Merry Christmas!

I'll be there
Originally uploaded by darnib

Honey - all i gotta do is add a lil lemon

Honey - all i gotta do is add a lil lemon
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Antique Lace

Antique Lace
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She can be sweet, kind, creative and funny. But she's also the culprit behind this wicked little caricature

Candy Apple Red

Candy Apple Red
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ME!

Heart shaped

Heart shaped
Originally uploaded by Angelique Brunas

Angelique's work is amazing!

FLickr DNA

Red feather for a bookmark

Red feather for a bookmark
Originally uploaded by darnib

I love Anne Rice. I hadn't read anything written by her until Mak telephoned me about a month ago and suggested I read The Vampire Lestat. And I fell for the book and its author. So much so that I went to the library and checked out The Witching Hour. Yes, though the book is long (tediously so - over 900 pages within a hardback), I read it but admit to skipping pages that bored me because the author felt it necessary to beat a dead horse, repeating things over and over and over and over and over and . . .. I didn't skip much because that's how you get lost and I loved the story so much so that I didn't want to get lost.

After reading Witching Hour, no doubt I had to turn to Lasher and I, the fiend that I have become, devours pages daily. I haven't skipped one page of this big thick book. Oh No! Can't do that. I love how she tells the story. I love the voices, the characters are richly described - you love them or hate them and sometimes feel yourself somewhere in between. I'm almost done with Lasher and will return to the Vampire Chronicles next -- well after I've read The Late Great Planet Earth.

** Update: I'm done reading Lasher as of Wednesday evening. Ugh on the ending but overall I enjoyed the read.

Eat More Chicken

Eat More Chicken
Originally uploaded by darnib

My daughter! Sometimes I think she's put here by the devil to torment me for the rest of my earthly life. Though most of the torment came during her teen years but she just turned 21 so . . . Then there are other times, of which there have been many, when she's a pure ANGEL! Today was one of those times.

How about coming home after work, having your nose blessed by the wonderful, spicy aroma of a tomato sauce make with fresh tomatoes and such. Dinner is served! Yes, she did this for me.

Enchantment: righteousness & peace

Enchantment: righteousness & peace
Originally uploaded by darnib

Inspired by Psalms . . . created for Illustration Friday

Spider Kid . . . Spider Kid . . .

Spider Kid . . . Spider Kid . . .
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. . . does whatever a spiderkid does.

Happy Halloween

Tada! The show stopper
Originally uploaded by darnib

. . . in the material world

. . . in the material world
Originally uploaded by darnib

I love candles and I enjoy watching what becomes of the smoke after the fire has been snuffed out (not blown).

The ticket ...

The ticket ...
Originally uploaded by darnib

I had planned to take my camera especially after hearing that the event will be spectacular in performances, etc. But cameras will not be permitted. In fact I am told to come as early as 7:30am (for security screening) and to prepare as if I were planning to travel through an airport security line.

So I will leave all other belongings behind and take only the ticket and I.

Events
The 'LIVE' Mandala Ceremony

Fire Next Time

Fire Next Time
Originally uploaded by darnib

Hillraiser! Women's Cap Sleeve T-Shirt.

Hillraiser! Women's Cap Sleeve T-Shirt.,
originally uploaded by darnib.

Actually I'm not a "hillraiser" (though depending on the outcome of things, I may end up being one) but someone very recently ordered a substantial number of them, put a smile on my face.

from the Needful Things Store

from the Needful Things Store,
originally uploaded by darnib.

The best of what sold last week . . .

Bad Fruit

Bad Fruit,
originally uploaded by darnib.

This image was the reason my t-shirt shop did well this summer. It was one of the top sellers in my store. Now I need to create something for the fall.

Eve Knew Her Fruit (revisited)

Eve Knew Her Fruit,
originally uploaded by darnib.

Grapes of wrath, wealth, wisdom, whimsy . . .

the autumn eve

Cup Runneth Over (her art)

Cup Runneth Over (her art),
originally uploaded by darnib.

Daze Dreaming

Daze Dreaming,
originally uploaded by darnib.

Moth Orchid

moth orchid (take 1),
originally uploaded by darnib.

Just as lovely as a Luna Moth, except it lives longer (if properly cared for) and has a mouth.

I remember when roses were my favorite flower. Back then I was young and the brighter the color, the move I loved it - orange and red preferred. But now I'm in love/lust with orchids . . . and I'm older.

Dragonfly only. No photos of nieces?

Lauder dragonfly,
originally uploaded by darnib.

One of my favorite creatures is the dragonfly. When I was a little girl and we'd go on family picnics or fishin' (yeah I fished), they were everywhere, close to water. Now I see them in places where there is no water, like on campus - no rivers and lakes around - but water must be near, something has changed to bring them closer. On Friday, during my class break, I had lunch outside and unknown to me when I stepped outside of the doors, they were there as a greeting, swooping and fluttering around my head. I didn't bat them away (or pack up my lunch and leave), like I would normally. I simply enjoyed the show and seeing how the sun glinted on their wings.

I have had to find new things to photograph after my brother-in-law accused me of putting my nieces in harms way. Finding other things to capture is good but being accused of taking provocative pictures of my youngest niece is not a good thing. For the life of me, I don't see anything sexual in nature about this photo. She struck the pose. It was her eyes, the facial expression and the "don't mess with me" attitude that prompted me to grab the camera. My intentions in uploading the photo to my flickr page was not to tempt or titillate a pedophile. For him to suggest otherwise makes me wonder about him.

According to him, a man who had pornography on his flickr page left comments about the photo. Just to show the extremes he will go to to maniuplate a situation, the man turned out to be a woman and she's a photographer and artist in NY. Porn photos are not on her flickr page. And these accusations come from a man who enjoys porn and has left it lying around in sight of his children.

I've always had a disdain for this man but being an in-law and my sister in-love with him, I've been civil and cordial - even when the hate for him was stronger than my love is for my daughter especially his being nasty and downright disrespectful towards my mother (refusing to let her see her grandchildren, etc).

Still, since they are his children, despite my sister granting permission, I blocked all of the photos from public viewing when he first complained early this summer (even though he left anonymous comments about the photos on flickr and here as well, commenting about them being "great" and I have his IP address as proof. This is his way of flexing muscle. Just so the world knows, he has a gun too so who knows what he may do next. He had become violent, especially with his oldest daughter - there are photos of the bruises and eye witnesses - which was the final reason for his wife and daughters packing up and leaving.

Now, my sister and her four girls are living with our youngest sister - rather living off because he got her fired from her job (accusing her of having an affair with the owner of the company, even confronted the owner several times - the owner is gay, living with his partner). My youngest sister is a full-time student studying law and a full time manager - her life is FULL but "this man" called brother-in-law has not called her and offered to compensate her for the added stress and cost of his children living in her home and her having to feed and clothe them and use her car/gas to take and pick them up from school EVERY DAY! You'd think his being so concerned for the well-being of his children, he would do that. YET he called yesterday while I visited to complain about the "provocative" photo on the internet, making a vague threat of "If the photo isn't removed by Monday, I will . . ." Apparently I had forgotten to block that particular photo so I told my sister that I'd remove it if she wanted and her reply, with a sigh was: "Please, if you don't mind," the sound of defeat in her voice made me angry with her for a brief moment. He's been emotionally abusive - she speaks in a whisper, almost baby-like because he made the comment to her that her family is "loud" - I'm sure that's supposed to be an insult (Lord knows it is not) but he doesn't seem to recognize the joy and passion that comes along with family get-togethers. Carl said that just means he's intimidated by "your family, especially the women."

This weekend marks the anniversary of my mother's death. During that week, the last thing my sister said to my mother, was that she was going to make her marriage work. I remember that it was the Wednesday night following Labor Day. I heard my mother crying in the living room after the conversation.

There's so much to tell but it isn't my story. And this man is indeed a character worth exploring on the pages of a book. After hearing all that she's gone through, all that she allowed him to do to her, I've decided to distance myself from her. Unlike her, he can't intimidate nor manipulate me.

I guess like some of my friends have said, if you're angry with him, you are probably angry with her too. For the longest time I blamed them both for my mother's death - and yes they played a big part in breaking her heart. So yes, I'm angry with her too.

Talk to the Hand

Talk to the Hand,
originally uploaded by darnib.

When I'm reading (or busy tucked away inside my own little world) you may as well talk to the hand - or in other words: DO NOT DISTURB.

The most terrible disturbance of all is the ringing telephone . . .

** I painted the frame, not done with it -- still in progress.

Buy 3 Tees, Get 1 Free

What happened to herstory?

. . . it got burned up.

from Corregidora by Gayl Jones

"You telling the truth, great Gram?"

She slapped me.

"When I'm telling you something don't you ever ask if I'm lying. Because they didn't want to leave no evidence of what they done--so it couldn't be held against them. And I'm leaving evidence. And you got to leave evidence too. And your children got to leave evidence. And when it come time to hold up the evidence, we got to have evidence to hold up. That's why they burned all the papers, so there wouldn't be no evidence to hold up against them."

Paris Hilton Released From Jail

Pure bullshit!

Paris Hilton was released from a Los Angeles County jail early Thursday because of an unspecified medical problem and will fulfill the remainder of her sentence in home confinement, a sheriff's spokesman said. More of the story.

They finally figured out a way to get her out of serving time in jail. So what about the other countless young men and women serving time in jail for similar crimes -- who went to jail weeping, crying, begging and wailing: "I ain't gonna do it no mo'!" while hoping and praying for house arrest - maybe they can play sick too. Here's a hint (though it probably won't work for certain people): look demure, pitiful, and frail and color your hair blond.

Refund to Readers of "A Million Little Pieces"

(MSN News) Readers who bought author James Frey's fabrication-filled memoir, "A Million Little Pieces," may get a refund following a judge's tentative approval of a settlement in the case.

The agreement calls for the defendants, Random House Inc. and James Frey, to spend $2.35 million to fully refund readers who bought the best-seller before Jan. 26, 2006, the day Frey and his publisher acknowledged that he had made up parts of the book. Claims would have to be filed by Oct. 1.

Once the Web site is in place, readers will be able to obtain claim forms by visiting http://www.amlpsettlement.com. They can also call (866)459-3651.

I own a copy of the book but won't be asking for a refund. Yeah he lied but so did George Bush (boys will be boys). Besides I'm not going to dig around to locate it, hell it might even become some kind of collector's item in the far future - being that it will be a rare find. Who knows . . .

Regardless of the hoopla, I stopped reading it long before the truth was revealed. I had my own reasons:

1. it lacked suspense (for someone caught up in drug addiction). I guess that's why he was driven to sensationalize and fabricate events which is even sadder because it still fell short


2. the description of his mother was so overbearingly stereotypical of a woman (crying, breaking down, etc.) - that I kept getting angry at the author's description of her -- thinking, does your mother speak at all!


3. i couldn't understand how someone could end up on an airplane, covered in blood and vomit without suspicion or questions from the crew but even still


4. i continued reading until boredom got the best of me.

When My Writing Grows Up

Toni Morrison is just about the only author who forces me to think about every word I'm reading, feeling, seeing unfold before my eyes. She is the only author, at this moment, who has made me cry while reading a story. I've come close with Arundhati's God of Small Things. I've experienced sorrow, loss and anxiety while reading the novels of Olympia Vernon. I have read all of her novels and have found a few short stories online but must admit that A Killing in This Town was hard, very hard. But so far, can't nobody do me like Toni.

I read and re-read Ms. Morrison's novels. I've read Beloved 6 times, Jazz 4 times and The Bluest Eye twice, I think. Her novels are like the Bible, with each read you find something new (perhaps depending on the point and time you are deep or wading through life). I read the Song of Solomon, years ago. The first time, I admit to skipping a few pages. Afterwall, Morrison tends to go on and circle around and around an event, description, etc. But my first read of Song of Solomon was at a much younger age. Recently, I re-read it again (#3). Once again, I found myself feeling, almost becoming, the characters. I cried with Pilate . . . found myself pressing the book to my chest when I arrived at pages 316 - 319, particularly when she bursts into the funeral home shouting, "Mercy!" as though it were a command. . . Her earring grazed her shoulder. Out of the total blackness of her clothes it blazed like a star. The mortician tried to approach her again, and moved closer, but when he saw her inky, berry-black lips, her cloudy, rainy eyes, the wonderful brass box hanging from her ear, he stepped back and looked at the floor. "Mercy?" Now she was asking a question. "Mercy?":

"My baby girl." Words tossed like stone into a silent canyon. Suddenly, like an elephant who has just found his anger and lifts his trunk over the heads of the little men who want his teeth or his hide or his flesh or his amazing strength, Pilate trumpeted for the sky itself to hear, "And she was loved!"

So that is why I say, when my writing grows up, I want it to be like Toni Morrison's. I can't be her. Nor can I be Ms. Vernon or Roy. I admire them as writers so very much. But within my own right, I can aspire to be as great (if not greater).

Oh, Of Course!!!! Russell Simmons has a book to sell

"We recommend that the recording and broadcast industries voluntarily remove/bleep/delete the misogynistic words 'bitch' and 'ho' and the racially offensive word 'nigger'," Simmons and Benjamin Chavis, co-chairmen of the advocacy group Hip-Hop Summit Action Network, said in a statement. Monday's statement changed course from another one by Simmons and Chavis dated April 13, a day after Imus' show was canceled, in which they said offensive references in hip-hop "may be uncomfortable for some to hear, but our job is not to silence or censor that expression." Hip-hop's Simmons wants to remove offensive words

It took a white man calling black females "nappy headed hos" (I guess its all in how you use nappy as to whether it is considered derogatory) for Simmons to speak out against the author's of hardcore/porn/violent rap music? Too bad the likes of Two Live Crew, 2 Short, etc. didn't sway him. I don't like censorship and I don't particularly care much for today's version of hip hop music (nor some from the "old school"). I didn't listen to it much back then and I turn the radio off or to another station when I hear or at least feel like something's attempting to disrupt my beautiful day/life. The difference between music today and the music my parents listened to was that certain songs weren't played on the radio and when the music was play in my home, we had to go to our rooms (my sisters and I). There were times, when the grown folks were entertaining, the children had to leave the room. This leaving the room came when a 1) certain kind of joke was to be shared or 2) a certain type of song was played --- all of this was done to protect out impressionable minds (lol). So we'd leave the room, angrily, in a huff, swearing in our head (never out loud!). But today, you can hear it all! on the radio!! I'm not going to argue the point.

Changing one's mind is not necessarily a female thing (never really has been). But then again, he has a book to promote and sell --- released TODAY! (April 24, 2007).

How convenient!

Sticks and Stones

Alec Baldwin's message to his daughter

Truly I can somewhat relate. Being a parent I understand the frustrations that accompany parenthood. At times it feels as if your concerns fall on deaf ears and that you are simply SOME THING rather than a loving, protective parent the child runs to only when she is in need of something. But NEVER have I resorted to calling my daughter derogatory names, especially to leave it on a recording where the child is able to play it over and over again - especially an eleven year old girl, not to mention that her mind will play it over and over again. After I heard the message, I was afraid for the child. He's screaming and hollering as if she's his woman and he got stood up for a date, for goodness sake!

The last thing an impressionable minded child needs is to hear name calling and threats from a parent --- over a missed telephone call. The world and its playground of fools are primed and ready to call you, especially a female, many many terrible names -- but to have your father do it is sad. I know from experience because my daughter's father has called her names - he even called her a "nigga" once. And I wanted to wrap my hands around his throat and squeeze the life out of his body. I can't believe a man would not know, would not realize the damage he is doing to his daughter's heart, soul and mind when he can't be adult enough to step back, take a breath and deal with the situation like a sane person. Being a parent is terribly difficult (but we have to remember that being a pre-teen is just as difficult).

I read on a friend's blog, his support of Alec Baldwin's comments, stating that its a family thing. Perhaps for men it is okay to call your loved ones names (or even beat them). Because it is a family thing. I've read countless articles showing women how not to berate their husbands. Yet, men can't seem to keep their playground mouths shut when it comes to wives, children, girlfriends (or female basketball teams). There are people who believe that beating your wife and calling her names is a family thing too. I don't remember my parent's ever resorting to such tactics yet I recall a time when my great-grandmother called me a "fast little heifer" because I'd stayed out too late with friends. I was eleven years old. And it was my first time out with a friend from school and her older siblings. We'd gone to a high school football game and afterwards everyone wanted to go to the school dance. I didn't want to go but didn't protest. I arrived home later than anticipated and my mother had gone looking for me. When I arrived home, I was greeted by my great-grandmother whom we called Bigmomma (and she wasn't even big). She hit me, yelled. I hit her back, not to hurt her (because the only thing that hurt was her yelling at me). My hitting her back was more out of reflex and surprise. She was shocked too and hit me again. It was the first and only time she'd ever confronted me in such a manner. Now that I'm an adult, I understand the worry and concern the adults must have experienced when I didn't arrive home at the appointed time. Not until my mother arrived home was I able to explain that it didn't dawn on me to call, I assumed she knew I was okay. And too by the time my mother arrived home, she was calm and no longer worried with fear and anger and was able to hear me.

That's why its best to calm down before you speak. I've learned to do that, because I hate apologizing (apologies are lukewarm compared to what precedes them). When you blow up -- especially over something petty - there's no taking back the damage. When you blow up over something small, when and if the big crisis happen in your child's life, she won't trust that you can handle it and help her. You can't undo what your words have done, especially when the words come with the sound of violence and a threat. If the pen is mightier than the sword --- it is the words that are the bullets.

Cuz you can't unbreak what you break

Shame on Al Sharpton

. . . is media spotlight more important than keeping previous commitments . . . more important than debating, and talking about the seriousness of social issues, among intellectuals/scholars/students/community? Apparently so . . .

The panelists at Wednesday's State of Race forum argued against the use and the banning of offensive racial slurs - without the Rev. Al Sharpton, who was conspicuously absent from Wednesday's forum.

Sharpton was scheduled as a panelist but did not attend for unknown reasons, according to College Council President Bryan Mashioff. The other panelists were Harvard law professor Randall Kennedy, Emory journalism professor and Pulitzer Prize-winner Isabel Wilkerson and Emory's Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Earl Lewis.

The seventh in the annual series, the event was sponsored by College Council.

Sharpton appeared on "Larry King Live" later on Wednesday evening. State of Race organizers said they were disappointed that it seemed he had skipped his commitment at Emory to appear on the show.

"No one can really say, except for him, why he did what he chose to do," College Council Vice President Jason Bradford said, "but it certainly wasn't very professional."

Mashioff said he was still pleased with the event.read more

Is McGuirk Next?

Hardcore hos vs. Nappy-headed hos. The offense was calling them hos. So.

Why fire one and not the other (producer Bernard McGuirk)?

Black female celebrities, such as Oprah Winfrey and Aretha Franklin, are invariably put down as ‘black hos.’ Funny? I don’t think so. Rumors of a relationship between Whoopie Goldberg and Ted Danson struck [producer Bernard McGuirk], to the roar of the white male locker room, as ‘jungle retardation.’ Upon hearing his boss cite a black woman defending Imus against my criticism, McGuirk, in his best Amos ‘n’ Andy voice, mocked, ‘You ain’t no racist, Mister Imus, nah suh. No, thank you, I don’t want no watermelon!’" entire story

In fact he has a long list of defamation crimes, just google him.

A Breast is an Offense but Calling Someone a "Nappy Headed Ho" Is Not!

Remember when Janet Jackson had the wardrobe malfunction and her breast flashed upon the screen for a second (if for that long). Folks were outraged and offended over a breast (a mammary gland) - which is considered a sexual object but was created to provide nourishment for babies. For this mistake, the network was fined and people reprimanded.

Flash forward to Don Imus referring to the Rutgers women's basketball team as "nappy headed hos" after McGuirk called them - "Some hardcore hos." I'm not surprised but really where is the outrage! Why is it that women, in this day and age, continue to be abused and verbally assaulted particularly by, supposedly, educated men? Hilary Clinton is the only candidate referred to as a "bitch" -- search the Cafepress site and you'll find a t-shirt that reads: "Life's a bitch so don't vote for one." Let us not forget the cyberbulling and death threats made against Kathy Sierra. Pure terroristic sexism!

But get this, black women are doused with sexism AND racism. When I was a little girl I recall hearing two jokes: 1) of a white man who'd run his finger underneath his nose every morning and say "oooh lah lah." The black man asked "why do you do put your finger underneath your nose, then say ooh lah lah?" The white man replied: "Each morning before I leave for work, I kiss my wife at the door and feel her up a bit so that I'll have something sweet to recall while working hard all day." The next morning, the black man kisses his wife at the door while reaching underneath her gown. At work, he runs his finger underneath his nose, then frowns and says:" Ooh shit god damn!" 2) A white woman sits at her vanity every morning combing through her long black hair. While she combs she sings: "Nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!" with each stroke. Her maid, a black woman, decides to do the same. At home she stands in front of the bathroom mirror and begins to comb through her hair, singing: "near. near. near."


George Cook of Let's Talk Honestly, is calling for a boycott of the NBC network.

Al Sharpton and others are calling for Imus' resignation:

"This is not some unemployed comic like Michael Richards," Sharpton said, referring to the "Seinfeld" actor who used the N-word and referred to lynching in a rant last year. "This is an established figure, allowed to use the airwaves for sexist and racist remarks." continue reading

I don't know if forcing him to resign is the answer, it doesn't change what's in his heart, plus he pandering to a particular audience (white, male) who seems to enjoy what he has to say and teach.

My Lord

(17)Now as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside and said to them, (18)"We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death (19)and will turn him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. On the third day he will be raised to life!" Matthew 20:17-19.

This morning, I'm listening to Brian McKnight's When Will I See You Again -- its so beautiful to me:

. . . You died for us, once before
Sacrificed your life upon the cross
Oh Lord will you be coming in
The noon day sky
Or will you arrive
like a thief in the night

Lord since you’ve been gone,
everythings gone wrong
Just like you said that it would do
But Lord I still believe
You're coming back for me
To take me home to live with you
Waiting day and night,
for you to crack the sky
I know we're coming to the end,
tell me when
Will I see you again,
my Lord
Tell me when,
will I see you again . . .

The Golden Pear

From the Eve Knew Her Fruit series:


... also in a variety of t-shirt colors.

25 Hottest Urban Legends

I become a bit annoyed when I receive forwards and such from friends and family. I especially loathe the chain letter style emails, particularly the ones that speak of God and Jesus and love then, at the end, place a curse on you if you do not forward to 10 or 20 people within the next 7 minutes. I usually delete them or, if they are interesting, I delete the curse and forward to the appropriate relative or friend. But I also let people know not to send them to me, as well as "urban legends" but the fear of bad luck for the next month or roach eggs in tacos seem to make people forget to leave me out of the loop.

Snopes.com has a 25 hottest urban legends list. I just might forward the list to those loving and thoughtful folks who from time to time feel the need to keep me informed.

Be Prepared

For Obama's next visit to Georgia or for that rally of rallies, makes sure you are properly attired.

So Blogger ain't the father?

The blog turns ten today. Or tenish. Or ten-something. Depending on when . . .

Was the first blogger the irascible Dave Winer? The iconoclastic Jorn Barger? Or was the first blogger really Justin Hall, a Web diarist and online gaming expert whom The New York Times Magazine once called the "founding father of personal blogging."
Blogs turn 10--who's the father?

Lay your head on my pillows!

... pillows!...

The Evil that Men Do

photo by Chris Viola

This photo breaks my heart all the more. The anguish on his little 10-year old face and the tears. His brother's body, 6-year-old Christopher Michael Barrios, was found today and when I heard it on the news, I cried. My heart was already burdened when I heard that he was missing and just when I thought it could not get any heavier, it did -- as if this child was my own.

George David Edenfield, a mentally slow 32-year-old man who lived with his parents across the street from the boy's grandmother, was arrested and charged with violating his probation from a 1997 child molestation conviction, which prohibits him from contact with children. Police said he admitted playing a role in Christopher's disappearance, but they would not be more specific.

Grapes of Wealth

Eve's Grapes of Wealth! (take one). This is part of a new collection featuring different versions of Eve. Here we have the Grapes of Wealth, featuring Eve (from the infamous Garden of Eden).

There's also the apple version, featuring a red-haired vixen ---> Eve Knew Her Fruit, mentioned below.

Eve Knew Her Fruit

Apparently so, according to the WebMD article:

Apples and apple juice prevent some of the cell damage in the brain that may lead to Alzheimer's disease in old age, according to one study. The fruit's protective power comes from antioxidants, chemicals that are known to protect cells throughout the body, particularly the brain and the heart.

This wasn't the motivation behind my creating the image of a red-haired, Eve holding a plump red apple but it adds to my cheer in having created her. Summer t-shirts . . .

"Grady's Anatomy"

ATLANTA-Residents from Emory University School of Medicine and Morehouse School of Medicine will be featured in an upcoming documentary that gives viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the lives of residents at Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital, both on and off duty. 'CNN: Special Investigations Unit -- Grady's Anatomy,' a documentary that follows the lives of three Emory residents, Robin Lowman, MD, Andrea Meinerz, MD, and Lou Tumialàn, MD, and Morehouse resident, Nii Darko, MD will air on March 24 and 25 at 8pm and 11pm Eastern.

The television drama, Grey's Anatomy, has raised awareness of residency training and the dedication these young doctors have to their patients. If viewers have been wondering 'do residents really do that?' their questions will be answered. This real-life depiction shows the residents in an inner-city hospital, taking care of patients with various degrees of serious illness and trauma, while keeping it all together as they themselves are faced with various degrees of sleep deprivation.

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