Urban Seaweed Tales

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Thou shall not covet… It doesn’t really apply to the Ipad… Right?…

Not sure if I posted this before: here’s a road sign I found in Kauai last year. It was shot a few times and the red sticker at the bottom says “Do not feed the hippies”. Pretty funny I thought.

I am currently involved in two book clubs with some girls here in Bend and these last couple months we’ve been trudging thru “David Copperfield” By Dickens. Gotta say, trudging might be incorrectly used in my sentence but it definitely describes the way I feel about this Victorian masterpiece. Long colorful descriptions of words that flow and intertwine like untamed ivy remind me of a complicated violin overture: pleasant though it might be at first, it hurts your eardrums in the end.

The main character, David, is a total mystery to me. That fact is very disappointing since the book is told by David and describes his life in first person. What it fails to convey is his feelings or rather make his feelings believable. Not for a moment do I feel the agony of a little child left by his parents and thrown into the hands of cruel guardians. Nor do I emphasize with a lonely teenager on the streets of London. His emotions and feelings are foreign and queer to the point of ruining David’s “reality”. Maybe that has something to do with the fact that reality for an 18th Century Englishmen was very different from that of ours now.

My final verdict for Copperfield: I cannot relate, I cannot believe, I find it difficult to read.

This was pretty surprising to me: I respect and love a lot of the classics. Like “Jane Eyre”. This book has been in my top 10 ever since I read a little portion of it in 5th grade or so. I’ve probably reread it 15 times or so.

My other favorite would be “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”. I read it only once though. From the contemporary authors I will pick Lisa See and her book “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan”. The story of two Chinese girls lives caught in the reality of foot binding is mesmerizing.

Another good book that I’ve read recently is “Sara’s Key”: it’s a story of a Jewish girl Sara in France during the World War II who is rounded up with her family to be deported to concentration camps. Sara leaves with a key in her hand believing that she would come back soon and get her little brother out of the cup board where she locked him for protection. She does come back… the next chapter breaks your heart.

Ahhh, there are so many good books out there! It makes me happy we don’t have television:)

Dishwasher safe! Krasota… And just for the info, I wasn’t the one doing the writing on it…

• seeks Jesus Christ
• does not appeal to crowds
• speaks the truth
• does not entertain
• is simple
• does not require a PhD
• teaches the Word
• preaches Christ crucified
• makes mistakes
• forgives
• unites in love

Today was the first time I bought these little guys, to my surprise they tasted nothing like cabbage…

Erik (after it snowed): “Honey, can you pull me behind your car on my snowboard around town?”

Marina: “Sure”

Erik: “Babe, you are so cool.”

For all of you on Skype who have seen our faces but have not heard our voices: we are now proud owners of a USB microphone which is  in many ways superior to a conventional microphone and will greatly improve our ability to communicate on Skype. Thank you,

Koslows

Erik’s mom gave him a snowboard flick for Christmas. Of course it’s the best gift he could wish for. So far we’ve seen it 4 times… In less than 24 hours…