TESSA AND SCOTT

were my predictions, last year, for gold....this year.......I haven't seen the Chinese skaters...yet.....

THE MOST TALENTED SKATER IN THE WORLD

I predict her victory at World's and Kim wearing both the next World and Olympic gold medals......

Camelia Budding

The Camelia bush by the back deck is covered with buds and flowers..... the last rose and zinnia blossoms are beginning to fade and the exhausted gardenia is headed to the sunroom for the winter ahead.....fragrances have left with the pollinating insects and next years buds are tightly folded for the cold months ahead....

autumn sky from an upstairs window

Early morning, JAP calls....."look at the sky"..... I arose from a couple hours of sleep to see these beautiful colors from the window....wow!

AFTER "NORWEGIAN WOOD"

I first heard Ravi Shankar, live, on the Smother's Brothers Show.....then, moving to Atlanta, attended his concert at The Southeastern Music Hall....in a strip mall.....The next day I signed up for a Yoga class and visited the TM center.......I thought his influence, largely a result of his having been introduced, by George Harrison, to young American hippies, would elevate the consciousness of our people.....however, disco fever swept it all away in a polyester cloud...We have, as a nation, preferred mindless entertainment to the raising of our consciousness, haven't we?