Friday Night at The Dahl House

Tis the Season for Bread and Stew in this household.
I made zuchinni bread and whole wheat bread after work tonight.
I love the smell.

I've been making a lot of Lentil Soup, but 'Logger Stew' has been calling my name as well. So has fish bisque.

Here's to your happy homes, gardens and kitchens.

Caio,
Alli

Enthusiastic Gratitude; Regaining Heal th

Shared enthusiasm. Successful attainment of goals and dreams. Possible to rally others' support and assistance. Celebration of shared interests. Victory. Success to be shared with others who are helping you along the way. Dreams into action. Harmony. Passion. Exciting things happening in your life. Optimism and positive feelings. Party and special event planning.

PagiNation; Children of Light

Sunday meme

Chose from a book from Australia(America writ), ©1995 H. Macauley, H.O.M.E. Publishing, LLC UT,
(801)461-9030

Opened to page 35.
"Look at the life-force on this planet. Can't you see there's incredible, creative Intelligence all around you?"
She paused for a moment and then said, "There exists a Source of all intelligence, all love, and it's infinitely creative. Think of the sun as the source and the rays as the expression; you can't separate the sun from the rays. So everything you see, feel and experience around you is the expression of the Source, including yourselves. You can't separate the thought from the thinker."

Be it metaphysical or biblical, there is no question like, "where does this energy come from?" It has been a contention with me that it is so competitive and has kept me from three things. I will not say here what they are because it is not for me to say.
I do say, God bless you and keep you and may his light shine down upon you!
I have listened to many teachings and love several in whole and most in part.
Here are my three fold dedications;
The 4 Agreements~Don Miguel Ruiz is magnificent and I don't know him, but I love him. He taught me more in the last year since I received his book(it was a divine gift, another story)about myself then therapy or church has my whole life! I am not joking one bit.
Deepak Choprah's Buddha was very well written metaphysically speaking and it moved me. Lovely story compared to what I have read before. Flowed.
Adelheid Ohlig's Luna Yoga (about womanhood) Very GOOD

©Allisonians

I am a goof!!! my 'wrong' 1st Flash 55 was 155! DAng. It really was tooooo bad! Here's My 55 of the correct week, or whatever.

Tick the title for more and to join the fun!

Flash 55 is hosted by G-Man (Mr. Knowitall). Tick the title for more information. Just write a story in exactly 55 words. Using the photo for a prompt. If you want to take part pop over and let G-Man know when you’ve posted your 55. Thanks G-Man for hosting.



Here' mine! I call it Connection

Back There, My life seemed to steer itself.
Many things were illusive so I didn’t believe in myself.
Rejection connection was what I believed
Reason I say so is the Hotel CA reflection
Proof stopped by with its judge in the corner
My psyche was twisted like bourbon Dejeuner
Souvenir, my bright blonde hair

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(reunion is hearing that song again! I like it with reflection better, cause that's what I was doin'! TQ John)(was Hotel CA reunion)

Maniac Warning! Here I go again! Sorry Folks, but I get these little prompts from the powers that be from earth.care2.com. I don't always get to them,

I don't always care. I do always want to help where I can, and be as informed as I can, but I have a theory about that too. Should I go on? No? Well then, I'll just say that it is EASY to say what you stand for. It is not easy to keep up with the rig-a-ma-row though. For one thing, I am not privy to a bunch of the big industry issues, simply because I am not a Big industry, nor do I pretend to be close to it. I, personally don't want to be close to it. I live in a really industrialized area and it is a huge mess! They don't even try to 'fluph' anymore, which is okay by me. Kind of 'third world' lookin' in some spots, but call it how you see it? ya know?
So, my little letter is posted here. I probably sound looney, or immature, or ignorant, but that's how it is. My daughter said that it's better that way, and now-a-days I feel a bit concerned about their generations plights, but try to be that 'live for today' to the best we can kinda momma. anywho!!!

# 36,525:
I know we all drive cars to work and for the family, but how can we curb our own driving habits and keep our bills paid? I don't know exactly how to change these problems, but I do know that we need careful consideration where oil drilling is concerned. If we can get to a TRUE safer energy supply, that would be the best a company, government, and society could do! If we are going to keep with the oil, then we need a lot more security for our planet and all of its inhabitants! Agreed?
Some careful considerations for the people and wildlife around these drilling sights, and a whole lot of research and discloser are just the tip of the iceberg I'd like to see.
Thank you for your time sir!
Namesta,
Allisonian

So this gets mailed to our President Barack Obama along with some of what earth care wants to have said, K (?) I want to edit them sometimes and that is why I 'sometimes' don't want to write, Or I am simply not on the same page as them, but I like people who are still working on making things better, and maybe even someday, sustainable. GO TEAM Earth Care! Who among you will be number 36,526? Or let me know how you really feel, as one of my esteemed colleagues would say.
Here is the link and you can tick the title to be redirected there as well.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/751920412?z00m=19836390

P. S...
I really just want to raise oats and barley and call it a day, but I don't have much resource for that, so I dream...

©Allisonians

Revenge of the Pixels

By Ransom Riggs
@ Mental Floss

This brilliant, fun music video from France does several difficult things at the same time:
1) it perfectly captures my nostalgia for old video games
2) it makes you feel sorry for obsolete technology, and
3) it posits an end-of-world scenario few of us have ever considered: what would happen if the big, blocky pixels of the past came back and took their revenge? Watch and learn.

THNX Ransom!

TOO GOOD NOT TO SHARE! TICK THE TITLE TO REDIRECT TO THE VIDEO AND EzINE

Thursday 13~~~~~~~~~~~~~tick the title for more, and the host T13 Site!

Here’s mine
My April 2010 Wish List
1. Budget fixed
2. Government re....what, (You fill in the blank)
3. Nice living-room furniture
4. Nice (remodel) computer/office room/desk
5. Comfy desk chair
6. Desk mat/rug
7. The alpha smart (copied Adelle all the way here, Thanks Adelle for the idea`s`)
8. Deck chair table set and fire pit area re~vampt
9. Hammock with JD without the makeup!
10.Picnic Table, coffee shop style
11.Finish raised bed twig fence
12.The proper amount of sun and rain, namely more sun
13.Me, making a profit and healthy, helpful and wise (more inspiration from Adelle)

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©Allisonians

The Gap & Microfiction Monday Hosted by Stoney River

From Stoney River Susan: Microfiction means the shortest of short stories. Think Aesop's fables, comic strips, or even jokes: complete stories that can be told in under a minute. For this game, the limit is a tweetable 140 characters or fewer.
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Too Bridge


Too Bad We don't have more...
for walking,
talk,
rest,
& considering.
Wall construction these days.
Needed; bridges 4all

©Allisonians

Roald Dahl And His Curious Tales

He wrote some weird stories that in my youth I despised. I just couldn't put my finger on it, yet was intrigued.
In my young motherhood, I found his autobiographies.
It was a case of judging a book by it's cover and wondering
What made him write so?
The book I chose was Going Solo.
I haven't seen that cover for it since, but that original book I found had the front cover of a beautiful, and I mean BEAUTIFUL, man;
While on the back was a distortion not unlike
A Picasso, yet darker like Van Gogh.
Within it's pages were the truths that explained why
Roald wrote such strange stories. I will write more about it later.
My grand niece has arrived and would like it very much if we
Would go outside and have tea in the three story playhouse out back.
Thank goodness I have found the rest of our ancient tea sets.
©Allisonians
Tootles

Have a glorious day!

The Adventures of the Outrageous Dancing Budha

Tick the title to be redirected to this interesting site refered to me by v gardening.
TQ
Have a great spring!
Now it's go out and play ya' all!
TGIF

Violin and Guitar Pablo Picasso

"All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
-Pablo Picaso

Navy Poster Proppa

From Stoney River Susan: Microfiction means the shortest of short stories. Think Aesop's fables, comic strips, or even jokes: complete stories that can be told in under a minute. For this game, the limit is a tweetable 140 characters or fewer.



My Aesop Entry;

First Time, Big City! Mahattan, So Ho, The Empire State Building; focus & see! So grounded~Now this! Chose wisely to see it ‘all’ first.

©Allison

It's The Bees Knees~~~My Love of Bees and My Little Visit and Our Planetary Friends

Bees, Sun and Saturn;
March is House Searching Months for Wild Bees.

So, I think this means that if you see them look like they are wandering, they are. I think Bees are amazing. I want to do a report and start journalizing more on these. Last year we bought Mason Bee Tubes. We Built a house for them. I don't think they used it. I will research and be adding my journal enteries as such.
Mason Bees, Bumble Bees are my main study. They are really interesting and vital to our lives, as are all plants, bugs, and animals where balance is concerned.
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LKF
Bees can’t see red light, but unlike us they can make their way through the world guided by ultraviolet radiation.
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This Article is from this link
intoxicatedzodiac.com/.../

The workaholic honey bee is certainly one of saturn’s capricornian minions. pay homage to the hardest working insect of the zodiac and enjoy this classic tipple. bees are like any other capricorn… without them… the world would grind to a halt. the goat, or bee, sees to it that things happen, deadlines get met, honey gets made, savings accounts are opened, combs of honey are stored for winter, ect. so thank your fellow capricorn next time you get the chance for keeping the spokes of our big world wheel turning.

Capricorn at Pluto ( 275° 11' 2")
Pluto is the planet of deep, impersonal energies and transforming forces. In a natal chart, the aspects and position of Pluto indicate areas of life in which the subject is capable of making fundamental changes, for better or for worse.
I believe, feeling, duality, spirituality, soul growth, suffering, artistic, overly emotional, feet. Do Bees feel? Aren't we all of the planet? Do they know?~~~

don’t forget to also thank the honey bee by:
***planting a garden (yes one plant on your city rooftop does count),
***buying organic produce (and avoiding GM foods like corn, white rice, papaya. unfortunately, the only way to be sure you are avoiding GM foods is to buy organic due to the absence of government required labeling)
***minimizing your use of pesticides (rethink your lawn care and try going au natural. or practice integrated pest management)
***limiting the use of your cell phone (and all other wireless devices. FYI, these are also bad for us.)
***for the very ambitious among us, raising a hive. it’s not as hard as it sounds, and can be quite meditative.)
***taking government action: read here on how germany just outlawed several pesticides. (god forbid the US could so something as intelligent and progressive as that.)

SAVE THE BEES KNEES
2 oz organic gin
3/4 oz organic honey syrup*
1/2 oz fresh organic lemon juice

*make honey syrup by mixing equal parts hot water and honey. stir until dissolved.
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Now a little information on our planetary friends;
Thursday March 25, the Sun and Saturn will parallel - aligning at 2 degrees north of the celestial Equator.
The only time that the Sun and Saturn can make this kind of polarity at the beginning of spring is every 29+ years when Saturn is located in airy Libra.

Little Alters

Consider the word Alter,
Alter
Change
Adjust
Modify
Vary, {very weary}
Amend
Revise
Rework
Correct
{Free dictionary
Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin alterare, from Latin alter other (of two); akin to Latin alius other — more at ELSE}
Date: 14th century
Maybe some consideration of others, and revisions of thought and deed need retrospective, or introspective reflection, No?
Happy Censorship weeks!
©Allisonians

1000 Thanks to Gypsy Trader

Another of my favorite Blogs, I mention here for their guidance, insights, and amazing articles.
1000 Thanks!.

Please tick the title to be redireted to their blog.
Their post today has an amazing article with one of my favorite salads. It is made by an amazing little lady on GT's blog video there. The little lady, Clara, on this video garners from her depression experiences with much ambition, and a beautiful soulful manner to inform of her unusual boundy and outlook in such times.

Thank you again for all of your wisdom and such.

Cheer's to Mother Nature's boundy and the simple pleasure found there!

Caio!

The End Has No End by Dahlia Lithwick about her story Saving Face

On her progressive, innovative piece; audience participant; modern literary art article;
"It's Friday. I have just posted Chapter 16. My day job, covering the Supreme Court, starts Monday. By every measure, I have failed to meet my deadline. Writing a novel in three weeks = beyond my abilities. But thanks to the extraordinary team of whittlers, elves, and shoemakers on Facebook, and the hundreds of e-mailers, I have every confidence that we will get this thing finished in the coming weeks........"
Click on the title to read more...
Dahlia Lithwick's simple article about her book. Published last Oct. 2009.

Saving Face by Dahlia Lithwick On Slate Ezine

If you are looking for a quick little good read with a bit of a legal - ease - beat, a nasty divorce, and great warrior women type gone a little haywire, then this story is for you. I am not sure if warrior is the best description here, you tell me?



I didn't think I would like Saving Face and stopped reading it around ch. 13, but will finish it today. And in truth, I find myself cutting off stories I like sometimes because I don’t want them to end. Other times, because I lose interest, or become otherwise engaged. This time it was about time and priorities. At the time I was reading SF in real time along with Dahlia’s writing it. I didn’t have the extra minute. The possibility of the internet distraction traps I am constantly bailing myself out of was daunting at best. So, I simply quit. I had the, “Gotta get to work, leave my life behind, and she’s on vacation”, blues of sorts.

Dahlia was interviewed on NPR. She is a court reporter in Philadelphia and wanted to write a chapter a day. You could follow her on Facebook, Twitter, and such.

At the end of each chapter Dahlia would ask for suggestions about this and that on the development of the plot or characters and that sort of thing. It was interesting and I didn't mind the craziness of the divorce, I just wanted to make sure to say that the subject was as such. Information is key.

I did want to write in suggestions a time or two and hope Dahlia does this again, or one of you do.
If you are so inspired, I want to hear about it please. It sounds like fun and a lot of work, she did say so. Something about breathing hard~~~.
I say, 'Think of college finals EVERY day during your next vacation and I suppose that might be what it is like. Test junkies unite!'
So…..If you ever aspired to own your own black Armani, or become a national blogger treasure, and/or be a bit feministic, this story will most likely be entertaining and maybe aspiring for you. Take a look!

Oh, and Dahlia also would credit the advise she used in the text where she used one of the leads she'd gotten from her following.
It's kind of fun.
I think she's done.
with this one...
When I just looked at her article on Slate.com it said chpter 23 The End.

I am going to post a couple of her other articles. She was interesting to listen to when interviewed on NPR (National Public Radio)which was my catalyst to find and read her story. I think it was on NPR's 'Fresh Air', but am not sure. It aired sometime last August or early September 2009. You can go to www.NPR.com and search for it. I don't always find what I am looking for there only because I get distracted or run out of time or think of something else to do.
Please let me know what you think and thank you for your feedback.
Allisonian