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Jenna Pope at around 7 pm EDT wrote:
I just slept for about 17 hours. Guess my body needed the rest. It's about 1:40am here, and it's pouring outside here in Istanbul. I'll take this time to finish going through my photos from the last few days.
Nordic » Fri Jun 14, 2013 9:57 pm wrote:I never miss Hugh.
If you miss him, you can parody him in your head, and hum along. He was that predictable.
AlicetheKurious » Mon Dec 05, 2011 5:55 am wrote:"A woman's place is in the kitchen". Yes, in my case that's true, although it would be more accurate to say that the kitchen is the place where I am most myself. I designed my kitchen to be an oasis of high efficiency and functionality and also beauty, a physical manifestation of what I love. But I've always been fascinated by the concept of kitchens. A proper kitchen is where everything makes sense and has a purpose and a place, where there is order and light and good ventilation and space to move around. It's where creativity is important, where you can make your own rules, but only as long as you respect the rules of physics and chemistry and good taste, which you often learn the hard way. It teaches you to seek the knowledge of those who have succeeded before you, and then to adapt this knowledge to your own and your family's needs. It's where high technology and age-old traditions can come together to nourish and delight.Allegro wrote:...the clue to my thought is the word kitchen. Not even I know where writing will take me when thinking about kitchens and art and music and uprisings in streets.
It's where you can take time out, while something simmers or bakes, listen to music and enjoy a cup of something and a cigarette while gazing at the changing world outside, and think about things, while another part of you is alert to what's going on in the oven or on the stove. The kitchen teaches patience, and teaches you to trust your senses - all six of them. It teaches you to respect limitations: of time, of resources, even weather (for example, sometimes it's just too hot to leave the oven on all day), and skill. But it also teaches you that with experience and advance planning, these limitations can be overcome, or worked around.
Now see what you've started? What does this have to do with uprisings in streets? More than most people are capable of understanding, unfortunately.
JackRiddler » Sun Jun 16, 2013 12:27 am wrote:Spent the day at Zuccotti Park where there were parallel demonstrations of the Turks, the Greeks (#OccupyERT) and the Brazilians (riots and crackdown in Sao Paulo over the subway fare hike). Plus Occupy! So much to tell, can't be done now, must sleep. In the afternoon word came of the massive crackdown on Taksim and the battles all over Istanbul. All I can say people is follow Jenna Pope: she's everywhere, she's telling this story in epic fashion. So anyway, next thing you know we followed the Turks uptown, 150+ people protesting outside CNN to demand they cover the events.
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