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Visual Storytelling: Documentary Filmmaking Workshop, Oaxaca, Mexico -- February 1-6, 2009

ValleyGirl wrote 1 day ago: Novice to Intermediate Levels Welcome! For six days, from Sunday to Friday morning, you will immers … more →

Tags: Oaxaca Mexico art and culture, Teotitlan del Valle, Travel & Tourism, documentary film institute, Documentary Films, Erica Rothman, film audio recording, Film Editing, Film Production

Guitar Praise?1 comment

Ben Simpson wrote 1 day ago: In yet another case of “Christ Against Culture,” video game developer Digital Praise is … more →

Tags: Church Ministry, Christian music, Christianity, Culture, DIGITAL PRAISE, Guitar Praise, Video Games

Fronk N Dego Films

Ben Simpson wrote 2 days ago: I enjoyed this installment enough to post it.  This film is entitled, “The Most Dramatically … more →

Tags: Fronk N Dego, Short Films, The Funny, The Most Dramatically Normal Day Ever

Biblical Commentary in TMQ

Ben Simpson wrote 2 days ago: I enjoy Gregg Easterbrook’s writing.  I read his NFC preview this morning, but the AFC previe … more →

Tags: Sports, Biblical Literacy, Football, kansas city chiefs, Sports

Um...Actual Answer from a Physics Test

Ben Simpson wrote 3 days ago: Courtesy of my friend Ryan.  I laughed out loud. … more →

Tags: Ridiculous Test Answers, The Funny

Au-then-tic: Real, Genuine, Original, Credible, Trustworthy

ValleyGirl wrote 5 days ago: What defines authentic? Who is the arbiter of authenticity? Is there a higher standard that we hol … more →

Tags: Oaxaca Mexico art and culture, Oaxaca rug weaving and natural dyes, Teotitlan del Valle, Travel & Tourism, Natural dyes, cochineal, Indigo, Sustainable Agriculture, Environmental Quality

Rhythms of Zapotec Weaving

ValleyGirl wrote 5 days ago: The thump, thump, rhythmic cadence of the loom awakens me on the mornings that Federico Chavez Sosa … more →

Tags: Oaxaca Mexico art and culture, Oaxaca rug weaving and natural dyes, Oaxaca travel, Travel & Tourism, México, Teotitlan del Valle, Zapotec, learn to weave, textile fabrics

Bill Maher to Release Anti-Faith Film "Religulous"1 comment

Ben Simpson wrote 6 days ago: Bill Maher’s “Religulous” is set to release this coming October.  The host of … more →

Tags: film

Silkworms in Oaxaca

ValleyGirl wrote 1 week ago: Sunday, August 18, Teotitlan del Valle: I’m behind the wheel of the aging blue Toyota truck, f … more →

Tags: oaxaca indigenous dress, Oaxaca Mexico art and culture, Oaxaca rug weaving and natural dyes, Oaxaca travel, Teotitlan del Valle, Travel & Tourism, Arte y Seda, Mexico silk, Natural dyes

5 Things I Liked About The Dark Knight2 comments

davehess wrote 1 week ago: 1.     The greater appreciation it gave me for a functional legal system and police force in my … more →

Tags: Lists, Movie Reviews

Pita: The Silk of the Pineapple Leaf

ValleyGirl wrote 1 week ago: The pita (pee-tah) I am referring to is NOT the middle eastern flat bread that most of us are famili … more →

Tags: Oaxaca Mexico art and culture, Oaxaca rug weaving and natural dyes, Oaxaca travel, Travel & Tourism, Alejandro de Avila, churrascurro, crochet with pita, Mexican rodeo, Museo Textil de Oaxaca

"They give freakin' 10%!"11 comments

Ben Simpson wrote 1 week ago: I happened to pop my earbuds out this morning just in time to overhear a coffee shop conversation be … more →

Tags: Theology, church, Church discipline, COFFEE SHOP, Eavesdropping, Giving, overhearing a conversation, tithing

Culinary Feminism (or) Brown Baggin' It3 comments

aejohnson wrote 1 week ago: A couple of my friends raised a collective eyebrow when they learned that I packed my husband … more →

Tags: Feeding our Children, Family, Food, packing lunches, Feminism, Barbara Kingsolver

Death of a Giant and Yet...

thewriterasobserver wrote 2 weeks ago: Almost two weeks ago came news from Russia that one of the greatest literary figures of the 20th cen … more →

Tags: Russia, writing, News, Literature

Whew! Whirlwind Weaving Workshop -- August 2008 Notes

ValleyGirl wrote 2 weeks ago: It’s Wednesday morning in Teotitlan del Valle and I’m just able to catch my breath.  Fi … more →

Tags: Food + Recipes, Oaxaca travel, Travel & Tourism, eating in the markets, eating on the street, Food Safety, healthy eating in Mexico, México, Oaxaca

What Makes the News the News?1 comment

Ben Simpson wrote 2 weeks ago: In Stuart Scott’s ESPN the Mag column “Two Way,” this exchange takes place: Questi … more →

Tags: News, ESPN, Stuart Scott

Why We Travel: Because We Can Afford It1 comment

thewriterasobserver wrote 2 weeks ago: So the The New York Times has an-I think?-weekly photo feature titled “Why We Travel.” I … more →

Tags: Travel, The New York Times

Obama is a Post Turtle

Eriks Goodwin wrote 2 weeks ago: While suturing a cut on the hand of a Texas Rancher whose hand was caught in a gate while working ca … more →

Tags: American Politics, Analogy, Election '08, obama, Post Turtle, Presidential Election

Rhinestone Manicure

ValleyGirl wrote 2 weeks ago: Do you know the way from San Jose? This morning I boarded a Mexicana flight from San Jose, Californ … more →

Tags: Oaxaca Mexico art and culture, Oaxaca travel, Travel & Tourism, Guadalajara airport, Latina fashion, mexicana airlines


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