to publish my research and writing as well as that of my Pacifica cohort and fellow students.
Thank you again for reading and subscribing to Art Predator est. November 2008.
For nearly 30 years, UC Santa Cruz has recognized Martin Luther King Jr with an annual convocation.
Last month, UCSC invited Nikki Giovanni to speak.
According to Wikipedia, “Yolande Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni (born June 7, 1943) is an Americanpoet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator. Her primary focus is on the individual and the power one has to make a difference in oneself and in the lives of others. Giovanni’s poetry expresses strong racial pride, respect for family, and her own experiences as a daughter, a civil rights activist, and a mother. She is currently a distinguished professor of English at Virginia Tech.[1]”
And wow, did she have a LOT to say! I wish I could have been there. She presents so much history with so much heart and humor that I am scrambling to figure out how to fit this into my already full…
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