jeté into spring
a DNA spiral dance
silken spun substance
judith meskill
music: vivaldi, spring from the four seasons, allegro
and please read my sister lucy's tribute
to the first day of spring over on super eco. xo
who is this brightsome creature in my yard,
a sweet signal of spring this yellow bard,
the ground that is with winter still so scarred,
will soon with sunny blossoms be quite starred.
judith meskill
plain jane soap
dr. flower really rocks
sweetest packaging ...
judith meskill
as we all pull in on our collective belts these days, it's important to support our creative cohorts. and, by supporting them, we get the added bonus of bringing fine products home. i met @drflower on twitter - in a search for green peeps - and i'm ever so happy that i did. she's a very thoughtful twitter cohort, and, she's also a fine soapmaker! today i had two love suprises: first i went out to my mailbox and found my two bars of 'plain jane' - unscented - soap in my mailbox, and when walking back to the house i spied my first crocus in bloom! (i'll post a pic of the crocus next!) cheers ... xo
now who is this little dollop of red,
head cocked to the side, eye looking ahead,
asking me now, am i gonna get fed,
you bet your sweet beak, my vision in red ... xo
judith meskill
to all my flickr friends who long for spring,
i hope this handsome cardinal does bring,
a brightsome sight, he's such a handsome thing,
of Super Eco's launch does he now sing! xo
judith meskill
i hope everyone is keeping warm in this icy cold northern usa winter and looking forward to the lengthening of each day as we march ever closer to spring 2009!
today marks the launch of a site that reflects a passion of mine--for a greener, more eco-friendly world for all of us! within the next week we'll be launching a group here on flickr for Super Eco and i'd love it if you would all join me there! xo
ps: my sister, lucy also posted a cardinal today in honor of the launch of Super Eco. xo
(judith and vero were left out below,
because they were hidden 'neath lots of snow!)
'Twas the night before Solstice, above the equator,
Not an author was stirring, not even a curator;
The pages were hung on the interwebs with care,
In hopes that our audience soon would be there;
The developers were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of 'tag refactors' danced in their heads;
And Brian with his wireframes, and Craig with a map,
Had just settled down for a long winter's nap,
When out on Super Eco there arose such a clatter,
Ryan sprang from his bed to see what was the matter.
Away to his laptop he flew like a flash,
Tore open his browser and dumped all his cache.
Now Steve was admiring the new-fallen snow,
And C.K. saw lustre on objects below,
When, what to their wondering eyes should appear,
But a miniature smart car, with Russel's 'green' gear,
With a cute little driver, so lively and hail,
They knew in a moment it must be Rachael.
More rapid than eagles Barb's coursers they came,
And she whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;
"Now, Alice! now, Alex! now, Sarah and Karen!
On, Laura! on Lucy! on, Michelle and Madeline!
To the top of the search queue! and all things eco!
Now dash away! dash away! get up and go!"
As dry pages before the wild hurricane fly,
When Dan met with an obstacle, he'd send out a cry,
Brett, Chris, and Danielle watched as Google ranks grew,
While Frank, Kelly, and Kim made some fine pages too.
Sam heard, in a twinkling, right out of the blue
The prancing and pawing of the Obsessable crew.
Stephen drew in his hand, and was turning around,
Down the chimney our Nicholas came with a bound.
Matt saw his fur, from his head to his foot,
James saw him tarnished with ashes and soot;
Keoni saw widgets all flung on his back,
Elliot saw a peddler opening his pack.
Bob liked his eyes -- how they twinkled! how merry!
Randall saw roses, and nose like a cherry!
Greg thought his mouth was drawn up like a bow,
Scott saw the beard of his chin, white as the snow;
Bob winced at the pipe he held tight in his teeth,
Galen coughed at the smoke round his head like a wreath;
Tyler saw a broad face and a little round belly,
That shook, when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly.
Mike said he was plump, a right jolly old elf,
Ryan laughed when he saw him, in spite of himself;
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,
Gave William to know he had nothing to dread;
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk,
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
He gave Andy a nod, up the chimney he rose;
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
Kyle heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight,
"Happy Solstice to all, and to all a good-night."
"... From whence arrived the praying mantis?
From outer space, or lost Atlantis?
glimpse the grin, green metal mug
at masks the pseudo-saintly bug,
Orthopterous, also carnivorous,
And faintly whisper, Lord deliver us ..."
by Ogden Nash
i shot this fellow the week before i started packing to move into my new home - i just found him this weekend when i downloaded the memory card in my xti ... xo
worth two in the tree
a crow in the snow that is
black on white delight ... xo
judith meskill
nothing but blue skies
swimming in this lake with me
leaf'ing me along ... xo
judith meskill
like the sound of one hand clapping,
and not the sound of one foot tapping,
the sound of one leaf falling,
is sublime ... xo
judith meskill
a cardinal gift
red king of the garden sky
graced my lens today ...
judith meskill
for two months plus i've missed these flickr streams,
i close my eyes and see them in my dreams,
and time does flow by quickly, so it seems,
and now i'm here to soak up flickr beams ... xo
judith meskill
it's been tooooo long dear flickr friends! happy thanksgiving to all of my friends who celebrate this day, and prayers for an end to the terror / violence to all of my friends in mumbai! xo
life in haiku form
economy of phrasing
wrapped in blank newsprint ...
sometimes life is like poetry, and sometimes it makes every muscle in your body ache in the biggest, badest way ...
i moved ... again ... i think this is the twentieth time that i've uprooted, shaken the soil off, and moved myself, my home, and my life ... this time i was busy moving while we at crowd fusion were launching obsessable.com, and while the u.s. economy was coming apart at the seams, and while my material life was spilling into so many different boxes, buckets and moving trucks that i'm certain some of my parts are still scattered between here and there ...
shouts out to our 'dream team' members: brian alvey, randall bennett, evan blass, veronique christensen, barb dybwad, steve friedman, c.k. sample, ryan scheuermann, russel werner, and craig wood -- along with the help of nicholas hance, and kyle sollenberger -- for shaping obsessable to be, well, obsessable.
and to our talented group of freelance authors/curators: matthew bitner, lenny brown, keoni chavez, martin conaghan, blake dudash, matthew eddy, greg elliott, jeremy goldstone, stephen schenck, james murff, and mike sciannamea, for their daily words ...
after spending the day packing, and the evening moving in the rain - more of a mist than a downpour, thankfully - and watching my nephew and a friend of his lifting double dish packs on their backs (amazing!) i just dragged myself online, checked twitter, and found this awesome article on our 'blogging dream team', by marshall kirkpatrick of readwriteweb. if you don't follow marshall on twitter, you should - his no nonsense, incisive tweets are always a breath of fresh air ... cheers & thanks for the comprehensive coverage of crowd fusion and obsessable, marshall!
following brian's lead, here is obsessable's blog format news listing, for people who like to read the whole site in a single page.
and here are some of his favorite product profiles:
unlike brian, i don't have all of these devices (except brian doesn't have the unreleased Storm and the Android phone, a matter of time i say!)
a very cool thing that we are doing with obsessable is providing our first application that we've built on top of our data, the comparator:
i've received great feedback from some of my 'ungeekier' friends, saying things like: "obsessable is very cool, judith. i have found it easy to use and very informative - even for me to understand. well done!" which reinforces for me that we are doing a good thing with obsessable in making personal tech more personal for a wider audience. sweet ... /smile
