Word of the Day - Time
Discussion about the meaning of time and some science fiction creeps in.
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| Art is how we decorate Space. Music is how we decorate Time. |
The Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon
The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
The Danny Dunn Series by Raymond Abrashkin and Jay Williams. Boy scientist books for children.
Ada Lovelace (1815 - 1852), the daughter of Lord Byron and considered the first computer programmer. And the Sphinx.
"It seems fair to say that human history can be viewed as a sort of ongoing experiment of the effects of the interaction of time (whatever it is) and the collective human consciousness." - Lamont Wood
Time is "a big ball of wibbly wobbly, timey wimey - stuff." -Dr. Who in Blink
"A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you'd think misfortune would get tired but then time is your misfortune." - William Faulkner
"It has been said 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone." - Rose Kennedy
Happy birthday to Beth's son, Taylor!
A Little Sweet...
Leslie is still working on her hap shawl, Quill by Jared Flood from Brooklyn Tweed's Spring Thaw Collection. Only 90 more rows to go in the center section.
Beth is putting together a trip to VirginiaTech, planned for March, for a group to see Danu, a Celtic band performing at the Moss Arts Center. Time returns to the conversation with the History Around Us program at the Reynolds Homestead on February 3, featuring Marvin Keene and his presentation, Patrick County Then and Now.
A Little Tart...
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
A Time to Kill by John Grisham
A Little Sweet...
Leslie is still working on her hap shawl, Quill by Jared Flood from Brooklyn Tweed's Spring Thaw Collection. Only 90 more rows to go in the center section.
Beth is putting together a trip to VirginiaTech, planned for March, for a group to see Danu, a Celtic band performing at the Moss Arts Center. Time returns to the conversation with the History Around Us program at the Reynolds Homestead on February 3, featuring Marvin Keene and his presentation, Patrick County Then and Now.
A Little Tart...
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
A Time to Kill by John Grisham
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Land That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Fun science fiction movies and TV shows: Back to the Future, Dr. Who, Star Wars, Star Trek.
"Being with you and not being with you is the only way I have to measure time." - Jorge Luis Borges
"There's a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go." - Tennessee Williams
"There is no wrong time to do the right thing." - Charles M. Blow
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want." - Bill Watterson
"The words 'bad timing' came to be ghosts haunting our every move in Birmingham. Yet people who used this argument were ignorant of the background of our planning..they did not realize that it was ridiculous to speak of timing when the clock of history showed that the Negro had already suffered one hundred years of delay." - Martin Luther King, Jr., Why We Can't Wait
A Little Unexpected...
Firefly Fare, Roanoke, Virginia Excellent food and a great place to gather with friends.
From Africa to Appalachia featuring Cheick Hamala Diabate, Sammy Shelor and Danny Knicely.
Virginia Folklife Program, with a documentary about the show.
Your hosts wind things up and head out into the snowstorm until next time!
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