The Third Dimension

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It’s a common comment among those of us who have been fortunate to have found a sense of, albeit unexpected, community by way of blogging. Finding kindred spirits in the spaces between the keys on our keyboards, by simply joining the conversation, one often started in the quiet of our minds, one that sometimes feels that it is just between our keyboards and fingers. We come across the words of another and find a resonance, something that feels familiar, puts words to something we have felt or experienced but haven’t yet found a way to articulate, or knew that we even could.

It is not news to say, that friendships have been formed, and bonds created, because we dare greatly, in this space. At least, I know that I do. I risk sharing from a place that often finds no other outlet.

To me, blogging is one dimensional at this…

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Idealism and Expectations: The Pragmatic Volunteer

The Green Study

Civic duty and volunteerism were concepts I embraced growing up. I sang at nursing homes when I was little, picked up litter, «adopted» grandparents in hospice care and collected canned goods. I was a Girl Scout, a Pathfinder, an earner of praise for being so good and so earnest. When I was 12, I even had tea with the state governor’s wife because of my do-gooding ways.

Lest you nominate me for sainthood, I lived a secret life inside. The people I helped weren’t always nice or clean or even grateful. I didn’t seem to be changing the world in the ways I had imagined. In my mind, I was a rescuer, a saver, a changer. I was able to raise my sense of personal value this way. It was all about me and when it didn’t proceed in the grandiose way I had envisioned, I became a little bitter.

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You listen, is what you do.

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What do you do, when you meet someone and walk away from the conversation and a little voice inside says, ‘we need to help her’?

You listen, is what you do. 

And you talk about it with someone who is willing to listen to you.

Listen to you share your feeling of being moved by another human being and their misfortune, difficulty, hardship, heartbreak.

You risk feeling vulnerable about caring so much.

You push past the feelings of uncertainty.

And, you listen to those  who encourage you to not lose the moment, to not let it pass.

And then, you do something about it. Get busy. Make something happen.

That’s what happened to me two weeks ago, and it’s one of those things that will leave an imprint on me forever. One of those moments.

Two weeks ago, I was in my neighborhood grocery store and true to form, (I…

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Ambiguity is no fun. Until it’s funny.

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Ambiguity & Idiosyncrasies

For those who love the philosophy of ambiguity, as well as the idiosyncrasies of English…

…Enjoy a little wordy nerdy witty wordplay!

• ONE TEQUILA, TWO TEQUILA, THREE TEQUILA…… FLOOR.
• ATHEISM IS A NON-PROPHET ORGANIZATION.
• IF MAN EVOLVED FROM MONKEYS AND APES, WHY DO WE STILL HAVE MONKEYS AND APES?
• I WENT TO A BOOKSTORE AND ASKED THE SALESWOMAN, «WHERE’S THE SELF- HELP SECTION?» SHE SAID IF SHE TOLD ME, IT WOULD DEFEAT THE PURPOSE.
• WHAT IF THERE WERE NO HYPOTHETICAL QUESTIONS?
• IS THERE ANOTHER WORD FOR SYNONYM?
• WHERE DO FOREST RANGERS GO TO «GET AWAY FROM IT ALL?»
• WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU SEE AN ENDANGERED ANIMAL EATING AN ENDANGERED PLANT?
• IF A PARSLEY FARMER IS SUED, CAN THEY GARNISH HIS WAGES?
• WOULD A FLY WITHOUT WINGS BE CALLED A WALK?
• WHY DO THEY LOCK GAS STATION TOILETS? ARE THEY AFRAID SOMEONE WILL BREAK-IN AND CLEAN THEM?
• IF A…

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Motherhood Measured

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A month ago, my son turned 10, and in the time since, I have been reflecting on just how much I have received in the lessons learned in these ten years; for him life and for me, a decade of Momming. Parenting. Learning. Stumbling. Loving. Questioning. Doubting. Knowing. Crying. Savoring.

I can remember looking at myself in the mirror, when pregnant, staring at that face looking back at me, and telling the woman in the mirror:  You are going to be a mom. You will have this little person who is going to need you. There will be feet running through this house soon. You are going to be a mother. YOU. YOU? You can barely keep a house plant alive, just how do you plan to do this?

Looking back, I recall all of the cliches that have been shared with me over the years. And, they…

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Gratitude with Attitude

The Green Study

I’m crawling out of a dark place to raise a hand in greeting. Hey, how’s it going? It’s Thanksgiving here in the U.S. and we Americans are preparing to do what we do best: eating and shopping. Like locusts we descend on turkeys and retail stores, driven forward by the primitive urge to acquire. See what I mean about a dark place?

I have a tendency towards depression and cynicism during this time of year. All the family issues rise like dysfunctional zombies and remind us where we’re lacking. While people constantly talk and write and proselytize about our dubious consumerism, somebody will still be trampled on Black Friday and grown women will roll about on the ground fighting over the latest electronic device. Arrests will be made.

So I really have to reach deep to import some meaning to this day that redeems it. Thanksgiving, stripped of its religiosity…

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Las plantas y los hongos alucinógenos: Reflexiones preliminares sobre su rol en la evolución humana

Here you can find some important information about some plants and their properties also the tabu that exist derivated from the incorrect use of this by the society. You can judge after check it. So let’s do it!!!

Properties of Laurel

This is a video that shows a description of the Laurel, the principal properties of thisand how to use it.

CHAMOMILE

CHAMOMILE

Matricaria recutita

It is an annual herb belonging to the daisy family.

It can grow in wastelands or crops.

Chemically consists of carbohydrates, fatty acids, vitamin C, organic acids, essential oils such as azulene, alpha-bisaboloid, chamazulene, farnesene cadideno, furfural, matricarina, matricin, sesquiterpenes and bisaboloid oxids.

Also contain alcohols such as farnesol, borneol and geraniol as well as antemic acid and flavonoids apigenin, hyperoside, apigetrina, patuletina, jaceidina, axilarina, apiína, quercetin, rutin and coumarins.

Chamomile tea, brewed from dried flowers heads, is used traditionally for several medicinal purposes as gatrintestinal tract ailments as flatulence, nervous diarrea, spams, colitis, gastritis, and hemorrhoids.

Other uses nasal mucous membrane inflammation, allergic rinitis, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, restlessness, insomnia, dismemorrhea, mastitis, and varicose ulcers.

Several reports have appeared in the literature about the toxic effects of chamomile. It has been observed that orally chamomile tea can uses allergic reactions including severe hypersensitivity reactions and anaphylaxis in sensitive individuals.