Here and Now...What's Happening?

[Lisab]

Sometimes I have to take a break too Transiten. Just listen to your higher self and you'll be well and raring to again soon enough. Hope your well soon and Ulli too.x

Moonwish I love mangos! My favourite fruit, shame they dont grow here. But happily I have the ocean. My little one has been singing songs for the harvest all this week ready for his school harvest assembly next week. Making me feel grateful and abundant.x

[transiten]

Thankyou Lisab and Junebug, seems there are more pple on the forum that "don't know what to believe anymore"...

Goodnight everybody, take care.

[Cottage Rose]

;) Great idea for a thread, Ulli.

Soaking in a personal size Jacuzzi looking out patio door windows past historic 200 year old oak trees towards my wooded pond and a gorgeous sunset, drinking a cup of herbal tea from a beautiful floral porcelain cup, feeling relaxed and peaceful perusing your interesting Avalon thread.

Thank you for reminding me to be more in the moment. :grouphug:

[Marianne]

I got a mango a couple days ago, thinking to make a mango-plum salsa, or maybe chutney ... will look at recipes and decide. I'm thinking crispy pita chips with cinnamon for dipping.

Hope everyone is feeling better -- sending love to all. xx

[ulli]

Ulli - how's this for synchronicity. Browsing through one of the music threads this week I noticed you post you were once Nick Lowe's girlfriend - weeellll - Terry Williams the old drummer of Rockpile and then Dire Straits is one of my dad's best friends! I still call him my uncle. As a child here in Wales Dave Edmonds once visited my house, along with Billy Bremner. I got to see so many bands as a kid growing up I didnt appreciate it, especially when I went through my punk phase and rebelled!! A few weeks ago it was a couple of the daughters 40th birthdays and we had an amazing party down on a friends farm with some of the old acqaintances of Rockpile playing in a barn (the Man band). We danced to Johnny Cash etc and had such a great time. Reminded me of being a child again and going to festivals with our crazy hippy parents. The stars shone brightly and we (the kids) had our kids with us running around free and happy. Best night out Ive had in years as life is usually solitary now for me with the shift and thats just fine for now. Funny world eh? Avalon feels like my soul family xxxxx

That is amazing indeed. I remember going with Nick to to Dave Edmunds recording studio in South Wales. I was always the driver, I don't think Nick drove, ever. I was with him on the farm the weekend he wrote What's so Funny About Peace Love and Understanding...maybe he even addressed it to me, as I tried hard to be uebercool...didn't really like their music back then... do like it more now. Nick was very nice, but drank heavily, which put me off.
He later married Johnny Cash's daughter ...Carlene Carter...I married a guy I met in Barbados and had a son. So we went our separate ways. That was in 74.

[PurpleLama]

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?30859-Frequency-of-God&p=316460&viewfull=1#post316460

On the subject of beer and pizza, well wine and beer are not that different, and pizza can easily be seen as the body (crust) and the blood (sauce) and the anointing (cheese and toppings). Be as holy as you wanna be. Life is as sacred as we make it and the more we fill our mundane reality with magic *sparkles* then the closer we come to what's really Real.

I found this Laxmi Dhoop (incense) at the head shop where I get my cigarettes that is changing my whole life as we speak. The scent is the most transporting I've come across, every inhalation is like breathing in deja vu.

[ulli]

Something is wrong with my feet and knees, and I can hardly walk.
Also my wrist; but only the right side of my body is affected. Very weird.
The wrist could be the result of picking up a paint brush more than once this week.

[Marianne]

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?30859-Frequency-of-God&p=316460&viewfull=1#post316460

On the subject of beer and pizza, well wine and beer are not that different, and pizza can easily be seen as the body (crust) and the blood (sauce) and the anointing (cheese and toppings). Be as holy as you wanna be. Life is as sacred as we make it and the more we fill our mundane reality with magic *sparkles* then the closer we come to what's really Real.

I found this Laxmi Dhoop (incense) at the head shop where I get my cigarettes that is changing my whole life as we speak. The scent is the most transporting I've come across, every inhalation is like breathing in deja vu.

PL--I like the way you think, re the host of pizza and beer. :) The mundane is sacred when we make it so. *~sparkles*all*around~*

Laxmi Dhoop sounds delish--do you know what's in it? I can google it I suppose. I sometimes make my own incense.

[Marianne]

Something is wrong with my feet and knees, and I can hardly walk.
Also my wrist; but only the right side of my body is affected. Very weird.
The wrist could be the result of picking up a paint brush more than once this week.

Oh Ulli, so sorry to hear--wrist does sound like muscle fatigue from painting, doesn't it? Hmm... hands and feet would indicate circulation, since they are at the 'end' of the circulation cycle, before blood heads back to the heart. Any ideas what it could be? In any case, raising your vibrations will help whatever it is. Please let me know if I can do anything for you.

[PurpleLama]

Dear Ulli,

I tried to PM this to you, but it said your inbox was full, so I guess the universe wants it out where everyone can see.

I call my Seven Sister Fae
To my dearest sister Ulli
Lay fourteen hands on ankle wrist and knee
Heal these aches and pains for me
With our Love and Light and Unity
As it is it was and it will always be
For the healing of our sister Ulli

[Mark]

hope you're feeling better ulli ...

had a couple of cups of coffee today, wondering about what the big event Bill just wrote about earlier in Cali might be. Not trying to worry but thinking about family out in Cali, what it would be like to try to warn them, when there is nothing to warn about yet? Wondering if all should be as it is supposed to be, but knowing that not to follow my thoughts always leads to trouble ...

[ulli]

hope you're feeling better ulli ...

had a couple of cups of coffee today, wondering about what the big event Bill just wrote about earlier in Cali might be. Not trying to worry but thinking about family out in Cali, what it would be like to try to warn them, when there is nothing to warn about yet? Wondering if all should be as it is supposed to be, but knowing that not to follow my thoughts always leads to trouble ...

Rahkyt....you could hint that "some" scientists are suggesting that a bigger quake than normal could happen any time, and remind them to have their survival kit ready in their car.
California being a car country one might get stuck for a long time on a freeway if a bridge collapses.

[norman]

I'm washing down a microwaved ready meal with a cup of tea and trying to think how to express to you all what just flashed through my head in the car on the way back from the shops.

The President of the USA has just visited California. The Presedential entourage is virtually a law unto itself. It can operate any clandestine moves it likes under the perfect cover of a Presidential visit. It's sort of like how diplomatic immunity is abused to run spying and hit operations etc.

Just as President Putin visited the very airport where the Polish leaders were killed in that "air-crash" only days before the crash, I'm wondering what might have been put together in California under the perfect cover.

My mind boggles what might be in the works but if I had to put money down on a bet I think I'd put it on an "uprising" that starts the whole country off. I've also considered power stations and anything that Dutchsinse would be watching on all those weather and quake maps he's got himself into trouble over.

[Cottage Rose]

Skyping with Atticus about unjust practices at his forum.

http://www.martinahoffmann.com/socio_polical_statements/gagged_large.jpg

[Mark]

Good idea Ulli .. thanks for the suggestion I think I will follow it exactly.Feeling a bit of a pinch in my solar plexus, wonder what's going on, somewhere ...

[PurpleLama]

My energy has gone waaaayyyy through the roof, and I've been cleaning and organizing at work, which is very out of character for me. Something is definitely afoot.

I am hoping you got that healing buzz I sent you, Ulli.

[Mike]

Something is wrong with my feet and knees, and I can hardly walk.
Also my wrist; but only the right side of my body is affected. Very weird.
The wrist could be the result of picking up a paint brush more than once this week.

been doing a little painting myself this week, Ulli. and i've been waking up SORE!. not sure if i'm just severely outta shape or if painting houses really is a good work-out. hopefully the latter!

i'd send you healing energy but i honestly can't claim any special ability in that area, so i'm forced to give you a little healing encouragement Avalon style: :hug:

[Cottage Rose]

Something is wrong with my feet and knees, and I can hardly walk.
Also my wrist; but only the right side of my body is affected. Very weird.
The wrist could be the result of picking up a paint brush more than once this week.

been doing a little painting myself this week, Ulli. and i've been waking up SORE!. not sure if i'm just severely outta shape or if painting houses really is a good work-out. hopefully the latter!

i'd send you healing energy but i honestly can't claim any special ability in that area, so i'm forced to give you a little healing encouragement Avalon style: :hug:

I had not read that you are not feeling well, Ulli. I also send a hug and healing encouragement. :hug:

Back in jacuzzi enjoying another sunset...

[Sierra]

Rahkyt....you could hint that "some" scientists are suggesting that a bigger quake than normal could happen any time, and remind them to have their survival kit ready in their car.
California being a car country one might get stuck for a long time on a freeway if a bridge collapses.

Ulli, it is almost impossible to drive out of the San Francisco Bay Area on a normal weekend, much less a holiday weekend, much less during a crisis... You'd have to walk out I think... and that requires youth and health.

I've spent the last hour trying to find an oil painting, portrait of a little black girl, standing (waist deep?) in the ocean, under the moon and stars, eating a mango ... by a New York artist ... oh it is a WONDERFUL painting! Must be on my old laptop :( .

I've been stuck in bed for two weeks with a gimpy leg, that spasms horribly around the left hip if I do something stupid. A first for me too Ulli, limp, limp ... must not have liked all the driving to Mt. Shasta two weekends ago.

I'm getting better, are you getting better Ulli? :hug:

[ulli]

Everyone is so kind. Lots of love and thanks. I went to visit my in-laws and did some shopping; feeling really old with these limping limbs.
I took an Aleve today, my first pain killer in ages, so I can't tell if the slight improvement is from the tablet or your good energies.
Dang!
Guests for Sunday lunch tomorrow, but I don't think they are the kind of people
who would buy the idea of nukes destroying VA and CO dumbs and causing those quakes.

[transiten]

Hello ulli and all...

I try to stay away from the forums, but keep coming back. My stomach thing also comes back, i'm ok for one day and then i act as usual and then the next day...I've had this before, wonder if it's psychsomatic. I feel better when i don't eat. Must confess the things discussed on these forums worries me and i feel very lonely since i have noone close to talk to who can relate to all this. My father is open but he lives on the east coast of Sweden and cannot access this information himself.

Hope you are better ulli...funnt sync as usual is that yesterday i was invitetd to eat with my neighbours and then i went over to a friend of mine and her 11 year old son that i have very good contact with. Well none of these pple are interested in what we discuss here. I ate a lot of mixed things and went to bed late and today i have a pressure in my head (i almost never have an headache)my stomach is not happy and i'm tired although i spent all day out in the sun digging into the soil.

I'm thankful though to Mother Earth who gave me the haricots verts and the carrots i'm now eating. Where i have my allotment there are flowers and vegetables "en masse" and a little bird with a red chest that seems totally unafraid walking close to me picking up something to eat and a raven that craws with a "tone".

[Marianne]

Transiten, have you looked into IBS? If you google it, you will find info. It can have some of the symptoms you mentioned, and can be triggered, from info I've read, by stress.

Reading the doom and gloom can surely stress you out. I know that the last few days it's been harder for me too -- I sort of graze over it, and get a feel for if I think it's true and helpful information. Unless I get that signal from my HS, I leave it alone.

Another thing to consider is celiac -- a condition where your system is intolerant of gluten. It's in so many things, and if that's it, you'd surely be getting some most every day. It's more common than you might think -- I know several people who have it.

Sending you healing love, should you choose to accept it. :)

Junebug

[transiten]

Thanks Junebug!

Yes i know about gluten intolerance and IBS. I went to a healer who also gave me some medicaments this spring and the problems disappeared. He said it was due to trauma.
I'm going to have some pictures taken on the 28:th and it's already postponed twice because of my dog and now this! It also coincides with the dates 26/27/28 that everybody's talking about. I don't want it to be affected by this but it's a strange synchronicity also because i've had a lot of obstacles in my caréer and i actually won the money for the pics from a music organization and at the moment i'm not very "photogenique" .....

[randles]

Dearest Ulli,

Home from work and feeling lighter in my heart after having spoken with my Husband. I love My Husband !!
Just finished updating my thread for the daily count of earthquakes here on these Isles. Now I am going to go to bed and find my Husband in my dreams where I can hold his hand and whisper to him all night through how much I love him,
Love and light to you dear Ulli,
Randles

[ulli]

Finally sitting down after washing up and cleaning up after a great fun lunch with good friends.
Randles, cheers to you and may the old Iron Hierro go back to sleep soon,
so that you and your daughter as well as your husband who must be worried about you,
can have a better rest.
Been following your reports with great interest as I also live only 30 miles from a volcano
that recently woke up after 400 years of being dormant.
It's called Turrialba.

[Marianne]

I'm going to have some pictures taken on the 28:th

Transiten, I'm picturing you as absolutely photogenic and gorgeous for your picture session! So mote it be!

[Marianne]

Dearest Ulli,

Home from work and feeling lighter in my heart after having spoken with my Husband. I love My Husband !!
Just finished updating my thread for the daily count of earthquakes here on these Isles. Now I am going to go to bed and find my Husband in my dreams where I can hold his hand and whisper to him all night through how much I love him,
Love and light to you dear Ulli,
Randles

Randles, so happy you got to talk to your Honey!
And sweet dreams to you both. :)

[Mark]

In a hospital in Ottowa, my lady Sirayah's (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/member.php?6878-sirayah) condition seemingly worsened 2 days ago, occasioning an ambulance from Cornwall here. Upon arrival though, the doctors determined that, somehow, all was well, a bit of high blood pressure but no preclampsia or hellp ... tired, sleeping on some couch-like thingie that barely fits my 6'4 frame. But life is good ... checkin' in to Avalon to see what's new in the world ...

[Sierra]

In a hospital in Ottowa, [URL="http://projectavalon.net/forum4/member.php?6878-sirayah"]<snip>
Upon arrival though, the doctors determined that, somehow, all was well, a bit of high blood pressure but no preclampsia or hellp ... tired, sleeping on some couch-like thingie that barely fits my 6'4 frame. But life is good ... checkin' in to Avalon to see what's new in the world ...

I'm glad all is well Rahkyt. :)

[ulli]

Holding everyone's hands here...soon, soon, Rahkyt, you will feel blown away by that glorious happiness that only a new- born can bring.
And the rest of us with aches and pains...it's only another phase. This, too, shall pass.
After reading that David Icke report I realized that's exactly what has been happening to me.
Consciousness has shifted....now it's those brief spells between naps. Been comatose.

[Sierra]

Consciousness has shifted....now it's those brief spells between naps. Been comatose.

<falling over laughing> Ditto!

I'm retired, I take naps. :becky:

[modwiz]

Sitting in my tent listening to the early Autumn night insects. 68 degrees F.( 19 C?) Enjoying Ulli's thread. I do bodywork at the holistic institute I live at, ( this is for Chinaski, Ulli and whoever else is aching) and can report that body aches among the awakened are epidemic. I noticed them this Spring and wake up most morning wondering if gnomes came in my tent and beat me with sticks. Of course, I am kidding. I am on very good terms with the Gnomes and all of the other critters and energies. Spending each night in the woods for the warm six months is an experience I now have to continue, forever. This is my second year and I am definitely doing it again next year.

BTW, my avatar photo is me sitting in my tent, facing my webcam/monitor. The zipper door is behind me.

I may watch the Return of the King tonight. I have a DVD player and a 27" TV for a monitor. I do not watch TV.

[ulli]

During my two social stints today and yesterday I was surprised that I was approached with questions re Elenin and 2012. Youtube is in everyone's face it seems, and not only with kitten videos.
Anyway, my tune has changed...now I refuse to believe ANYTHING, whether mainstream or alt media...
Avalon has cured me. Nothing is real other than what is directly under my nose, or written in my here and now thread.
Oh, and I still believe the classified ads in the newspapers.
Modwiz, a year or so ago I read about a star journalist who also lives in a tent in the woods when he is not out covering events on some war front. Forgot his name, of course.

[Mark]

Thank you Ulli and Sierra, yesss!! LOL Just a week or so more at the most ... sending out aspirations and energetic support for highest potentiality actualization for all who have asked for it here ... I haven't read the Icke report yet, is it here in the forums!? I'll go look ... it's difficult browsing where I am because I found some dlink unsecured network lol that keeps going in and out, so I have to compose all my msgs in word before posting them here because I never know if I'm even going to be online. But will go check the forum for the report ...

Sira's sleeping now, the door is closed, no nurses in and out for a while. Will probably lie on the couch thingie myself at some point soon, but still some stuff to look at ... according to all the doom and gloomers we're in "that time" now, so we'll see what happens in the next few days and if anything going on out there actually supports all the hubbub ...

[Ernie Nemeth]

Finally landed a decent sized job! Good news for a good thread.

Have a good week everyone.

[Mark]

Congrats Ernie! Wishing you the best!

[ulli]

Wow. This is going to be Good News Week!
Ernie has had a breakthrough and is giving Elenin the finger.
I'm feeling really happy, all of a sudden.
Ok, back to sleep.

[ulli]

This is the Icke Report I had mentioned.
http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?31195-David-Icke-Newsletter-Sunday-25th-of-September-2011

[Lisab]

More good news guys, my little sister is pregnant again yaaayy!!! For those who dont know my sister lost her baby prematurely only in August. Its been a week of funerals as well,with another tomorrow, so this is just so good.

I cant believe the David Icke newsletter-I was just going to post yesterday about the tiredness. Ive been calling it the sleepy sickness. Im sleeping 10 hours and still drowsy the next day. Like the kind of tiredness you get in a heatwave. I even tried sleeping less just in case I was oversleeping and but its still the same. I could sleep on my nose right now! But you know when its the energies dont you,ya just know.

Also had a couple of clashes with brother and ex so I know Ive got more releasing coming up. Jeez just when you think you've got it all done and dusted, up it comes again. So I observed,detatched,blessed and hopefully released. Also lots of forgiveness of course for me included.

Great news Ernie. Love to everyone xxx

[Sierra]

So ... does anyone know why we're all feeling hammered and comatose? I've seen this theme across several threads.

Ulli? Carmody?

[Ineffable Hitchhiker]

Finally landed a decent sized job! Good news for a good thread.

Have a good week everyone.


Oh Ernie, I am so happy for you!
That is good news indeed.
Have an awesome week yourself. :)



So ... does anyone know why we're all feeling hammered and comatose? I've seen this theme across several threads.

Ulli? Carmody?

Yep, seen that too.

And I also interested to know whether perhaps the planets are having an influence on the psyche.
I read the David Ike newsletter and it is exactyl as he says, for me.
I have never been so exhausted. I never used to take afternoon naps but can nod off at the drop of a hat.
People around me are also very edgy and they seem to sap the energy out of me, that I felt the need to be out in nature a lot more.

[astrid]

Putting in a request to skip birthday this year.
Happy hermits should be exempt from such social conventions.

What is it with b'days anyways??

And why does everyone think i HAVE to do something??

SHeezzzzz.

Saturn Conj AC , intense.

Rice bubbles,
dogs circle, feeding time at the zoo.

MOnday 7.07pm.

[Lisab]

Cleaned,scrubbed and smudged the house today. Gave it the full bling! Burning sage though tends to give me a bit of a headache. Maybe I went a bit overboard. Hopefully banished the goo tho.

Before my little one,who will be 6 in a couple of weeks, went to bed I showed him the pictures in Dr. Emoto's book, The Hidden Messages in Water. He loved it! And totally got it. Being nice to others is being nice yourself, he said. Goodnight everyone Im having an early one - still tired!

[Marianne]

Astrid, I think birthdays are totally optional! My sister and I made an agreement some years ago, to not do anything for each other on our BD's other than think of the other one sometime that day and send happy thoughts. (our birthdays fall a year and 3 days apart).

Lisa, what a great idea to smudge the house. I'm going to do that too, only I'll prob use cedarwood and sandalwood incense. I like to use the little flat bells too -- I don't know what they are called, but I call them dragon bells because they have Chinese dragons imprinted in the brass. The ones attached together with a strap, and you clang them together to produce a sound. Reminds me of trying to hit a paddle ball, sometimes I miss.

Your little one sounds so sweet and 'with it' that he understood the water messages and how they impact us all. The pictures are so beautiful and wonderful reminders to hold a good thought.

All love to our Avalonian family,
Marianne

[Guest]

Took my dad to the doctor today. Had a look at David Icke's news letter. Paying attention to the fact that I also I have been feeling very tired. The air here has been getting cooler the sun is more intense and hotter.

Also want to take note that a few days ago -I saw a moon that had risen over the eastern horizon -it was the wrong time of the day for it to be there. I went back to look again, it was gone.

Having some dinner

Nora

we are all related

[pickle]

4pm

The last few weeks (was it days?) have been a blurry blur, with a touch of fog. Not much time to log-in to PA, but had many fleeting moments watching this thread when sat in hospital waiting rooms.

A few days ago, nodding asleep in waiting room chair, thought/saw/dreamt of this thread as a beautiful, giant pair of wings, folding around everyone’s problems. I’ve stored that mental snapshot for the future.

Light-speed read through the thread since when I was last here……..

Rahkyt – Sorry to hear the family was very poorly, hope everyone has got over it now?

Ernie – Saw your other thread too, we’ve lived similar lives… whatever you do (or have you done it!?) will be the right thing, good hearts always end up back on the right road.

Ulli – Meh, you can’t be poorly, you’ve too much to do here! Hope all of the aches and pains have gone, I know it’ll be replaced by peace and calm ;-)

Randles – The Canaries will be fine, I lived there for 7 years and left strict instructions for them not to move ;-) hope you and your family are all safe and well…. I’m positive you will be.

Flasky – So sorry to hear about your Mum, your love for her is really special – love and best wishes to all of your family.

Purple Lama – My friend! Saw you were all under the weather a few days ago, was thinking about you all drinking & eating well, gaining strength, hope you’re all Ok now?

Junebug – Saw you asked if I’d been seen around… Thanks JB, really appreciated!

Bright Garlic – Love your enlightening posts, please, keep them coming! ;-)

To Everyone else, sincere apologies for missing anyone out (director is on the prowl, so need to be quick!) - and thought you might like to know someone else has been reading this Twitter On Steroids thread.... you've had my Mum in tears of laughter as I've been showing her all of the inmates here that I see as friends... thanks to every single one of you for the smiles and love you give.

Peace, Love, and Light to you all

John, aka Pickle

[ulli]

Feeling happy as dear Pickle is back, even though I'm still limping.
Off now for a late shower, then have to inspect painter's work in the guest cabin.

The bats have left the roof, and we will build them a new home under the garage ceiling where they won't frighten our guests.
We love our bats as they each bad bugs and especially mosquitos.

Have a feeling that someone from Avalon will inaugurate the place one of these days.

[Caren]

Hi all,
looks like I have some catching up to do here - I am behind a few days - just where does the time go?
I just got off the phone after speaking with my mum. She was 'supervising' haha my younger sister's newly learned baking skills and trying to assist some.
She told me about something unusual that happened yesterday when she opened the front door for a neighbor friend - a dozen or so aggressive wasps came out of no where! She was stung once and her neighbor was stung three times.. they chased him and even got into his truck! Now that was strange. I wonder if the wasps could smell the sugar being used in the baking? Mum is fine but her neighbor whom had to flee as the wasps were stinging his face might think twice before his next visit! haha just kidding - they are long time friends.

[PurpleLama]

PICKLE!!!!

Been missing you!

Yes, we are all well, now, really better than ever!

Tell your mum to keep that laughter coming, it's the best medicine!

Love to you and her and everyone else around here!

[pickle]

PICKLE!!!!
Been missing you!
Yes, we are all well, now, really better than ever!
Tell your mum to keep that laughter coming, it's the best medicine!
Love to you and her and everyone else around here!
Missed you lot too, and great to hear you're all well now!

Hehehe, yes, she got loads of laughs from this good place, and especially catching me asleep in the waiting room with a big dribble down my chin - soooo embarrassing...



Ulli wrote:
Feeling happy as dear Pickle is back, even though I'm still limping.
Off now for a late shower, then have to inspect painter's work in the guest cabin.

The bats have left the roof, and we will build them a new home under the garage ceiling where they won't frighten our guests.
We love our bats as they each bad bugs and especially mosquitos.

Have a feeling that someone from Avalon will inaugurate the place one of these days.
Thanks Ulli, and your leg is due to be better by tomorrow mid-morning - I sent you a poultice, (wear sunglasses, it's a bright little rascal), keep it on tonight and take it off just after breakfast tomorrow, you'll be amazed ;-)

Peace. love and light to all,

Pickle

[Ernie Nemeth]

Thanks for the thoughts Rahkyt, Ulie, Lisab, Pickle.
The comment about dragon bells set off a great big "That's what I want!", Junebug.
Chukled over your wasp story, Caren.
Pickle, all the best, I know it ain't no fun in hospitals, I was there for a mere 4 hours and could hardly wait to escape.
Ulie, bats in the belfry, eh? Hope the poultice works, as I know it will!
Nora, hope dad's alright.
If I left anyone out then a special big hug for you, and they are really good ones so you're the luckiest.
I've also been very tired, no matter how much I sleep. I'll wake up with a sore this or that - yesterday it was the back of my legs - take a short nap and it's gone.
Work starts tomorrow so won't have as much time for Avalon the next few days.
Gonna miss yoose all...

[ulli]

Thanks for the thoughts Rahkyt, Ulie, Lisab, Pickle.
The comment about dragon bells set off a great big "That's what I want!", Junebug.
Chukled over your wasp story, Caren.
Pickle, all the best, I know it ain't no fun in hospitals, I was there for a mere 4 hours and could hardly wait to escape.
Ulie, bats in the belfry, eh? Hope the poultice works, as I know it will!
Nora, hope dad's alright.
If I left anyone out then a special big hug for you, and they are really good ones so you're the luckiest.
I've also been very tired, no matter how much I sleep. I'll wake up with a sore this or that - yesterday it was the back of my legs - take a short nap and it's gone.
Work starts tomorrow so won't have as much time for Avalon the next few days.
Gonna miss yoose all...

Best wishes for your new job, Ernie, and may you find yourself in a great team of co-workers.
The people you meet there will show you why you got that particular job, and not another.

[Marianne]

Just a quick update...

My son is home from Ocean City, Maryland (VW car show) so I'm smiling BIG. We just finished dinner at home. :luv:

I wish peace, love and blessings to everyone. :luv:

[Ernie Nemeth]

Well, I should already be asleep but Bill's post got me going. I'm ready now though.
Thanks Ulie. When I went to estimate the job, one of the tenants in the building was an artist. He's got paintings everywhere in his little room. When I commented that his art was good (really good) he was surprised. Later when I talked to the owner he said that guy has never even tried to sell any paintings because he thinks they're no good. Hope to help him with his misconception, maybe buy one off him - beautiful pastels of landscapes and oceans in aquas and blue and verdant greens!
Have fun with your son, Junebug.
Nitie nite all

[pickle]

11:07
WAHEY! A chirpy morning to all - what have you done to me? I wake up this morning with a stiff neck..... I figure it's just my intelligence slipping down a bit, I'll do a headstand later to put it back.

A warm summers day here in the NW UK, Autumn obviously forgot the Season's Union Rules lol.



Ernie wrote:
Well, I should already be asleep but Bill's post got me going.
No worries my friend, all is well, 'aint no bad things going to happen to you, it's written. Here's something for you, hum it throughout the day, pass it on to others ;-)

"Don't worry about a thing,
'Cause every little thing gonna be all right.
Singin': "Don't worry about a thing,
'Cause every little thing gonna be all right!"

Rise up this mornin',
Smiled with the risin' sun,
Three little birds
Pitch by my doorstep
Singin' sweet songs
Of melodies pure and true,
Sayin', ("This is my message to you-ou-ou:")

Singin': "Don't worry 'bout a thing,
'Cause every little thing gonna be all right."
Singin': "Don't worry (don't worry) 'bout a thing,
'Cause every little thing gonna be all right!".......................




Junebug wrote:
Just a quick update...
My son is home from Ocean City, Maryland (VW car show) so I'm smiling BIG. We just finished dinner at home.
You did it again JB! FOOD! COOKING! That's it, I'm off to get elevenses ;-) Hope you have a great time with your son JB!




Peace, love, light... take it, it's yours :)

Pickle

[ulli]

Kitten is going to be spayed today. I'm certain she is already pregnant. They start early in Costa Rica...oops...shouldn't have said that...

[Marianne]

John, thanks for the little bird song that's in my head today! :)
LanCLS_hIo4
And I so wish I could fix you a plate at the table! I don't get that much appreciation for my cooking around here!

Ernie, your new job has a wonderful vibe to it! So good that you can help the artist to have more confidence. A little appreciation can make a huge difference.
I hope you are able to relax and be easy with all the gloom, and even with Bill's thread which I am thankful to know, but am not following every little post on it, just letting it be. I got some good advice from a friend that enabled me to let it go. I hope you can find some peace with it so it doesn't keep you up at night. <3

Ulli, thank you for all the inspiration you give to us. Good luck with kitty today.

Love to all Avalonians, and to friends on this thread. :hug:

[Caren]

Yes Ulli - thank you for all the inspiration and encouragement you give so freely to all others - you are cherished here and we are grateful :hug: I will be thinking of you and your kitten today.
Congratulations Ernie on your new job - that's great news! Thanks for the hug and here's one
for you :hug:
So nice your son is visiting JB! My daughter is home from away as well. She is Maid of Honor in her best friend's wedding this Saturday. It has been a busy few months for weddings in our family.
My mum called this morning to say her friend is doing fine and that she sent him a fresh loaf of home made raisin bread as a Peace offering! :)
I hope all are feeling less tired and healing nicely.
Peace and love to everyone

[ulli]

Kitty sneaked out during the night, vanished. Kitty psychic. Kitty knows what's up. Kitty guided by aliens.
Ulli discovering twitter while waiting, maybe bring back kittie with birdie tweets.

[Lisab]

Your so funny Ulli. You always make me smile. Hope Kittys back soon x

[Mark]

laying in quiet, in stillness, thinking about coffee. got a feeling in my solar plexus ... not fear ... just tightening. hope the day remains quiet, the rest of the month too.

[pickle]

Kitty sneaked out during the night, vanished. Kitty psychic. Kitty knows what's up. Kitty guided by aliens.
Ulli discovering twitter while waiting, maybe bring back kittie with birdie tweets.

HA! Clever Kitty Ulli!

Poor Kitty was taken by aliens, is this catnapping? Poor aliens, came over all sleepy!

:-)

[ulli]

Kitty sneaked out during the night, vanished. Kitty psychic. Kitty knows what's up. Kitty guided by aliens.
Ulli discovering twitter while waiting, maybe bring back kittie with birdie tweets.

HA! Clever Kitty Ulli!


Poor Kitty was taken by aliens, is this catnapping? Poor aliens, came over all sleepy!

:-)


Kitty came back into the trap ulli had set for her.
This very minute Kitty is under the knife...hope the anaestesia works.
Meanwhile ulli & hubby at a Denny's breakfasting ...only come here because they have wi-fi.
Ulli discovered she qualifies for the senior breakfast...hubby still too young.

[Mark]

senior what? senior soul in charge of denny's while you're present? ah. i've been in that position before. enjoy the breakfast! :)

[Marianne]

Haha, I love this talk of seniors. I'm there with you, Ulli! Although the age varies with the place, some start younger than others.
Last month my credit union told me I get free checks because I'm in that golden age. teeheehee, I say. I still feel like a kid.

All love,
Junebug

[Marianne]

The house is quiet and it's almost bedtime.

Did everyone get over being comatose? I know I have ... am rested and full of energy ... in fact I could stay up another hour but have to get up in the morning.

Hope Ulli's kitty is recuperating comfortably.

Love to all xxx

[ulli]

Poor, poor Kitty didn't like the post operative pain at all.
Now tucked in deep inside my closet and boarded up
so the other cat can't get in there and disturb her.
I wish my healing powers were more like ETs.
Thanks for everyone's good vibes.
Today I applied pressure point therapy to my knee which helped a lot.

[exchange student]

Its 11:00pm feeling really tired, thinking to myself that i should go to bed, hearing my dogs claws ticking the wooden floor as he walks to the toilet to slurp some water, thinking about tommorow, what to do?, how to do it? what will happen? then realizing that it doesnt matter because everything happens for a reason. Then im wondering how Ulli's cat is going or what is Ullie doing now. Then physical reality hits me and tells me that i have to wake up at 5 tommorow so i should probably stop talking about everything and nothing.

Good night,

Steve

"Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today." Mark Twain

[Sierra]

12:26 AM, the 29th and so far California has not slid into the ocean, nor has the ocean slid into me. I've taken a hot bath, Now I'm on the bed, drinking a hot chocolate with peppermint schnapps ... the door is open to the garden, it is still warm, the fan is on in the bedroom. I have two candles lit, the lamps are dimmed down thanks to my nerd husband and his X10s. I wish McKnao was here. A gust of warm wind brushes my side.

[modwiz]

10146
3:30 AM and a gentle rain is falling on my tent on a temperate night. A little oil filled electric heater keeps me toasty without any noise. To be able to communicate with the rest of the world while being where I am, as pictured in my avatar, still tickles me.

I have included a better picture.

[pickle]

8:50 General Meany Time

Saw Modwiz's tent and thought it was a villa compared to mine! That looks so chilled out, not fair, there's a whole 9hrs of the here-and-now in front of me, dammit. Think I'll leave a carboard cut-out of me at the desk, no-one will notice.... arf.

Thoughts and waves of niceness over to Ulli's knee....

[modwiz]

8:50 General Meany Time

Saw Modwiz's tent and thought it was a villa compared to mine! That looks so chilled out, not fair, there's a whole 9hrs of the here-and-now in front of me, dammit. Think I'll leave a carboard cut-out of me at the desk, no-one will notice.... arf.

Thoughts and waves of niceness over to Ulli's knee....

I live in my tent, this year, for 6 months and a week. So, I spend slightly more of my year here than in my farmhouse in the mountains. Needless to say I live in some style and comfort. It is almost like one of those tents in the Harry Potter movies where you see a tent on the outside but the inside is very cozy and much roomier than it looks. My little 'porch' area helps a lot. No rain ever comes into my tent when I unzip the front door.

I have added a bigger picture with a broader view: http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?30405-Here-and-Now...What-s-Happening&p=320760&viewfull=1#post320760

[Lisab]

10.15 a.m just got back from my little ones school harvest festival. He just loves singing and sings it LOUD and proud. So funny. Afterwards the other mothers were coming up to me saying what a little character he is. Lovely to see all the children giving thanks for the bounty and learning about giving to the homeless.

The weather here is beautiful. The uk are having a surprise heatwave so gonna sit in the garden with my cat Yoshi and enjoy the rays and birdsong whilst focusing my own rays on California. xxx

Just reminded myself of a prayer known as the Gayatri which embodies the rune Sowelu.....you address the sun in this way. You,who are the source of all power, whose rays illuminate the whole world, illuminate also my heart, so that it too may do your work.

While reciting you visiualize the sun's rays,streaming forth into the world, entering your own heart, and then streaming out from your heart center. Its a powerful and life enhancing prayer. Have a great day/eve everyone x

[markoid]

I was just commenting to Ulli, what a delightful 'slice of life' thread this is. 'Twitter on steroids' someone said :)
I guess dreams are often weird and I wanted to mention mine from last night. I don't remember the story as such but the striking thing was the impression it left on me. I just remember very... 'tangible, touchable' white whales that were not restricted to the water element, they were in huge trees sort of swimming still, and they could also use earth like it was water and some were raising there heads up out of the earth as they do in the ocean. Me and dolphins and whales.. :note: we got a thing..... goin' on:note: I love those critters and feel a deep affinity with them. So obviously I savour such connection in dreams or shamanic journeys as this.
Have a good day... or sleep well, depending where you are in this wondrous world.

[Marianne]

It's daylight, barely ... getting ready to go to work. It will be warm today, hope it's a repeat of yesterday. I ran an errand at lunchtime yesterday, and it was SOOO beautiful.. blue sky and high puffy clouds, not humid, in the 80's. It doesn't get any better than that! The here and now is .... go!

xxx & :kiss: to all

ps: if you have time, give a listen to Viper Dixieland on the Jazz thread. It's a get-ya-going song.
http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?30784-Musical-thread-JAZZ&p=316682#post316682

[Ernie Nemeth]

Good morning everybody!
Markoid you must have read my mind. I had the best dream I've had in forty years last night.

My flying dreams! Not going to get into it except for two things. The first was I was dancing a waltz with my favorite aunt (father's sister). I haven't seen her in many years (20?). So it started out with my usual stumbling way and I was embarrassed and I saw she was disappointed because she really wanted to dance, you know? So I determined to show her a good time and I willed myself to do better. And we began to dance like Ginger and Fred! We virtually glided around this giant empty house. I remember looking down at her and she had this smile and her eyes were closed and I was so happy and I spun us round and round! Then I whispered in her ear while still twirling us how much I loved her and had missed her and she whispered something in my ear too.

Then the scene changed, just like that. Before I started flying I was chasing this girl, she looks like Ally Sheehy (oh, I can't spell it, never mind - some actress). I remembered thinking I've chased her before. Anyways, she way outran me and I'm a fast runner from back in the day. So she finally let me catch her and when I asked her how was it possible she could run so fast, she said: "What makes you think I was running?", and smiled. Then a flood of forgotten memmories rushed into me and I recalled my dreams of flying when I was a kid. And I remembered how! And I just lifted up and started flying!

There is a lot more but this is supposed to be tweets on steroids...

When I woke up I said thank you about ten times I was so happy. My dreams are usually depressing...
Oh, yeah, before I went to sleep the second time around 3:30 a.m. I remember invoking St, Micheal to ward off the demons around me.
I fell asleep calling his name over and over.
Sorry Markoid, your dream was beautiful, too. Dolphins and whales flying? Co-incidence. Nope.
Have a fantastic day everyone! I'm late but since I work for myself, no worries.

[ulli]

Reading this thread is so calming. I needed calm.
When I woke up just after 5 am I had quite a shock....the apocalypse cooler which hubby had placed in front of the cat door last night and which got its name bacause in it we store rice, sugar, flour and which makes it so heavy I can't even lift it by myself had been moved overnight by the older cat Choochoo Bear who still insists on using the neighbors garden as her bathroom rather than the cat litter we had provided indoors for poor sick Kittie's sake.
So then there was no sign of Kitty.
A panicky and frantic search ended when Kitty was discovered in a new dark hidiehole under the spare bed in hubby's office. Ulli collapsed back into bed for her morning coffee and meditation, now hearing the TV next door playing the Costa Rica National Antheum all is back to normal. Kitty is recovering and ulli's Elenin has passed thank ForceSource.

[ulli]

Great dreams guys, and what a nice tent Modwiz has. And I'm going to ask my angel to take me on a flying dream where I can raid Junebug's pantry and visit Pickle in NW England and go dancing with Ernie and get some healing session from Modwiz, have coffee with Sierra in San Francisco, hang out with Rahkyt and get to play with PurpleLama's nine cats. The next night I want to meet Astrid and spend all night yapping astro with her. While I'm down under I'm also going to fly over to NZ and say hi to Carmen and another friend who lives near Auckland but havent seen since 1983 though kept in touch all these years. Flying dreams are so much more eco friendly than AA jet planes. And not to forget Rocky who vanished from the forum and who is busy on a San Diego beach holding California steady. And LisaB who is going to take me over to Dave Edmund's recording studio for a memory lane walk. Quite a travel schedule. Can I bring Kitty?

[percival tyro]

The river noise could be his tummy gurgling, The motor bike sound...mmmm. Could be time for the other room. Open a window for now. Wishing you both a nice day.

[ThePythonicCow]

I can't even lift it by myself had been moved overnight by the older cat Choochoo Bear
I'm starting to get Ulli's cat confused with Darla's bear in my mind :).

[PurpleLama]

kitty is welcome, and ulli too, at my house, any time!

this morning the sunrise combined with the fog to set the world awash in golden light. The beauty of it was awe inspiring.

glad to see more folks jumping in to the here and now. Thousands of years from now we will look back to this particular thread on this particular forum and say that is where the complex of social memory was first conceived.

Flying white whales speak to me of the return of memory of the stars where we were born.

Dancing poorly then dancing masterfully speaks to the mastery you possess unawares. Find it!

Speaking of Ally makes me think "Johnny Five is ALIVE!" but I think she is the part of yourself you are meant to find, this remarkable thing you haven't guessed.

thankful for the safety of all kitties, mine and ulli's and otherwise.

[ulli]

I can't even lift it by myself had been moved overnight by the older cat Choochoo Bear
I'm starting to get Ulli's cat confused with Darla's bear in my mind :).

I think there was a thread already about names making people, so why not cats, too?
Given the right name they can become trains or bears.
Which reminds me, Kitty is no kittie any more. I think I should name her Spinsty now.

[PurpleLama]

I can't even lift it by myself had been moved overnight by the older cat Choochoo Bear
I'm starting to get Ulli's cat confused with Darla's bear in my mind :).

I think there was a thread already about names making people, so why not cats, too?
Given the right name they can become trains or bears.
Which reminds me, Kitty is no kittie any more. I think I should name her Spinsty now.

Very true, Ulli, and brings to mind the can of worms I opened up naming my latest "Ishtar", a name which proved to be too close for comfort. She didn't just get the name, she adopted the entire persona, as only a little, fluffy, black and white ball of badness could do.

[ulli]

It's all about what we project, isn't it?
Lucky people who project from a state of permanent happiness.

I was born a worrier, then I became a hurrier, and a warrior,
now am working against the ghosts of all my earlier selves to become
a FURRIER:
one who cleans and maintains LIVING furry animals.
(let's ignore the outdated version that once worked on DEAD animal skins)

[ulli]

I just heard that CurtisW needs to be included in our little healing circle.
Also Flasky's mum.
If all the regulars here can make a mental note to send healing,
and let their friends know as well
this could generate quite a bit of power.

[Lisab]

I just heard that CurtisW needs to be included in our little healing circle.
Also Flasky's mum.
If all the regulars here can make a mental note to send healing,
and let their friends know as well
this could generate quite a bit of power.

Absolutely x

[Carmody]

I spent the peak of this last 'supermoon' on an operating table, which was kinda fun, as new experiences go. (new as an adult, that is) This dark of the moon, which took place on Sept 27th, at 11:09 gmt, was a 'supermoon' where the moon was at it's closest approach to earth. Yet, we did not see it... as it was the dark of the moon, not the 'full' moon.

A minor hernia operation at the same time I was involved in having to get a major job done. Believe it or not, it involved moving bricks about, to some degree. So I spent the time before the hernia operation, to the last few hours before....moving bricks. I've been gone for a few days as I've been dealing with that. I got off the operating table and then woke up few hours later and was back at it, in less than 6 hours. Minus the brick moving part. 'Ain't got time to bleed', as Jesse Ventura once said in a film.

[ulli]

I spent the peak of this last 'supermoon' on an operating table, which was kinda fun, as new experiences go. This dark of the moon, which took place on Sept 27th, at 11:09gmt, was a 'supermoon' where the moon was at it's closest approach to earth. Yet, we did not see it.. as it was the dark of the moon, not the 'full' moon.

A minor hernia operation at the same time I was involved in having to get a major job done. Believe it or not, it involved moving bricks about, to some degree. So I spent the time before the hernia operation, to the last few hours before....moving bricks. I've been gone for a few days as I've been dealing with that. I got off the operating table and then woke up few hours later and was back at it, in less than 6 hours. Minus the brick moving part. 'Ain't got time to bleed', as Jesse Ventura once said in a film.

Wow, Carmody, I don't know how you do it.
But work is the best medicine for a workaholic
so I guess it comes natural to you.
Let's hope your recovery continues without a hitch.

[Marianne]

'Ain't got time to bleed', as Jesse Ventura once said in a film.

Words to live by. :)

Glad you are up and about, Carmody. Do you need healing energy too?

¤=[Post Update]=¤

I'm getting ready to go on a fun little shopping trip during my lunch hour. Looking for knitting yarn with my knitting pal. :cool:

[Sierra]

Great dreams guys, and what a nice tent Modwiz has. And I'm going to ask my angel to take me on a flying dream where I can raid Junebug's pantry and visit Pickle in NW England and go dancing with Ernie and get some healing session from Modwiz, have coffee with Sierra in San Francisco, hang out with Rahkyt and get to play with PurpleLama's nine cats. The next night I want to meet Astrid and spend all night yapping astro with her. While I'm down under I'm also going to fly over to NZ and say hi to Carmen and another friend who lives near Auckland but havent seen since 1983 though kept in touch all these years. Flying dreams are so much more eco friendly than AA jet planes. And not to forget Rocky who vanished from the forum and who is busy on a San Diego beach holding California steady. And LisaB who is going to take me over to Dave Edmund's recording studio for a memory lane walk. Quite a travel schedule. Can I bring Kitty?

I insist you bring Kitty (aka Spinsty)! I might even kidnap Kitty ... (just cause I need her to hold California steady ...) (You believe me, right?) (Aw rats, Ulli doesn't believe me ...)

It is 10:05 am here, I don't have my hearing aids on, but I can hear traffic. Only the Juncos and Common House Finches have shown up. Still waiting for the Titmousies, Nuthatches and Chickadees to come for the walnuts and sunflower seeds. The sunlight is hitting the wisteria and redwood tree now, who have decided to entangle themselves in each other. I drink my coffee and wait for more birdies.

For all the aches and pains out there, I give my intent to heal :) Carmody, enough with the bricks for a day or so!

Modwiz, your tent is gorgeous. :) And with Return of the King? Too cool! :dirol:

Whales and dolphins surfing the land and sea and air, oh how multidimensional is that!

Dancing in my dreams to come ... with Choochoo Bear

[Carmody]

'Ain't got time to bleed', as Jesse Ventura once said in a film.

Words to live by. :)

Glad you are up and about, Carmody. Do you need healing energy too?

¤=[Post Update]=¤

I'm getting ready to go on a fun little shopping trip during my lunch hour. Looking for knitting yarn with my knitting pal. :cool:

I'm good, I'm fine. don't really need any pain medication, either.

I explained my exact physical and mental condition to the anesthesiologist, right before. I told him that I was utterly exhausted, and had maybe 4-4.5 hours sleep per night for the 4-5 preceding nights. That I would go under quite easily. That frankly, I could use the few hours sleep in post op. He managed to hit the nail right on the head with a perfect dosing. Which, is apparently -not easy to do. Most people have an anesthesia hangover that lasts days. I bounced out... and was off and running again.

[conk]

Carmody, I am also feeling the sting and pain of a hernia repair. Now, as I shuffle to one side the pain subsides. The pain medication has Tylenol, so I am avoiding it as long as I can. My daughter has my attention anyway, telling of her mysterious room. Her light bulbs unscrew themselves and flicker out. She knows that she can screw them back in as soon as the apparition makes it's entrance and exit. I look to her mom for her reaction, stoic and cynical as she is, and surprisingly she says sheepishly, "I saw something out of the corner of my eye last night" Ouch that position hurts. Oh, watch out, the new puppy wants in my lap. He's a cute little bugger. Can't believe we have so many pets. The pasta water is boiling. Clams and linguine. The dogs have begun to smell it.

[Caren]

Sounds like you are doing very well post-op Carmody. It's amazing how you are up and about so quickly. I have a close friend whom had a similar surgery just weeks ago - he took it easy but unfortunately got an infection. He is fine now.
Happy to hear Kitty is mending well.
Nice tent Modwiz.. looks very comfy and peaceful. I was just thinking how beautiful the stars would be sitting outside your tent. I gently dragged my tired husband up our long drive last night so we could get a better look at the stars - so bright and very beautiful. The night air was gorgeous..
I am not a healer but send love and positive thoughts to Curtis.

[Caren]

Happy healing Conk :) generally takes a few days for the swelling to ease; then the pain will settle down.
The apparition sounds interesting - we had one too. A positive experience for us.
Congratulations on your new puppy.. is that three doggies now?
Mmm.. I am thinking about your pasta cooking.. sounds delicious!

[conk]

Happy healing Conk :) generally takes a few days for the swelling to ease; then the pain will settle down.
The apparition sounds interesting - we had one too. A positive experience for us.
Congratulations on your new puppy.. is that three doggies now?
Mmm.. I am thinking about your pasta cooking.. sounds delicious!
This one makes four. Gasp! Fortunately, the women of the house are fanatical housekeepers. The dogs are all small and don't shed much. Funny too, how the dogs will stop suddenly, as if frozen in time, and stare down the hallway. The entities are moving around, as the sun is going down. I tell the older daughter she's lucky we aren't fundamentalisit christians or we'd have her staked in the back yard. She's attuned to the mysteries. The clams are good, not like diner rubber band soup.

[Caren]

I am laughing at your post Conk - the rubber band clams and staking your daughter in the back yard! haha
You reminded me of my own little dog 'Ellie' whom did that very thing night before last. She stopped suddenly and stared straight down the hall.. there was no reason for it that I 'could see'. I smiled - pretty sure that would be our late uncle.. happens now and then. He was very close to us and passed unexpectedly. Interesting this came up as I have been reminded of him three times today - synchronicity :)

[ulli]

Great dreams guys, and what a nice tent Modwiz has. And I'm going to ask my angel to take me on a flying dream where I can raid Junebug's pantry and visit Pickle in NW England and go dancing with Ernie and get some healing session from Modwiz, have coffee with Sierra in San Francisco, hang out with Rahkyt and get to play with PurpleLama's nine cats. The next night I want to meet Astrid and spend all night yapping astro with her. While I'm down under I'm also going to fly over to NZ and say hi to Carmen and another friend who lives near Auckland but havent seen since 1983 though kept in touch all these years. Flying dreams are so much more eco friendly than AA jet planes. And not to forget Rocky who vanished from the forum and who is busy on a San Diego beach holding California steady. And LisaB who is going to take me over to Dave Edmund's recording studio for a memory lane walk. Quite a travel schedule. Can I bring Kitty?

I insist you bring Kitty (aka Spinsty)! I might even kidnap Kitty ... (just cause I need her to hold California steady ...) (You believe me, right?) (Aw rats, Ulli doesn't believe me ...)

It is 10:05 am here, I don't have my hearing aids on, but I can hear traffic. Only the Juncos and Common House Finches have shown up. Still waiting for the Titmousies, Nuthatches and Chickadees to come for the walnuts and sunflower seeds. The sunlight is hitting the wisteria and redwood tree now, who have decided to entangle themselves in each other. I drink my coffee and wait for more birdies.

For all the aches and pains out there, I give my intent to heal :) Carmody, enough with the bricks for a day or so!

Modwiz, your tent is gorgeous. :) And with Return of the King? Too cool! :dirol:

Whales and dolphins surfing the land and sea and air, oh how multidimensional is that!

Dancing in my dreams to come ... with Choochoo Bear

Golly gosh, what I'd give to smell wisteria just one more time....there was a huge plant outside my childhood window and I used to drink in the perfume every summer.
Although they have something similar here in Costa Rica it has no fragrance.
Coffee flowers smell nice but nothing like a wisteria.
I wonder what Choochoo Bear and Spinsty would make of your birdies...

[Marianne]

In the cool of the evening ... the windows are open and the air smells wonderful like warm earth and dewey vegetation ... chirpy bug noises of some sort, crickets I guess? I imagine Modwiz gets to enjoy this every night from his HP-like tent palace.

I got a hair cut this evening with a new stylist, and she did a nice job. I love it.

Ulli and all, please do stop by my kitchen/pantry ANYTIME. :) I promise not to push too many vegetables on anybody. We might even find some ice cream in the freezer...

My friend found her crimson yarn for knitting a hat. I'm not inspired to knit anything right now...still too much in my head... tai chi appeals...and listening to Aretha Franklin...and just pondering my life.

What's everyone doing for entertainment/relaxation lately?

PS: Ulli, I love wisteria too. Remember the outdoor scene from Stepford Wives, the book club meeting? There was an overhead trellis with wisteria running all over it, so beautiful. I intend to have something like that outside the walk-out basement door with a little patio and seating.

[Caren]

Hi Junebug,
I love Aretha Franklin, she is one of the 'greats'.
I spent most of today helping my daughter make table decorations for her best friend's wedding. We had fun putting things together but ate too many of the cherry flavored jelly beans!
She left to help decorate the wedding cake - her friend's hobby and soon to be business.
Just now able to relax.. but am distracted by Ellie (little dog) snoring in her bed nearby. Otherwise all is quiet and cozy. Good night everyone.

[Marianne]

Hi Junebug,
I love Aretha Franklin, she is one of the 'greats'.
I spent most of today helping my daughter make table decorations for her best friend's wedding. We had fun putting things together but ate too many of the cherry flavored jelly beans!
She left to help decorate the wedding cake - her friend's hobby and soon to be business.
Just now able to relax.. but am distracted by Ellie (little dog) snoring in her bed nearby. Otherwise all is quiet and cozy. Good night everyone.

How fun to work on wedding decorations with your daughter, especially with jelly beans to eat. :)
Lots of creative energy in decorating cakes...my daughter-in-law does that too -- she uses fondant 'icing' to cover the cake, and they turn out gorgeous. She made one in the shape of a blue Volkswagen Golf for my son's BD, really cute.
I miss having a snoring dog in the room!
Good night Caren... sweet dreams!

[Marianne]

Here's a little Aretha now ...
KtBbyglq37E

[Marianne]

Up too early, sleep cycle is a bit off. I hear the wind outside ... stepped out to the porch ... trees are blowing around but no rain.

I need to do some meditation to help me see things clearly ... I think I can do it now because I really need to. Does anyone have a really simple suggestion? As I recall, it's just getting the body quiet and still, and letting thoughts slip away as they come up, acknowledge and let go. Is that basically it? Never been real good at it, but going to approach it with renewed enthusiasm.

Love to all
Junebug

[pickle]

10:30
JB is up much too early, get back to :sleep: !!!!

Meditation: If this doesn't get you too distracted.... I think of the happiest moments in life, then give thanks for them... kinda gets me in the right frame of mind to begin.

[Marianne]

10:30
JB is up much too early, get back to :sleep: !!!!

Oh John, if only ...
I will pay later, I know.
Thanks.
:luv:

---
Thanks for the meditation advice... I will try that, it sounds very nice.

[pickle]

10:45
hehe, my mental image of you right now.... :ranger:

Have a great day JB!

[Marianne]

10:45
hehe, my mental image of you right now.... :ranger:

Have a great day JB!

Hahaha! Make the cup of coffee a glass of water and the PC a laptop, and you got it!
Thanks for the giggle,

[ulli]

Up too early, sleep cycle is a bit off. I hear the wind outside ... stepped out to the porch ... trees are blowing around but no rain.

I need to do some meditation to help me see things clearly ... I think I can do it now because I really need to. Does anyone have a really simple suggestion? As I recall, it's just getting the body quiet and still, and letting thoughts slip away as they come up, acknowledge and let go. Is that basically it? Never been real good at it, but going to approach it with renewed enthusiasm.

Love to all
Junebug


Its done best without enhusiasm, without attitude, only awareness of what is. No strain.
Just notice stuff you would normally ignore, mundane stuff.
Notice physical sensations, but make no judgement.
Still dark here, just after five am. Kitten is so much better and enjoying every minute of its recovery.

[Marianne]

Thanks Ulli. Be here now ... imagine that. :)

I'm glad to hear Kitten is better. I was thinking about her.

I hope you are better too.

[PurpleLama]

I have made a video for you guys. Introducing the "shrine" that is my place. I would have introduced kitties as well, but then you could see the mess, and lotusblossom would not approve. Maybe we will have kitties on the next one. :)

_xnLSqCoZOM

[Marianne]

PL, can't wait to get home and see it!

[PurpleLama]

Kitties and family and newly remodeled kitchen, and me, too, are all in other videos in my channel, it occurs to me. So here we are in our redneck glory. :D It's not terribly exciting stuff. I post stuff for family that lives back home, until now.

[Caren]

Thank you for the music vid Junebug - very nice way to start the day :hug:
Aretha is a beautiful lady - I have always loved her voice.
Feeling happy - it's Friday .. favorite day of the week!
Blessings to all and your loved ones.. as well as
kitties, snoring dogs, birdies .. :)

[ulli]

@PurpleLama:
When I try to open your video it says "failed to render the file"
Any idea if the problem is at your end, or mine?

[PurpleLama]

I went back to youtube and watched it from there and it worked. This is outside my area of expertise. Perhaps is some kind soul were to come along and embed that would work for you, or if you went to youtube purplelama23 and tried from there? I am very sad that you can't see it! May the gods of the internets smile upon us so it will work for you soon!

[Ernie Nemeth]

Sorry to go off topic.
Love and Gratitude was banned. I do not know her or the issues, but I like her posts that I've read. What's going on?
And that brings me to my reason for posting here.
I've asked Bill, twice now, to be my friend. PMed him on a few occasions, left messages on his board too. But I get no reply.
I've tried to ignore it and put it down to the fact that we share a birthday and pisces often avoid each other. But no ackowledgement at all?
Then I thought that maybe you need to have contributed to a certain level before he will engage you.
I really love this site. It has given me a voice when before I had none. But I am reaching my limit. I do not like being ignored!
It brings out the fighter in me. And the runner. My need to be heard and my desire to be where I am wanted are now in balance.
Soon, I'm going to tip - and I know to which side I will fall on this issue. I have not published my works for this very reason.
There, I said it. Let come what may.
Maybe this is what Bill wanted by his treatment of me. So be it.
Sorry, Ulli, for posting this here. But of all places on this forum, this is where I feel the most appreciated and loved.
My need to be heard has been satiated, I can live with being just a guest to read others' posts. There are only a few I care much about anyway. This one, Wade's, and Illie's. Maybe a few others...
We'll see where this goes...

[Jake]

Sorry to go off topic.
Love and Gratitude was banned. I do not know her or the issues, but I like her posts that I've read. What's going on?
And that brings me to my reason for posting here.
I've asked Bill, twice now, to be my friend. PMed him on a few occasions, left messages on his board too. But I get no reply.
I've tried to ignore it and put it down to the fact that we share a birthday and pisces often avoid each other. But no ackowledgement at all?
Then I thought that maybe you need to have contributed to a certain level before he will engage you.
I really love this site. It has given me a voice when before I had none. But I am reaching my limit. I do not like being ignored!
It brings out the fighter in me. And the runner. My need to be heard and my desire to be where I am wanted are now in balance.
Soon, I'm going to tip - and I know to which side I will fall on this issue. I have not published my works for this very reason.
There, I said it. Let come what may.
Maybe this is what Bill wanted by his treatment of me. So be it.
Sorry, Ulli, for posting this here. But of all places on this forum, this is where I feel the most appreciated and loved.
My need to be heard has been satiated, I can live with being just a guest to read others' posts. There are only a few I care much about anyway. This one, Wade's, and Illie's. Maybe a few others...
We'll see where this goes...

Hello Ernie. Please do not read into Bills responding or not responding to friend requests or PMs. Bill is vvvveeeeeerrrrryyyyy Busy. I am sure that you can imagine. He can also be quite unpredictable. Do not assume that you are being ignored. Bills love for this forum and the folks here is unbound.


I have not published my works for this very reason.

Please do not base your decision to publish your work on wether or not you feel Bill is ignoring you. Stand in your power and let your light shine. You have my full attention. What are your works? This forum is about exploring and discovering. Please do not hesitate to publish your findings. Avalon is not about the withholding of information,,, on the contrary,,, we would all love to hear more!!! Now that you have brought it up,,, Please tell me more!! :) (Maybe start a new thread, though) There was a point in time where I felt the same way that you do. You are a player in this game too, Ernie. Do not wait for Bill to give your input. Best regards, Jake.

[pickle]

.............Stand in your power and let your light shine. You have my full attention. What are your works? This forum is about exploring and discovering. Please do not hesitate to publish your findings. Avalon is not about the withholding of information,,, on the contrary,,, we would all love to hear more!!! Now that you have brought it up,,, Please tell me more!! :) (Maybe start a new thread, though) There was a point in time where I felt the same way that you do. You are a player in this game too, Ernie. Do not wait for Bill to give your input. Best regards, Jake.

Seconded.

You're a good guy Ernie, I want to say "May the force be with you", but I know it already is ;-)


Peace, Love and Light,

Pickle

[Marianne]

Hi Ernie,

I don't think Bill is ignoring you -- I expect he is just overwhelmed with data and input from loads of places. I doubt he responds to many of the messages left for him, because so much is asked of him that he doesn't have the time to leisurely sit down and check all his messages and PMs. Then more come in, and soon it's a pile too big to tackle.

I'm glad you feel loved and appreciated, because it's true that you are. Bill's approval or glance your way isn't necessary... you are in the best of places already! It's good that you got it out of your system. I hope you will just let it lie there! :)

All love,
Marianne

[Ernie Nemeth]

Let's not take this thread off topic. But this is how I feel today because I keep seeing good people being banned and I just wonder if I am on that list.

My publishing or not has nothing at all to with Bill. Or this forum. Publishing is not posting or starting a thread. I have given out my work to those that have asked. I'm okay with that and my descicion not to publish is a very old one (years). It was merely meant to imply that I do not share with those that do not deserve it or cannot appreciate it. If Bill does not want me here, so be it. And yes I can appreciate how busy he is. He is a very special individual. Enough said.

I'm off to work.

Blessings to all!

[Lisab]

Wow Aretha thanks Junebug. Purplelama, thats the most amazing alter Ive ever seen. I bet your crystals are really happy. My friend bought me back a lovely little statue of Ganesh recently from Sri Lanka.

Hey Ernie Im a Pisces too and Id never ignore you my friend. Dont it take personally with Bill Ive read a few posters saying that he doesnt very often reply. He's constantly flying off round the world and interviewing people and trying to discern the next whistleblower etc and also the Awake and Aware show must have kept him busy too, even though I know its Kerrys gig. You know, what us pisces are sometimes like, a little over-sensitive perhaps (well I know I can be!) so I do understand. Hope your jobs going well. Take care Lisa xxx

[PurpleLama]

to ernie, and to jake, you rock ****ing steady, IMHO.

never let anything getcha down!

¤=[Post Update]=¤

oh, and thanks, lisa!

[pickle]

6:20pm, bored, home-alone-in-the-office.

Lisab, Ernie.... and Pickle makes threeeeee!
Pisces that is.
At least I think so, I could be a cuspy person. For the 'Stars' I read Aquarius and Pisces, then choose the nicest one, life's great ;-)

<Thinks... when you're born on a cusp do you get splinters in yer botty?>

[Marianne]

Three Pisces all in the same place?? Oh my. :)
I love it!

Pickle, why are you still at work at 6:20 PM? That should be illegal or something.

[Caren]

Since you are bored Pickle - I will tell you what just happened as I am sitting on the sofa reading this thread - a little Chick-A-Dee flew into our partially open front window and dropped to the floor behind the sofa. I was afraid to go and look as he hit fairly hard. I got up and went over - sure enough the dear little thing was lying on the floor, not moving. I was hoping for the best and called my son to come over from the dining room table where he was studying. I asked him to gently pick the little bird up as I went to open the back door to our partially enclosed deck. We set him down in the shade - safe and out of sight (Clematis shrub) .. and waited. After 10minutes or so he put his head up - we were so happy!
Then another couple of minutes and off he went Hooray! It is a good day :)

[conk]

What's happening, right now? Almost 3:00 pm, time to leave work for the weekend. Yes, I get off at 3. I get here at 6, so....(sticks chocolate covered tongue out in jest). Anticipating college football tomorrow and taking the kid to music lessons. "You played that piece quite nicely, now just think how good it would be IF ONLY YOU'D PRACTICE!!!"

Now, where did I put that banana? Dang, the peanut butter is almost gone. My co-workers have been sneaking into my cabinet. Time to bring in the scary, fake snake. (insert evil laughter).

Ernie, your imagination is running wild. You're not being slighted at all. Worry about the bunch of us that are glad you're here and not so much about the one guy you imagine isn't. ;)

[ThePythonicCow]

Perhaps is some kind soul were to come along and embed that would work for you,
Kind youtube embedding person has embedded your youtube video a few posts back (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?30405-Here-and-Now...What-s-Happening&p=321849&viewfull=1#post321849) :) :cow: :)

[pickle]

7:20, home alone at last! :couch2:


Three Pisces all in the same place?? Oh my. :)
I love it!
Pickle, why are you still at work at 6:20 PM? That should be illegal or something.
Wh...wha...whattttt!!! You're one too JB?
Harumph.
Common as muck those Pisces, glad I'm an Aquarian. Today. Arf.

Late in the office because most of my clients are in the USA (so big time diff) - just been speaking with a great guy in California - felt really buzzed up afterwards, I find US clients far more lively than their Brit counterpart-business-people... they have a real zest for what they do compared to the average UK director.

:biggrin:




Caren wrote:
Since you are bored Pickle - I will tell you what just happened as I am sitting on the sofa reading this thread - a little Chick-A-Dee flew into our partially open front window and dropped to the floor behind the sofa. I was afraid to go and look as he hit fairly hard. I got up and went over - sure enough the dear little thing was lying on the floor, not moving. I was hoping for the best and called my son to come over from the dining room table where he was studying. I asked him to gently pick the little bird up as I went to open the back door to our partially enclosed deck. We set him down in the shade - safe and out of sight (Clematis shrub) .. and waited. After 10minutes or so he put his head up - we were so happy!
Then another couple of minutes and off he went Hooray! It is a good day
Hi Caren, thanks for that, a lovely story - reminds me of a recent one..... (long story cut shortish).....

....My Mum had a Robin in her back garden about 3 months ago, it had somehow been injured because it hopped everywhere but wouldn't fly, so Mum tried to entice it over for some food.... over the space of a few days it went from coming within 10 feet away to hopping within inches of her foot whilst she put food down for it. This went on for over week, then sadly it disappeared. Mum was really upset so I told her she should be proud she did her best for a fellow spirit and one day she will be thanked by that spirit. She called me 'bananas', hey ho! :hippie:


@Conk HA! Rub it in why dontcha :mmph:
As soon as I read your post I thought of the 'Luxury' sketch from Monty Python - watching it now >>>> enjoy (if the link works!)

http://youtu.be/Xe1a1wHxTyo
Edit: Meh, didn't work, you'll need to click on it ;-)


Have a great morning/afternoon/evening everyone, wherever you are :fish2:

Pickle

[ulli]

I have made a video for you guys. Introducing the "shrine" that is my place. I would have introduced kitties as well, but then you could see the mess, and lotusblossom would not approve. Maybe we will have kitties on the next one. :)

_xnLSqCoZOM

Thank you for showing your shrine PurpleLama. NICE!!!
It feels like I have just journeyed into the interior of my own skull....
what with my religious quests...
Most of those objects are in there, too, albeit not in 3D shapes.

I will do a version of my own here one of these days as I have some objects
Meanwhile awaiting the kitten video.

[ulli]

Let's not take this thread off topic. But this is how I feel today because I keep seeing good people being banned and I just wonder if I am on that list.

My publishing or not has nothing at all to with Bill. Or this forum. Publishing is not posting or starting a thread. I have given out my work to those that have asked. I'm okay with that and my descicion not to publish is a very old one (years). It was merely meant to imply that I do not share with those that do not deserve it or cannot appreciate it. If Bill does not want me here, so be it. And yes I can appreciate how busy he is. He is a very special individual. Enough said.

I'm off to work.

Blessings to all!

Ernie, if it's any consolation to you...I also wrote Bill a couple of times, before I canceled my plans to go to Ecuador.
I felt I needed a bit of personal encouragement; setting out by myself on such a trip was rather daunting.
I never received a reply either. I'm ok now with that.
Bill probably feels that if he connects with one he has to connect with all.
I don't blame him.

I had this fear that I was going to feel

[Marianne]

No no Pickle -- I'm not a Pisces!! Sorry if I gave that impression -- I was talking about the three of you, Ernie, Lisa, and you!

Remember, I'm the buzzy Gemini?? Junebug as in June birthday. :) haha

Glad you finally got home.

I just got back from late lunch at miso house, with sushi ... I didn't do the raw fish though.

But I got to chat with my friend from work who has a new boyfriend, and it's so much fun to see how besotted she is. Nice to have that sunshiney feeling around. :)

xxx

and here ya go, vid embedded:
Xe1a1wHxTyo

[PurpleLama]

Perhaps is some kind soul were to come along and embed that would work for you,
Kind youtube embedding person has embedded your youtube video a few posts back ("") :) :cow: :)


My gratitude knows no bounds. Thanks, Paul!

[Marianne]

PL, just watched your video -- you have a beautiful altar! Love all the gorgeous gems and the gods and goddesses. And hearing your southern accent! You sound a bit like my youngest brother.
Thanks for sharing your place with us.
:cool:

Junebug

[ulli]

Kitty has a snake, only about 7 inches long, is now playing with it.
I'm not yet trained to pick up snakes.
I did manage to get a Hummingbird out of a cat's mouth once. Caught it with a towel and it flew out of the window and sat on a telephone wire looking back at our house. I could hear it's thoughts clearly in my head: "I'm not going back there again!"

Looking at the thanks I can tell we have formed a forum clique here.
We are open to new members, of course. We are not an exclusive club.
Membership is free, except for Bill Ryan-- he can't get in. Banned for life!!

[Marianne]

We are a wide-open clique!
(except for what Ulli said about Bill being banned)
:wave: :wave: :wave: :wave:

[PurpleLama]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You tickled my funny bone hardcore by banning Bill from this thread! I love Bill but I have to admit that was the funniest **** I've seen all week!

Just for that I am making the kitty video starting right now!

[ulli]

We are a wide-open clique!
(except for what Ulli said about Bill being banned)
:wave: :wave: :wave: :wave:

I was thinking of Groucho Marx who said "I wouldn't wanna be a member of a club that would have mee as a member...."

but also, imagine everyone...if Bill posted here just a couple of times...this lovely little thread would die
simply from the burn-out that his momentary presence would bring...:drama: :drama:

[Omni connexae!]

London,

It's 3:45 am.

Night is old.

Dusk is waiting.

I'm drunk.

She's pretty drunk too.

I feel like the relentless voice of harmony, amongst the calm sound of still dissonance.

..but she doesn't care,

therefore I don't care.

Such is life.

[Ernie Nemeth]

Funny, Bill banned for life! Thanks Ulli.

But being Pisces, I would not want that really. I think he's great. I don't need him as another notch in my belt. To each his own. But I agree that this thread would screetch to a halt with his presence. Looked through the smilies looking for a "roll out the red carpet" one but alas.... (wish I knew how to create those things)

Omni, this is for you:

yfcnoIkBdjc

[ulli]

Dawn is upon us, no traffic noises yet, only the river and someone snoring. Any louder and he'll suffer my elbow treatment.
Thinking of being alone again soon, a six week stint in the Caribbean. Seeing my grandchildren and family makes it all worthwhile. I have my own place there as my son's house is too small.
We tried it once, but actually, it was I who opted to get a place of my own. I need my space. Once I have that I can manage relationships much better.
How many divorces happened because of a shared bathroom.

[araucaria]

I don’t know if Bill’s presence would be a death knell for this thread, His Heads up thread has gone off into unexpected places since his early posts. I want to know why he isn’t being given a second chance! Mods please reverse this decision ASAP.

Postcard from France.

the spiders have been laying long-distance single strands like telephone wires. They may have invented the Web but they don’t seem to have caught up with wireless communication. What are these lines for? Remote control? Big Brother is watching you even when you think you are alone.

The birds are happier since the cat moved into the country (so is the cat: mice galore!). A robin was in the house yesterday, not pursued therefore by said absentee feline. After hovering at maximum altitude it dived down demanding an exit by the one (French) window that wasn’t open. If this is how the world works, then there is hope for many panickers yet.

My ten-foot palm tree has been playing at human statues for days, most unusual – apparently there is not a breath of wind countrywide. It enjoys being by the sea with regular breezes to set its big fans quivering for extra sunshine. We couldn’t get away this year, seemingly somewhere nice has come to us. Too many people have been bringing home so much sunshine, hence more temperate climates – anthropogenic global warming as a positive happening.

Then my self-illuminating solar lights came on as dusk fell. One was slightly off vertical and came on thirty seconds before the others. It’s a fine balance between taking in light and giving it off. And its radiating all the way out into space, arriving at Sirius in 2020!

[ulli]

I don’t know if Bill’s presence would be a death knell for this thread, His Heads up thread has gone off into unexpected places since his early posts. I want to know why he isn’t being given a second chance! Mods please reverse this decision ASAP.



Ok, ok, let's keep the Mods out of this.
As thread owner I can reverse the decision, and am inclined to do so, just for you.
Because you sent a beautiful post card from France.

Can't guarantee that Bill won't regret it, though.

[araucaria]

I think I should have put a smiley in there somewhere, sorry. :o :confused: :rolleyes: :drama:

[starsha]

I just had to share this somewhere, so i figured this thread was the place for it

;) :spit: ;)

[Guest]

Hi from SoCal,

Thunderstorms are coming in. Getting dinner ready. Also noticing for the past 2 weeks a light green fluorescent hue to the air.... don't know what it is?

Also been noticing large military convoys going out of the city..... 4 large 1 small that's 5 in 2 week.

enjoy the rest of your weekend

Nora

we are all related

[ulli]

My nose feels like ice. Also my hands. Feet are wrapped in socks and am now in bed under triple blanket, at 7 pm, determined to kick this virus in the butt. It came on really strong, first with nausea, after worrying about a friend who had been incommunicado for days, then with shivers. Friend showed up at last, with broken phone line and no Internet, so all is well. But I was already fearing the worst and it made me sick, which shows yet again the power of fear. Now doing slow deep breaths to send oxygen to inner defenses restoring inner equilibrium.
All is well, within and without.

[Marianne]

Ulli, fell better soon. We need PL here to send you a healing invocation or spell or something. I might try, but his carry such oomph.

I am watching the pilot episode of 'The Vicar of Dibley' -- love Brit coms. My lovely English daughter-in-law explained some of it to me awhile back ... it's even funnier when you understand it. :)

Nora, I remember a greenish cast to the light when there was a total eclipse of the sun, many years ago. I don't recall seeing it again in other eclipses. It was an eerie look.
I hope you and yours are staying well and happy.

[markoid]

I had breakfast at my favourite cafe this morning with a friend who has contracted Alzheimer's. He was a terravadin monk for about 9 yrs so I assume he got fairly adept at meditation and I asked him if he found it easier or harder to meditate now. He said he thought it was maybe a little easier without such a tenacious 1 track mind.... win! He is in good spirits and seems mostly able to let go of the various obstacles that he comes across in day to day life with a goodly amount of humour.
On another note, when I left home this morning I turned on my mobile phone and noticed it was very low on charge... only 1 red warning bar left... put it in my pocket and pulled it out about half an hour later and saw that I now had 3 bars of charge! Woohoo, I have become a phone charger :cell:

Ulli, wishing you a speedy return to robust good health!

[ulli]

I had breakfast at my favourite cafe this morning with a friend who has contracted Alzheimer's. He was a terravadin monk for about 9 yrs so I assume he got fairly adept at meditation and I asked him if he found it easier or harder to meditate now. He said he thought it was maybe a little easier without such a tenacious 1 track mind.... win! He is in good spirits and seems mostly able to let go of the various obstacles that he comes across in day to day life with a goodly amount of humour.
On another note, when I left home this morning I turned on my mobile phone and noticed it was very low on charge... only 1 red warning bar left... put it in my pocket and pulled it out about half an hour later and saw that I now had 3 bars of charge! Woohoo, I have become a phone charger :cell:

Ulli, wishing you a speedy return to robust good health!

Thanks, Markoid. Feeling better already.
I do believe the deep breathing helped.
Your post needs to be copied to Wade Fraziers thread on Free Energy.
I can tell that the "Free Energy Now" signatures are beginning to work.

Now onto healing Alzheimers: what would be a good signature to help with that issue?

[markoid]

Thanks, Markoid. Feeling better already.
I do believe the deep breathing helped.
Your post needs to be copied to Wade Fraziers thread on Free Energy.
I can tell that the "Free Energy Now" signatures are beginning to work.

Now onto healing Alzheimers: what would be a good signature to help with that issue?

Glad to hear your on the mend Ulli. Deep breathing is highly underrated imo
Alzheimer's certainly seems to be a curly one. The only thing I have been able to find to suggest to my friend is coconut oil, which seems to have some merit, though possibly more for prevention than cure.

[Ernie Nemeth]

I reserve the right to post here from time to time, so I won't ask Bill for my money back. hehe

Stay well.

Love,
Ernie

[Marianne]

Glad to hear your on the mend Ulli. Deep breathing is highly underrated imo

Mark, sorry to hear about your friend. If I find anything, I'll let you know.

Deep breathing ... remembering a novel called 'The Fifth Sacred Thing,' sort of a new paradigm sci-fi, where food and water were scarce, and they practiced deep breathing to supplement nutrition, and even instead of eating when they had no food.
I guess you have to get used to it, to prevent getting dizzy?

[araucaria]

We are a wide-open clique!
(except for what Ulli said about Bill being banned)
:wave: :wave: :wave: :wave:

I was thinking of Groucho Marx who said "I wouldn't wanna be a member of a club that would have mee as a member...."

but also, imagine everyone...if Bill posted here just a couple of times...this lovely little thread would die
simply from the burn-out that his momentary presence would bring...:drama: :drama:

Happy birthday groucho marx - and gandhi too I believe

[araucaria]

I was reading this morning someone who was regretting the anti-Jewish tone of some posts on this forum. I agree with that sentiment. Just list all the people who figure in that category, like the Marx brothers, musicians, artists, whatever, and all they have done for humanity, and you will realize that the part is never equatable to the whole. What a better place to hide for those with evil intent than among this highly gifted ‘race’.

[pickle]

2:20pm:
Watching my son play rugby this morning, people saying 'hi' and not meaning a word of the facial expression they present to each other... it hit me like a brick, I've felt like a bit of a misfit in 'social gatherings', but now I'm happy I am.:p

Hey Ulli, hope you're on the mend and that you have a great time with your family - be safe and well ;-)

Peace,

Pickle

[ulli]

I was reading this morning someone who was regretting the anti-Jewish tone of some posts on this forum. I agree with that sentiment. Just list all the people who figure in that category, like the Marx brothers, musicians, artists, whatever, and all they have done for humanity, and you will realize that the part is never equatable to the whole. What a better place to hide for those with evil intent than among this highly gifted ‘race’.

Very true. And that discernment you are showing here is not easy for everyone, unless they really look deeply into these issues. I left Germany to live overseas at age 18. Only to be reminded by everyone I met that I was a German which I was ashamed of. I did everything I could to hide my German origins, and while in London managed to conceal my accent...could speak like the Hooray Henrys as well as Cockneys, I put quite a lot of effort into it. My accent is now coming back, though, and I'm ok with that.
But I always knew deep down that I had no national identification; I was from elsewhere, more like a homeless Gypsy, or wandering Jew.

As I stated before, my home is Avalon and since being here it is the first time in my life that I have a feeling of belonging. And I can tell some of our Jewish members feel the same way. They deserve to be made to feel at home here.

The process L&G went through to educate herself on Zionism apparently blinded her to make the distinction between being anti-semitic and anti-zionist. Perhaps also being a hypnotherapist has something to do with that. She became somewhat hypnotized herself.
Whatever we expose ourselves to mentally will always leave a profound effect, which is why I am now very careful what intellectual pursuits I engage in.

Being German meant also that in LA, NY and London I was not only befriended by many Jews, but was showered by them with incredible hospitality and kindness.
I visited Israel twice, and can testify that it is more secular than most people realize. I felt very comfortable with everyone I met there.

So when someone expresses anti-jewish sentiments there is only one thought that comes to my mind, and although a cliche it is actually not a cliche in my case: "some of my best friends are Jews".
Which even includes my Catholic Bahai husband, whose mothers family stem from converted Italian Jews.

[ghostrider]

mt dew is my good coffe wake up beverage of choice, in my pc chair checking todays info of ET stuff, wifey napping on the sofa , all is quiet and peaceful, LMN playing the same mind control fear based program, strange calmness fills the air. the shadows of trees waving through the window and the sun is waking up greeting the day.

[ulli]

Hubby is up on a ladder getting a huge palm leaf that fell onto our roof while Kitty is circling my ankles.
Sun was up for only two hours now it's cloudy and not even 10 am.
And I so wanted to go hiking in the rain forest while hubby wants to go to the local Walmart.
Yes, we now have Wal-mart in Costa Rica.
Is it the beginning of the end?

[eaglespirit]

...just got finished playing 'chimney sweep'...all cleaned out for the coming season here at the ranch in NC hills.
Gonna head up to the teepee and relax and connect a bit...feeling 'high' as a kite in a very spiritual way : )

[ulli]

Steady warm rain, neither drizzling nor pouring. It's as if one can hear every individual drop.
Been cleaning today, and throwing away stuff.
In the process came across old diaries, and randomly opened a page, and lo and behold,
right on that moment I was mentioning earlier today, about deprogramming.
(In another thread..."what the hell is going on here?", by The One)
I had attended an Insight meeting, which was hosted by Bernard Levin and Adrianna Huffington
who at that time still had her Greek name which I can't spell.
Anyway, to me that was the Mother of all Synchronicities, I could not believe my eyes...

[Guest]

Noticing the thunder clouds coming in again today. Threads on Avalon seem to be a bit too heavy for me today except Ulli's I Love This thread and Junebug's Tea thread. Perhaps I need to go over to the lighterside....

Any way it is a beautiful day

Nora

we are all related

[Marianne]

Noticing the thunder clouds coming in again today. Threads on Avalon seem to be a bit too heavy for me today except Ulli's I Love This thread and Junebug's Tea thread. Perhaps I need to go over to the lighterside....

Any way it is a beautiful day

Nora

we are all related

hi Nora, I agree about the heavy threads ... just keep tiptoeing around them and land on the light ones! We can play leapfrog amongst the threads to find the ones that feed our spirits. Thank you - I'm glad you like the tea thread! I have my herb books out, and my notes to post some more tea recipes. Does anybody have any requests?

I am noticing the light fading now ... that can contribue to feeling a bit under. For me, days like this take a little adjustment. Have done some energy work on myself and did a short juice fast yesterday and today.

I am watching a movie on TV -- Robin Williams and Holly Hunter, love them both, in The Big White... set in Alaska. What is there about the characters and state of Alaska that captures the imagination? The 90's sitcom Northern Exposure was so funny and interesting. Thayer just came in to eat dinner with me... just leftover potato broccoli soup and bread tonight. I'm prob just having fruit anyway, not very hungry today.

Ulli, you have amazing synchronicities. Did your hubby finish his roof work?

I'm glad to see our clique is expanding!

[randles]

Whats happening ??...a rather nice milkshake with Strawberry and Papaya !! :)

[Lisab]

Noticing the thunder clouds coming in again today. Threads on Avalon seem to be a bit too heavy for me today except Ulli's I Love This thread and Junebug's Tea thread. Perhaps I need to go over to the lighterside....

Any way it is a beautiful day

Nora

we are all related

hi Nora, I agree about the heavy threads ... just keep tiptoeing around them and land on the light ones! We can play leapfrog amongst the threads to find the ones that feed our spirits. Thank you - I'm glad you like the tea thread! I have my herb books out, and my notes to post some more tea recipes. Does anybody have any requests?

I am noticing the light fading now ... that can contribue to feeling a bit under. For me, days like this take a little adjustment. Have done some energy work on myself and did a short juice fast yesterday and today.

I am watching a movie on TV -- Robin Williams and Holly Hunter, love them both, in The Big White... set in Alaska. What is there about the characters and state of Alaska that captures the imagination? The 90's sitcom Northern Exposure was so funny and interesting. Thayer just came in to eat dinner with me... just leftover potato broccoli soup and bread tonight. I'm prob just having fruit anyway, not very hungry today.

Ulli, you have amazing synchronicities. Did your hubby finish his roof work?

I'm glad to see our clique is expanding!

Oh my God Junebug guess what dvd's Ive just ordered from Amazon? Yep Northern Exposure! Series 1 to 3 at the moment. I used to watch it in the 90's too. One of faves. I just love the quirky characters and it makes me feel all warm and cosy inside. Ive been watching them on Sunday afternoons when Im usually on my own. I used to want to move to Alaska because of this programme (Im such a dreamer!). Even the soundtrack is great.

More synchronicity xxx Il have to get the film you mentioned now! Cant wait.

[Marianne]

That film The Big White wasn't quite as good as it seemed at first. Maybe becos Thayer and I were chatting, I lost the thread. So maybe preview it on Rotten Tomatoes before buying it to see if you like it. :

Lisa, you got Northern Exposure! Love the synchonicity! I was thinking of getting the series too but haven't yet. Nice to have cozy shows tucked away, waiting for you.

[astrid]

doing a scan read to catch up with the essence of whats been happening
since i have been offline a lot more of late.

The L&G issue, ( blessings if you are reading this), is curious to me.

I don't understand separation of any variety, i had to work from the opposite end of the scale,
and try and learn to behave as a separate being, to survive in 3D land,
now i'm getting why i had so much trouble here.

The problem with researching is so much of it is still based in the old paradigm, so its still
them vs us in flavor, essence.

I don't see the physical body, but first feel the essence of the spirit.

Alot of my dreams and visions of late have been around this issue too.

I had a dream where i had no head.
I was functioning perfectly fine, i could see, hear and speak .
People around me were freaking out,
telling me to put my head back on-i could put it on and off at will.

The mind chatter was gone, i was just pure awareness, it was total bliss.

In another vision, very fleeting, i was sitting in my van, waiting for a friend.
I had this sense of watching myself being myself.
My awareness was outside my body.
And all my fears and insecurities, self doubts were gone.
I was sort of amazed at myself, how strong i looked and felt from the outside looking in.
Just goes to show you that the mind plays many tricks on us.

The seeking that so many of us do here, (me included)
is not actually necessary to find the real internal truth.

We are already perfect.
We are already one.
There is no separation that's the big comic joke.

[Sierra]

It is gently raining, no wind. The humming bird is here, feeding as he and his partner have been doing all day. I hear my husband splashing in the bathtub down the hall lol. Finishing my mocha coffee, do I want another one?

Female humming bird is here now, drinking from all the spigots. Nuthatch startled her but nuthatch left instead ;)

Buddha is wet, my mind is slow. Want PL's video of kitties :)

No one in the garden now ... just rain drops plopping in the bird baths.

[ulli]

I am just reading these last few posts and am filled with loving feelings for you all.
Everyone of you is so precious.

It is nearly dark outside, the rain has stopped, and the glass door next to me is closed
as the evening air is quite chilly.
I ought to get up now and turn on the outside lights. Have a think about what to cook for dinner. Close curtains and windows.
Hubby will be home around 6:30, 45 minutes from now.

[Rocky_Shorz]

runs by Modwiz's tent... Hey Dude, keep grinning!!!

[astrid]

I have to wave my magic wand.

Dinner party tonight for three,
house is a mess, no idea what im going to cook yet.
Friends are leaving the state to go to a brand new house,
new beginnings.

Warm weather would be nice.. been harsh here this year,
well by Aussie standards.

still in Pjs, 10.59.
time for a double expresso to speed things up.

builders renovating house next door,
getting me back motivated to start my next project.

Things are starting to move again for me,
hibernation time is done,
time to come out of the hobit hole, lol

[ulli]

runs by Modwiz's tent... Hey Dude, keep grinning!!!

YAY!!! Rocky is back!!! Let's party!

[Caren]

Hey astrid,
just read your post where you dreamed of being headless.. a couple of weeks ago I had a dream in which my son came into the room - he looked his normal self but had no head! I stared at him and then reached my hand out and touched him on his shoulder.. that's when I realized he was a ghost. I reassured his younger brother whom was standing beside me that all was fine - and I remember not having any concern at all that my eldest son was now a ghost or in spirit form and no longer a human being. When I woke up I wasn't sure what to make of such an odd dream.
Hello Rocky - nice to have you back :)

[eaglespirit]

Sharing a post of mine from elsewhere today because it seems fitting in this wonderful thread in this 'now' moment before I lay me down to sleep...good night All You Love Beings : )

The "Unraveling" IS Going 'Turbo'!!!
Each of Us ARE the Energy of Change Each Moment in Front of Us Now!
Responsible Unconditional Wisdom Laced Love!!!

[astrid]

collective dreaming, cool.

Not long now peoples.....

[astrid]

trying to catch a field mouse that i saw in the house the other day,
before tonights dinner party.

Have Fawlty towers playing over in my head,
maybe i should let the mouse be,
might make for a memorable evening, lol

K_q4S7lZeik

[astrid]

okies... dinner in the oven, guests 15 mins away,

a little stressed, its been ages since i have hosted a party,

I should be fine after a few drinks.

[pickle]

9:30am.
At work :typing:, struggling to concentrate, work feels like :ballchain:

Thanks to a good friend had first experience with Reiki over the last couple of days, have a funny feeling life won't be the same from now on :hippie:


Hehe, just noticed the Fawlty Towers vid, thanks Astrid!

Peace, love and light to you all,

Pickle

[Marianne]

Here and now it's still unseasonably cold in Alabama, but will get to 80 by afternoon. Lovely day on the way.

Did some star gazing last night. Breathtakingly clear sky, twinkly bright dots, sore neck after awhile.

My astrology report says I'm in for some big changes in the next year ... let me go buckle my seat belt.

[astrid]

Okies.. dinner party went well.

Right on cue during coffee and dessert the mouse made an appearance.

Ran across kitchen floor, lol.

[ViralSpiral]

http://www.4smileys.com/smileys/sign-smileys/hello.gif


I am new here ;)
Looks like a great place
Kind, You-tube embedding kinda people
With dawgs and kittties
And mice....
etc

I didn't think I would enjoy your journalling so much, but I DOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
In order avoid any future ban-ment, I have forwarded you, Ulli, 5 million unmarked Zimbabwe dollahs in a brown paper bag.



My job also feels like a http://i717.photobucket.com/albums/ww173/prestonjjrtr/Smileys/1sm462smiliewheel.gif
Wished I lived in a http://i717.photobucket.com/albums/ww173/prestonjjrtr/Smileys/smilie_744.gif a la Modwiz style
Could use a http://i717.photobucket.com/albums/ww173/prestonjjrtr/Smileys/1lg125hottub.gif right now

Instead, I have yet another report to do for share-holders who probably wont even read it.

Thank you all, for this joyful sanctuary!



p.s. Ulli, write a book. I'd buy it!

[astrid]

Welcome Viral, pull up a seat, coffee is on, or would you prefer tea?

[ViralSpiral]

Chai tea latte, thanks :)

Your mouse-capade made me laugh out reeeeally LOUD
The neighbours know I'm bonkers, so all's well

[pickle]

1:15pm
:hungry: Lunch. Managed to watch Astrid's Fawlty Towers vid (above), snortified my keyboard. Office gather round my pc to watch, between the laughs dispute starts on the sign outside the hotel.... how many times they changed the name >>>>

"Fawty Toer"
"Warty Towels"
"Fawlty Tower"
"Watery Fowls"
"Flay Otters"
"Fatty Owls"
"Flowery Twats"
"Farty Towels"

.... giggling people looking for more names, this could affect afternoon productivity, but it's a happy office :dance3:


And Howdy VS, welome to the asylum hehehe

[PurpleLama]

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The circle expandeth. *joy*

I have no idea if my video will imbed, or not, but I tried. Best to try to keep gods of the internets happy, especially the bovine ones.

Nonetheless, brand new kitteh vid, enjoy! *jedi mind trick* "you do not see the mess on the floor, you see the floor is clean" *jedi mind trick*

¤=[Post Update]=¤

Holy Smokes, IT WORKED!!!

[PurpleLama]

As all can see, Astrid's mouse is very fortunate not to live at my house.

[Lisab]

Caught the bus to town today to buy a present for little ones birthday on Thursday. He'll be six. Its drizzley here in Wales now but still warm. I love taking the bus. I live by the coast so its a lovely,scenic,peaceful ride.

My eldest rang me from London where he's working a week on and a week off. Him and his girlfriend will have been together 1 year tomorrow. He's missing her bless him.

Love your avatar Viral-Spiral and welcome to the thread. Its like the chill out room in here!!!

[Marianne]

Its like the chill out room in here!!!

Or Lisa, maybe we're all in time-out here. :hehe:

Your son missing his girlfriend -- bless his heart. Hope your little guy has a wonderful birthday. :note:

Pickle, I have a set of Fawlty Towers DVD's. I so wish they made more than the one season. They still make me fall off my chair.

[Sierra]

Oh My Purple Lama! Nine little darlings! Thank you! I watched it twice, gonna watch it again now :becky: (I'm in love with Lama ...) (and in love with curly white paws at the end, did you say Fishtail?)

And your floor is spotless!!!

¤=[Post Update]=¤


Okies.. dinner party went well.

Right on cue during coffee and dessert the mouse made an appearance.

Ran across kitchen floor, lol.

<falling over laughing> One time my husband and I were staying at a bed and breakfast barn at a small coast side farming community. There was a mouse staying there with us, and one night, we were just in hysterics watching this mouse try to drag a large cracker into a tiny mouse hole ...

[PurpleLama]

to recount, the names are:

Calliope
Rama and Sita
Hanuman, Vishnu, Lakshmi and Ayonih
Wild Thing
and last but foremost in her own opinion is Ishtar (not fishtail, but she will undoubtedly think that is hilarious!)

[Sierra]

to recount, the names are:

Calliope
Rama and Sita
Hanuman, Vishnu, Lakshmi and Ayonih
Wild Thing
and last but foremost in her own opinion is Ishtar (not fishtail, but she will undoubtedly think that is hilarious!)

Oh dear, I am so deaf! Rama! Ishtar! Please apologize to Ishtar for me ... :)

[PurpleLama]

It may very well be my poor diction, rather than your poor hearing, dear Sierra.

[Mark]

Sitting in an empty house, except for me and the baby. Left the hospital yesterday. He`s precious and perfect. Thank you to all who sent out energy and prayers, they worked amazingly, all of the pre-birth issues that were problematic miraculously disappeared and the birthing process was without issue. That morning, the 30th, there was an amazing red sky sunrise ... an hour into labor, Sira was having difficulties when the fire alarm went off in the entire hospital. They sounded like Tibetan Singing Bowls. She went into a trance meditation state until the medication kicked in. When the boy was born, they placed a security bracelet on him and it went off through the entire hospital, announcing his arrival. We stayed in the hospital for 4 days as he had a bit of jaundice, and upon leaving, as the nurse removed his bracelet, it went off again, announcing his departure. It`s funny that we never heard that alarm any other time while we were there, although many babies were born, arrived and left during those four days ... hmmm ... Mother and child are well ...

To all who have sought energy, prayers for sickness, sending energetic resonance frequencies to manifest your highest potentialities now. Wonderful tents, cats and dreams, it`s nice to bask in the caring energy of those spiritual denizens of the Avalonian Project once more ...

[PurpleLama]

Rahkyt, congratulations good man! There is nothing like coming home with a new one!

[Marianne]

Rahkyt, most heartfelt congratulations! What a delight to have a baby in the house. Many blessings to all.

Love,
Junebug

ps: That's amazing about the bells. :)


Fatty Owls, Flowery Twats

Pickle, those are my favorites

[pickle]

.............They sounded like Tibetan Singing Bowls........
I love it, a special person makes an announcement! Hearty congratulations to you and Mrs Rahkyt, I hope there's nothing but happiness ahead for all of you :)

A little something for you, the first music our wee one ever heard... if ever music was a slow release of empowerment this is it! (imho), enjoy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5maW-BTJ2LE

.... and when you're up late changing nappies and telling stories, watch the film, it's a classic of 'hope', I hope!


Love light and peace for your family,

Pickle

[pickle]

Junebug wrote: Pickle, those are my favorites
I just noticed this - from a a couple of hours of not-so-goodness this eve, I've just laughed my socks off about a dear friend a gazillion miles away that's ok with the word 'flowers' (OK, I lied, it was the other word actiually!). Boy, I needed that school boy-humour moment...

JB, you're a star!

Pickle

[Sierra]

Oh Rahkyt! A baby boy! And Sira is doing well! You must be just humming with happiness. :becky:

(Local Hero is one of my all time favorite movies ...)

Sierra :wave:

[markoid]

Big congratulations to you and your wife Rahkyt. Cool hospital stories :)

[pickle]

If this thread was a village, I would be home.

[ulli]

Did I miss something or did I miss something?
The moment I leave the house I miss all the action.
I was wondering where you had been, Rahkyt.
So you have a little Libra, like my first grandson.
Four planets in Libra, no less.
Congratulations, and a big hug to the new mum.
I'm very glad it all went well.

[astrid]

For sures Pickle.

Well done on the new baby Rahkyt

Such exciting news to wake up too!!

I'm waking up slowly here, slightly hung over.

Turns out there will be a final chapter to this story,
we decided last night just to have coffee and chocolates for dessert,
rather than my famous chocolate self sauce pudding.

They have requested to come back on Thursday before they leave the state,
for breakfast, with my new hens eggs, followed by pudding..

Chocolate cake for breakfast?
Why not.....

( if anyone is not familiar with this famous sketch, its a MUST watch)

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[astrid]

Oh yes.. the mouse gets a happy ending also.

I caught it in one of those live catch traps,
so i can relocate it to a new mouse abode.

Lots of fields around here, so i'm sure it will be happy.

[Marianne]

Astrid, ROFL!!! Been years since I saw Bill Cosby's Choc Cake skit. hahahahhahahahaha!

I make a self-sauce chocolate cake too -- got the recipe off the Pillsbury flour package many moons ago.

Pickle, this thread IS a village you know ... come sit down and rest yourself. :)

[Guest]

I started the first fire in my wood burning stove this season. It's is cold and rainy here in SoCal -first storm of the season.

I make a delicious german chocolate cake -I love the coconut and the pecans and I also make chocolate brownies with chocolate sauce.
Maybe I'll get started with cooking and baking some cold weather food this weekend.

I like to come to the village when the threads on PA get a bit too heavy for me.

Have a grreat evening

Nora

we are all related

[Marianne]

Hi Nora! You must be cozy with your wood fire. Your chocolate goodies sound delish-i-ous. I can see I'll have to make that self-sauce chocolate cake now, just too much talk about gooey chcolatey goodness here.

Ulli needs to give our village a name. Or not. :)

Enjoy your lovely rain. Good night!

Junebug

[ulli]

The Village... what a FINE name!
Doesn't need anything fancier than that.
Unless you want to call it the Chocolate Village.
But even then, it won't be long and it too will be abreviated to "THE VILLAGE".
I'll be dreaming of chocolate cake tonight, no doubt.

With chantilly and sour cherries inside and on top. Black Forest Gateau.
Also called Schwarzwaelder Kirsch Torte.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ccXEgHWER28/RuSnd5Ep0SI/AAAAAAAAAu4/9eNgMs_jSn8/s400/IMG_2897.jpg

[PurpleLama]

Let us pray ferverently to the bovine deities of the internets to hear our OP, and also to make this thread a sticky.

*Please*

(if it's ok with ulli)

[ulli]

That's quite ok with me, although I don't really understand what "sticky" means.
Whatever you want, PurpleLama.

How are the kitties doing, btw??
Taking of cakes and cats.
Have you seen these two playing patty cake?

KvxCv_yrcCY

[PurpleLama]

One kitty, Rama, is currently sprawled across me, and looked up at the screen and started purring as I started to type this, and another, Calliope, is next to my head. It's kind of chilly tonight so most of them are surrounding the space heater in the bedroom. Winter is their favorite time because lotusblossom is very cold natured and they love the space heater. It's a micathermic heater that doesn't dry out the air like most do.

Sticky is when a thread becomes permanently placed at the top of the page.

[PurpleLama]

If this thread was a village, I would be home.

*hugs pickle*

¤=[Post Update]=¤

Ishtar says astrid's mouse can stay at our house, anytime and Wild Thing agrees.

I told Ishtar that someone thought I said her name was fishtail, but she just said "Where?!"

[astrid]

i can see my mouse friend running for cover at the sound of " kitty"

My big poodles arent that interested in chasing mice,

Ozzie here is such a couch potato, slept though the dinner party,

only waking up afterwards , hopeful of left overs.

Hes so adorable, i took at pic of him sleeping....

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[ulli]

Lovely dog, lovely sofa, too. What a great picture.

Can't wait now to see a picture of Rahkyt's baby. Of course it is up to him.
Those bells and whistles which accompanied the birth are a good sign.
All babies born at this time will be peace makers due to these current Libra energies.

[norman]

Lovely dog, lovely sofa, too. What a great picture.

Can't wait now to see a picture of Rahkyt's baby. Of course it is up to him.
Those bells and whistles which accompanied the birth are a good sign.
All babies born at this time will be peace makers due to these current Libra energies.

I never want you to stop being so religiously sure of yourself.

I love being around such surety.

Without your bright hope and trust my dirt is dark.

[ulli]

Lovely dog, lovely sofa, too. What a great picture.

Can't wait now to see a picture of Rahkyt's baby. Of course it is up to him.
Those bells and whistles which accompanied the birth are a good sign.
All babies born at this time will be peace makers due to these current Libra energies.

I never want you to stop being so religiously sure of yourself.

I love being around such surety.

Without your bright hope and trust my dirt is dark.

Unfortunately I do lose hope and trust, too.
At those times even my lit lamps look dark.
At those times I also don't post, knowing that there is already enough cynicism out there,
without me adding anything further.
So I do fall into crevasses of doubt, like everyone else.
Astrology has taught me a lot about where thoughts come from,
and I can predict those moments and arm myself ahead of time.
Instead I seek out positive people, good books, or music, and Youtube.
And also my own memory bank, the things I have learnt during my roller coaster life.
My phases of studying darkness, especially MK Ultra stuff and black magic, showed me
the correlation between where focus is aimed and the subsequent events that follow in one's life.
There is no doubt in my mind that positive focus produces positive results, and therefore always needs to be dominant...
but without naivete, or giving up the need to be informed.
Counting one's blessings produces surprises even during the grim periods.
This too shall pass....

[norman]

Lovely dog, lovely sofa, too. What a great picture.

Can't wait now to see a picture of Rahkyt's baby. Of course it is up to him.
Those bells and whistles which accompanied the birth are a good sign.
All babies born at this time will be peace makers due to these current Libra energies.

ulli

I never want you to stop being so religiously sure of yourself.

I love being around such surety.

Without your bright hope and trust my dirt is dark.

Unfortunately I do lose hope and trust, too.
At those times even my lit lamps look dark.
At those times I also don't post, knowing that there is already enough cynicism out there,
without me adding anything further.
So I do fall into crevasses of doubt, like everyone else.
Astrology has taught me a lot about where thoughts come from,
and I can predict those moments and arm myself ahead of time.
Instead I seek out positive people, good books, or music, and Youtube.
And also my own memory bank, the things I have learnt during my roller coaster life.
My phases of studying darkness, especially MK Ultra stuff and black magic, showed me
the correlation between where focus is aimed and the subsequent events that follow in one's life.
There is no doubt in my mind that positive focus produces positive results, and therefore always needs to be dominant...
but without naivete, or giving up the need to be informed.
Counting one's blessings produces surprises even during the grim periods.
This too shall pass....


ulli, I love you. Don't ever disappear.

oh ****, forum friendship, I forgot.

[astrid]

Yeah, Ozzie loves his Chaise,

I love it, it still has its original leather.
When i bought it, it was missing a leg, no one wanted it,
It was a bargain,
1880s Aussie cedar, my favorite timber to work with.

It was a pleasure to restore,
I Sold most of my best pieces when i sold and moved 6 months ago,
but that was one that got to stay for a bit longer.

When i restore furniture, i like to live with and enjoy each piece for a while,
before i move it on to its next owner.

[ThePythonicCow]

Let us pray ferverently to the bovine deities of the internets to hear our OP, and also to make this thread a sticky.


Ok - sticky this thread is - good idea - thanks PurpleLama.

[ViralSpiral]

Astrology has taught me a lot about where thoughts come from,


Just this morning I was pondering this... is my thought local? Was reading Bright Garlicks thread and got "itchy" enough to post. Sometimes I just cant help myself, and wonder who that is?


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Congrats on the lil 'un Rahkyt!!

[astrid]

there is SO much HOPE

WE are no longer alone on this quest,

this is HUGE peoples........

OwWInp75ua0


http://www.occupytogether.org/

[Marianne]

For PL and Astrid:
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6226/6213433495_702ac0d286_m.jpg

Astrid, there's Ozzie! He looks cozy ... I'll bet that's 'his' lounge, isn't it? Love his little pillow; I can see he does too.

Ulli, perhaps we need to serve Black Forest Gateau at the door when people come in. Want me to cut some slices? :hungry:

[astrid]

Yes , its very much his lounge,
expensive dog bed i know, but oh well,
they are my fur family so they deserve it.
It funny how he always insists on having a pillow for his head, lol.

Okies... so i have my guests again for breakfast,
i have to decide whether to make choc dessert tonight, or in the morning.
Maybe tonight is better, then i just have to do poached eggs for breaky in the morning.

I'm tied, but it makes more sense.
Time for a double expresso!

[PurpleLama]

, perhaps we need to serve Black Forest Gateau at the door when people come in. Want me to cut some slices? :hungry:

HEY! Make sure you save a piece for Paul! Did you see? We are now a permanent fixture on the forum!

[Marianne]

, perhaps we need to serve Black Forest Gateau at the door when people come in. Want me to cut some slices? :hungry:

HEY! Make sure you save a piece for Paul! Did you see? We are now a permanent fixture on the forum!

We are stickied now! 'Celebrate' :dance:

Paul, come get your plate of cake!! Many thanks.

Junebug

[ulli]

Let us pray ferverently to the bovine deities of the internets to hear our OP, and also to make this thread a sticky.


Ok - sticky this thread is - good idea - thanks PurpleLama.

Thanks, Paul.
This thread has somehow taken on a life of it's own.
It's out of my control but I LOVE it.
Great.

Just don't call me Dr. Frankenstein.

[PurpleLama]

It's out of your control, maybe, but then again maybe you are like one of the Tao de Ching's Sages or Kings (Queen!) that are peaceful and harmonious in themselves therefore assuring the peace and harmony of the whole kingdom.

I mean, look at this thread, twenty four pages and going strong and I don't think we have hade one flamer, or one angry word for that matter. How often does that happen? This is a place where moderators can come *and not have to moderate (except for the occasional video imbed)*.

[PurpleLama]

I anticipate new people coming in now that we have achieved sticky status. I volunteer for coffee detail, and it sounds like Junebug is manning the cake table. I put my Aint Ruthie's pineapple upside down cakes over there and one of her sour cream cocunut cakes over there. I also have some Kaluah and Irish Cream for the coffee, on request.

This party is coming into it's own, for sure!

Thanks again (Queen) ulli!

---Edit---

The coffee is Jamaican Blue Mountain, btw.

[ulli]

Astrology has taught me a lot about where thoughts come from,


Just this morning I was pondering this... is my thought local? Was reading Bright Garlicks thread and got "itchy" enough to post. Sometimes I just cant help myself, and wonder who that is?


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Congrats on the lil 'un Rahkyt!!

I love that new avator of yours, ViralSpiral.
I meant to comment on it earlier.
It took me a while to figure it out.
That was your passport picture when you were still a Zebra?


You just gave me the idea/thought to reverse the dictum: " Think globally, act locally"

Here is the Wikipedia definition:

"Think globally, act locally" urges people to consider the health of the entire planet
and to take action in their own communities and cities.
Long before governments began enforcing environmental laws,
individuals were coming together to protect habitats and the organisms that live within them.
These efforts are referred to as grassroots efforts.
They occur on a local level and are primarily run by volunteers and helpers."While this is very true, and hopefully the Arab Spring and Wall Street Autumn (I just coined that one...It's mine, all mine!!)
are a sign of more people living by that pretext, I think that to do the reverse could be fun, too.
As soon as I see an idea going viral, I move on to the next idea.
My motto is "Bored now, Bye!!!"
By thinking about the innermost and immediate HERE & NOW reality we discover
the we ARE the universe, and that in turns opens doors to the outer world, and for global action.
And thus our action can become even galactic in scope.

Just think, how writing a few lines can trigger inspiration for new creative impulses and fresh action all around the globe.
Never mind the action is then performed by others, at their local level.
It is all connected anyway.
So in a way, it works either way.
This is to me what is important- seeing the connection between thought and action.
And how that in turn leaps from one person to the next.

When this is properly understood it can then free one from procrastination.

[eaglespirit]

You just gave me the idea/thought to reverse the dictum: " Think globally, act locally"

Here is the Wikipedia definition:

"Think globally, act locally" urges people to consider the health of the entire planet
and to take action in their own communities and cities.
Long before governments began enforcing environmental laws,
individuals were coming together to protect habitats and the organisms that live within them.
These efforts are referred to as grassroots efforts.
They occur on a local level and are primarily run by volunteers and helpers."While this is very true, and hopefully the Arab Spring and Wall Street Autumn (I just coined that one...It's mine, all mine!!)
are a sign of more people living by that pretext, I think that to do the reverse could be fun, too.
As soon as I see an idea going viral, I move on to the next idea.
My motto is "Bored now, Bye!!!"
By thinking about the innermost and immediate HERE & NOW reality we discover
the we ARE the universe, and that in turns opens doors to the outer world, and for global action.
And thus our action can become even galactic in scope.

Just think, how writing a few lines can trigger inspiration for new creative impulses and fresh action all around the globe.
Never mind the action is then performed by others, at their local level.
It is all connected anyway.
So in a way, it works either way.
This is to me what is important- seeing the connection between thought and action.
And how that in turn leaps from one person to the next.

When this is properly understood it can then free one from procrastination.

And So It IS !!! : ) : ) : )

[ulli]

I anticipate new people coming in now that we have achieved sticky status. I volunteer for coffee detail, and it sounds like Junebug is manning the cake table. I put my Aint Ruthie's pineapple upside down cakes over there and one of her sour cream cocunut cakes over there. I also have some Kaluah and Irish Cream for the coffee, on request.

This party is coming into it's own, for sure!

Thanks again (Queen) ulli!

---Edit---

The coffee is Jamaican Blue Mountain, btw.

Sorry, PurpleLama.
Taking back the reigns here.
The coffee is from Costa Rica.

[PurpleLama]

Costa Rican coffee it is!

I am just so damn happy today, there just ain't no 'splaining it! Lotsa whoosh whoosh in the meditations today. I sincerely hope everyone can feel the love (I'm using it to spike the coffee, as every good barrista should).

[Caren]

Hi everyone and Congratulations on achieving 'sticky status' - thank you Paul, ulli and all fellow villagers.
I think there should be a toast.. I bet pickle can think of something fitting? ..and funny!
PurpleLama your "aint Ruthie's pineapple upside down cake" and especially her sour cream coconut cake sound divine.. :hungry: I must confess my mouth has been watering ever since I saw the pic of ulli's chocolate, cherry cake Yum! Oh the calories - but hey.. we are celebrating!
I hope more fellow Avalonians will come have a peek at this lovely and 'love filled' thread. Junebug can serve them a piece of 'Celebration' cake and PL- a drink of their choice.. sounds wonderful! :)
My daughter is leaving today for across the country.. so this has really cheered me up.. Thanks :wub:

[Marianne]

Caren, so glad you came to the cheery thread today. Sending you sparklies of love and comfort. :wub:
Here's your cake... I gave you a little piece of each kind since you like them all. I think PL has the Costa Rican coffee ready ... smells heavenly, doesn't it?

I see Ruby L has visited us some ... Ruby, come have a piece of cake with us!

Love,
Junebug

[Ruby L.]

Hellooo, lovely people, here and now!

Thanks so much for the great vibes here. I drop by here every so often and feel so rejuvenated after.
Just like I did after the delicious slice of cake, too. Thanks very muchly, Junebug!

Here. I've also brought a little something for all of you. Thanks for a great space!


http://www.daniellesrockawayflorist.com/images/tel/035.jpg

[Mark]

Hello all, thank you for your well-wishes and congratulations, the boy's name is Jaedyn Thomas and he is doing well ... loved the videos, beautiful music and classic Cosby, congratulations one and all for achieving sticky status and for you, Ulli, your scintillating soul comforts and accompanies us all as we journey through these amazing days together. I'm not home presently, we're staying with Sira's mother for a while, and I forgot the cord to my camera, so can't dl the nice ones I took. Will upload one when I can ... the sleepless nights have arrived, the joy of witnessing the closest thing to innocence this human life allows us once more, the humbling and magnetic love akin to the very force which binds the universe as one fills me, us, and we are so thankful ...

[PurpleLama]

I have had a heck of a synchronicity that I shared here:

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?31834-I-think-people-should-focus-on-the-positive-not-anticipate-the-negative&p=325540&viewfull=1#post325540

Lots of joy, sparks flying to everyone today!

[Playdo of Ataraxas]

Here and now in my office (obviously not working) looking through the stones in my pocket: I have Jade, Labradorite, turquoise, rose quartz, amethyst, ruby, emerald, aquamarine, two small pieces of topaz, and a hunk of Black John the Conqueror. Also reading this article:

http://wakeup-world.com/2011/07/12/scientist-prove-dna-can-be-reprogrammed-by-words-frequencies/ This makes me think of Väinämöinen in the Kalevala?

OOOooooooOOOOOooooooMMMMMMmmmmmm to all!

[Lisab]

Welcome to the world little Jaedyn Thomas. I also have a little Libran Rahknyt, their amazing. Such lovely news.

And yaaaayy were a sticky.How cool is that?!! Love to you all xxxx

[Mark]

Welcome to the world little Jaedyn Thomas. I also have a little Libran Rahknyt, their amazing. Such lovely news.

LOL thank you and I'm certain your little Libran is a wondrous joy to you in your life. they surround me in my life, i'm a scorpio with an ascendant also in scorpio and a moon very close to the cusp between scorpio and libra. :) My mercury and neptune are scorpio as well. Maybe that's why the libras are so close to me ... my mother, a sister, a daughter, now a son and innumerable friends over the years. They keep my heart from exploding into flames, the intensity of my scorpionic tendencies from burning my world to cinders, again and again.

:target::flame:

[Marianne]

Playdo, that's one pocketful of gemstones. Ah, so soothing to think about them ... but tell me, what sort of stone is Black John the Conquerer? Love the picture, love your Ohhhhmmmm to everyone, and love that article about DNA being reprogrammable with words and frequencies. Ha, scientists and their tests ... nice to have for a back up, but we already knew about the power of words and frequencies, didn't we?

PL, you are swimming in the Serendipity Sea! Jane Roberts was awesome. She passed away awhile back, but her husband carries on her legacy as best he can. I believe he does artwork.

Rahkyt and Sira and little Jaedyn Thomas ... from my experience, these will be among the happiest times of your life.

Miss Ruby, such a lovely basket! Come to the Village often, bright spirit!

It was lunch out again today, a grilled shrimp caesar salad at Red Lobster with TWO chatty friends. I'm now overwhelmed and have run out of anything to say. :faint:

[Mark]

Rahkyt and Sira and little Jaedyn Thomas ... from my experience, these will be among the happiest times of your life.

Thank you Junebug! They are wonderful already, taking our relationship to the next level. To finally meet destiny in the form of a companion soul and to recognize it has been such a gift. My Sira is here (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/member.php?6878-sirayah), but doesn't really participate, I suppose since I share all the good stuff with her and she's been busy with other things. ;) Maybe if you all sent her friend requests, she would participate here in the forum herself!

[Playdo of Ataraxas]

Playdo, that's one pocketful of gemstones. Ah, so soothing to think about them ... but tell me, what sort of stone is Black John the Conquerer? Love the picture, love your Ohhhhmmmm to everyone, and love that article about DNA being reprogrammable with words and frequencies. Ha, scientists and their tests ... nice to have for a back up, but we already knew about the power of words and frequencies, didn't we?

Black John the Conqueror is a root used in hoodoo. For more details, I would request that Purple Lama explain its properties and the blessing that it was given, because he gave it to me to carry for a little while in exchange for a labradorite stone I picked up in India. All I can say is that it is some strong stuff!!! In order to get the vibe, I would suggest downloading the MP3 of Dr. John's song, "Black John the Conqueror:" "There is an old man that lives down on Decatur Street. He's got a little word of wisdom for every soul that he meets.."

http://www.rhapsody.com/#/artist/dr-john/album/the-sun-moon-and-herbs-rhinoelektra/track/black-john-the-conqueror

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Conqueror

[PurpleLama]

Playdo, in my dreams last night I gave you back your moldavite I've been carrying in my medicine pouch where john de conker usually resides.

I can't add too much to what ole low john is good for, but your wiki link probably explains it pretty well.

Dude, where did you leave your labrodorite? I haven't seen it! If you left it on the altar, I easily could have missed it.

[Marianne]

Hey Playdo,

Oh yes I know that root ... I have heard it called High John. I thought it was a stone you were talking about.

I've never used it, but do hear it gets the job done. I had a friend in NH who did hoodoo and she told me a little. Powerful stuff.

I thnk my air-iness isn't the best match for it, because I never felt a deep connection to it, the way I do with herbs and gems and essential oils. Different strokes for different folks, right?

But I did look into getting some seed to grow one of the High John plants. Never did it, but thought about it.

Thanks for the links -- I'll check them out. :)

Junebug

[PurpleLama]

I got the airiness, too, but heavy don't bother me. A very dear friend whom I would describe as a very wise and eclectic witch, she gave me that root at the behest of her own higher knowledge, she didn't explain to me. But when I researched the story of high john, low john, or black john, it was another wave of synchronicity. I feel powerfully the stories of john de conker, old man coyote, and krishna, just to name a few, so you can see how it made sense to me when she gave me that root. Equally mysteriously I was led to hand that root off to playdo last time he was down, and I will exchange it with another dressed high john root next time I see him. He is up around starkville, so a lot closer to you, junebug. I live in south MS about 90 miles up from the coast. We should organize our own avalon meeting one day. :D

[ulli]

Here is an apt description of dynamic here and now living:
masterfully juggling reverence and defiance,
shamelessness and artfulness,
apocalypse and optimism.

Found the quote on Huffpost just now and simply HAD to rip it ;)
Too cool!!!

[PurpleLama]

that *is* very cool and very similar to what I was pointing at in the above post in reference to hi john, coyote, etc. More synchronicity to top off the day!

[eaglespirit]

Welcome to the "NEW" World Comers....Enjoy the Joy : )

And at this very now moment the world population is 6,918,945,711

Annnddddddd don't Ya know....it is said in the Spiritual Circles that 7.2 Billion IS the Magic Number when Mother Earth Transmutes and Transforms and Transcends into Her Higher State of Being : ) ....and We're ALL included....Up. Up and Away!!! WoooHooooo!

[PurpleLama]

I don't know about the 7.2 billion but I feel you on the up UP and AWAY! WOOOHOOO!

[pickle]

I don't know about the 7.2 billion but I feel you on the up UP and AWAY! WOOOHOOO!
Seconded PL, life, whatever it is, is great!

Late here, so a little something for the sleepy-nighters, especially for wee Jaedyn Thomas, hope his dreams will always be, of what can be ....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCh2TNStcnc

[ThePythonicCow]

HEY! Make sure you save a piece for Paul! Did you see? We are now a permanent fixture on the forum!

We are stickied now! 'Celebrate' :dance:

Paul, come get your plate of cake!! Many thanks.

Junebug

Yummy -- with a glass of fresh milk, of course!

[Marianne]

HEY! Make sure you save a piece for Paul! Did you see? We are now a permanent fixture on the forum!
We are stickied now! 'Celebrate' :dance:
Paul, come get your plate of cake!! Many thanks.
Junebug

Yummy -- with a glass of fresh milk, of course!

Paul's here! Welcome, kind sir. Is that 1% milk, or do you take it straight up 4%? ;)

Pickle, I ADORE the Beatles' goodnight song. Thank you for it. And life sure is grand, isn't it?

I'm watching Fawlty Towers ... nuff said.