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Rose Pearson, M.A. creative director and playwright, founded The Writers' Circle, Inc. in 1993. Workshops for emerging and professional writers, visiting author forums, staged readings of original plays, and The Writers' Circle Anthology, run year-round. Ms. Pearson's pen name is Grace Tryon. The name belonged to her mother who wrote poetry and hid it in a shoebox, much too long. Ms. Pearson's plays have been produced in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Chicago, Illinois, New Orleans, and San Francisco, California.
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Brigid Duffy, M.A. was Artistic Associate of Irish Repertory where she appeared in The Mai, A Life, Pentecost, and Well of the Saints. Other performances include Steppenwolf's Hedda Gabler, Goodman'sThe Sea and Freedom of the City, and Drury Lane Water Tower's Mornings at Seven. Brigid taught in the Chicago Public Schools and won the prestigious Golden Apple Award. Favorite roles include Gabrielle in The Madwoman of Chaillot with Zoë Caldwell, Lady Macduff in Macbeth with Sam Wanamaker, and alternating with Cicely Tyson in American Conservatory Theatre's Servant of Two Masters. Brigid trained at the Goodman School of Drama.
Jody Lisberger, PhD, MFA (fiction), Vermont College. Jody Lisberger's story collection, Remember Love, was published by Fleur-de-Lis Press. Her stories have appeared in Fugue, Michigan Quarterly Review, Thema, Confrontation, and The Louisville Review. Her story "Crucible" was nominated for a Pushcart Award. She won third place in the 2003 American Literary Review Fiction Contest and was a finalist in the 2004 Quarterly West Fiction Contest. She has taught fiction, creative nonfiction, literature, and feminist theory at Brown, Harvard, Tufts, Holy Cross, Boston University, and University of Rhode Island where she currently is the interim director of Women's Studies. She has also worked as a journalist, editor, and grant writer.


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text: Heady fare for Elvis fans: life with the King as recalled by his hairdresser/spiritual advisor, including verbatim transcripts of Elvis-Geller conversations that Elvis allegedly planned as the basis for his own stillborn autobiography. At the heart of this emotional account--written with the aid of theater-entrepreneur Spector (My Elvis) and professional celeb-coauthor Romanowski (Temptations; Dream-girl: My Life As a Supreme)--is, of all things, the story of Elvis' spiritual development. The King's appetite for otherworldly fodder, it seems, matched his legendary earthly hunger; here, a description of Elvis eating five banana splits for breakfast lies near one of his rambling on to Geller about "how God has used me to get the message across." Geller and Elvis met in 1964 when Geller--a student of yoga and other mystical disciplines--was ascending as one of Hollywood's top hairdressers just as Elvis was descending into show-biz limbo at the greedy hands of Col. Parker. The two sparked, and for much of the next 13 years Geller acted as Elvis' spiritual guide, feeding him esoteric lore and books (a bibliography of Elvis' spiritual library--he travelled with 300 books--appends the text). Here, inside details of Elvis' sincere but bizarre spiritual creed (he evidently believed that he was a kind of singing messiah under the guidance of the Great White Brotherhood) shares space with more mundane fare--Elvis meeting the Beatles, life with the Memphis Mafia, memories of Priscilla. Full of Elvis' own words as jotted down by Geller, the final chapters take on a sad weight as the King drowns in food, drugs, and self-pity, seeking escape in sensuality from the loneliness that sucked at his heart and the pain that tore his body (Geller, startlingly, alleges that Elvis had leukemia). A paradigmatic tale of a man for whom the spirit, finally, proved much weaker than the flesh. Geller writes with great love and honesty and compassion in this frequently astonishing book that will no doubt delight Elvis fans (while leaving most others cold) and that stands as a fascinating complement to Priscilla's Elvis and Me and Albert Gold-man's Elvis.


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Wednesday, September 14, 2016
When that didn't happen, and Willy's agent refused to renegotiate his pricey contract, the Bombers general manager traded Willy to the Argonauts on Sunday, taking advantage of Toronto's quarterback crisis.
In exchange, the Bombers got international rookie defensive back T.J. Heath, a first-round pick in the 2017 CFL draft and a third-rounder in 2018. Walters then switched trading partners and acquired former Bomber and 16-year quarterback Kevin Glenn from the Montreal Alouettes for Winnipeg's fourth-round pick in next year's draft.
"Ideally, you'd hoped by surrounding him with an improved offensive line, on paper, some more receivers, that we were able to give Drew more tools to have success,'' Walter said at a press conference.
That wasn't the case.
Despite several moves to make Willy work in Winnipeg, he was never a good fit. Willy, who was coming back from last year's season-ending knee injury, only guided the Bombers to a 1-4 record under new offensive co-ordinator Paul LaPolice's system.
Backup Matt Nichols replaced Willy and has Winnipeg (7-4) on a six-game win streak and sitting third in the CFL West Division as the club tries to end a four-year playoff drought.
"Certain guys click with co-ordinators a little bit better than others,'' Walters said. "Matt just seemed to be a better fit for what Paul wanted to accomplish.''
He spoke to Willy's agent Brian Mackler about renegotiating the five-year veteran's contract, which reportedly is just over $400,000 with bonuses this season. He was also signed through next year.
It was a "quick conversation'' as Mackler expected the team to honour the contract or release Willy, Walters said, adding the team could have absorbed the money this year, but next season's salary wouldn't have worked if Nichols remained the starter.
Talks with Toronto (5-6) became more "substantial'' when Argos starting quarterback Ricky Ray fractured a rib and suffered a partially deflated lung in a Sept. 5 loss to Hamilton and is out at least a month. Dan LeFevour is currently the starter and expected to be under centre when Toronto visits Winnipeg on Saturday.
But the key was swinging a deal for Glenn, whom the Alouettes demoted to backup last week in favour of Rakeem Cato.
"The way it went down (Sunday), I think wanting to get a veteran quarterback as part of this was paramount,'' said Walters, who has no quarterbacks under contract for next season.
Glenn, 37, spent five seasons (2004-08) in Winnipeg before being released by then-head coach Mike Kelly in March 2009. He's third on the club's all-time passing yardage list at 18,116 yards and fifth on its all-time passing touchdowns list (103).
He started nine games for Montreal (3-8) this season, completing 222 of 314 pass attempts for 2,547 yards with 13 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.
Glenn and Heath are expected to be on the field Tuesday when the Bombers begin preparing for Saturday's home game against, coincidentally, the Argos.
Nichols was asked last Friday about a trade rumour involving Willy.
"Definitely if it happened it would be a big loss for this team and for me,'' he said.
Winnipeg acquired the 29-year-old Willy in February 2014 from Saskatchewan and anointed him their starter for the future. Willy had success when he was standing in the pocket, whereas Nichols, 29, gets the ball away a bit quicker, Walters noted.
"Paul and all of us wanted to keep Drew standing, reduce the hits on him,'' he said. "That was the mandate organizationally, whether by improving the offensive line, let's get this system set up.
"It sounds great, but it's not that simple.''
Walters said the new draft picks were important, but Heath will give Winnipeg's defence depth and is already showing his talent.
The six-foot, 190-pound Heath led the Argos with five interceptions in 10 games, tying him for tops in the league with Bombers linebacker Maurice Leggett. The product of Jacksonville State also has 37 defensive tackles.
In Toronto's 33-21 victory over Hamilton Sunday, Heath celebrated his 29th birthday with two interceptions and then learned of the trade.
He signed with the Argos in May after a much-travelled five-year stint in the NFL, where he mostly spent time on the practice rosters of eight clubs. He did get into some games with Jacksonville and Miami.
(Canadian Press)
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their qb went 1-4 and they made a change. what is durants record?
- September 14, 2016
I think I an safely speak for Rider Nation hen I say Willy's receivers RAN their routes whereas Durant's dont. That is why the riders are struggling, right? Hope fully he's here for 11 more years!
- September 14, 2016
Also what is Willys record before this year and how many grey cups has he won as a starter and how many has he been in. Darian has won one and played in three as a starter. Bad comparison.
- September 14, 2016
The Bombers had a good team with a bad quarterback, therefore the change. The Riders have a good quarterback on a bad team, therefore changes to most other parts of the team ( a work in progress).
- September 14, 2016
Kyle Walters absolutely raped Jim Barker on that deal.
- September 14, 2016
- George Porge said...
"How many Grey Cups" has Willy won? Willy hasn't even taken a single playoff snap in his entire career. Just consider that for a moment when you realize how desperate the Bombers were to sign him to such a lucrative contract with so little actual proven skill.
Now realize that the Riders could find themselves just as desperate if they don't start giving Mitchell Gale the majority of snaps the rest of this season and work on developing him into a capable *starting* quarterback.
- September 14, 2016
Drew Willy a Grey Cup champion 2013. ��
- September 14, 2016
- George Porge said...
Just like Darian Durant was 2007 Grey Cup Champion, even though he watched the entire game from the bench.
Willy can enjoy the ring he was gifted in 2013. He won't be getting another one for a long, long time.
- September 15, 2016
I said as a starter who cares if you won one on the bench. That's why darian doesn't count the first one. And I didn't say any thing about not giving Mitchell reps when the games don't matter but when the games do matter we need darian. The comment was made towards the first poster that was implying e should get rid of darian.
- September 15, 2016
Hope Willy saved some money, have a feeling his days of football are coming to an end.
- September 15, 2016
- 3RD and 1 said...
I can always tell the age of the commenters when they think Darian is the problem. Mitchell is a good back up as was Willy. Neither is starter Material. If Mitchell was starting quality or could be groomed in half a season. There is no way Millankovich would have traded him. Some fans think QB's are instantly groomed or can easily be found and added to the team. Look at Montreal since Calvillo retired. They have struggled badly to find a replacement and to date have not. Darian Durant is a very Good QB. This year you could put Bo Levi Mitchel on our Offence and he too would be running for his life and would have trouble completing passes to receivers who do not know where to be when running their routes. Or come back to the QB when he's in trouble. So many times I have witnessed receivers standing in place or running in a 5 yard circle when Durant has been flushed out of the pocket. Darian probably has 4 more solid years. That is if the Oline doesn't get him killed 1st.
- September 16, 2016


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"Nutrition plays a very important role when you're an MMA fighter and now that we are in the finals, this is a huge aspect. We curated a special diet called the 7 Day Miracle Diet since a lot of the Indian MMA fighters lack nourishment," Jacqueline said in a statement.
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Super Fight League, a mixed martial arts tournament, promoted by Bill Dosanjh and British professional boxer Amir Khan, has seen celebrity support from co-owners like Ajay Devgn, Randeep Hooda, Jacqueline, Arbaaz Khan and Tiger Shroff.
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I began writing to clear my head, bring peace to my soul and to patch together the broken emotion I felt from life, family, relationships and loss. Unfortunately, I find it difficult to write when I am happy so my writings have been slow the last few years. I reside in South Louisiana(for the time being) with my girlfriend Danielle. She is the reason I cannot write much these days.
With a happy heart I have a clear mind and with a clear mind there are no hectic thoughts and with no hectic thoughts there are no creative writings being produced. I'm really trying to focus on emotions and events of the past to bring about something creative because at the rate I'm going, it'll be hard to write anything good again.
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- Passed away on September 21, 2011 .
This memorial website was created in the memory of our loved one, MITRA GOUDARZNIA SAFAIPOUR, 63, born on January 26, 1948 and passed away on September 21, 2011. We will remember her forever.
Mimi Junam If only- I could hold you tight,kiss you and wish you a Happy Birthday... I love and miss you so much!!!
Mimi Junam, I am grateful to have had you in my life...grateful for my time with Mamani,Papa, and Auntie Nezi. Love and Miss you - ALWAYS!
Mitra Joonam, "When someone you LOVE becomes a MEMORY... that memory becomes a TREASURE". You are loved and missed more than ever. Your Houshang
Mimi Junam, I carry you and all that you meant to me in my heart everyday and will treasure your loving memories until my last breath! I love and miss you so very much!!!
Mimi Junam, Years have passed...with each passing year i miss you in so many different ways! Happy Birthday! I Love You!!!
Mimi Joon Our lives have changed forever , each and everyone expressing it in so many different ways that is hard to explain . I know for , I miss your calls everyday , miss your smiles , miss your unending love, there is a darkness that remains ! Love you and wished we could celebrate your 70th birthday together !
The world changes from year to year , our lives changes from day to day, but the love and memory of nice and good people shall never pass away . Happy birthday Mitra . Miss U too much
Mitra Joonam, Today, we all celebrate your "milestone" birthday filled with our wonderful memories and our love that will never die. Miss you a lot, Your Houshang
Mitra Joonam, I will forever miss your love, friendship and especially your kind, thoughtful, soothing and calming words. Your Houshang
Mitra Joonam, I feel your presence, by my side, at every step of the way! Love you forever, Your Houshang
Mimi junam, Although you were only 7 years older than me, you took me under your wing as if I were your daughter-All I can say is that I am where I am today-still standing... because of all those years that you had my back at all times and your forward-thinking--I wish I could express my gratitude face to face,but... maybe soul to soul love& miss you forever
Mimi junam, "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but People will never forget how you made them feel" Maya Angelou I LOVE & MISS YOU SO MUCH!
Mitra Joonam: I found this quote from an unknown author: "Your LIFE was a blessing, Your MEMORIES are treasure, You are LOVED beyond words and MISSED beyond measure." Miss you more than ever, Your Houshang
Mimi Junam, you aren't here physically...But as always-- in my heart! I love and miss You,Mamani and Papa!
Mimi joonam, " YOU NEVER REALLY STOP MISSING SOMEONE You just learn to live around the huge gaping hole of their absence" Love you always and forever!!!
Dear Mitra, Wish you were still around ...miss ur smile ...miss ur words .miss ur encouragement to me especially these days !!!
Mitra Joonam, Our house would never have become a home WITHOUT YOU, Our kids would never have understood the meaning of family WITHOUT YOU, I would never have experienced love WITHOUT YOU, To fulfill your wishes, we are all trying hard to remain together as one strong family, unfortunately, WITHOUT YOU. I Miss you more than I did FIVE, long and difficult, years ago. Your Houshang
Mimi Joon, Life is not the same without you,I feel a profound sense of emptiness and despair, in your absence. Always' Freydun
Mitra Joonam, This day will always be a reminder of the best decision of my life - to propose and get married to the world's most beautiful and loving woman. Love you and miss you more than ever, Your Houshang
Mitra Joonam, You were one fabulous WIFE. You were a brilliant MOTHER. By your hard work, sacrifices and MOTHERLY LOVE, you left behind three wonderful and successful children and five beautiful grand children that I wish you were here with me to enjoy them. I have you on my mind every second of my remaining life, Your Houshang
Mimi junam, It's that time of the year again - What used to be a beautiful season has remained meaningless since you've been gone... You are always with me. I love and miss You, Mamani, and Papa.
I love you and miss you everyday auntie Mimi I wished u were here with us I have great memories of you when u were still with us? Love Yassie!❤❤❤
Dear,Mimi I wish you were here to celebrate your birthday with your loving family. Love you forever Yassie!❤
Mimi junam, This weekend brought back memories of the story you used to tell about your "alone" time when Bobby was born back in the blizzard of 1983. You always made the best out of any and all situations in your life. When I think of you, I think " courage & perseverance". What a shame that your life was cut so short. Mimi junam I know there is no "Happy"--I just can't let this day go by without saying--Happy Birthday! You are always and forever with me...
It is the day that you brightened up the entire family with your birth. Mitra Joonam, the following quote describes my feelings beautifully:: "The world changes year by year, our lives from day to day BUT, the LOVE and WONDERFUL MEMORY of you shall NEVER pass away." Love you forever, Your Houshang
Mitra Joonam It has been a very long four years, but, everyday and every hour there is a song, a picture, a video, a smell, a sight that will bring back the memory of what once was but no longer is. Love and miss you forever. Your Houshang
Mimi junam, I have come to terms with the reality that there is no rhyme or reason for anything in this world. We are all here on borrowed time... ---- All I know is that your presence is sorely missed.------ Mimi junam, I love and miss you, mamani and papa. I finally, fully understand what papa was saying in the last couple of years. LOVE YOU FOREVER
Mitra Joonam, Today (July 18) would have been our 45th wedding anniversary. I can only wish that you were here by my side to celebrate this milestone. Love you always, Your Houshang
Dear mom - I miss you so much and wish you were here so badly. I love you and hope you're enjoying paradise with mamani and papa. Keep on looking down on us - dad's doing his best to follow your footsteps. Love you forever
Mimi junam, I woke up this morning and went on the balcony,which i rarely do, the whole front yard across was bright yellow with the flowers you loved during norowz. All I could see was you...I MISS YOU SO MUCH!!!
MImi junam, Shishi sold her first house today! She faithfully followed what you had told her years ago. I know that you would have been happy for her today. I love and miss you...
Mimi junam, Since I can't wish for anything that would be worthwhile...I just hope that you, mamani and papa are together... looking down upon us and saying to all of us " if you guys only knew". I love and miss you all so much!!! Happy Birthday azzizam!
Mitra Joonam, We celebrated your birthday last night, just by holding on to the wonderful memories of the past. I will miss everything about you forever. What a great loss for me, what a huge INJUSTICE for all of us. Your Houshang
Mimi Junam, You did so much for me and I never had a chance to repay you...I will always remain grateful. I love and miss you so much!!!
Mitra Joonam, I know that I have lost you forever, but, fortunately I am still left with that special love that burns inside and never dies. I miss you more than ever. Your Houshang, September 21, 2014
September 21st is International Peace Day and today is to remember a beautiful woman who fought all her life and never gave up . Mitra , wherever you are, I want you to know that you are missed by people who admire you and you will always be on their mind and heart . My prayers to you and your family............. Leila Rajab


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Shakil Adil / APA advocate of Pakistani governmental party Muttahida Qaumi Movement, center, behaves while the woman and other a lot of women chant prayers going for 14-year-old schoolgirl Malala YousafzaiA larger battleground in Pakistan looms for any group of which claims requirement for shooting Malala Yousafzai, the 14-year-old recommend of training for girls. While the vibrant woman make in vital condition, by way of "a 70% chance of survival" as outlined by one area newspaper, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) vowed it would harm her once again if the lady survives, according to a statement using their company spokesman, Ehsanullah Ehsan. Truly, for the TTP, your stakes seem to be broader compared to schooling for females and women. "If someone thinks which usually Malala is qualified because of instruction," said the latest TTP statement, "that's absolutely wrong plus propaganda by the growing media. 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This lady was picture in the head off, reportedly, from a motorbike by using two fellas drove " up " behind the, opened open fire and sped gone. No one has claimed responsibility for my child death. "How do you really hold assassins sensible when your program code of strength is exclusively in conflict?"asks Hira Nabi, some sort of Lahore artist, exasperated by your country;azines ideological divide. "How on earth do you combat a method of lifetime that doesn;capital t recognize a person's right to dwell?"But if the TTP hoped for more populist category in Pakistan in the attack with a child, they seem to have miscalculated. The majority of Pakistanis — even whoever has continued to help the intensely sectarian blasphemy laws — happen to be appalled. 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"While courageous the ladies continue to challenge for their legal rights, [the Taliban] will do all possible towards silence these folks. This shouldn't be ignored; the state ought to do everything practical to protect human-rights champions around the countryside."It helps this secularist cause the fact that Malala had a earning personality and also the epitome about childish purity. "I had the evening meal with Malala along with her spouse and children and found the woman's to be a particularly awe-inspiring little girl," states Todd Shea, who works best for an NGO in which established the hospital within Pakistan after final year's devastating huge amounts. "She spoke ideal English and even displayed a strong elegance, wisdom and favor beyond him / her years. 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Entry opens for 2016 RNLI Castle to Castle Swim
The RNLI's annual Castle to Castle swim from Falmouth to St Mawes returns on Sunday 12 June at 10am and entry is now open.
The mile long swim across the mouth of the River Fal is now in its eighth year and has raised thousands for the charity which has helped to provide an essential lifesaving service around our coast.
Participants will swim one mile from Pendennis Castle and finish at St Mawes Castle on the Roseland Peninsula. The swim is open to anyone over the age of 14, but due to the nature of the swim we advise that entrants should be intermediate or experienced open water swimmers and have previously swam at least one mile in open water.
Entry is £10 with a minimum sponsorship of £55. Registration opens at 7.30am and closes at 10am. The event is limited to 450 swimmers.
Ben Bowskill, RNLI Community Fundraising Manager, says: 'We are delighted to launch the 2016 swim and are looking forward to welcoming as many people as possible to sign up to take part.
'Thanks to all the support for this event over the past seven years, we have been able to raise a tremendous amount of money for the RNLI, which has gone directly to helping save lives at sea and around our coastline.
'The event promises to be great fun with a fantastic atmosphere, so do come along and get involved.'
If swimming isn't your thing, but you would like to help out at the event there are plenty of opportunities available. For more information email firstname.lastname@example.com
Notes to editors
Attached is an image of the 2015 Castle to Castle swim
RNLI media contacts
For more information contact Chlӧe Smith, RNLI Press Officer, on 07920 818807 or email@example.com or Emma Haines, RNLI Public Relations Manager, on 07786 668847 or firstname.lastname@example.com
Key facts about the RNLI
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution is the charity that saves lives at sea. Our volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service in the United Kingdom and Ireland from 238 lifeboat stations, including four along the River Thames and inland lifeboat stations at Loch Ness, Lough Derg, Enniskillen, Carrybridge and Lough Ree. Additionally the RNLI has more than 1,000 lifeguards on over 240 beaches around the UK and operates a specialist flood rescue team, which can respond anywhere across the UK and Ireland when inland flooding puts lives at risk.
The RNLI relies on public donations and legacies to maintain its rescue service. As a charity it is separate from, but works alongside, government-controlled and funded coastguard services. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824 our lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved at least 140,000 lives. Volunteers make up 95% of the charity, including 4,600 volunteer lifeboat crew members and 3,000 volunteer shore crew. Additionally, tens of thousands of other dedicated volunteers raise funds and awareness, give safety advice, and help in our museums, shops and offices.
Learn more about the RNLI
For more information please visit the RNLI website or Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. News releases, videos and photos are available on the News Centre.
Contacting the RNLI - public enquiries
Members of the public may contact the RNLI on 0300 300 9990 or by email.
The RNLI is a charity registered in England and Wales (209603) and Scotland (SC037736). Charity number 20003326 in the Republic of Ireland


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For people who can remember back to 1997 when MOFD was formed as a consolidation of Orinda and Moraga Fire Districts; or who have read the media accounts of the "arguments" leading up to the vote to consolidate; or have read the voter's pamphlet for the June 3 election in which the consolidation was approved by the voters; it is clear that from the Orinda voter's perspective there were two main reasons for the merger:
1) Better emergency paramedic service (both on first-responder engines and a locally stationed paramedic ambulance).
2) Use all tax dollars paid by Orinda taxpayers earmarked for emergency service for services in Orinda and not elsewhere in the County (including Moraga).
There is no question that Objective #1 has been achieved with the majority of MOFD firefighters being paramedics and an ambulance stationed at each of Orinda's three stations.
However, the status of Objective #2, which this paper will call "Tax Funding Equity", is in doubt.
What MOFD has to determine to clear this issue up is:
There are six basic documents that should be referenced in this discussion:
The Orinda City Council Resolution (adopted 9/3/96) requested of the County, via LAFCO, that the Orinda Fire Protection District and the Moraga Fire Protection District merge to form the Moraga-Orinda Fire Protection District. The terms of the merger were pretty much spelled out and had obviously been pre-negotiated as LAFCO agreed one month later to the request (in pretty much the same language) and the County agreed and called for the election for public agreement three months after that.
This was the "initiating" document along the path of merger. There was most likely a similar resolution passed by the Moraga Town Council. In the document, there was no stated reason given for the merger. There was no "condition" that "tax dollars paid in Orinda stay in Orinda" nor was there any restriction put on the new district to not allow this to happen. The topic was simply not addressed. The resolution did state that directors would be elected by (geographic) divisions.
There is one clause in the City's resolution of interest: "The Moraga-Orinda Fire Protection District shall establish separate service zones coterminous with the boundaries of the existing Moraga Fire Protection District and Orinda Fire Protection District." It spoke no more of what those zones were to be used for. Since the only difference between the two zones was the existence of separate Fire Flow Parcel Tax within each zone, maybe the sole purpose was to preserve the ability to maintain the Moraga tax. It was not necessarily to "carve out" part of Orinda and "deed it" to Moraga for emergency services or other tax revenue purposes (nor change the "tax funding equity" boundaries).
The main import of this document is that it shows that the Orinda City Council (in cooperation with the Moraga Town Council) was the "framer" of the new district. There may have been a bi-city commission formed to work out the details of the merger (as described by Dick Olsen), but it was on the City Council's desk where "the buck stopped". So if the City Council informed the electorate that the purposes of newly formed district were X, Y and Z, then those were the purposes of the new district. The language of the formation of the district did not work to guarantee the Council's intent and to date circumstances have not allowed the intent to be fulfilled, but that does not mean the intent did not exist.
The LAFCO resolution (adopted 10/9/96) and the BOS resolution (adopted 1/14/97) are very similar to each other. They allow the Orinda Fire District and the Moraga Fire District to be merged into a single independent district (MOFD) by a vote of the people. The combined district would inherit the combined "assets and liabilities" of the predecessor districts including stations, personnel, service area, tax revenue, etc. The pre-existing Moraga Fire Flow Parcel tax would also be "inherited" and the district could put up for a vote of the people a similar "fire flow tax" for the area previously part of Orinda. The proceeds from the new tax are restricted for use "solely to fund activities of the Orinda Fire Protection District service area."
Both documents state that "fire service zones" coterminous with the predecessor district (Orinda and Moraga) service areas should be established. Neither state what the purpose of creating these zones is.
Both documents state that MOFD will be governed by a five member Board of Directors directly elected by division (not at large). No reason for this is given.
Neither document mentions Tax Funding Equity by that name or any other name. They do not define it; they do not prescribe it; they do not prohibit it.
The LAFCO document identifies the City of Orinda and Town of Moraga as the "petitioners" for the merger. The merger was an official City action. It was not an action brought about by the citizenry.
The BOS document states "The purpose of the boundary change is to provide better and more efficient fire protection and emergency medical (paramedic) services to the affected territory." Period. It does not state how those services are to be allocated across the territory.
The BOS Ordinance (adopted 1/14/97) defines the new Orinda Fire Flow Parcel Tax including:
Language of the Ballot Measures
On June 3, 1997 the question was put to the voters. In Orinda (the Orinda Fire Protection District; the Orinda Service Zone) there were three ballot measures: A, B & C. In Moraga (the Moraga Fire Protection District; the Moraga Service Zone) there were two ballot measures: AA & BB.
Measures A and AA were identical: "Shall the order adopted on January 14, 1997 by the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County to order the consolidation of the Orinda Fire Protection District and the Moraga Fire Protection District into a single district known as the Moraga-Orinda Fire Protection District be confirmed, subject to the terms and conditions specified in the order including the election of District directors by five geographical divisions."
Measures B and BB were identical identifying the new district's "special appropriations limit".
Measure C on the Orinda ballot was to create the Orinda Fire Flow Parcel Tax. The passage of this tax was a condition for passing Measure A. Moraga already had a tax in place.
Neither Measure A nor Measure AA mentions Tax Funding Equity by that name or any other name. They do not define it; they do not prescribe it; they do not prohibit it. The only special "feature" prescribed in the election measure was "the election of District directors by five geographical divisions". This paper contends the reason for this is that each division may have its own "special needs", like securing Tax Funding Equity or fixing fire hydrants, that needs local representation.
We have been able to obtain the official Orinda voters' pamphlet but not the Moraga pamphlet. We tried the County elections office, the Town of Moraga and MOFD. No one had a copy of this document that we could find. The lack of a Moraga voters pamphlet may be irrelevant because it does not change what the Orinda voters were "promised" and who promised it. If the Moraga pamphlet said "Moraga taxpayers' service cost will decrease because there will be a tax subsidy from Orinda", then the divisions representing Moraga taxpayers would clearly have a different objective than those representing Orinda taxpayers' interests. But we doubt such a promise was made.
What "promises" were made and who made them?
First, who made them? The arguments for the creation of MOFD (Measure A, B and C) to Orinda voters were submitted by a number of Orinda's civic leaders including all five members of the sitting City Council (Littlehale [mayor], Tabor [mayor Pro-Tem], Hawkins, Abrams, Wheatland). It was the Orinda City Council (in conjunction with the Moraga Town Council) that petitioned LAFCO and the County to allow the merger. These were the "framers" of MOFD. There may have been an Orinda-Moraga commission to "iron out the details", but as for overriding rationale; the buck stopped on the City Council's desk. These were not simply engaged citizens but public officials who "called the question". The Voters Pamphlet may not be a legally binding document (as Olsen pointed out), but it certainly is a valid source of intent by the framers. Maybe the framers should have been more rigorous in insuring the results of the merger (calling for audits; defining service; etc.), but they were "rigorous" with one point: election of Directors by division. All for one and one for all is fine, as long as my division is not harmed. And spending $2.5 million in Moraga rather than Orinda when Moraga can raise its own $2.5 million (or cut expenses a bit) is harmful to areas in Orinda (bad fire hydrants; no brush control; etc.).
What promises were made? Pretty clear, right at the top of the voters' pamphlet:
Definition of "Tax Funding Equity"
It is very clear that the framers of MOFD (from Orinda's side) envisioned and clearly stated to the community that Tax Funding Equity would occur; not "may" occur. They told the voters that the provisions in the formation documents, mainly representation by geographic area, "insured" that this would happen. Maybe they were overstating the case but there is certainly nothing in the documents preventing Tax Funding Equity from occurring. While they did not create a mechanism to track it or mechanically insure it (or even define it), neither did they allow anything to be put in place that would prevent the Directors from carrying out the promise to the voters. And they made sure that locally elected directors would be put in place to do just that.
The definition of equity was given by the framers: "Fire protection dollars Orindans pay will stay in Orinda." Stated another way: The cost of services in Orinda will equal the taxes raised in Orinda, and conversely, the cost of services in Moraga will equal the taxes raised in Moraga.
What defines Orinda?
One question that must be answered before revenues and expenses are allocated between Orinda and Moraga is "where are the boarders separating Orinda from Moraga?" If "Orinda tax dollars" are to "stay in Orinda", what defines "Orinda"?
99.99% of people asked to define "Orinda" would find a map with the boarders of Orinda clearly defined separating it from Moraga, Lafayette, Berkeley, Oakland and unincorporated Contra Costa County. Only a tiny percent would even be aware that there is something defined as "the Orinda Zone" by MOFD which excludes 750 Orinda households. However, that zone (and the associated Moraga Zone which includes those 750 households) was specified by all of the "founding" resolutions (City, County and LAFCO) noted above and was referred to in the Impartial Analysis contained in the Voters' Pamphlet. It is no secret that 750 homes in South Orinda, defined as Tax Rate Area 18012, are part of incorporated Orinda but are included in MOFD's Moraga Service Zone, not the Orinda Service Zone. So are these homes part of Orinda, for the purposes of determining Tax Funding Equity, or not?
Accompanying this paper is a more detailed discussion of this issue. The conclusion in that paper is that TRA 18012, and the $1 million of tax it provides to MOFD, is part of incorporated Orinda and should be considered part of Orinda from an emergency services perspective. The area is close to Moraga's Station 41 but it is equally close to Orinda's Station 44. Both stations are staffed with paramedic firefighters and both stations have an ambulance (this was not the case before MOFD was formed but it is now). Either station can provide 100% benchmark response times to this area. In other words, this area is double-served. It probably has the best service in Orinda. The fact that TRA 18012 is in incorporated Orinda is the tie-breaker when determining whether it should be considered part of Orinda or Moraga from a Tax Funding Equity perspective. Even though the people in this area did not vote for Orinda's Measure A in 1997 (they were part of the Moraga Fire Protection District so they voted for Measure AA), they were still represented by the Orinda City Council which stated that fire protection dollars Orindans pay will stay in Orinda. Unless there is some use of the "Service Area" designations that we are not aware of, other than defining where the two parcel taxes are imposed, then we don't see why this area of Orinda would be considered part of Moraga and why its tax dollars should be used to support Moraga's emergency services when at least half the service to this area comes from Orinda stations.


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These are major turnoffs for me. Each time I came to a forced swipe, the action grinded to a halt and giant arrows popped up on the screen before I was treated to really stiff, awkward animations, something Uncharted has never been known for. These are the unintuitive gimmicks that make me roll my eyes and suck me out of the experience.
Luckily, forced swipes aren't around every corner, and the regular Uncharted gameplay shines through. I enjoy the platforming and third-person shooting, but I do wish the improvements we've seen in the series made the portable jump. Nate can't throw back enemy grenades like he can in last fall's Uncharted 3, and the enemies are dumb in Golden Abyss. There were times goons would take "cover" even though it clearly left the side Drake was shooting at unprotected.
Still, like I said, the gameplay is the standout here, and not the story or the characters. The problem with the story this time is that it just keeps jumping around. Nate starts by helping Dante, then by helping Chase and then it just keeps going. The end goal isn't exposed until very late in the game, so I was just playing to play for what seemed like most of the title. In the same boat, the performances of Nolan North as Drake and the rest of the cast are great, but I never fell in love with Dante and Chase like I did Sully and Elena in the PS3 games. Without a connection to them, the title is just a game rather than a story.
Part of Golden Abyss feeling more like a game than an Uncharted experience can be attributed to the game's 34 chapters looking a lot alike. Uncharted: Golden Abyss is set in the jungles of Central America, and that's it. There's no globetrotting to snowy mountains or desert landscapes; it's green and leafy the entire ride. Visually, that's beautiful. The graphics are on par with the first Uncharted on PS3 with my only complaints being eyes and hair not looking great and a noticeable halo around drake in certain spots. This is truly a great example of what the Vita's OLED screen can do, but even great graphics can get mundane if nothing's shaking up the color palette.
The Verdict
I don't mean to sound like I'm being hypercritical of Uncharted: Golden Abyss. The game is great and an impressive launch title for the PlayStation Vita. It's just that the Uncharted series has been known for being a story-driven experience, and Golden Abyss goes in another direction. It's a beautiful, fun game with tons of collectibles, plenty of laughs, and some cool twists on a franchise PlayStation fans know so well. It's just not an instant classic like the other entries in the series. Still, not too shabby for Sony Bend's first crack at the Uncharted legacy.


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Window Installation for Brighton FestivalMay 4th, 2015
As part of Brighton Fringe Festival 2015, I have been doing a bit of a live art installation in the window of a local design studio. Claire Potter runs her eco interior design business from an exquisitely renovated public toilet in west Hove. This month I am exhibiting and selling some work there, and Claire invited me to illustrate the main window with a nod to the spring festival celebrations.
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On Charlottesville
Hate crimes are punished more severely in our society based on the understanding that they affect more than just the immediate victims of the crime. The attack and its effects on the dignity, worth, and personhood of the primary victim spread to other people who share the characteristics that prompted the attack. Whether it is a nightclub shooting, yet another murder of a transwoman, the epidemic killing of black men and boys by police, the passage of discriminatory policies and laws that limit civil rights, or a televised protest of hatred and ensuing violence - each of these events that may happen geographically far from home, they don't feel far away. They are felt in the core of people of color, LGBTQ folks, immigrants and women everywhere. That is the intent of actions like this. To frighten entire groups of people. To control them. To silence them. To say, "you are not worthy of dignity and respect." This expands the victimhood of these events to entire minority groups.
So, if you are a victim of such an event, it is important to know that you have experienced a trauma.
When we experience trauma, events are happening and we are attempting to take in information that cannot be assimilated into our understanding of how the world works. Our minds, our worldviews, and even our concepts of our very selves cannot accommodate this new information. Our fear responses get (and stay) dialed all the way up. We (rightfully) don't feel safe. Very foundational beliefs that our lives indeed depend on are shaken and even split apart.
In response to this, it is a very human response to want to, as quickly as possible, regain a sense of safety and re-establish meaning. We want to make the world make sense again. Sometimes this can lead us to whitewash the truth, to minimize what has happened, to spread the blame around to "all sides." I have even said to myself and others that "this is just a small group of people who feel this way." We ask ourselves questions about "how could people do this?" and we answer by saying things like it's a learned behavior within a small community, or it's misplaced fear and anger. This quest to understand is understandable - we need things to make sense. But I don't want to make sense of terror and hate. I don't want to live in a world where it is understandable. This is the nature of traumatic events - they're traumatic because they should. not. happen. Let's not find ways to help our minds accommodate this. This is not ok. Let us work towards the hope that events such as these would not happen. But when trauma does strike, trauma should be disruptive, not normalized.
There is a place where we do need to seek to re-create and nourish meaning, and that is in our own and each others' sense of self, our sense of love and connection with one another, and each person on earth's sense of dignity and worth as a human being. This can look different for each person, and at different times. To some, or today, it may look like constructive rest. To others, or tomorrow, it may mean taking political action by donating money or physically showing up for restorative causes. Take in current events and remain aware and engaged, and please also take breaks from the bombardment of traumatic images and harmful energy. Find positive, supportive sources for news and information. Don't let hate and violence be the only messages you are taking in. Please rest when you need to. Cry and shout when you need to. Reach out for support. And if you are not feeling the need to rest, shout, cry, or reach out, then please turn to your neighbor that does and be of service.
A note to myself, and other white people: When I was asked to do an interview on this topic for the Atlanta Journal Constitution, I very nearly did not accept the interview. I was afraid that I might say the wrong thing. I was afraid to jump in to a conversation about race so publicly. When I recently had a conversation with other white clinicians about Charlottesville and about race, it was supremely uncomfortable for everyone involved. Getting uncomfortable is for-sure a price we have to pay if we want to see a country without racism, and we are going to be sitting (and hopefully standing and marching) in that discomfort for a while. It is indeed important for us, too, to practice good self-care, and rest when we need to. But I ask you, and challenge myself, to firstly consider two things. 1: Am I more tired than the people of color who have been fighting this battle longer and harder and with greater consequence than I have? and 2: Is it really just resting, or am I seeking to hide or to quit? When we take a break from this conversation, for us it can truly be a break. When our brothers, sisters, and siblings of color take a break, they get no respite from feeling the effects of what is being done to them. Surely, we will make mistakes. Surely, we will quite probably screw up in big ways every now and then. And being called out won't feel good. I say as much to myself as I do to you: please, do it anyway. Racism and division and hatred and injustice are damaging to us all.
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Darkness and Light
My girlfriend says I drink too much. I feel so angry all the time, and I'm snapping at the people I love. I'm so stressed and overwhelmed, and I think I'm just doing it to myself, but I can't seem to stop. I stopped using drugs, but my life doesn't feel any better; I'm still sad all the time. I'm 35 and I can't believe I don't know how to handle this. I don't like anything in my life and I don't know how I got here. My anxiety is keeping me from being able to do my job. I can't seem to stay clean for longer than a year.
Clients come to counseling for a vast variety of reasons, but it generally boils down to "I'm not happy with this aspect of myself, and I can't seem to change it on my own." Part of the beginning of therapy is to identify the goals - the things we hope to change by engaging in this work. A lot of time we make that feel like taking a magnifying glass (or a giant-ass spotlight) to our flaws.
And then progress starts to happen, and maybe we meet our original goals - we stop drinking, we get our angry outbursts under control, we learn skills to cope with our anxiety. And, by some horrible whack-a-mole magic, we can see more problems!! When we are on a path of personal and spiritual growth, it's a "journey, not a destination" because there is no damn destination. There is no finish line to this deeper work! There will always be more room to grow. This is why it is crucial for those on this path to regularly check in on your progress, and your strengths. On a spiritual path or a path of personal growth, we have kind of signed up to look for our darkness. The world tells us to hide it away, shove it down, keep it out of sight, in the closet, repressed and unacknowledged. But for those of us who want a deeper experience of joy and love and light, we know that means we have to allow the darkness to pass through us on its way out. We heard this disclaimer, and we signed up anyway.
Once we're on the path, it can become easier to spot our issues. Like a crazed weed-pulling gardener, sometimes we don't know when to stop and rest. When we keep going after every weed we see without rest, we hurt ourselves. It is vital to our well-being that we stand up, step back, and survey the field. See the progress we've made in clearing the weeds. See and smell the flowers growing in our garden. Feel the sunshine on our faces and the mud between our toes. Taste the bounty of the harvest.
One of my favorite interfaith teachings (because Truth is Truth is Truth is Truth) is that we are already whole. There is already a light shining within us. We are already forgiven. We are already divine. However you want to phrase it - we are at our core good, and beautiful, and light, and love. And because of the world, and our culture, and the negativity-biased wiring of our brains, and the harmful choices of others, and our egos, and our own unwise choices, that goodness gets obstructed. And we think that we are dark, bad, sinful, wrong, depressed, ugly. We are none of those things. There may be some of those things within us, and that's the work! To remove the obstacles that block our light. To clear away the bullshit that hides our beauty from the world, and sometimes even from ourselves.
There is plenty that we all can do to be better, to shine brighter. But there is nothing that we have to do in order to be worthy. We are already ok. You are already light. You are already love. You are already beauty. You are already joy. You may have some work to do in clearing away the cobwebs so that you can see it, but You. Are. Already. Ok.
Tap into your light today. Sit quietly. Breathe deeply. When thoughts come, just let them pass without judgment. Your brain thinks, and that's ok. Ask to notice the light within you. Ask where it lives in your body. Try to visualize that light. Send your breath and your energy to that light, and watch it grow as you give it access to air. As you bear witness to your own light, see how it gets brighter and bigger. Continue this exercise until the light grows to fill the external boundaries of your body. And then beyond. Imagine this light shining out of you, so that you can feel it on your skin. Imagine that others can see this light, and that when they do, they more readily notice their own light within themselves.
If it is hard for you to visualize your own light, practice first visualizing the light of a beloved teacher, guru, or the God of your understanding. Use this light as your own until you can start to believe in the light within your own heart.
Join Tosha Bailey of The Mix EduKitchen and Fitness and I as we discuss entrepreneurial journeys, showing up authentically in life and at work, and improving our relationships with our bodies! Then stick around and check out previous episodes from Be Well ATL - Season 1.
Finding Freedom
Freedom. Independence. Liberation. Man, that's a good feeling! But maybe one that we don't feel that often. There are so many demands, expectations, and other external forces pulling us in directions that may not match up with the way we want to go. Sometimes instead of feeling free, we feel trapped, squooshed, fearful, or stuck. Just putting myself into that space while brainstorming those descriptive emotions conjured up some serious anxiety in my back, neck, and shoulders! It did not feel good, y'all! Freedom feels so much better; so how do we get there?
I like to think of freedom as having two main components, the first of which is curiosity. By this, I mean asking ourselves the question, "I wonder what this is like?" In each new moment, in each new experience, even in the same-old-same-old experiences - to approach it with a beginner's mind, a child-like wonder, a scientist's eye. I wonder what this is like?
In Buddhism, they have a handy saying: "Right now, it's like this," embracing both acceptance and impermanence. A friend recently gave this age-old saying a fantastic update: "Right now, that's what's up." Equally true, more delightful to say, and maybe a little catchier too.
See my previous blog for more about this idea of meeting ourselves where we are. Right now, that's what's up.
Willing to give it a try? Practice meeting each moment with curiosity and acceptance, and see if your feelings of freedom don't multiply this week!
The Law of Inertia
Netflix and chill - but literally. In your PJs, on the couch, binge-watching a full season of the latest release. Sometimes that's ok. Occasionally, I've even been known to assign it to some of my clients. But when immobility becomes a habit, when we feel unmotivated on most days, or so overwhelmed by tasks or options that we feel paralyzed, when we are stuck in deep, thick mud like that, when we have been still for so long that it seems our bodies have forgotten how to start moving again, then we have fallen victim to inertia.
When we are stuck in a pattern, whether a pattern of movement or a pattern of stagnancy, it can feel impossible to shift. Sometimes it seems that no matter what we try, we can't seem to relax, or to get going. Meditation is a wonderful tool for relaxation and rejuvenation for someone who is on the way to burnout, but have you ever skidded onto a cushion from a day of multi-tasking and back to back activity and tried to sit quietly and focus on your breathing? And exercise is a great way to get your energy moving, but have you ever tried to muster the will power mid-OITNB-binge?
Before I talk about the answer, I want to talk about the NOT-the-answer. The answer is not to yell at ourselves about the difference between where we are and where we wish we were. The answer is not in shaming, bullying, name-calling, comparing, or otherwise beating ourselves into a different shape. Not only are these things harmful to us on a very deep level, they don't really work that well.
Try it this week! See if giving yourself a little grace, and honoring your current energy state first instead of expecting yourself to shift to the opposite so abruptly works better and feels better to you. Let me know in the comments!
Embrace the Anti-Hustle
Entrepreneurs. Creators. Doers. Magic Makers. Manifesters. Movers. Shakers. Hustlers?
I was with you, and then "hustling." I think of myself as a recovering Type A. I'm organized and driven. I make plans, execute, and get results. Calls, meetings, proposals, presentations. Hustling. What exactly are we celebrating? If it's believing in ourselves and in our dreams enough to back them up with positive, continuous action and manifest these amazing lives and this amazing world that we envision and plot and plan about so persistently? Yes, I'm all in with that. But sometimes I think we are celebrating something different.
Busyness. Chaos. Stress. Running. Rushing. Always thinking of the next thing and never really here for the now thing. Hustling. I'm not here for this. This is the part I'm working so hard to recover from. This is not the kind of life I want to live. This is not success. And, here comes a big one: this is not required by success.
I once worked for a non-profit organization who brought me on to turn what had been operating as a recovery residence into a treatment program. This was a great and noble goal, but one that would require raising more money, hiring more highly trained staff, meeting more regulatory demands, and changing the "way we've always done things." And really, the organization wasn't on board with any of that. We accomplished our goal, but not without constantly butting heads with my bosses, our funders, and volunteers. We kept pressing on because it was such a worthy goal, but it was unsustainable in such a system - one that ultimately had different goals. In the end, I gained one of the most valuable lessons in my life: sometimes obstacles are not here to be overcome. Sometimes they are signs that you're on the wrong path. Sometimes its better to find the people who already have the same vision, who are already working towards the same goals. Sometimes it just doesn't have to be so hard.
Herein lies my issue with this whole glorification of "hustling." Hustling sometimes teaches us to keep fighting no matter what. To wear ourselves out in the pursuit of "success." To sacrifice peace today for tomorrow. To approach everything with such a forceful attack. Maybe we could be gentler with ourselves. Maybe we could allow ourselves the grace of peace today and tomorrow. Yes, there will be bumps and obstacles along the way that are meant to be overcome. But when we hit wall after wall after wall - perhaps we are needing to learn a little more deeply that we are worthy and deserving of a life of abundance and ease. Yes, we have to work for success. And yes, the work is hard. But maybe just not that hard.
Find the moving current. Step into it. Hustle and flow. Hard work and grace. Abundance and ease.
Emptying (to get full)
Void. Nothing. Numb. Missing. Ache. Bored. Lonely.
These are feelings that we often describe along with the word "empty." We are often fearful of emptiness. It's a thing that most of us would say we don't wish to experience.
In one of my first Buddhist meditation experiences, they were talking about the experience of non-self, as if this was the ultimate goal of spirituality and meditation. Immediately, me: "uhhh, not what I signed up for, y'all." I'm here for being more in touch with myself. I'm here for finding out who I am at my innermost, not for whatever non-existence craziness y'all are talking about! I'm here for fulfillment. Definitely not emptiness.
I think that we think of emptiness as empty of happiness, of joy, of love. But I'm not sure we can ever be empty of those things. When I experience emptiness, it's empty of the exhausting swarm of thoughts, empty of to-dos, empty of shoulds and why-did-yous, empty of anxiety, empty of shame, empty of ego, of striving, of judgment. And into that emptiness, like air into empty lungs, floods silence and peace. Divinity, if you like. A different kind of energy.
Then exhaling again fully, and noticing where in the body you most feel the sensation of emptiness. Breathe deeply into that space, imagining that the feeling of emptiness would grow and expand as you inhale and exhale, emptying more and more space inside of you. Continuing to breathe slowly and deeply, eventually you clear out the whole space occupied by your body - you are embodying this feeling of emptiness. Allow the emptiness to flood your mind as well. Noticing the space and silence between your thoughts, and then allowing that space to grow. Sit silently, noticing your experience of emptiness.
I would love to hear from you! Share your experience in the comments, or email me!
For another perspective on emptiness, check out my discussion with Brett Bagley of Purple Treatment Center and Sober Adventures in Be Well ATL podcast episode Hollow Bones.
The Healing Power of Noticing
Being seen. Being known. This, so much, this is the unmet need at the core of many of our problems today. Feeling seen, heard, known, and held is a large part of what is so healing about relationships - whether they are therapeutic relationships between a counselor and client, a doctor and patient, friendships, family relationships, love, or simply strangers sharing a rare and passing intimate, vulnerable, supportive moment. When we feel seen, there is healing in that space.
What if we take that same concept and apply it inside of ourselves? So often when uncomfortable feelings show up, we close our eyes to them, push them aside, try to numb them, run from them, smash them back into whatever box-from-hell they came from, or otherwise avoid them. But what if instead, we just simply allowed them to be seen? What if we tried to hear them out? To get to know them a little bit?
Have you ever had a really crappy day, called up your person, and then they tried to fix everything? Or a caring someone asks how you are, and you break the "I'm fine" mold and say that you're a little anxious about a big meeting coming up, and they offer you all sorts of unsolicited advice - all of which you've already tried or it just straight up doesn't apply to your situation? Sometimes even when caring and well-intentioned people try to "fix" our problems, it can feel like another way we are being pushed aside, not seen, not held - just checked off of some list and left behind.
Don't we do that to our feelings too? Rush to fix anything that doesn't feel good? (My hand's definitely in the air on this one!) In my own life, and in my work with clients, sometimes we work really hard and we end up digging up a new "core belief." A new discovery of what's underneath the things that keep tripping us up, holding us back, sending us off-course. It's exciting and feels like a break through! And then... "Ok, what's next?" How do we fix it? How do I get rid of it? What exactly do we do with the damn thing?!
What if we just look at it?
I mean, what if that's the answer y'all? Did your shoulders just soften? Because mine did. Maybe the answer is not more striving, more work. Maybe it's just to see it. To hear it. To hold it. To know it. Let's practice that, and just see what happens.
I took a training recently on EMDR (Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). It's an admittedly kinda funky, but highly researched and incredibly effective treatment for trauma, and for un-sticking your stuck core beliefs. Here was one of my favorite nuggets: Negative thoughts and beliefs are symptoms of the problem, not the problem. Through an EMDR lens, the problem is old traumas that weren't sufficiently processed by the brain. So it goes in, and processes the shit out of them. For me, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy so often ends with finding the core belief. EMDR lets us pick up from there and stop with the striving. Because the way that it processes them is not with your expert-problem-solving brain. Actually, let-me-fix-it-no-really-I'm-so-great-at-fixing-things you needs to sit back and chill for EMDR to really work its magic. Our brain and our bodies have an intuitive wisdom that body-focused treatments and practices tap into in amazing ways. EMDR gives us another option outside of the oh-so-human attempt to fix the mind with the mind. The good news is that our brains already know how to heal themselves, and they want to! I have such a crush on the work of Matthew Sanford (you should check him out) - he was in a car accident at age 13 where his dad and sister were killed, and his spine was shattered, among other serious injuries. He is now a yoga instructor and works within the realms of from trauma, mind-body connections, and asking us to rethink healing, ability, and embodiment. He talks in his book in such a beautiful way that our body is always "moving towards living, for as long as it possibly can." Humans are amazing and we naturally move towards survival and wholeness. We just have to get that manager-in-our-mind out of the way.
Sound familiar? So much of the theories and concepts behind EMDR are right up my yoga and meditation alley. Connecting to the body. Really listening to what it has to say. Creating a space for healing to naturally occur. Practicing a radically-accepting awareness of what is. And just being with whatever comes up. Seeing it. Hearing it out. Holding space for it to be, without pushing it, resisting it, hating it, or judging it. Letting it be known. You can try it right now. Get quiet. Focus on your breath, breathing deep, full, delicious belly breaths in and out through your nose. When your attention wanders, just notice it, and bring it back to your breath. Do this for a few moments, and then place your right palm on your belly, and your left hand on your heart. Continue to breathe deeply, and just notice whatever is there. With so much love and zero judgment, what do you feel in your body? Tension? Sensations? You can scan your physical body, as well as your emotional body. Thoughts? Energies? As you notice what's there, give each sensation your full attention, and send your breath there, as if your breath was carrying loving awareness. Notice what happens. No judging. No fixing. No striving. No doing. Just noticing. Just being. Just seeing.
<3 Namaste.
I would love to hear from you! Feel free to comment on my blog or social media, or email me!
You can find out more about EMDR here: http://www.emdr.com/frequent-questions/ and http://www.emdria.org/?120. If you are interested in scheduling an appointment, click here or learn more about my counseling services here.
I also provide yoga and meditation instruction. If you enjoyed the exercise above, I encourage you to check out the book First Breath, Last Breath, by Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati, and especially her Healing Breath of Noticing, from which the above exercise was adapted. You can purchase this book at Kashi Atlanta when you come for any of my public yoga classes, or online.
Want more Matthew Sanford? Of course you do.
All In.
New cards are here! I changed my signature blue background color to this deep red in celebration of a big change - starting in April, I will be committed to Align Wellness Solutions as my *only* full-time gig! Since I first felt the rumblings of Align Wellness in my guts, it has taken a lot of envisioning, working, planning, prepping, resting, and waiting on the next rock to rise up from the sometimes-scary-stream of entrepreneurship. From working up the courage to leave Foundations and step out to my part-time startup consultant gig with Fresh Start Recovery Center, to now leaving even that safe-haven harbor, this has been an amazing journey, and one that I did not expect. There is a microscopic woman who runs around my brain pressing the PANIC! button pretty often, but so far the rest of me doesn't react to her. This, of course, freaks her out even more. But she is tiny. And manageable. It is consistently amazing to me how when I put out positive energy into the universe, when I can act from a place of confidence and abundance and not act out the fearful thoughts that may try to creep in, when I have faith in this path, the universe ALWAYS meets that energy with results. I am so grateful.
Beginning April 1st, I will be expanding my hours from two and a half days a week to full time! I will be adding another office location to explore this city from my Align Wellness perch, and to see where it wants to grow. I am, of course, seeking new clients - for counseling, coaching, and yoga/meditation instruction. I am also seeking out speaking and training opportunities, especially ones that are in one of my passion-zones: addiction and recovery, LGBTQ issues, life after (huge) life change, clinician self-care, vision-casting and intention-setting work for individuals or organizations, employee engagement and culture-building.
This red color is the color of Muladara, the first chakra, or energy center, in our bodies. I often tell my clients that it doesn't matter if you think of chakras as literal places in your body or in a metaphorical sense. This root chakra is the energy center of safety, of physically taking up space in the world, where we focus on being enough and having enough. As Align Wellness Solutions starts out with all of my time and energy invested here, I am excited to watch it grow through this establishing energy, to grow roots deeply in Atlanta and spread out across the Metro area and beyond. I hope to walk with you along this path. Thank you for your support - this is going to be amazing!
If you are a fellow entrepreneur, clinician, yogi, or holistic health provider in the Atlanta area - please reach out! I love connecting with like-minded folks. I host a #goalssquad (instead of #squadgoals) get-together every 2-3 months. Our networking is super casual (read: we hang out), but the connections made are meaningful and collaborative. I also host the podcast Be Well ATL, where I interview (read: hang out) with wellness practitioners in Atlanta with the goal of expanding wellness experiences for our listeners, and also of sharing our communities of supporters collectively.
If you would like to support me in my work:
- You can refer a client to me for counseling, coaching, yoga, or meditation instruction (most clients end up getting some combo of all of the above). "My people" tend to be folks in recovery or trying to get there, LGBTQ folks, women (I like dudes, too, but ladies especially seem to dig me) after divorce or career change, spiritual seekers - basically anyone who is kind of asking themselves who am I really, what do I want, and how the fuck did I get *here*?! I work really well with people who haven't liked therapy in the past. Anxiety-sufferers and people who are so stressed out that their bodies stopped telling them when they're stressed - those are definitely my people. And folks who feel like they've lost their mojo and can't quite shake feeling sad, unmotivated, tired and hopelessness is either creeping in, or set up residence long ago - you're my people too.
- You can connect me with a company or organization in need of some training in the areas I specialize in. I enjoy and am good at any kind of vision-casting or goal-setting, culture building, employee engagement, LGBTQ inclusivity, and I especially love to do employee wellness stuff! Let me have fun with your staff. :) If you have a group of therapists, even better! LGBTQ 101, Trans-specific trainings, Addiction and Recovery issues (including medication-assisted treatment), yoga and meditation, the mind-body connection, and SELF-CARE!! I will save my rampage about the importance of clinician self-care for a different blog on a different day.
- If you have a blog or newsletter, I'd love to write a guest feature that's specific to the needs of your audience!
- You can join my mailing list, share my blog, check out Be Well ATL, share Be Well ATL, etc.
- Send good vibes! :)
Josh Jarmin is Superman
Join us as we chat with Josh Jarmin, owner and fitness expert at Blueprint Fitness, about fitness (duh) and superheroes.
Got a fitness-related new years' resolution? Check out Blueprint Fitness's January Transformation Challenge! For 6 weeks, get a jump start on building a foundation of behaviors that will lead to a healthier, happier you. Josh is offering a $400 value for only $147. Remember, you're way more likely to take action towards your goals if you do even a small action right now. So, click the link, email Josh, or get in your car and drive straight to Blueprint! :)
Got some other resolution, goal, or challenge and could use some help navigating a course to get you there? Align Wellness Solutions is offering two New Year coaching packages: 6 sessions over 2 months for $750 (regularly $900) or 10 sessions over 3 months for $1200 (regularly $1500). This offer is for new clients only, and is only available through Jan 31! You can read more about the services we offer at our website, or email us to sign up. If you really want to make a change, hack your brain's motivation center and take a small action right now!
Free! Ideal You Visualization - to achieve our goals, it can be so helpful to picture ourselves already there, and to really feel what that feels like. This guided meditation will help you do just that! Getting to know our ideal selves (who already exists inside of us, btw!) helps us to make decisions that can be difficult without that perspective. Now we can ask, what would Ideal Me do? For a free download of this guided meditation, join our mailing list below!
Melanie Storrusten.
August 2018


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The national flag of Canada is one of the most recognizable symbols in the world. Its' simple yet striking design bespeaks the honor, civility and individualism of the Canadian people yet the flag's components took centuries to come together as one. Canada's flag represents where Canadians came from and who they are now.
Historic colors
The red and white colors of the flag are indicative of the powers who founded Canada: France and England. During the Crusades from the 11th to the 13th century, crosses were boldly attached to the Crusader's uniforms, and the color of the cross depended on the country. The red cross was France's symbol, and the white cross identified English soldiers. Through the centuries, these national colors stuck, and when the official colors of Canada were selected in 1921, red and white were chosen to represent the French and English influences of the founding colonies in the 15th century.
The maple leaf
You can't come up with a national symbol more homegrown than Canada's maple leaf. The sugar maple quickly became an important staple to new colonies, providing natural beauty and energizing food to settlers. Records show that the maple leaf has been around as a symbol since the 1700s; numerous groups claimed it as the people's emblem and in the mid-19th century it began to appear in songs, coins and military uniforms.
That tradition continued through WWI and WWII. Even though they were under rule of the English Crown, the maple leaf showed up on insignia as a way for soldiers and regiments to show their Canadian pride. In those wars, stories of Canadian bravery and honor made the maple leaf even more recognizable to soldiers of other countries.
From Jack to leaf
Until the 20th century, Canada was a territory belonging to England, and the official flag was first the Union Jack. Unofficially, the Canadian Red Ensign was flown as well, which featured both the Union Jack and the Canadian Coat of Arms. But after Canada loosened political ties in the 1930s with England, they wanted something that truly represented the people born to this beautiful and rugged land.
The maple leaf seemed a natural choice; it was already in the Coat of Arms, and two world wars had turned it into an unifying icon of Canadian culture that both the French and English provinces could agree upon. After a long and heated debate, the official colors were combined with the maple leaf to officially create Canada's flag on February 15, 1965.
Pop culture
The distinctive flag and its maple leaf are still beloved to this day, and continue to influence popular culture. One notable example is Canada's own superhero, Captain Canuck, traditionally dressed in red and white with the maple leaf proudly emblazoned on his forehead.
The flag has also been a must-have accessory for travelers, and Canadians who attach flags to their clothes and luggage often reap the rewards of the country's good standing with the rest of the world. So much so, in fact, that citizens of other countries have been applying the maple leaf to their own belongings in hopes of receiving the same positive response.
While these "flag-jackers" are usually found out, there's no denying that the red and white flag represents more than just where Canadians are from; it also shows the world who Canada truly is as a nation.
Beth Bartlett is a freelance writer specializing in travel and business. She's written about the value of ripoff report advice and protecting your online reputation.