The humidity finally broke enough for me to venture outside for some yard work. I love being all woodsy but that means I don’t get the breezes until they’re almost gale force. The thermometer said 72 outside this morning but 93% humidity and no breeze makes it feel about 80. It felt good to be outside without being wrapped up like a beekeeper to keep mosquitoes at bay. I was going to simply take a walk, but I know me so I dressed to go into the deep woods and stuck hand pruners in my back pocket. In my yard, I can get quickly overwhelmed if I ask “where to start?” I’ve learned to have some basic tools at hand then just take a stroll and be ready for whatever unfolds before me. I try to do the same with life. Continue reading →

Picasa, begone!

I Googled “how to remove Picasa photos from Samsung Galaxy S5” and got a lot of mis-information to perform commands my S5 doesn’t even have.   They got all complicated and some said you can’t do it on your phone at all.  Not so. Here’s the fix:

— Go to Gallery
— Click the 3 dots to the right of the camera icon
–Click “Content to Display”
__Uncheck “Content in Picasa”

You’re welcome.

If your phone gets slow or doesn’t work as it usually does, it may help to restore the factory default settings. All settings and configurations you’ve made on your phone are deleted.

To do a Factory Data Reset
Press the settings icon.
Press Backup and reset.
Press Factory data reset.

Restore factory default settings
Press Reset device.
Press Erase everything.

It will say all your personal information, pictures, files and applications will be erased, but don’t freak. It restores it also. Wait a moment while the factory default settings are restored. Follow the instructions on the display to set up your phone and prepare it for use.   Continue reading →

Happy dance! I just learned there are different types of magnesium and there’s a specific one for me. See below to see if one might benefit you. It took me awhile to figure out I had a deficiency since I didn’t recognize the symptoms. A sleep disorder from an old head injury alternates me between insomnia and hypersomnia so I can’t always tell if I’m sleepy or if I’m fatigued. I’ve had the fatigue 20+ years and have learned it doesn’t matter if I lie around and do nothing or if I run around and do everything I need to do. I discovered I don’t feel any more fatigued when I run around, so I make myself do it.    Continue reading →

I went to the bank today to make some changes and had a great conversation with the guy who helped me. I asked what kind of name his was and he told me it was Biblical. I asked what it meant and he told me the story around it. I told him it sounded like a writer’s name. He saw the account name Horizons Magazine and asked what kind of magazine it was. I was glad he mentioned “biblical” as that helped me know how to answer him. I told him it was Florida’s body mind spirit magazine and I asked if he knew who Wayne Dyer was. He did not. He was 24. I said he was a best selling author in the field I was in, and that he was on this month’s cover.    Continue reading →

I worked for criminal defense attorneys for 22 years. We represented a lot of repeat offenders, some who’d done serious prison time for often violent crimes. Inmates and defendants would call for their attorney and as the paralegal, I’d be the one who took those calls. I heard all their stories and there was a definite pattern of them reaching a point where their conscience began bothering them. I was interested in the timing astrologically as it often came at the Saturn returns (ages 28-30 and 58-60) and the Uranus Opposition (ages 39-42), typical times for personal reflection. Not everyone is pleased with what surfaces in their mind when they look back on their life. The thing about people who do not-nice things: at some point their conscience is going to catch up with them and give them a vivid review of their entire life, everything they’ve done that was unkind and shady will come to mind. Come back to haunt them, as it were. When your conscience begins to bother you about past actions, that’s your Soul wanting you to wake up. You want to wake up also, because when you wake up to the deeper you, your life becomes more expansive and joyful, more meaningful and fulfilling.   Continue reading →

A friend’s elderly wife is getting forgetful. When she realizes it afterwards, she feels like a burden to him. He assured her as long as they stay in the Here and Now there is no need to remember anything other than they love each other and take it moment by moment. He is honored to hold the sacred space to be her memory for her when she needs it.

The awkward moment when you see a friend post on Facebook that she’s in a relationship with someone you know to be a sociopath who historically overlaps engagements. Some long time friends have never seen his crazy come out. Sometimes it takes awhile. Like the first time you have a disagreement, ask him to get a job or pay a bill. He is clearly not like this with everyone, and the point isn’t about one person. This is a caveat to know who you’re dealing with. In the past, I’ve kept quiet to the detriment of several situations.  Take the time to know someone. It doesn’t matter to me if there are 200 people I trust telling me what a great guy someone is around them. I can’t pretend I don’t know firsthand what one man is capable of.  Even now a year later he’s suing the fiancee he left 2 years ago. He’d fooled her twice. In July 2011, I wrote about The ladies man who presents himself as a guru and a soulmate.  In August 2013, his then- fiancee made a Facebook post she was heartbroken and devastated that he could leave her, literally bedridden, after promising he was brought into her life to help her heal from other physical problems. I know him to be a sociopath and a narcisscist a decade before her. I sent her a note of support and we had a brief private conversation.  Continue reading →