Interesting quote from Suresh ...

Last week's opening sequence of Heroes"Dying of the Light" episode was narrated by Suresh;

"In every journey, the traveler must ask 'Was the right path taken?' Many roads are long and winding, filled with those who have lost their way. Some forge their own course, guided by faith, seeking not a location but a kindred soul. Others step together, finding safety in the arms of another. A few remove themselves from the trail to avoid the path of temptation. But those who watch the track too closely fail to see where it led them. And they're often all too surprised by their destination."

This season of Heroes is pretty dark, I'm still not sure what is up with all the "evil". Either way, I'm still a fan and I really liked the intro and I think it's a great reminder to take a look around every once in while and see where I'm actually headed. I thought, maybe you could use the reminder too.

The Fence ...

Today I went to Friendship Park right at the border of Mexico and the U.S. Quite literally, I was able to touch the fence. This will soon end with the new impenetrable fence coming in. Right now families are able to visit with each other to a certain degree. But soon, even this will be gone. The picture above is one that I took while standing at the fence this morning.

The event was called God's Kingdom and Migration, and was with a group called U40, you can find them on Facebook. Other sponsors were The Ecclesia Collective and Subversive Magazine. It was a great day!

And while I'm on the subject, this video clip is pretty enlightening, take a couple of minutes and have a glipse of what is happening at the border fence here in California.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2008/oct/15/uselections2008-usimmigration-mikedavis

Recycled Metal Can Pencil Holder ...

I got in a crafty mood, so I whipped this up. The cost, FREE! It only took a few minutes to create a little piece eye candy for my computer table. If you want to read the tutorial, check out my post @ www.makesomethingday.org - under the "ideas" section.

There's some other crafty stuff posted by some very talented recycling artisans. We are putting tutes together so that you'll have plenty to do on the day after Thanksgiving, so that instead of hitting the mall you can join us in using what we already have to give as gifts this coming holiday season.

There's also a link here on my blog (just to the left) so that you can sign up and join the fun =)

My favorite artist right now ...

I have a new addiction, pop surrealism aka "low brow". Here's some of my favorite pieces by Mark Ryden, enjoy =)

A few of the random things I love ...

I like! by sophiacarolina

Do they look Mexican? ...

We had a great field trip today. The history of Old Town San Diego was explained in a fun and interactive way. The tour guide kept about 20 kids engaged for over 3 hours, that's quite an amazing feat.

While we were there, one of the other home schooling mom's came up to me and asked me if I was Native American Indian because to her I really look like one. I replied "No, I'm a Mexican" and the girls are 50% Mexican ... too which she replied "Well, they don't look Mexican, they are quite diluted, maybe only their eyelashes are Mexican". What the heck??? What an odd thing to say.

Well, at least she didn't ask me if I was their nanny, that happened at a park one day when the girls were small. A lady came up to me and asked me in spanish how much I was paid for taking care of the girls, now that was funny!

Anyway, here's a picture I took today at Old Town, proof positive that the girls are indeed Mexican, they even know that they were standing in front of an "ofrenda" altar to celebrate the upcoming November 1st & 2nd "Dia de los Muertos" holiday. Oh, and they ate pan dulce for breakfast today, they know all about Frida Kahlo art and they can handle eating my dangerously hot chile verde. Can you get any more Mexican than that?

Collage by John Ashbery ...

“Chutes and Ladders III (for David Kermani)” (2008)

In case you don't know who John Ashbery is, his poetry has being officially declared national monuments. This month the Library of America will publish “John Ashbery: Collected Poems 1956-1987,” a 1,050-page volume encompassing roughly half of his output. He is the first living poet to be included in this series.

I find it cool that at the age of 81 he's having his first New York Art Gallery Show. Mr. Ashbery says, as if slightly surprising himself, that making collages “sort of stimulates my writing."

I love this particular piece of his. The background is the board game Chutes and Ladders, which originated in India ...

"Where with each toss of the dice, you either climbed upward toward spiritual bliss or slid down".

Cool stuff!

We had a little break from unpacking ...

The girls and I ventured to Balboa Park to see the Botanical Gardens. What a nice break from ugly brown cardboard boxes. The afternoon burst of color sure perked us up!

Here's some of my favorite shots from today.

Sorry for the lack of posts ...

I hope to be back to "normal" by Monday. We moved in on Sunday, should I be finished unpacking by now???