Daniel Tomas Moran

http://www.danielthomasmoran.net/


A professor at my school says: "A poet is what I am and Dentistry is what I do"

Untitled

This is one of my favorite Ingrid Michaelson songs and the first one I learned to play. She has a new CD coming out!!! I Can't wait! but in the meantime, I shall listen to her many other cds. 

Strength

"We acquire the strength we have overcome"
                
                             - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Metals

Feist's new cd come out very soon!! So excited!

LISTEN HERE

On His Voice

In my dream I heard a voice over the waters;
deep, like thunder 
in the dark sky.


It was powerful 
yet majestic,
it broke to pieces, the oaks and cedars
of the Eastern deciduous forest.


It woke me and I lept from my bed, and 
it captivated me with hot flashes in the sky. 
I heard the voice again, this time it shook
all the hanging picture frames.


When finally, I gathered enough
courage to lift my covers 
I noticed the trees had been twisted clean
and my walls stripped bare. 

Armén Rotch Reliefs

I can't believe they are all tea bags--makes me so happy!
Link to Rotch's blog =]
"The teabag insignificant and signified a resurgence of traces of rusty an intimate wet and tired..."

Honey Bee

This song is a new favorite.
By Zee Avi
Thank you Evangeline for introducing it to me =]
<3

Old Suitcases

     


I found this on AdelynSTONE's Blog: Redecorating by repurposing (Amazing!)
I needed to share this.

Snow globe

There are a lot of people who we look up to. 

Their words, which inspire us. Their touch 

is familiar and warm, and it calms 

screams of outrageous fortune.  

These are the ones who we count on 

to change the world. 

'Look at them and what they can do!'

There, beauty 

we'll show you a thousand times

as we shake the glass globe 

gently placing it back on the pedestal 

sit back and watch the flurries begin to circle

and with kindness, we call out, 

'Love, stand tall.' 

A couple of things from the Met

Mt. Madison

So it turns out that all of us went into this trip not knowing what we were getting ourselves into. After more than 14 hours of fighting with the mountain terrain, I was able to get a couple of shots here and there. 

My Father's Father // The Civil Wars

My first hike

This weekend,  I will be going hiking =] 
This is where we will be hiking:


Thanks to Henry we have a route/itinerary:
A) Pinkham Notch Trail Head - Car A will be parked here.  First night spent in this parking lot.

A') Low's Bald Spot - Alternative 1st night camping spot.  Beautiful open rock area w/an unhindered gorgeous view of the presidential mountain range when we wake up in the morning.

B) Mt. Madison (5366') - Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) Hut is nearby w/purified water fountain, some food, & shabby toilets.

C) Mt. Adams (5799')

D) Mt. Jefferson (5716') - We can camp out somewhere near here for Saturday night before summitting Mt. Washington @ Sunrise.  Camping will be a little sketchy since we'll most likely be sleeping on heavily wooded areas w/uneven grounds.

E) Mt. Washington (6288') - Highest point in New England!  Plenty of food, water, & clean toilets.  Gift shop!

X) Alternative descent - For those who choose to descend early may return to Car A by this route.  This will significantly shorten the hike from 38.8 miles to 14.7 miles.

F) Mt. Monroe (5372')

G) Mt. Eisenhower (4760')

H) Mt. Pierce (4312) - Near AMC Mizpah hut.

I) Zealand Mtn (4260') - Before this point there will be another AMC hut (Zealand Falls Hut).

J) Mt. Guyot (4590')

K) South Twin Mtn (4902') - Near AMC Galehead Hut

L) Mt. Garfield (4500')

M) Mt. Lafayette (5260')


I'm ready to hike these mountains! with style!



Like this girl on the UO ad, except I will be fashioning real hiking boots and I will be carrying a lot more suff. 

Living in the Deep

Pictures from Mymodernmet

So, this is what it must be like to live inside one of those aquarium toys. 

On Grandmothers

Today I went to visit two grandmothers. The first was my friend,  Bethany's grandmother, who always cooks her famous lo mei fan [sticky rice] for me.  Nothing in the world stops her from cooking and loving her grandchildren, not even her inabilities to see and hear clearly. So today I went to return her tupperware and gave her some oranges to say thanks. She insisted that I try her home made apple juice. She said it would be refreshing in this humid day. How could I resist. She opened her fridge and handed me a honey container filled with her homemade apple juice. 

Afterwards,  I went to visit my own grandmother (my dad's side).  We've been trying to figure out whether she has early onset of Alzheimer's Disease but its days like these where I'm not so sure. I asked if I could take a picture of her. I showed her her picture and she smiled and said, 'oh my your grandmother is fat!' I said, 'No Grandma, you're beautiful and you have very smooth skin!' She laughed and said, 'do you miss me?' I said, 'of course I do.' She said, 'I miss you and think about you some days'. She reached over to grab a small bundle from beneath her coupon flyers. She opened it to show me, a small stack of fruit stickers. I asked her what they were for. She asked me if I wanted them. I asked, 'you saved these for me?' She replied, 'Sure, or your sister she collected them before?' I think we did, I did at least--my freshman year in college, I ate a lot of bananas for some reason, and collected probably 50 stickers..but I don't think my grandma ever knew about this. When I told my sister about this, she said that grandma gave her a stack of them too to give me because she thought I wanted them. 

Grandmothers rule! 

When I grow up, I'd like to be as cool as this grandmother.

On Train Tracks

Rhythm of Love

James and Wing Chi 6.18.2011 <3 

Make Believe

Simple, as it should be.

I always find lots of things to do when I should be studying. I have a lot I want to blog about, i've been backed up though--i really want to do a post on Nicaragua (I promise I will). But i decided on a vlog post because this song has been on my mind lately. It is by Tristan Prettyman who is a great singer/musican/songwriter.

Simple As is Should Be

*_*

The Civil Wars// Dance Me to the End of Love

Thanks Eva, for introducing The Civil Wars to me =]

Nicaragua

Our group went down to Nicaragua a couple of weeks ago. I have so many pictures I'd like to share. But for now, we are all writing in a blog about what we learned.

Come read it!
Click Here

Inspired by Up

Uninspired Floating House from Modernmet

When the moon doesn't seem too far away

  These photographs are awesome. They are from MyModernMet:

   

Sky is womb, she's the moon

Video blog entry I guess. (The audio is very soft--might need earbuds to hear)
This is a song by Bon Iver called Flume. Its got great lyrics :)


I am my mother's only one
It's enough
I wear my garment so it shows
Now you know

Only love is all maroon
Gluey feathers on a flume
Sky is womb and she's the moon

I am my mother on the wall, 
with us all
I move in water, shore to shore;
Nothing's more

Only love is all maroon
Lapping lakes like leary loons
Leaving rope burns -- Reddish ruse

Only love is all maroon
Gluey feathers on a flume
Sky is womb and she's the moon

//Bon Iver

Aging can sometimes be hilarious

              My friend showed this to me and I had to post it: HAHA

Freezing Rain

Today I saw a man 

hurrying down the streets in a thick dark peacoat heavy like the snow 

upon rigid shoulders that have not seen sun since 

the last time his daughter asked him to play in the sand. 

She poked around his pockets for stale candy 

and found a large hand and a tight squeeze. 

His fingers now wind-chapped and dry 

nuzzled deep into the small hole 

that lost him a couple of keys and coins.

He turned the corner and we parted ways

and both of us shuffled across the slippery roads 

forward and slow while accumulating freezing droplets of 

rain from the edge of our noses and brows

until we melted clear into icicles 

narrow dagging strips 

on this cold day.

Sewn Series

   

   

March 2007