December 2010 Blog Posts (15)

Hey, if you want to give someone a Kombucha SCOBY, I have a bunch. Just send me a message...

I should add that you must be local (Gainesville, FL) and I am leaving town Friday afternoon!

A lunar eclipse will be visible tonight in North America. The eclipse will be visible in the Central Standard Time zone beginning Dec. 20 at 11:29 p.m., and will end Dec. 21 at 5:05 a.m. The full lunar eclipse will be visible around 2 a.m.

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Update:

I ventured out in the cold (Florida style) last night and saw the show! I must say, it was…

Funny, the things you read on a Rivendell Bike Mailing List:

"A total lunar eclipse will occur on the Winter Solstice, December

20/21. It will be the first total lunar eclipse to occur on the day of the

Winter Solstice…

I saw a huge flock of Sandhill Cranes on 23rd and Williston Road yesterday as I drove through Gainesville, FL. Absolutely breathtaking. They were gathered in a field right on the corner, hundreds of…

I'm on an iPhone now and will add detail to this post soon, but watch the video please. Kane introduced me to this Fukuoka method. Love it! Will blog about it in detail soon. Everything about it is captivating. There's a Yahoo mailing list mentioned in the credits I've been reading for about a year...…

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A twisty maze of passages, this random walk is, so hang in there while we casually start the day with a few things to think of. Thanks to Swami Worldtraveler for pointing out the photo above. It's taken at a recent launch and found on an Air Force website, according to the credit. Crystal clear! This is our Space…

The sky to light up with meteor shower tonight and next few days...David Moore, Astronomy Ireland, is asking people to count the number of meteors they see tonight - Listen to this audio show from Ireland…

Lex posted this on his website, so I am sharing it with you Zoobirds! It's perfect for a cold, winter day!

5 Cheese…

I met Kristian at the Hawthorne Hostel in Portland, just as he was heading out to India in July, 2009. Here's a link to his Zoobird page: http://www.zoobird.com/profile/KristianStieglelr

He's traveled around on a motorcycle. He spends some time working with an orphanage in Pokhara…

Sh’mal Ellenberg

908 NE 115 St

Seattle, Wa. 98125

206-268-0160

Shmal8@yahoo.com







CHANGING MARY’S DIAPER









Mary was frail, so weak she could barely get to the potty near her bed without help. When I came into her room to see how she was doing, she was lying, prone in bed, her knees, slightly bent up; her face, a bit ashen from not eating well and sickness, but still with her glowing, smile, so familiar to me. Having…

This is my new bike! It's en route to me now. It's a Rivendell Bleriot. I predict many fun times to come with it. Rivendell is a company founded

by Grant Peterson, of Bridgestone fame. This Bleriot is a relaxed townie

style bike. It's agile and has a 10 gear cassette with 3 sprockets in

front, for a total of 30 speeds!

There's…

That's Ibrahim doing water yoga. Those of you who follow the Zoobird reading lists will notice four new links: the first one is about the series of moves called the Sun Salutation, which Sh'mal just taught me this week and I love already. There's also a link to a video…