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February 5th 2016
As I write this, I do so with a little sadness. Why? Because so many music stars and actors have passed away in the past few weeks.
After the death of David Bowie I saw a TV news report wanting to explain why we mourn the loss of these people we really don't know. I just know that some of these men and women touch us in many ways. They make us laugh, they make us cry, and they make us think. They become a part of our lives.
This month three of my favorite singers and performers have died.
David Bowie– who doesn't get chills when they here "Space Oddity", "Fame", or "Rebel Rebel". His musical influence is timeless.
Natalie Cole- I could go on forever about her incredible talent. But her life story is one reason I admire her, she had all the pressure of being Nat King Cole's daughter and that lead to a long battle with Drug addiction. The book "Angle on my Shoulder" is a look into her life and how she survived. Her singing style could be soulful but her take on the standards was what she became known for. The duet of" Unforgettable" with her late father still gives me chills.
And on Thursday Maurice White of Earth Wind and Fire passes away. Earth wind and Fire was a great band that fused funk jazz rock and disco and I always looked forward to the next EWF album
The list is way too big for only one month but here are some of the celebrities we lost in the January
Abe Vigoda- Fish on Barney Miller
Pat Harrington Jr. One day at a time
Alan Rickman– Die Hard
Brian Bedford – the voice of Disney's Robin Hood
And Jason Wingreen – the voice of Bobba Fett in the Star Wars.
That is quite a list and makes me sad but also glad because they shared their talents to us. We never know how our own talents will affect others, but if I have learned anything in my life. Every life affects others. When I get to talk to you on the phone or maybe get to meet you face to face I can honestly say that you and your talents affect me in such a positive way
Boy this blog has found me pretty serious! But really there have been some good things this week. Here is few fun things from this week.

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ON MENTAL ILLNESS: We Should be Considered a Minority
The maltreatment experienced by persons with mental illness is not on the same scale of severity that African American people experienced several decades ago in which there was extreme violence perpetrated upon them. (We yet have a long way to go to alleviate the discrimination, wrongful conviction and violence directed at nonwhite individuals.)
Yet, the maltreatment of persons with mental illness is real—it is not a figment of our psychotic imagination. Part of this is that we are essentially a segregated population. Some of this occurs through wrongful imprisonment. Some occurs by means of being supervised by the mental health treatment system.
Some of the maltreatment is brought forth by attitudes of people in mainstream society who are intolerant of someone different. It remains socially acceptable to regard persons with mental illness with disdain and ridicule.
We are considered to be a lower form of life by most people. The stereotype of a person in treatment for mental illness is that of a person either rocking back and forth on a bench while smoking a cigarette, or involuntarily twisting their face while boarding a bus. We are considered a bunch of "sick people."
Some of the mistreatment perpetrated upon persons with mental illness is economic. It is much harder for us to get hired at a decent or any job. Banks set up predatory lending which victimizes unwary individuals--and a number of them are mentally ill people. Although gainful employment is sometimes an unlikelihood, the government doesn't provide a decent amount of money for us to live on.
Persons with mental illness are presumed stupid, which is the same lie that was once directed toward African American people.
Persons with mental illness experience being physically tied up in the name of "treatment." We are forced to ingest mind-altering drugs. In some instances, we are forced to have our brains zapped with electrical current.
The segregation and discrimination we experience have some level of subtlety but are nonetheless genuine. Outpatient segregation means living in an unlocked facility designated for persons with mental illness. And without transportation or money, we are stuck in such a facility unless a family member decides to take us to a coffee shop.
You may not realize it, but many persons with mental illness have jobs, drive automobiles, go out on dates, and do all of the "normal" activities that you, the reader, do. Not all persons with mental illness are stuck in a psychological childhood, and not all of us are disabled even though we may have a condition that requires treatment.
Persons with psychiatric disabilities have some ability to "hide" our status of being in the mentally ill minority. If we are at a supermarket, we are often treated the same as anyone.
On the other hand, we are often subject to being recognized as a "client" by people at such a supermarket who work in the mental health treatment system. Our disability may also be apparent to some, since we may not be as well dressed or groomed as most, and we may have differences in our mannerisms due to being on heavy medication.
Thus, in some instances, I am treated disrespectfully at random and for no apparent reason while I am out in public.
Persons with psychiatric disabilities are subject to violent attack perpetrated by criminals. Criminals see mentally ill people as easy victims since the medication slows our reflexes and makes it harder for us to defend ourselves. Furthermore, drug dealers may believe a mentally ill person is a likely customer for the stuff they sell.
To summarize, persons with mental illness are unfairly victims of bad treatment. I believe we should be given minority status, which in some cases already exists through the Americans with Disabilities Act. However, the ADA is often easy for corporations to maneuver past, and we do not have the same status as other minorities in terms of civil rights or in terms of what actually gets enforced. Legally, we are actually a subverted group, since laws are now on the books to streamline the process of being locked in a hospital, and having medication forced upon us.
One day, there will be recognition, by mainstream society, of someone's ignorance and bigotry, when they say something derogatory or insulting about persons with mental illness. It will be easier for us to get jobs, and we will be in on some of the good things that life has to offer that we are currently denied.


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Join us for an overnight adventure at Zoo Boise! Zoo Boise offers a variety of Snooze at the Zoo overnight programs for your Family, Scout Troop, or School Group.
Families will experience a camp out unlike any other. Sleep under the stars right in the middle of the city! Enjoy programs led by education department staff or explore the zoo on your own after regular zoo hours.
Scout Troops will bond while earning a badge*. In addition to a Scout Master-led program, troops will enjoy learning more about the zoo's exotic animals from our education department staff.
School Groups will learn about zoo animals while fulfilling Idaho/Oregon State Education Requirements*. Through education department-led programs, groups will get to explore the zoo in the dark and interact with some of the zoo's exotic animals.
Cost is $55 per participant and $50 for Friends of Zoo Boise annual pass holders. Public overnights are scheduled once per month May –August. These are intended for families/friends.
2020 Public Snooze at the Zoo Schedule: May 22, June 27, July 17, and August 8
- Public Snooze at the Zoo (ages 7 and up + Adult)
Public Snooze at the Zoo
05/22/20 – 05/23/20 from 6:30pm-9:00am
A memorable experience is sure to be had by those who experience Snooze at the Zoo! Zoo guides will provide your family with evening and early morning treks through the zoo to investigate animals as well as their habitats, behavior, and care. Activities, games, art projects, and up-close animal encounters are also part of the Snooze at the Zoo adventure. Evening snack, continental breakfast, and indoor/outdoor sleeping area provided. Children's parent(s) must be present throughout the entire program. One adult per five children. Details regarding items to bring for the overnight will be sent to campers one week prior to the program. Cost per person is $50 for Zoo Boise members and $55 for non-members.
To register in person visit the Fort Boise Community Center (700 Robbins Road) or call (208) 608-7680.
- A Snooze at the Zoo Overnight Experience Includes:
- Admission for your group
- One teacher or Scout Master free with a minimum of 20 students (a minimum of 1 adult chaperone is required for every 5 children)
- Fun for the whole family (overnights are intended for children ages 7 and up)
- Sleep in Zoo Boise's own Chitengo Camp
- Animal programs led by Education Department Staff
- Hands-on animal encounters
- After hours tour of the zoo*
- Light evening snack and breakfast (Please eat dinner before arriving at the zoo)
- Free next day admission to the zoo for your group
Scout and school groups may schedule any night of the week May – August, providing the date is available. To schedule a group Snooze at the Zoo, please send an email.
*Education programs tailored for specific Scout Badges or Education Requirements available upon request.
*While overnight experiences include touchable animals and animal viewing,there are no behind the scenes tours.
This program takes place from 6:30pm to 9am the following day and is on zoo grounds, so please dress for the weather.
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Big Sean is off the hook in the sexual abuse case he picked up last August in New York. The G.O.O.D. Music artist plead guilty to a lesser charge in court today (October 26) and was sentenced to a mere $750 fine.
"I am pleased to announce that after further investigation the Niagra County District Attorney's Office decided not to pursue any of the sexual misconduct allegations against Mr. Anderson," Big Sean's lawyer, Scott Leemon, told XXLMag.com. "As a result in order to get this entire ordeal behind him Mr. Anderson agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of unlawful imprisonment with a $750 fine. Mr. Anderson regrets any misunderstandings that occurred that day and reiterates he did not engage in any type of sexual misconduct. "
As previously reported, Sean was arrested and charged with third-degree sexual abuse, forcible touching and second-degree unlawful imprisonment charges after a female issued a complaint that she had allegedly been sexually assaulted, back on August 4. The incident followed the Lewiston Festival, where Big Sean performed.
Sean's associate, Willie Antonio Hansbro, also accepted the same plea deal.
Sean has yet to issue a statement regarding the case. —Jesse Gissen


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Preschool Cleanup Strategies
Supporting Preschool Cleanup
We have all been there. Young children have been actively engaged in play, and as a result there is a large collection of toys strewn all over the playroom or classroom. We look at this mess and at times feel a sense of dread for the impending cleanup job. Over my years in the classroom, I have developed some strategies which help my preschool students achieve success in this important endeavor. Here is how we support preschool cleanup in our Moorestown preschool.
Support the Transition from Work to Cleanup
Imagine if you are engaged reading a book, and then suddenly somebody tells you to stop and to immediately do something different. Perhaps you would be frustrated, wanting to finish the page or the chapter. This is the emotion that children feel when adults suddenly tell them to stop working and to help with preschool clean up. Reminders about the upcoming transition help lend predictability. In addition, I call the children to a meeting between our play and cleanup. Having a meeting (we do our literacy lesson, but it really can be anything) allows a break between work time and cleaning up. This helps the children start on the cleanup job with fresh energy.
Do you always have to clean up?
Our days are full of transitions and responsibilities, during which we ask children to pause the work with which they are engaged. At home, this might mean a stop for nap or lunch. In the classroom this could be a break for one of our Specials – such as Coding or Music – or a trip to the playground. Traditionally in Early Childhood classrooms such a transition would necessitate cleaning up before moving to the next activity. I resist this idea in my classroom, and do not ask for preschool cleanup until the end of our day. This means that we leave materials out on tables and the floor while we are outside, and clean up at the end of our day together. This accomplishes two things: we do not spend more time than necessary cleaning up the classroom, and the children can build upon their ideas from one work time to another.
I also support children when they ask to leave their work standing – or "in progress" from one day to the next. There is great satisfaction in building upon ideas from day to day, and I have found that this can add to complexity in the work. Leaving work in progress happens at the children's request and when logistics allow.
Finding responsibilities for everyone
At our planning meeting between work and cleanup, we assign jobs. Each person, including adults, has a job to do. It is important for the jobs to be specific, especially for young children. Remember that the mess looks overwhelming to them too, so instead of saying "Can you clean up the block area?" say "How about you clean up the small blocks, and I will clean up the long ones." This makes the job more manageable. This strategy also means that people may not be cleaning up the toys that they specifically used. To me this is not problematic, so long as everyone is contributing to the job. We are all responsible for our environment, and can share in its care, even if we did not play with a specific toy. It is important that adults help as well, for they are also citizens of the preschool classroom.
Disconnect your emotion
There are days when cleanup goes slowly, the job is overwhelming, or the schedule is tight. Disconnect your emotion. If you are tense, as an adult, the cleanup will feel burdensome. Rushing children in preschool cleanup is rarely productive, and often leads to frustration for both the child and adult. Keep the expectations manageable; if it is a huge job, you are not going to finish it in two minutes, no matter how hard you work. Also, give yourself permission to change the narrative in order to get the job done. Perhaps part of the job can wait until later. Perhaps everyone needs a minute before cleaning to get geared up for the big job. Perhaps you can help by cheerfully getting the process started, or by working as a team with your preschooler.
I have found that working together and sharing in the responsibility of preschool cleanup supports children and adults as they cultivate their shared citizenship of a classroom. I bet that this can be true at home, too.
Stay tuned next week for some examples and strategies about early childhood education from our Moorestown Preschool program.
Beginnings at MFS is the Moorestown Friends School Early Childhood Program (Preschool, Prekindergarten, and Kindergarten). The Beginnings Blog is intended as a helpful tool for parents and guardians of young children, examining important ways in which children find meaning, in their lives and in their education.
Author Garrett McVaugh is the Beginnings at MFS Half-Day Preschool Teacher. Along with his Teaching Assistant Pauline Williams, he guides some of the youngest MFS students through their first year of school. A graduate of Haverford College, Garrett has been an early childhood educator for over a decade. Prior to MFS, he was a teacher at Preschool of the Arts in Madison, WI. Prior to living in Wisconsin, Garrett spent eight years teaching at St. John's Episcopal Preschool in Washington, DC.
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Ear infections can be torturous for pretty much anybody: babies, adults, and even pets. They are no fun and can get serious if not treated properly. Having the best natural ear infection remedies around can really make a difference in clearing up ear infections.
The ear infection remedies in this post are homeopathic and natural. They will be mentioned later on in the post.
These infections result from a buildup of fluid in the middle of the ear which presses against the eardrum, resulting in pain. They generally come on during colds, so it is best to know what exactly the potential symptoms are in order to treat it naturally.
General Ear Infection Symptoms
These are the general symptoms of a typical ear infections, some of which are obviously more prominent in infants:
- pain in the ear, especially when lying down.
- pulling at the ear.
- fever.
- irritability.
- whining.
- not sleeping or sleeping more.
- clingy or the opposite.
- lethargy.
- regressive behavior (examples: thumb sucking again, wetting bed).
- pus or fluid draining from the ear.
- swollen lymph nodes in the neck.
Common ear infections are normally caused by a buildup of fluid in the ear. They can also be caused by bacterial infections.
With infants, they can bring ear infections upon themselves if they put certain items in their ear that shouldn't be there.
Homeopathic Remedies For Ear Infections
Homeopathic remedies are absolutely wonderful for ear infections. They can work wonderfully, safely, and gently. There is also very promising research out there showing the effectiveness of homeopathy for ear infections.
There is another great study that came out recently that also involved medical doctors. It is high quality research!
According to Dr. Morrison, homeopathic remedies for ear infections should be given either in 2-3 30C doses or in a single 200C dose depending on the person.
It is also recommended to wait 3 days before giving a remedy in case the infection goes away on its own.
Here are the homeopathic remedies for ear infections:
Pulsatilla is a great children's remedy especially for ear infections and ear pain in general.
It's great for left sided (sometimes right side too) ear infections that look inflames and may have pus coming out of the eat. The infection will be caused by a cold and will develop and improve slowly.
An ear infection needing Pulsatilla may begin soon after bed, even if the person was feeling well during the day. It may also be accompanied by a cough, and the person may have green mucus.
Babies needing this remedy feel better when they are picked up, carried, or rocked, and from warmth and open air. They feel worse at time.
Chamomilla is a top ear infection remedy, especially for kids. It's a must have to keep on you at all times with your kids, and I have used it before for others.
Kids needing Chamomilla will tend to have a red eardrum with no pus coming out. More notably, they will be crying A LOT and will be very cranky, irritable, and angry. They can also be very capricious.
This remedy is also indicated for those that are very sensitive to pain. They will be warm, want constant consolation, and may have a cough as well.
They will also be better from being rocked or shaken and open air, but worse from wind.
Mercurius is good for ear infections that come on at the end of the cold. This will be accompanied by sinuses, drool, and a foul odor coming out of the ear.
They may also have a dirty white or yellow tongue and their ear infection may be worse at night.
Children needing this remedy will be fussy and difficult to settle down.
Hepar Sulphuricum
Hepar sulphuricum works great left sided ear infection remedy.
Like Chamomilla, the person needing this remedy may have extreme pain and may literally scream from it. If it's a child, they may even yell at their parents to "fix it" so their pain will go away.
The person needing this remedy will usually be worse at night, really chilly, and have smelly yellow discharges that smell cheesy.
This remedy is great for those ear infections that can come on in the middle of the night fast and rapture quickly.
Another interesting indication of this remedy is that when feeling freezing, the person will sticks finger out of the covers.
Belladonna is a useful remedy for dry, painful right sided ear infections, especially when it comes along with a high fever and red face.
The infection is worse around 3PM. For kids, this can be after an afternoon nap.
The person will not have much mucus. Kids can be lethargic or cranky, but not as intense as Chamomilla or Hepar sulphuricum.
Belladonna ear infections are worse from the person being jarred and from bright light.
Ferrum Phosphoricum
Ferrum phosphoricum is another great right sided remedy for ear infections. This is used
when there are circumscribed redness on the cheeks. The ear infection can come on quick with clear or yellow mucus, and it may be accompanied by high fever and coughing.
Emotionally, the person needing this remedy may be sad and better from consolation.
When you're dealing with a left sided ear infection that's violently painful, and worse from the night and sleep, then consider Lachesis.
Also think of Lachesis when the person is warm and has yellow mucus. Their ear infection pain may be so intense that they may even wake up shrieking from pain.
For people needing Aconite, their dry ear infections will come on fast. They also will be very fearful; they can have a fear of death and may even predict the time of their death.
Dulcamara is known to work for left sided ear infections that are worse during the end of the summer. It helps for ear infections that may be worse at night and have yellow gunk coming out.
Consider Manganum when the person's ear infection is better from lying down and worse from laughing.
Kali Muriaticum
Kali muriaticum is manages ear infections by drying up fluid in the eardrum.
You can give a dose of Kali Muriaticum 200C per day for 4-5 days for this specific type of ear infection.
Non-Homeopathic Approach: Garlic Oil
Garlic oil is a wonderful herbal medicine that works to alleviate ear infections. Garlic contains anti-bacterial properties that work to quickly reduce the pain and infection in the ear.
You can either buy garlic oil as a ready made capsule or you can simply make your own garlic oil by crushing garlic into olive oil and mixing the two together.
To apply on ear infections, you can put 2-3 drops of the oil on the ear. Then, insert the ball into the ear to hold the liquid in place.
According to Dr. Morrison, the drops should not be used on children who have tympanostomy tubes or ruptured tympanic membranes.
Don't use both garlic oil and homeopathy together as the strong herbal odor of the oil can cancel out the effect of the remedy used.
My Experience With These Remedies
I have dealt with acute ear infections since I was a student studying homeopathy.
Here's one example:
A client in my supervision practice called me to help alleviate her baby's red ear infection. She already received antibiotics from her doctor, which led to temporary, unpleasant side effects but did not help. She also applied garlic oil beforehand, which alleviated the ear a bit.
Her baby was not sleeping, had loose stools, and was screaming from her ear pain.
After asking a few questions, I told her to give her baby Chamomilla 30C. After 1 dose, her baby already saw improvement within an hour. In her own words:
"I gave her the remedy and she already seems better. Wow, it's crazy."
Best Natural Ear Infection Remedies Wrap Up
The homeopathic remedies listed above and garlic oil are one of the best natural ear infection remedies that you can use.
They are safe, efficient, and inexpensive. They work great with babies, pets, and adults alike. It's good to keep these remedies on you at your home or office to stay safe.
Hope your ears stay safe!


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October is my favorite month of the year! I love pumpkins, fall colors, and Halloween. I just celebrated my 11th wedding anniversary with my sweet husband. We had a beautiful fall wedding during one of the most lovely times of year here in my little part of the world.
So, it's one of my favorite times of year in the classroom too! This is a sweet Fall on the Farm bulletin board from last year...
It was done slowly over time during our farm unit. The trees were done collaboratively using corks and tempera paint. I drew the trunks ahead of time using pastels. The kids painted the leaves and apples using the corks in small groups.
Fire Prevention Month is also super cool. My kids love seeing firefighters get into their full gear. They especially love the "Darth Vader" breathing of the oxygen tank. It's cool to see the fire engine too. We are sending kind thoughts to all the firefighters and those affected by the wildfires in California right now. Keep reading to find a firefighter FREEBIE later in this post.
In my classroom we always learn about pumpkins and use Halloween themed materials to practice important literacy and math concepts being taught. Learning is more FUN that way. So I am super excited to show you a special new product I made...
Kindergarten Centers for October.
I adore the watercolor graphics. It's great literacy practice during anytime in October. They are perfect for Halloween too.
Miss Kindergarten to practice letter sounds... "Pumpkin, Pumpkin, nice and round, grab a pumpkin, say the sound." It's great practice AND formative assessment. You can also use these cards to match uppercase and lowercase...
Counting Bears Number Book.
We are also working on decomposing numbers as we work on counting strategies and number order. It sets students up for success with understanding addition and subtraction later in the year. This mat is a fun way to decompose numbers. Using candy corns for math manipulatives in October is a must. Here you can see 6 decomposed as 4+2 and 3+3.
You could also use little mini erasers, bears, or cubes from your classroom as well. These simple mats will work with ANY counter manipulative. These decomposing numbers mats are in my Kindergarten Centers for October as well.
The understanding that larger numbers can be made with combinations of smaller numbers is a hugely important concept in kindergarten math. So we practice this A LOT during the year. These are a couple of other ways we practice...
Roll, Count, Build Number Sense Activities has a mat for every month of the school year and some extras too. It also has mats for both two dice and three. This is a great way to differentiate and is actually great practice for first grade too. It comes with recording sheets to write number sentences as well.
Number Sense Activities - Roll, Count, Build all year long!
This Roll, Count, Color All year long! is another way to practice these same concepts. They also make easy homework for parents at home. This set of recording sheets for dice also have images for the entire year. They are made to use with one, two, or three dice.
Back to the October center activities...
This is another activity to practice decomposing numbers. My students are going to pretend to be wizards or mad scientists making potions...
This fun math activity has pictures of fun potion bottles in different number combinations. Here you can see 7 decomposed as 5+2, 3+4, and 1+6. Students can make Potions with any combination that matches the total number (7).
Here are some other fun activities in this set:
Practice for rhyming... this includes other materials and gives ideas for lots of ways to use these cards.
OK... this is turning into the blog post that will never end. This Kindergarten Centers for October set also includes activities to practice hearing and counting syllables and color words too. It is going to help make my October fun for the kids and easy for me... now that all the cards are printed and laminated, Ha ha!
Thank you so much for reading this post. I hope some of these activities gave you ideas for your kindergarten classroom in October. If you want these activities for your classroom, you can find them right here: Kindergarten Centers for October.
I promised you a Fire Prevention freebie...
It's a labeling activity just perfect for little students who are learning to stretch words and listen for sounds to write them. It only has five words, so it's not overwhelming for kiddos just starting to write. I did this as a guided activity where we worked collaboratively to stretch and listen and I modeled the writing. Don't you love the rainbow jacket in this one?
Here's what the page looks like blank:
There are two pages included with boy and girl firefighters. It's in my TpT store. You can grab it right here: FREEBIE-Label the Firefighter
I hope you have an amazing October with your class! Thanks for stopping by my blog.
Happy teaching!


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I hoped to have my review up today, but life got in the way and I haven't written a review for about a fortnight!
However, Karina Bliss' current series is one of the VERY few I've read where the characters speak and act like people of their age, in their generation. I think Fall (Rock Solid #2) is a wonderful book. I've not yet read the first instalment in the series, but it didn't matter when I read this second one. I often complain about contemporary romances that don't come across as realistic – this one does.
So, keep a lookout for my review in the next forty-eight hours. And – in the meantime – keep a lookout for this series. Rock star books have the potential to be extremely sexist, but this one definitely is not.


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March Guidance: Fiery Warmth & Visions with Feeling!
|Posted on March 4, 2019 at 10:15 AM
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March guidance for the month!
This is a start of Spring month for the northern hemisphere. The sun starts getting warmer, snow and ice start melting, and nature starts to stretch before the full waking. At the beginning of this month, it is still a good time to reflect on your life (well, it is actually always good to reflect! Ha!). See where your life is aligning with your visions, dreams, and goals, where it has taken interesting journeys, and where you would like to create and design differently. Patience is important but so are steps forward, even if very small. Momentum at this time of year gathers energy and gets ready to burst forward in bloom. What are you getting ready to sprout or bloom? What are you already cultivating and taking care of? What are you in the midst of glorious "running with it and expanding" momentum? Reflect on these as you experience today and look ahead to the March month.
Spirit of Fire
Welcome in the warmth and the brightness of the sun and of fire energy. It may feel like it has been a while since you felt warm to your core, the type of warmth that comes up through you, from your soul and out into your life. This is the time to let your warmth expand. Allow it to come to you from the outside in as it also grows from the inside out. Fill your life with things that make you feel good: People who build you up, Entertainment and reading that make you laugh with joy and feel this wondrous life, Knowledge that inspires you and makes you go "wow!", and action steps that bring you that "yes!" feeling of accomplishment and excitement. Find things that bring you that fiery energy of passion, love, and honouring your truth while you honour the truth of others.
With this sun and fire, comes the balance of wood and water. When the fire is very strong, even if it is the most beautiful thing you create, it needs nurturing and it needs fuel. Through the ground, the earth, the water, the emotions, and the care of self, comes this balance. It is needed and required. You are human after all! Be grateful for what fuels you, physically, emotionally, spiritually, and mentally. Be grateful for the body that carries you and explores with you. Be grateful for the feelings that speak to you, help you heal, and allow you to experience life in deep ways. And be grateful for water, a vital part of life in a multitude of ways.
When you feel the deep whispers of your highest-self chatting to you, bringing up that fiery essence of you… When you notice coincidences or synchronicities, signs, and messages… When you feel confirmations through emotion, signs, and inspirations… know that it is wind connecting the other elements to you and to this warming phase.
Then with the fire and warmth, the sun and the balance… we walk into…
Desert – Vision Quest
Quite a powerful month ahead with these two cards!
This one is reinforcing the need and suggestion for balance as indicated above. While some love and have been designed for the desert climate, many prefer to live in areas with greater water influence. For you here, it is in part to see what is being created. Are you living in the desert (in terms of your goals and dreams not happening as you might like) or are you living IN those goals and dreams, creating them and with them? Are you expanding on goals, dreams, and experiences that are already happening to feel even brighter and remembering to enjoy what you have brought about?
Give yourself the patience and understanding to create. When you look at only the things you wish to have, to own, and to bring into your life, you miss the water part – the feeling! What do you want the vision of your life to feel like? Vision quests are not only what is seen but what is felt during the experience! How do you want your life to feel? When you have the things you want, what are you feeling? When you experience what you want, what does it feel like? Sometimes touching on the emotions seems glorious and brings you expansion and connection. Other times it is a way to heal what is ready and needed to heal, or to release what no longer serves you. Those may be the emotions and parts that protect themselves and are not as easy to immediately get to. However, if you allow yourself to go there, even in little phases, little moments, small increments, you will find that you feel so much better, so much lighter having felt what needed to be felt, healing & releasing, and then feeling what is more amazing afterwards. Seek support to help you in this if it feels too much to allow alone. Community and connection are all a part of this walk and are honoured.
Raise your vision up, even just for a few moments a day. Allow it to play in the "what if" possibilities! Have fun with it, be inspired, let the sunlight and the fire show you incredible possibilities, and feel how great it would or will be!
with love,
and Spirit Connection
With help from the Native Spirit Oracle Cards by Denise Linn, available through HayHouse.com and the Earth Magic Oracle Cards by Steven Farmer, available through EarthMagic.net and HayHouse.com.
February Guidance: Dark, Winter, Facts, to Light!
|Posted on February 4, 2019 at 11:55 AM
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Welcome to the New Moon in February! With this new month, we now gain an opportunity to really look inside and see what we are living and creating each and every day. This does not always sound like a fun process! But the more we work with it, the better we understand ourselves, the choices we make, and see our way forward.
February is our second calendar month. The big start of January starts to calm for many. The intense mission of planning and visioning for our year may slip aside into routine or it may become part of the routine of creation and goal setting. For those in our region in the north, although the days are technically getting longer and the sun stronger, February is often considered a "grey" month. So here, in this possibly perceived as "grey" month, now with the New Moon, we may really feel in the dark!
Take this opportunity to sit with yourself, breathe. Look at the bright moments of sunlight, the fresh snow, the crystal ice formations, and the lovely stillness that is present. Then pull out those visions, goals, and dreams. If they feel a little dusty or daily life hasn't quite measured up yet, I suggest giving them a nice shake! Dust them off, add in some new fresh and sparkly intentions and actions, see what is great around you and within you, and go for what your life wants to bring to you! Remember that this dark is really an illusion… The sun is there just as strong, it is us who has moved. The moon is there just as full but for the light, it has moved, and we have moved! Great reminders that things are always changing and that the dark is an opportunity to see what wants to come up for us and through us in this moment.
The Native Spirit Oracle Cards by Denise Linn, are the deck which wants to guide us further through this month. As always when I read with my cards, I listen to which deck feels it could bring us the best guidance in this moment. Here we go… take a beautiful big breath, relax your shoulders, receive and reflect…
As if to show us that all which was written here before this card reading, is indeed true, we pull the Spirit Keeper of the North oracle card. It shows us a wonderful wintery night scene. Fresh snow on the trees, bushes, and the ground. Deep purple-blue enters our senses as the full moon sheds is wise light on the land and beings below. The snow comes from the sky and the stars stay there reflecting and shimmering.
Whatever challenges you may be facing right now, notice how much power you are giving them and giving over to them. Like during the winter there are facts to be aware of: the cold can affect you, you need more efficient shelter and food, you need different footwear to make it through and to move about, you need different clothing and tools for the change in weather and its results, and you need to create light more often because the natural light is less in the winter phase. Other than these things, and a few others you may come up with, winter is winter. It is what it is. Pushing against it, resisting, or wishing to change it will often lead you into misery and frustration.
How does this winter analogy relate to any challenges or problems you are facing right now? What are the facts about each of them? Get clear, really clear. Confusion breeds more confusion and you suffer in the process. Notice where the facts start to get mingled with the story you are living or creating. Readjust. Clear it up. What are the facts?
The problems are the problems. The challenges are the challenges. What is a problem for one might be a blessing for another. What is a challenge for one might be an opportunity for another. Perception plays a part. This is not so you compare your situation to another's. This is not so you judge yourself. This IS so you notice where the perceptions are versus the facts, to allow you to welcome in clarity.
From the facts, you have a great base to shift, change, learn, grow, request and receive help. Going back into our winter darkness, it would be like asking to not have winter. Well, even if that was in your control, it would come with huge intense repercussions for all of nature and the world! Maybe you do not want that kind of responsibility! Perhaps adapting and choosing is a better option. So… what about noticing that a problem is your boots do not keep your feet warm when you are out and about in the cold. Fact. Cold feet, not so much fun. Options: set goals and intentions to allow change and solutions – and let these things flow when you get the inspiration and the ideas! The wool socks that have been in the drawer for years. Better boots you see posted somewhere second hand. Find the ease and time to purchase newer warmer boots. And then something else pops up… going somewhere warm when it is cold here… hmmm that rings nicely to you. Start the goal, the dream, the action steps as possible. If it doesn't seem possible just yet, then hold the dream and the possibility that you don't have all the "how" and "when" details but you will! See?
From facts to possible actions to greater dreams. Inspiration and intuition at work. From the dark comes the possibility of light and then comes the light! The idea of boots may seem like a mini challenge compared to many. Okay, sure, that is understood. But if your feet are freezing as you walk, getting colder and colder, starting to hurt with the degree of cold, that challenge is pretty big in the moment. Perspective.
See how this may be applied to other challenges and problems you think you are experiencing. It is okay if you are in the dark, all of nature spends time there. They shift and change as do the seasons and the needs and so can you. Be kind to yourself and patient with yourself as you may be in a "winter" phase. Know that spring is just around the corner for you and for nature.
Wishing you clarity to see your facts and to receive inspiration that brings you solutions, joy, and light!
With help from the Native Spirit Oracle Cards by Denise Linn, published by and available through HayHouse.com.
January guidance: Fairies, Magic, Breath, Beauty, and Love!
|Posted on January 3, 2019 at 11:10 AM
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Welcome to a New Year! January 2019! Happy New Year! This is a time when we often look back on the calendar year that has been and look forward to the one which is just starting. But each year is made up of a multitude of moments. 12 months is what we tend to follow here, and then weeks, days, hours, etc. I enjoy providing oracle card intuitive wisdom for the month here on my Page to bring you perspective, points to reflect on, and guidance to help you step forward and to remember throughout the month.
If you would like your own guidance for the month or for the year, please contact me. Monthly guidance written readings are available as are 2019 Light & Guidance Wheel readings! Tools to add to, build on, and enhance your journey!
For January 2019…
Fairies – Earth Magic
We welcome in this New Year with a reminder of all that is magic, all that already exists, and all that is possible! We live in a balance between time, action, and experience, calm, peace, and movement, human, spiritual, and energetic. Everything plays its part. Each of these and more, all the time, in all different and wondrous ways. At the very basic, you are breathing, your heart is beating, and you are connected to the Earth by something known as gravity. From there, are so many aspects and layers. You could just enjoy exploring them and do nothing else and still be active and live an exciting life each day! But then there is everything else!
The human experience, learning, growing, living, exchanging with others while progressing as yourself. The spiritual experience related to energy, oneness, divinity, light, love, and those who are committed to and available to help with our soul journey. The Earth experience with everyone else here, all the people, the creatures, the plant life, the seemingly solid matter, the shifting weather and changing lands, the water ways and the power of the land. Then beyond to show us the stars and the moon, and beyond that still.
Whatever your definition of "magic" may be, if you have one at all, you have to admit it is all quite amazing! So much at our fingertips, in our energy, and in possibility, but at the same time, it comes down to you, to you in this moment, your beliefs, your desires, your body, your mind, your spirit, your soul, your energy, and your breath. From there you create and you live. Whether you find it magical or not is up to you. Whether you think you are separate and finite is up to you. Whether you think you are connected or not, is also up to you. And each of these is correct because they are you and your experience.
As much as your breath changes and comes and goes in your energy, through your body, allow yourself the knowledge that your life and your experience is changing just as often and just as easily. Knowing that gives you power to experience as well as power to create. It gives you power to laugh and to cry, to share and to receive, to be and to do, and so much more. It is bringing you in line with your life and the realization that it is all okay. Yes it is all okay. That big pressure that is sitting somewhere on you (or was in the past for those who have already released it), can just go… Like a balloon being released into the air, it can float away. And it is even a biodegradable balloon that will get recycled into energy to help someone else make the same realizations of freedom and joy. Let the big pressure go, breathe in the breath that is meant for you in this moment. That is your basis point, a breath. And as it is released, feel yourself getting lighter as well, lighter with a magic that represents whatever it does for you, for your life, but know it is wondrous and it is yours. What will you enjoy today? What are you experiencing? What are you going to create? (hint, you are already doing it). Let in the light and the sparkle, notice how amazing everything is and breathe into your existence. We are blessed to have you.
I had already intuited pulling a card from another deck of mine, the Healing with the Fairies Oracle Cards deck, for today's second card. Seeing the fairies with the first, just makes it all the more exciting and confirms it as a good plan!
This is a powerful card in this deck, coming to continue the space and universe discussion. As she sits in connection with the stars, moons, and planets, she reminds us that we are all made of much more than we often give ourselves credit for. The energy we have running through us is not always seen. Like the dark of her hair, it can blend in with the background depending on our perspective and what is important for us in the moment. Your energy and your essence are like this. You may be acutely aware of it all or you may be living life and absorbing what it has to offer without necessarily thinking of it on a universal spirit level. It is all good as long as it is good with you!
Regardless of how you approach your life, know that you and your life are beautiful. Even the parts you may not be so crazy about or enjoy quite so much. There is deep beauty there. It is not the surface beauty that comes and goes but the deep kind that touches you, touches others, and brings quality to life. You have this beauty. Hear this. You are beautiful! And this kind of beauty deserves and calls for love - deep, wonderful, take-care-of-self, always there, I am enough, I am amazing, I deserve good, I am loved, kind of love. It is a stand up straight because you love yourself, kind of love. It is a feel you are hugged and held in the best ways, all the time, kind of love. It is beauty that resonates from deep places and ancient knowing, learning through the ages, and saying yes you have it and that you ARE love.
Whatever comes up in counter to that type of beauty is for you to learn from then to heal, and to release in this phase if not already done so. Yes you are allowed, it is allowed. You have magical, spirit, earth, as well as human support.
Although you may not see or believe in a Fairy presence, allow today to expand you just a little, or a lot. Your breath in itself is a miraculous coming together of your body's physical workings with science, chemistry, biology… with air that floats around you unseen… with emotions and thoughts that speed up and slow down rhythms to you, through you, and from you… and that is just a breath.
From there so much is possible, as simple or as complicated as you make it, as enjoyable or as challenging, as full or as empty. This Earth Magic energy is coming in to invite you to play, to become an active part of your life and your experience, in whatever that means to you. It is your movie, your script, your scene… adapting and changing with each breath, being co-written with you in each moment. Allow yourself to pick up the pen and do some of the writing. Bring yourself into the moment to live and then vision forward, adjusting as you go. That is how the best rides and stories are created.
Today is just a day, one day of a period of time, but it is your day, and you can make it as great as you like. Sparkle your beautiful loving powerful self forward and magically breathe fully!
Featuring the Earth Magic Oracle Cards by Steven Farmer, available through EarthMagic.net and HayHouse.com and the Healing with the Fairies Oracle Cards by Doreen Virtue, also Hay House published.
December Guidance: Light with Blessings and Balance
|Posted on December 2, 2018 at 11:45 AM
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December Oracle Intuitive Guidance Card Reading
Welcome to this new month! In the northern hemisphere, this is a month of cooler weather, darker days, pure snow, frosty breath, going inside ourselves and our homes to reflect, cheer, and holiday times to be with family and friends and to support our fellow man. The supporting our fellow man doesn't come naturally or easily for everyone but we all have that potential and there is always hope that community will come together for a better life for all. The light of the holidays is not in any specific day or tradition, it is in the light we feel inside, the light we connect to with each other and with whatever we feel is greater than ourselves, and it is the light that graces us each day through the precious sun, and watches us each night through the beautiful moon and the stars. We are light, may be it be represented by us in all we are and do.
The first card that caught my attention shuffling my Earth Magic deck today was when I noticed from the back of the card that it was upside down. Some people have this often in their decks and it can be an added feature of the reading of a card. For me it is VERY unusual and so it caught my eye. Flipping the card into the upright position as I turned it over, I realize it was one that came up as a friend's one-card pull during the week. I check in with it to see if it wants to bring us messages and guidance today, and of course, yes it does!
Rainbow – Blessings
This is a time of year which can be full of hustle and bustle for many people. There may be gatherings and parties. There may be extra shopping and decorating. There may be extra ceremonies and traditions. And there may be much much more, creating busyness and much planning. But what is at the base of all this? Why does all this happen? This is where this beautiful rainbow comes in, as the clouds part showing a crystal clear blue sky. What is at the heart of your December and your holiday season, however it looks for you? It is time to reflect as you start this month. It is time to set intentions so you can notice and so you can adjust.
With all the blessings in each life, this is a time to decide whether the holiday season becomes a joyful one or a time full of stress and worry. Start today by feeling your blessings. Feeling them is different than just writing them down, it is really having & living them full of appreciation, full of joy, full of compassion, full of love, and full of value. Value your blessings, love them. From that place of love, joy, and value then approach each task, seeing what is needed and required, and what is at the heart of it or what you are now creating at the heart of it.
As I shuffled for the second card, I am drawn to read the back of the cards, for the first time. This image is also on the Tree card within this deck but of course the back is just so beautiful. And it now makes sense that the first card would come up upside down and catch my attention. This is a message about balance. As above, so below. The balance of shadow and light. The balance of gifts and gems with nature and nurture. The light coming up or going down over the land and each day from and to each night. The shifting clouds and the shifting waters. All in balance and flow. A flow we don't always easily work with but it is there if we allow ourselves to work with it for our own good and the good of others. This is a message to remember your balance this month and to see when things get out of balance so you can refocus, shed light on it, and feel your calming inspiring light within.
Island – Solitude
This card makes me laugh as it comes up. It was a primary card during my recent Holiday Money Magic workshop with Danièle Soaré. I pulled this card in direct response to Danièle's reflective question: Why do we fear our light so much? One message it brought up was about being scared to be left alone if we shine our own light brightly. Coming up here today, it reinforces all that was mentioned above about light because it appears to be a dark card, with darker clouds, ground, and water but with a shaft of light also entering the scene. It is a very reflective card which makes perfect sense at this time of year. With the darker days and the desire to go within and be quiet, we are invited to reflect. There are challenges to this life of ours, tough times and difficult obstacles. But there is also much power and beauty. This is what is coming up through the dark of this card, this beautiful powerful tree atop the craggy island, in full purple blossom! It is not letting the challenges stop it from blooming and living with colour. It is showing its essence, it is receiving and giving the light, receiving and giving life and vibrant energy. And so can you, each and every day. Know that you may have challenges, you may have fears, but you also have amazing qualities and brightness that does this world good. Whether it is through touching your immediate family and closest friends or also speaking out to huge groups and communities, that is part of your choice and your path. The most important thing this month, is not to let yourself hide your colour and light, share it with others and receive the colour & light from others as well. You will find that you feel more of the magical spirit of this season!
The last part of today's reading message is coming forward more through how the reading came about, how the cards chose to share and come forward. This message is to remember to play! When I pull cards, when I work with oracle energy, I am drawn to say "Let's play!" Never to minimize the impact or importance of the cards and the guidance, but to signify that there is a playful spirit to the universe and to our lives if we choose to play along. This month, there are probably more opportunities to play than in many times of our year, so embrace it and allow yourself to play. You never know what blessings, balance, and blossoming it will create!
With love,
P.S. - Putting away the cards, I couldn't help but want to know which card represented the middle card. The Winter Solstice - Reflection card!!! I love my cards and I love connecting with intuitive readings! May you all have magical moments this month! ✨❄
Featuring the Earth Magic Oracle Cards by Steven Farmer, available through EarthMagic.net and HayHouse.com.
November Guidance - Mountain, Layers, & Strength
|Posted on November 1, 2018 at 2:05 PM
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November Guidance Intuitive Oracle Card Reading
Welcome to November! After the Adventure card of October it will be interesting to see what November will bring for us. These monthly cards are to help us with guidance, to bring points to reflect on, and to allow us to go "oh yeah…" when certain things come up or happen during the month so we may be better prepared and resourceful!
We go to the Earth Magic Oracle Cards by Steven Farmer (Hay House published) for this reading. Connecting with the land, the earth, the sky, the water, with each other, and with all that is energy and spirit.
Mountain – Strength
There are layers being worked on and exposed this month. For some of you, this will seem like a regular occurrence over the last few years! It seems as if it has all been about the discovery, welcoming, and release of different layers of yourself and your life. Well hold on! As the calendar year heads towards its end, as those in the northern hemisphere head into winter and to a darker day phase, the layers you have been playing with come into full view. It will be a time of decisions, a time of letting go, a time of embracing, a time of deep learning, and a time of action. All the preparations will come forward now with the skills and knowledge you have already gained, to bring you further into your journey, further into the adventure, further into experience. Sounds scary to you? This is not the time to be scared, this is the time to know what you are bringing forward with you and what you are leaving behind.
For those in the southern hemisphere, the growth of spring is moving into summer. The new phase of the journey is feeling lighter and more hopeful than it has recently. With the light and the growth, you are looking at what you want to grow. You have planted so many things, so much possibility and potential that now it is time to get to sculpting your garden, sculpting and creating your path in ways that will design an amazing end of year and a fantastic year ahead. You need pathways in your growth so you can see the view and walk among your wondrous creations. Clarity is vital to you. If things get overgrown you will forget the joy of the season and the potential you have created. Stand and choose what stays and what goes, and where your paths will lead and travel through.
Back to the layers for the northern group, more of those are an audience here… You are trekking into winter. You need to know what you are carrying forward, what is of greatest value to you and to your next development and your next accomplishments. You will see layers coming up. Layers related to your home, body, and personal life. Layers related to your work, career, and income. Layers related to your financial management. Layers related to your history and journey. And layers related to your personal & spiritual development and future plans. This may seem daunting but remember you haven't just started this work. Much of it has been going on for quite a long time. In many ways you long for the layers to get figured out so you can just enjoy and move forward feeling fulfilled and whole. Well, this month is a huge chunk of that, if you choose of course. No worries if you don't, you will progress in your own way as is your right and your privilege. We are along for the ride and we will add some road signs when it is most needed.
For those choosing to embrace the phase of layers coming up, we encourage you to remember to breathe! The more you hold your breath and hold onto the layers, resisting them coming up, the more you will feel blocked and just not well. It is not your nature to fight these things because your deeper self knows this is all important and you will benefit from it. Enter the Mountain and the Strength.
Even if you do not feel very strong now, you are indeed incredibly strong. You have shown this with your resilience, your determination, your vulnerability, and your zest for life. That zest has been tested recently because overwhelm is setting in. Like the garden getting overgrown in the southern hemisphere information, for you, it is that the choice of what to bring and how to bring it into the upcoming phase is very large with numerous components. We want that zest for life back for you, that fun, that intrigue, and creative spirit, that joy in the small things… so layers are coming up to choose and to work with and through.
See the different mountains in the picture? There is one in front just behind the water. Then there is another slightly behind over to the right. The big ones then make up the background, coming up, peaked and sharp but also wise and strong. We want you to see the concept of these layers as you would these mountains. Something will come up about your home. See it rising as if from out of the ground. You knew it was there but now it is in your face. Then you see a layer of information and choice coming up about your work. It might push in behind the house one or push it over somewhat. And so it will continue this month, quite rocky and lots of shifting. The great thing? You have the capacity to easily move from one layer (or mountain) to another! This will not be like "climbing a mountain". It will be like hopping from one to another, choosing which one, which layer to release, which to bring up and forward, and which to embrace. You can move them, shift them, learn from them, and more easily and freely, if only you become aware of the layers and remember your strength and skills.
Some of the layers will be things you keep and embrace. They will be coming up to help you and feel wonderful. Other layers will be coming up and in your face so you can see them and decide "Oh thanks, it is time for this to go!" freeing up space and energy for better things. Keep going all month.
Take a break occasionally by sitting on the beach in front of the mountains, looking at them, breathing and sighing. Maybe dance a little (or a lot!) to release some of the hesitancy and worry. Shake it out and off. Then look up at your layers again. One will likely show itself as more pertinent to attend to in that moment. It can be quick! See it, reflect, realize, and release or see it, reflect, feel, and release or see it, feel it, know, learn, and keep it with you like putting it in your tool box or back pack. You can hop from one layer or mountain to another easily and efficiently, progressing with your tasks as you go.
And then you will realize that one day, you can stand amongst your mountains of knowledge, experience, and strength, and go "Ah-Ha! This is great!" knowing you have done amazing clearing, releasing, realizing, reflecting, and learning. Those mountains that stay with you will feel joyous, smiling, and useful. Together you will step forward with a swing in your step and a lightness that connects you in new ways to who you are, to those around you, and to your life as you are now creating it. Yes!
Check in often with yourself. Pull together those who you know will really help you and don't worry about the others. If the overwhelm sets in, it likely means you are looking at all the layers at once creating a blurry landscape with no direction or path. Focus, choose one, and see what needs to be done with it. Then when it has either been released or is part of your tools & team moving forward, move to the next one, and so on.
You have the skills and strength to do this. You are supported by mountains connecting the earth with the water, the fire, the stones, and the air. You can stand upon them working with them, creating and seeing the amazing vistas that are your life. It is a magical day!
Wow what a powerful reading! I hope it inspires you as it does me! Let me know
Wishing you an amazing month ahead!
Remember to reach out if you need guidance and clarity as you work with some of these layers and mountains. Your own intuitive reading will help shift what is no longer serving you while you realize what you need to know so that stepping forward is easier! Live one-on-one, written, and even text options are available. Contact me for yours today so this November can be full-on incredible!
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With love,
Sheila Bicknell - BlueWater Oracle
Heritage and History
|Posted on October 31, 2018 at 9:00 PM
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Heritage and History
This is a big country. Canada has a huge expanse of land and water. It spans larger than most with much of it wild and untouched, allowed to respond to the elements and to nature with those who understand her best.
It has an incredible history. The heritage of Canada comes mostly from the history of other peoples, those who travelled far and wide trying to improve their lives, to take care of family, and to seek opportunity in various forms. Not much has changed really; people still come here hoping for a safer, more abundant life. And then there were those who were here to begin with and thankfully are still here.
On a recent road trip with a great friend, we allowed the road and some very basic plans to guide us. What fun! With over 1500 km of exploration, we visited suburban areas, country areas, agricultural areas, artistic areas, and a good number of First Nation territories.
With great interest and respect I looked up about some of these territories as we drove through. One in particular on Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron, Ontario, provided a fantastic history review on their website. The Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory makes up the homelands of the Peoples of the Three Fires Confederacy: the Odawa, Ojibway and Potawatomi. These Anishinabek tribes first experienced the European contact as early as 1610. 1610!!! That's over 400 years. Quite the journey of trading, treaties, agreements, and arrangements, challenges of "other peoples'" plans, religious intentions, and more, finally keeping control over their lands and thus the "unceded" designation and a place in the history books. Proud and strong.
Living within the influence of Montreal, I sometimes forget how huge this country is. Driving through these different places, we only touched on a tiny portion of it. I was reminded of the importance of history. Remembering where a country came from and how it journeyed to where it is today, the good and the ugly parts, is vital to being able to progress with value and respect forward.
Through our drive we also saw regions that indicated English, Scottish, Irish, French, Spanish, and Dutch heritage. Even more were probably present. We also visited a Norwegian connection in the Muskoka region, valuable in the air battle training during World War II. Neither of us knew of how Norway and Canada were involved together and continue this friendship and allied connection today. Extra meaningful for my friend with Norwegian roots! I was reminded of the gratitude for the team effort that happens with allies during any kind of battle and recovery time afterwards.
Heritage and history, it touches us all and is a part of us all. The more we learn about it, the more it should be able to help us see our way forward. It should allow us to better understand each other and what we value and require for a fulfilling and joyful life. We still have much to learn and much to apply but I, for one, am incredibly grateful to be sharing this journey with such an incredible place and all the peoples, lands, and waters, which are considered today's Canada.
What a great way to end off the month which started with the Adventure Oracle Card! Adventure it was!
References: https://wiikwemkoong.ca/ and https://wiikwemkoong.ca/history/
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October Adventure Reading!
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Welcome October!
We have traversed another season and are starting a new month! Whether you are moving further into Autumn or Spring, I wish you well! For us here where I am, it is a time of changing leaf and crop colours, of harvesting, of cooler days & nights, of preparing for the winter ahead, of Thanksgiving, and then of connecting closely with the spirit realms at the end of the month. Lots happening as usual, haha!
I have enjoyed pulling a card and doing a reading for the month. A great way to reflect and focus on what we want to create, to harvest, and what guiding knowledge is there to help us.
From the Soul Coaching® Oracle Cards for the month of October:
A new month, a new feel…
"Wonderful new experiences fill my life!"
New feel indeed! This card comes with a feeling of hope, of optimism, of possibility, and yes, even of fun! While an adventure can sometimes be a way to say that unexpected things are happening or will happen, in this context it is to look at an adventure as something you plan in order to bring you joy, experiences, knowledge, and to live fully! There are always unexpected life things. That is also a part of life, the intricate web and puzzle in which all are living. You cannot always see the puzzle pieces or the web lines but the more you know it is all a type of game where experiencing is the key, the more you will enjoy the ride and find joyful moments in the ride.
With this image, there is acknowledgement that some parts are not defined and not seen as you look out on this road ahead. Part of the journey. It is important to know that the road will come back up, it will come to where there is a brighter light and an interesting & hope provoking view. So even in the down moments and the valleys, know the rest is there, know that it will come back up. Find things that bring you joy, that make you smile, that make you giddy, and make you want to laugh. While you are learning, allow yourself to have some pleasure and enjoyable moments. They are so vital to your energy and well-being and to what you give back out to the world.
So… What would you like this next month of your adventure to be like? What will it be filled with? What will you manifest? What will you allow? What will you create? What will you release and let go of? All pertinent questions even if not all easy to answer. Take a moment, or a few, to let yourself play in the imagination of possibility and the planning of experiences. Even in the usual routine you have of work or home, family or responsibilities, plan in and find those moments of joy, those moments where you learn something and it builds you up, those moments of good adventuring, and those moments reminding you of your fantastic self and great strength. You are able to create this and so much more.
The sun will set and rise, that is a space, universe, and planetary phenomenon. You choose what rises and sets in your life, how you live, and how your respond to it all. You choose what light is going to come in and how you will feel when it touches you and when you ride that wave. You have so many choices, that sometimes you forget you can choose!
Choose an adventure this month! Something great, something wonderful. An adventure of a lifetime because in actuality, it really is, always.
I love this card and this reading! What a great positive energy, I hope you can feel it too!
Blessings for your day, week, and month ahead.
Adventuring together,
with love, Sheila
Featuring the Soul Coaching® Oracle Cards by Denise Linn, published by HayHouse.com.
You are invited to get in touch for your own personal guiding knowledge reading today! Whether for a full session or a short one, in person, online, written, or by text, I would love to help you see your way forward more clearly.
For regular insights and support, join my Oracle Cove membership group! I will be heading in there shortly for our weekly guidance card reading. Such a great way for added focus and direction. I would love to have you there!
This reading is also available on my Facebook page BlueWater Oracle.
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Buddha Bazaar group readings summary
|Posted on September 26, 2018 at 7:00 PM
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It was a great day on Sunday at the Buddha Bazaar in Montreal organized by Meagan Gibson of Zetï! Wonderful vendors, readers, speakers, and musicians!
C'était une belle journée dimanche au Bazaar de Bouddha à Montréal. Des gens impressionant qui vendaient, faisaient des lectures, des présentations, et les musiciens!
During my presentation I touched on some of the ways that we all receive intuitive guidance. Then it was time to pull cards! With the Autumn season starting, the Full Moon upcoming, and a lot of shifting going on, it was a great series of readings for the group present and listening.
Here are a few key points from the cards as you head into this next season and this bright moon. They all most applied to those in the room but also feel like they will help a wider audience, hence the share! Take what feels right, true, and helpful to you!
Identify and intend what you would like to be creating during this new next season phase. Also identify what it is time to let go of, what you don't need to carry forward any more with you! There is something you can just let go of now, release it, so you are lighter and more able to create what you want and need moving forward.
Remind yourself of all the successes you have. You can start with the smallest ones, did you shower today, did you have breakfast, and all the way up to the huge things you have accomplished and are accomplishing - finishing a degree, creating something that will impact and improve the world, etc. The more challenging the phase you are in, the more you can go to small successes to celebrate and see the promise of the next new moment.
Ancestors - at this point in history, many people may be sensing that they are bringing or are a source of bringing up knowledge and wisdom from their ancestral lines. This is very powerful. With this will often also bring up a need to heal certain things from those lines, hurts, disappointments, anger. You may be the one, the person who gets to play a big part in this. What is important is to remember the balance between both sides of this ancestral part. As you feel or know that some of the challenging sides are coming up, also remember the wisdom, the good sides, the amazing things about those times and those people, whether you know them or not. You will sense the wisdom, you may already be expressing it in your life. They are requesting that balance so that you do not only see the hurt and the struggle and so you do not forget about their other skills and wisdom!
If life gets very tough, very difficult and hard to deal with, the guidance yesterday was, for anyone feeling this way, to find something in this very moment that you love. It can be anything! Could be your cup of coffee, could be a tree, an animal, a person, a blanket... find anything that you love, keep going through until you find that one thing in the moment that you love. Hold onto that love in the moment, let yourself really feel it. That is the start of the journey back into your own life. Repeat as needed whenever needed.
And Strength... know that you have incredible strength in you. Noticing those successes and good points in your life is important for this. The ancestral wisdom and skills also come into this. And allow yourself to know you are never alone. Reach out to a human, reach out to spirit helpers, reach out to energy. You have strength, you have courage, you have excellence. And you are not alone.
Wishing you an amazing Autumn and I hope the Full Moon was blessed for you!
with love, Sheila
I am still running my Super September Offer for full readings this week. Please get in touch to bring you your own guidance and amazing connections. [email protected] 514-573-4740
My next event is this Thursday September 27th 7-9 pm in Kirkland as a fundraiser for the West Island Cancer Wellness Centre. Check out their website for tickets www.wicwc.com
J'offre encore ma spéciale super de Septembre sur les lectures intuitives complètes cette semaine. Me contactez SVP pour vous amenez votre propre information pour vous guidez et vous connectez. [email protected] 514-573-4740
Mon prochaine évenement se place ce jeudi le 27 septembre 19h à 21h comme levée de fonds pour le Centre de bien-être de l'Ouest-de-l'Île pour les personnes atteintes de cancer à Kirkland. Cherchez les billets sur leur site www.wicwc.com. Les lectures intuitves seront en primaire en anglais mais je serai capable de faire certains traductions!
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Welcome Autumn!
|Posted on September 22, 2018 at 10:00 PM
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We welcome in the Fall.
The Autumn of our year.
Seeing the colours change,
the scenery adapt,
and the harvest come into abundance!
We release what can be let go.
Filled ourselves with the ripe
Summer energy,
brightening our way forward
for when the dark asks us to see.
Bringing our power into our day
and into each night.
Love and light
from the inside.
Joy and peace through
the harvest of our connection
with nature, spirit, AND our soul!
Autumn Equinox blessings!
May you feast on the best harvest for your life
and feel the abundance of the season in each moment!
Love, Sheila
BlueWater Oracle
#harvestfeast #autumnequinox #fallequinox #bluewateroracle #oracleintuitive #naturebalance #abundance #loveandlight #releaseandletgo
New Moon Nature Blessings
|Posted on September 10, 2018 at 1:25 PM
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May the New Moon bring you peace.
May it bring you healing and calm.
May it help you see where you are and your way forward, granting you sight beyond your eyes, listening to and through your heart.
I was blessed with some outside wild garden and forest time today. Letting it bring me renewing energy and healing from a cold that thought it would come to visit.
Seeing this phase of my meadow area was quite amazing. Lots of aster flowers blooming on their bushy plants. As I stood among them with the breeze blowing, I could hear the buzzing melodies. On quick glance, the meadow looks quiet, only plants moving in the wind. On closer look, each plant was a flurry of activity flitting and flying from flower to flower.
All different bees and wasps feeding and gathering. Wonderful buzzing as they travel and work. The occasional butterfly floating through too. In that moment, all of life was expanding before my eyes, so much, so vibrant, so amazing. What a blessing to witness.
And then a walk through the woods. Sensing the trees whispering to me and to each other. Touching their unique bark imprints, wrapping my arms around their full trunks, honouring that I get to share time and space with beings so much older than I. With much gratitude.
If you have the opportunity to be outside today, even if it is to stand on your front steps, to feel and breathe, enjoy it.
New Moon blessings,
Can you find the stick-type walking creatures on one of the purple asters?
Life beyond what we see in a moment.
September 9th, 2018
#newmoon #naturetime #treewisdom #oracleintuition


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There has been a noticeable shift in the education environment, creating new challenges for anyone managing a campus, school or research institution. The buildings on campus are becoming more collaborative and student success oriented. The classrooms, hallways and dorms are morphing into a creative biosphere with areas for students to study in a variety of library-like environments. These are environments that allow for mobility in what we call a Learning Commons.
The development of the Learning Commons requires a sustainable plan for development. The digital library has become a catalyst for interdisciplinary collaborations; spaces to work that is not isolated. It is a time when the library, schools and campuses need to evolve and transform into a more effective environment.
Closely aligned with the development of the learning commons is the use of library collections in a sustainable manner. In the "The Art of Weeding | Collection Management by Ian Chant,"Circulation frequently rises after a weeding project, however counter-intuitive that may seem." Most importantly, managing the collection helps the library manage its space and services. It means that the library can provide a variety of spaces for different types of activities, including collaboration, group meetings and quiet study.
Sustainable collection development means more than weeding the library collection. It includes aging materials out and developing policies that help make sound decisions. Collection Development can be a self study or part of a library services and operations study. According to entrepreneur what Tony Hsieh, "you fail at something, you wonder how all these other people are doing it so effortlessly, but those ups and downs are part of every eventual success story."


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"Liminal Drifter (aka Dr. Simon Order) is a Perth based electronic producer. According to the Facebook site, 'Liminal Drifter is ambient electronica, tinged with splashes of trip-hop and psych folk.' Order's (hailing from the UK) previous work includes the '1990s project dUB Rumble, producing remixes with UK prog' (accoring to the Hidden Shoal label).
On "Troubled Mystic", the title track from Liminal Drifter's forthcoming debut album (due out August 19th), Order's teamed up for a collaboration with English dream-pop artist (and labelmate) Chloë March. The result is a thrilling and teasing track of icy coolness and perfectly tempered charm. You can see/hear the link, or musical relation towards, backwards to the trip-hop of the 90s/early 00s, such as Massive Attack. Their label also mention early Warp Records electronic acts The Black Dog, Plaid and (early) Autechre. Hidden Shoal say that the song 'punctuates a bright, shuffling groove with golden swells of brass and March's aching vocal.' Quite right, and it makes me curious to check out the rest of Troubled Mystic.
If you're into 'downtempo dream-pop to shimmering, spacey electronica', Liminal Drifter might be the right pilot for your ride. Surf the space waves."


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It's time again for another post for the 26 Great Nail Art Challenge that I am doing. The theme for today is "work appropriate nail art". I personally haven't had a job where I have been restricted with what I can wear on my nails (or maybe I have and haven't realised it? or haven't been pulled up on it?). Anyway, I figure I would go for something really simple - nude with some subtle stamping. I seriously love how this mani turned out.
For my base I used China Glaze's Minimalist Momma (for the Shades Of Nude Collection - you can see my swatches and review here if you are interested) and stamped using Powder Perfect's White Stamping Polish. Stamping design is from Uberchic Beauty 16-01.
Don't forget to check out everyone else's mani for this weeks theme.


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The $5 Pledge
1 in 4 Texas children live in poverty making their access to high quality enrichment programs next to impossible for struggling families. We believe EVERY CHILD, regardless of income, deserves the high quality enrichment that out-of-school time programming offers. Will you JOIN US today in giving just $5 a month, the price of a cup of coffee, to ensure that we have the resources to get this work done and CONNECT Texas children to the future they deserve?


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SAP turn off sound effects
In short : uncheck the activate audio signal box in options > interaction design > sound settings menu.
How to turn sound off in sap
Getting annoyed by the SAP sounds, or missing them ?
It is quite simple to deactivate the notification sounds in whole SAP (Logon and sessions), or to activate them.
In the SAP logon window, go to Options... menu to change the SAP notification settings.
From there, navigate in the tree to Interaction Design => Sound Settings.
Select the value you want, uncheck the box activate audio signal to turn off the SAP sound effects, or check the box to turn on the SAP sound effects.
Click Apply, and OK to apply the SAP options in the SAP GUI.
You can now hear again, or not hear anymore, the notification of SAP interface audio signals.
What is SAP sound ? In the SAP interface, when doing a select in SAP, for example choosing a non existing value, or getting an error when saving a document, SAP can play sound. These sounds can become annoying and be deactivated or maybe they are necessary and can be reactivated.See also : SAP how to change language
How to select in sap
Quick tip : to select in SAP, press CTRL + Y on your keyboard, you can now select text in SAP interface and copy it !


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1 1/4 cups pumpkin purée
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger*
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon*
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg*
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup evaporated milk, undiluted
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
9-inch pie crust, unbaked
*ingredients can be substituted for 1 teaspoon pumpkin spice and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon.
1) Preheat oven to 400°. Use a sharp serrated bread knife to cut the pumpkin in two. You can use a sawing motion, sea-saw motion or both to cut through.
2) Use a strong metal spoon to remove the seeds and strings. (Put the seeds aside if you plan to make roasted pumpkin seeds).
3) Cover both halves with tin foil and place on a cookie sheet. Bake for 40-50 minutes. Once a fork can penetrate the skin of the pumpkin it's done
4) Score the pumpkins skin with a sharp knife, peal off the pumpkins skin (Once cooked through, the skin should peel off easily).
5) Blend the pumpkin meat in a blender or food processor, until it is practically liquefied. (If you have extra it will keep in the freezer for about six months).
6) Preheat oven to 425°. Line a 9-inch pie plate with pie pastry, homemade or purchased
7) In mixing bowl, combine pumpkin, sugar, salt, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ground cloves. Add eggs; mix until well blended. Add evaporated milk,and vanilla; mix until smooth and well blended. Pour pumpkin pie mixture into the prepared pastry lined pie plate.
8) Bake at 425° for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350° and bake for about 25-30 minutes longer, until the pumpkin filling is set.
By: Josh Martin
Click here for a brief history of pumpkin pie


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Welcome to the Diocese of Rochester's family-faith website: Households of Faith!
The Year of Mercy - December 8, 2015 - November 20, 2016
Pope Francis has declared an Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy.
This Holy Year of Mercy will begin December 8, 2015, the feast of the Immaculate Conception and the 50th anniversary
of the closing of the Second Vatican Council.
It will close November 20, 2016, the Feast of Christ the King.
This year's motto is "Merciful Like the Father."
Visit our website Dante: Spiritual Reading for the Year of Mercy
Door of Mercy Information Program
365 Days to Mercy - A free app from Our Sunday Visitor (Apple and Android)
Contact Us
Joanne Church
Technical Coordinator
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Underground Oil Storage Tanks
District management has recently become aware that there are six underground oil storage tanks at various district properties. None of the tanks are in use but may not have been decommissioned after the district discontinued the use of oil for heating purposes. We estimate that the district changed to an alternate heating source sometime in the late 1960s to mid 1970s.
The district has designated funds to engage with a DEQ-certified contractor to determine if any oil is still in the tanks, inspect for any leakage, decommission the tanks, and perform any necessary cleanup. This project will not be funded from bond proceeds but rather from the district's maintenance reserve fund.
The district expects to start the project after school ends for summer break in June. The district will be able to discern further details once the project is underway.


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The 176th episode of Hello! Project Station has been released. MC's are Katsuta Rina and Haga Akane.
This episode features the first glimpse of the MV to Bacchikoi Seishun! , performances by Country Girls and Juice=Juice, Juice=Juice's Japanese language corner, voice training for Kamikokuryo Moe and a hairstyle segment with Ogata Risa.


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Erectile dysfunction is a medical disorder in men that can stem from one or more underlying causes. It is the inability to achieve or sustain an erection during sexual intercourse. This can be a very sensitive matter for most men. There is nothing to be ashamed of as this disorder can stem from many different causes such as; side effect to medications, chronic illnesses, poor blood flow to the penis, too much alcohol, or extreme fatigue. Your erectile dysfunction may also be due to a hormonal imbalance.
Testosterone is one of the most necessary and important hormones within the male body. When proper levels are off, a man's body and mind can change dramatically. Testosterone is responsible (in sexually mature men) for maintaining libido, muscle strength, growth of facial and body hair, maintaining sperm production, and maintaining a healthy bone density. Erectile dysfunction can be a side effect of low testosterone levels in sexually mature men. Chronic erectile dysfunction should be discussed with your primary care physician. Testosterone replacement therapy might be a treatment option for you.
The only way for your physician to determine if your erectile dysfunction is caused by low testosterone levels would be through laboratory testing. Your physician should also know what medications you are currently taking, if you have ever used steroids, or if you have had an injury to your testes. If testosterone replacement therapy is an option, your erectile dysfunction may go away after a few treatments. Take the time to speak to your physician at Men's Vitality Clinics. They can help diagnose the underlying issue of your erectile dysfunction.


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Metaphysics: A Very Short Introduction, by Mumford, Stephen
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- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 9/8/2012
Metaphysics is one of the traditional four main branches of philosophy, alongside ethics, logic and epistemology. It is also an area that continues to attract and hold a fascination for many people yet it is associated with being complex and abstract. For some it is associated with the mystical or religious. For others it is known through the metaphysical poets who talk of love and spirituality. ThisVery Short Introductiongoes right to the heart of the matter, getting to the basic and most important questions of metaphysical thought in order to understand the theory: What are objects? Do colours and shapes have some form of existence? What is it for one thing to cause another rather than just being associated with it? What is possible? Does time pass? By using these questions to initiate thought about the basic issues around substance, properties, changes, causes, possibilities, time, personal identity, nothingness and emergentism, Stephen Mumford provides a clear and simple path through this analytical tradition at the core of philosophical thought.