Imagine

This is an interesting using of your internet connectedness. Imagine the possibilities.

QiGong Videos

These are very interesting videos which explains much that I did not know about Chi or Qi in this tradition.

Ready for Coming Abundance

I don't buy all this, but combined ideas that solar energy has the potential to be very cheap energy, and that desalination could solve our water problems; is intriguing. Currently, desalination takes a lot of enregy which is the biggest problem with making it practical. I have seen an interesting plan for a passive solar desalination of water.

GAPS Video 3

Here is another GAPS video. What they are saying about autism, applies to many other conditions from asthma and allergies in general to ADHD, multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia, and much more.

Modern Epidemics

This is another of Dr Campbell McBride's videos. She catalogues a depressing list of what she calls modern epidemics all of which she links to abnormal gut flora as a result of our toxic environment and unhealthy lifestyles. These are some alarming figures, but she offers a solution. I appreciate her humble but authoritaive approach.

GAPS Diet

This short video with Natasha Campbell-McBride makes a good introduction to the GAPS Diet. That is the abbreviation for Gut and psychology syndrome. She shows in great detail, that due to our modern way of life, most of us have abnormal gut flora, and that leads to all sorts of degenatative diseases. I highly recommend her book which can be found at: www.gaps.me I have started on the diet myself and am pleased with intial results.

Navajo Squash

I am growing three kinds of winter squash in our garden. The one in the foreground is a Navajo Hubbard. The Seeds came from Native Seed Search, a local company that specializes in preserving seeds of the Southwest, especially those traditionally used by Native Americans here. I grew some Hopi squash from them years ago, and you could almost watch them grow. They spread out 40' in every direction. They like to climb, so I have added some improvised tellises here. These will give us squash the size of pumpkins, and are fun to grow. A single photo failed to show how these are spreading out, so I used Photoshop's Photomerge function to stitch together 4 photos and created this panoramic view. The program works like magic. I will be using it for landscape photos.

GAPS Interview

This is perhaps the most important health information I have ever seen. I have studied a lot in this area as I have had health challenges all my life, and also because I have a long time interest in helping others with health issues. Aside from what this promises from a personal health perspective, I see a great business opportunity here. There is only one certified GAPS practicioner in Arizona, and she is in Flagstaff. Every city and town in America and beyond should have its practicioners as well as its feremnters. They should be as common as your local butcher, or produce seller.

Ficus Bonsai

The mother of one of our former residents likes to bring by used clothing and stuff for the house. A couple of months ago, she brought me a bonsai pot. Someone had given it to her, but the tree had died. She knows I like plants, so she thought I might do better. I long wanted to try bonsai, but have never got around to it. I took this as my cue that it was time. I was able to get this ginseng ficus for $15.00 at a local nursery. They repotted it for free. Ficus is the fig tree family.

Spring Garden

These are photos of our little spring garden. In the foreground of the top picture are Navajo squash from Native Seed Search. They are a local company preserving seed of plants adapted to our desert. Years ago, I grew some Hopi squash from the same company. You could almost watch them grow. They spread out 40' in every direction. The Hubbard-like squash was so big that I couldn't cut it with a knife. I had to use a hacksaw. These ones are just getting started. The second photo shows foreground veggies grown from seeds of Landreth Seeds in Pennsylvania. They are over 200 years old and sold seed to George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. They are preserving heirloom varieties. We need to support small companies like this so that we keep a diversity of seed supplies. I don't like to see Monsanto manopolizing the industry. I have two varieties of lettuce, Swiss chard, spinach, collards and 2 kinds of winter squash in this plot. I used the PVC frame to hold bird netting over the garden. The garden is right next to our chicken pen, and the sparrows are attracted to their grain. Then they would like to get into the garden.

Ganesha Symbolism

Raven posted this on facebook.

A Musical Savant

This will amaze and move you.

Car Jacking

Kindsight

Hidden Image

Love and Life

Political Commentary

No Bad Day

Christmas Humor

Redneck Christmas Lights

Lateral

Cuckoo Clock

The other night I was invited out for a night with the 'girls.' I told my husband that I would be home by midnight, 'I promise!' Well, the hours passed and the margaritas went down way too easily. Around 3 a..m., a bit loaded, I headed for home. Just as I got in the door, the cuckoo clock in the hallway started up And cuckooed 3 times. Quickly, realizing my husband would probably wake up, I cuckooed another 9 times. I was really proud of myself for coming up with such a quick-witted solution, in order to escape a possible conflict with him. (Even when totally smashed.... 3 cuckoos plus 9 cuckoos totals = 12 cuckoos MIDNIGHT!) The next morning my husband asked me what time I got in, I told him 'MIDNIGHT'... He didn't seem pissed off in the least. Whew, I got away with that one! Then he said 'We need a new cuckoo Clock.' When I asked him why, he said, 'Well, last night our clock cuckooed three times, then said 'oh shit.' Cuckooed 4 more times, cleared its throat, cuckooed another three times, giggled, cuckooed twice more, and then tripped over the coffee table and farted.

Monsanto Against Seed Growers

This is a link to an article about a growers law suit against Monsanto. http://www.growswitch.com/blog/2011/07/270000-organic-farmers-sue-monsanto/

Temporary Construction

I am giving you a link to an article on temporary construction. It could be a solution to some of our needs today. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/19/its-time-to-rethink-temporary/

Hempcrete Construction

Hemp Constuction