Energetic and artistic dance video, nicely shot around Redding. Very creative! The Northstate has loads of dance talent, as these several recent local dance videos demonstrate. Up over 1000 views in just a few days. Keep it moving, Flash Dance Crew!
One foot crow
Older humans may regret seeing crows feet in the mirror, but this Redding old crow would surely beg to differ.
Just a fleeting episode. See a one foot crow. Grab the camera. And then the traffic light changes at the intersection of two very different lives in Redding.
One imagines you need be a tough old bird, even by crow standards, to get by on one foot around here. Street crow has cred.
Pondering what might have happened to the other foot, nothing pleasant comes to mind. Still, dignity in the struggle. No Crow Workers Comp. No Crow SSI, or Disability checks. What are you looking at anyway?
Six lanes and smoggy skies
Interstate 5 is six lanes wide now in Redding. With thick smoke from local wildfires standing in for urban smog, we can glimpse a future where our town begins to resemble the rest of California. So best get your furnance and air filters 20×25 ordered, because if this is the way Redding is heading, you’re going to be changing them a lot.
Just need to fill up the lanes with bumper to bumper traffic, and the image will be complete.
Progress, or so it would appear.
Listen to CD and tracks from local artist Tracy Jean Manuel
Redding area singer songwriter Tracy Jean Manuel has released a CD, humbly titled “Halfway Decent.” Listen up.
Blogger Marck Beauchamp pointed me to this brilliant local music. I know readers will want me to characterize the music in words, since that’s what blog writers do. I don’t have much patience with genres when it comes to music like this. It doesn’t fit well into a pigeonhole. At times it conjures earth and roots, colored with evocative Americana. Other parts swell and bloom with restrained electronic euphoria. It’s the mixture of those flavors that propels her work beyond easy categorization. You’ll just have to listen to it all, and decide for yourself what to call it. Luckily, she makes that easy.
You can listen to more Tracy Jean Manuel at the link, and then go on to download the whole work for whatever you think it’s worth. I think it’s worth a lot. Clever, thoughtful direct marketing, by the way. You can also order the physical CD, signed by the artist. I’d suggest you like Tracy’s Facebook page so you can keep an ear on future artistry from this complex and beautiful songbird going forth. Hearing it in entirety again last night, I wanted it to just go on and on. Good work Tracy. You’re Really Redding.
Churn Creek Meadow Organic Farm delivers to your door
CCMOF is an organic farm that offers fresh produce grown in the fertile soil of world renowned Churn Creek Bottom. Then, they offer free delivery to your home or office. check out their website:
A local business offering to locals. Buying food grown nearby reduced your carbon footprint. They are hosting a Family Farm Day where you can get a fresh brunch 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM on September 3. Mark your calendar! There’s a flyer about this local Family Farming event at the link. The “Bottom” has been a local source of fresh produce since, well forever. Grow on. That’s Really Redding.
Redding physician/photographer Adam Attoun
Adam Attoun combines artistic aspects of digital photographic imagery to compliment the health diagnostic images he provides. Check out his lovely artistic online gallery.
Good photography combines art and science. At some point, those boundaries blur. Looks like Adam embraces the ambiguity.
Art, science. Cross Sectional Images and Glamour Shots. The whole picture. Like Da Vinci, Uomo Universale, the universal man. Combining art and science to greater effect. That’s Really Redding.
Stay cool Redding. August shimmers beneath a nuclear sun.
Heat waves ripple across too much pavement and steely automobiles, evaporating the moisture right off your eyes. Blink back the heat.
Find a way to stay chill today, Redding. You can do it. You always have.
Just another sunny day.
Okay these last two are from Winter. Sunny Winter. So think about Winter.
Coolness brought to you by Really Redding.
Got some extra warehouse space you can donate to the Cascade Theatre for productions?
Received this plea from fellow Realtor Suyen Leak today:
The Cascade Theatre has been able to use Riverfront Playhouse in the past to work on props and murals for their shows but this year they are starting demolition and construction for their new theatre and will not be available. This year's A Cascade Christmas and Fiddler on the Roof will need space to start building their props, murals and hopefully a place to store. Here are some more specs & details...... A space that is flat and unobstructed for a big backdrop to be laid down and painted ( a space About 1125 sqft building sg ft)...this is the min room for a backdrop, if we had a bit more room both ways for walk around room that would be great too....ideal space would be about 1500 sq ft ....we are very clean & thankful for any space that might fit these dimensions. If there was an additional enclosed or outside area where we could build sets & store them until show time that would be great too. The ideal dates are from Sept- end of April (For both Cascade Christmas & Fiddler on the Roof) We could exchange some comp tickets for the shows (Cascade Christmas, Fiddler on the Roof or Both...depending on how long we are able to use the space/for what shows) We could also exchange for advertising too & sponsor/program listing (close to 15,000 printed programs & over 20,000 audience viewers for both shows for advertising exposure) We have our own liability insurance, so we are covered there. It would be great if the space had a bathroom & lights (My backdrop painter often works odd/late hours so he would need a key so that he can come & go as needed) Please email or call me if you or any of your clients might have this type of warehouse space available. Thank you! ---------- SUYEN LEAK
A worthy cause. If you have anything, call me and I can pass it along to Suyen. If I don’t get any suggestions, I could always inform them of the option of prefabricated buildings to use as a storage facility and a place to build their props. I think this would be very ideal for their requirements and definitely something they should know about. However, anything you have is useful for Suyen to know about. Thanks! Skip 244 7603
The HDMI cable scam
As you may have noticed, HDMI cables are used daily and are a common household product, allowing tech owners to connect their various devices together. More often than not, if you were to purchase a gadget that needed an HDMI cable, then it would be delivered with an HDMI cable, eliminating the need to purchase one. However, because our gadgets are usually delivered with cables, choosing to learn more about the cables is a very unlikely occurrence. Of course, you may read the little information booklet that comes with the gadget but that’s not going to tell you how much any replacement parts are going to cost if they are to break or get damaged.
HDMI cables are currently used to connect HD televisions and computer monitors. I see these cables all the time in stores marked as high as $40 for so called “Hi Def High Speed” versions. That’s just crazy. It’s just wire. Buy them online at Monoprice for $6.
I always encourage people to buy local, but this is different. These are not local products. I realize that overpriced ‘super duper’ hype cables are a key part of certain local retailer’s profit margins, Just know that’s all it is. Overpriced hype.
The reason for this post is an ad I saw on Craigslist. Somebody selling a used cable for $45, that had a “retail value of $89.95.” I don’t doubt that some uninformed electronics buyer would be happy to buy a $90 cable for $45. Too bad it’s really a $6 dollar cable. Also hyped as “3D TV Ready.” People, it’s all just wire.
Northern California Outdoor Adventurers
I ran into this intriguing group of Northstate outdoor enthusiasts. And where better than the Redding area to be enthused about the outdoors?
Northern California Outdoor Adventurers is at the link. I first ran into them retweeting a notice about a meetup that was hiking up to the top of Lassen by the light of the full moon a few days ago. They posted some pictures at the link, and it was dark, evidently. Anyway, it looks like these folks just want to have fun together, and enjoy our region’s abundant natural bounty of goodness. Excellent. Check them out.
Enjoying local natural wonders with friends old and new. It’s Really Redding.