...and now with treble soft The red-breast whistles from a garden croft, And gathering swallows twitter in the skies. ---John Keats Yield to the willow all the loathing all the desire of your heart. ---Basho Shadow owes its birth to light. ---John Gay The Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline I was watching the Opening Ceremonies from the Beijing Olympics. I confess to remaining ignorant of what time and what day it is in China, but NBC was broadcasting it last Friday night at 8:00 Eastern Time. About half an hour into the spectacle, there was footage of President Bush and spouse in their box seats. The President had his suitcoat off and sleeves rolled up in the 85 degree heat of the open-air stadium. Matt or Bob commented that Russian Prime Minister Putin was calling to Bush, and we were seeing a shot of Putin, 3/4s turned away from the camera, shouting something the 10 or 20 feet between them. Bush turned around, scowling, and shouted back clearly, "NO!" The significance of the interchange became clear about an hour later when the commentators announced the Republic of Georgia had launched a missile attack upon the "breakaway province" (whatever that means exactly) of South Ossetia. I had gotten to know a very little bit about Georgia because our town had been visited by a touring folk group from there last November. http://www.zedashe.org/images/07tour_SMALL.jpg The program for the Zedashe Ensemble told us, "These songs have been forge ...
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...and now with treble soft The red-breast whistles from a garden croft, And gathering swallows twitter in the skies. ---John Keats Yield to the willow all the loathing all the desire of your heart. ---Basho Shadow owes its birth to light. ---John Gay The Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline I was watching the Opening Ceremonies from the Beijing Olympics. I confess to remaining ignorant of what time and what day it is in China, but NBC was broadcasting it last Friday night at 8:00 Eastern Time. About half an hour into the spectacle, there was footage of President Bush and spouse in their box seats. The President had his suitcoat off and sleeves rolled up in the 85 degree heat of the open-air stadium. Matt or Bob commented that Russian Prime Minister Putin was calling to Bush, and we were seeing a shot of Putin, 3/4s turned away from the camera, shouting something the 10 or 20 feet between them. Bush turned around, scowling, and shouted back clearly, "NO!" The significance of the interchange became clear about an hour later when the commentators announced the Republic of Georgia had launched a missile attack upon the "breakaway province" (whatever that means exactly) of South Ossetia. I had gotten to know a very little bit about Georgia because our town had been visited by a touring folk group from there last November. http://www.zedashe.org/images/07tour_SMALL.jpg The program for the Zedashe Ensemble told us, "These songs have been forge ...