2005.4.2=6[#92]:4703.2.24[#53/60]: To Skylawn with Mom. 1)Ecotopia author. 2)Oil Paint. 3)Art History.

Cloudy cool gradually fair, still strong wind up Skylawn: up 7:10, mom tel Jung not going, I tel. Bk of Am Rebecca twice leaving message, then tel Amy answering no reply from Rebecca yet waiting for next Monday, then drive mom to Skylawn 10:20-11:10, join chingming ceremony just a while, then to dad's place in strong wind with incense, back to ceremony, back the drive back town to Su Gia Restaurant near new 99 for lunch, to Western Appliances near Big Taipei Restaurant for mom to check refrigerator again, then to o.h., I drive back to house, water still closed and no one there, to home, emails to "oil paint" topic here now 5:24pm. Leave message to Jung that we are likely not to attend Hakka meeting tonight. Finish emails at 6:37pm. Going o.h. soon. By way of house, already moved in, knock door, B. shows bathroom sink, closet door ok, etc., to o.h., microoven rich left-over right away, bed 11:45 (= next day's 12:45). 1) Ecotopia's Author: " The Lit interview: Ernest Callenbach: The author of Ecotopia discusses secession, the environment, and a place called hope", by Eve Ekman [a writer who lives in San Francisco], San Francisco Bay Guardian: http://www.sfbg.com/39/26/lit_interview_callenbach.html "" In person Callenbach is an unlikely revolutionary, slight and soft-spoken and now graying. In conversation his fixed gaze and extensive stores of information quickly reveal a strong vision. Callenbach's San Francisco is the capital of Ecotopia. Market Street is a creek, there are free bicycles and eco-efficient Muni-style trains, skyscrapers have been put to use as housing and marketplaces, people collect on corners to picnic, play, barter, and banter, as at an urban Renaissance fair. But borderline hedonism and love of nature are not the vital aspects of this vision. Ecotopia challenges the viability of corporate-driven social and political structures, with exhaustive plans in forestry, energy efficiency, and worker-owned everything; radically transformed education techniques; and a progressive political system led by women. The social effect this has on the individuals is enviable; they have an unmatched confidence, commitment, and sense of place. "" 2)Oil Paint: (1) "HISTORY OF OIL PAINT": http://www.cyberlipid.org/perox/oxid0011.htm (2) lipidology, last updated by C. Leray : 27 March 2005: http://www.cyberlipid.org/cyberlip/home0001.htm 3) "Comparative Advancing Art History of Pigments and Mediums, European and Asian Cultures", updated: 09/03/2003 01:54:00: http://www.mauigateway.com/~donjusko/1history.htm