A naturalist speak for the earth

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=24374

This article highlites the current and long term damage our military has done to OUR society, the planet earth and the individuals that were trained to be killers.  In this region, weekly there is a domestic violence case, often  family murder involved.  Read it, so the next time you hear a jackass say we have no money for health, education, roads, bridges, jobs, handicap, energy research, care for the elderly, you will remember this article and the companies that sponsor our war machine, their profits and their lack of paying taxes.

In the meantime, the Pentagon's budget is unquestioned!  It could be dropped by 85%!!  WE HAVE NO SECURITY PROBLEMS!

Note this article was written by a naturalist that lives in the state of Washington.

The Times are a changing

If one is to believe history, Christian doctrine change with the influence of one woman in Constantinople in the year 553.  It involves a woman named Theodora and her husband, the Emperor Justinian.  The struggle for power included political and the church and the destiny of the population under their control.  In the end, Theodora won a major change for Christianity, the doctrine of reincarnation was abolished.

 The idea of suffering in this life for some afterlife reward is very fine for those in control of a population.  It is control in the purest form.   Control either by governments or religions include power from above, not power from self choice.  If a soldier thought that for each killing he did for the glory of the state, he would have to suffer that pain himself, would he be so willing to go to war?  If a population believed that each act of kindness created a reaction of goodness who would be in control of the population?  Where would greed GO!

The jokes that are said and discussed about reincarnation seems to me made by people that have a fear of responsibility to take control of what they believe and want, in this life time.  It is easy to get a neatly packaged rule set and don't have to personally think about decisions.

Reincarnation was an accepted principle for most of the world during Theodora's time,  including India, Tibet, the Himalayas and China. Up to the sixth century even Christians were not opposite to reincarnation.  The idea that one is responsible for one's own destiny is very simple.  It is the third law of Newton's.  For every action there is an equal opposite re-action.  Or another way of saying, the golden rule or you get back what you give out. 

All humans have had the feeling of instant comfort on meeting a new person.  Is that memory?  All humans have a sense of being in a place or knowledge about what to do in a particular set of circumstances.  Is that a deep memory?

For years, I have been open to the possibility of reincarnation.  It makes sense that the people in my current life I have had an attachment to before.  My purposes and life lessons in this life, give my time meaning.  We are all on a journey to live a life of principle and learn to care for ourselves and others-golden rule.

I have many interests, so many, that it has to be, a collection of many life times that are part of me.  My love of art, gardening and cooking that is part of my soul.  My ease with children and the power of their wisdom is been known to me my whole life.   My interest in world travel is probable visiting places that give me comfort.  How could it be so random, where I have visited?  Why do certain stories of the past, I can not learn enough about?  Maybe I was there!

The time of Theodora and Justinian's were very troubling and violent but one thing remains, the Christian rule book was changed by a woman.
I think it is about to be changed back again with a new enlightenment.     

Can it be true

"""There is an old Chinese aphorism, which your articles illustrates perfectly: If you want to be happy for an hour, take a nap. If you want to be happy for a day, attend a banquet. If you want to be happy for a week, go on vacation. If you want to be happy for a month, get married. If you want to be happy for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want to be happy for a lifetime, help others."""'''''

this was on a blog about Paul Allen and Bill Gates, it is the first time the Chinese saying had no gardeners in it!

I like the one about gardening better.

the new coffee can

I believe..........before the next election and maybe this fourth quarter of this year we will have a collapse of the US Stock market, the value of the US dollar, .........the housing market is falling monthly on the west coast and in Olympia, the cost of food and goods are raising monthly,  we are enter third unpaid/unfunded war, the congress refuses to regulate banks or wall street which collapsed in '07 putting the world finances at risk, congress refuses to tax the top one percent of the wealthy in this country as their wealth expands, the slide is on and will not stop until we see the big crash. 

this was written in March 2010 but I believe it to still be true.

"""""""""""With the US dollar increasingly perceived to be walking on shakier ground, and no significant signs in sight that the US will be able to pay off its debts without radical quantitative easing (i.e., effective devaluation of the dollar); continued unemployment levels near 10% and no short-term fix in the ongoing housing slump (more foreclosures expected throughout 2010 and 2011), more Americans are beginning to look north for investment opportunities that might provide a safer haven for their money.
And Canada is probably one of the best places American investors could park their money abroad.  Canada’s federal debt is actually lower than it was ten years ago, and percentage of debt-to-GDP is the best among developed nations (Germany ranking second).  It may be largely oil money, but there’s no denying that Canada is the new Switzerland: probably the best fiscally-managed country in the developed world.


I’ll repeat a few facts that certainly almost all Canadians will be aware of  by now:
1. Several of its banks were rated the safest in the world in the midst of the financial crisis of 2008-2009.
2. None of Canada’s banks needed (or asked for) a government bailout.
3. Canadian banks are all trading at or slightly above their 52-week highs – even a month ago, before the big comeback rally started last year.
4. Fiscal health extends beyond the banking sector – right before the credit crunch and market crash, two of Canada’s provinces were completely debt-free (Alberta and Newfoundland) with a third (Saskatchewan) close behind.
5.  Canada also has a sub-prime housing market, but perhaps due to different regulations and a different culture of consumption, there was never the debilitating wave of foreclosures that hit the U.S.  Then again, there were no “NINJA” mortgages in Canada, either.""""""""""""


It is time to open a Canadian saving account.

the long slide

Seems all the noise about the government shut down is to cover the fact that we are ready to put BOOTS ON THE GROUND IN LIBYA. ,,,,,,,,,,,three unpaid for wars at one time.

just divide the country Libya in half and take the oil producing part for Europe and the gas consumers of the world,,,already!  Isn't that what a world power does?

http://www.globalresearch.ca/

We need gas at $7 a gallon, a government shut down, transportation of food to come to a halt, maybe the citizens will raise up and riot and tell those clowns in the circus tent --- the show is over.  We can't reach the golden age until we get though this free fall.

Circus Tent

I get the sense in quiet one on one conversations, there are many people have lost confidence in our government.   The problems are growing so large with no honesty or facts being used in the discussion of solutions.  We all are in the magic world of the circus.


Simple things like the national budget, that "tent of fools" refuses to address the facts about the big spender, the Pentagon. It is off limits for deep cuts.  These corporations that build our war machinery pay for their political campaign costs.  The corporations start the think tanks, the foundations, pay for the livelihood of these performers in congress.  It has reached the point that few honest people can live in or get elected for the circus tent, our national capitol.

Don't let the facts get in the way of their beliefs.  Political beliefs should get respect.


Looking at the news out of Mississippi that close to a majority of the citizens still believe that inter racial marriages are wrong and should be define by law and stopped.  The black tar of racism is very alive in a state that is defined as Christian.  The "Tea Party" has been hijacked.  This racism, this narrow view of values is used by this pink skinned and red necked population that say they believe in the new testament, believe in justice for all.   Look at their candidates for president.

Don't let the Jesus get in the way of your beliefs. Your beliefs are sacred.


Medical errors in 2008 cost $17.1 billion and one in three patients encountered medical errors in the hospital. People in the circus tent in Washington want to save our medical system from change and believe we have the best in the world.  Because these fools in the circus tent can not look at facts and compare our system to Europe, Canada or parts of Asia we suffer the results.


Don't let the facts get in the way of your beliefs or medical profits.

Finally, let's believe our truthful government about radiation!  Let's assume their honesty is based on doing the right thing to help citizens of this country understand the risks and the dangers of nuclear fall out.   Let's assume they have our interests above the profits of nuclear power profits.  Let's assume the citizen panel of creating jobs in this country is not headed up with the CEO of General Electric, the builder of many of the world's nuclear power plants, and that he is concerned about our future.  Let's assume they will advise us.


Don't let your hopes get in the way of the facts.

Plums, Potatoes and Radishes

           As long as this particular winter seems to have been, spring is even more a season of time staling and standing in place.  The temperatures are not the issue as much as too many rainy days making the ground hold all these ponds around my area. They are the reminder that the soil is probably too wet for me to get excited about planting.

            The plum tree is fully in bloom in the front yard and is getting a lot of comments from John and the grandchildren.  I have seen one humming bird near it but no Mason bees. I am going to take one of my fine watercolor brushes and see if I have the touch to pollinate fruit trees.  I understand in China they hire people on a regular bases to do the pollinating of trees.

      I have sprouted some peas, radishes and spinach in the house on a heating pad.  They has made it to the raised beds but now wait for the warmth of the sun.  Just hanging out, I could say.

        Radishes has taken over my curiosity this year, this is the climate I imagine that they would do very well.  I shop at a little store front Vietnamese grocer and am very interesting in the vegetables I have no word for. The idea that I may be missing something that I could enjoy cooking and eating has me staring at them,  week after week.  This has lead me to buy Daikon radishes this winter and I am growing comfortable throwing them in soup and on salads.  I use the computer to find ways of cooking with them.  The Kitazawa Seed Company has three pages of radishes listed and each are described as if they were, each, the lead star in a movie.  There are Chinese radish, small radishes, Japanese radishes, Korean and giant white radishes plus radishes that are grown because their leaves are tender and good flavor.  I  want to serve myself a platter of radishes this summer of sorted colors and tastes, maybe photograph it and them paint them.  Don't they serve radish tea sandwiches in parts of the world?  The fact is this climate was not made to grow tomatoes, maybe radishes are the answer!

         On Friday, the afternoon was a teaser, the sun was out and it was warm and the memories of past springs and summers made everyone rush out of buildings to experience a new season.  My grandchildren and I planted some potatoes.  These potatoes were harvested from last fall and were in the garage and had sprouted eyes.  I viewed that as losers as far as eating but organic as seed potatoes to plant.   I was very careful to plant them in clean soil but after following that rule, I broke all the rest.  I followed Carol Deppe's theory, cut a piece with an eye and put it in the ground.  No dipping in stuff, no drying out, no spacing and measuring.  Put them in the ground.  Then I covered the whole area with some leaves that were piled all winter to protect my two figs trees. (That didn't work out so well)  As the weeks go by I will be checking my potatoes to see if they grow, if they need more soil build up and I will harvest a few very early as fingerling.   My grandchildren enjoyed the project for a couple rows but there were there long enough that they now know how to plant potatoes.  I want them to know how to grow their own food