A is for Atom
the friend of man.
B is for the Badge,
my big brother has.
C is for the Chief
I will be some day!
D is for Doctor
our greatest friend.
E is for Earth,
that is big and round.
F is for Fire-Engine,
that is bright red.
G is for the Grapes
that are so sweet.
H is for Heart
that is happy and loved.
I is for Ice-Cream
I like to eat.
J is for Jet Plane
high in the sky.
K is for Keys,
my mommy has.
L for the Lamb,
with white and soft curls.
M is for Moon
shining by night.
N is for Necktie:
please tie it for me.
O is for Oak-Tree,
two hundred years old.
P is for Parade,
watching TV in Thanksgiving day.
Q for the Quins:
Jane, Jen, Jean,
June and Joan.
R for the Rocket
going to the Moon.
S is for the Sea
blue and deep.
T is for the Tiger
with orange stripes.
U is for Umbrella
to use in the rain.
V is for the Vegetables;
let us pick some for lunch.
W is for Water
fresh and good.
X is for X-Roads;
which way shall we go?
Y is for the Year
with twelve happy months.
Z is for the Zipper,
my white sweater has.
Monday, February 27, 2017
Monday, February 13, 2017
Necklaces and Body Paint
The southeast of North America is flat, warm, and humid, and it contains many thick forests, subtropical lands, and swamps that are home to a wide variety of plants and animals. Before the arrival of European settlers, it was also home to hundreds of different native tribes who fished, hunted, and farmed.
The unique hot climate caused them to develop light clothing styles and decorative body paints.
shells, wooden beads, pearls, feathers and precious, imported cooper. The higher their status, the more valuable the ornaments they wore. Many people tattooed themselves with patterns inspired by nature. They also painted their bodies with red body paint made from bloodroot and oils to protect themselves from insects.
The unique hot climate caused them to develop light clothing styles and decorative body paints.
shells, wooden beads, pearls, feathers and precious, imported cooper. The higher their status, the more valuable the ornaments they wore. Many people tattooed themselves with patterns inspired by nature. They also painted their bodies with red body paint made from bloodroot and oils to protect themselves from insects.
Sunday, February 5, 2017
Strategic Planning
"Where there is no vision, the people perish." (Proverbs, 29:18)
How to move from Traditional planning to Strategic planning:
The new resolutions for 2017 were set. The short-term annual goals and the long-term goals were said and wrote down. Let started with the simple step moving on from Random planning to Systematic planning. Second step, from Reactive decision making to Proactive decision making, and from Incremental evaluation to Synoptic evaluation in the line with bringing your isolated (individual or departmental) decision making priorities with team decision making and organizational mission. Why? Because everyone is the mission-maker. We cannot guess the results. However, we can predict the results by strategic planning and evaluating all possible outcomes.
As Winston Churchill said: "It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see."
How to move from Traditional planning to Strategic planning:
The new resolutions for 2017 were set. The short-term annual goals and the long-term goals were said and wrote down. Let started with the simple step moving on from Random planning to Systematic planning. Second step, from Reactive decision making to Proactive decision making, and from Incremental evaluation to Synoptic evaluation in the line with bringing your isolated (individual or departmental) decision making priorities with team decision making and organizational mission. Why? Because everyone is the mission-maker. We cannot guess the results. However, we can predict the results by strategic planning and evaluating all possible outcomes.
As Winston Churchill said: "It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see."
Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Green Cover for the new book "Bracelets Academy"
From the Author desk...
The new book in the History of Fashion Accessories Series is published and available for reading, research, and critique. The cover is green that is reflecting on the staple illustration. I could not be more happy with the color of green. Green color has the signal-system code for permission, the authorization to go and get the book to read! Also it is the nature call to the green spaces, environmental protection and ecology that foster the natural metals and precious stones for bracelets, the major factor for wrist ornamentation.
In contemporary Western societies, the color of green represents the opposite of negative attitudes of being envy and jealous, it enhances hope, health, and freedom. The material culture brings in the power of green color together with other colors of rainbow, awakening both the artistic creation and the imagination. (Tomshinsky, 2017)
The new book in the History of Fashion Accessories Series is published and available for reading, research, and critique. The cover is green that is reflecting on the staple illustration. I could not be more happy with the color of green. Green color has the signal-system code for permission, the authorization to go and get the book to read! Also it is the nature call to the green spaces, environmental protection and ecology that foster the natural metals and precious stones for bracelets, the major factor for wrist ornamentation.
In contemporary Western societies, the color of green represents the opposite of negative attitudes of being envy and jealous, it enhances hope, health, and freedom. The material culture brings in the power of green color together with other colors of rainbow, awakening both the artistic creation and the imagination. (Tomshinsky, 2017)
Order Today! Call 1-888-795-4274, ext. 7879,
order online at www.amazon.com, www.bn.com,
or visit your local bookstore.
Monday, January 30, 2017
Ear Plugs as a Sign of Inca Noble Status
Inca noblemen wore elaborated jewelry, including bracelets, necklaces, pendants, ear plugs and nostril rings.
Wearing enormous plugs in the lower part of the ear, close to the lobe, was a sign of great status among Inca noblemen. Young noble boys received their first ear piercing and ear plugs during the annual Splendid Festival, when they were first recognized as adults. The materials, colors, and size of man's ear plugs indicated the status. Therefore, these plugs were made as large as possible, and were composed of precious metals and rare stones. By wearing them, the noble men developed stretched ears. The Spanish conquistadors called the Inca nobility "orejones," or "big ears." Within the Inca society, the large ears with ear plugs were considered prestigious.
Many precious metals and stones came from the northern edge of the Inca Empire, the modern-day Columbia.
Wearing enormous plugs in the lower part of the ear, close to the lobe, was a sign of great status among Inca noblemen. Young noble boys received their first ear piercing and ear plugs during the annual Splendid Festival, when they were first recognized as adults. The materials, colors, and size of man's ear plugs indicated the status. Therefore, these plugs were made as large as possible, and were composed of precious metals and rare stones. By wearing them, the noble men developed stretched ears. The Spanish conquistadors called the Inca nobility "orejones," or "big ears." Within the Inca society, the large ears with ear plugs were considered prestigious.
Many precious metals and stones came from the northern edge of the Inca Empire, the modern-day Columbia.
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Eastern Heartland Cooking
The grouping of states of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Illinois enjoy a common culinary tradition. The strong patterns of cooking and eating are originated from Dutch, English and German colonist. Men and women across this area depended on the fish and game they found in abundance. They planted incredibly productive farms and orchards. Their cooking was enriched by the diverse styles and tastes of the new wave of immigrants who followed them. All these elements combined gave the foundation to archetypal American food, or what in France would be called the country's cuisine bourgeois. The Eastern Heartland cooking is stick-to-the-ribs stuff, plainer than fancy, given the roots to substantial meat dishes, dumplings, breads, pies.
There is a range of foods in the region, from the seafood, and shellfish native to Long Island's waters, to the corn-and-pork sturdiness of the Pennsylvania Dutch, Indiana and Illinois farm kitchens, to the wonderful fish and game of Michigan's forests. It is a region where country cooking flourishes at its most impressive - but it is also the region that through the influence of two of its cities, Quaker Philadelphia and polyglot New York, taught the entire country how to enjoy the finest sophistications of the table.
There is a range of foods in the region, from the seafood, and shellfish native to Long Island's waters, to the corn-and-pork sturdiness of the Pennsylvania Dutch, Indiana and Illinois farm kitchens, to the wonderful fish and game of Michigan's forests. It is a region where country cooking flourishes at its most impressive - but it is also the region that through the influence of two of its cities, Quaker Philadelphia and polyglot New York, taught the entire country how to enjoy the finest sophistications of the table.
Photography: Ida Tomshinsky, 2016
Sunday, January 8, 2017
The Bookend: An Essay
What happens when you are removed from the frontier life? You become a bookend. You support the bookshelves of books to be open and read. You always wished to have more time to finish the 'list of books' that accumulated for many years. You always dream to escape to the quite reading room, the chair under the palm tree or the bench in the park. Instead, you are reading remotely. What we learn that accessibility matters to ensure a good online reading experience.
Meantime, it is time to rethink how our physical books stored. We need a quick solution for overloaded bookshelves, small piles of books - under the table, at the small night table at the bed, and other multiphase places around the house. It could be even used the simple idea to join them all together in one collection by lifting them and transporting within the house. There so many ways for self-satisfaction: to read them for the first time, to read the again and experience all the emotions and fillings again (nothing wrong with it), to donate my books to the appropriate library (let other people to enjoy them), to sell them at the garage-sale (do we sell our best-friends?), and be happy that your books find a better home.
The bookend itself is an important item in the household: it is creative and functional in the same time. The bookend brings the support to keep books and their knowledge in one space capacity; and where is knowledge, there are winners, expending the notion of reading and literacy to successfully bit the ignorance.
Meantime, it is time to rethink how our physical books stored. We need a quick solution for overloaded bookshelves, small piles of books - under the table, at the small night table at the bed, and other multiphase places around the house. It could be even used the simple idea to join them all together in one collection by lifting them and transporting within the house. There so many ways for self-satisfaction: to read them for the first time, to read the again and experience all the emotions and fillings again (nothing wrong with it), to donate my books to the appropriate library (let other people to enjoy them), to sell them at the garage-sale (do we sell our best-friends?), and be happy that your books find a better home.
The bookend itself is an important item in the household: it is creative and functional in the same time. The bookend brings the support to keep books and their knowledge in one space capacity; and where is knowledge, there are winners, expending the notion of reading and literacy to successfully bit the ignorance.
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