Great video of Swoon and friends, who came to Portland to create Distance Don’t Matter, an installation of found materials, wheatpasted prints and more at Space Gallery. The collaboration included a number of the crew that were also involved with the dreamy Swimming Cities of Serenissima project. As a scrounger, saver and maker myself (albeit on a... - http://emilyqualey.tumblr.com/post...
Thelonious Monk - Blue Monk from Jazz on a Summer’s Day. Doc, my sailing coach at CofC was a lover of jazz so eight hour drives to regattas (South to Florida and North to Annapolis) were regularly accompanied by the excessive volume of Thelonious Monk. As passengers listening to more than our fair share of jazz, our response was comparable to... - http://emilyqualey.tumblr.com/post...
This morning on Facebook Hannah posted a geographic breakdown of votes for Question 1 in Maine. Click through for detail.
Surprising? No, not really. Battleground places established where talking needs to happen? Yes, thank you. - http://emilyqualey.tumblr.com/post...
We ain’t right wing, we ain’t left wing. We’re trying to get the folks to see the problem ain’t left versus right, it’s up versus down. - http://emilyqualey.tumblr.com/post...
wreckandsalvage:
Hearth montage (via Wreck and Salvage)
Our first fire in the wood-stove.
Awesome. And probably my favorite part about the shifting seasons. - http://emilyqualey.tumblr.com/post...
Autumn Squared (via jlaurence1011) Fall has treated New England well. Even though the season started out unseasonably chilly, the everlasting color and recent mildness has been a redeeming gift. Today however, the rain has come. And it seems that most of the leaves, surprising still more golden than brown, are being torn from trees. The season of... - http://emilyqualey.tumblr.com/post...
Maine Magazine | Jennifer Margaret Batchelor What do you do? For work: I load trucks early in the a.m. at UPS, proudly representing my union, Teamsters Local #340. Describe your style. Adaptable. I can wear the dirtiest work gear, the fanciest party dress, and everything in between. My favorite is getting all dressed up. I have a collection of... - http://emilyqualey.tumblr.com/post...
The Liz Lerman Dance Exchange is performing at Juice 2.0: Building Maine’s Innovation Networks next weekend. The image above is from Drift, a performance inspired by the sprawl of strip malls in choreographer Cassie Meador’s hometown of Augusta, Georgia . By turns comical and wistful, the work offers the viewer an opportunity to look backward and... - http://emilyqualey.tumblr.com/post...
Preparing for a night of glitz, glamor and gaffahs (ADULT HUMOR!) at the Camden Opera House tonight. I know, glitz in Mid Coast Maine? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? I thought you Camdenites just hung out wearing Bean Boots and running formula businesses out of town. Oh contrare. Sparkle dress? Check. Dutch female impersonators, known as The Working... - http://emilyqualey.tumblr.com/post...
Sadly missed this chili extravaganza due to a level of exhaustion that found me in my pajamas at six o’clock in the evening, nonetheless, Bagwell rawks the invite. NEXT TIME. - http://emilyqualey.tumblr.com/post...
There were a slew of bands that performed at the “Hell No On One” event, but Spencer and The School Street Mafia was the band that totally peaked my interest. It seems I’ve become too accustom to three and four person bands, because my socks were knocked off by this gang. There were horns! Strings and things! Yeah. Experiencing the energy of a 12... - http://emilyqualey.tumblr.com/post...
bobbbyg: peachfuzz: (via escapethiscity) Just in case anyone wasn’t sure. VOTE NO on Question #1 in Maine. Equal rights for everyone. DITTO. And! I can’t believe I haven’t mentioned this, but two weeks ago I met Mr. Rob (bobbyg) Gould himself at the, “Hell No On One” benefit concert at the Empire in Portland. Impromptu mini Maine Tumblr meet up!... - http://emilyqualey.tumblr.com/post...
PopTech 2009 Social Innovation Fellows on Vimeo (via Vimeo) PopTech is known for its yearly conference overflowing high caliber speakers and performers, but what you might not know is that 2009 marks the completion of year two of the PopTech Social Innovation Fellows program. A program dedicated to supporting and accelerating the efforts of the... - http://emilyqualey.tumblr.com/post...
What is it that makes it so hard sometimes to determine whither we will walk? I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright. It is not indifferent to us which way we walk. There is a right way; but we are very liable from heedlessness and stupidity to take the wrong one. We... - http://emilyqualey.tumblr.com/post...