Loved this post! Ivan shared amazing black & white photo’s of my all-time favorite male actors including Jeff Bridges, Robert De Niro, Clint Eastwood, Jack Nicholson, Rutger Hauer, Al Pacino, Anthony Hopkins & Morgan Freeman. Ivan, from Belgrade,Serbia, has a terrific blog…I would encourage you to check it out.
Month: May 2012
Be grateful for those who have made the ultimate sacrifice…
The video clip below is a short three minute excerpt featuring Steven Cornford. Cornford, 18 years old when he served in Iraq, was awarded a Silver Star for Valor. He and other vets suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder are returning to Iraq as part of Operation Proper Exit. This is a moving clip. He is still so very young.
What the short clip above does not include is Cornford’s closing remarks (which can be found near the end of the full video at “Operation Proper Exit: A return to the war zone“). It was a poignant reminder of the meaning of Memorial Day. Here’s the excerpts: Continue reading “Be grateful for those who have made the ultimate sacrifice…”
Heidi’s Raw Icelandic Black & Whites…
Heidi Bjork is an artist painting watercolor art of passion, love and romance in black and white. Heidi is originally from Kópavogur, Iceland and is now based in Staffordshire, UK. Heidi’s first children’s book will be published in Iceland in autumn 2012. Heidi was kind enough to permit me to share her work with you. Check out Heidi’s site at heidibjork.com. I love her work…
Related Posts:
- Africa in Black & White
- Give me a hand…
- 2 Minutes of Eye an Ear Candy (Ansel Adams)
- Sunday morning…
- I watch. I can’t break my stare. And, calm settles in…
Running Hard To Stay In Place…
Every morning. Same ritual. Groan in preparation for the morning weigh-in. I take off every stitch of clothing thinking that my underwear somehow will tip the scales. (Am I a child?) I take a deep breath. My food intake from the prior day flashes by. Hoping for a miracle here – thinking maybe, just maybe, my super metabolism worked harder overnight – – given that I slept well and all. (Are you serious? This is going to be bad.) Then, I then step on the scale. Damn it. No miracle. And this is even after grinding out my work-out three days in a row.
Here’s the score card:
| Day | Activity | Distance | Calories Burned | Weight* |
| Friday | Elliptical | 5.3 miles | 525 | 205.6 |
| Saturday | Run | 4.7 miles | 470 | 205.0 |
| Sunday | Run | 5.0 miles | 500 | 205.2 |
(*Who am I kidding adding decimals)
So, I just finished my run. And decided to tally up the tonnage from yesterday’s feeding frenzy – – and humiliate myself in front of all of my closest friends. GOING PUBLIC. LETTING IT ALL HANG OUT THERE. Here we go: