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Demise: Narazuke Moriguchizuke Tsukemono
The food courts of department stores in Japan are a near other-worldly experience. The offerings are exquisite in taste and beauty and nearly boundless in regional and seasonal variation. In addition to the regular stores, there are 'demise', small stands that sell a product from a different region or local, small shop and these demise change every week. Paku found some amazing narazuke from a tsukemono house in Nagoya the other day at Takashimaya Department Store. Her favorite is ginger.
Narazuke (Nara pickles), as you might guess are originally from Nara, but they are made in other regions of Japan now. Yamatoya Moriguchizuke Honke (大和屋守口漬総本家) is a long established maker of narazuke from Nagoya and they have a demise at Kyoto Takashimaya several times per year.
About Narazuke
With narazuke various kinds of vegetables are pickled in a mix of sakekasu (sake lees, what remains after pressing sake mash), mirin, sugar and salt. Narazuke requires a minimum of 1 to 3 years to make.
Narazuke, originally from the ancient capital of Nara, has a history going back at least 1,300 years! That makes narazuke even older than the ancient city of Kyoto. The typical narazuke is often so strong in alcohol content that you feel a bit drunk after eating a few bits, especially if not eaten with food. A pickle that intoxicates!
Peko has been a fan of narazuke since he first washed up in Japan, because it's a 'drinkin' man's pickle'. To connoisseurs it goes especially well with Japanese winter cuisine, rice and of course beer and sake. Paku, like a lot of gals in Japan is no fan of narazuke.
Yamatoya Moriguchizuke's narazuke is much lighter in taste and more accessible to modern palates.
Yamatoya Moriguchizuke's Narazuke
Moriguchi Daikon: A daikon radish reaching more than 1.8 meters in length! That's a big one! A rare vegetable and longest daikon in the world. Originally from Osaka but now mainly grown along the Kiso River near Nagoya, this daikon is used exclusively to make this tsukemono. (see image below)
Uri: A cucumber like gourd, translated as Armenian Cucumber or Japanese gourd. A very popular spring vegetable pickled in various ways. Peko is quite crazy about anything with uri.
Ginger: Traditionally an unusual vegetable for tsukemono. This ginger narazuke was exceptional.
Baby Watermelon: Another 'modern' narazuke. This is Peko's all time favorite. About the size of an egg, this narazuke is very, very soft, yet still crunchy.
Cucumber: Another classic for narazuke. Tasty.
Yamatoya Moriguchizuke 'Demise' Stand
Yamatoya Moriguchizuke 'Demise' Stand – Narazuke Offerings
The very long ones are moriguchi daikon.
Yamatoya Moriguchizuke – Narazuke
From left to right, uri (a kind of gourd), ginger and cucumber. Notice they are still covered in sakekasu paste, which has turned brown with the fermentation process.
Yamatoya Moriguchizuke – Narazuke
Left to right, moriguchi daikon, baby watermelon and cucumber.
Yamatoya Moriguchizuke – Narazuke
Moriguchi daikon and uri.
Moriguchi Daikon – a LOOONG Veggie!
This is a scan of a pamphlet distributed by the shop.
credit: Yamatoya Moriguchizuke (大和屋守口漬総本家)
Yamatoya Moriguchizuke Honke
This tsukemono house was established in the 1920's and has been serving the Imperial Household since 1948.
Yamatoya Moriguchizuke website (Japanese language)
Honten/Main Store (Japanese language)
The honten includes a restaurant that serves many tsukemono and tsukemono inspired dishes. (We haven't been there, but the pictures on the webpage look very good! Nouveau tsukemono cuisine!!)
Shop Locations (Japanese language)
There are many shops around Nagoya and several in the Tokyo area. Well worth checking out if you are in the area.


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On September 19, 2014, we launched the Postgraduate Representative Union, a full department of the Students' Association. We have a Council which meets regularly to shape the department and its relation to the Students' Association. The UTSSA Postgraduate Officer for 2014, Kate Alway, has been endorsed as the Convenor. Get in touch at facebook.com/utspru or firstname.lastname@example.com
Some major issues affecting postgraduate students at UTS include:
Occasional Childcare
Childcare at UTS does not provide an Occasional service, which makes ducking into the library or dropping off an assignment difficult for many parents of young children. Many postgrads are in this situation.
Conference Grants for Doctoral Students
Attending and contribiting to international conferences is an essential part of most research degrees, however adequate funding can be difficult to access for students.
UTS prides itself on integrating internships into our study experiences, yet unpaid internships which gain no credit points lead to students losing their Centrelink benefits.
Office space
Some faculties don't have enough desk space to provide all research students with a space to work on campus.
Transport Concessions
Many postgraduate students have trouble accessing transport concessions. Part time students are ineligible for concessions, and assessing full time status is often confusing and unaccountable. While international students have recently won the right to concessions in NSW, their concession rate is still not the same as the one for local students.
Safety and Services on Campus
Most postgrads either have evening and weekend classes or work on campus at all hours. This has many implications for safety, both on campus and travelling, as well as access to support services and even food.
Most postgrads have responsibilites and complications in their lives. When money is short, the university should at least offer flexibility in completion times to allow us to manage both our lives and studies with minimum disruption.
Postgrads usually have less access than undergrads to the diversity of campus life and culture, for a wide variety of reasons such as fewer classes, more work or other life circumstances and responsibilities. International students are particularly susceptible to loneliness, disconnection and difficulty accessing the opportunities, social life and services available at UTS and beyond.
Every single one of these issues is possible to address - whether by advocacy, lobbying, activism or community building. None of us can get far alone, but together we can make UTS a better place for postgraduate students!
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From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money nobody could blame you if you were a little gun-shy and opted to stay clear of the third instalment in the vamp trilogy but I'm here to tell you it's ok…the course is clear, Spiegel has left the building handing over directorial duties to P.J. Pesce who studied under Martin Scorsese and has unimpressively cut his teeth on home entertainment bound sequels though, in recent years, done some impressive work on televisions Leverage and Fringe. Pesce's Hangman's Daughter links us back to the original film, back to Mexico, back to the Titty Twister and most importantly back to the loving arms of Miss Satanico Pandemonium (or at the very least her origins).
The late nineties was when we all went a little prequel crazy, thanks to George Lucas' woeful Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, so FDTD3 going back to basics is less than surprising but it's how the director handles it which is not only interesting but refreshing. Rodriguez's From Dusk Till Dawn was somewhat genre defying; establishing itself as a crime movie before turning that tight corner into horror and though it's impossible for this film to recapture that level of wow the new western feel to the film gives it something fresh and interesting making it worthwhile and dare I say…entertaining.
Kill Bill: Vol 2 steals the scenes and disappears again but he's amazing. He's James Coburn in A Fistful of Dynamite and a gem on screen. Similarly it's good to see Danny Trejo return as Charlie if a little unnecessary. Temuera Morrison is excellent as the hangman and Ara Celi (Esmeralda) is wonderfully bitter sweet in her performance, more so when you know what she is due to become but the film is not without it's problems.
I've never been a fan of Rebecca Gayheart (as an actress). I've always found her self aware and it makes her difficult on screen but the major problem is with the script. Though it tells the prequel story rather well and is solid enough in most parts there are large portions of repetitive narrative that echo the first film making it feel somewhat derivative. It's a real shame because it stops the film from growing in it's own respect but when you consider how neglected the franchise felt after From Dusk Till Dawn 2 it's amazing that The Hangman's Daughter is as good as it actually is, even if it does tread on it's own toes at times.


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Prioritizing Threat Intelligence
Not all threat intelligence indicators are equal. Some require immediate response, while others can be addressed as time and availability permits. As a result, you must triage and rank threats by severity.
In HCP, you assign severity
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It depends on what you mean by collecting. If you mean collect all the charts ever printed by a designer, then no, I've never done that and I never will, no matter how much I like the designer. I do not have the money and/or space nor do I see the point in doing that. I only buy charts that I like and will probably stitch and not because of the designer. However, I do have a few charts in my collection from the same designers, for example: Vermillion Stitchery, Lavender & Lace, Mirabilia etc. that I have never stitched but I *am* planning to stitch them. I just haven't gotten around to them yet.


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The first diploma for kimono-dressing in New York
Six months have passed since I started a kimono-wearing class in NYC. This time, I could give my student the second-class instructor diploma for kimono-dressing, authorized by the national Japanese clothing consultant association (NJCCA). It was the first time that the association offered a diploma to students belonging international classes other than Japanese.
This student has lived in NYC because of her husband's business, but she will go back to Japan on March. She told me that she had never known kimono-wearing and kimono-dressing could be so much fun. And she plans to work on kimono-related business after she returns to Japan.
I moved to NYC with my husband seven months ago, because of his work. Then, I opened a kimono-wearing class in my unknown place, New York. My kimono-wearing class has been truly built up with all the students, coming to my class. Therefore, I am more pleased with her words than to give her a diploma.
In addition to having kimono-wearing classes, I also provide kimono-dressing service, helping customers get dressed in kimonos. Everyone I dressed has been highly delighted and thanked me. But I have not been satisfied with my techniques on kimono dressing yet. On my way home after the kimono-dressing service, I always think over what I did and reconsider how to dress my customers more beautifully. At that time, I met with words of Prof. Masuko Chiba, who was the most famous for Japanese bridal kimono dressing.
I continue to admire how beautiful wedding attire is. For more than 40 years, I have been dressed many brides with my hands in a congratulatory and happy manner. I can remember all the scenes with deep emotions. Always I have been supported by profound attachment to kimonos and forward-looking passion to master techniques for kimono dressing.
Whenever I dress customers with kimonos, I desire that I could educe beauty of kimono as well as beauty which dressed persons create, as is more and more attractive to one another. I would like to send Prof. Chiba's words to my student. Actually, I am convinced that kimono dressing is pursuit of beauty in close coordination with kimonos and dressed persons. I am happy that I can help her to step on such an attractive world as kimono dressing. And I earnestly hope that she makes progress and succeeds using acquired techniques.
This is a lovely letter from this student.
I appreciate her with my whole heart.


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The Death of Vaillant[1]
Monsieur Dupuy or Monsieur Casimir Perier[2]—it little matters which, they're the same!—speaking in the forum of the repressive laws, had said that it was necessary for the "good men" to have their New Year's gifts. He had not spoken of the Carnaval gift. This gift is the power that was bestowed on them. The head of Vaillant, as pale as the face of Pierrot, with a red collar like Polichinelle's boss[3], had been put by him on the platter of the Salome parliament!
And the Herodiases of the Senate thanked him, congratulated themselves and were glad to be living under a prince who was an enemy of fear, with such an iron fist for anyone thinking of attacking them. The only regret is that we could not "interrogate" the wretch a little: to pound his own nails into his eyes and fingers and make him suffer a lot. For, regicide is calculated by the number of kings—and we have a thousand! Therefore, Vaillant was a thousand times guiltier than any other perpetrator of a capital crime.
Furthermore, the principle of National Sovereignty, although it is not divine right, amounts to the principle of Divinity. Whoever attacks it is guilty of parricide. And they used to burn sacrilegious tongues! No, definitely, they were merciful to this scoundrel by just guillotining him!
But to pardon him… I believe a riot would have broken out under the dome of the Luxembourg Palace and inside the glass skull of the Palais Bourbon[4] if they had snatched the corpse, the hostage, the ransom from the representatives.
If they cared! But remember the words of an honorable father-conscript recorded in Le Gaulois on February 3 without a shadow of protest arising: "Well, if President Carnot pardons Vaillant, we won't pardon Congress!"
That's how far they went—to this bargaining, this blackmail, this shameful intimidation!
I don't want to believe that such considerations could influence the head of State, to make the scales tilt toward severity… but what will the simple people think, with their naïve souls, whose judgment is formed by instinct alone, far from governmental circles, in the almost anonymous shadow of suffering and labor?
Many of them knew Vaillant, had met him in the workshops or in meetings, that tall, gaunt figure with sunken eyes sparkling feverishly, with his soft speech, frugal gestures and shy demeanor, his reserve and sadness: the looks of a luckless, tragic man.
In the Marxist party, ten years ago now, he had the reputation of a good man, fairly focused, somewhat fanatic. But no one at that time could have guessed what was sprouting in his soul.
He used to lecture to the young anarchists (because in the revolutionary world at that time we were going from anarchy to Marxism, whereas today it is the opposite); he used to preach to them about the dangers of disorder; he used to praise the benefits of "socializing the means of production"; he used to be an example for Guesde—his god!—who said of him: "He's got a good mind." And there was certainly no partisan more active, more enthusiastic, more blindly submissive than he.
Yes, at that time, and later still, with evolution on his mind, Vaillant was an uncompromising Guesdist. He struggled to establish a neighborhood periodical with him; he lost his job for supporting the others' candidacies. And I remember that evening when Monsieurs Guesde, Massard and Deville were dismissed by me from Le Cri du Peuple (not that I demanded them to champion Duval[5], but because it seemed monstrous to me that socialists, the fringes, in order to further their system, would push a prisoner under the guillotine's blade), either I am totally wrong or Vaillant was among them when they came that evening to try to intimidate and set their chief up on the new editorial board—collectivist as well, but collectivist-possibilist and therefore enemy!
Today, all his beloved chiefs have turned away and against him. Some have gone so far as to insinuate that he could be working for the police…
Ordinary people are not fooled. Their opinion about the crime and the criminal is already formed. And it is quite different from what it was at the time of Ravachol![6] The pharmacist's baby who was in danger on rue de Clichy, even though it was not hit, had struck a very different emotional chord than the deputies who were scratched by nails from the bomb in the House on the Corner of the Quay. And Ravachol, especially as seen by sectarians, was brash and cocky. Like the erstwhile Rocambole[7] he appealed to the readers of serials, but he also scared them with his tale of the hermit of Chambles and his attempts at counterfeiting, etc.
Vaillant, on the other hand, they feel sorry for… look at how feelings develop! Everyone whose childhood was lonely, misguided and forsaken can relate to this policeman's son who was abandoned, left on the street, scarcely out of short pants, by his father's iron rule.
Everyone who had a rough adolescence see themselves in the odyssey of this poor man, wandering from town to town in search of bread, rejected by his relatives, more alone in the desert of noisy cities than a traveler lost on the sands of the Sahara!
Everyone who suffers, struggles, is out of work; everyone who earns, who used to earn, six sous an hour; everyone who has been disappointed by their elected officials—there are some, Monsieur President!—has identified with this outcast, this casualty who incarnates the countless evils that the plebs die of!
Everyone who has felt the temptation, at any given moment, harried by the obsession of crime, whose belly is too hungry, whose throat is too thirsty, has looked upon his five crimes with pity: For begging, for pinching from a barrel on a public street, for riding a train without a ticket, for eating sixteen sous worth of food when the hungry man found himself penniless. Even the worst, involved in the misappropriation of a pair of boots with and for a friend, only makes them think, "But it wasn't even to share in the spoils."
So, remember, in the funeral oration, this criminal record that is so full of lessons—which was used in court to blacken a life just as it was pleaded to dishonor a memory.
Think on this, philosophers!
From the cradle, without a family or rather without a home, tossed around from one place to the next, almost an orphan, Vaillant was passed on from relative to relative throughout his childhood until finally wearied of this merry-go-round an aunt, trusting to fate (without a full ticket, but with a piece of bread and a bit of sausage), sent him halfway to his native city.
Thus he committed his first crime by continuing without a ticket. He was fifteen. The Est company remanded him to court because he had cheated them out of twenty francs and twenty centimes. And the court inflicted on this boy a fine of sixteen francs on May 27 1876. The sentence was not heavy, but the criminal record had begun!
It continued on April 27 1878 before the judges in Charleville with the allocation of six days in jail for "swindling food." Starving to death he had entered a cabaret and eaten sixteen sous worth of bread, soup and cheese. I don't know but maybe he had even offered himself the luxury of a glass or a quarter liter of something to drink.
A few months later, after making a trip from Paris to Marseille on foot, after being treated in a hospital for his bloodied feet, after spending the three mandatory nights in the ward, Vaillant found himself on the street, barely healed, now hungry and cold… and holding out his hand. The Marseille court sentenced him on November 14 1878 to three days in jail for begging.
The fourth conviction is the worst. In a factory in Algeria he helped a comrade hide and then take a pair of boots. The judges in Alger sentenced him on April 24 1879 to three months in prison. In captivity he ran a fever; when he was freed he came back to France and dragged his shivering rags from one hospital to another. In the port in Marseille he saw some barrels of wine abandoned, almost as if offered to public indulgence. Furthermore, someone told him that "white wine is good for fevers"—while his burning throat was yearning for something fresh and healthful. At night he took a little pipe, stuck it in and drank… The Marseille court on March 25 1881 gave him a month in jail.
Such was the past of this repeat offender.
Now, if the working class, at least the majority, did not get much out of the defense that he presented (too abstract, too confused, full of technical terms, as uneducated people are wont to do), they did learn his history and talked about it in their "lairs." More than one working-class woman had tears in her eyes when hearing about his childhood; more than one working-class man clenched his fists looking at his kids and thinking of the other father: the policeman!
You should be with them, grandson of the assembly, even if it means displeasing the others, those dead leaves that the wind will blow away!
What I would like to know, of course, is the opinion of Commandant Maréchal, the liberal of 1848, the brilliant retired officer, the friend of Hippolyte Carnot, the one who got into the Elysée with the quatrain signed by [Victor] Hugo begging Louis-Philippe to pardon [Armand] Barbès with a beautiful and touching supplication concluding, "You do not want them to say that in 1839 the King of the French showed mercy and in 1894 the President of the Republic was ruthless."
Poor good man, old democrat who remained humanitarian, what disillusionment he must be feeling, what heartache he must be suffering! It is a denial inflicted on his dreams, a life's worth of effort quashed. His heart bleeds but also his belief, his ideal—a worse sorrow among many sorrows. He was, however, prepared for it after asking the widow of his dead comrade, the mother of Sadi Carnot, to present his letter and press his request. An elderly lady, that should be good, carrying her clemency up the steps that separate her from heaven? A letter, a request, a step—the old bourgeois woman refused everything.
And a monarchist newspaper straightaway published these moving lines in response, written long ago by the Duchesse of Orléans to the Countess Lobau. Here they are:
"My good, dear Maréchale's wife, I cannot tell you how happy I am. The king just commuted the death penalty of Barbès to hard labor for life. He performed an act of generosity and grandeur. He saved the life of this man, acting according to his constitutional right, taking over in his Council because the ministers were, for the most part, leaning to the death penalty. The king told them sternly, "No, gentlemen, the hand that shook Barbès' sister's hand yesterday, by vowing to save him, can never sign his death certificate." They will yell a lot and be very afraid, but such an act will never suffer from petty attacks." — Hélène
It is a hard lesson, but I am calm: it will not be understood any more than it has been—now that Deibler[8] has acted. It remains troublesome only to the republicans who spoke in favor of the thing; and a little mercy in the guts of this cruel mother Republic for the most destitute of her children.
Vaillant's head has fallen, but this bloody exclamation point ends nothing, concludes nothing. I hope to Heaven that I am wrong, but I tremble for the ruthless!
Next: 15-Bombs, Assassinations and the Trial of the Thirty
[1] Written February 7 1894 included in En Marche 1896.
[2] Former and current President of the Council of Ministers. The latter would become president after Sadi Carnot's assassination.
[3] Characters in Commedia Dell'Arte.
[4] Seats of the Senate and National Assembly.
[5] See 4-Propaganda By Deed.
[6] See 11-Ravachol.
[7] Fictional adventurer created by Ponson de Terrail who started out on the wrong side of the law, later turned to doing good, and became the first literary super-hero.
[8] The executioner.


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The Quarter Sessions dealt with more than just criminal matters; they also dealt with other judicial business. For example, 1864 included a committee report about the Bedfordshire Reform School at Turvey. This poorly handwritten report (possibly just a draft version) provides us with some valuable insights into the School, its aims and how it operated.
Here's a brief summary of its contents:
- last report was 3 years ago and provided for the period from the opening of the school in May 1857 to the end of 1860.
- the total number of boys admitted since opening is 85. 39 have been discharged. 8 were transferred to other reformatories. 6 had died. 2 absconded. 30 were currently at the institution.
- the committee met on 3rd Wednesday in each month and weekly visitation are made.
- 45 1/2 acres of land was held, the land having been drained by the boys under expert tuition.
- a medical officer visited at least once a fortnight. The health of the boys was satisfactory.
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Rhythm Guitar: 80's Rock, Lesson By Guido Bungenstock
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Hey guys, my GMC rec for Guido's lesson "Rythm Guitar: 80's Rock". Some clipping on the recording... I had a lot of fun with this song! Tx Guido!
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Hi Blavod!
Good job with all the rhythm section of this one. You could play al the different rhythms and riffs very tight over the backing track. The only thing that need extra work is the last section which includes a fast ascending lick that you are not playing clear. It's the trickier section so it would be ok to isolate it and keep it in your diary practice routine to get used to playing at that speed.
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Good point from Gab - your rhythm playing here is awesome - very clean and tight! Around 1:09 is a tricky part that...have tricked you as well A little more patience between those 4-3--1 speed lick on 4th adn 5th string When going to the final (fastest part) try to start it woth softer picking and increase the tension in your wrist to keep the speed. Nobody will notice picking strength difference in such a short time amount but ti will surely affect your comfort of playing. At the moment you do exact opposite - you tense your right hand in osrt of "aware of what's comming" mood and you do not have a source of even more power to keep the picking in time. Try to reverse the process - start soflty...maybe even add very little moments of circle picking to keep relax on the very first notes and then strat to increase the tension to handle the tempo. Hope it sounds clear (a bit hard to explain in text)
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Hi this is such a cool lesson to play and you did a good job. I can feel the energy in your playing. A few times I thought you might have been rushing a bit but you kept it back just enough not to be a problem.
The lead lines present more of a problem for you but they are very challenging, especially for a rhythm lesson - evil Guido! You just need to become more familiar with the lines you're playing because as soon as you get to them.. hand synch degrades and the lines just don't come through.
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This lesson has been in perpetual use ever since it was introduced to the children last week. It is an activity I posted about long ago in THIS post about painting with spoons. The only difference this time around is that three colors are used instead of two.
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Our classroom has been filled with delightful exclamations and encouraging words from peers who gather to watch these creations unfold. Pleasant voices saying, "Oooh, that's beautiful!" and "Wow, nice work!" make us all smile!
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Language. Its an amazing thing, hearing this person you've done everything for since they were a defenceless hungry lump offer you a cup of tea, and when you've drunk it, ask you if you want some more, even if it is just a hairband in an old tin. We once started noting down each word BB could say to see how many there were –
and then it quickly went of the end of the blackboard. As well as these words correctly formed and executed, there are many BBisms, names for things coined by BB that don't seem to bear any relation to the original word; throw-backs to her first experiments with sound when feet, socks and shoes were all called bat, and penguins were called gwodge gwodge. She utters them with such certainty and determination, regardless of what we say that we end up accepting her pronunciation and adopting it ourselves. So planes are not planes; they're copters. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are all just numynumy. Anything denoting to trains can have the prefix 'choo choo'. The other night Dad, rather worn out and at the end of his tether after some effort trying to get BB towards bed, bustled into the front room looking for something. On being asked what, he irritatedly growled, 'choo choo stories'.
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*Stacking the Shelves* Presents: A Plethora of Awesomeness!
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Oh wow. You've got a great selection of books this week. I really enjoyed Ruin and Rising. I really like the look of Everything That Makes You. It's got a great cover. I hope you enjoy your new additions!ReplyDelete
Oh my gosh, I loved Kill Me Softly - Tear You Apart has gone straight on my wishlist! I was a little hopeful that it was a sequel as the covers match so closely, but never mind. I hope you have a great week!ReplyDelete
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Nice! Dying to read A Wicked Thing and pretty much everyone I have visited today, has gotten it! EW and the pubs haven't responded to my request and I am starting to wonder why I bother with that site. They rarely ever approve my requests. I put all my blogger stats and whatnot on my profile, am I doing something wrong? Do you have any advice as to what I could do so they know I am an established blogger?ReplyDelete
Anyway, great looking reads! A Wicked Thing looks especially incredible as I love fairy tale retellnigs and spinoffs or whatever we want to call them! Still need to read Of Neptune myself! Happy Reading!
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Oh, I love the cover of Everything That Makes You. Also, oooh at the Ilona Andrews book. Hope you enjoy!ReplyDelete
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Reverse Confetti Crazy For Christmas Gift Giving
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Fabulous, Kay! Thanks for sharing the links to the tutorials. Very helpful. Your projects are delightful. Makes me get in the mood for the season, that is for sure. I like the bright colors and the crisp designs. Extremely well done. :) Hugs!ReplyDelete
Absolutely gorgeous gift ideas, Kay! Your guests are going to feel so special receiving these beauties, that's for sure! Thanks so much for sharing the links to the box and pinch bags...you're the BEST!!!ReplyDelete
Love these!! I love the bright, happy colors!!ReplyDelete
Loved both of your boxes. Thanks for directing us to the site on how to do them. I love boxes.ReplyDelete
These are great!! Who wouldn't want to get one of these :-)ReplyDelete
You're really rocking the treat boxes, Kay, these are all fabulous and will surely make someones day!ReplyDelete
Woow! Gorgeous, bright and beautiful projects!!ReplyDelete
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Okay...blown away again, Kay! If I were fortunate to receive gifts in these packages, they would remain unopened for a very long time, because I couldn't tear my eyes away from how beautiful the 'wrapping' is! Incredibly awesome...ReplyDelete
So colorful fun and festive, Kay! And, very pretty with perfect detail...well done!!!ReplyDelete
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These are fabulous!! I LOVE the pinch box idea and am off to go check out how to make them!!ReplyDelete
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I can't believe it is just one week till Christmas! Today is my son's girlfriend's birthday, and I wanted to make her a happy girlie kind of card and decided to use the Clean and Simple sketch #171. It immediately appealed to me and the sample cards made by Natasha are absolutely lovely. Here is the sketch:
I used her exact dimensions. And here is my card:
Have a wonderful day,
Paper: PTI C/S: Raspberry Fizz, Simply Chartreuse, Kraft Basic Grey Hello Luscious
Stamps: Lockhart Rose Cupcake, PTI Peaceful Wishes, Hero Arts Grid Pattern
Ink: Versamark, Colorbox Frost White, Memento Tuxedo Black
Other: Dollar Store Ribbon, Spellbinders Circles Nestabilities, Sharpie White Gel Pen, Copics, Stampendous White Embossing Powder


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It was great to meet BreAnna from Peacoats and Plaid. In addition to being a busy mom herself, she loves to craft and create things. She has some great DIY projects on her blog, so check her out. Congrats BreAnna - hope you display this badge proudly on your blog!

Needless to say, I am beyond thrilled and can't thank Alt Summit and Bing (who co-sponsored the contest) for the opportunity to go. I'm looking forward to hearing some amazing speakers, learning some new gems of information on how I can improve my blog, and most all meeting other bloggers. NYC here I come!


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My husband and I went overseas and the house-sitter broke & stole various goods in our home, including my car & petrol from my husbands motorcycle.
He brought criminals into our precious home, abused our trust and slept with various woman in my house. My most prized possessions, that being my engagement and wedding ring has been stolen.
The police investigation started 2 months ago with no positive results yet, whilst this criminal still lives his life quite happily. He has no remorse, said he would return a cash sum of R650 and pay for the broken items.
We have heard and seen nothing. The damages and theft amount to a total of R40 000. I desperately want me rings back - no money can replace the sentimental value.
Sincerely Yolanda Petzer
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|43 Nottingham Close
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Ai, bad luck hey!
I do wear them all the time but THIS ONCE I thought that they would be safer hidden, packed away and out of sight in my own home verses getting them scratched and losing them overseas on the beaches in Greece. I've never once lost or misplaced them in 14 years. Terribly sad. The thief has no concept of the value they have to me and my husband.
Sorry to hear that, but why did you not take your rings with you? Aren't you suppose to be wearing them all the time?


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Year of Release: 1989
If Volume 6 seemed scattershot and chaotic in its all-encompassing journey through indieland, Volume 7 doesn't really do much to restore order - but then again, why should it? The notion that the Indie Charts had predominant trends at certain times in its lifespan is true, but the shoegazing moment had its crusty scene running alongside it, the Britpop movement its Trip Hop, and the baggy/ Madchester movement had grunge alongside it (or at least the most successful howls of American alternative rock and punk as it bled straight into grunge).
There's a dominant myth that's been doing the rounds for decades now that Grunge emerged out of the shadows like some kind of murderer in the night and killed off the indie-dance heroes in British society. It's a myth I've probably privately contributed to many conversations myself, purely because it's such a convenient narrative. In reality, the late eighties and early nineties were an incredibly tolerant, diverse time for music, a time when you could go to your local alternative nightclub, sip on an overpriced pint of something truly objectionable, and listen to artists as diverse as The Stone Roses, Sly and the Family Stone, The Aphex Twin and Mudhoney. I should know, because I was there. It's only really when The Stone Roses went on a long, extended hiatus and The Happy Mondays lost the plot that things changed and the focus narrowed. Nirvana hitting the British music scene like a plaid rucksack filled with bricks at a time when not much else was going on inevitably had a significant impact.
But that's for us to think about later. For now, we're about to enter one of the most diverse, fascinating and occasionally perplexing eras in British alternative music. A time when anything went, but also indie music started to sell in quantities high enough for there to begin to be a noticeable mainstream impact. The videos got slicker, the production got better, the marketing more advanced... and far be it for me to court controversy by suggesting that the monstrous sales of Dance twelve inch singles and Stock Aitken and Waterman records may have given distributors a shot in the arm, it probably is the truth.
1. Pixies - Monkey Gone To Heaven (4AD)
"What more can be said about the Pixies".
A highly apt liner note that remains a good point to this day.
With a mighty crash of five opening notes, "Monkey Gone To Heaven" heralds the moment when Pixies became a huge deal in the UK. The year before, "Gigantic" had been a massive track in the alternative clubs and even reached Number 90 in the national charts, but "Monkey" was truly inescapable in certain circles. The gloomy black and white promo video dominated the Chart Show indie chart for months, and Frank Black's world finally met with the public at large... a world of UFOs, surfing, Christianity, South America, and whatever else his brain was hoovering up at any given time.
"Monkey Gone To Heaven" still sounds extraordinary, and it remains perplexing that Ivo Watts nearly turned the band down for being "too normal". Compared to many 4AD signings they may have admittedly been less ethereal or atmospheric, but where the very worst of those acts sounded little better than Clannad fans performing in a backyard shed, Pixies took rock and roll to some unpredictable places. While "Monkey Gone To Heaven" is supposed to be an environmental protest song (with various chunks of religious imagery seeping in along the way) the lyrics are so stripped back and scattershot that it could be dismissed as nonsense. Yet when Frank Black brilliantly howls "If the devil is six... then GOD IS SEVEN!" it could also be taken straight from a Black Sabbath LP, so trad is the idea.
Pixies ripped, clawed and tore at the fabric of rock music and the culture that surrounded them, and sounded so fresh and yet so familiar when they arrived that it was powerful beyond measure, like Proper Rock music distorted through exhausted dream sleep. Their blend of cultural influences and references could have turned out naive and messy, but there's a masterful control taking place in their work at an enviably early point. While we may have casually regarded them as American eccentrics at the time, their approach slowly became absorbed by other more successful acts from their home country... not least the quiet-loud-quiet-loud dynamic being applied to the verse/chorus structure, and the belief that early seventies hard rock wasn't an embarrassing corner of music history to be pilfering from.
And let's not ignore the fact that Kim Deal's basslines, which always sound as if they're being played with the thickest plectrum in the world, also added a huge amount to their sound.
2. The Stone Roses - Made Of Stone (Silvertone)
"Let's call them The Stones - no-one will get confused" - Sounds - 15th July 1989
It's very, very telling that the liner notes for both Pixies and The Stone Roses are tremendously half-arsed, almost as if everyone involved knew there was no point in expanding on the pre-existing narrative.
But let's not get too carried away here. That liner note may conveniently fit the idea that The Stone Roses were universally adored from the moment "Sally Cinnamon" first fell into the world, but it's not how I remember things at all. Rather, it seemed suspiciously as if the comparison the Sounds journalist was making to The Rolling Stones had been taken out of jokey context to prove a point the band wanted to make.
The simple truth is that while The Stone Roses and their manager Gareth Evans were keen to tell anyone that they were the most important group in Britain (if not the world) surprisingly few people believed them initially. Record Mirror ridiculed the entire situation by referring to their much-reported Manchester gig attendance figures and stating "Manchester City get more people in, and we're not putting them on our front cover either". The NME gave the debut LP 7 out of 10 and almost (but not quite) dismissed it as a nice enough psychedelic pop pastiche. Much history has been rewritten around The Stone Roses since because music journalists were caught with their trousers down - many still had all their money riding on The House of Love as being alternative rock's next big dominant force. The Roses seemed like a parochial, retro irrelevance, and who needed John Squire as a guitar hero when you could have Terry Bickers? (Though to be fair, both can be astonishing guitarists in very different ways).
That's not to say that "Made Of Stone" wasn't viewed as an exceptionally good single by most, but perhaps it's not really been given enough credit even since for its relative richness and complexity. Starting with a truly beautiful interwoven guitar and bass line, Ian Brown's hushed vocals then enter and begin singing what appears to be a surreal, lyrically drifting ballad about the righteous death of a wealthy scoundrel.
I'm possibly stretching comparisons to breaking point by saying this, but if you spin back to Volume Four of "Indie Top 20" and listen to Wire's "Kidney Bingos", there are clear and unacknowledged parallels in the approach, from the delicate prettiness of the interwoven guitar and basslines to the soft, surreal and yet actually very political lyrics, followed by a unifying anthemic chorus. The over-arching concept of The Stone Roses debut album was the 1968 French student riots, from the sleeve right through to many of the contents, seemingly wishing that similar values would transport themselves into a Thatcherite 1989. Wire's "A Bell is A Cup Until It Is Struck" was similarly very agitated and dystopian in a similarly blissed and calm way. It's highly doubtful the two bands ever even listened to each other, much less took influence from each other, but the fact that parallels can be drawn gives a significant hint towards the dominant mood of the times. The Poll Tax riots were just around the corner, ecstasy was everywhere, and among the youth of the country there was a significant kickback, a sense once again that the times could be changed and certain forces could be overthrown.
Of course, The Stone Roses may have been lyrically oblique, but they were still less lyrically baffling than Wire. Even with one listen of "Made Of Stone", it's possible to hear that it's clearly a song with a revolutionary darkness at its heart. "I'm standing warm against the cold/ now that the flames have taken hold/ at least you left your life in style" brings to mind a Porsche in flames in a riot-strewn Manchester street, and an unprivileged Ian Brown toasting marshmallows on the funeral pyre of a millionaire.
The chorus is so anthemic against this comparative menace that it did cause a few of the band's critics to take shot. John Peel sneered on his 1989 Festive Fifty countdown "Well, I can see that's got a certain sing-a-long factor..." Like many, he refused to do a u-turn on his original dismissive approach to the group, but I insist... they weren't just some kind of retro rock band. They plucked a wide array of influences from the family tree of rock music before coming up with something engagingly different and relevant. They may have obtained the services of John Leckie as a producer for the album, knowing that his work on XTC's "Dukes of Stratosphear" was authentic psychedelic pop, but not a single track on "The Stone Roses" sounds exactly like an equivalent piece of 1967 era music.
Critics might argue, of course, that "Made Of Stone" does sound a bit like Primal Scream's "Velocity Girl", and I'll pass on discussing that one.
It's also tempting to pass on discussing the fact that the national chart peak of "Made Of Stone" on its first release was number 90. It hung around the indie top ten seemingly forever, of course, notching up a slow trickle of sales across the entire year, but the band were not big players in any sense. Time, a more sympathetic press, and the power of word of mouth would all work in their favour very, very soon, until the dam very suddenly broke.
3. They Might Be Giants - Ana Ng (One Little Indian)
"Ng is one of the most common Vietnamese names in the New York telephone directory - that's where the name came from. The song, however, is a love poem to an imaginary woman on the opposite side of the globe. It was the Number 1 college radio song in the USA; displacing U2. The video was a big MTV hit. The LP has sold over 200,000 copies in the US".
Clang, cla-clang, clang... ca clang clang, clang clang.... Ana Ng announces itself like a piece of music being played by a stammering robot trying to negotiate its way around an electric guitar. Of all the singles released by They Might Be Giants, it's probably one of the more accessible despite its quirkiness, taking a fairly complex lyrical conceit and peppering it with some very sharp, emotionally resonant observations, with lines like "I don't want the world - I just want your half" punctuating the clever-dickery of the "everything sticks like a broken record" gag.
There's an overwhelming sense that the single isn't as smart as it wants to be, though, and the band spend more time on attempted profundities than they do on the arrangement. By the time the track is due to close, the constant, nagging repetition of the chorus sounds uncomfortably like an idea without a firm conclusion.
4. Wire - Eardrum Buzz (Mute)
"Wire are criminally undersung - Eardrum Buzz is another of Wire's Hole-In-One, Inch-Perfect singles. A product of sheer draughtsmanship in the tradition of "Dot Dash", "I Am The Fly" and "Map Reference". If Wire weren't so good at this, they might have had a hit by now. But no matter". - Melody Maker
And if "Eardrum Buzz" couldn't become a hit single, you had to wonder what on earth Wire could produce that would be. Of course, it wasn't.
Alongside "Outdoor Miner", it represented the closest they came in their careers, though. Enjoying television and radio airtime, "Eardrum Buzz" was essentially jagged but excessively catchy synth-pop styled through the band's well-developed art-punk approach. Much more unashamedly Pop than anything they had issued prior to this point, it's polished and scrubbed within an inch of its life.
"Eardrum Buzz" is the Wire single a lot of Wire fans pretend to dislike or disapprove of. Subtlety isn't its strong suit. Rather than gently weaving its way into your brain, it approaches with a sledgehammer and demands squatter's rights. The lyrics are also almost sub-sixties psychedelia in their infantilism, with the chorus of "Zee zee zee zum zum/ buzz buzz buzz in the eardrum" dropping things down to almost "Fee fi fo fum" levels.
For all that, however, it's a burst of sunshine and a total joy. Had it been a huge hit, its ubiquity may have become trying; on the cultish lower-reaches-of-the-Top-75 status it managed, however, it's a private pleasure and nothing at all like a guilty one. And hey, it was still a bigger hit than The Stone Roses "Made Of Stone"...
5. Throwing Muses - Dizzy (4AD)
"Dizzy was released as a double A side single along with "Santa Claus" in March 1989. It is also to be found on the group's third full-length album Hunkpapa".
When we last encountered Throwing Muses on Volume Three, the noise was akin to an antagonised, hysterical racket in a rural henhouse. By comparison, "Dizzy" was a shock, another song from an unlikely source that sounded like it wanted to be a hit. While the verses combine flashes of poetic travelling imagery and almost crash into chaos, the chorus is pure late sixties/ early seventies Americana pop. It's hardly Lobo's "Me And You And A Dog Named Boo" - in fact, it may still be millions of miles away from that - but it's not impossible to reimagine "Dizzy" as a huge, overproduced stadium hit from another era.
It still remains one of the key tracks people most readily associate with Throwing Muses to this day, and while it may have just dropped short of getting mainstream attention, there's no reason why it shouldn't have achieved it.


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Chew Away
Give yourself a light workout and a quick boost with a refreshing piece of peppermint gum. The aroma of peppermint stimulates the brain and gives you a shot in the arm when you're feeling a bit groggy. However, the biggest perk is the escape from the mundane. Staring out at the road requires little to no facial stimulation, but chewing a piece of gum requires voluntary muscle use that will increase blood flow and fuel your brain to help you stay awake.
Laughter is the Best Medicine
There are few things better than listening to a great driving playlist while on a long drive. But if you've been on the road for an extended period, those songs can quickly morph from sing-alongs and party anthems to white noise. The best way to combat this is by mixing in a standup comedy act. Follow along with the laughs and keep yourself engaged by snickering at the jokes. The time will fly by and you'll keep your brain alert with this hilarious tip.
Stay Engaged
Don't fight the battle of staying awake alone. Keep your mind on something by bringing it the forefront. Listen to a podcast about your favorite hobby or plug in your Bluetooth and have a quick conversation with someone. This will get your mind working and allows you to stay mentally focused during any trip.
Find the Right Vice
There are far better options than guzzling down candy, caffeine and nicotine, but sometimes you need to succumb to your vices. The important thing is to minimize these necessities and not stuff your body full of unhealthy stimulants that will just lead to a bigger mental crash in an hour. Talk to your doctor and seek out healthier supplements like ginseng and protein bars that give your body the necessary boost to stay awake. Items like these are healthier in the long term, and you can still reach for the occasional energy drink or candy bar for the added mental boost.
Walk It Out
Lastly, make sure to keep yourself moving whenever you take a break. Pull over and take a walk around for a few minutes to give yourself a mental break and get your blood moving again. Sitting for extended periods of time and staring out at the road takes a bigger toll on your body than you realize. It's important to keep alert in the short term, and also to keep your body and mind prepared for the next day, week, month and year.
So don't let the road get the best of you. Try these helpful tips on your next drive and remember to pull over and rest whenever you start to feel tired.


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Cannot believe it's Tuesday already! I hope you're all having fun crafting after Easter weekend. I know some of my friends took some time off and celebrate and right now they're getting back in the game with some super sweet cards. Well today is a new challenge day over at Loves Rubberstamps Challenge blog! This week the theme is Fancy Folds card, and you know how much I love those!! This is a diamond fold card and I love it so much!
Stamp: Cheeky Nurse from The Greeting Farm
Ink: Memento in Tuxedo Black
Coloring: Copic markers
Digital kit: The Everyday by Studio Flergs


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Toy Fair photo totals Saturday's photo total - 511 Sunday's photo total - 444 Monday's photo total - 469 Tuesday's… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
South Park is over, and as the title promised, it was indeed "The Return of Chef!". They used pieced together sound clips of Isaac Hayes from various episodes to provide his voice and made no effort to hide it, just adding to the comedic effect.
In short, the episode was brilliant. We learn that Chef left town to join the Super Adventure Club (SAC), which sounds innocent enough. Upon his return to town though, the boys can tell something is…different about Chef, and it's not his stilted speech pattern, it's his desire to make love to young boys. It seems the SAC travels around the world so they can have sex with the young boys of the world. After the boys discover this, they also learn SAC brainwashed Chef and they do everything they can to bring him back to "normal". They succeed, but in the end Chef tries to go back to the SAC and ends up being killed by a fall…then a mountain lion…and a bear. There was a funeral and then SAC rebuilds Chef in to…Darth Chef, complete with glowing spatuala.
It was much funnier than my transcript, but that's not the point here. The episode was all about the boys (who embody creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone) trying to save their friend (Isaac Hayes) from the "silly little club". While this episode could have been an all out attack on Isaac, it wasn't. It was actually a touching story of how they are sad this happened and they want him to know they love him and will miss him. Kyle summed it up best at the funeral for Chef:
"A lot of us don't agree with the choices Chef has made in the last few days. Some of us feel hurt and confused that he seemed to turn his back on us. But we can't let the events of the last week take away the memories of how Chef made us smile. I'm going to remember Chef as the jolly old guy who allways broke in to song. I'm going to remember Chef as the guy who gave us advice to live by. So you see, we shouldn't be mad at Chef for leaving us, we should be mad at that fruity little club for scrambling his brains."
This is one of the things that kills me about this show. People look at it and just see crass toilet humor, and I'm not denying it's there, but if you pay actual attention to it, you will find that Trey and Matt are very passionate men about any range of subjects. If tonight's episode is to be believed, they are hurt by what's happened with Isaac and feel no ill-will towards him, just towards the "Church" of Scientology. I, for one, stand firmly behind Trey and Matt and applaud them for their…classy…handelling of the situation. (Yes, there was a bowel joke towards the end, so not sure you can label it classy)
Now comes the question, will Darth Chef be a recurring villian? And also, will the seeming "war" with Scientology continue?


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Known worldwide as the heart of the home, your kitchen does not have to resemble a typical foodie zone. Discover the ultimate interpretation of the kitchen space with blu_line and welcome in the best kitchen inspiration.
Start by thinking through every wall and space of the kitchen. Cabinetry is essential as the design must ensure a functional layout, be ergonomically pleasing to each user and at the same create that feeling of modern furniture in the space.
The most comprehensive way to achieve a multifunctional design, the very definition of a modern kitchen, is to separate the kitchen into various zones. Each of these zones serve a specific purpose in and of themselves, as a whole then making up a functional as well as relational environment. Within each of these zones, which range from cooking, preparation and storage to social and activity zones, the internals of the cabinetry need to be considered.
This ensures that each drawer has been thought through and allocated the necessary internal inserts, ensuring functionality. Also, consider the shelving units and specify various pull-out components, combined with an internal customised shelving system that maximises storage and ease of use. A multifunctional design therefore is not just about the allocation of various zones but the customised design of the cabinet internals, ensuring the ultimate interpretation of the space is given
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I shared previously how I had a wonderful Immanuel Approach session with Vivian. We ended up not having enough time for me to have a session. She had said that she did not want to just be the recipient and take from me, but she also wanted to give. So we arranged a time for me to get together with her so that she could facilitate.
I handed the one page summary of how to facilitate the Immanuel Approach to Vivian and I prayed. She simply followed the sheet and things flowed wonderfully. First I shared a memory of feeling connected to Jesus. I wasn't quite sure what I wanted to work on, but a stream of memories came where I invited Jesus to be present. In spite of the fact that someone in the other room was talking on the phone really loud and in some ways my attention was split, I was able to enter into these memories and feel Jesus presence very strongly. Vivian's natural ability to express unconditional love and acceptance helped me to feel safe as well. It was as if we were both feeling the presence of Jesus with me sharing my experiences and her hearing about them. The atmosphere was charged with love and warmth and timelessness. I was astonished at how real Jesus was in each memory and the kinds of things he said and did in my hurting times.
After I shared, Vivian gave her insights as to what had happened. I now can not remember what she shared briefly, but I felt nurtured, heard and validated. She enjoyed being there for me in this loving way as much as I enjoyed being the receiver.
Vivian was going to be out of town for five weeks but she said, "When I come back I want to do this every week until I go back home." I was over joyed to hear that she wanted to connect with Jesus and me in this way. She has not returned yet but I look forward to more healing time.
I have since done a bit more research about Immanuel Approach and have connected with the teacher, Jessica Handy who I hope to visit when I visit Reba Place Fellowship. I plan on introducing this my friends who I fellowship with. I have heard marvelous things about the Immanuel Approach, and have now experienced it for myself.