tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177454768528249372024-03-04T21:35:54.924-07:00Miracle SistersDeborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03529300529803771717noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417745476852824937.post-4698896636811790162012-07-06T16:03:00.001-06:002012-07-06T16:03:26.076-06:00Summer in a Seaside Village in Greece<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It's been very hot and humid in Greece this July. Summer in Greece is an experience that you tolerate... or...you wilt.<br />
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As the sun rises out of the sea, the village of Poulithra wakens. The sound of the baker hawking baked goods from his truck is heard wafting over my balcony...<br />
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...as I take my cup of tsai apo tin vouno (wild mountain tea), read The International Herald Tribune, enjoy the regional sheep's milk yogurt with thyme honey and biscosti from the best bakery around.<br />
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The salty silky water beckons me to this secluded beach for a healing swim.<br />
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Then hunger beckons, which calls for a little horiataki salad, calamari and stuffed peppers and tomatoes by the seaside...<br />
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...with a good friend...<br />
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...under the shade of an olive tree...<br />
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...or umbrellas of the village taverna.<br />
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Then siesta time back at my room during the heat of midday...<br />
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...only to repeat this pattern in the evening at another beach...<br />
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...only to return to my room with a view of grandmother moon setting over the mountains and call it a night.<br />
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Kalinichta Poulithra. Avrio will be another immersion course in relaxation.</div>Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03529300529803771717noreply@blogger.com6Leonidiou-Peleton, Leonidio 22300, Greece37.11412 22.89602333.843238 17.842312 40.385002 27.949734tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417745476852824937.post-36234807748390562562012-06-27T16:16:00.000-06:002012-06-27T16:16:34.191-06:00Athens or London?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Following your bliss isn't easy sometimes. Sometimes it is downright difficult!<br />
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That's what I'm doing in London and Athens and further down into the villages of the Peloponnese...following a dream deferred that I didn't know I had until the dust of motherhood settled a little bit.<br />
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Forty plus years later, I've taken on the art of filmmaking in the digital age. <br />
At my age, that ain't easy. But it is said that the way to beat the onrush of old age dementia is to learn something new.<br />
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We're not talking crossword puzzles, (although they are an endless source of fun for my husband and me), but something new and difficult, to work your brain cell connections in a way that forces growth of new neuro-pathways as in a foreign language or keeping up with the Kardashians...er...or in the wonders of micro technology...as in digital filmmaking.<br />
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So off to London I go to follow my favorite teacher Michael Rosenblum, who teaches bootcamp courses in New York and London, on becoming a video journalist. He believes that we all can report the news and journal about the world from wherever we may be, given we learn how to do it.<br />
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Much of what I spend time fumbling about with, is the techno stuff. Drives me crazy. But I adore all the possibilities of telling a good story visually and audibly. Makes my heart sing to bring to you some of the beauty I hear and see when I travel this lovely Mother Earth. (Smell-a-vision must be just around the corner.)<br />
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Winston was right when he said it would be "blood, sweat and tears" shed for England. I did all three while making this one-minute mini-doc, about a man I found 15 minutes before he went on stage to play his recorders, during a lunchtime concert at St. Pancras Church in central London.<br />
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The crush of the deadline met, the rush of the screening given two thumbs up by my favorite teacher and classmates, and the pleasure of meeting someone who was a stranger just minutes before and is now a very fond memory, is the cure for shyness that my inner doctor ordered.<br />
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Nothing ventured, nothing gained. To push your limits just one step further than ever before, is living on the edge just a bit. Enough for this goddess crone.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>I'm suppose to rattle off seven random things about myself...so here goes...</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>1) Looking through old photos on my old PC (which is why I have this old photo of me above taken somewhere in Peru)...in what else...a food market...look at my mona-lisa/cheshire-cat-smile...(and my very short haircut)...and you should be able to tell what makes me happy... shopping in produce markets all over the world...which gives me an idea to write a blog post with all the photos of me in markets...could be a big post though.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>2) I am a speaker and reader of several foreign languages, all mostly poorly, my English is getting worse and my French is my best-est (and I now make up words), and one of my greatest faux pas was when I was 16 staying with a French family and they asked me if I had enough food. I responded by saying, "Oui, je suis pleine", which means, "Yes, I am pregnant." Most of the time now I am just confused and try everything...but I do understand menus very well.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>3) The schizo part of me is working on not having a total meltdown when the WiFi you were relying on doesn't work in that remote part of the world ...I know...very schizo of me. Anyone have a solution? </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>4) Did I ever tell you I am a flaming feminist environmentalist activist filmmaker educator traveler cultural addict? Big time.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>5) Drumming with a group and dancing with the lights down low makes me happy happy.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>6) Bees, olive trees and roses and their elixers are my latest passions...</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>7) I am a shaman (and YOU may be one too) ever on a spiritual path to balance the feminine and the masculine ways. Here I am (another very old photo) shopping in the shaman's market in one of my favorite cities in the world, Cusco, Peru. Hanging in the doorway are some honkin' big dried llama fetuses, used in Despacho ceremonies.</i></b></span></div>
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</div>Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03529300529803771717noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417745476852824937.post-57666433579180672252012-03-02T18:44:00.002-07:002012-03-04T18:43:54.284-07:00Our Big COSTA Cruise<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIen-EnFY2ElXh9z1-PS2MJ_jdq7IeQyjkMGg8WxYFMRzl41uI8zqAPDOVcVAtLMd-gLBRmm7Sk0j4YCJc33y2AULSE_ZjS6XitMBl7j1KQdt9R4YCAfXoUxPC5Z-BkzCm3xVK9I6UFxDu/s1600/DSC00018+5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIen-EnFY2ElXh9z1-PS2MJ_jdq7IeQyjkMGg8WxYFMRzl41uI8zqAPDOVcVAtLMd-gLBRmm7Sk0j4YCJc33y2AULSE_ZjS6XitMBl7j1KQdt9R4YCAfXoUxPC5Z-BkzCm3xVK9I6UFxDu/s400/DSC00018+5.JPG" width="400" /></span></b></i></a></div><i><b>A couple of fall cruising seasons ago, my husband and I did something we've never done before...we went cruising...and we chose a cruise with COSTA Cruise lines, out of Genoa, Italy to the Western Mediterranean. It seemed like a good idea at the time.</b></i><br />
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<i><b>As we were crossing the opening of the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, from Morocco to Portugal, we had rough water, and I clearly remember wondering if these floating cities ever flounder...how do they stay afloat? But then, I know now that they </b></i><u><i><b>can</b></i></u><i><b> flounder at the helm of an idiot pilot.</b></i><br />
<i><b>Remember to say I love you... often... to your loved ones. And buy travel insurance. </b></i><br />
<i><b>Blessings to the families of the COSTA Concordia victims and survivors.</b></i><br />
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</div>Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03529300529803771717noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417745476852824937.post-27832845999572536262011-12-07T22:51:00.000-07:002011-12-07T23:45:51.874-07:00Modern Neanderthals in Rome<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Neanderthals had been wandering around Europe and Italy more than 20,000 - 40,000 years ago, but by the start of the Bronze Age around 2000 BCE, there are archaeologic records of several Italic tribes spread throughout Italy.</span></b></span></span></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><b><b></b></b></span></div><b><b><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Last November this modern day Neanderthal spent her 60th birthday in Rome (yes, I have the large brow and claim that lineage.) Looking through all the photos, I see again what I saw then, and what drew our ancient ancestors to this fantastically bella citta on the banks of the Tevere River (Tiber). While pondering the layers of "civilization" heaped upon Rome, I wondered if we have come very far from the peak of the Roman Empire. So sit back and take an armchair scroll through my reckoning of some of our ancestors who journeyed on the Apennine Pe</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">ninsula - from a feminine perspective.</span></b></span></div></div></div></b></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Romulus and Remus suckled by a she-wolf</span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"></span></b></b></span></div><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: left;"><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: left;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Legend has it that Rome was founded on seven hills and the twins Romulus and Remus, born into a disputed patriarchal lineage, were sentenced to be murdered. So off they were sent in a basket downstream, only to be found and suckled by a she-wolf. Romulus killed Remus and became the first of kings in the kingdoms of rulers, succeeded by a republic governed by republican consuls and finally an empire of emperors. </span></b></span></div></div></div></div></span></b></b></div></span></span></b></div></span></span></b></div></span></span></b></span></span></div></span></b></b></b></span></div></span></b></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: left;"><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: left;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Somehow this story is awfully similar to baby Moses in the basket down the Nile, Cain and Abel and Mogli. Our myths do repeat themselves! </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"></span></b></b></span></div><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: left;"><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: left;"><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: left;"><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: left;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Greek colonies were scattered throughout the southwest coast of Italy and became known as Magna Graecia.</span></b></span></div></div></div></div></div></span></b></b></b></span></div></span></span></b></span></b></span></div></span></b></b></b></span></div></span></span></b></span></b></span></div></span></b></b></span></div></span></b></b></div></span></b></b></span></div></span></b></b></div></span></span></b></span></b></span></div></span></b></b></b></span></div></span></span></b></span></b></span></div></span></b></b></span></div></span></b></b></div></span></b></b></span></div></span></b></b></div></div></div></span></b></b></div></span></span></b></div></span></span></b></div></span></span></b></span></span></div></span></b></b></b></span></div></span></b></b></span></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">There is such a long history of settlement in the area we now call Rome, that it boggles the mind. So I am cherry-picking tidbits that may not be so well known to everyone - "Deborah's Pics."</span></b></span></div></div></span></span></b></span></b></span></div></span></b></b></td></tr>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZnkogEZGfusYDTFDB0JkulTmwJwSAcagS_pURYAxSXDhpPMp25pGZjWOLfPXyoiRdRqpMWpnvy7r8HjZaLueaq27y58re33AGZ-IiaUy8tBKl54gc5y33QvFKmzwRw_r_93o3zlrnlzSB/s1600/DSC00634.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZnkogEZGfusYDTFDB0JkulTmwJwSAcagS_pURYAxSXDhpPMp25pGZjWOLfPXyoiRdRqpMWpnvy7r8HjZaLueaq27y58re33AGZ-IiaUy8tBKl54gc5y33QvFKmzwRw_r_93o3zlrnlzSB/s400/DSC00634.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Great spectacles were held for hundreds of years at this colosseum. Wealthy Romans funded the events, ever practicing "one-ups-manship" with each successive performance. At one point the arena was flooded to stage battleship fights and at another event hundreds of wild animals were brought in to compete with gladiators. All very bizarre, until you think of today's Super Bowl football championships. Have we really progressed in civility? </span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC4kICjE0YhjSzfzUJe_f6BvvUs4tpzsT6uSxNwIAV-3SRHrnEXzEobRjEoupZfWsXnU3nKPTAvbYSxCn0KnprvaISVRmxnCiml6ZgKE8P8oNDnDMzLzv2MJo21z99lvNEZlQT3H6wD6AD/s1600/DSC00628.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC4kICjE0YhjSzfzUJe_f6BvvUs4tpzsT6uSxNwIAV-3SRHrnEXzEobRjEoupZfWsXnU3nKPTAvbYSxCn0KnprvaISVRmxnCiml6ZgKE8P8oNDnDMzLzv2MJo21z99lvNEZlQT3H6wD6AD/s400/DSC00628.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Inside the colosseum, you can view the rooms beneath the stage where wild animals, human gladiators and religious cultists, like the Christians, were held, before various entertainment exhibitions. Sun canopies extended out over the bleachers for sections for seating of the wealthy Romans, such as the senators and their women. Yes, at this point in history, women were possessions and became co-conspiritors to wield influence.</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrcuypHuGyFIEGpFVo51C5JOh72PP-5RWt0e-GsrbCRDrkPP_SCFzC_TTcpTd7-jPPulKfypH8XpBJDXd-3U1RQOJIArFJL4XQZEQ3146mrxyb0VCGAofRI-kvEbBoHXRS7oAZdnIruFbc/s1600/P1030684.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrcuypHuGyFIEGpFVo51C5JOh72PP-5RWt0e-GsrbCRDrkPP_SCFzC_TTcpTd7-jPPulKfypH8XpBJDXd-3U1RQOJIArFJL4XQZEQ3146mrxyb0VCGAofRI-kvEbBoHXRS7oAZdnIruFbc/s400/P1030684.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span> </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I am a "big picture" type thinker, although I can focus on specific issues from time to time. In the past few years I've been fascinated by the works of my 3 favorite authors: Layne Redmond, Craig Barnes and Leonard Shlain. All of these authors write about the time in human evolution when we lost our love and respect for women in society.</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffe599;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Layne Redmond, in her book </span></span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffe599;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">When the Drummers Were the Women, A Spiritual History of Women</span></span></u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, offers proof that rhythm is our mother tongue, buried in the beat and burned at the stake, evoking a hunger for our true pre-written word roots. Throughout pre-Christian history, drumming was used by Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cultures as a medium of communication and spirituality and as a way of exploring human consciousness in connection to the surrounding world. Growing out of a powerful feminine and goddess tradition, these mystical practices flourished in temples and secular life until they were forcibly suppressed by the advent of Christianity.</span></b></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Image by Google</span></td></tr>
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</span> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffe599;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Craig Barnes explains in his book,</span></span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffe599;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> In Search of the Lost Feminine</span></span></u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, the mysterious disappearance of ancient cultures in which women and the environment were at the center and how it came to be that societal forces shaped our current culture of misogyny and glorification of war. His focus is on the Minoan culture, cities linked around the Aegean Sea rim, centered on the islands of Crete and Akrotiri on Thera and most likely covered up for millennia by the volcanic shock wave and ash from the huge eruption of the volcano which blew apart the island of Thera, otherwise known today as Santorini.</span></b></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Image by Google</span></td></tr>
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</span> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffe599;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Leonard Shlain, in his groundbreaking books, </span></span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffe599;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The Alphabet Versus the Goddess, (The Conflict Between Word and Image)</span></span></u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffe599;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, and </span></span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffe599;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Sex, Time and Power, (How Women's Sexuality Shaped Human Evolution)</span></span></u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, he proposes that the rise of alphabetic literacy - the process of reading and writing - fundamentally reconfigured the human brain, and brought about profound changes in history, religion, and gender relations. Examining the cultures of the Israelites, Greeks, Christians, and Muslims, he reinterprets many myths and parables in light of his theory. Shlain traces the effect of literacy on the Dark Ages, Mary, Gutenberg, the Reformation, and the witch hunts. </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Famous "Pieta" Statue in St. Peter's Basilica by Michaelangelo</span></span></span></b></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Mary, mother of Jesus, mourns the death of her only child, a son, by crucifixion. Mothers throughout time have worried about their children's health and well-being. This particular visit to Rome struck a motherly chord for me.</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDEOFwZChWkaQQkC6fDuAEEr_M3yPwqMTNkJfxjh3m_05kOtmv9eU-mJQLFVYQQJjEYyxb4D6NfXk_dasQrXT0gjYCiLINjOKdIGZmM-cIJVlKhxfdPF3WTf23kP4-RLfemQLp2ykWq2EU/s1600/DSC00600.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDEOFwZChWkaQQkC6fDuAEEr_M3yPwqMTNkJfxjh3m_05kOtmv9eU-mJQLFVYQQJjEYyxb4D6NfXk_dasQrXT0gjYCiLINjOKdIGZmM-cIJVlKhxfdPF3WTf23kP4-RLfemQLp2ykWq2EU/s640/DSC00600.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So I studied Italian and wandered around Rome during my two week stay, with my son, who put up with me and my choices of things to do and places to visit. Thank you sweetie!</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1XE7pKECSoGOB66K9d1sHIRTVAUovqGkwsdpLUuCDjqbbyhZKHSe6cVCzhGp75crsPzztbJgQufw-R66fJ3LWwaMhMTj-sJ8T6O2lTUhQqETKmBCev1gRbwSw9jvwsRPN22yLv6_l1xTu/s1600/DSC00555.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1XE7pKECSoGOB66K9d1sHIRTVAUovqGkwsdpLUuCDjqbbyhZKHSe6cVCzhGp75crsPzztbJgQufw-R66fJ3LWwaMhMTj-sJ8T6O2lTUhQqETKmBCev1gRbwSw9jvwsRPN22yLv6_l1xTu/s640/DSC00555.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Here I am facing the inside of St. Peter's on Sunday, searching for the section of the basilica where la messa is said by men, and sung by choirs of angels. "Il Papa" wasn't saying mass, but "uno cardinale" was. You press to the back of the expansive interior with all the others, beyond a gate, and act like a Roman Catholic. It is one of the benefits of being raised a Roman Catholic, to understand what is going on, no matter where in the world you are attending the service. It is a ritual I thoroughly enjoy. Even though today mass is said in the native language of each country, I make the effort to recite and sing in the native voice whenever I can.</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieKBuRrZlH5mWhVs3-nob5Tdpqx1Z4dOIRnEgTC5y4x7tRlxN_X6KUVAi458XB51wvywsj3SRxealRnf1Fg5OUnsYb-9E1JMVEo7inpAIK5lRNp6yozeM2cdIBmt4_VpgJOe8tNpHN_mjT/s1600/DSC00587.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieKBuRrZlH5mWhVs3-nob5Tdpqx1Z4dOIRnEgTC5y4x7tRlxN_X6KUVAi458XB51wvywsj3SRxealRnf1Fg5OUnsYb-9E1JMVEo7inpAIK5lRNp6yozeM2cdIBmt4_VpgJOe8tNpHN_mjT/s640/DSC00587.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Molti bambini are baptized after Mass. This was the first of many that Sunday. Notice the huge baptismal font behind the mama and nonna and bambina.</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPYXbhN2ksOjt_uSlWWJ3NGAOL2eIBCZH7RlGJ4V9Qt6lGTLrYvQJf8_S4FtmiiNnl8oJ9qilhl6weO9NhonSeq98EFR6bK_DsD0ycWNDP_0PQ83Tirj4xaC-vVWESEVDeArzVg88q_vwI/s1600/DSC00546.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPYXbhN2ksOjt_uSlWWJ3NGAOL2eIBCZH7RlGJ4V9Qt6lGTLrYvQJf8_S4FtmiiNnl8oJ9qilhl6weO9NhonSeq98EFR6bK_DsD0ycWNDP_0PQ83Tirj4xaC-vVWESEVDeArzVg88q_vwI/s640/DSC00546.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The faithful come and go through the massive front doors and walk over the colorful marble floors that have felt many a footstep.</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPe8gu41ob-x5Ycd5Uy60kkJ4KJGCj7ef3U6A9eRIYpT_BW-vD609GN-pwJS9Sj9shX5DNleKff1fFHYVnrdDnSVfvOuj6AfYxgD893uWt8745zN3b4PLmaVM3ic2fhGpLvM4RnMZ7ck71/s1600/DSC00581.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPe8gu41ob-x5Ycd5Uy60kkJ4KJGCj7ef3U6A9eRIYpT_BW-vD609GN-pwJS9Sj9shX5DNleKff1fFHYVnrdDnSVfvOuj6AfYxgD893uWt8745zN3b4PLmaVM3ic2fhGpLvM4RnMZ7ck71/s640/DSC00581.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span> </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Under this red marble is buried the beloved Pope John XXIII.</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsKxHnE8_ivAQ4705yeP5yNmwrvdeaDmqDHXVbiuFvAEBrSDLw_QJdZ4KtCYTaaTu4YKhfgtYVETJQYKAwDok1r9J_xZvv4z-3lYwRf_3Ob-rOc75OUDdwLH7XPU4kms5sodw_5ErW1lAk/s1600/DSC00554.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsKxHnE8_ivAQ4705yeP5yNmwrvdeaDmqDHXVbiuFvAEBrSDLw_QJdZ4KtCYTaaTu4YKhfgtYVETJQYKAwDok1r9J_xZvv4z-3lYwRf_3Ob-rOc75OUDdwLH7XPU4kms5sodw_5ErW1lAk/s640/DSC00554.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The magnificent canopy where the Popes have said Masses for eons.</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzGNXwc6hWV160opu8ruhI6K7xLa3pOECy-e0ihZ0s5WZmFOTqMbLF8txItaM5APH_IO_5coVRNodjpzXy63A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Outside after Mass were musicians and dancers, dancing dances of peace. Of course I had to join in! This short video of 13 seconds gives a taste of the action.</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggk9FFssyRYqPzsfr2mJbGDUdjr4j8aqZQ6IJrRb2MvQAYWi3DdoDnjhkZOdv6Sx7rmqsOwX95Xd8e6X0pvM8xbsGW_mKtCdK4PTaOMSL_W08XCfLmH7r2oT68gBamx2RaMpaCALTbwgPY/s1600/DSC00762.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggk9FFssyRYqPzsfr2mJbGDUdjr4j8aqZQ6IJrRb2MvQAYWi3DdoDnjhkZOdv6Sx7rmqsOwX95Xd8e6X0pvM8xbsGW_mKtCdK4PTaOMSL_W08XCfLmH7r2oT68gBamx2RaMpaCALTbwgPY/s640/DSC00762.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Once a month on a Sunday, the Vatican Museum is open for free. It is just one complex of buildings that make up Vatican City. Imagine the Louvre full of Catholic Church treasures. Recognize this Chagall above? There are numerous versions of "The Pieta" which means "the pity" in Italiano.</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh28w6GZpfvjLxVEn40yjkccDiGkYsUeDrs5pO91Z18sndtTPDWc2ZQ5z7e67mbKmvH6j-lYyXKj0jv9JAvWBE-6MN6URGZdV8n5MkFdusoHgizThXdSbjfdbi7uMxwB-TKclGY6oqqeIlK/s1600/DSC00756.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh28w6GZpfvjLxVEn40yjkccDiGkYsUeDrs5pO91Z18sndtTPDWc2ZQ5z7e67mbKmvH6j-lYyXKj0jv9JAvWBE-6MN6URGZdV8n5MkFdusoHgizThXdSbjfdbi7uMxwB-TKclGY6oqqeIlK/s640/DSC00756.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This above is a huge mural in one room of the Vatican Museum which was painted by Raphael Sanzio (1483 - 1520) depicting all the "movers and shakers and thinkers" of that time, hanging out in a fantasy time together, in the Roman Forum. It's in the Room of Segnatura, which explains the room's function as the Papal library where official acts were signed. Men, men and more men. Where were the women? </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The painting above is called "School of Athens", and includes a multitude of philosophers surrounding the two greatest thinkers by this time, Plato in the center pointing up and Aristotle next to him pointing down. Plato points up to remind us that mathematics and pure ideas are the source of truth, while Aristotle points down showing his preference for scientific study of the material world. The bearded figure of Plato is none other than Leonardo da Vinci - Raphael's tribute to the aging master. Michelangelo is shown meditating, sitting with his head in his hand in the foreground.</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Other thinkers of the world are depicted including Heracleitus, Euclid, Diogenes, Ptolomy, Zoroaster, Apollo surrounded by Muses, famous poets and men of letters, including Homer, Dante on the left in profile and Raphael himself second from the right in the green cap.</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">All the rooms in the Vatican apartments painted by Raphael lead up to the even more famous Sistine Chapel, painted over the lifetime of Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564). </span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiifYSHCR-ZjwXKhmChW-nVgKrHfido6ycA4M3OyIImH0ge_hMHXWHW0OGEyj8VeaArcUTz4qn0bdUJj5ffeEiVQsSVmKoj2HQOu3TijX0eDRW91OMEchSsZoKo37LbB8v6DhDIQ2Oqzv1C/s1600/DSC00764.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiifYSHCR-ZjwXKhmChW-nVgKrHfido6ycA4M3OyIImH0ge_hMHXWHW0OGEyj8VeaArcUTz4qn0bdUJj5ffeEiVQsSVmKoj2HQOu3TijX0eDRW91OMEchSsZoKo37LbB8v6DhDIQ2Oqzv1C/s640/DSC00764.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Finally you get to the Sistine Chapel, after hours of wandering through room after room in the Vatican. The Vatican City is actually considered a country. Trust me - it feels like it when you are attempting to absorb it all in one afternoon. Photos are not allowed in the Sistine Chapel, so this shot was taken surreptitiously when the guards weren't watching me. I know for a fact that others are taking photos too - and the guards know it too - it's just a cat and mouse game. Of course, it's for a couple of reasons: flash photography over time can fade the colors (they say, even though they are way up above you) and the second reason is that they want you to buy postcards in the gift shop. What's so amazing about this ceiling art is all the three-dimensional optical illusions of depth and breadth, while it is all painted on a flat surface. The whole chapel is a flat, vaulted room that Michelangelo created into a visual wonder of storytelling. </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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Angel of God<br />
My Guardian Dear<br />
To Whom God's Love<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffe599;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffe599;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Jack O' Lanterns defensive line-up.</span></span></span></i></b></span></span></span></i></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffe599;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffe599;"></span></span></span></i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Holy ghosts and poltergeists, deceased relations, saints and sinners mingle and merge. Here are some notables in my hometown village, known for celebrating Halloween outrageously. </span></span></span></i></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffe599;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Some of the most honorable citizens can play other roles less upright and way out there in left field during this ancient celebration. From mayors to emergency response medical teams, from CEOs and teachers to lawyers and writers, hallow dolly!</span></span></span></i></b></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="clear: left; float: left; font-size: large; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1_hp-OirwevYIbxq6syfhc6XzCGkfvTxsE3xUvMMmaePeKU3lHoj3JNsjTHHpNrnpIzpjAE8_1J9OEfXmop7KIsNkH9q4puTAo-Dzn6jkTyI1tHJyZqbDaw9HvGx7ehPcLCBdqep49WQk/s400/P1030538.JPG" width="400" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffe599;"></span></span></i></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffe599;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The Mad Hatter,says, "It's my right to breathe mercury fumes and Down with the EPA!" (It was</span></span></span></i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffe599;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> the devil that made her do it.)</span></span></span></i></b></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffe599;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn2MQWaV2axuGYZ1SjBmgf13CAy7cuPZbktK5pkOP-JhZ3QeVne7iv9GeMNXdrCfZasn6tG1ITAafLdZYpev6qbizBJSRtFNHZEPbNHGAbXihccxuldySl44IZXCtDKW_zxxMJs5DwvyaH/s1600/P1030563.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn2MQWaV2axuGYZ1SjBmgf13CAy7cuPZbktK5pkOP-JhZ3QeVne7iv9GeMNXdrCfZasn6tG1ITAafLdZYpev6qbizBJSRtFNHZEPbNHGAbXihccxuldySl44IZXCtDKW_zxxMJs5DwvyaH/s640/P1030563.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></span></span></i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffe599;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The latest version of the three stooges: </span></span></span></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffe599;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Dr. Evil, Fat Bastard and Rep. Anthony Weiner, who tweeted his twitter. Oops!</span></span></span></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffe599;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Just another man in high office behaving badly a la Dominique Strauss Kahn, Senator John Edwards, and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger this past year.</span></span></span></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaTFrMeOxIuz6HCkV-HODxRqsyTA8s_ax0dhlNm_N3LgHtWYSMXFCLUp9aC8XT9AsUlG2hJ8IE-cNrdi0TL70OQeeZUlNwgbY8mVNx3t0-cq3LncyGFXSVL13irJkbArLD_DXpYBQqGkm6/s1600/P1030570.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffe599;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaTFrMeOxIuz6HCkV-HODxRqsyTA8s_ax0dhlNm_N3LgHtWYSMXFCLUp9aC8XT9AsUlG2hJ8IE-cNrdi0TL70OQeeZUlNwgbY8mVNx3t0-cq3LncyGFXSVL13irJkbArLD_DXpYBQqGkm6/s640/P1030570.JPG" width="480" /></span></span></i></b></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffe599;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Repo Banker Man - No Joker!</span></span></span></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicY1mJzG20_vwprzw_oWOCFZGU4oS7X6zB5uJrm14U4WJKS8hqJzi10G2wHFmxLERN7AyXtbLRqAGQt3DgbZ_SsDw4cn3bYQ7Fh5-Whrr43kcR68YBvTpxasCap16SwUrNexLLNB1V7Ipz/s1600/P1030572.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffe599;"><img border="0" height="451" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicY1mJzG20_vwprzw_oWOCFZGU4oS7X6zB5uJrm14U4WJKS8hqJzi10G2wHFmxLERN7AyXtbLRqAGQt3DgbZ_SsDw4cn3bYQ7Fh5-Whrr43kcR68YBvTpxasCap16SwUrNexLLNB1V7Ipz/s640/P1030572.JPG" width="640" /></span></span></i></b></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffe599;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Wise Witch of the West & the Devil's Temptress.</span></span></span></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiv8Kn_IqjXPGOIJUbuS1yzSTkeE78nEv7v-mljvGatoj084M3xkCYyPfmz2z0TpWsNY7jM3TdEj2DfL8LrNtQN9RI-DC0ALEpfYeppZt-7nvPkNBcPaM7RLgWDfX6pdwf1b5ujMLxHTe7/s1600/P1030559.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffe599;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiv8Kn_IqjXPGOIJUbuS1yzSTkeE78nEv7v-mljvGatoj084M3xkCYyPfmz2z0TpWsNY7jM3TdEj2DfL8LrNtQN9RI-DC0ALEpfYeppZt-7nvPkNBcPaM7RLgWDfX6pdwf1b5ujMLxHTe7/s640/P1030559.JPG" width="480" /></span></span></i></b></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffe599;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The Lone Ranger's date was Minnie the maid from The Help. Chocolate pie m'am?</span></span></span></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqi3V-yttZTVm_5aGxqEusp391y3MSSX_sm_ht9tic_e-DjwG3MPc-VpiKljS7Nwsj2UBwC6LO3YTsX8x94Igd6cbKdPbY4xFZaPO-M8EbzRMdJNbblDYPwz53qH-i4iXqJVUiG3HNmM1N/s1600/P1030567.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffe599;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqi3V-yttZTVm_5aGxqEusp391y3MSSX_sm_ht9tic_e-DjwG3MPc-VpiKljS7Nwsj2UBwC6LO3YTsX8x94Igd6cbKdPbY4xFZaPO-M8EbzRMdJNbblDYPwz53qH-i4iXqJVUiG3HNmM1N/s640/P1030567.JPG" width="640" /></span></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffe599;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Must have a blond vixen with pink boa and silver bullet nipples at every party...</span></span></span></i></b></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCd48qO6Zk0K_XQw771btK328T1ReU4YVFmAkuWyni4opNbU2rPXt_wFqku3UhI9q6T7VOglVaWhVwOPU-47tGWX7JPkUF4br5hrKQTY87vmp4t_P2RQvCK7msrwuTDCLozKCamc9l8kwo/s1600/P1030539.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffe599;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCd48qO6Zk0K_XQw771btK328T1ReU4YVFmAkuWyni4opNbU2rPXt_wFqku3UhI9q6T7VOglVaWhVwOPU-47tGWX7JPkUF4br5hrKQTY87vmp4t_P2RQvCK7msrwuTDCLozKCamc9l8kwo/s640/P1030539.JPG" width="304" /></span></span></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffe599;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">... & Corporate Sleeze sucking up to Uncle Sam.</span></span></span></i></b></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjip51kU5r6E0qW2HP_te_7kfA6uQu6Fm2PK0tiO7yBMs0syTzgh3bGSW5Hd8Nr2btsTYqwlnVIX2vUg0iffIm5yCkgxcDoL7M0UuWVTWQ94zBpQ-QykxcX1txKnLfyTytbWc3ODc9y2FnO/s1600/P1030568.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffe599;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjip51kU5r6E0qW2HP_te_7kfA6uQu6Fm2PK0tiO7yBMs0syTzgh3bGSW5Hd8Nr2btsTYqwlnVIX2vUg0iffIm5yCkgxcDoL7M0UuWVTWQ94zBpQ-QykxcX1txKnLfyTytbWc3ODc9y2FnO/s640/P1030568.JPG" width="480" /></span></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffe599;">Justin you are too cute! What do you do?</span></span></span></i></b></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJHt89jMNNgFvjKji0JDWJ5BrGG07h0TU_jX_xy_B-7t0tTWbysfSvx_7zcOIKw5jhiPalAkjzkG5yQdjxGyHq8nHF6sWgX_Ih39uHPkucPx7_5_T24QA1ilFi-KKXZ9otnX7v8jE13nfX/s1600/P1030574.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffe599;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJHt89jMNNgFvjKji0JDWJ5BrGG07h0TU_jX_xy_B-7t0tTWbysfSvx_7zcOIKw5jhiPalAkjzkG5yQdjxGyHq8nHF6sWgX_Ih39uHPkucPx7_5_T24QA1ilFi-KKXZ9otnX7v8jE13nfX/s640/P1030574.JPG" width="640" /></span></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffe599;">Presto magic ~ please #$@&%* save us from ourselves!</span></span></span></i></b></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOn-zjng-nOzDaYmoG3RihM4SlbMn1N7XsGE9Rchdez8MYG0p8_np-UGh1NHhKew97Zm6b9EoMR6HT9reDNk1VblQZEMpPFLEjpoBzvlNkOo_WcIZMfE4w9p76rm5_l6G5uWO1yzkBcqVr/s1600/P1030511.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffe599;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOn-zjng-nOzDaYmoG3RihM4SlbMn1N7XsGE9Rchdez8MYG0p8_np-UGh1NHhKew97Zm6b9EoMR6HT9reDNk1VblQZEMpPFLEjpoBzvlNkOo_WcIZMfE4w9p76rm5_l6G5uWO1yzkBcqVr/s640/P1030511.JPG" width="640" /></span></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffe599;">The veil is the thinnest at this twilight wrinkle in time. Let evil be gone and goodness reign. Keep us safe and divinely guided. And thank you for a sense of humor.</span></span></span></i></b></span></div>Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03529300529803771717noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417745476852824937.post-21141436599475732052011-10-15T17:44:00.000-06:002011-10-21T09:04:04.312-06:00Tree Hugging The Boreal Forest<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Athena's Owl silently swept from the top of the pine tree overhead the other night, after departing my Monday meeting of powerful Miracle Women. Owl had many messages to give me and this blog is about some of them.</span></b></span></span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; line-height: 1px;"><img height="400" id="il_fi" src="http://www.hummingbirdstudiousa.com/boreal/thumb.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.648438) 2px 2px 8px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px;" width="395" /></span></span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">Where and what is the Boreal Forest?</span></span></b></span></i><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img height="370" id="il_fi" src="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/BorealThreshold/Images/boreal_forest_map.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.648438) 2px 2px 8px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px;" width="428" /></span></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #231e20; font-size: 10px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">The Boreal Forest is immense, spanning the globe 6.5 million square miles across northern regions of Russia, Scandinavia, Canada and Alaska.</span></span></span></i></span><br />
<div style="color: #231e20; font: 10.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">In North America, the Boreal stretches 1.5 billion acres from interior Alaska across Canada to the Atlantic Ocean. It is large enough to hold 14 Californias, and it accounts for 25% of the world’s remaining intact forests. In fact, there is more intact forest in the Canadian Boreal than in the Brazilian Amazon. </span></span></span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">And it is being cut down.</span></span></span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"></div></span> </span></span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">Ten year old Ta'Kaiya of the Sliammon First Nations People of British Columbia, Canada is the brave songwriter and singer in the video below, about the Tar Sands mining taking away her future:</span></span></span></span></i><br />
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</span> </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></i></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The Boreal Forest ecosystem is an extraordinary mosaic of interrelated habitats made up of forests, lakes, wetlands, rivers and tundra at its northern edge. The Boreal Forest region is dominated by spruce, aspen, birch, poplar and larch or tamaracks. Thirty percent of North America’s Boreal is covered by wetlands, consisting of bogs, fens, marshes, an estimated 1.5 million lakes, and some of the country’s largest river systems.</span></b></span></span></i></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The North American Boreal Forest covers 2.3 million square miles -- 75% of the entire size of the contiguous United States.</span></b></span></span></i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Despite its remote location and natural ruggedness, the North American boreal is home to fourteen percent of Canada’s population, or roughly four million people. One third of these inhabitants are aboriginal. There are over 600 indigenous groups living in the area, generally formed into tribal groups known as First Nations. Indigenous Peoples of the Boreal Forest have linked their existence to the forest for hundreds of years, using the trees for heat, the plants for healing, and the animals for both food and clothing. </span></span></i></b></span><br />
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<i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The following is a letter to the editor I wrote that was published in a few Montana newspapers recently. If we all do a little something, it adds up to a force bigger than each individual. Together we are powerful. Thanks for adding your voice. </span></span></b></i><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">~ deborah</span></span></b></i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i><b><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Dear Mr. President,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br />
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</span></div></div>Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03529300529803771717noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417745476852824937.post-22803704127635538472011-10-10T17:44:00.000-06:002011-10-10T17:44:12.086-06:00The Red Boots She Wore to Her Concentration Camp<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #d9d2e9;"><b>It is an astonishing story, that of what happened at Heart Mountain, Wyoming, the site of a Japanese American Internment Camp.</b></span></span></i></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2V4Qr_PxgD8hOM8Zez89NjsGp21V0yl6z4Erml1TtkDRvxDaDDO8UromCq6EGPTyJYBhJVAUmwxXEHmW2mivw3muMaB2-DrqPIy_BCnUqpCYeIFrZPEnyOCR14QdVnAqc2u-dgdmUI8ch/s1600/P1020687.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><b><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2V4Qr_PxgD8hOM8Zez89NjsGp21V0yl6z4Erml1TtkDRvxDaDDO8UromCq6EGPTyJYBhJVAUmwxXEHmW2mivw3muMaB2-DrqPIy_BCnUqpCYeIFrZPEnyOCR14QdVnAqc2u-dgdmUI8ch/s640/P1020687.JPG" width="480" /></b></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #d9d2e9;"><b><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhX7vr4yKp9hpFCdrYfMXxKl3KAZCg1v6rTJDvOMEBqM4hy1YB9FZUppesar_XBZ3wbjOk92sU_mcfDpALdBIm3cjKo_84AsYbSXOo3fH9zIgP7h7fq22M67QzNkFRqDhzwIhn9UPpYLI2/s1600/P1020687.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #d9d2e9;"><i><b>Toshi was a petite woman of only 20 years old when she and her family were ordered by the American government in 1942 to leave their homes and businesses on the West Coast behind, pack up only "what they could carry" and were transported to a high desert location surrounded by barbed wire, for the rest of World War II.</b></i></span></span></span></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhX7vr4yKp9hpFCdrYfMXxKl3KAZCg1v6rTJDvOMEBqM4hy1YB9FZUppesar_XBZ3wbjOk92sU_mcfDpALdBIm3cjKo_84AsYbSXOo3fH9zIgP7h7fq22M67QzNkFRqDhzwIhn9UPpYLI2/s1600/P1020687.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #d9d2e9;"></span></b></i></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #d9d2e9;"><i><b>The small red ankle boots were a gift from Toshi's father at the beginning of her journey into womanhood in the wilderness. She recounted that she wore them as a comfort item. They were donated as a memorial to all the Japanese Americans who survived this "relocation camp" nightmare...and to those that didn't, like Toshi's father. She returned to Heart Mountain on the 69th anniversary and dedication of an interpretive center opening last August 2011.</b></i></span></span></span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWRPcgbAwYmdv8Ma2SURRaTS-myZQdTmv4vMFeTHXOj84vwQyVUjSFxJHR30qPypTz72Jic6X8i8YS7ll4gZ0dPvY72w-Zmxsto5nIHBXCdQA_59IZA3AfqYsPOpDOhkdZ3oL1dnRSk1vQ/s1600/P1020686.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWRPcgbAwYmdv8Ma2SURRaTS-myZQdTmv4vMFeTHXOj84vwQyVUjSFxJHR30qPypTz72Jic6X8i8YS7ll4gZ0dPvY72w-Zmxsto5nIHBXCdQA_59IZA3AfqYsPOpDOhkdZ3oL1dnRSk1vQ/s640/P1020686.JPG" width="480" /></b></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #d9d2e9;"><b>That's where I saw her posing in front of a life-size image of her wearing these red boots, cameras and video cameras documenting the poignant moment. Her two grown children and many friends and relatives were wandering slowly through the exhibits, pointing at memorabilia and making comments about "I remember that..."</b></span></span></i></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW0CXLtIlkw_fhpd23bYVPWcjyoI3EbiXcjqS925hpbotf0WQDuO5qgw9d1xn40Map-0xxnw1GJy5XK-QLBZSseFDq0Hc5vCyVT2xzh_Y0HZ3BL0D61A7jvEXuc2c0gtogkW9OxA0QkSxZ/s1600/P1020683.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW0CXLtIlkw_fhpd23bYVPWcjyoI3EbiXcjqS925hpbotf0WQDuO5qgw9d1xn40Map-0xxnw1GJy5XK-QLBZSseFDq0Hc5vCyVT2xzh_Y0HZ3BL0D61A7jvEXuc2c0gtogkW9OxA0QkSxZ/s640/P1020683.JPG" width="480" /></b></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #d9d2e9;"><b>Toshiko Ito posed in front of a bigger than life-size photo of herself at the age of 20 when she and her birth family entered the relocation camp. Today she is 88 years old.</b></span></span></i></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqPM465oqBuc98AAvHAxmwTuAAHL6zbfao26mPtpg9NQJ1eg7-q5-PnQoOdTiV-twDwnmuBiyYwQ9XAVjWRyvKT5QSsZtDJXu5n04WSn0s_R59VPt3p7VBt1ebcoZ-zrIvusPqxT38bOJ2/s1600/P1020688.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqPM465oqBuc98AAvHAxmwTuAAHL6zbfao26mPtpg9NQJ1eg7-q5-PnQoOdTiV-twDwnmuBiyYwQ9XAVjWRyvKT5QSsZtDJXu5n04WSn0s_R59VPt3p7VBt1ebcoZ-zrIvusPqxT38bOJ2/s400/P1020688.JPG" width="300" /></b></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #d9d2e9;"><b>Toshi married Jim Ito, and raised two children, Christie and Lance. Lance is a Superior Court judge in Los Angeles who came to national prominence when he presided over the O.J. Simpson murder trial.</b></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Vx8xmNBq0BYqKYyTfwuvzxo58iQd7KrnBDP9VOSwDEGqev2qvo9Lr9uAWvSXXIvKMVp5EJFjlYR7a9TgKKZDoW4_FtTcB0SZz9O5G2WIGPive1ji4XNaxC-qlWKRf5lFYBIMjh6EnHY4/s1600/P1020689.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Vx8xmNBq0BYqKYyTfwuvzxo58iQd7KrnBDP9VOSwDEGqev2qvo9Lr9uAWvSXXIvKMVp5EJFjlYR7a9TgKKZDoW4_FtTcB0SZz9O5G2WIGPive1ji4XNaxC-qlWKRf5lFYBIMjh6EnHY4/s400/P1020689.JPG" width="400" /></b></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #d9d2e9;"><b>Lance and my husband - compatriots in justice. But has justice been served? Did O.J. Simpson's wife Nicole Brown Simpson get justice? Did Toshi's family get justice? What is required to be considered justice?</b></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgArrp47uSKbkRIHrkP3w-2vZ87jq7vY4_G4Ym1_DH4I8Ov7eqJMZDaJUGRy-2WxRErzEbfL3vPbIlAHglFwvFWcsnMCk5KhZW3prgRY6R4JpKnsrqcOM7GRw0rjTgKzpuH2Kz9kH3PkoWq/s1600/P1020695.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgArrp47uSKbkRIHrkP3w-2vZ87jq7vY4_G4Ym1_DH4I8Ov7eqJMZDaJUGRy-2WxRErzEbfL3vPbIlAHglFwvFWcsnMCk5KhZW3prgRY6R4JpKnsrqcOM7GRw0rjTgKzpuH2Kz9kH3PkoWq/s640/P1020695.JPG" width="640" /></b></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #d9d2e9;"><b>Heart Mountain was one of 10 "relocation centers" for Japanese and Japanese Americans run by the War Relocation Authority (WRA). In addition to these, Japanese Americans were confined at times in temporary assembly centers, Justice Dept. internment camps and other wartime prison facilities.</b></span></span></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #d9d2e9;"><b>An irony was demonstrated here when more than 800 Japanese Americans from Heart Mountain internment camp served in the military, 11 of whom were killed and 52 wounded in battle, for the American side. Some were volunteers, others were drafted. The draft generated a resistance movement at Heart Mountain. A "Fair Play Committee" formed to protest military induction, when recruits were forced at the same time into internment camps, and, as a result, 85 internees were elsewhere imprisoned for draft law violations!</b></span></span></i></span><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #d9d2e9;"><b>No, on a personal basis, it doesn't make much sense. But, as fellow Americans, we acknowledge a grave injustice has happened. Wartime makes people do awful things. Being a witness to these survivors at this grand opening at Heart Mountain was just that - a grand mountain-size opening - of the heart. To read more on this chapter of American history click on this link to go to: </b><a href="http://www.heartmountain.org/"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">www.heartmountain.org</span></b></a></span></span></span></i><br />
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</div>Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03529300529803771717noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417745476852824937.post-30243536358995360202011-09-25T05:44:00.000-06:002011-09-25T05:44:00.110-06:00Grape Harvest in Montana<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Believe it or not, grapes grow in my backyard in Montana. In early spring the vines come back to life and slowly crawl over the pergola arbor my husband made, by the middle of August.</span></span></b></span></i><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">The grapes form into clusters of bunches and start as miniature versions of what they will become four to five months later to large fistful size by September. For most of their growing progression, the grapes are green and sour to taste, but by harvest time they rapidly turn color to navy blue and are sweet as only grape juice can be.</span></span></i></b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ead1dc;">As the villagers wake up to songbirds at sunrise and the grind of motorbikes with their passengers on their ways to work and school, the olives wait for the picking.</span></span></span></span></i><br />
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</div></div>Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03529300529803771717noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417745476852824937.post-15727421496407162642011-09-01T14:30:00.000-06:002011-09-01T14:30:56.032-06:00If Only We Had Listened<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">This is the amazing story of a Rwandan woman who </span></span></span></i></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><i></i></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">survived the genocide wars by hiding in a small </span></span></span></i></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><i></i></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">cramped bathroom for 3 months with </span></span></span></i></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">7 other </span></span></span></i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">women. </span></span></span></i></b></span><br />
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</i></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">She has now collaborated with a filmmaker, </span></span></span></i></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">to </span></span></span></i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">tell the story, within this horrifying story, </span></span></span></i></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><i></i></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">about a message from the Virgin Mary, </span></span></span></i></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">who came </span></span></span></i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">in an apparition to </span></span></span></i></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">prophicize the coming wars </span></span></span></i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">and warn the people...if only they had listened.</span></span></span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Immaculee Ilibagiza is that woman who survived the Rwandan genocide wars and wrote the book titled "Left to Tell." </span></span></span></b></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"><br />
</span></span></span></b></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Now she and filmmaker Sean Bloomfield have joined forces for this story of prophecy.</span></span></span></b></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"><br />
</span></span></span></b></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"> Immaculee is asking us from all around the world to share this story by hosting a movie showing.</span></span></span></b></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"><br />
</span></span></span></b></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">The Miracle Women of Red Lodge, Montana will be showing this film and hope that you can find a way to so in your community as well.</span></span></span></b></span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Visit the web site for purchasing options at:</span></span></span></b></span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"><a href="http://www.kibeho.net/store/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">"If Only We Had Listened" DVD</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">We need to be witnesses.</span></span></span></b></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"><br />
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</div></div>Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03529300529803771717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417745476852824937.post-49051806657122127932011-08-31T21:08:00.000-06:002011-08-31T21:08:52.741-06:00Faithfulness Angel<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Those of you who know me will understand my choice of this image. Isn't she lovely?</span></span></span></i><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, arial; font-size: x-small;">"Angelic Realm Four"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: verdana, arial; font-size: medium;"><b><a href="http://1800sunstar.com/zzC1LUV/zholydays/saints-angels/00-valentines-day.html" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">"THE FAITHFULNESS ANGELS"</a></b><a href="http://1800sunstar.com/zzC1LUV/zholydays/saints-angels/00-valentines-day.html" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;"></a></span><a href="http://1800sunstar.com/zzC1LUV/zholydays/saints-angels/00-valentines-day.html" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;"></a><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana, arial; font-size: x-small;"><i>transliterated by: <b>"Michael AngelOh"</b></i><b></b><br />
<i>featuring master artist: <b>"William Bougeureau"</b></i><b></b></span></center><center><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: xx-small;">transport back to <a href="http://1800sunstar.com/zzC1LUV/zholydays/saints-angels/0angel-art-graphic-gallery.htm#angelic-realm-directory"><span style="color: #cc33ff; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: xx-small;">romantic valentine day poems quotes angelic realm navigation directory</span></a></span><a href="http://1800sunstar.com/zzC1LUV/zholydays/saints-angels/0angel-art-graphic-gallery.htm#angelic-realm-directory"> <img alt="ROMANTIC VALENTINE DAY POEMS QUOTES ANGELIC REALM NAVIGATION DIRECTORY" border="0" height="12" src="http://1800sunstar.com/GFX/icons/zzbackto-top-of-page-arrow.gif" width="12" /></a></center><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: small;"><center><b><i>Angelic Realm Four:</i> "The Faithfulness Angels"</b></center>When we place <b><i>"Trust in ourselves or another"</i></b><i></i>, we in turn invest our belief in the strength to fulfill a nobel goal or everyday challenge and trust in the possibility that it will be accomplished. Faithfulness is blossomed thru "Trust" and when we begin <b><i>to trust the higher power</i></b><i></i> inside of which <b><i>"The Faithfulness Angels Realm"</i></b><i></i> reside, we empower our own sense of Purpose and Being. When we trust a person at their word, we in a real sense elevate them in their perception of being trust-worthy. Of course trust is developed through <b><i>sincere thoughts, words and actions</i></b><i></i> and when we choose to trust someone who has betrayed us in the past, with that act of faith, we sow the<b><i>seeds of healing and growth</i></b><i></i>,and allow the possibility for what was wronged to be righted once again...<a href="" name="angelic-realm-05"></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: small;"></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: small;"></span><br />
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</span></span></div></div>Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03529300529803771717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417745476852824937.post-3080002142789980412011-08-31T09:42:00.000-06:002011-09-06T11:24:18.860-06:00Laughter is Good Therapy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis3GtqVq3V_mUI2Rk7gWGq6UVzirDw-Gu7pPs5GoZ2mtAKfyDgKnaOwVUUr4Y4nKDBkjBMSbDa3ssmLn28YDhFqWXIT_FpnZUup8LKR70EiZ47RtKkr71jR1u0ee_q6Ts0SxhPzTRmGQCA/s1600/P1030038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis3GtqVq3V_mUI2Rk7gWGq6UVzirDw-Gu7pPs5GoZ2mtAKfyDgKnaOwVUUr4Y4nKDBkjBMSbDa3ssmLn28YDhFqWXIT_FpnZUup8LKR70EiZ47RtKkr71jR1u0ee_q6Ts0SxhPzTRmGQCA/s320/P1030038.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffe599;">Okay, okay...these ancient advertisements will surely make you smile and perhaps even laugh out loud. Then</span></b></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffe599;"> ask yourself, "What were they thinking?" </span></b></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffe599;">I particularly enjoy the Blatz beer ad -"How mother and baby picked up." That's exactly what my mother's doctor told her when she was trying not to miscarry - "Sit, have a beer and cigarette and relax." Blatz beer was tasty.</span></b></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffe599;">Thank you sister Paula for the forward!</span></b></i></span><br />
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</span></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Our songbirds will sing no more. Their nesting habitats are being bulldozed under in the tar sands mining process with the whole Boreal forest in danger, especially if the U.S. demands more dirty oil. These are the same birds that visit our backyards. No more.</span></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/oxl9J8Ownls?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></i></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Just what are Alberta's Tar Sands oil deposits and how are they mined? See the horrifying video below. Keep in mind this was a video taken in March 2008. This is what it means to be getting our U.S. oil from our northern neighbor. </span></i></span></b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">The </span></span></i></span></b><i><u><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">deadline</span></span></span></b></u></i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"> for the U.S. President's decision on allowing the behemoth of a pipeline named the XL Keystone Pipeline, (which would cross over and under 7 states and all their waterways and aquifers) is arriving in a few days (Sept. 3). </span></span></i></span></b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">The smaller diameter Keystone pipelines carrying less corrosive oil (also by the same big business Trans Canada) are notoriously leaky. This new wide diameter Xtra Large (XL) pipeline with the most corrosive crude tar sands oil is a disaster so big waiting to happen, that it boggles the mind. YOU can make a difference by calling and/or emailing President Obama to say,"NO, to the XL Keystone Pipeline."</span></span></i></span></b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">The world must move away from the dirty oil table and governments must incentivize alternative energy solutions. I believe we are just ready to be asked, "How can you make a difference?" Allow us to demonstrate how we can conserve energy better and generate energy in a cleaner way. We are Americans. We understand innovation. We are top in the world for inventiveness. Let us lead the way.</span></span></i></span></b><br />
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</div>Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03529300529803771717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417745476852824937.post-61346072771493744942011-08-12T17:58:00.000-06:002011-08-12T18:35:10.296-06:00Clean Food is Toxin-free<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b><i>Do you think about the food you fix for your kids or buy in the markets or get for take-out or eat in restaurants? I do. It is always on my mind - ever since the birth of my first child over 32 years ago.</i></b></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSkm_TLFIeEDLFLnPIapc8wnpHJ6dypiYvUmvH976SPwLEfoiDlEFq3fD0T0HCouEmAQrRyOGUQ970vDV-BQJOvXn2sHWbuuWG7coKsVfRwM7MynOL_sylUZdaib9jkg-Xt4YFZKnGA-e0/s1600/P1020400.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSkm_TLFIeEDLFLnPIapc8wnpHJ6dypiYvUmvH976SPwLEfoiDlEFq3fD0T0HCouEmAQrRyOGUQ970vDV-BQJOvXn2sHWbuuWG7coKsVfRwM7MynOL_sylUZdaib9jkg-Xt4YFZKnGA-e0/s320/P1020400.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><b><i><br />
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</div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b><i>One of the most compelling movements today is for the labeling of GMOs in our food. You can't know what it in food unless it is labeled. With the advent of mandatory nutritional labeling in the 1980s, I was able to alleviate most of the problems experienced by my children by choosing brands that had been checked out as free from toxins. </i></b><br />
<b><i>But why don't GMOs require labeling?</i></b><br />
<b><i>Can you spell M-O-N-S-A-N-T-O? </i></b><br />
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<b><i>It is just NOT acceptable that big agri-businesses are making us sick due to their negligent practices.</i></b><br />
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<b><i><a href="http://vimeo.com/compeller/gmofilmsizzler">Why Label GMOs?</a></i></b></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b><i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I live in a charming little village in south central Montana. Recently I took on the job of creating a video to tell a story of our village in 4 minutes or less. This is the result - which I am proud of. </span></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_D8JctOxbKUyUmpJP0FNtzfxz868pFsAuYG5_GDFIsy7gSWhmdw5W-ep2nWgG0VgNyM7ga_GOP8c6oxG3bgMmlQPHvQiEG1mNeLxxq_eOVHRhnwAd6ltza268HREiK9YlA4Ar6plpueSx/s1600/DSC00071.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_D8JctOxbKUyUmpJP0FNtzfxz868pFsAuYG5_GDFIsy7gSWhmdw5W-ep2nWgG0VgNyM7ga_GOP8c6oxG3bgMmlQPHvQiEG1mNeLxxq_eOVHRhnwAd6ltza268HREiK9YlA4Ar6plpueSx/s320/DSC00071.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">For some unknown reason, my last blog was nearly 3 months ago on my Mother's 90th birthday. She passed over almost 19 years ago.</span></i></span></div></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfuUd97BWvFYBY4PqxaCuOJswO_TrokDNYogoaHnneInuxdkkcudxwh3gunhqqR9EVoREcfMFbZRH3lM6MQkQ-dR1j3hSXQ5utC4gFVxbrsrjYfqpgOQ9VBKfBZdqVD1OEhoOx1L52i9W4/s1600/P1010312.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfuUd97BWvFYBY4PqxaCuOJswO_TrokDNYogoaHnneInuxdkkcudxwh3gunhqqR9EVoREcfMFbZRH3lM6MQkQ-dR1j3hSXQ5utC4gFVxbrsrjYfqpgOQ9VBKfBZdqVD1OEhoOx1L52i9W4/s400/P1010312.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Being a woman means you can read prayers from the Lenten seasonal booklets while walking the stations of the cross or meditate with your miracle sisters listening to Om Deeksha...or best...turn the pages with your mother's hands of her manual of prayers and discover a flower delivery card tucked inside honoring your birth.</span></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5A-L8Sx4G9Ow0Rm6boLTfTvO1zIus8k-u-lhJEPW4Ee8mooI53azMG3uM0S9qnI0xXU1FunhlOFQLH9PFZYibmnNPwUAb85kxbgoV-zG2Yu5MwtGXbtaQuThl_5EjhIiTBc5f8FJzWlur/s1600/P1010315.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5A-L8Sx4G9Ow0Rm6boLTfTvO1zIus8k-u-lhJEPW4Ee8mooI53azMG3uM0S9qnI0xXU1FunhlOFQLH9PFZYibmnNPwUAb85kxbgoV-zG2Yu5MwtGXbtaQuThl_5EjhIiTBc5f8FJzWlur/s640/P1010315.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Women can multi-task inside a world view...</span></i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ead1dc;">with an open heart for all. </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ead1dc;"></span></i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Please enjoy the following video from conscious men.</span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ead1dc;">It's a message you shall want to hear and see. </span></i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Luv ~ Me</span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/K_uRIMUBnvw?fs=1" width="480"></iframe></div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ead1dc;">On my mother's 90th birthday, I received this video prayer from conscious men in this world who are apologizing for all the men who have come before and have ignored the feminine way. </span></span></span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ead1dc;">I didn't really know it but I've waited a long time for this moment. </span></span></span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Thank you miracle sisters for keeping the flame burning. </span></span></span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Thank you men for speaking this truth.</span></span></span></i></b><br />
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</div>Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03529300529803771717noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417745476852824937.post-46870898564965879472011-03-20T19:14:00.000-06:002011-03-20T19:14:48.816-06:00Humanity Ascending<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">Today is the first day of the rest of your life. </span></span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">It's the time of the blue full perigee moon of the vernal equinox. </span></span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;"></span></span></i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">How auspicious is that? </span></span></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhNX0S-QNec60LaHGAw_Tw4r2rlt-2tvdZj3f6UvM0RuElPUFOiisEH-roixEbrYBFT32j0UOQJxrxwmY1TLHWpZ5kM4gteGUupcrSOoXqlzWJhoILblFcwbw_Oybv_s04I0ka3pD0ljzZ/s1600/P1010244.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhNX0S-QNec60LaHGAw_Tw4r2rlt-2tvdZj3f6UvM0RuElPUFOiisEH-roixEbrYBFT32j0UOQJxrxwmY1TLHWpZ5kM4gteGUupcrSOoXqlzWJhoILblFcwbw_Oybv_s04I0ka3pD0ljzZ/s320/P1010244.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span></i></b></span><br />
<b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">These are photos below that I took very early this morning - as the moon was setting - of Grandmother Moon who shines on us all everywhere.</span></span></span></i></b></span></div></span></span></i></b><br />
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The sleeping giants are waking up...I am waking up..we are waking up together. Here I am standing tall in my moon shadow, moon shadow.</span></span></i></b></span></div></span></span></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyphenhyphenv0gi2kReeaz2jb-Ra-kvBQk9qhV5AUuG-Rhma0K19BzsCf26gDunwXTNhaXvGw1knIUIUBVILZblr0N2IwGK4HlxELyHMrDlQBAospAJx5oVykupF2WcICBAVH8ddc_CsdzeMkTlBsd/s1600/P1010241.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyphenhyphenv0gi2kReeaz2jb-Ra-kvBQk9qhV5AUuG-Rhma0K19BzsCf26gDunwXTNhaXvGw1knIUIUBVILZblr0N2IwGK4HlxELyHMrDlQBAospAJx5oVykupF2WcICBAVH8ddc_CsdzeMkTlBsd/s320/P1010241.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">During a conference years ago, whose topic was on the spiritual consciousness evolution and the role of media in that awakening...</span></span></i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">I had the good fortune to sit side by side with the great visionary Barbara Marx Hubbard. </span></span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">She is a lovely petite woman born in 1939. </span></span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">Ahead of her time in her global views of human evolution, she graciously supported my journey into the realm of filmmaking and my interest in teens and young adults in the shaping of their rapidly changing world. </span></span></i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">I love her beautiful smile.</span></span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAZ5u88d1_Ka-ulpQTdkW53XM7u3chA1EBaSp1_4H5A3JdYT5zEcAhZ_Wlf_8Za_znZ0LrAFg6K-2MuVu35DNgH2NJS1fAa9t8lkxyTnA2puMYPz6IMevFw0i9H4DN_gQ7GH5BmBW0vcX4/s1600/a5af0455e6f55ae3a1586355a0eb5fdc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAZ5u88d1_Ka-ulpQTdkW53XM7u3chA1EBaSp1_4H5A3JdYT5zEcAhZ_Wlf_8Za_znZ0LrAFg6K-2MuVu35DNgH2NJS1fAa9t8lkxyTnA2puMYPz6IMevFw0i9H4DN_gQ7GH5BmBW0vcX4/s320/a5af0455e6f55ae3a1586355a0eb5fdc.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">Barbara Marx Hubbard is not only alive to see the changes going on in today's world, she is giving birth to her own self... again... and showing us the way to be an integral part of humanity's ascension. If you haven't heard of Barbara yet, please allow me to introduce you in the short video trailer for her latest film below.</span></span></i></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;"> </span></span></i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">Brava Barbara!</span></span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: cyan;">What I am just learning about women in resistance in Greece through layers of occupying armies over the centuries until as recent as the 1970's, sets me off in chokes of tears and fears for the future of our world.</span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: cyan;"><br />
</span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: cyan;">How brutal can man be...what is my legacy to uphold... </span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: cyan;">...how strong can women be?</span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: cyan;"><br />
</span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: cyan;">Resistance is in the air. I can breathe it as it permeates my heart and penetrates my very existence. What to do...?</span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: cyan;">Like wild herbs clinging to layers of fragile stratifications of life - I grasp at my role for today.</span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: cyan;">Shall I be fearful today or powerful beyond my wildest dreams...</span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: cyan;">...shall I fight the goliaths of evil who are spreading toxins over us all everywhere...</span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: cyan;">...or hug an old olive tree...</span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: cyan;">...or my child in his endeavors.Is this enough?</span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: cyan;">Today is the day to revel in the small pleasures of life...like sunshine and hanging clothes on the line and holding a puppy...</span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: cyan;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">...as the tiny star of Bethlehem returns in the spring again and again...</span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: cyan;">...I light a candle to shine on all the women who have gone before me and live for them...in the moment...right now. </span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: cyan;">There is only now. Make it a good one! Hugs!</span></span></i></b></div></div>Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03529300529803771717noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417745476852824937.post-38350306801944781392011-03-07T09:54:00.000-07:002011-03-07T09:54:43.720-07:00Carnival in Greece or What?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffd966;">Today is the day before Lent in Greece. </span></span></span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffd966;">As is the custom in Christian countries the world over, followers must clean out the fat foods and set in for 40 days of fasting. </span></span></span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffd966;"><br />
</span></span></span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffd966;">Called by many names - </span></span></span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffd966;">Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday), Shrove Tuesday, Carnival (meat be gone), Clean Monday (Greek Orthodox Lent is one step ahead of Catholic days), giving up fat foods will soon begin...like lamb soup...</span></span></span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffd966;">Finish with a dinner with friends next to an olive wood fire at </span></i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #ffd966;">Takis' Taverna. Yamas!</span></i></b></span></span></div></div>Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03529300529803771717noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417745476852824937.post-26316150329614811042011-03-06T00:57:00.000-07:002011-03-06T00:57:20.362-07:00Hortapita alla deborah<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Horta = greens Pita = pie</span></span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFy3R_IG2EompTVUt5EVeaHNwyVTRLg7knoEAhDiVGd3K1zVv772E_rU-CJMCxRe4RJRXfEToQqyATStehpmxYfu60blUTLQvKD4vGHPPHUWOzKZW6jI_ISZCJewhkJ-ts7q18AQrKQ5jn/s1600/P1000652.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFy3R_IG2EompTVUt5EVeaHNwyVTRLg7knoEAhDiVGd3K1zVv772E_rU-CJMCxRe4RJRXfEToQqyATStehpmxYfu60blUTLQvKD4vGHPPHUWOzKZW6jI_ISZCJewhkJ-ts7q18AQrKQ5jn/s320/P1000652.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">You may have heard of Spanakopita. That would be Spinach Pie.</span></span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><br />
</span></span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ZB4IhQJh7gKpNLzNTtDiy-5vy7VltlAOaZg_FIsavEv1gGKSFfuftY24ZZ5AJUUm8psj-3De2oLi0cBSFfPvTSyfNh-e13mX4wH_TaFTs0h5zpygfBpCVHmUh7nyuc3kfEdPGmnHQtSU/s1600/P1000649.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ZB4IhQJh7gKpNLzNTtDiy-5vy7VltlAOaZg_FIsavEv1gGKSFfuftY24ZZ5AJUUm8psj-3De2oLi0cBSFfPvTSyfNh-e13mX4wH_TaFTs0h5zpygfBpCVHmUh7nyuc3kfEdPGmnHQtSU/s320/P1000649.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Sure enough, spinach is a common green used in Greece. </span></span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">But around these parts, all sorts of greens can go into a pie. </span></span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">This is a recipe I concocted, based on available greens in my pantry one day.</span></span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><br />
</span></span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsByX0XF6vcbVtjFUKiWbhYSvOQMgUO0LaOXmAJa1ozieZQmYqEMFt8kdXqs4Bv0RWqIa6JMcn0FYkGhKV_Qk_IK3BGlG5MZXqZ93L8hzwNEscvCwTca6UQeo3rvoYzt-nrXJlcBfcaJk9/s1600/P1000650.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsByX0XF6vcbVtjFUKiWbhYSvOQMgUO0LaOXmAJa1ozieZQmYqEMFt8kdXqs4Bv0RWqIa6JMcn0FYkGhKV_Qk_IK3BGlG5MZXqZ93L8hzwNEscvCwTca6UQeo3rvoYzt-nrXJlcBfcaJk9/s320/P1000650.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">I wasn't sure about the fennel bulb as well as the capers instead of olives and couldn't figure out what 5 TBSP of sweet "trahanas" were or even the parentheses meant (a Greek product similar to burghul) until...you guessed it - I Googled the word.</span></span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Go ahead and Google it yourself. I found a package of them in the store and will bring the mystery Greek product home.</span></span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><br />
</span></span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBF8aSIcCdA4D-wNWYAtK9p5oVmB-BDbZUORvp7Wq_vGiZfkr7jdMRKH27BtmBn1uBZAVUpVy3lDOMLSx6Q7Uu7FxnHmFe8Wfzzi65UkFWlM8z5h_Q-C9xGzWo3GANYTPUDw4U2iQdHH7Y/s1600/P1000651.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBF8aSIcCdA4D-wNWYAtK9p5oVmB-BDbZUORvp7Wq_vGiZfkr7jdMRKH27BtmBn1uBZAVUpVy3lDOMLSx6Q7Uu7FxnHmFe8Wfzzi65UkFWlM8z5h_Q-C9xGzWo3GANYTPUDw4U2iQdHH7Y/s320/P1000651.JPG" width="240" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">But in the end, what a wonderful flavor this </span></span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Hortapita alla deborah turned out to be. So here is the recipe:</span></span></span></i></b><br />
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</span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">1 package phyllo pastry</span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">1 big mound of clean spinach</span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">1 cup capers</span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">1 fennel bulb sliced & diced</span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">1 bunch of scallions diced</span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">2-4 leeks sliced</span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">1 bunch of fennel leaves chopped</span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">1 cup of feta cheese crumbled</span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">3/4 cup olives diced</span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"></span></span></i></b><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">5 TBSP trahanas (optional)</span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">1 cup olive oil (IF using trahanas - or less without)</span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">4 eggs lightly beaten</span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">4 TBSP toasted sesame seeds</span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">salt and pepper to taste</span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><br />
</span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><u>Directions:</u></span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><br />
</span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Saute chopped spinach, fennel bulb, scallions and leeks in olive oil until soft. Remove from heat and cool slightly and add rest of ingredients. Mix and dump into a pastry lined pie pan. Bring sides of pastry over top and swirl into shape, leaving a vent hole in the middle. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and bake in a medium temp oven (350 F or 175 C) for about an hour, until brown on top and bubbly inside. Cool and slice and serve with a salad. It gets better and better for leftovers and can be eaten even cold. </span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Yamas!</span></span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The dry river bed is now running!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The local ravine is gushing!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Making all things shimmer...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">...and shine!</div></div>Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03529300529803771717noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417745476852824937.post-21020237980297408092011-02-18T21:35:00.000-07:002011-02-19T00:03:13.505-07:00Another Return to Lovely Ellas<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Here I am once again in the land of Greeks, in Ellas, the land of Athena the goddess warrior protector of Athens, standing guard at the parliament where democracy started. It was 44 years ago that I first stood side by side with one of these guards and posed for this same photo.</i></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6zLxvIecnYi4TXvhdjyuscR2I1b4QVhs9l_3UVuM-vae9KWm38w_LB5uOZbQxLx2crjQw7un8pmIMitGiex3rT7kQc19pl-YaBcRWwwjfc1g-1YTMQMjSB64l10oQTA4JHkFhW4M2-bMu/s1600/P1000178.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6zLxvIecnYi4TXvhdjyuscR2I1b4QVhs9l_3UVuM-vae9KWm38w_LB5uOZbQxLx2crjQw7un8pmIMitGiex3rT7kQc19pl-YaBcRWwwjfc1g-1YTMQMjSB64l10oQTA4JHkFhW4M2-bMu/s400/P1000178.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Women have been standing side by side holding up the feminine half of humanity for a long time.</i></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglgxlLuJP1WZctabUYhi8RsQEMvwVtfwlELoOUIrOV-zN_kruzt5-2NAj3IdZGA76UU01PYwG64mO1ktGl_j_vRJv07w0HpBEwK_fCtICPcq71zqMcrVAegqOwPj7fHBQDGZd0LTESrmla/s1600/P1000266.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglgxlLuJP1WZctabUYhi8RsQEMvwVtfwlELoOUIrOV-zN_kruzt5-2NAj3IdZGA76UU01PYwG64mO1ktGl_j_vRJv07w0HpBEwK_fCtICPcq71zqMcrVAegqOwPj7fHBQDGZd0LTESrmla/s320/P1000266.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Women friends and soul sisters providing the sustenance and nurturing for each other and so many others...</i></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrdVSAB8Z61VhD60wXlccRkSOEf6RQOraIoyNJIg7FjeRYMZhS47PorwQO0k7n8EX1ehIIuPqf1yTj7M6zYZm04Y8_PDf80qyP9Acvf6qzcnqFlxWCoNyk-LlDyZAadItmpvFFAsaZnwGr/s1600/P1000315.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrdVSAB8Z61VhD60wXlccRkSOEf6RQOraIoyNJIg7FjeRYMZhS47PorwQO0k7n8EX1ehIIuPqf1yTj7M6zYZm04Y8_PDf80qyP9Acvf6qzcnqFlxWCoNyk-LlDyZAadItmpvFFAsaZnwGr/s320/P1000315.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><i>...and a few good men like Mister Casey, my dog sitter, who is in charge of me while I house sit.</i></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEice2t4Xnx4iSHfnd3MunWbipQ2fg1OZL1UH1Es05QaR_0UJp7mTYV-q_fKtUPW-e3x9GhIlvSqIZk1UvTna6L2wR4PuKyY0RNTly2R_gJXu6sQR3gN2ZX9CswIZL3O6ilTp9kexVwMB7tL/s1600/P1000390.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEice2t4Xnx4iSHfnd3MunWbipQ2fg1OZL1UH1Es05QaR_0UJp7mTYV-q_fKtUPW-e3x9GhIlvSqIZk1UvTna6L2wR4PuKyY0RNTly2R_gJXu6sQR3gN2ZX9CswIZL3O6ilTp9kexVwMB7tL/s320/P1000390.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><i>I return to this ancient storied land and people, to contemplate how we <u>do</u> and don't protect each other's rights to...</i></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPA0CQBYJLlT96a_7zJz0UHQyMXQgSpTGC-13R9iGRk7Bfh6JC10X5b9MlJLA18YYYl4EH5q6INHnunPsu7qgNZelVJ4UVKOw3BUDieAT1fls1LdQMKdQapvKwQksuTgSCbauZWDb8eBty/s1600/P1000397.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPA0CQBYJLlT96a_7zJz0UHQyMXQgSpTGC-13R9iGRk7Bfh6JC10X5b9MlJLA18YYYl4EH5q6INHnunPsu7qgNZelVJ4UVKOw3BUDieAT1fls1LdQMKdQapvKwQksuTgSCbauZWDb8eBty/s320/P1000397.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><i>...clean water, clean air and clean food.</i></b></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><i><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><i>...and one anemone in a field of blooms...</i></b></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Below is a link to a personal "thank you note" to the people in Egypt.</i></b></span></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><i><a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/thank-you-egypt?utm_source=wkly20110218&utm_medium=yesemail&utm_campaign=mrBrown">http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/thank-youegyptutm_source=wkly20110218&utm_medium=yesemail&utm_campaign=mrBrown</a></i></b></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj13Dq2apHyfJC6likN95777RYkzG-wz1-w-_WfYoRnFisweIzTYDh3KczyLZdPuV5Lxx-LizrTbuOr1Wt8odfYaEhAUREAwA7zaE_7ewZt2Mx8UaBdF3oH96n1Ji9VcC2nNuWDVpYX32o2/s1600/P1000391.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj13Dq2apHyfJC6likN95777RYkzG-wz1-w-_WfYoRnFisweIzTYDh3KczyLZdPuV5Lxx-LizrTbuOr1Wt8odfYaEhAUREAwA7zaE_7ewZt2Mx8UaBdF3oH96n1Ji9VcC2nNuWDVpYX32o2/s320/P1000391.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><i>What rings true for You?</i></b></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Below is a link with suggestions of good etiquette for activists - take a read - I learned something new by reading one woman's account of her experience in activism - </i></b></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><i>you may too!</i></b></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><i><a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/a-conspiracy-of-hope/etiquette-for-activists">http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/a-conspiracy-of-hope/etiquette-for-activists</a></i></b></span></span></div></div>Deborahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03529300529803771717noreply@blogger.com2