Wednesday, July 22, 2009

blueberry crisp

preheat oven to 375 degrees
grease a 9 x 13 pan

fill pan 2/3 full of blueberries, fresh or frozen

in a bowl mix:

1 cup brown sugar
1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1 cup old fashioned oats
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 1/2 tsp nutmeg
2/3 cup butter (i grate cold butter, then mix it in)

spread filling evenly over the top of the berries

bake for 30 minutes

Sunday, July 19, 2009

quotes about dance and dancing

to watch us dance is to hear our hearts speak. --hopi saying

we dance to change ourselves. only when we have done this can we try to change the earth. --crow dog

without dance, i cannot feel my soul, hear my heart or see my dreams. --nahara

dance is the only art of which we ourselves are the stuff of which it is made. --ted shawn

where a dancer stands, that spot is holy ground. --martha graham

o body swayed to music,
o brightening glance,
how can we know
the dancer from the dance?
--w. b. yeats

technical perfection is insufficient. it is an orphan without the true soul of a dancer. --sylvie guillem

learning to walk set you free. learning to dance gives you the greatest freedom of all: to express with your whole self the person you are. --melissa hayden

if you hear a different drummer--
dreamer, take a chance.
the road you choose to travel
means the difference in the dance.
--d. morgan

the body says what words cannot. --martha graham

while i dance, i cannot judge, i cannot hate, i cannot separate myself from life. that is why i dance. --hans bos

if the foot of the trees were not tied to earth they would be pursuing me, for i have blossomed so much, i am the envy of the gardens. --rumi

the church says: the body is a sin.
science says: the body is a machine.
advertising says: the body is a business.
the body says: i am a fiesta.
--eduardo galleano

beside the fire, as the wood burns black,
a laughing dancer in veils of light
whose dance transforms the darkness to gold.
--abu abd ben abi-l-khisal

there is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action. and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. the world will not have it.
--martha graham

the only reason for mastering technique is to make sure the body does not prevent the soul from expressing itself. --la meri

remember that the dance has a dimension beyond the physical. the body--as imperfect as it always is--is only part of the picture. your energy, the quality of your movement, your feeling about the world, your dance spirit--that is what we see under the lights. --dance magazine 3/05

i have performed for thousands when they found me the exotic, vogue, daring, but i have danced, at any given time, for about ten people...they were the ones who left the theater forever different from the way they were when they came in. all my long, long life, i have danced for those ten. --ruth st. denis

without love, all worship is a burden, all dancing is a chore, all music is mere noise. --rumi

every dancer lives on the threshold of chucking it. --judith jamison in the new york times magazine (1976)

nothing would be done at all if we waited until we could do it so well that none could find fault with it. --cardinal newman

dance is the poetic baring of the soul through motion. --scott nilsson

long experience has taught me that the crux of my fortunes is whether i can radiate good will toward my audience. there is only one way to do it and that is to feel it. you can fool the eyes and minds of the audience, but you cannot fool their hearts. --howard thurston

everything in the universe has rhythm. everything dances. --maya angelou

to dance is to give oneself up to the rhythms of all life. --dr. maya v. patel

i can only believe in a god who dances. --nietzsche

dance can give the inarticulate a soul. --pamela brown

to dance is to be out of yourself,
larger, more beautiful, more powerful.
this is power. it is glory on earth
and it is yours for the taking.
--agnes de mille

in your light, i learn how to love. in your beauty, how to make poems. you dance inside my chest where no one sees you; but sometimes i do and that sight becomes this art. --rumi

the fear is worse than the pain. --shannon bahr

nothing can dim the light which shines from within. --maya angelou

i want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own; if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, be realistic, remember the limitations of being human. --oriah mountain dreamer