Newsletter – August 2006
Since we as a people have gotten used to color coding a multitude of things, objects events and or occurrences these past five years one could agree that Mr. Yuck Stickers are utterly outdated. No one has to explain to us what it is we are looking at when the weather map displays an array of multi charted red zones. You got it – Heat Wave. We seek desperately to blame someone for our temporary dilemma mainly the opposite which is a deep freeze while hoping for the opposite to like magic appear on command. This of course does not happen in an instant and our anxiety multiplies as a result of our impatience. Nothing seems to go our way these days. Everyone is heading for the department store in order to purchase that one more fan. Surprise, surprise. We did not know it would get hot. I did not order this. No one told me. Ask a three year old how he or she feels if they are capable of arranging their words properly they may tell you they are so stressed. But stress as defined in part by Webster is “burdened, pressure, tension, urgency, accent, emphasis, significance and wait.” In 1994 my very first article ever published appeared in a little local paper. It is entitled “Feeling Earthquaky”. When I opened the paper it read “Feeling Earthquacky” I was upset. A typo you suppose? In hindsight you decide. Here you are, feeling earthquacky.


