The Best Gift of All Is Love- a valentine song for children
This song contains the various traditions associated with Valentine's Day, but concludes that "the best gift of all is love." (1:07)
Love You Forever, picture book by Robert Munsch
In this story, a young woman holds her newborn son and sings to him lovingly, "I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living, my baby you'll be." The story continues on through the entire life of this family. This reading of the story is done by Robert Munsch himself, with some guitar picking in the background. The book illustrations by Sheila McGraw are shown on screen. (6:44)
Khalil Gibran - Love
Words About Love - inspirational words on love.
Labor of Love
After an accident left him confined to a wheelchair, David James
thought he'd have to give up gardening, until the community stepped in
to bring the thrill of growing back into arms reach.
"The Definition of Love" by Andrew Marvell (poetry reading)
"L'Amour et Psyche, enfants", by William Bouguereau (1825-1905)
"Two Lovers", 1906, by Marcus Stone (1840-1921) Two Lovers 1906,
MY Love is of a birth as rare
As 'tis, for object, strange and high ;
It was begotten by Despair,
Upon Impossibility.
Magnanimous Despair alone
Could show me so divine a thing,
Where feeble hope could ne'er have flown,
But vainly flapped its tinsel wing.
And yet I quickly might arrive
Where my extended soul is fixed ;
But Fate does iron wedges drive,
And alwa
"my father moved through dooms of love" by E E Cummings (poetry reading)
Cummings wrote this poem after his father was killed when his car was hit by a train at a crossing in 1926. The picture is just an illustration for atmosphere, not connected with the incident or even from the right period in history. More info here:
http://tinyurl.com/2vdmhoc
It's hard to say why Cummings was so determined never to write any sentence, or clause even, that would parse. Perhaps it's the technical innovation that is the hallmark of genius.
To pick just one phrase, "dooms o
Brea Grant rocks Bad Astronomy!
My friend Brea Grant -- an up and coming young actress who was in Heroes and will be in Halloween 2 -- let me hang with her at Comic Con. She's made of win.
Links: http://www.breagrant.com
Comic Con pix: http://www.flickr.com/photos/badastronomy/sets/72157621720397681/
"Sonnet 147 - My love is as a fever.." by William Shakespeare (poetry reading)
A frightening Halloween poem from Bill the Bard.
It calls to mind a situation that is all-too real. It is perhaps the most frightening thing of all - the discovery that you have been deceived, that your beloved never loved you. While you were at work labouring to provide a good life for your loved ones, your wife was amusing herself with her back-door man: the local, handsome ne'e-do-well who never did an honest day's work in his life. Now you must continue to work hard to support them bot
CSUB- NASA 2008: Climate Time Machine
This is a series of interactive visualizations that show how some of the key indicators of climate change have changed in Earth's recent history.
Planting the seeds of success in the desert: Lipton's tea factory in Dubai
For many people, tea manufacturing conjures up images of tea pickers in Asia or Africa, with tea leaves being plucked at plantations and brought to a nearby factory for processing. Unilever's decision to build a tea factory in the desert of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates is therefore not what one would expect to see, especially as it involves a major multinational company.
The Pursuit of Happyness Part 2 of 2 Part 2 of the amazing rags-to-riches story of the formerly homeless, now millionaire entrepreneur, Christopher Gardner, on which the movie 'The Pursuit of Happyness' is based.
Foy Student Union Building, Auburn University 1
This image is a color aerial photograph of Foy Student Union, Auburn University, Auburn, Ala., named for former Auburn University Dean of Students James Foy. Postcard text: (back) Auburn Union, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama. Provides offices, meeting rooms, an auditorium, recreation areas and a cafeteria for students and faculty.
Mrs. W. A. Battey feeds her Rhode Island hens in Bullock County, Alabama
Caption: "Mrs. W. A. Battey has 300 Rhode Island hens. Bullock Co." March 18, 1927.,JPEG from black-and-white photograph
Woman and children on steps
A woman with a baby sits on the back steps of a house next to a little girl and a dog. Another woman is standing behind a screen door.
Clinton, Netanyahu talk peace
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held key talks Thursday with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu - in an effort to restart peace talks with the Palestinians. Jon Decker reports.
Authors@Google: Kevin Kelly
What Technology Wants
Kevin Kelly will be speaking about his latest book, "What Technology Wants." This provocative book introduces a brand-new view of technology. It suggests that technology as a whole is not just a jumble of wires and metal but a living, evolving organism that has its own unconscious needs and tendencies. Kelly looks out through the eyes of this global technological system to discover "what it wants." Kelly uses vivid examples from the past to trace technology's long course,
Meltonian Shoe Cream: Gold and Silver
Two tubes of shoe cream; one gold, one silver.. Maker: Meltonian. Date: 1930 - 1939 - from the The Betty Smithers Design Collection at Staffordshire University.
Asian Shawl
Soft wool-type shawl, brown background, paisley pattern in orange, turquoise and grey, decorated with turquoise glass studs; fringed in gold and black. Date: 2005 (circa) - from the The Betty Smithers Design Collection at Staffordshire University.
Brown Smocked Floral Print Maxi Dress
Brown smocked floral print maxi dress. Bound round neck, long sleeves gathered at wrists, bodice smacked to waist. Patterned in stylised orange and fawn sprigged flowers. Long zip to centre back. Date: 1970 - 1975 - from the The Betty Smithers Design Collection at Staffordshire University.
005 Bilngual Aesop - Rossi
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