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Tuesday night November 4 was an inspirational moment for people all over the world. I was lucky enough to be in Grant Park where president elect Barack Obama gave his stirring acceptance speech. The next day I woke up with the same questions that were on a lot of peoples minds. What next? and What can I do? I walked out on the front porch and the answer was so obvious. Use the sun and the wind to turn what are now energy consumers into energy producers. Here is that moment pretty much as it happened. MindsiMedia has a half dozen You Tube channels covering a wide array of subjects. Click on the link below to enter the world of MindsiMedia. Let us know what you think. http://www.mindsimedia.info/

Nearby, in Forest Park From the National Park Service: Historians consider Haymarket one of the seminal events in the history of American labor. On May 1, 1886, close to 300,000 strikers nationwide and 40,000 in Chicago took part in demonstrations for the eight-hour day. This movement was part of an intern national struggle for workers' rights, and the heart of the movement was in Chicago, where the anarchist International Working Peoples' Association (IWPA) played a central role in organizing the May Day strikes. On May 4, members of the IWPA organized a rally at Haymarket Square to protest police brutality against striking workers on the South Side. As the last speaker finished his remarks, police marched in and demanded an end to the gathering. Then an unknown assailant threw a bomb into the crowd, killing and wounding several police officers and protesters. Police apprehended eight anarchists on charges of conspiracy to commit murder. The trial and subsequent execution of...

I was on my way to work when I saw these gorgeous mushrooms growing on the lawn. The landscapers were getting ready to cut the grass so I shot some video of them. I showed it to Grand and he provided the soundscape. The sounds are from FreeSoundProject http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/index.php By zerolagtime http://www.freesound.org/usersViewSingle.php?id=62484) 20795_djgriffin_ice_cream_van_06-loopable.wav By gadzooks (http://www.freesound.org/usersViewSingle.php?id=44431) lawnmower.wav (http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=20737) By reinsamba (http://www.freesound.org/usersViewSingle.php?id=18799) morning_in_the_forest_2007_04_15.wav By suonho (http://www.freesound.org/usersViewSingle.php?id=308) ERH_p1.2o2bb12_14_alien_sounds_lostlaboratory-rwrk.wav By james duckett (http://www.freesound.org/usersViewSingle.php?id=235133) warp9.wav By Satoration (http://www.freesound.org/usersViewSingle.php?id=170972)...

Koi Pond on Pleasant St.

A Polaroid SX-70 photo of some 1970's era graffiti in Oak Park Illinois undergoes some transformation.

Ah the weekend ends as beautifully as it started here on Carpenter Street. Late afternoon on the porch with a cold cocktail. The clouds are rolling by and the sound of birds (and jets) fill the air. You can't buy moments as relaxing and enjoyable as these. We only need to realize they are there for us to take in.