My Road

I found a segment on this morning’s Today show very interesting. The subject was calligraphy in China.

Calligraphy is the art of giving form to signs in an expressive, harmonious and skillful manner. Calligraphy is a beautiful form of writing. Most official documents in China are signed with calligraphy. Modern calligraphy ranges from functional hand lettered inscriptions and designs to fine art pieces where the abstract expression of the handwritten mark may or may not supersede the legibility of the letters. Classical calligraphy differs from typography and non-classical hand-lettering, though a calligrapher may create all of these; characters are historically disciplined yet fluid and spontaneous, improvised at the moment of writing

An interesting place to visit is Corum, Turkey. It is especially fun for those who are fond of history and archaeology. Signs of earlier civilizations can be found in the area where the two geographical regions of the Black Sea and Central Anatolia are combined. Our Bible study group discusses the Hittites often. This is where you will find remnants of their past. Beautiful architectural works can be found in the area of the Corum province. One spectacular display is the 19th century clock tower built by the Seljuks, a powerful tribe in the 11th century.

The Corum watch is what comes to my mind when I hear the word Corum. I wonder if the founder of the exquisite watch company was from Turkey. Corum watches are known to use techniques dating back to the 18th century and as modern as the cutting-edge technologies and designs of the 21st century. Corum watches can be purchased at exceptional prices through the website at thewatcher.com. Collectors the world over, value the functionality and design of Corum watches. Low overhead costs and quantity purchasing allow The Watchery to help you get the watch you have been dreaming of. Their warranty will give you the satisfaction of knowing you have purchased an exceptional watch. They pride themselves on selling 100% genuine and authentic watches.

Oh wow! I am so excited. We have decided to go white water river rafting on our vacation. I happened to mention to the lady who owns the kennel where we board our dogs that we were going to Tennessee. She said she just got back from there and had gone rafting. That got the ball rolling!

Last evening, we attended a reception for a young couple who recently got married. We didn’t attend the wedding since it was held in Nashville, Tennessee. It was fun to see pictures from their day. I didn’t know that Nashville has a beautiful wedding chapel. Perhaps they have a few chapels but the one at which our friends held their wedding was the only one I have had a chance to see. It was a plain, small, and quaint church. It looked like they had beautiful weather for their day. Have you known of anyone who got married in Nashville, Tennessee?

I just read the most interesting article in Cruising World, about a man who sails with his family aboard a sailboat named, Cotton Valley. What makes this story unique is that the man suffers from retinitus pigmentosis, a degenerative eye disease that causes a constriction of the visual field. Over the past few years his sight has diminished to totally blindness. I would be afraid to sail with full sight ability let alone sail as a blind person.

John Berg has always loved sailing and talked his wife into giving up their home in Flagstaff, Arizona to live on Cotton Valley in the harbor at Ventura, California. Now the entire family that includes their 11 year old daughter and a German Shepherd guide dog live on the sailboat. Oh, I almost forgot that Chumsley the hamster was also aboard. They have ventured out to sea, traveling from Ventura to Santa Cruz.

Check out the article written by Susan Cooper-Berg in the June 2008 issue of Cruising World.

I found the story fascinating and admire John for his undetered lifestyle.

When I started blogging back in 2003, I had no idea the amount of friends I would make. I have followed some of the early bloggers through toddler stages on up to weddings. I have met a few of my online friends in real life. SocialSpark is icing on the cake to my blogging experience. I had no idea it was possible to make some spending money while blogging. Social Spark is a venue that lets me make friends and a little money too.

The site is pretty new so they are working out a few bugs. That’s ok because I am technically challenged. I learn as they make changes. That suits me fine. It is easy to find opportunities to write about and earn some money like the money I am being paid to write this post. The links I put into my blogs are ones with the nofollow attribute. That makes them agreeable to whoever decides on the page rank for our blogs. I don’t really understand that stuff but some say it is important. Whatever.

One of my favorite parts at the Social Spark site is the chance to help a cause. Sparks are an opportunity that pays no money but lets us write about a topic that gets people to sit up and notice. There are causes that bring awareness to issues and causes for great things like shoes. LOL Yes, just about anything is what you will find at Social Spark.

I have had fun meeting new people through Social Spark. The profile page on each blogger gives information that helps me get to know each person. You can check out my profile to see what I mean. See my friends? I have met some of those people in real life. Bloggers are awesome people.

Does anyone know where the airport is in Louisville? We will be headed south this week and will pick up my sister on the way. She is flying into the Louisville airport. It is going to be fun to have my mom with her three daughters for a few days. We get pretty goofy. Oh, my daughter will be driving up from Florida so we are sure to have some silly moments.

We may end up fighting over places to sleep. When the kids were younger we could have them sleep on the floor. Their stiff muscles recovered quickly. Now that we are all a little older we appreciate a good bed. Spacify is a great source for contemporary styles of bedroom sets. I am in love with their daybeds that let you use your room for other tasks beside sleeping. Spacify has a wide selection of bedroom furniture. You can see what they have to offer in the latest designs and patterns. Elegant bedroom sets are easy to see when you utilize Spacify’s easy to use website. The quality of furniture at Spacify is the best so you know you will get your moneys worth when purchasing from them. I love all the beautiful patterns from which to choose. They don’t just offer bedroom sets. They have matching armoires, dressers, retro chaise lounge, and mirrors that are designed exotically to match the modern style.

Oh my! Get me thinking about furniture and I get carried away. Back to our trip. We will be sewing and will need to move the beds out of our way. Who knows, if we get involved with sewing, we may not take time to sleep!

With the price of fuel increasing every day, travelers are opting to fly or take a train to their destination. I have no intention of giving up my travel plans because the oil companies are greedy, do you? I plan to search for cheap airline tickets and then rent a car when I arrive at my destination. Besides, it is smarter to put the wear and tear on the rental provider’s car rather than mine. We like to vacation at the beach. I cringe to think of having all that sand in my car. It is so much easier to let the rental agency take care of the mess. Advantage.com offers special rates that are so good it is crazy not to use a car rental service. Check out the special offers at http://www.advantage.com/. You will save money that you can spend at Wikki Watchi instead.

There is a theory about how America is the lost Atlantis. I have been reading about this and it quite interesting. It is believed that when Atlantis Was America, Tampa Was The Royal City.

There is a terrific website at www.atlantis.com where you can find all sorts of information on the subject. It is so interesting to read about how the land masses were thought to be in places that we know so well today. In the following video, you will see many resemblances and how things match up now.

You can find more information in the following press release:
Are you living in Atlantis? According to a new video, America was the Lost Continent of Atlantis and Tampa Florida was once the royal city. Now we know! Tampa’s history goes back over 11,000 years. Dennis Brooks has matched the terrain that Plato described to that found in Tampa Florida and the Americas. See the video.

I would like to give a heads up about a new website. China Webmasters Forums is a great place for webmasters in China to meet to discuss web and graphic design as well as programming and coding. This website is also a place where you can discuss other things pertaining to the Internet. There are sections on search engine optimization and how to get the best SEO for your website. This new forum is full of valuable information and is waiting for you to check it out.