Fried Okra Productions
Blog URL http://friedokraproductions.blogspot.com
Tags Elderblogging, music, photography, travel, writing, editing, Texas blogger, vocal chamber music
Elderblogger relentlessly searching for the truth, enough tech to keep her rig running, a hot singing group, and morsels of humor along the way. University info manager/writer/editor by day, elderblogger and classical musician til way past bedtime.
Latest Blog Posts
- Slouching Toward Retirement on Nov 10, 2009 in cooperatives retirement Havi Brooks visualization The Fluent Self
As opposed to working. Which I will always do. Wondering if I should chronicle that long, drawn-out affair known as retiring from the university. It can last for years. But hopefully not. Because I have happier and healthier work to do. I have two...
- Walter Miller Rawley. In Memoriam. Big Wheel Keep On Turnin' on Oct 24, 2009
AKA O Fortuna. This fall is dense with changes. Lost a dear father-in-law today, watched a daughter follow her instincts and pay her respects and mine and be with him one last time. This after a week of flying down, making wedding plans. I saw the wh...
- From the Crone's Nest on Sep 29, 2009 in Natural childbirth death life changes birth
Wherein transcendancing and paradigm shifts abound. Well, maybe not the bouncing sort of bounding, rather more the comfy old chair way of boundmenting. Aunt Lura passed away last Wednesday. A cousin called to let us know, and we made plans to drive...
- Cesar Chavez, Barbara Jordan, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Aug 30, 2009 in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Barbara Jordan Cesar Chavez
Sculpture of Cesar Chavez, West Mall, UT Austin campusNote the larger-than-life feet and hands, which contrast with the exquisitely expressive face. Captures the spirit beautifully.When I get my camera back, I'll get photos of the new Barbara Jordan...
- Broke that heat wave with two short rains on Aug 30, 2009 in James McBride Heavy Metal in Baghdad war and other sports battering
Karl Umlauf sculpture, FAC, West Mall, UT-AustinIt's been so long since we've seen the underside of 100 degrees, the two evenings of rain was like nectar from the gods and godettes. Think of Lawrence of Arabia. Think Plano Estacado. That monster high...
- One year ago today on Aug 20, 2009 in Havi Brooks rain drought The Fluent Self Barbara J Carter
Dutch farmhouse in the rainI wrote a post titled "What a Long, Strange, HOT Austin it's been." That was the year the electrical wiring in my apartment finally disintegrated, and it was 100 degrees then, too. Found out today that the AC unit that was...
- Fifty-six days and counting on Aug 18, 2009 in New South Wales Dillon Beach northern California Pacific Ocean Australia
So. Entonces. Looking like the hottest summer in recorded Texas history, and the air conditioner in my bedroom starts blowing air. Outside air. Cheap funky ass bargain AC. Thinking about sleeping in my car with the motor running. It's the coolest pla...
