for kirsten, in (lovely) chicago

we parade in the streets and plant trees of change on inauguration day.

o.
it is.
today.
the rain.
it is lovely.
and when they.
held their palms up.
i polished all the silver.
in the house because i couldnt.
stand the sight of tarnished forks.
and i wiped the lipstick off all the glasses.
i filled my pockets with quarters and dimes.
and i left the door open on my way downtown.
in search of the centre. where they all were.
drinking. the wine as quick as the falling.
raindrops.
from the.
canopies.

rachel comes from poland,

to los angeles,
and then to phoenix,
(before going on to tucson),
so she and lindsay
can have just one very late night
traveling neighborhood
business meeting.

(with the help of puppy chow,
and chai tea lattes.)
december 2008

Dearest neighborhood...

Dearest traveling neighborhood~

I am making a mythology of a Recycling Revolution!

The story is about you.

Please throw in anything you may have found.

I'll post on elephantjournal.com

It's about what we have!
We have somuch...





































~
Joana Smith
missepic2003@yahoo.com

Inauguration Special: tapping into the energy source

"imaginations harnessed for a common purpose..."

"Moving forward using all my breath..."

I am only one mommy from Houston, TX,

but sometimes I have ideas,

About how to make normal things...

into something yummy!

Freedom is a very old idea...

Freedom...

is it being able to have all the new stuff you want?

No, that can't be it! *

I am only one mommy in Houston, TX,

...but I know what it takes to make a Revolution.

I saw it in Paris at the CPU/CPE protests in 2006.

The students rose up for better job contracts,

and everyone supported them.

...and it worked!

Now mother earth is at stake...

My friends and I...

We are good at making old things,

new again!

We are small,

but we have some ideas...

Moving forward using all my breath
Making love to you was never second best
I saw the world thrashing all around your face
Never really knowing it was always mesh and lace
I'll stop the world and melt with you
You've seen the difference and
It's getting better all the time
There's nothing you and I won't do
I'll stop the world and melt with you
(You should know better)
Dream of better lives the kind which never hate
(You should see why)
Dropped in the state of imaginary grace
(You should know better)
I made a pilgrimage to save this human race
(You should see why)
Never comprehending a race that long gone by
(I'll stop the world)
I'll stop the world and melt with you
(I'll stop the world)
You've seen the difference and it's getting better all the time
(Let's stop the world)
There's nothing you and I won't do
(Let's stop the world)
I'll stop the world and melt with you
The future's open wide
(Let's stop the world)
I'll stop the world and melt with you
(Let's stop the world)
I've seen some changes but it's getting better all the time
(Let's stop the world)
There's nothing you and I won't do
(Let's stop the world)
I'll stop the world and melt with you
The future's open wide
hmmm hmmm hmmm
hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm
hmmm hmmm hmmm
hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm
I'll stop the world and melt with you
(Let's stop the world)
You've seen the difference and it's getting better all the time
(Let's stop the world)
There's nothing you and I won't do
(Let's stop the world)
I'll stop the world and melt with you
(Let's stop the world)
I'll stop the world and melt with you...

-modern english

*polaroids from my brave, wandering family, with lveo.

phoenix at the end of the beginning

afrique

just thinking about some old, faraway neighbors today.

bangolan, cameroon

goodnight

i have been sick.      lately.

and i did not get much sleep last night.

i am more tired than i can possibly state.

but.

i have been thinking.

(or was thinking today)

about people who renew my spirit.

and i think that can be a part of what

the traveling neighborhood

is about.            

people

renewing

spirits.

in other people. 

amen.

moving out of the loft,

(meals on the floor) in
los angeles, august 2008

septembre oh five, paris

Verbal Comprehension – Emotions

Expressing delight : géniale, super, chouette, cool, top
Expressing hurt : aie (ouch)
Expressing sympathy: Je suis (vraiment) desolée ; Je pense à toi ; Je suis avec toi.
if someone dies – formal expression : Mes sinceres condoléances.
Expressing surprise : Mon Dieu !
Expressing someone is good-looking :
Cute – chou, mignon(e)
Slang – “Il est beau gosse” (bad word for children, but commonly used)
“Il est une bombe (sexuelle)”

Emotive Commands :
Stop ! – Arretez !
Let me off here – Laissez-moi là.

Warning :
To warn - prévenir
Attention ! (for everything pretty much)