The past couple of weeks we’ve had record low temperatures here in east coast central Florida; in the 30’s, with 28 degrees two nights ago.  We native Floridians are not used to temps below 40 and seldom for more than a few days each year.  I saw snow in Paonia, CO on my birthday in 1996 for several hours.  When I woke up and looked outside, I saw it snowing and so I ran outside to be in it.  I was wearing sweats but was barefoot.  I knew it would be cold, but as soon as it touched my body, it melted and I was surprised it was wet.   I saw snow again as we drove across Donner’s Pass, where it was waist deep.  Other than those two days, that’s the coldest I’d been.  Until this week, here at home in Florida. Continue reading →

The other evening I was finishing up work and turned on the tv to see what was showing.  Since it was after midnight, I turned to the Showtime channels so I wouldn’t have to mute the commercials every 11 minutes.  I use the mute button a lot on my remote control.  I often watch entire shows with the sound muted.  For work, I have to hear so much that I like a break from sound as often as I can get it.  On my personal time, I am vigilant over what I allow to come into my consciousness.  That’s why I always look at the preview guide, to see what’s coming up and see if it’s something I want to watch.  I’m not into violent movies or gore or gratuitous sex.  I don’t even care for tear jerker sentimentalism. I like suspenseful stories and funny movies, although I’m not into slapstick comedies.  It’s not just that I’m not into the emotional roller coaster rides many movies take you on, it’s that the less of that input I get, the better I am at my job.  Period. Continue reading →

YinYang won’t even look me in the eye tonight, she will only acknowledge my hand.  I feel so used.  Welcome to cat ownership, huh?

Did you know that hair is an extension of the nervous system and transmits vast amounts of information to the brain, including enhanced intuition and precognition?  When my long haired cousins would get too rowdy as kids, my aunt cut their hair saying their antennae were too sensitive.  I found this article interesting about hair and why Indians would keep their hair long.

The Truth About Hair and why Indians would keep their hair long.  This information about hair has been hidden from the public since the Viet Nam War.   Our culture leads people to believe that hair style is a matter of personal preference, that hair style is a matter of fashion and/or convenience, and that how people wear their hair is simply a cosmetic issue.  Back in the Viet Nam war however, an entirely different picture emerged, one that has been carefully covered up and hidden from public view.  Hair is an extension of the nervous system and transmits vast amounts of information to the brain, including enhanced intuition and  precognition. Continue reading →

How to Train the Aging Brain asks “can an old brain learn, and then remember what it learns?  As it happens, yes. Over the past several years, scientists have looked deeper into how brains age and confirmed that they continue to develop beyond middle age.  The brain, as it traverses middle age, gets better at recognizing the central idea, the big picture. If kept in good shape, the brain can continue to build pathways.  The trick is finding ways to keep brain connections in good condition and to grow more of them.  “The brain is plastic and continues to change, allowing for greater complexity and deeper understanding.”   Educators say that, for adults, one way to nudge neurons in the right direction is to challenge the very assumptions they have worked so hard to accumulate while young. With a brain already full of well-connected pathways, adult learners should “jiggle their synapses a bit” by confronting thoughts that are contrary to their own, says Dr. Kathleen Taylor, 66, a professor at St. Mary’s College of California. Continue reading →

The other day I turned the tv on and a rerun of Joan of Arcadia was on the SciFi channel. I loved that show where God talks to this teenage girl (played by Amber Tamblyn) through all these wacky folks around her. I can relate.  A favorite quote:  Joan says: “I’m nobody important, just somebody digging around in the garbage trying to find something that matters.”

I loved that show. Because of it, I now look at everyone in front of me to see what message they might have for me since they are really God in disguise.

I’m never disappointed.

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January 4, 2010.  On this date last year, I wrote Today Is Our Father’s Birthday.  January 4th, for me, has always signalled the end of the holidays, more so than the day after New Year’s.  It signalled for me the end of any forced smiles and required card giving since it was Daddy’s birthday.  I’ve never been a fan of conventional commercial holidays where you were expected to exchange gifts and cards.  I saw so much thoughtless giving and insincere Hallmark sentiments early on that I’d had enough.  As soon as I was able to escape that routine, I did.

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