Author Steven F. Havill will conduct a six hour writer’s workshop, Earning Money from Your Writing, in Springerville AZ on Saturday, April 28. Limited to 16 seats (two are already taken!)
Monday, April 9, 2012
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Book Review: Led Zeppelin: Feather In The Wind
Led Zeppelin: Feather In The Wind - Over Europe 1980
compiled by Dave Lewis
Tight But Loose Publishing, Bedford England 2012
Dave Lewis’ Led Zeppelin: Feather In the Wind Over Europe 1980 is the most awesome and comprehensive compilation of rock music tour data I’ve ever seen. In seven chapters and five Appendices, Lewis covers the 14 day final tour of the most seminal and accomplished rock band of all time as they work their way through Europe. Lewis doesn’t just provide the results of second-hand research, he gives the reader the up close and personal, first-hand reports of his own experiences as he lived with the band and listened to the performances from the stage. He provides transcripts of Page, Plant and others’ comments between songs at each performance, summaries of each day’s performance and reviews from the media as well as excerpts from Lewis’ own diaries. The photos alone are worth this 270 page tome, many of them rarely, if ever, seen before, of casual views of the band or shots of the performance from the stage itself.
Keeping with the personal nature of this book, a chapter includes Dave Lewis interviews of people who were backstage with the band – from Led Zeppelin manager Peter Grant, to road crew and techies, to groupies, plus a chapter of “front of stage” recollections of the lucky fans who got to hear the performances. Finally, the Appendices take on the subjects of the bootlegs, memorabilia, tour statistics (yes, finally a list of all Jimmy Page’s guitars and amplifiers in one place!), discography of the final album Coda, and a listing of notes and sources.
An added bonus: The limited hardback first edition is individually numbered, certified and signed by the author.
This extraordinary book is a must-have for Led Zeppelin fans, be they born well past the last year of Led Zeppelin’s final performance or of an age with the band members today. If you were there, this will bring back fond memories. If you weren’t, this is the next best thing. If you don’t already have your copy, get one immediately!
compiled by Dave Lewis
Tight But Loose Publishing, Bedford England 2012
Dave Lewis’ Led Zeppelin: Feather In the Wind Over Europe 1980 is the most awesome and comprehensive compilation of rock music tour data I’ve ever seen. In seven chapters and five Appendices, Lewis covers the 14 day final tour of the most seminal and accomplished rock band of all time as they work their way through Europe. Lewis doesn’t just provide the results of second-hand research, he gives the reader the up close and personal, first-hand reports of his own experiences as he lived with the band and listened to the performances from the stage. He provides transcripts of Page, Plant and others’ comments between songs at each performance, summaries of each day’s performance and reviews from the media as well as excerpts from Lewis’ own diaries. The photos alone are worth this 270 page tome, many of them rarely, if ever, seen before, of casual views of the band or shots of the performance from the stage itself.
Keeping with the personal nature of this book, a chapter includes Dave Lewis interviews of people who were backstage with the band – from Led Zeppelin manager Peter Grant, to road crew and techies, to groupies, plus a chapter of “front of stage” recollections of the lucky fans who got to hear the performances. Finally, the Appendices take on the subjects of the bootlegs, memorabilia, tour statistics (yes, finally a list of all Jimmy Page’s guitars and amplifiers in one place!), discography of the final album Coda, and a listing of notes and sources.
An added bonus: The limited hardback first edition is individually numbered, certified and signed by the author.
This extraordinary book is a must-have for Led Zeppelin fans, be they born well past the last year of Led Zeppelin’s final performance or of an age with the band members today. If you were there, this will bring back fond memories. If you weren’t, this is the next best thing. If you don’t already have your copy, get one immediately!
Friday, February 17, 2012
Sunday, February 5, 2012
SAN AUGUSTIN PLAINS WATER GRAB MOTIONS TO BE HEARD 02/07/12
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, February 03, 2012
SANTA FE, N.M.— After four years of delays and false starts, the State Engineer is finally hearing motions to dismiss an application to take 54,000 acre-feet of groundwater annually from Catron County. The application, filed by a New York based corporation, is being protested by over 200 residents who live in and around Datil, NM – an area known as the San Augustin Plains. The residents fear that the San Augustin basin that supplies their wells with water and contributes flow to the Rio Grande and Gila River stream systems will be decimated if the application is granted. The New Mexico Environmental Law Center (NMELC) represents over 80 Protestants.
NMELC filed a motion to dismiss the application one year ago. “The application must be thrown out because it does not comply with basic New Mexico law,” said Bruce Frederick, NMELC Staff Attorney. “The corporation’s application seeks a permit to use or sell a vast amount of water for any purpose within seven New Mexico counties. Under New Mexico law, however, the corporation was required to identify exactly how and where it intends to use the water, and its failure to do so means that the State Engineer cannot consider or approve its application.”
WHO: New Mexico Environmental Law Center
WHAT: Hearing before State Engineer addressing motions to dismiss the water rights application
WHERE: Socorro County Courthouse
200 Church Street
Socorro, New Mexico, 87801
575-835-0050
WHEN: Tuesday, February 7th, 10:00 a.m.
The mission of the New Mexico Environmental Law Center is to protect New Mexico's natural environment and achieve environmental justice for New Mexico's communities through legal representation, policy advocacy and public education. The New Mexico Environmental Law Center’s attorneys have handled over 100 critical cases in low-income and minority communities fighting pollution and environmental degradation. The NMELC charges few, if any, fees to its clients, most of who are from Hispanic and Native American communities. The NMELC celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2008. Membership and gifts help New Mexico communities protect their natural environment and their health from toxic pollution, the degrading effects of growth and liabilities created by irresponsible mining. Call Sebia Hawkins, Director of Development 505-989-9022, ext. 27 for more information.
Friday, February 03, 2012
SAN AUGUSTIN PLAINS WATER GRAB MOTIONS TO BE HEARD
SANTA FE, N.M.— After four years of delays and false starts, the State Engineer is finally hearing motions to dismiss an application to take 54,000 acre-feet of groundwater annually from Catron County. The application, filed by a New York based corporation, is being protested by over 200 residents who live in and around Datil, NM – an area known as the San Augustin Plains. The residents fear that the San Augustin basin that supplies their wells with water and contributes flow to the Rio Grande and Gila River stream systems will be decimated if the application is granted. The New Mexico Environmental Law Center (NMELC) represents over 80 Protestants.
NMELC filed a motion to dismiss the application one year ago. “The application must be thrown out because it does not comply with basic New Mexico law,” said Bruce Frederick, NMELC Staff Attorney. “The corporation’s application seeks a permit to use or sell a vast amount of water for any purpose within seven New Mexico counties. Under New Mexico law, however, the corporation was required to identify exactly how and where it intends to use the water, and its failure to do so means that the State Engineer cannot consider or approve its application.”
WHO: New Mexico Environmental Law Center
WHAT: Hearing before State Engineer addressing motions to dismiss the water rights application
WHERE: Socorro County Courthouse
200 Church Street
Socorro, New Mexico, 87801
575-835-0050
WHEN: Tuesday, February 7th, 10:00 a.m.
INTERVIEWS AND IMAGES ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
The mission of the New Mexico Environmental Law Center is to protect New Mexico's natural environment and achieve environmental justice for New Mexico's communities through legal representation, policy advocacy and public education. The New Mexico Environmental Law Center’s attorneys have handled over 100 critical cases in low-income and minority communities fighting pollution and environmental degradation. The NMELC charges few, if any, fees to its clients, most of who are from Hispanic and Native American communities. The NMELC celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2008. Membership and gifts help New Mexico communities protect their natural environment and their health from toxic pollution, the degrading effects of growth and liabilities created by irresponsible mining. Call Sebia Hawkins, Director of Development 505-989-9022, ext. 27 for more information.
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Friday, December 23, 2011
Suzanna Gratia-Hupp: What the Second Amendment is REALLY For
Texas state representative, Suzanna Gratia-Hupp, whose parents were killed by an insane gunman while her gun was out in the car, gives very moving and bold testimony about the REAL reason that the second amendment was designed to protect our God-given right to keep and bear arms.
This is an incredibly awesome video. Please share it!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4069761537893819675
This is an incredibly awesome video. Please share it!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4069761537893819675
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
San Augustin Water Grab Hearing Date Set - Feb 7
The State Engineer has scheduled a hearing on the San Augustin Water Grab for Tuesday, February 7, 2012. PLEASE put this on your calendar and plan to be there. Our numbers are making a difference. It's hard to ignore a crowd!
Date of the hearing: February 7, 2012
Place: Socorro District Courthouse,
Date of the hearing: February 7, 2012
Place: Socorro District Courthouse,
200 Church Street, Socorro
Courtroom 1, second floor
Courtroom 1, second floor
Time: 10AM
The hearing is on the motions to dismiss the application.
The hearing is on the motions to dismiss the application.
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Wood Stove Comfort
Copyright © Lif Strand 2011
I’ve just come in from feeding the horses and splitting some wood. Yesterday it snowed briefly and never got above 48°. I built my first fire in the wood stove. I used wood that had been sitting stacked next to the stove since this past spring when I let the last fire die out, so it was plenty dry and fast to ignite.
The wood stove is my only source of heat in the house. I hooked up a propane wall heater a while back but when I tried it, it leaked and no matter how many times I reconnected everything I couldn’t get it to stop leaking. So wood still remains my heat source.
Trust me – wood heating is a lot of work. I’m a lazy person. The two don’t go together all that well if the person in question expects to stay warm when it’s blowing and freezing outside.
It occasionally freezes inside my house, too. As a result I have no house plants, just those potted herbs, veggies and flowers that I’ve brought inside to keep them going a while longer. They only last till the night I insufficiently stoke the wood stove before retiring, or when I go away and just let the house get as cold as it is going to get.
Lest you worry, the cats and dogs all have fur coats and deal with the occasional frostiness inside my house just fine. I don’t. Trust me on another thing: If you’re sitting around a blustery winter evening reading, you need a wood stove to keep you warm. Quilts, furs, fleece and down won’t keep your fingers, your nose or your toes warm enough.
Thing is, there’s so much work associated with wood heat. Oh sure, you can get yourself a paycheck from a 9-5 job and just buy split wood, get it delivered and stacked - but my boss is me, and I don’t get paid enough by me to spend money on the multiple cords of wood I need to get through the cold season.
My best intentions are to cut early and the wood will be dry by the time I need it. I choose trees on my own place that have been hit by bark beetles or are just fading away because of drought – I not only get wood for the stove but also provide a better environment for the remaining trees while making my land more wildfire resistant. My best intentions rarely ever pan out.
Remember my boss? She just doesn’t ever seem to give me a break. Work, work, work – I wear out the lettering on my keyboard keys all the time (good thing I’m a touch typist). Typing does not = a stack of wood.
And there are so many other reasons for not going out there and cutting wood – don’t want to do it when it’s hot, can’t do it during fire season, and when it starts raining, I don’t want to do it then either. Right now, October, is a good time of year for cutting wood, though it won’t all be as dry as it might be before I really need it in winter. I really should be out there with the chain saw today – but I think I’ll take it into town instead and get it tuned up and sharpened. I’ll cut wood another day. Probably, like last year, in the dead of winter. Hey, logs pull down the hill much easier on snow!
Even if I cave in and buy wood (it could happen!), that’s not all there is to a wood stove. There’s splitting the wood, carrying it in every day (twice a day if it’s really cold), cleaning out the ashes regularly, sweeping up all the wood debris and dirt that falls off the logs, climbing up onto the roof every so often and banging on the stovepipe to knock the creosote off the walls and of course, stoking the fire regularly enough that all the work yields a warm house in the dead of winter.
And yes, it’s worth it. There’s something about the heat from a wood stove that is very different from any other heat. It’s as if it reaches out to something in my very being and touches my core with comfort and security, not just physical warmth. When it’s snowing and blowing outside and there’s a cheery blaze in the wood stove, enough logs in the burn chamber to last the night and a stack of wood nearby to build the fire up again in the morning, when I turn out the lights and see the yellow flickering light cast by the flames through the vents in the door and I feel that warmth on my skin all the way to my bones, I know all’s right with my world.
Baseboard heaters just don’t do that for me.
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