Monthly Archives: October 2014

Hell’s Bells

Posted on October 31, 2014 by jyourist

Walt Disney produced 75 short Silly Symphonies between 1929 and 1939 when his studio was located in the Silver Lake District of LA. This number 4 of the seventy-five.  

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In the pursuit of happiness…

Posted on October 30, 2014 by jyourist

For the past month we have been studying the Constitution. We have looked at political philosophers like John Locke. We have examined the Declaration of Independence. We have unscrambled the Preamble and connected it to the weaknesses of the Articles … Continue reading →

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The Bus by Paul Kirchner

Posted on October 26, 2014 by jyourist
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October’s morning light

Posted on October 25, 2014 by jyourist
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“The Witch’s Life” by Anne Sexton

Posted on October 23, 2014 by jyourist

When I was a child there was an old woman in our neighborhood whom we called The Witch. All day she peered from her second story window from behind the wrinkled curtains and sometimes she would open the window and … Continue reading →

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The first selfie

Posted on October 22, 2014 by jyourist

This is a photo of five photographers holding a very heavy analog camera at arm’s length. Joseph Byron, founder of the Byron Company (a commercial photography studio founded in 1892 in Mnahattan), is holding the camera at the left, his … Continue reading →

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Confluence of rhythm, color, and improvisation

Posted on October 21, 2014 by jyourist

Saturday night, JB, IB, and I went to Andy’s Jazz Club to hear Greg Spero, a jazz and fusion pianist that IB went to school with at the U of I. In fact both of them lived in Allen Hall, … Continue reading →

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Gam Cho is in the house

Posted on October 20, 2014 by jyourist

I spent four hours at King Spa yesterday with a good friend. In the hot whirlpool, a staff member told us to use our “spa voices.” We were having way too much fun catching up, telling stories. Way too loudly apparently. … Continue reading →

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Ebola!!!

Posted on October 18, 2014 by jyourist

Created by Jack Ohman for the Sacramento Bee.

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“Oh no I got distracted by drawing lines on my hand.”

Posted on October 15, 2014 by jyourist

A student has been sharing with me the peripheral entries in her journal/notebook after class on most days. Today, and with great pride, she showed me her entry in her journal and then the actual hand it was based on … Continue reading →

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