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St. Patrick's Day is Good Day to Relax and Smell the Shamrocks (Sun, March 17th, 2019)

on Sun, 03/17/2019 - 03:44

With my time in Brooklyn NY being colored in deep blue and purple hues of sadness from the Sheffield MA area, I feel grateful to have gotten through this week with a renewed sense of treasuring people and places in my life. It's not all rosy but I actually have people close to me with that name who travelled a few hours to see me and then scooted up to the hometown area to see Rip Van Winkle, a musical by Michael Berkeley at the Housatonic Valley Regional High School in Falls Village CT. I was fortunate to see one of the earlier presentations.

Lighting Candles of Love, Mercy, Forgiveness, Faith and Healing...for US All

on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 01:18

When hearing of people passing without warning, or even when anticipated, we can naturally feel like we are in a void. 'What now?!" can be a question in the back of our mind and knocking around in our heart. How can I make sense of my life or of what happened..someone's passing in our circles whether close or a bit farther out can be very disconcerting.

How to 'rebalance' and remember our grounding values and find others to relate our experiences to and see how they are faring?

Northwest Corner Chatter (the CT corner near Dutchess County NY and The Berkshires of MA) Now A Public Page, Thanks Brian Ohler for Keeping the Ball Rollin'

on Mon, 03/11/2019 - 14:09

Here's a post I put on the NWCorner Chatter page started by Brian Ohler of North Canaan CT...and enjoyed by 5K plus. Thanks for all who contribute to the bigger efforts and the everyday one too that keeps a town and area humming with positivity and pro-active responses and efforts. It's all much appreciated. All the best for a bright next part of 2019 (and a Happy St. Patrick's Day!)

Thanks for sharing the process...and monitoring of posts is not a picnic...I applaud your efforts and hope the best for the public status. I know things can get dicey. 

On my blog livfully.org which has reached

The Nitty Gritty at What's Wrong With the City (that Denies Abuse and How to Prevent It or Address It, even in CPS or Courts)

on Mon, 03/11/2019 - 12:43

Sharing more info on Livfully.org about the upcoming Battered Mothers Custody Conference in Albany NY in April 2019...This important annual national event is full of wisdom For Our Times...and All Aspects of Society. Raising the bar of insights into laws, human rights, ways to Avoid these Situations (my hope to help clarify with more thinkers online and in groups around the country...) and much more...

So Stay Tuned and Thinlk Out Loud for Safety Planning and Implementing (stay with safe people and places, be careful even in cars and on trips, around tricky people of all kinds at home, in

Green New Deal Proposal Debated in the US Senate (on television too)

on Thu, 03/07/2019 - 14:53

When wanting to tune into what is going on in the 'real world', I turned on the television. The last person who watched it had it on C-SPAN2. Lucky me, I got the latest update...but not so lucky, the Climate Change Crisis is looming large, both the concerns and lack of discussion and proposals to address climate change.

More terms that I learned in Permaculture Basics (a 72-hour program over the course of 6 weekends in High Falls, NY --about 2 hours north of NYC-- under the tutelage of Ethan Roland of Appleseed Permaculture (PC.) My project for that program introduced basic ethics of PC of

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