a hunter-gatherer living in a post-agrarian world var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-18486885-1’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); START HERE …Tumblr (3.0; @dickfromafrica)http://dickfromafrica.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4atv5M2ng1qdogr1o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4atv5M2ng1qdogr1o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4atv5M2ng1qdogr1o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4atv5M2ng1qdogr1o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4atv5M2ng1qdogr1o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4atv5M2ng1qdogr1o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Marta’s daughter, Tessa, went to her last high school prom tonight with her friend, Dylan. I got to provide ambient lighting for the photographer.</p>http://dickfromafrica.com/post/23387183854http://dickfromafrica.com/post/23387183854Sat, 19 May 2012 22:06:00 -0400dick from africaorder<p><b><i>Kiume ina matumizi. Kike una lengo.</i></b> <br/><i>The male has a use. The female has a purpose.</i></p>http://dickfromafrica.com/post/22972425218http://dickfromafrica.com/post/22972425218Sun, 13 May 2012 11:13:31 -0400dick from africaordersaying<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3xb8jzD4O1qz6f9yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/22917309570/nam-was-a-motherfucker" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">nevver</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/12/horst-faas-a-last-hurrah/" target="_blank">‘Nam was a motherfucker</a></p></blockquote>http://dickfromafrica.com/post/22921494583http://dickfromafrica.com/post/22921494583Sat, 12 May 2012 16:06:50 -0400<p>may 5 nineteen hundred and 67</p> <p>I had followed Licious to Madison<br/> where she shared a room with Big Kenny,<br/> bowls of bud, books of bombs.</p> <p>cinco de mayo -<br/> the day Big Kenny died<br/> coughing up foam<br/> his face as red as the flag<br/> that hung in the window<br/> that we could never close</p> <p>power to the people</p>http://dickfromafrica.com/post/22462805716http://dickfromafrica.com/post/22462805716Sat, 05 May 2012 22:06:00 -0400dick from africarvaorder<p>The world is filled with pain and sorrow but I have found a serenity that you can find too.</p> <p><i>- Buddha</i></p>http://dickfromafrica.com/post/22378643091http://dickfromafrica.com/post/22378643091Fri, 04 May 2012 08:02:17 -0400dick from africaorderrvabuddha<p>What he actually said was that life is blissful - joy is everywhere - only we’re closed off to it. His teachings were actually about opening up the joyful and blissful nature of reality but that the bliss and the joy are in the transitory.</p> <p>Do you see this glass? I love this glass. It holds the water admirably. When I tap it, it has a lovely ring. When the sun shines on it, it reflects the light beautifully. But when the wind blows and the glass falls off of the shelf and breaks, I say, “Of course.” Every minute with the glass has been precious. </p> <p><i>- Mark Epstein</i></p>http://dickfromafrica.com/post/22316782232http://dickfromafrica.com/post/22316782232Thu, 03 May 2012 08:02:43 -0400dick from africaorderrvabuddha<p>No matter what your circumstances you will end up losing everything you love. You will end up aging. You will end up ill. You will die. And the problem is that we need to figure out how to make that all be alright. </p> <p>- <i>Jane Hirshfield</i></p>http://dickfromafrica.com/post/22251665942http://dickfromafrica.com/post/22251665942Wed, 02 May 2012 07:43:00 -0400dick from africaorderrvabuddha“We [Black theologians] want to know who Jesus was because we believe that that is the only way to assess who he is. […] Without some continuity between the historical Jesus and the kerygmatic Christ, the Christian gospel becomes nothing but the subjective reflections of the early Christian community.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://politicaljesus.com/2012/04/30/eureka-james-cone-science-fiction-and-the-historical-jesus/" target="_blank">James Cone</a> (via <a href="http://azspot.net/" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">azspot</a>)</em>http://dickfromafrica.com/post/22243636439http://dickfromafrica.com/post/22243636439Wed, 02 May 2012 02:01:00 -0400dick from africaorderMe: I'm going to put these chicken scraps into the dogs's bowls.<br /> Marta: Should I wake them up and show them?<br /> Me: No, no need. They will discover it on their own eventually.<br /> Marta: Why would you do that? Don't you realize that's how religions get started?http://dickfromafrica.com/post/22188557548http://dickfromafrica.com/post/22188557548Tue, 01 May 2012 08:03:00 -0400dick from africaorderrva<p>Everybody understands suffering. It’s something that we all share with everybody else. It is at once utterly intimate and utterly shared.</p> <p>- <i>W.S. Merwin</i></p>http://dickfromafrica.com/post/22121855376http://dickfromafrica.com/post/22121855376Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:02:35 -0400dick from africaorderrvabuddha<p>Faith is the abdication of self-responsibility.</p> <p>- <i>Buddha</i></p>http://dickfromafrica.com/post/22089151006http://dickfromafrica.com/post/22089151006Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:27:00 -0400dick from africarvaorderbuddha<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m32bfavyRM1qdogr1o1_500.jpg"/><br/> April 19, 2012<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m32bfavyRM1qdogr1o2_500.jpg"/><br/> April 25, 2012<br/><br/> <p>I’m into birds. The number of avian species in the Eastern U.S. is amazing. What I remember from sub-saharan Africa is that we might have had one - a buzzard.</p> <p>I put up a bluebird house and my next door neighbors, Bobbie and Kim, put up a bluebird house. The mom and dad bluebirds sniffed out mine but made a nest in Bobbie and Kim’s. Here are some pictures that Bobbie took of the inside of her and Kim’s birdhouse. </p> <p>It’s sobering when you realize what the survival rate for birds in the wild is - what with the weather that they have to deal with and the carnivores that are out there like domestic cats, snakes, bluejays and hawks. It looks like in the April 19th picture there were 4 chicks but in the April 25th picture there were just 3. I’ll be surprised if 2 make it to adulthood.</p> <p>It’s a jungle out there.</p>http://dickfromafrica.com/post/21820511903http://dickfromafrica.com/post/21820511903Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:13:00 -0400dick from africaorderrvabirdsanimals<iframe width="400" height="100" style="position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;" src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=809570829/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Treat your ears right. Listen to this badass trombone.</p>http://dickfromafrica.com/post/21787868593http://dickfromafrica.com/post/21787868593Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:40:00 -0400<p><b><i>Akili atakuambia maneno ya uongo, mwili si</i></b> <br/><i>The mind will tell you lies; the body will not.</i></p>http://dickfromafrica.com/post/21785489039http://dickfromafrica.com/post/21785489039Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:42:31 -0400dick from africarvaordersaying<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/21503263822/tumblr_m2u7wjVYet1qdogr1&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p><i><b>Call-in #2</b></i></p>http://dickfromafrica.com/post/21503263822http://dickfromafrica.com/post/21503263822Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:17:00 -0400dick from africaordercallin<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2p3ioPVzf1qdogr1o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>The official Dick From Africa martini drinking hat.</p>http://dickfromafrica.com/post/21343510753http://dickfromafrica.com/post/21343510753Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:54:24 -0400dick from africaorder<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2dov5LqYn1qdogr1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>nothing dignified about getting old … even the spam</p>http://dickfromafrica.com/post/20972630992http://dickfromafrica.com/post/20972630992Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:04:17 -0400dick from africarvaorder<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2a4ziUviL1qdogr1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Raptured!</p>http://dickfromafrica.com/post/20856422234http://dickfromafrica.com/post/20856422234Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:02:05 -0400dick from africaorderrapture<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1twxzYfGc1qdogr1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Raptured!</p>http://dickfromafrica.com/post/20342855100http://dickfromafrica.com/post/20342855100Mon, 02 Apr 2012 06:00:05 -0400dick from africaorderrapture<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1rr0rJmtG1qdogr1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Raptured!</p> <p>… burrito not raptured.</p>http://dickfromafrica.com/post/20247653178http://dickfromafrica.com/post/20247653178Sat, 31 Mar 2012 17:43:00 -0400dick from africaorderrvarapture