Evelyn Glennie: Shows How to Listen

A couple days ago, we watched a "TED Talks" video about a deaf person named that Evelyn Glennie taught people how to listen. Something that I noticed about her performance was that very small differences in pitches that may even be inaudible to the human ear can easily be felt. When she played the Marimba, she payed a song that made me feel energized. Her movements and the tone of the song helped create this feeling. One element of her performance was body movements. When she pretended to hit the keys on the Marimba, the audiance imagined notes, but nothing was played. Each person experiences music differently because each song can give someone a different feeling.

John's Garden

On May 6, 2010, we visited a Garden which was founded by John and his senior class. A composter of the garden named Leland was interviewd by me and gave me a tour of the garden.  In the garden they grow: Snapdragon, onion, cillantro, basil, eggplant, tomatoes, lemons, zucchini, lavender, strawberries, watermelons, bananas, squash, shard, and pumpkins. With these vegetables, they makes salads. They started tending to this garden a year ago every Wednesday and Thursday. This place used to be a promenade for the Navy Base. To get rid of pests they use ladybugs. Our visit to the garden showed me just how many things I can grow in my very own home. It was a fun visit and I enjoyed it.

Farmers' Market Visit

On May 2, 2010, My brother and I went to the Point Loma Farmers' Market in Liberty Station. There were many different types of foods and products there including: jams,  fruits, spices, meal packages, popcorn, sweetener, hummus, salsa, and vegetables. There was a Mariachi band that danced until the Market closed. There was also a really cool Cockatoo that knew how to play catch and interact  with you in a five minute conversation.




                      My Brother and I at the Farmers' Market.

At the Farmers' Market, I interviewed someone who was selling marinated olives. Al started selling olives here rather than at local stores a year ago because it is healthy and natural. He does not Garden at home because he has no room. His advice for all of you people who want to do what he does is, "Do what you like to do". We then went and bought some olives which were delicious.

Me Interviewing Al at the Farmers' Market      

         

The location we visited was very cool. It had many stalls and many more visitors than I expected. What was interesting is that most of the venders had free samples. I thought it was interesting because that lowers their profit margin in what they sell. While everything we saw was in a reasonable price range, some were cheaper and more expensive than I expected. Jackies Jams were $5 per jar of jam. The jar's size was only about pint big, so it was a little expensive for it's size, but it turned out to be ten times better than any jam I would ever find at the store. The hummus we bought was $4 a canister, which was about the same price at the stores which is cheaper than I expected. We want to go to a Farmers' market whenever we can, but there are none in Spring Valley, thus we have to drive farther and spend more money on gas.                                                    Jackies Jams 

However, with so many Farmers' Markets around the world, It is fairly easy to live sustainably.