As if the most accomplished among you didn’t have their own piercing doubts, fears, and worries; didn’t have spells when they believed they were inadequate, lost, and dependent; hadn’t at times felt downhearted, discouraged, and all alone in the world.
Yet still, China, you know their names.
It’s like time and space were made for you,
The Universe
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this would be a yes, yes, y’all…
Faery Gate
I know I’m not supposed to do it, but I can’t stand it anymore. I completely understand that “no gates, bridges or other thoroughfares are to be built, opened or unblocked to allow the free transfer of beings from fae-to-terrin.”
Bollocks.
I’m building one. In the back-40 of the House-of-Chaos I’m building a fairy gate. It will open on the Summer Solstice of 2010. Just try and stop me.
In preparation, here is a list of plants to make the fae more welcome in the garden. Since this is the last week of February, and I’m convinced that Spring, in all her glory, is right around the corner…I better get crackin’ on the yard plans.
Try planting some of these faery favorites in your garden!
[ from: http://www.afaeryhunt.com/fairyfun.htm ]
- BLUEBELLS: Faeries are summoned to their midnight revels and dances by the ringing of these tiny flowers.
- FERNS: Pixie faeries are especially fond of ferns. One story tells of a young woman who accidentally sat on a fern, and instantly a faery man appeared and forced her to promise to watch over his faery son and remain in Faeryland for a year and a day. Ferns make nice soft beds for the little guys.
- FOXGLOVE: The name “foxglove” came from the words “folk’s glove.” Folks referred to little people, or faeries. One legend says that faeries gave the blossoms to foxes to wear as gloves so they would not get caught raiding the chicken coop. According to another legend, if you picked foxglove, you would offend the faeries. And if the faeries stole your baby, the juice of the foxglove would help to get it back. In some stories, foxglove appears as a faery’s hat. Foxglove can sometimes heal and sometimes hurt. It is a poisonous plant, but it is also used as medicine to treat heart disease.
- HEATHER: lights the flame of fairy passions and may open the gates between the fairy world and our own.
- MUSHROOMS: Used by faeries as tables and stools. The species Amanita is the red and white mushrooms very poisonous….
- PANSIES: These may be used in fairy love potions.
- POPPIES: These will bring faeries into your dreams.
- PRIMROSES: Primroses are one key into faeryland. There is a German legend about a little girl who found a doorway covered in flowers, and when she touched it with a primrose, the door opened up, leading into an enchanted faery castle.
- RAGWORT, CABBAGE STALKS, GRASS and STRAW: All of these were used by faeries for transportation in the same manner as a witch uses a broom.
- ROSES: The sweet smell and soft petals of roses attract faeries to your garden. A popular love spell uses roses. Sprinkle rose petals under your feet and dance on them softly while asking the Faery for a blessing on your magic
- SAFFRON CROCUS: The stamens from this fall flowering crocus constitute the herb saffron. Any food prepared with saffron is a favorite faery food. Saffron used as a dye will turn cloth a royal gold. Such cloth is very valuable to faeries.
- THYME: Wear a sprig of thyme to increase your ability to see the wee ones. Thyme may also be planted by the doors and windows of your house to invite the fairies to come inside.
- TULIPS: The faeries like to use the tulip bloom to put their babies to bed.
Some other faery favorites are rosemary, heartsease, and forgetmenots.
Cleveland, #1…Canton, #9…Akron, #12…Toledo, #15…Youngstown, #18. You know, for a list with only TWENTY entries…for ONE out of the FIFTY states to garner FIVE entries (25%) on the list….something is seriously, seriously wrong.
Forbes releases most miserable cities list
February 19, 2010 – 12:08pm
Sorry, Cleveland. Forbes doesn’t buy the “Cleveland Rocks!” motto at all. (AP)
WASHINGTON – Politicians often say Washington is broken.But if a new report from Forbes magazine is to be believed, some other cities may need fixing first.Forbes magazine is out with its third annual list of the 20 most miserable cities in America.
The list is based on factors including unemployment, sales and income tax rates, commute times, violent crime, the performance of pro sports teams, weather and public corruption.
This year’s metros of misery:
1. Cleveland, Ohio.
2. Stockton, Calif.
3. Memphis, Tenn.
4. Detroit, Mich.
5. Flint, Mich.
6. Miami, Fla.
7. St. Louis, Mo.
8. Buffalo, N.Y.
9. Canton, Ohio.
10. Chicago, Ill.
11. Modesto, Calif.
12. Akron, Ohio.
13. Kansas City, Mo.
14. Rockford, Ill.
15. Toledo, Ohio.
16. New York, N.Y.
17. Sacramento, Calif.
18. Youngstown, Ohio.
19. Gary, Ind.
20. Philadelphia, Pa.(Copyright 2010 by WTOP. All rights reserved.) more))
Sometimes, China, having more fun and being happier comes from looking for each in crazy, new places; instead of waiting for them to come from where you’ve found them before or where others are now finding them.
And I do mean crazy. Not just from the old standbys of travel, adventure, and romance, but from stretching, reaching, and growing. Accepting new responsibilities for your happiness, totally accepting others, and grasping even higher ideals. Philosophically taking yourself to places few have ever dared before.
Red hot smokin’ love,
The Universe
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them,
but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children
as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,
and He bends you with His might
that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer’s hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies,
so He loves also the bow that is stable.
A few words on perspective:
In all of time and space, China, there is no challenge, pothole, mountain, chasm, hurdle, or foe larger than you. Not even close. Although if all you use to size them up are your physical senses… good luck!
Tallyho,
The Universe
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I found this hysterical…
| Chien: Danger, This is not the right moment to act; there are difficulties and it is worth you stopping and reflecting. When something doesn’t work, do not blame someone else and look for possible causes in you. Remember you can always lean on someone you have trusted for some time. |
Water
Mountain |
Ching 39
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The more you find good in another, China, the more you’ll find good in yourself.
No matter who that “other” is.
Happy, happy Monday -
The Universe
The National Inventors Hall of Fame – STEM 5th Graders created a Native American Museum from their winter projects of studying the culture, art and history of various Native American tribes. It was awesome.
[click the photo to get a gallery of images from the event]
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Barns & Noble Montrose, OH
The National Inventors Hall of Fame® School … Center for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Learning will host a summer reading fundraiser at Barnes & Noble on Saturday, February 20.
Profits from sales will help fund required summer reading books. STEM students will be on hand to demonstrate robotics, engineering and digital literacy technology projects.
Selected chamber musical groups will also perform from 1-3 p.m. Shoppers may obtain a voucher from the school and participate in the fundraiser on Sunday, February 21. For more information or to purchase a voucher, contact Susan Hall or call 330.761.3195.
Barnes & Noble is located at 4015 Medina Road.
| Chi Chi: Completion, Finally, you have achieved what you desired. Your objective and success have been reached, At this point you must simply refine some particulars. You must maintain what you have built: everything changes and so it’ll be necessary to be careful that you don’t lose everything. |
Water
Fire |
Ching 63
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Sometimes, China, when things take longer than you thought they would, it’s just a gentle reminder from your greater self (me), that you have more time than you thought, and that there’s a journey to enjoy.
Yeah, like all the time in the world.
The Universe
You’re right, China; too much self-discipline will discourage your playful, wandering imagination. It’ll snuff out the flames of inspiration and creativity. And it’ll weigh you down with routines and logic. It simply isn’t “spiritual.”
But, then, neither is too little.
Tallyho,
The Universe
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Krewe of Chartreuse on Mardi Gras 2001
Huzzah!
| I: Increase, Make the most of this moment to grow and evolve. Now you can work on spiritual elevation and reach important goals. Remember you will grow more quickly if you help people who need you. |
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Thunder |
Ching 42
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You see that bottle that is in the Dark Lord’s hands? You see that green fluid being poured into the unsuspecting glass? That, my friends is Green Chartreuse. That, my loyal readers, is Pure. Green. Smiling. Evil.
Prepare thyself, if thou ever walks the streets of the French Quarter upon Mardi Gras day with the Krewe of Chartreuse.
Beware.
From 2007’s Mardi Gras. Photo by Stybi. http://nationofmorons.blogspot.com/
the real one…
In honor of the “Lots of Snow” we have been getting…I present, for your viewing pleasure, Dark Roasted Blends post on ‘Lots of Snow‘. Well work the click. Enjoy.
If you’ve been snowed under for some time, these pictures will help you feel better
“Have you entered the storehouses of the snow?…” (Job, 38:22) Some translations put it as “the treasures of the snow”. Well, it seems some locations get entirely too much of this good thing:
Snowed under in the most epic way (somewhere in Switzerland):
…may you stay warm and may your snow shoveler not break.
Guys. I will be watching over y’all today like a Holy Guardian Angel. I expect you to do this Mardi Gras thing right! Call me from the steps…
I love you!
Chinagrrrl
from the Akron Public Schools newsletter:
STEM School learning coach Carol Schweizer and her advisory group, The Fuzzy Bunnies, spearheaded a blood drive that netted 33 pints of blood for the American Red Cross. The drive was a service learning project for the Fuzzy Bunnies. STEM School parents who donated on behalf of their students had the students’ names entered into a drawing for free Cleveland Cavs basketball tickets. The five winners – Nicholas Lewis, Dylan Nicodemus, Sarah Nikic, Dylan Smith and Gavin Wilson – will receive pregame recognition by taking shots at the basket on the Cavs main court.
Go Coach Schweizer and her Fuzzie Bunnies, for such excellent work on the blood drive.
One by one, little by little, moment by moment, a wise man should remove his own impurities, as a simth removes his dross from silver. – Buddha…
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