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 this blog made more sense to me than most of what I've heard and read about this flu..  please don't be seduced into fear which is not so good..

https://www.zerohedge.com/health/six-reasons-why-covid-19-fails-sniff-test

Here is a new & different video.  It is me reciting one of my poems.  It is not studio quality.  The mic is only the one built in to the laptop.  Still, please have a listen and let me know if you think I should do another one this way.  So far I have received a lot of positive feedback, especially from friends in Ireland.  Click link to access:

https://youtu.be/M2wuxXkuxYQ…

Art by Natalie Novak

A blessed Imbolc to those of you in the Northern Hemisphere. In the Old Irish, the word Imbolg means "in the belly," which refers to the pregnancy of ewes at this time of year.

This in-the-belly time, when a new life is stirring within, but before…

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Why walking is underrated as a creative exercise, and how it cures anxiety

I am…

Jerusalem/Israel, 23 January 2020

בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הַעוֹלָם שֶׁהֶחֱיָנוּ וְקִיְּמָנוּ וְהִגִּיעָנוּ לַזְּמַן הַזֶּה׃

Blessed be the Lord for enabling me to be here at this day.

What a blessing, what a gift, it is for me to be able to…

We all showed up naked, slimy and clueless in a world of inexplicable sensory input we couldn’t make head or tail out of. We were then taught what’s what by people who showed up under the exact same circumstances a blink of an eye earlier.



The amniotic fluid is barely washed from our tiny naked bodies before we find…

Before eating, we may like to take a moment to reflect on our food... we vow to eat in a way that preserves our compassion and reduces the suffering of living beings. Someone without compassion can’t be happy, because they’re cut off from others and can’t relate to the world. We need to have compassion, too, for the Earth, our mother. When we…

by Josh Wyndham-Kidd

Existing on the internet in Australia right now is beyond imagining. I'm going to try to describe it for my overseas friends, who are seeing the horrors but…

“Happy birthday/to Greta, who stood today,/as every Friday, refusing/to be neutral”

Patti Smith shared a heartfelt poem to celebrate the 17th birthday of climate activist Greta Thunberg.

Christian Monterrosa/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock, Kristin…

Art by Nicoletta Tomas Caravia

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Midlife

I am no longer waiting for a special occasion; I burn the best candles on ordinary days.

I…

Poem for Lupe Lin Marie deVincent December 12, 2011

Madre de las estrellas

it was you, only you, solo tu

on the mountaintop

your cloak of stars enfolding the earth

diamond starlight cascading softly

como las lagrimas slipping to the ground

until roses sprang up and bloomed

ayer, hoy, esta…

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Imagine this: thousands of people joining together to form a human peace sign.

It happened in Central Park's East Meadow Tuesday afternoon, all in tribute to John Lennon.

The crowd included everyone from aging hippies to schoolchildren not yet born when Lennon died:

They gathered to…

We are all concerned with taking action, doing things, resolving problems, providing for others.

We are always trying to plan something, conclude something else, discover a third.

There is nothing wrong with that -after all, that is how we build and modify the world. But the act of Adoration is also a part of life. To…

https://youtu.be/P1fbMzN9ugs

 New video dedicated to ecosopher Arne Naess & teen climate activist Greta Thunberg.  Please view & share.  Many blessings.

We are heading into the descent of winter.

Life is being drawn into the earth, painlessly descending down into the very heart of herself. And we as natural human animals are being called to do the same, the pull to descend into our bodies, into sleep,…

The beauty of this flowering plant of the Flower "Brahma~Kamal" is that IT has no STEM... each LEAF gives BIRTH to the NEXT leaf while once a YEAR the NODE BUDS instead of sprouting another LEAF seek to BLOSSOM as a flower with a BUDDING period of 21 days & the FLOWER stays in FULL BLOOM for just 12 hours in the NIGHT since the FIRST ray of LIGHT at dawn gives IT death!

BTW, IT is in my GARDEN this very MOMENT.…

H.H. the Dalai Lama

Sometimes forgiving ourselves is not enough. Although it is hard to do, when we manage to forgive ourself the pain of hurt and violation often remains. Something else is need to completely heal. Repair means emotional hygiene. That is, to clean up our residual pain often associated…

I am not sure that this link will work where you are... if not I can't help it but if you can its well worth the 10minutes to listen to an excerpt talking about 'Now'  from an event in Barcelona recently.

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From Greta Thunberg today...

I have received the Nordic Council’s environmental award 2019.

I have decided to decline this prize.

Jag har vunnit Nordiska Rådets miljöpris 2019.

Jag har valt att inte ta emot priset.

Here’s why: “I am currently traveling through California and…