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Written by Tammie Crosby
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Tuesday, 12 June 2007 |
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FREE KITTENS
GREETINGS TO ALL VISITORS OF THIS GALLERY PAGE
TODAY IS SUNDAY, JUNE 10TH, 2007
AS OF TODAY I HAVE NINE 5.5 WEEK OLD KITTENS SEARCHING FOR A HOME.
THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR VIEWING MY PAGES ...THE BABIES HAVE ALL GONE ON TO GOOD HOMES AS OF JULY 4TH, 2007. I WAS SORT OF ATTACHED TO THEM BUT THEY REALLY WERE A HAND FULL AND A HALF IN A GROUP OF NINE WITH THE PARENTS HERE AS WELL!!! BEST WISHES TO ALL MY LITTLE ONES AND MAY THEY ALL BE HAPPY IN THEIR NEW HOMES.
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Written by Tammie Crosby
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Sunday, 10 June 2007 |
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GEMSTONES FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE
ALEXANDRITE
PEARL
AGATE
CHALCEDONY
MOSS AGATE
 Carnelian
Diamond
Emerald
Aquamarine
Moonstone
Sardonyx
As I have explained in prior gemstone of the month listings…there are many charts from which to choose and I have tried to include all that apply to this month of June, including the crossover for the Zodiac.
There is no one right or wrong choice on your birthstone…just go with the one you are most drawn to right now…it is probably what you need to help you through the current situations or may even be the stable, guiding energy of your life. It is up to you to choose…I am merely offering the 'traditional' or 'society driven' options for informational purposes. It may give you some insight as to why you are drawn to certain stones and why certain ones may even repel you…(that's usually because you are not ready to accept or work with certain problem areas in your life at the current time…it will come when you are ready.)
Below are the definitions associated with the gemstones of the month. Enjoy!!!…and remember…not all stones or crystals have to be perfect, beautiful, or gem quality to give you the benefits of their energies. The humblest stone, crystal, being or creature, may have more effect and more power to heal, enlighten, or expand your world than the priciest, biggest, or richest thing/being/creature in the world.
ALEXANDRITE--this is a great transformational stone. It offers the ability to change colors in certain lights and is often very hard to find in the natural state…most on the market now-a-days is manmade but it still contains the transformational properties when aiding you to change both within and without. It is said to help ease depression and find inner joy. It is good for glandular problems and also for the building of the blood.
PEARL--this gem has been linked with chastity and modesty, making it something of an angelic, pure birthstone. They are also linked to successful and happy marriages. They are not a true gemstone but they do embody the energies of the sea and nature. Very calming and often overlooked by today's generation as 'old lady' jewelry but they are also used in some of the cosmetics today, especially with some of the oriental creams or make-up I have seen. These beautiful gems are universal and an elegant touch to any occasion…especially when you are nervous and want to stay calm.
AGATE/MOSS AGATE--This stone shows moss-like tendrils (either black or green) through a semi-opaque to semi-translucent white to clear agate and is said to help with plant growth. It is very good grounding, good for lungs, and nervous disorders. (There are actually a few types of classification for this stone…the straight moss agate which normally has black manganese dendrites and the green moss agate which has green needles or tendrils and a harder to find form called Nairobi Moss Agate which also contains a reddish color in with the green.) Agates in general have energies which correspond to their coloring and that, in turn corresponds to the Chakra of the same color. They are nearly everywhere and combine with other stones or even former creatures to create beautiful stones and wonderful energies. Some examples of the agatized items are agatized beach glass (Opalite) and Agatized Coral... a former living creature. It will also combine with bone or plant, amking it agatized. All of which goes to show that one should never under estimate the power of the agate.
CHALCEDONY--This is a form of Quartz which is also the basis for Agates and many other stones/crystals. It comes in transparent, translucent, or opaque and may have small amounts of opal included. Considered a scared stone by Native American Indians, it was used to help provide stability during ceremonial activities and also aided in opening pathways for thought transmissions. Very useful for balancing the energies of the body, mind, spirit, and emotions, encouraging brotherhood of all mankind. Also said to help combat build-up of materials in the veins, aid with different forms of dementia, senility, and increase mental stability.
CARNELIAN --This is a variety of Chalcedony which, in turn, is a form of Agate. It is a very highly evolved mineral healer. It is said to energize the blood; aid the kidneys, lungs, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, and tissue regeneration. Also said to vitalize the physical/ emotional/ mental bodies while aligning the physical and etheric bodies: enhances attunement with the inner self; facilitates concentration; and opens the heart. This is a warm, social and joyous stone working with the root and the sacral chakras. This is also said to help with self-esteem, fears, angers, hidden emotions and sexual problems. It is often carried as a talisman stone. (EXTRA NOTE: According to Edgar Cayce readings, carnelian is also great for sinus and allergy relief…which I can confirm…at least for me. I have never been overly drawn to it…nice and all but never really wore it until I found that reading in my studies about gemstones. I had been given a lovely stretch bracelet of carved turtles and spacers which was carnelian and so decided to try it. WOW!!! The effect was almost instant when I first put it on so I have been wearing it almost every day since and have had a LOT less problems with my sinuses. Not to be considered a cure-all because if it's a really bad allergy day, I still have some problems but they are significantly less than I used to have and I have backed off using a lot of the over the counter sinus stuff. This is only my personal reaction and it may not be the same for everyone and is definitely not a replacement for prescribed medicines…it is just a booster for whatever therapy you currently use…as are all stone companions.)
DIAMOND--Ah yes…the Diamond…the stone said to be a girl's best friend…well…I have a differing opinion on that one. Almost everyone has seen a diamond. It's one of the most sought after gems stones around and one of the priciest for really good specimens. It has been the traditional engagement ring stone for who knows how long because it signifies loyalty, faithfulness, and steadfastness in relationships and commitments. It is said to help one be the best one can be. It is also the elephant of the crystal world…it never forgets anything it has experienced…which is one reason people should be cautious when buying estate jewelry or pawned engagement/wedding rings…the diamonds store the bad as well as the good and if there was a lot of problems or anger associated with the former owner, that will stay with the stone and influence the next owner. Remember the 'curse' which is legendary to the Hope Diamond? Diamonds are one of the hardest minerals around so wouldn't it be logical that it would be hard to get rid of bad vibrations and memories which had been implanted through wearing or handling of the piece? One may be able to clear some of the memories but there will always be the core remembrance somewhere deep within awaiting to be awoken by a similar event. Diamonds are also used in industry for cutting, lasers, and more.
EMERALD--The Emerald is a stone of the heart chakra, opening one to more love and healing past hurts . It is also a stone to work out things with father figures…whether your actual father or someone who has felt like a father to you. It also helps when there is no father figure present. The Emerald is also a stone which helps one to realize prosperity and helps with dream work/ meditation. It deepens spirituality and consciousness. A wonderful all around healing stone.
AQUAMARINE--This is a variety of Beryl. As is obvious with the name, it is associated with the water and all elements of the ocean. It is said to calm the nerves; reduce fluid retention; strengthen kidneys, liver, and spleen; purifies the body; enhances clarity of mind; aids in creative self-expression; aids with physical/ emotional. mental balancing ; helps banish fears and phobias; is excellent for meditation, inspiration, peace, calmness, and love. This stone has several shading variations from the namesake aquamarine blue to a greenish blue and is not always the transparent gem quality but it works well no matter what the color or the quality of the stone/ crystal. This is a very peaceful and calming stone, working with the throat chakra but also working with the feminine side of one's character to allow a better flow of emotions and energy.
MOONSTONE--is said to help balance the male and female energies of a person; said to work with PMS or moodiness; is good for pregnant women or creatures; and almost all of the 'feminine' diseases. The brown moonstone is said to be good for the healing of the lower body and, in particular, the lowest part of the back. The pink and green moonstones are said to be good healing stones for females but will also work for males who tend to experience--'that time of the month'--as well. One of the most sought after versions of the moonstone is the Rainbow Moonstone and is said to have a connection to the divine Goddess and the divine feminine. One of the best stones for any female on the planet and is great for bringing out the nurturing qualities in some males as well. It works on all levels.
SARDONYX--Is actually a form of carnelian which is also an agate but it contains banding of colors like the orange-red and white to clear and contains all of the properties of a carnelian as well as that of Onyx and Chalcedony. It is said to bring happiness in marriage and live-in relationships, allowing one to realize the joys of living. It is also said to help attract friends, good fortune and self control while diminishing hesitation and promoting courage. It is also known as a 'stone of virtue'.
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Written by Jim Thornton
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Thursday, 07 June 2007 |
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DREAMS - Our dreams come from our inner and deeper Selves to (1) give us feedback on how we are living respective our Ideals and principles; (2) keep us in balance mentally, physically and spiritually; and (3) providing guidance for living our daily lives. Each night we have 7 to 8 dreams as we move in and out of several cycles of REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep for a about an hour and a half of dream time. The language of dreams is a symbolic language that can be interpreted. The symbols are both personal and universal in nature and come from the Unconscious Mind. We know that the Unconscious Mind is amendable to suggestion and that an individual can get its cooperation by (1) setting your Ideals and principles; (2) having a sense of purpose; and (3) simply asking for help by affirming a program. |
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Written by John Thornton
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Thursday, 07 June 2007 |
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I taught my first class in Lily Dale this past Sunday, Auras - the Light Fantastic. This was also my first trip to Lily Dale, so it was a Big Deal. I've been hearing about the place for years and I knew the basics: oldest Spiritualist community in the U.S., center of mediumship, one of the big three in the eastern states (Lily Dale, Omega Institute, A.R.E.), but being there is a different story. |
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Written by John Thornton
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Tuesday, 05 June 2007 |
Native American Earthworks & Appalachian Cove Forest Going to Auction June 14th, 2007
Dear Friends,
We are asking for your creative and financial help to save Spruce Hill—a 2000 year old Hopewell* earthworks site, a worthy natural area, and a potential World Heritage site. We plan to stand before the auction block on June 14th to bid on this site with private funds. We are mounting a NATIONWIDE grassroots campaign to save Spruce Hill. Please, we need your share in making this miracle happen. (Hopewell is a regrettable but popular term for a prehistoric culture, please see explanation and apology at the bottom of this page.*)
Four organizations: The Arc of Appalachia Preserve System, Archaeological Conservancy, Wilderness East, and Ross County Park District are working together to BUY AND PROTECT these 238 acres, a task which requires raising an estimated of $600,000 in just a few weeks. Ironically the stone walls that were erected 2000 years ago to define this ancient ceremonial site, may have enough lingering power to stop a housing development from being built inside the enclosure today.
Spruce Hill wasn't built in a day—but it can be lost in a matter of minutes on the auction block. We need your help two ways to save it:
HELP RAISE IMMEDIATE FUNDS through gifts or loans l
PASS THE WORD ON TO OTHERS in your personal and professional networks. Please act quickly.
Coming up for sale too fast for the National Park Service to Save.
The Hopewell Culture National Historical Park based in Chillicothe, Ohio has been hoping to incorporate Spruce Hill Earthworks into the park system ever since the 1980's. Unfortunately, time has run out. With Spruce Hill going to auction in a few weeks, strict laws prevent the Park Service from diverting the slow Congressional process of park expansion, procedures that often take many years before consummating in a sale. The reality is — without immediate action from the public sector — the historically significant site will be permanently lost, like most of our nation's Hopewell sites before it.
What is so critical about saving the Spruce Hill Earthworks?
The earthworks at Spruce Hill are nearly as intact today as they were back in 1848, when the site was described by early Ohio historians, Squire and Davis. Of the major ceremonial sites identified in the Hopewell heartland of southern Ohio, most were geometrical earthworks built in the level fertile floodplains of rivers and creeks (precise squares, octagons and circles). Of the 41 primary Hopewell earthwork enclosures that were found intact 200 years ago (the vast majority of them in southern Ohio)—nearly every one has since been obliterated by agriculture or development. Spruce Hill belongs to a category of unusual sacred enclosures known as large hilltop "fortresses" (though likely ceremonial as opposed to defensive), of which less than a dozen have ever been found of similar scale. These large hilltop enclosures are non-geometrical in shape, their walls following the natural contours of flat-topped hills having steep sides.
Spruce Hill earthworks encloses an astonishing 150 acres—acreage which for the most part has never been investigated archeologically. The Spruce Hill site is unique in that its walls are made entirely of stone. The site is furthermore unique because of the clear evidence that high-temperature fires once burned along sections of its walls. Findings of molten slag and glazed bedrock have led to controversial debates as to whether metal-smelting furnaces might have operated on the property, either in historic or prehistoric times, debates which beg for additional research. (consider Googling ancient blast furnaces to tap into the controversy) Lastly, Spruce Hill lies in the same region as two lowland geometrical earthworks— Baum Earthworks and Seip Earthworks, and is the only hilltop enclosure in the Chillicothe Hopewell heartland.
Spruce Hill is one of the nation's most important intact archeological treasures that is currently unprotected, likely hiding the answers to many longstanding questions currently posed by Hopewell archeologists.
Why are Native American Eastern Earthwork Sites so Important?
The indigenous history of the Eastern North American continent IS THE MOST UNDER-RATED AND UNDER-APPRECIATED story in American history. Archeology and anthropology in the western half of the United States have often taken precedence in the hearts and minds of the American public. In the East, Native American earthworks were usually destroyed before our culture awakened to their importance. Of the many people inhabiting the Eastern Forest, the culture knows as the Hopewell, living between 2,200 and 1,500 years ago, were one of the most artistic and geographically influential to have ever lived on the entire continent.
If those of us living in the East are ever to establish a deep sense of place and pride in our landscape, we would do well to commit to recovering and honoring the history of our land, and the long history of people who lived upon it. Spruce Hill as a Natural Area Located in the Arc of Appalachia Ohio's most intact bioregion
Spruce Hill lies in the five county area of southern Ohio called the Arc of Appalachia. This geographic region contains the densest canopied forests left in all of Ohio. The Arc region contains more zoological and botanical diversity than any other equal sized region in the state. Spruce Hill lies in the exceptionally scenic ARC region known as Paint Valley -- ten miles west of Chillicothe. Together with the nearby lower Scioto River, Paint Valley has more prehistoric mounds and geometric earthworks than any other place in Ohio and quite possibly the world.
Spruce Hill is not only an earthworks site, but a natural area worthy of protection, including over 70 acres of wild-flower strewn Appalachian hardwood forests, open fields sheltering rare grassland birds such as Grasshopper Sparrows and Henslow's sparrows, and a swamp white oak wetlands where native salamanders, wood frogs, and wood ducks breed. Click here for more information on Spruce Hill's natural history.
Long-term management and ownership—linking nature and history preservation together
The long-term vision for Spruce Hill is to manage the site as a nationally significant historical and nature preserve, offering public access via hiking trails. The plan is to formally contract the National Park Service's expertise in stewarding, managing and preserving the historic earthworks. Conservation easements and deed restrictions will be strategically put into place so that preservation into perpetuity can be assured. Archeological Conservancy and the Ohio non-profit Wilderness East are serving to temporarily hold co-ownership of the property until funding from permanent owners fall in place. The Ross County Park District and the non-profit the Arc of Appalachia Preserve System will be the long-term co-owners of the property, both with extensive experience in natural area preservation. All of these organizations are making heroic sacrifices to save Spruce Hill.
Other Supportive Organizations
In addition to the organizations listed above, financial support has been received from: Ohio Archeological Council, the Archaeological Society of Ohio, SunWatch Indian Village and the Miami Group of the Sierra Club. Endorsements have been received by the Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, the Tri-Regional Indian Organization, the International Crop Circle Research Association, the Society for American Archeology, and the Scioto Valley Bird and Nature Club.
Media reporting on Spruce Hill has been covered by Native American media: the Native America Calling radio show, and Indian Country newspaper (for article click here).
Access to the site for Gatherings
Site managers are committed to welcoming small-scale gatherings who wish to visit the site for personal, spiritual, and scientific purposes, so long as the native earthworks and natural landscape are preserved, undisturbed and respected.
Creative Solutions Needed: Large & Small Donors, Large Pledges and Short-term Loans
To succeed at this endeavor in such a short period of time will take a wide range of supporters: both small and large donors. In a very short window of time the campaign has already raised at least half of the necessary funds with $300,000 in donations and no-interest loans. We have enough to know we are heading to the auction, but we need a lot more funds to strengthen our position. Donors of ALL sizes are welcomed and needed. If you are a large organization exploring a partnership or a generous benefactor considering a low-interest loan, please contact us with your creative proposals, and please share this vision with others who may be financially able to commit to expanding preservation work in the East.
On behalf of the natural and cultural history native to Eastern North America, we are asking for your help. The fate of Spruce Hill lies in our collective hands. THIS IS A GRASS-ROOTS CAMPAIGN. Whether you can give $10 or $10,000 -- please give. Your help is critical.
You are invited to attend:
Site Tour on June 9th
Four Helpful Reference Maps How to Make a Tax Deductible Donation Answers to Common Donor Questions
Who Were the Hopewell? Spruce Hill Worthy Natural Area Detailed Progress Report
****Though convenient and widely used, the word Hopewell is an unfortunate term for a number of reasons. One, the name Hopewell is of English descent rather than Native American, coming from the name of a Euro-American family who owned a famous and extensively excavated earthworks site. Hopewell is therefore not the name these peoples called themselves, as that knowledge has been lost to time. Secondly, we don't know if Hopewell peoples were one tribe, clan, or nation; or if they even all spoke the same language. The Hopewell Culture represents one chapter of our country's first people, our indigenous ancestors. We hope that one day an alternative name will emerge for this chapter of history that is more appropriate and respectful to the lineage of these Native Americans.
Who to Contact with Questions:
For tour registration:
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937-365-1935
For information on creative solutions, private tours, stock-giving and large donations:
Larry Henry & Nancy Stranahan, Co-Directors
Larry 937-365-1600
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Nancy 937-365-0101
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For more information on the Arc of Appalachia Preserve System www.highlandssanctuary.org
For more information on the Hopewell Culture National Historical Park www.nps.gov/hocu 740-774-1126
For more information on Ross County Park District
Gary Mercamp, Park Director, 740-773-8794
For more information on Archaeological Conservancy, www.americanarchaeology.org Paul Gardner, Midwest Director, 614-267-1100 |
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Written by Carole J. Obley
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Monday, 04 June 2007 |
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"Napkin Addiction" a short article written by a therapist after a trip overseas which speaks to the difficulty people have making changes, small and large. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 29 October 2008 )
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