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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

freedom! conservation from the workers

I wish I had the pictures!   recently, I saw a picture of a pretty large red snapper....caught by a 17 year old boy, about 30 years ago.  Next to that photo, was that boy grown up with HIS 17 year old daughter, who had caught just about the same size fish.

Now, when the stocks are depleted.....the SIZE goes down.  Didn't do that here.  Scientists often disagree.  hire them to find what you want them to.  Well, that is what has happened here.  Some folks will stand to GAIN from closing the snapper fishing - to BOTH recreational and commercial fishing. 

And this is just the start.  http://www.eastcoastfishingsection.com/  our friend is organizing fishermen here.   Fishermen who want to keep their jobs.  They deserve this.  And the fish are just fine.

Check out the site...attend a public hearing, and say YES to jobs....and NO to arbitrary, pre determined and false science. frp, 3- 7 pm./  it is your right.

  Wednesday, 11/11/09
Radisson Resort at the Port
8701 Astronaut Boulevard Cape Canaveral, Florida 32920
Phone:321/784-0000    321/784-0000

Thursday, 11/12/09
Crowne Plaza Jacksonville Riverfront
1201 Riverplace Boulevard Jacksonville, Florida 32207
Phone:904/398-8800    904/398-8800

Monday, 11/16/09 (*scheduled to begin at 6:00 pm)
Virginia Marine Resources Commission office
2600 Washington Avenue, 3rd Floor Newport News, VA 23607
Phone:757/247-2200    757/247-2200


also check out our New England fishermen, how THEY must fight for their freedom now too.

Go get up, guys!

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125780880181039741.html   and photos  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704402404574525994064983958.html

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Jolly Mon
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Saturday, November 07, 2009

reconciled by the light

a new book.....reconciled by the light;  about the unthikable.  Teen suicide.  hard to say.
 

"There is a saying - Grief shared is halved and joy shared is doubled. Your story together with Josh's has the power to heal that grief."  ~

Patricia Titus, RN, Duke University Hospital


Glad my friends could do this;  the grief work is similar to trauma work, just a bit different. 
But the healing is the same;  profound. 

We live in the spiritual world NOW ~
Now is the time to prepare for out eternal life.
let's start by listening to one another;  living for one another.
it takes skills we need to learn, and we CAN~!





My Bishop in California was Bishop Pike.  What an unconventional, joyful man he was! 

we had communion in our homes, he sang songs of the people.
He used his skills as a lawyer to defend the poor.....though in a powerful, official position.  he had enemies.  He tried to love. 
He was devasted when he lost his son, and he too communicated with his son.
 And caused even MORE controversy than his defense of the poor had been.  
He must be happy about this book, too. 




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The Bishop Pike Affair; A Documented Behind-the-Sanctuary Report on a Battle for Belief that Rages in the American Church Today
By William Stringfellow, Anthony Towne
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Father and son reunion

This is our old friend Carlos.....so many years ago he worked with us.  He and his family had just walked from Nicaraugua after the war. He had been an accountant with many he supervised.  Now, he was barely in the USA and couldn't speak a word of English.  He did well.  Very humble, worked hard.  Became a Citizen.   Now, his son is also a citizen, and has followed him here.  After so many years.  AmaZing Grace.  Thanks to God, the USA is here! 
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Cielito Lindo: Que Viva Mexico
By Various Artists
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Saturday, October 31, 2009

Winter season-stillness envelops re-birth

    Today.....a friend was feeling sorry she couldn't get up and around after  DOUBLE hip replacement;  ouch!  hipIt made me think of a time I had to just be quiet.....

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after a huge campaign, Washington Monument Rally 1976,

those of us left in DC got a special gift.  

$$$~ The debt!~   $$$

ALL what was left....and it was substantial. 

One day, our fundraising team went to picnic at a park. all crosed this ravine.....ravine EXCEPT ME!!!  I slipped, on that tiny thing, and fractured my arm......the doctor said....motionless for TWO WEEKS! 

OMG  what torture?   I just laid in the bed.   And experienced so much grace!  

Memory after memory flooded by me.....memory   Things that seemed insignificant;  things that were meaningful.....and surprise!  

CHANGES

to old memories:  additions, mutations.....experiences of deep heart. 

Good and Bad.

Now, I understand the science~ but the grace is still there!~

My point is - appreciate TODAY, it is all we have!  But to do that, is a great gift.  We have seasons, and if we use the season we have NOW.....we "graduate"  to be able to be MUCH more in the next season....

from  caterpillar  to monarch  , again and again

 

~~~~~0~~~~~0~~~~-0~~~~~

When burdened with incompletely processed trauma memory - we get "clogged up."  

But....we are made well.  We can De- clog!

watching predators, scientists learned the physical process they do.....

have you EVER seen an uncomfortable cat?catthey invented yoga  yoga cat

and they have helped us unlock secrets to re-remember;  CHANGE our trauma....and our past.....thereby change our present and future!   Our past becomes.....just another story.  Sometimes  great, sometimes sad.  But NEVER imprisoning.

Let's become the awesome wonderful co - creators with our Parents, God - as we were meant to be!

 

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar: Giant hardcover edition
By Eric Carle
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Monday, October 26, 2009

acessing grace - get in the Gulf Stream!

   The last post I did on the 12 steps to heailng mentioned realizing the pulsations in your suffering; 

actually, it is realizing seasons - within us, without us - to quote the Beatles!

things flow, pulse - have timing.   So do we.  Biorythms are very important to our performance.  When I was in school, I would play Ms Pac man (dates me, yes?)ms pac in the Marvin Center GWU prior to tests to check my bio rhythm.   I played it enough, I knew an optimum of my eye- brain- hand coordination on the game.  how I played was a guage for me on how to stratgegize that particular test taking.  

 

    When you

KNOW  the TIME and PLACE you are in,

you can do well.   Catch the wave, dude!

surf

 

"Outliers"  by Malcom Gladwell is about studying success, or those who "catch the wave"    It is useful.  There are streams in civilization, and we are created for a purpose. 

 

joy

Joy

So- how do we DO this joy? 

 we don't.  

It is a gift, that grace makes possible.

we can only make ourselves available for grace - and be ready to catch it.....like that wave,   like the gulf stream connecting us all together

gulf

Seasons.   currents.  Fight them, or find them......

next post, about some contemporary examples of these seasonal opportunities.....

Currently
Outliers: The Story of Success
By Malcolm Gladwell
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