The other day I was holed up in my room brooding about something — I think it was Descartes and guilt over my own slacker qualities. I was determined to be miserable until I had overcome my slackerness, but couldn’t manage to pull that off any more than I can actually worry too hard or [...]
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Thoughts on Sky Watching
Posted by Molly on July 18, 2010
http://mollydodd.wordpress.com/2010/07/18/thoughts-on-sky-watching/
Made of Win
That, btw, is a phrase I picked up from a friend, and am trying on for curiosity. I think perhaps not — rather too cutsy. There was a little thunderstorm this evening resulting in a double rainbow with a grey fading to mauve fading to magenta background to the East and a fantastic glowing red-gold [...]
Posted by Molly on July 18, 2010
http://mollydodd.wordpress.com/2010/07/18/made-of-win/
Another cool Southwest lighting effect
In case you can’t tell, I’m very fond of sunsets, and they’re very lovely around here this time of year. I was laying on the college grassy knoll this evening, writing and watching the sunset (which was lovely as always), and for a few minutes the light hit the inner branches of the enormous tree [...]
Posted by Molly on July 16, 2010
http://mollydodd.wordpress.com/2010/07/16/another-cool-southwest-lighting-effect/
Jimmy Baca
Unfortunately I wimped out yesterday and took a nap instead of going to the evening lecture Breaking with the Dark – Accessing the Power of our Shadow Side by local writer Jimmy Baca. I must admit to not having an interest in the “Power of the Shadow Side” — if anything that sounds like something [...]
Posted by Molly on July 8, 2010
http://mollydodd.wordpress.com/2010/07/08/jimmy-baca/
Hyperbolic Doubt
What you can’t see is that at one point the cloud was a peculiar greenish color, and there’s a little cloud in front that’s cotton candy blue. Not the sky, mark you, but the cloud. Perhaps if Descartes had spent less time on geometry and more looking at the sky from somewhere in the Southwest [...]
Posted by Molly on July 2, 2010
http://mollydodd.wordpress.com/2010/07/02/hyperbolic-doubt/
Joy Day
The Tuesday after Bright Week has apparently been designated “Joy Day” by some Orthodox. I couldn’t say which ones, exactly (though it might be interesting to find out), but for sure the Antiochian Orthodox of Mid-America. And how is joy day celebrated? Why, by a Liturgy followed by an outing to the local graveyards to [...]
Posted by Molly on April 13, 2010
http://mollydodd.wordpress.com/2010/04/13/joy-day/
The Santa Fe Indian Market
Was last weekend, and quite impressive. At least if you want to buy something. Well, it’s impressive anyway, but not in the same way. The part I saw wasn’t worth doing a write-up about.
Posted by Molly on August 31, 2009
http://mollydodd.wordpress.com/2009/08/31/the-santa-fe-indian-market/
Encaustic Workshop
Last Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday I participated in an encaustic (painting in wax) workshop with Ellen Koment. I enjoyed it a good deal. There’s something about having to fuse each layer of a painting with a propane torch that’s very satisfying. I’m not certain that I’ll be able to pursue this medium at present, however [...]
Posted by Molly on August 31, 2009
http://mollydodd.wordpress.com/2009/08/31/encaustic-workshop/
Folk Art Market
I spent most of the day at the Santa Fe International Folk Art Market. It was really neat, and a little overwhelming. The idea is to get real, nice, traditional folk art and indiginous crafts from other countries – there are nearly 200 foreign artists there this year. For that to work, there needs to [...]
Posted by Molly on July 11, 2009
http://mollydodd.wordpress.com/2009/07/11/folk-art-market/
Saint Michael’s Skete
The first Saturday in July happens to be designated St. John Maximovitch day in America. Since that’s the name day of Fr. John of Holy Trinity, he celebrates it with a Liturgy. As it happens, pretty much everything in Orthodoxy is celebrated with a Liturgy; that seems to be the most celebratory possible thing to [...]
Posted by Molly on July 4, 2009
http://mollydodd.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/saint-michaels-skete/
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