I was sitting on my 80 year old uncle’s front porch the other day, rocking in our chairs, and he asked me, “Don’t you want someone to sit with at the end of the day, just to watch the sun go down and drink tea with?”   I thought, “Sure, I do. It’s the other 23 hours a day maintenance that is too big a price to pay.”  He was married to the same woman his whole life, until she died a few years ago.  After their kids were grown, they did everything together.  I like so much alone time and quiet time, that kind of life isn’t for me.  My man would have to be able to entertain himself on his own half the time and be happy not chatting very single day.   Uncle said my punishment will be to find a boyfriend just like I am. He might be right.  (He was.)  Right after this conversation, I had two calls where I gave them the process to attract a new and improved relationship, and here it is for you. Continue reading →

AOL flashes the headline before me: Trump To Divorce For The Fourth Time then I read:  Ivana Trump was hoping the fourth time would be the charm when it comes to marriage. No such luck. The socialite and former Mrs. Donald filed for divorce Friday from Italian guy Tossano Rubicondi, citing their busy schedules and time apart.  In a statement, Trump said her husband has spent much of the past two years in Italy, while she has been running around the globe tending to hotel and resort development projects. The lack of time together took its toll, she said.  Trump, 60, married the 37-year-old entrepreneur in April 2008 in a lavish wedding at her ex Donald’s Florida estate. They had been dating for six years. Continue reading →

December 21, 2009 – Actress Brittany Murphy Dies at 32. I always liked her, she was cute and quirky and had that fragile beauty that reminded me of Marilyn Monroe.  Not Monroe as her character parts, but Monroe doing interviews and speaking with the public and the press in person, on her own.  The easy smile, the bit of shyness.  This past month I saw a few movies on Showtime with Brittany Murphy and really enjoyed her in her roles.

See you in the next go ’round, kid.

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The other day I was reading at Fit Yoga Magazine and I read the Letter From The Editor, Rita Trieger, entitled The Company You Keep.  She wrote: “As a younger woman I never really had a lot of girlfriends. A prepubescent, rather nasty snub from the sixth-grade female “in-crowd” had soured me on the trustworthiness of other women that lasted well into my third decade. And although I had one or two or three very fine “best” male friends along the way, I never could seem to cozy up to the idea of confiding in another woman, which, by the way, was fine with me.  Then, a few years ago I started to form a friendship with a group of women at work. There were five of us in all, and we came from very different paths. That didn’t seem to matter though; and even as we scattered to other jobs, we regularly planned get-togethers and always had way too much fun (kind of like a more cerebral, creative Sex and the City, without the expensive shoes). Continue reading →

I was trying to find something earlier by Googling it, and one of the pages contained a link to an Abraham-Hicks reference.  It took me to a forum page of evangelical Christians who were slamming multi-level marketing, AmWay in particular, and someone posted that Jerry Hicks is a former AmWay salesman.  The writer then proceeded to talk all about Jerry’s newest scam being the Abraham-Hicks “empire”.  That led me to more and more forums of people who had complaints about people they’ve known that they’ve lost to the “cult of Abraham-Hicks.” Then I had a realization. Most of the ones who criticize the work do not have personal experience of it. You can tell by the meanings they assign to the words and phrases they use.  It looked like they went to Google “Abraham-Hicks” and the first choice that came up was “Abraham-Hicks scam” and they did all their studying at those sites, rather than reading at the Abraham-Hicks website itself.  That explained a lot to me. Continue reading →

Well, now that I’m off the road from driving in it for hours, the rain has stopped. I like the way my little Toyota Prius handles on the wet roads. It’s very intuitive with my brake foot and me at the helm.  We move together like dancers getting to know one another.

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Ram Dass, in his book Still Here, Embracing Aging, Changing and Dying (at this link, go to Search Inside This Book at the left and type in “Loss of Role/Meaning” and it will take you to page 48) writes: “Instead of honor and tender care, many of our aging population experience boredom despair and emptiness, with no outlet for their suffering.  It is important that we not wait until we find ourselves at such an impasse before seeking an alternative means of confronting our aging years. The sooner we begin cultivating a mind that can work with such heavy mental states as meaninglessness and depression, the better able we will be, later on, to escape them.  Again, we can begin by noting our thoughts as they arise, and by prying loose the Ego’s hold, slowly, diligently, with great care,  As our minds begin to quiet down, we notice that the thoughts and feelings associated with meaninglessness come and go, and that there exists, in the space between these arisings, a way of being that is not affected by these mind-states. Continue reading →

I’ve gotten several messages from Facebook friends telling me that my re-posting of the James Ray info when it comes up is something it surprises them to see, coming from me.  I only re-post the info that comes to me since I’ve got lots of Facebook friends and Horizons readers sending me private messages asking me what I know about it. I assume for every one that contacts me, there are likely a hundred or thousand more that want the same thing and don’t contact me.  From now on I will simply update the link at New Updated Links for info about the James Ray Sedona Sweat Lodge Deaths and everyone can go there. This is a new link that allows you to leave comments and questions. Please do not contact me privately for more info about this, I don’t have it. I simply update this since so many ask me for it. I’m not personally out to get anyone, but I believe people who do this type of work need to be responsible and accountable.  This matter going public has drawn out past participants who were afraid to speak up on their own.  This is my good and fair use of the media: giving a voice to those who feel they don’t have one.

Don’t shoot the messenger 🙂

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