I really hit the floor running Monday morning.  I did a pile of paperwork, returned a bunch of calls, and did a shout out on Facebook for ads for the June Horizons.  I went outside and watered the entire front of the property before 10am.  There is a line of jatropha (a kind of almond) trees along the front that are coming back nicely, and I want to keep them watered this year.  I turned the a/c on Saturday afternoon.  I was glad to have made it through April being able to keep the windows open.  I am under such good shade here that the house stays pretty cool.  I like having the windows open so I can hear the outside sounds: the crickets, the birds, the squirrels, the wind in the leaves and the chimes, the rustle of the soft bamboo leaves.  Continue reading →

The other day on Facebook I posted a link to the original 1973 Jesus Christ Superstar, sung in English and with subtitles in Spanish.   I made my Facebook post after reading at  This is Alabama, We Speak English.  Tim James is betting his election that Alabama voters prefer what he calls “common sense” to “political correctness.” The Republican gubernatorial candidate is running a provocative ad arguing that Alabama’s driver’s license exam should be given only in English. “This is Alabama; we speak English,” James says. “If you want to live here, learn it.” Continue reading →

I just learned of the oil spilling from the ruptured well off the coast of the state of Louisiana. We’re all blessing the water, right? It might be a good idea to gather friends and go to the beach if one is nearby, to bless the water and bless the shoreline. Or just send some prayers out from home, from where you are right now. See the spill being cleared and the ocean fresh and clean again. An exercise: Breathe in the impurities and breathe them out as an offering up to God. Breathe in God’s love, and breathe it out onto the waters.

Bayou Woman suggests praying for strong northerly winds blowing and dispersing the slick to deeper waters. This is when our daily practice pays off, adding to a strong group mind with focused intent.  This is real life 3-D alchemy.  I stopped by the beach this morning and brought back a small jar of the ocean to place on my altar to be prayed over.  You can do the same.  Who’s up for a drumming on the beach to see how much oil we can dissipate via sound waves?

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Yesterday I went to the Healthy Living Expo on campus at Florida Tech in Melbourne, FL.  It was a chance to see a lot of people I know all in one place, and that’s always fun for me.  So much of my work entails me being alone to do it, so I welcome chances to get out and mingle, especially when it’s local.  Don’t get me wrong, I love my work, but so much of it is by telephone, one on one.  Astrologically, I have Sun, Mercury and  Venus in Aries in my 12th house,  so working behind the scenes comes naturally to me, and I dig it.  But I’ve now gone a few years without doing much travelling, which I used to do almost monthly for conferences and weekend events, and I am beginning to miss the in-person interaction of a group. Continue reading →