“Monkey Mind” is a Buddhist term, referring to the restless and unsettled nature of your mind. The chattering mouthpiece of your ego; your inner critic. Stifling your creativity and suggesting that your passions are a waste of time. The monkey is like a self centered, whining child; nearly impossible to ignore. “Don’t be pushed around […]
Golden rolling hills, under a big sky. Cottonwood trees along a river bed. Vibrant ringneck pheasant with head bright red. Explodes upward, with a cackle and cry. Under a big sky, where fierce falcons fly. Sleek, fast Pronghorns with tails bushy and white. Race over the hill; disappear from sight. The High Plains; brilliant, under
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Quotes to get you over the Hump. “As a retired physician, I can honestly say that unless you are in a serious accident, your best chance of living to a ripe old age is to avoid doctors and hospitals and learn nutrition, herbal medicine and other forms of natural medicine unless you are fortunate enough
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Dark Star Orchestra *With Steve Kimock & Rob Baracco* Mexicali Blues Teaneck, NJ June 7th, 2005 This show is 16 and half years old and sounds just as good today is it did then. DSO is still touring and bringing it but this is a really good show with Kimock and Baracco joining the crew,
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Hundreds of windmills, spread across the hill. Blades turning in unison with the wind. Our dependence on oil, they hope to end. But at what cost to our energy bill. Like alien beasts, littering the plain. Ugly, offensive, destroying the view. Upsetting nature and killing birds too. The new green deal, is completely insane. Just
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The “Jamestown Massacre” happened on November 18, 1978, when just over 900 cult members from the Peoples Temple were effectively murdered by cult leader Jim Jones. He founded the cult in the 1950’s in Indianapolis and relocated to California in the 1960’s. By the 1970’s the charismatic cult leader had moved to San Francisco and
“Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.” ― William Butler Yeats
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Joe Russo’s Almost Dead May 28th, 2021 Westville Music Bowl New Haven, CT The Band Joe Russo – Drums, Vocals Tom Hamilton – Guitar, Vocals Scott Metzger – Guitar, Vocals Marco Benevento – Keyboards, Vocals Dave Dreiwitz – Bass The first show of two, three night runs at “The Bowl.” This was the first live
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All the leaves, leave the trees, in November. Desperate, bare branches, clawing the sky. The temperature dives and the snowflakes fly. Bringing the cold, dark days of December. The sun migrates south, along with the geese. The Winter wind, a demonic howling. Like a fierce white wolf, hungrily prowling. Then Christmas, wonderful season of peace.
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As if raging inflation, vaccine mandates, a border disaster, the Afganistan debacle, an energy crisis, the breakdown of the supply chain and renewed racial tensions weren’t enough, now Joe “Crash Test Dummy” Biden is rattling his sabre and pressing for war with not one, not two but three different countries. Confronting China over Taiwan, Russia
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Quotes to get you over the hump. “No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
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Del McCoury Band The Hamilton Washington, D.C. November 19th, 2021 I’m not going to list all the superlatives and awards they’ve received over the years. These guys are awesome. Del is one of the fathers of bluegrass. This is a fine recording, with just the right amount of crowd interaction, of their recent show in
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Back in the 60’s when I started to school, there was no HeadStart or Kindergarten. 1st grade was the beginning of my public education. I was already reading Dick and Jane and Dr. Suess. “I do not like green eggs and ham, I do not like them, Sam I Am!” I loved Suess, I still
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