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The Outdoors Fix is a podcast to inspire you to make the outdoors a bigger part of your life. It's hosted by Liv Bolton. In this episode, Liv Bolton goes for a hike up the very steep Leckhampton Hill in the Cotswolds with Robert Finch. An orienteer and trail runner, Rob works for Ordnance Survey as a Field Surveyor. He's a listener of the podcast and when he heard Liv was looking to speak to someone who works with maps, he got in touch! Liv learnt so much about mapping from the conversation, including how trig points really work! Rob also shared his orienteering and trail running adventures and tips for fitting more of the outdoors into your every day. If you enjoy this episode, it would fantastic if you could subscribe. And do tell your family and friends about it - thank you! The Outdoors Fix is a podcast produced and hosted by Liv Bolton @liv_outsideuk Episodes in each series are released fortnightly. The next episode will be released on Sunday 24 November. You can find photos of the guests on Instagram @TheOutdoorsFix The Outdoors Fix book is out now: http://bit.ly/3GJDLJc Rob Finch can be found on Instagram @finchinthefield Rob's raising money for Keswick Mountain Rescue Team - if you'd like to donate, head to: https://www.justgiving.com/page/robs-bob-keswick-mrt This episode of The Outdoors Fix is kindly supported by outdoor footwear brand Merrell. The post Robert Finch: The orienteer and trail runner working for Ordnance Survey in the Cotswolds appeared first on The Outdoors Fix.
Remembering writer and CAI contributor Robert Finch.
Robert Finch, pre-seminary student at Concordia University St. Paul, joins Andy and Sarah for our Set Apart to Serve Series to talk about his journey to Lutheranism and Concordia St. Paul, how he discovered Lutheran doctrine, what he's learning in pre-seminary studies, why he loves learning Biblical languages, and how this program will prepare him for his next chapter at seminary. Learn more about the pre-seminary program and $0 tuition at Concordia St. Paul at csp.edu/program/pre-seminary. Learn more about the Set Apart to Serve Initiative at lcms.org/setaparttoserve. Christ's church will continue until He returns, and that church will continue to need church workers. Set Apart to Serve (SAS) is an initiative of the LCMS to recruit church workers. Together, we pray for workers for the Kingdom of God and encourage children to consider church work vocations. Here are three easy ways you can participate in SAS: 1. Pray with your children for God to provide church workers. 2. Talk to your children about becoming church workers. 3. Thank God for the people who work in your congregation. To learn more about Set Apart to Serve, visit lcms.org/set-apart-to-serve.
President and Vice President, Boys and Girls Clubs of Athens
A town in the 1700s finds itself having a witch problem. Luckily someone knows what needs to be done with witches! (I thought this had come out long ago, but somehow I missed posting it!) Written by Julie Hoverson Sound and mastering by Aaron Emmanuel JUDGE (50s) Russell Gold BAILEY (40s) Barry Howarth WITCH HUNTER (any) Karim Kronfli ELIZABETH JAMESON (18) Libby Thomas MASTER BERNE (30) Michael Hudson MASTER HILLMAN (30) Alex Gilmour OLD MAGGIE (70) Elizabeth Price OLD AGNES (70) Julie Hoverson MAJOR JANIS TIMMS (30) Devin Nissan KATE (30) Katy Anderson PRIEST (40) Owen Curtiss BORDO, GOAT (any) TOWNSFOLK Jay Langejans Naomi Rose Mock Owen Curtiss Robert Finch Katy Anderson Michael Hudson Alex Gilmour Julie Hoverson ************************************************ The Shadow of Ignorance Cast: Judge Bailey Witch Hunter Elizabeth Jameson Master Berne Master Hillman Old Maggie, who lives by the Fen Old Agnes Major Janis Timms, Time Traveler Kate, Priest, and other TOWNSFOLK Bordo, goat MUSIC SCENE 1 COURT SOUND CROWD IN LARGE ROOM BAILEY Oyez, Oyez, this Court will come to order! JUDGE Are all present who would accuse? BAILEY Aye, judge! JUDGE This court is convened in a case of the most severe crime... MAN IN CROWD Witchcraft! TOWNSFOLK [general mumbles "curses" "witchcraft" "I always knew about her" "God protect us" "witch!"] SOUND GAVEL BANGS JUDGE Call the court, Bailey BAILEY This tribunal will come to order! TOWNSFOLK [murmurs subside] JUDGE Call the accused. BAILEY Bring in the accused! SOUND DOOR OPENS, SEVERAL PEOPLE ENTER KATE [at the back] Witch! BAILEY Do not think I would hesitate to remove you from the court, Kate Carlin! KATE [hurried murmur] My apologies, master. JUDGE Pronounce the bill, Bailey. BAILEY [reading] Elizabeth Jameson, you stand accused of multiple acts of witchcraft. ELIZABETH Never did I any such thing! JUDGE Hold your hexing tongue, woman. BAILEY [reading] Such acts include the drying up of several of Master Hillman's cows. Is Master Hillman present? HILLMAN Aye, them cows was grand producers afore she-- BAILEY Reply "Aye," only, master. Should we require testimony, you will be called to witness. HILLMAN Aye. I be present. BAILEY [back to reading] Further, accusation has been made that you attempted to seduce master Berne-- ELIZABETH Nay! He is the one made every attempt to importune me! BERNE You gave me the horn, you cannot deny it! JUDGE This is not-- ELIZABETH You get the horn all on your own, sir, else why would your wife be abed with your eighth child? BERNE My lust for you is from the devil. JUDGE If you please-- ELIZABETH Perhaps you should visit Master Hillman and his cows! SOUND GAVEL JUDGE Silence! BAILEY Silence in the court. No mouths will speak but my own, unless invited to witness! SOUND A MOMENT OF SILENCE, A COUGH OR TWO BAILEY [loud] Good. [to judge] Shall we add inciting congress with animals to the charges against the accused, for her impetuous insult to Master Berne? JUDGE Think you we need further charges? The evidence is quite damning. BAILEY [shrug] It was well-witnessed. We may have to address it. JUDGE Continue with the case as presented. BAILEY [reading again] You further stand accused of stealing dirt from a consecrated grave after midnight, whistling on a Sunday, and wearing a red hat to church. ELIZABETH I never stole nothing! I put flowers on me mother's grave, and the only time I had to go there, it had come down dark - but surely could not been as late as midnight! What else am I do to? I work from sun up to sun down to keep body and soul together! JUDGE Your soul is debatable, were these charges proven true. ELIZABETH My soul is as pure as any maid's, judge. I am poor and alone, an easy target for the lusts and accusations of others. BAILEY You are accused by some number of your fellow townsfolk. Do you claim they conspire against you? ELIZABETH I know naught of conspiracy. I throw myself on the mercy of the great lords gathered here, and say that were I ever to even have a foul and fiendish thought, I banished it with prayers to God, and would never have acted on such, even had I power to do so. JUDGE Mercy is all very well, but the accusation must be answered. Call the witch finder! BAILEY [solemnly announcing] Witch Finder! Enter! TOWNSFOLK [murmurs] SOUND DOOR OPENS, SLOW CONFIDENT STEPS APPROACH BAILEY You swear upon your immortal soul that you will speak true. WITCH FINDER I so swear. JUDGE Most excellent. BAILEY You are Master Morgenstern, expert at uncovering witches and heretics, are you not? WITCH FINDER I am. I have personally been party to the execution of over a dozen witches in several counties. TOWNSFOLK [Murmur of approval] BAILEY You have said there are certain signs that can reveal a witch, beyond any doubt. Would you enumerate some of these, in brief? WITCH FINDER I would be honored, masters. First, most witches have some beast - generally of a midnight color - to guide them. They are known to speak to this "familiar", which might even reply, though often in words unheard by any but the witch. JUDGE Does the accused have such a familiar, Bailey? ELIZABETH I do not! I barely keep myself fed, let alone a beast! WITCH FINDER [smooth] Tis not the only sign, merely the most obvious. Witches often have area on the body rendered insensate by their congress with the devil. Patches which cannot feel the prick of a pin. JUDGE Have you checked the accused for such? WITCH FINDER I have not yet been given that task. ELIZABETH I am never a witch! Certes an expert like yourself must see that, my gracious lord! WITCH FINDER [seemingly sympathetic] Witches may wear any visage, young lady. With such power as they can wield, they may appear as lovely as you. JUDGE Is there none safe from being a witch? WITCH FINDER Those who dwell without the company of others, with none to observe any devious activity, are the likeliest culprits. ELIZABETH I am not alone for a single portion of the day! I toil daily for three different families to earn a shred to eat, and sleep in a pew in the church, where the good father might always watch over me. WITCH FINDER Hm. May I peruse the charges, Bailey. BAILEY At your pleasure, Witch Finder. WITCH FINDER [reads for a minute, grunts, then quietly to judge] May we retire from company for a few minutes, masters? A strong suspicion comes upon me, but is not for the ears of onlookers. JUDGE [quietly responding] As you wish. [up] Bailey? Announce we shall return shortly. WITCH FINDER Bring the accused, if you please. BAILEY [announcing] We must have private counsel. None may leave whilst we are absent. SOUND MURMURS, FEET, DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES, CUTS OFF MURMURS SCENE2 SMALLER ROOM [They speak in whispers unless noted otherwise.] WITCH FINDER May I perform a test on the accused, sirs, here in your presence? BAILEY Need you a pin? WITCH FINDER I have in mind a more serious test. JUDGE Well enough. What is it? WITCH FINDER I have a holy relic on my person for just such cases. If she is a witch, she will be unable to even gaze upon it. BAILEY That would settle all. WITCH FINDER However... JUDGE Yes? WITCH FINDER If she can look upon it, but not touch it, she may not be damned herself, but have had dealings with a witch. BAILEY Dealings? WITCH FINDER [ominous] Even the most upright of folk may turn to the devil when desperate. Never think a simple charm or remedy will do them any harm - but evil sneaks in through the slightest of cracks. BAILEY [clearly guilty] Oh, uh, really? JUDGE [also shifty] Um, yes, of course. WITCH FINDER [lighter] Or a curse may be upon her. You say she has no family and no hopes of marrying, due to her extreme poverty? BAILEY Yes, it's quite tragic. WITCH FINDER And none ever considered a curse might have placed her in such straits? JUDGE [astonished] No! Do you think-- WITCH FINDER I must consider everything. BAILEY What must we do if she is accursed? WITCH FINDER We must find the witch that laid the curse upon her, and destroy her to undo all her wicked works. Or his. Some of the most diabolical witches I have uncovered have been of the male persuasion. JUDGE Good god preserve us! WITCH FINDER First, let us test the accused. If she is the witch, this will all be moot. [up, speaking across the small room] Girl! ELIZABETH [tearful dignity] I am called Elizabeth Jameson. WITCH FINDER You claim you are no witch, do you not? ELIZABETH [a bit confused] I - I mean aye, I mean ... [definite] I am no witch, master. WITCH FINDER Then perhaps you are accursed. Are there any who would do such a thing to you, girl? ELIZABETH [reluctant] Perhaps master Berne, as I... I struck him when he made unwelcome advances. WITCH FINDER Many men do not take such a rebuff kindly. Hold this for a moment, if you would. ELIZABETH This? Certainly. [pain, surprise] Oh! SOUND SOMETHING CLATTERS TO THE FLOOR ELIZABETH Your pardon, master! That - that thing! It burned me! WITCH FINDER [satisfied] I know. SOUND SNATCHES UP FROM FLOOR WITCH FINDER See, masters? She is accursed; no witch. BAILEY How lucky we are you were here! WITCH FINDER Certes, sirs. Else you might have condemned an innocent. Further, thought yourself safe, while the true miscreant walked unsuspected among you. BAILEY What is there to do now? WITCH FINDER [grim] We summon the witch to the court. BAILEY Will your relic do that? WITCH FINDER Nay, sir. I must use a trifle of the witch's own power to do it. This must be kept secret between us. JUDGE What are you saying? WITCH FINDER I am trained, by the mother holy church, to use some of the devil's own magic against his works, but none must ever know. You must all swear. JUDGE I would never uncover any such trust placed in me. BAILEY [hesitant] We will not be called upon to participate, will we? WITCH FINDER Nay, master, I endanger no soul but my own. I am willing to do that, in service to god and the good people of your town. BAILEY Well then, I concur. WITCH FINDER You, girl? ELIZABETH Were you to remove whatever curse I am under, and free me from this accusation, I would follow you to the ends of the earth! WITCH FINDER Just swear you will never speak of it. ELIZABETH My lips will be ever sealed. WITCH FINDER Good. One further request - if the culprit is uncovered, their property should be forfeit to the crown, but in recompense for the curse this girl has suffered under, I think she should receive some portion in recompense. Do you gentlemen concur? JUDGE I will make it so. Enough to dower her into a respectable marriage, certainly. WITCH FINDER That would do well in the eyes of the lord. Now I must lay hands upon you, girl, to summon your tormentor. These good men will witness there is no mishandling. MUSIC SCENE 3 COURT ROOM TOWNSFOLK [restless murmurs] SOUND DOOR SLAMS OPEN AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM TOWNSFOLK [GASPS, other exclamations] TIMMS [very witchy sounding] Who is't that summons me? TOWNSFOLK [horrified gasps, a few sounds of fainting or small muffled screams] SOUND NEAR DOOR OPENS, MEN RETURN WITCH FINDER I do! TIMMS Who are you to summon such as I to your bidding? WITCH FINDER I command you, with the power of the church and God behind me! TIMMS I laugh at your command! WITCH FINDER Laugh you may, but I shall compel your name from you, crone. Speak! TIMMS [fighting] I... will... not! JUDGE Should we not take her? She cannot help but reveal her name in custody! WITCH FINDER This is merely a manifestation - the witch is here as if in a dream. Else you would surely recognize her voice or visage. JUDGE [knowingly] Of course! WITCH FINDER Do not distract me further. [up] Speak witch! Your name - I command it! TIMMS [fighting] I am... I am... Old Maggie of the fens. You fools never thought twice about coming to me for my remedies, thus I own a morsel of every soul in this chamber! WITCH FINDER Release them, now, crone! Most especially this girl, Elizabeth! TIMMS You cannot command me! WITCH FINDER Everyone! Everyone in this room must pray and refute the devil! Where is the town priest? Ah! Lead the prayer, if you would, sir. PRIEST Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil TIMMS [still fighting] You are far too strong! I must release my hold on them! Aaaaaagh!!!! SOUND WHOOSHING EXIT, DOORS SLAM WITCH FINDER [exhausted] Come morning, we'll fetch this Maggie-- BAILEY We should go now! JUDGE Yes! We must brave the darkness to bring justice and security-- PRIEST And release from Satan's grip! JUDGE --to the town! TOWNSFOLK [Agreeing noises] JUDGE The people will not be halted, Witch Finder. BAILEY Is there great danger if we go by night? WITCH FINDER [tired] Tis of no matter- A witch may be stronger by night, but this one will be weakened by the confrontation just passed. I will be recovered and ready when folk have fetched torches to light the way. BAILEY [announcing] Fetch torches and weapons to protect ourselves! WITCH FINDER [halfheartedly, still tired] Yes, yes weapons. Of course. ELIZABETH We must destroy the witch to assure the curse is gone forever! I cannot go on, under such a dark cloud! MUSIC SCENE 4 COTTAGE IN WOODS SOUND OUTSIDE - FROGS, NIGHTTIME SOUND POUNDING ON A WOOD DOOR MAGGIE [inside] Who is't that comes to me so late? TIMMS One who would save you, wise woman. SOUND DOOR OPENS MAGGIE Save me? From what calamity? TIMMS The townsfolk. They come to burn you as a witch. Gather anything you wish to keep. MAGGIE Who art thou? TIMMS I have a conveyance ready to take you away, what more do you need to know? MAGGIE May I bring my goat? I cannot abandon her to burn. TIMMS Your goat is welcome, but time is short. Dress. Tell me what I can gather for you. MAGGIE A trunk lies under that blanket. I wouldst have it with me, if you can shift it. SOUND SHUFFLING FEET GOING UP CREAKY STAIRS MAGGIE [from off] A dream forewarned me of this, after my dear cousin Agnes was drowned at Haddisfield. TIMMS Agnes. Yes. [Uhn! moving heavy object] SOUND HEAVY BOX SHIFTED SOUND DISTINCTLY MODERN HUMMING NOISE, AS OF MACHINERY. WHOOSH OF MOVEMENT. TIMMS [calling] Your trunk is safe, grandmother! Grab your goat and hurry, I think I hear the rabble approaching! SOUND MORE SWITCHES, ELECTRONIC NOISE MAGGIE Come Bordo, my sweet-- GOAT Mahhh MAGGIE Oh! What have you there? TIMMS A false body for them to burn. They need to see you die, to be content. MAGGIE How awful people are, that they may need one's help one moment, then turn so cruel and heartless the next. TIMMS I promise you, times do change. Come now. SOUND DOOR OPENS, EXIT SCENE 5 OUTSIDE COTTAGE (continued) MAGGIE My trunk? TIMMS In my carriage, here. MAGGIE I see no carriage. 'Tis a small house! GOAT Mahhh! TIMMS [amused] If it helps, I will enter first. SOUND WHOOSHY DOOR SOUND TIMMS Come on. Get inside! MAGGIE Very well. SOUND FEET, WHOOSHY DOOR CLOSES SCENE 5 SCI FI SOUNDSCAPE (continued) SOUND SLOW FOOTSTEPS MAGGIE [awe] It is so large within! How can this be? TIMMS The door is a just a portal. It can open anywhere. It, and I, are from the future. MAGGIE But why come for me? TIMMS Once it was determined that people who were going to die anyway could not hurt the time stream if they were removed, the wiccan council of 2170 decided to save any of the wise women of the past that we could. MAGGIE Your words mean nothing, I fear. TIMMS See if this helps. SOUND ANOTHER DOOR OPENS, SHUFFLING FEET ENTER AGNES Maggie! MAGGIE [awe!] Agnes? But- but you-- AGNES [happy] Just as with you! MAGGIE ohh! GOAT Mahhh AGNES Quite unnerving, I know Maggie, dear. Sit here with me. SOUND TIME TRAVEL NOISE [NOT THE TARDIS - LOL] TIMMS And... We are clear. MAGGIE My head is a jumble. Where are we? Who is this lady? AGNES This is Major Timms. She is from a future as far beyond our time as the birth of Jesus was before. TIMMS Close enough. AGNES She came here to carry us off, in the very moment of our doom, to bring our knowledge and wisdom to the world of her future. Wisdom appears to be scarce there. TIMMS Just another stop or two before we return to my time. MUSIC SCENE 6 OUTSIDE, MORNING SOUND CAPSULE APPEARS - SCI FI NOISE SOUND DOOR WHOOSHES OPEN TIMMS [looking for someone] Hello? WITCH FINDER [weary whisper] Here. TIMMS [clearly knows him] You look tired. WITCH FINDER Late night bonfires can do that. TIMMS Good job, if that helps. WITCH FINDER Thanks. Only three more months of this and I get to go home. TIMMS Want me to take a message? WITCH FINDER [shrug] I'll get there about the same time you do. Where you off to next? TIMMS Somewhere in Africa. Late 1800s. WITCH FINDER How did we ever get past all this? TIMMS [noncommittal noise] Mm. Just keep up the good work. OK? WITCH FINDER You too. TIMMS [yelling back] And don't catch dysentery! SOUND LEAVING NOISE SEGUE INTO MUSIC ENDING CREDITS
The boys were joined by Finchy's old man to chat all things footy, the boys paid tribute to Norm Provan and how the Dragons came to be so successful in that era.
Today, Robert Finch talks about a recent encounter with a silent, elegant bird that commanded his attention.
The old man is back by popular demand, discussing the State of Origin 3 washup and previewing Round 18 of the NRL.
This week Robert Finch tells us why there is nothing more soothing than the sound of rain.
Joined by the old man Robert Finch, we talk about State of Origin 3, as NSW look for a clean sweep.
This week, writer Robert Finch talks about conflicting attitudes surrounding multiflora roses.
In today's Cape Cod Notebook, writer Robert Finch reflects on decisions, and the road not taken.
Today on A Cape Cod Notebook, Robert Finch writes about "Two Different Shores, Two Different Lives."
I sit down with the old man and we run our eye over every team we discuss their strengths & where we think they can improve for the second half of the season. We also name our top 8.B
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Today on A Cape Cod Notebook, Robert Finch talks about the rich -- and also notorious -- history of a secluded valley on the Outer Cape.
The Trappist monk Thomas Merton (1915-1968) wrote the following words in the middle of the twentieth century. “The rain I am in is not like the rain of cities. It fills the woods with an immense and confused sound. It covers the flat roof of the cabin and its porch with insistent and controlled rhythms. And I listen, because it reminds me again and again that the whole world runs by rhythms I have not yet learned to recognize, rhythms that are not those of the engineer.”[i] [i] Thomas Merton, “Rain and the Rhinoceros,” Raids on the Unspeakable (1964) also published in The Norton Book of Nature Writing ed. Robert Finch and John Elder (NY: Norton, 1990) 598-607.
Today we celebrate the French botanist who created the modern strawberry. We'll also learn about the sweet little orchid known as the moccasin flower. We hear words that offer perspective on our loss of wildlife and habitat. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a book about one of the world’s best botanical illustrators - and here’s a hint: she was a dear friend of Alice Lounsberry. And then we’ll wrap things up with the story of the new rare-plant house at the Fairchild Tropical Garden rebuilt after Hurricane Katrina. Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart To listen to the show while you're at home, just ask Alexa or Google to “Play the latest episode of The Daily Gardener Podcast.” And she will. It's just that easy. The Daily Gardener Friday Newsletter Sign up for the FREE Friday Newsletter featuring: A personal update from me Garden-related items for your calendar The Grow That Garden Library™ featured books for the week Gardener gift ideas Garden-inspired recipes Exclusive updates regarding the show Plus, each week, one lucky subscriber wins a book from the Grow That Garden Library™ bookshelf. Gardener Greetings Send your garden pics, stories, birthday wishes, and so forth to Jennifer@theDailyGardener.org Curated News The Little Fern That Could | Earth Island Journal | Anna Gibbs Facebook Group If you'd like to check out my curated news articles and original blog posts for yourself, you're in luck. I share all of it with the Listener Community in the Free Facebook Group - The Daily Gardener Community. So, there’s no need to take notes or search for links. The next time you're on Facebook, search for Daily Gardener Community, where you’d search for a friend... and request to join. I'd love to meet you in the group. Important Events February 18, 1827 Today is the anniversary of the death of the French botanist, gardener, and professor at Versailles, Antoine Nicolas Duchesne (“do-Shane”). A specialist in strawberries and gourds, Antoine was a student of Bernard de Jussieu at the Royal Garden in Paris. A plant pioneer, Antoine, recognized that mutation was a natural occurrence and that plants could be altered through mutation at any time. As a young botanist, Antoine began experimenting with strawberries. Ever since the 1300s, wild strawberries had been incorporated into gardens. But on July 6, 1764, Antoine created the modern strawberry - the strawberry we know today. Strawberries are members of the rose family, and they are unique in that their seeds are on the outside of the fruit. Just how many seeds are on a single strawberry? The average strawberry has around 200 seeds. To get your strawberry plant to produce more fruit, plant in full sun, in well-drained soil, and trim the runners. February 18, 1902 Today the Showy Lady’s-Slipper became the State Flower of Minnesota. The Lady Slipper orchid was discovered in 1789 by William Aiton. The Lady Slipper’s common name is inspired by the unusual form of the third petal, and it’s what makes the bloom look like a little shoe. During his lifetime, Darwin repeatedly tried to propagate the Lady’s-Slipper Orchid. He never succeeded. The Lady Slipper’s growing conditions are quite particular - which is why they are almost impossible to keep in a traditional garden. It’s also illegal to pick, uproot or unearth the flowers - which was a problem in the 1800s when people collected them almost to extinction. Since 1925, the Lady’s-Slipper has been protected by Minnesota state law. In the wild, Lady’s-Slippers grow in swamps, bogs, and damp woods. They take forever to grow, and they can grow for almost a decade before producing their first flower, which can last for two months in cooler weather. As long-lived plants, Lady’s-Slippers can grow as old as 100 years and grow up to 4 feet tall. To Native Americans, the Lady’s-Slipper was known as the moccasin flower. An old Ojibwe legend told of a plague that had occurred during a harsh winter. Many people died - including the tribal healer. Desperate for help, a young girl was sent to find medicine. But, the snow was deep, and in her haste, she lost her boots and left a trail of bloody footprints in the snow. The legend was that her footprints were marked with the beautiful moccasin flower every spring. One summer, when Henry David Thoreau came upon a red variety of Lady’s-Slipper in the woods, he wrote about it, saying: “Everywhere now in dry pitch pine woods stand the red lady’s slipper over the red pine leaves on the forest floor rejoicing in June. Behold their rich striped red, their drooping sack.” Unearthed Words I remembered reading that during the great flight year of 1926-27, over 2,300 snowy owls were shot and kept his trophies in the United States alone. One of the greatest difficulties for modern conservationists, I think, is to rightly conceive how much we have lost. We trudge so far today to see so little that the result is often a strangely pathetic elation. — Robert Finch, Nature writer, Common Ground, Snowy Grow That Garden Library Ellis Rowan, 1848-1922 by Kate Collins This book came out in 1989, and it’s part of the Australian book series that featured its most outstanding artists. My copy arrived last week, and it features incredible full-page color plates of Australian native flowers, birds, and insects. Born in Melbourne, Ellis married Frederic Rowan in 1873. Ellis discovered painting after her botanist husband, Frederick, encouraged her to develop talent, and it was a passion that she pursued until her death. Ellis’s life was full of adventure. She traveled and painted abroad. Three of her paintings were presented to Queen Victoria. My favorite stories about Ellis concern her wonderful friendship with the botanist and writer Alice Lounsberry, and they created three beautiful books about the flowers of North America. During the First World War, Ellis was living in New Guinea. At one point, she painted 45 of the 62 known species of birds of paradise. As a woman living during the mid-1800s, Ellis followed the dress code of her era. Wherever she went, whether on an expedition or at home, Ellis was always impeccably dressed. Ellis’s daily attire included heavy ankle-length dresses, high collars with full sleeves, crinolines, corsets, whalebone stays, and a hat. Just before Ellis died, the federal parliament in Australia debated whether to buy 1,000 of Ellis' paintings. The Australian artist and novelist Norman Lindsay called Ellis' work vulgar - believing wildflowers were unworthy subjects for art. But ultimately, Ellis' paintings were purchased for $5,000, and they are now a treasured part of Australia's National Library. This book is 52 pages of the beautiful work of Ellis Rowan. You can get a copy of Ellis Rowan, 1848-1922 by Kate Collins and support the show using the Amazon Link in today's Show Notes for around $9 Today’s Botanic Spark Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart February 18, 1996 On this day, The Miami Herald shared a story about rebuilding the rare plant house at the Fairchild Botanical Garden. “The born-again rare-plant house at the Fairchild Tropical Garden called Windows on the Tropics has a new roof and new walls - and a whole collection of staghorn ferns mounted like prize stag heads overlooking the inner courtyard. The new $1 million conservatory at the Fairchild Tropical Garden that is being built on the footprint of the hurricane-demolished rare plant house is nearing its opening day. It will be the last piece of the Hurricane Andrew puzzle to be put back into place in the garden. More than 2,000 plants will be on display in the conservatory showing about 1,000 species grouped in themes or windows onto the natural tropical world. One window into plant and animal interactions will feature everything from ant plants to carnivorous plants. Recently a buttonwood tree was bolted to a wall for the display beneath which visitors will walk and come eyeball-to-eyeball with insect-dissolving pitcher plants. The window featuring epiphytic or air plants will open into the old orchid display room [which] will include orchids, bromeliads, and climbing philodendrons. The new conservatory path will lead through the most modern of greenhouse spaces [and will] house Economic plants — those used by man — [like] coffee, pepper, vanilla, and other tropical food and medicine plants. Three new waterfalls are being built in the lower level of the conservatory where ferns, tree ferns, and palms will reside ...and here, the conservatory becomes a sensual experience. The building is the largest aluminum structure in Florida [that also meets] the 120-mile-an-hour wind code. Soaring 12 feet taller than the old Rare Plant House, the plastic roof has clerestory windows that open for ventilation and come with built-in storm shutters. And, plants no longer will be subjected to chemicals in city water but to rainwater collected in two cisterns that will hold 45,000 gallons. The conservatory will be opened on March 23rd (1996)… Instead of having a guest speaker, the garden is letting Windows on the Tropics do all the talking, says Barbara Schuler, director of development. Thanks for listening to The Daily Gardener. And remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."
Karlene Nation speaks to African Studies Professor Firoze Manji of Carleton University about WE Charity shutting down and how to hold charitable organizations accountable for the work they do. Robert Finch of the Monarchist League of Canada also talks about Barbados announcing it will remove Queen Elizabeth as head of state. Should Canada do the same?
In this episode we tell the story of Larry Bill Elliott who murdered Dana Thrall and Robert Finch on January 2nd, 2001.
Kelly talks to Robert Finch, Chairman of the Canadian Monarchist league.
Right now is the perfect time to bring some nature indoors. Why buy something manufactured to look like nature, when some of the most impactful pieces can be found right in your own garden? I love to bring in some of the bird's nests from my garden. I place them on top of a stack of books, in a crystal bowl or on a bookshelf. They add wonderful, texture and interest to help ground your interior for winter. Adding leaves and berries to ledges and to your arrangements accomplishes the same thing. And, an interesting branch placed on a mantle, suspended from the ceiling or propped in the corner of a room,, adds an attractive seasonal form; a natural element, that costs nothing, but brings a part of the garden, of the woods or the forest, into your home. Brevities #OTD Today is the birthday of the Father of Plant Anatomy, Nehemiah Grew, who was born on this day in 1641. Grew was an English botanist and was the first person to illustrate the inner structures and functions of plants in all their wondrous intricacy. If you've ever seen a Nehemiah Grew drawing, you'll never forget it; you're probably able to spot them a mile away. But, if you've never seen a Nehemiah Grew drawing, imagine an etch-a-sketch drawing on steroids. The lines are impossibly thin. The level of detail is staggering. For instance, Grew's drawings of tree parts cut transversely look like elaborate Japanese fans. This is because Grew was one of the first naturalists to incorporate the microscope in the study of plant morphology. It was his use of the microscope that allowed Grew to give the first known microscopic description of pollen. Along those same lines, Grew was also the first person to analyze the ridges, furrows, grooves, and pores on human hands and feet. He published his incredibly accurate drawings of finger ridge patterns in 1684. Palm readers owe Grew a debt of gratitude. (Just kidding.... or am I?) #OTD Today is the birthday of John Chapman who was born on this day in 1774. You may never have heard of John Chapman, but you've probably heard of his nickname; Johnny Appleseed. Chapman was born in Massachusetts and the street where he was born is now called Johnny Appleseed Lane. As a young man, Chapman became an apprentice to an orchardist named Crawford. The image most of us have of Chapman, traipsing through the country planting one apple tree at a time is off base. Chapman actually traipsed through the country planting entire apple orchards, then he protected the orchard by building a fence around it, and then arranging a deal with a neighboring farmer to sell trees from the orchard in exchange for shares. It was a genius setup. During his life, Chapman had a special regard for and relationship with Native Americans who regarded him as a medicine man. At the same time, Chapman wanted early American settlers to succeed; he often acted as a one-man welcome wagon; showing up at door with a gift of herbs as a gesture of support. For his part, Chapman was an expert in more plants than just apple trees; he was one of our country's first naturalists and herbalists. Chapman used many herbs for healing like catnip, hoarhound, pennyroyal, rattlesnake weed, and dog-fennel. In fact, dog fennel (Eupatorium) was also called "Johnny weed" because Chapman planted it believing it was antimalarial. Whenever you hear Eupatorium, you can deduce that the plant is closely related to joe pye weed. Unfortunately, dog fennel was not a good thing to spread around; it's a noxious weed. The Johnny Appleseed Center on the campus of Urbana University in Urbana, Ohio holds the largest collection of memorabilia and information on Chapmen. In 1999, seedlings from the last-known surviving Johnny Appleseed tree were transplanted into the courtyard around the museum. #OTD Today is the birthday of the botanist Oakes Ames who was born on this day in 1874. What a great name for a botanist, huh? Ames was trained as an economic botanist, but his specialty was orchids. He had his own orchid collection as a kid, and you know what they say about orchid lovers; once you're hooked, you're hooked. The author, Norman MacDonald, wrote in his 1939 book The Orchid Hunters: "For when a man falls in love with orchids, he'll do anything to possess the one he wants. It's like chasing a green-eyed woman [being consumed by desire] or taking cocaine. A sort of madness..." Ames was a Harvard man; he spent his entire career there. His work on the Orchidaceae was foundational to the study of orchids. His effort culminated in a seven-volume work on the Orchid Family. For his dedication, in 1924, Ames won the gold medal of the American Orchid Society. Today, Ames is recognized for his biggest contribution to the world of orchids; the Ames Orchid Herbarium (now part of the Harvard Herbaria) featuring 3,000 flowers in glycerine, 4,000 specimens that are pickled, along with 131,000 standard specimens, in addition to a magnificent library. Unearthed Words 'I grow old, I grow old,' the garden says. It is nearly October. The bean leaves grow paler, now lime, now yellow, now leprous, dissolving before my eyes. The pods curl and do not grow, turn limp and blacken. The potato vines wither and the tubers huddle underground in their rough weather-proof jackets, waiting to be dug. The last tomatoes ripen and split on the vine; it takes days for them to turn fully now, and a few of the green ones are beginning to fall off." - Robert Finch, Nature Writer Today's book recommendation: The Pursuit of Paradise by Jane Brown Brown's book was released back in 2000. The subtitle is: A Social History of Gardens and Gardening. Brown covers the trends and beliefs about gardening through history from the water gardens of Persia to the future of gardens. The major influencers in gardening are referenced; like Capability Brown and Vita Sackville-West. The chapters are set up by the type of garden through history: from the secret garden and the military garden, to small gardens and formative gardens. If you are an explorer of garden history, this is a fantastic resource for your garden library. You can get used copies for less than $2 using the Amazon link in today's show notes. Today's Garden Chore Preserve some of your herbs in salt. Even though September is flying, the herb garden is still going strong. Preserving herbs in salt is fun and easy and a very old practice. Now, you can use salt to preserve tender herbs, like basil and cilantro, work great with a salt preservation. Jump on Amazon and order a couple boxes of kosher or sea salt - and you're all set. You have some options for using salt to preserve. The first is the layer method; just alternate layers of your herb with salt and refrigerate. The second method is to grind the herbs with the salt and then lay the mixture on a sheet pan to dry. Then pack the salt in a glass jar and refrigerate. Herbed salts make great holiday gifts and there's oodles of recipes online. Something Sweet Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart Today is the anniversary of the death of the novelist and horticulturist known as the Pink Lady Cora Older who died on this day in 1968. Before Apple became associated with Cupertino, there was Cora Older and her husband, newspaper editor, Fremont. They were part of San Francisco's high society, entertaining guests like the poet Carl Sandburg and Lincoln Steffens the muckraking journalist. Cora grew hundreds of pink roses in her garden which is how she became known as "The Pink Lady." During World War II, in August of 1942, the journalist Elsie Robinson wrote about Cora Older and the challenge faced by women dealing with the harvest alone in her column called "Listen World". I thought you would enjoy learning a little bit about Cora through this tremendous story. "Keeping the home fires burning is a cinch compared with keeping the home crops plucked these days, as those of us who have ranches and farms can testify. Where, oh where, are the hordes of jobless lads who used to come ambling around when the peach was on the bough and the berry on the thorn? I can tell you exactly where they are - Uncle Sam has gobbled them up, to the last calloused palm and freckle. So what do we do for "hired hands?" Mrs. Fremont Older knows the answer. Cora Older, widow of America's great and beloved newspaper publisher, and plenty of a writer herself, is lean, lithe and possesses enough spunk to run a dozen unions. Take this summer for instance, maybe you've been getting your suntan at the nearest beach. Not so Cora. During sizzling July and August weeks she has been climbing the hundreds of apricot and prune trees which spread across her big ranch at Cupertino, picking the fruit herself with the occasional and temperamental aid of a 64-year-old handy man. And It you don't think picking 'cots on a July afternoon is some job, you've a lot to learn, stranger. To Cora, however, there was no alternative. There was the fruit, such a harvest as the west has not seen in many a year. Golden floods of apricots, purple piles of prunes, but nary a man to pick them i n or deliver them to the dryer. So what? So if a man could climb a tree, she could. And did. Let the typewriter rest for a while, let the roses go ungathered - Cora Older was going to tackle her Victory harvest. It's an epic, that battle with heat and weariness, human cussedness and old Mother Nature. I hope she puts it into a book. Thanks for listening to the daily gardener, and remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."
#NationalIndoorPlantWeek is this week! Be sure to follow my friend, Lisa Steinkopf - the @HouseplantGuru- on twitter for a chance to win copies of her books and some houseplants. And remember, it's all week long - so Happy Indoor Plant Week. Go get yourself something new for the Indoor season which is just around the corner if you live in a colder climate. Brevities #OTD Today is the anniversary of the death of Charles V of France who died on this day in 1380. He commissioned his cook, Guillaume Tirel, to create the first cookbook. The full title of the book is an exceptionally long one. In English, it translates to: "Hereafter follows the [recipe collection] describing the preparation of all manner of foods, as cooked by Taillevent, the cook of our noble king, and also the dressing and preparation of boiled meat, roasts, sea and freshwater fish, sauces, spices, and other suitable and necessary things as described hereafter." As the Culinary World was getting underway, it is interesting to note that during Charles V's reign, the first forks were found to be included in an inventory. And gardeners with some knowledge of mushrooms will find the death of Charles V intriguing; some historians believe that Charles V died as a result of eating the highly poisonous amanita mushrooms. #OTD Today is the birthday of the Scottish plantsman Robert Fortune who was born on this day in 1812. Robert Fortune's name is inextricably bound to China and to tea and the tea plant, Camellia sinensis. For centuries, China had a monopoly on tea. They, alone, grew the plants. They made black tea and green tea, and the rest of the world had no idea how they did it. By the 1700's, the British had started enjoying exports from China: porcelain, silk, and yes, tea. But, China was not interested in goods from Britain. The lop-sided relationship was a problem. This is where Robert Fortune enters the scene. By the early 1800's, he was a trained botanist learning at the hem of some of England's finest gardens and he gets hired to go to China by the Royal Geographic Society the RGS. At the time, China was off-limits to foreigners. So, in order to collect plants, Fortune figured out a way to blend in: he shaves his head and wears clothing like the locals, he picks up some of the Mandarin language and he learns about China more than any other westerner at the time. China is vast and Fortune stayed for three years before returning home to England. When he returned, Fortune wrote about his time in China and he drew the attention of The British East India Company. They were serious about obtaining tea plants from China. And, they were desperate to learn how to make tea. So, they wisely select Fortune, with his unique combination of botanical and Chinese expertise, and they send him back to China. This time Fortune was on a much more specific mission and he knew what he needed to do to. He went to China incognito; dressed as a Mandarin. He had shaved the front of his head he basically had extensions sewn in to the hair on the back of his head so he looked like he has this amazingly long ponytail. He looked 100% the part. Then, he hired guides to do the talking for him and since there was no national language, it all flew under the radar. Once in China, Fortune immediately began visiting tea plantations. He learned the methods and ways of harvesting tea plants to make tea. He learned that green tea and black tea come from the same plant; it's just the processing method that makes them different. Thanks to the Wardian case, Fortune was able to get live plants to India. All told, Fortune managed to smuggle out 20,000 tea plants and ships them to India. He even managed to get some of the Chinese tea farmers with their tools to leave China and help set up tea production in India. Sara Rose, one of the authors who has written a biography on Fortune, said that what Fortune accomplished was no less than the greatest single act of corporate espionage in the history of the world. Today, China is still the top tea producer with over 2.4 million tons of production. Followed by India at a little less than half and then Kenya, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam make up the next spots. So, tea being grown outside of China is a direct result of Robert Fortune and India, as the number 2 tea producer in the world (behind China) was a feat that was accomplished in a less than two centuries. And, again, it wouldn't have happened without Robert Fortune. #OTD 1835 Charles Darwin arrived at the Galapagos islands on board a ship called the HMS Beagle. Once he's on the islands, Darwin begins to check out all of the varied and unique plants and it gets him thinking. The experience basically shapes his theory of natural selection. Unearthed Words "But now in September the garden has cooled, and with it my possessiveness. The sun warms my back instead of beating on my head ... The harvest has dwindled, and I have grown apart from the intense midsummer relationship that brought it on." - Robert Finch, Nature Writer Today's book recommendation: The Chinese Kitchen Garden by Wendy Kiang-Spray Back in 2018, I had the opportunity to interview Wendy and it remains one of my favorite conversations about growing and using edibles from the garden. The Chinese Kitchen Garden is half how to grow, half how to cook, and half an amazing glimpse into the wonderful Kiang-Spray Family - so that’s 150% worth of yummy, beautiful, love in one book. As gardeners, sometimes we can get a little restless - searching for a new variety - something new to try - and when nothing strikes our fancy, we can feel unsatisfied. Well, Wendy's introduction to Asian Vegetables is a spark and it opens the door to growing a whole new cast of edibles. What I learned from Wendy is that often the Asian vegetables she learned to grow and eat are often upgrades from the standard varieties. Now THAT's exciting. If you are looking for something new to grow, if you’re a foodie or if you want to start a kitchen garden, The Chinese Kitchen Garden is perfect for you. And, if you want to check out my interview with Wendy over at the Still Growing podcast, just search for Episode 601 and hit play. During that episode, Wendy read excerpts from many of my favorite parts in the book and she’ll also shares many of the Chinese vegetables — like lotus root, bitter melons, stem lettuce, day lilies, and Chinese cucumbers — and traditional recipes that will make you drool. Finally, Wendy’s book is organized by season, so handy - you’ll learn what to grow in spring and what to cook in winter. Today's Garden Chore Make one last push to plant the trees, shrubs, and perennials that are on your list or that you find discounted at the store. Do it now, so they can get established. And remember to water them well. Depending on where you are at, you have 3-4 weeks before the sprinkler system needs to get shut off. Something Sweet Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart On this day in 1978, the New Castle News out of New Castle, PA, shared an article written by Mike Finsilber with a headline that read: Exhibit depicts female scientists. "When curator Deborah Warner suggested to her superiors at the Smithsonian Institutition that she put together an exhibit documenting the accomplishments of American women in science in the 19th century, her superiors were skeptical. Women scientists in the 19th century? Would there be enough of them to fill an exhibit? They doubted it. Ms. Warner didn’t. Yesterday her display opened in the Museum of History and Technology, telling of, among others: —Kate Furbish, the botanist who discovered the now-famous Furbish Lousewort. It is now famous because it is endangered and for a time threatened to block construction of the Lincoln-Dickey Dam in Maine." Thanks for listening to the daily gardener, and remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."
Everything EOS is a weekly podcast from ICO Alert that follows the EOS ecosystem: dApp spotlights, VC partnerships, announcements, and more! ————————————— The ICO Alert Podcast showcases exclusive, in-depth interviews with founders of past, present, and future Initial Coin Offerings. The podcast is hosted by Robert Finch, the Founder of ICO Alert, and new episodes are released weekly. If you’d like, you can request a guest to appear on a future episode by tweeting us @icoalert or @finchify The ICO Alert Podcast is available on iTunes and anywhere podcasts are found. ICO Alert Podcast: https://blog.icoalert.com/podcasts/home ICO Alert: https://www.icoalert.com/
Everything EOS is a weekly podcast from ICO Alert that follows the EOS ecosystem: dApp spotlights, VC partnerships, announcements, and more! ————————————— The ICO Alert Podcast showcases exclusive, in-depth interviews with founders of past, present, and future Initial Coin Offerings. The podcast is hosted by Robert Finch, the Founder of ICO Alert, and new episodes are released weekly. If you'd like, you can request a guest to appear on a future episode by tweeting us @icoalert or @finchify The ICO Alert Podcast is available on iTunes and anywhere podcasts are found. ICO Alert Podcast: https://blog.icoalert.com/podcasts/home ICO Alert: https://www.icoalert.com/
Everything EOS is a weekly podcast from ICO Alert that follows the EOS ecosystem: dApp spotlights, VC partnerships, announcements, and more! ————————————— The ICO Alert Podcast showcases exclusive, in-depth interviews with founders of past, present, and future Initial Coin Offerings. The podcast is hosted by Robert Finch, the Founder of ICO Alert, and new episodes are released weekly. If you'd like, you can request a guest to appear on a future episode by tweeting us @icoalert or @finchify The ICO Alert Podcast is available on iTunes and anywhere podcasts are found. ICO Alert Podcast: https://blog.icoalert.com/podcasts/home ICO Alert: https://www.icoalert.com/
Everything EOS is a weekly podcast from ICO Alert that follows the EOS ecosystem: dApp spotlights, VC partnerships, announcements, and more! ————————————— The ICO Alert Podcast showcases exclusive, in-depth interviews with founders of past, present, and future Initial Coin Offerings. The podcast is hosted by Robert Finch, the Founder of ICO Alert, and new episodes are released weekly. If you’d like, you can request a guest to appear on a future episode by tweeting us @icoalert or @finchify The ICO Alert Podcast is available on iTunes and anywhere podcasts are found. ICO Alert Podcast: https://blog.icoalert.com/podcasts/home ICO Alert: https://www.icoalert.com/
Everything EOS is a weekly podcast from ICO Alert that follows the EOS ecosystem: dApp spotlights, VC partnerships, announcements, and more! ————————————— The ICO Alert Podcast showcases exclusive, in-depth interviews with founders of past, present, and future Initial Coin Offerings. The podcast is hosted by Robert Finch, the Founder of ICO Alert, and new episodes are released weekly. If you'd like, you can request a guest to appear on a future episode by tweeting us @icoalert or @finchify The ICO Alert Podcast is available on iTunes and anywhere podcasts are found. ICO Alert Podcast: https://blog.icoalert.com/podcasts/home ICO Alert: https://www.icoalert.com/
Everything EOS is a weekly podcast from ICO Alert that follows the EOS ecosystem: dApp spotlights, VC partnerships, announcements, and more! ————————————— The ICO Alert Podcast showcases exclusive, in-depth interviews with founders of past, present, and future Initial Coin Offerings. The podcast is hosted by Robert Finch, the Founder of ICO Alert, and new episodes are released weekly. If you’d like, you can request a guest to appear on a future episode by tweeting us @icoalert or @finchify The ICO Alert Podcast is available on iTunes and anywhere podcasts are found. ICO Alert Podcast: https://blog.icoalert.com/podcasts/home ICO Alert: https://www.icoalert.com/
Everything EOS is a weekly podcast from ICO Alert that follows the EOS ecosystem: dApp spotlights, VC partnerships, announcements, and more! ————————————— The ICO Alert Podcast showcases exclusive, in-depth interviews with founders of past, present, and future Initial Coin Offerings. The podcast is hosted by Robert Finch, the Founder of ICO Alert, and new episodes are released weekly. If you'd like, you can request a guest to appear on a future episode by tweeting us @icoalert or @finchify The ICO Alert Podcast is available on iTunes and anywhere podcasts are found. ICO Alert Podcast: https://blog.icoalert.com/podcasts/home ICO Alert: https://www.icoalert.com/
Everything EOS is a weekly podcast from ICO Alert that follows the EOS ecosystem: dApp spotlights, VC partnerships, announcements, and more! ————————————— The ICO Alert Podcast showcases exclusive, in-depth interviews with founders of past, present, and future Initial Coin Offerings. The podcast is hosted by Robert Finch, the Founder of ICO Alert, and new episodes are released weekly. If you’d like, you can request a guest to appear on a future episode by tweeting us @icoalert or @finchify The ICO Alert Podcast is available on iTunes and anywhere podcasts are found. ICO Alert Podcast: https://blog.icoalert.com/podcasts/home ICO Alert: https://www.icoalert.com/
Everything EOS is a weekly podcast from ICO Alert that follows the EOS ecosystem: dApp spotlights, VC partnerships, announcements, and more! ————————————— The ICO Alert Podcast showcases exclusive, in-depth interviews with founders of past, present, and future Initial Coin Offerings. The podcast is hosted by Robert Finch, the Founder of ICO Alert, and new episodes are released weekly. If you’d like, you can request a guest to appear on a future episode by tweeting us @icoalert or @finchify The ICO Alert Podcast is available on iTunes and anywhere podcasts are found. ICO Alert Podcast: https://blog.icoalert.com/podcasts/home ICO Alert: https://www.icoalert.com/
Everything EOS is a weekly podcast from ICO Alert that follows the EOS ecosystem: dApp spotlights, VC partnerships, announcements, and more! ————————————— The ICO Alert Podcast showcases exclusive, in-depth interviews with founders of past, present, and future Initial Coin Offerings. The podcast is hosted by Robert Finch, the Founder of ICO Alert, and new episodes are released weekly. If you'd like, you can request a guest to appear on a future episode by tweeting us @icoalert or @finchify The ICO Alert Podcast is available on iTunes and anywhere podcasts are found. ICO Alert Podcast: https://blog.icoalert.com/podcasts/home ICO Alert: https://www.icoalert.com/
If our expectations affect our own behavior, the behavior of others, our relationships and even our health, then they're pretty important. We talked about how disappointment is the difference between expectation and reality. But where do our expectations come from? What is it that's setting us up for those differences and that disappointment? We begin filling up our backpack of expectations from the moment we're born. Some of us learn to expect attention, food, dry clothes, or snuggles when we cry. Some of us learn to expect anger or neglect. These are expectations set from experience. Other expectations are set by observation, how we see our friends and family interact with each other and with strangers in all types of circumstances. Where we live, both the macro and micro cultures we live in form expectations. Society at large sets expectations, norms and standards for us as well. Today I want to talk a bit about those expectations, the ones set for us by society and culture. And I want to talk about it because those expectations translate so subtly into our own “shoulds” that unless we're hyper-vigilant, can seriously affect our own sense of self. What kind of norms am I talking about? We live in a curated world. This has always been true, but technology has made so much more of that world so accessible, that we're inundated with the message more and more. Let's talk through a few examples. I'm a photographer. I owned a portrait studio for awhile and I also took travel, landscapes and dog portraits for years. I started shooting in college with film, left it completely for many years and started again at the beginning of the digital revolution. I've watched digital photography and processing come of age over the last few decades. I am not declaring either digital photography nor processing an enemy in what I'm about to say, please don't misunderstand. They are tools, tools that can be used to make great art, tools that can be used for social commentary, tools that can be used to portray emotion, portray reality, and to manipulate reality. This has always been true. Darkroom images were manipulated as well. Images that move you…so most photos that are used in media, whether that's to sell you something or convince you of something are pretty significantly manipulated. Many of us are aware of the degree of manipulation of images of women in print and we're aware of the damage it causes. I'm not going to rehash that. Although, I may post an example of typical adjustments made to images before publication. It's actually not just photographic processing that manipulates reality, but the whole process, including styling hair and especially makeup and lighting. So, we know that images of women in media are highly manipulated and damaging. We know. And it still makes little difference. We're still faced with social norms of impossible standards. And we still feel the expectation within ourselves and from others to meet those standards. But, we can't. It's impossible to do so. That's a really obvious example, one that's made the news frequently in the last several years. But, let's talk about a few more. Think of every example of a beach you've seen in print, movies or online. Think of every example of images of Fall foliage shots. Think of mountain lakes and country roads. The images we see of our natural world are manipulated too. They're curated to include only the most breathtaking shots and then those shots are enhanced. What are the images of the travel photos you see of your vacation location? They're taken from the most flattering angle at the most flattering time of day. Is this wrong? Not necessarily. It can be if it's completely intentionally misleading. But, I just want you to think about how your expectations are being unconsciously formed. Are your expectations of the beach, or the woods, or the mountains affected by the curated images you see? Of course, they are. Our world is stunningly beautiful. Grand. Magnificent. But, if your real life experience is being compared to manipulated, curated images, your experience might come up on the short end of the stick. Your expectations weren't based on a healthy model. It's not just photography that does this for us. I'm going to read you a few paragraphs from a piece published last week by Robert Finch about his first experience visiting Walden Pond. It was not until much later that I realized I had been disappointed, not by Walden, but my own expectations. I had read the book and then had gone out and expected the reality of the natural setting to unfold, chapter by chapter, with the same ease and drama that Thoreau had quarried out of it only after years of hard work fashioning the landscape into the stuff of literature. It was my first lesson in mistaking art for place. What we see, or experience in nature depends, not so much on where we are as on an almost infinite number of other factors: how much we know, or think we know about a place, our physical condition and mood, the time of day or year, the weather, the wind, the sky, the clothes we wear, whether we are alone or with other people, and so on. But often the most important factor is how we have experienced a place vicariously before we actually experience it in person. Most of us are, in a sense, crippled in our encounters with nature because our formative experiences of the natural world are not first-hand but “packaged” – in books, movies, television documentaries, museum exhibits, guided nature walks, lectures, and of course the infinite representations of nature on the Internet. No matter how informative or professional these representations may be, we are conditioned by them to expect nature itself to appear before us in a condensed, narrated, edited, illustrated, and above all entertaining form, one that requires no investment from us. Here's the thing. We expect our lives to unfold in that same “condensed, narrated, edited, illustrated, and above all entertaining form.” But they don't. Our lives are not curated. Not edited. Not enhanced. The colors aren't saturated all the time. The walls of my apartment aren't magnificent. They're not Pinterest or Instagram worthy. When we allow culture to set our norms, standards, and expectations, we're dooming ourselves for a life filled with a vague or not-so-vague sense of, “I'm not good enough.” I'm not pretty enough. Not together enough. Not stylish enough. Not athletic enough. Not loved enough. Not organized enough. Not rich enough. Not perfect enough. Not enough. We know our friends' social media accounts are a curated subset of their lives. We know the fights, the late nights, the falling apart marriages, the financial stresses, and the kids checked in to addiction centers don't usually make our social media feeds. Our whole kitchens don't look like that pretty corner where the Instagram image was taken and our kids only hugged for a second, bribed with an ice cream cone before adorable little Emily shoved that cone up Jennifer's nose and an all-out war broke out. Again. We know it. The problem is that knowing doesn't keep us from comparing. This isn't an episode about the damaging effects of social media on teen self-image, depression, and anxiety, but those statistics are becoming more available. Yes, this is an issue for teens, especially because their brains, their social skills, and their coping mechanisms aren't fully developed. But, it's an issue for adults too. We live in a very false, highly curated world. If you let your expectations be set by traditional media, popular culture, or social media, your life is going to fall short every time. I just want to remind you today to start being aware of what is setting your expectations. You will be affected by this curated world we live in. We can't help it. I'm not suggesting you withdraw. I'm suggesting you be wise and aware of where your expectations come from. Be smart about the kinds of media you consume. Be aware of the intention behind every image, story, or entertainment. Have conversations with your family and friends about ways you can reinforce healthy expectations with each other. Expectations about our relationships, our bodies, our homes, and our natural world. Base your expectations for experiences on values rather than appearances. So, make the beach trip about family, laughter and togetherness and less about the perfect accommodations and weather. Make the point of a vacation internal rather than external. Make the dinner date about exploration, new experiences, and learning rather than about the perfect meal in the perfect place with the perfect people. Pay attention when you think, “I should” and ask yourself where that should originates from. If it came from your values and desires, that's great, listen to it. If it came from your parents, your friends, your social media field, then evaluate it against your own values and desires before complying with its demands. Do not let Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Snapchat, LinkedIn, or any other social media feed tell you who you should be. You do you. If you need a break from social media because it's setting up damaging expectations in your life, then, by all means, take a break. I promise it will all still be there when you come back. Pay attention to your own expectations, and those you're setting up for your kids, intentionally and unintentionally. Make sure those expectations are healthy for you and healthy for their future. That wraps up our March series on expectations. Because April has 5 Sundays, I think next week, I'm going to give you an update on the changes I've been working on this year and how those are going. The good, the bad and the ugly. And then we'll jump into another four week series for the rest of April.
Robert Finch, nacido en Indianápolis, Indiana.Bajista de la agrupación: "KC And The Sunshine Band"Cumple 63 años de edad.
Robert Finch, nacido en Indianápolis, Indiana.Bajista de la agrupación: "KC And The Sunshine Band"Cumple 63 años de edad.
An Ipsos Reid poll says that a majority of Canadians would like to see ties to the monarchy cut once the Queen passes.Robert Finch, Monarchist League of Canada
Robert Finch, Dominion Chairman of the Canada's Monarchist League, describes how some 140 communities in Canada are celebrating this royal milestone.
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