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After I had taken down the Halloween decorations, I realized I had forgotten to put away the fuzzy black spider from atop the china cabinet. As I was lifting him down, my youngest exclaimed "Not Leonardo!" (Yes, I named the spider Leonardo.) "Well, there were probably spiders in the stable." so I'm keeping him up for Christmas. This house also has a baby dragon in the Easter rabbit hutch. Not all traditions have to do with religious practices...we have pizza and pop every Friday night (we…

Flatland

by Edwin A. Abbott

It's wise to trust our intuitive right brain feeling as well as our left brain analytical thinking in making decisions.…

Hoops

We make hoops for ourselves to go through to tap into things we didn’t even dream existed. Tell me about the hoops and the…

Coyote in Tree Pine Lake, Alberta

Coyote climbing tree to eat berries

by Mona Giles, YouTube, Nov. 8, 2017

Black Elk Speaks

He was about 5’7”, wearing orange, smells like beer, and he shot a gun at me.

One is reminded of a tale by Black Elk, an Oglala Lakota medicine…

WISHING ALL VETERANS A SAFE VETERANS DAY

No photo or video can express my deep love and appreciation for all you have done to Protect America's People..Your Sacrifices many will Never Understand .. They prefer to ignore the Fact You gave all you could to Preserve Freedom,,and you still Live Your Oath given Freely when you enlisted,,,

So today as I remember a Grandfather who joined the Confederate Army..seeking only Freedom..and all those who followed in this desire to live in a…

This Brother and Marine has left for  better days  without pain or suffering

He served in  Vietnam and  has  embraced many young Brothers and Sisters

who  were  sent out on deployment in foreign Countries.. In Tennessee he…

Albert Einstein

When the mind travels back in time

And  you remember  all that is  important

So many have entered my life and blessed my world

Many of them are no longer  here and suffering…

The Scent of Rain

Kruger National Park…

One

It only takes one person

To change how other people will see the world

A simple kindness

A smile

A please or thank you

May…

Antonio Gaudi…

Interoceanic Ship Railway

Wood engraving illustrating the plan for an "Interoceanic Ship Railway" in Central America between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, proposed by James B. Eads in the late 19th century. It was…

There are many  beliefs involving Hummingbirds

Some say they carry messages from heaven

That they seek  the sweetness of life hence their love of sweet nectar

Yet as a windstorm moves in

Rain is falling hard upon the earth around me

She seems to know when I am outside in the  stormy weather

I look at the Angel Statue under…

Gargoyles were the original rain gutters of the 13th century. They diverted rainwater from running down the exterior of buildings.…

Just in case there is a hero out there

Horses needing a ride out of the fires in Northern California...

Anyone near Bangor CA - Here is a distress call...

Please share to horse people close to Grass Valley. There is a bad fire very close to (ERC) Equine Rescue Center. They have no PGE and can't get much out. She asked someone to post and get the word out that she needs help. Please share as far and wide as you can! Text Monica at 831-840-1412. They are at 1944 Robinson Mill…

Success puts you up on a Mountain

You are what you wanted to be

But are you humble and thankful

For all those valleys you walked

That taught you how to survive

Built your courage to change

And the strength to follow through

The greatest times in my life were in those valleys

Times were hard nothing came easy

Never…

REALLY HAPPENING IN Puerto Rico.

First hand report from on the ground in Puerto Rico,via a friend via a friend. They encourage your sharing widely, though you must cut & paste copy perhaps, as it was sent as text from cellphone:

"Its 0400 as I write this, can’t sleep again. I keep thinking about what needs to be done. Sure, we have a plan, ration the water, the gasoline, the food. We’ve been very fortunate. We didn’t get flooded, thanks to 4,100 pounds of sand bags. Yes, I’m…

A few months back, I met a Lakota woman in town. There were allot of Lakota's here.

Introduction.

As a Catholic, I have always wanted to ease the pain the Christians have wrongly caused the tribes. I read their books, learned their culture. I went to Catholic school. I learned their ways. In 2nd grade we were learning from the Bible of how those who live in Harmony with the Creator's laws are disease Free. Then I had my first vision, it was of a plains tribal people. It's a…