My brother’s nephew did just that, in his homestate of Colorado!
This is him, climbing.

AMAZING!

If you like doing laps
in the swimming pool, you might want to stock up on the energy drinks before
diving in to this one.

It is more than 1,000
yards long, covers 20 acres, has a 115 ft deep end and holds 66 million gallons
of water.

Yesterday the Guinness Book of Records named the vast pool
beside the sea in Chile as the biggest in the
world.
But if you fancy
splashing out on one of your own – and you have the space to accommodate it –
then beware: This one took five years to build, cost nearly £1 billion and the
annual maintenance bill will be £2 million.

The man-made saltwater lagoon
has been attracting huge crowds to the San Alfonsoo del Mar resort at Algarrobo,
on Chile‘s southern coast, since
it opened last month.

It’s turquoise waters
are so crystal clear that you can see the bottom even in the deep end.

It
dwarfs the world’s second biggest pool, the Orthlieb – nicknamed the Big Splash
- in Morocco, which is a mere 150
yards long and 100 yards wide. An Olympic size pool measures some 50 yards by 25
yards.

Chile’s monster pool
uses a computer- controlled suction and filtration system to keep fresh seawater
in permanent circulation, drawing it in from the ocean at one end and pumping it
out at the other.

“As long as we have access to unlimited seawater, we can make it
work, and it causes no damage to the ocean.”

I have to complain!  It’s only going to be 39 here today,
and we might have snow tomorrow.  This is not normal-usually
we have temps in the 50′s and 60′s by now!!

MEH!

Blacks and Blues
Bobbi
Humphrey
1973

A cool breeze blows through the good-time jams on Blacks and
Blues, the third album by jazz-funk crossover flautist Bobbi Humphrey. This
isn’t the sweaty, heady jazz of late-night bop sessions. It’s far groovier than
that, as informed by soul music and R&B as it is by the harmonies and
spontaneity of jazz. Composed and arranged by the same Motown production team
responsible for “ABC” and “I Want You Back” by the Jackson Five, Blacks and
Blues rides along on a stream of easygoing funk rhythms and the telepathic
interplay of the musicians behind them. Atop it all, Humphrey shows again and
again why she was the first female signed to famed jazz label Blue Note. Her
flute flies high and nestles into the deep pockets, a soothing balm for a hot
summer day.

The ballad “Just a Love Child” bubbles over with laid-back charm,
Humphrey’s girlish vocals (“Love child / Falling off your cloud for just a
minute”) complementing the sweetness of her flute playing in a sun-dappled
daydream. Same goes for the molasses-slow closer “Baby’s Gone,” where Humphrey
and band transform the lovelorn sigh of the title phrase into a caressing funk
lullaby. It’s a smooth and delicious groove soup, filled with instrumental bits
that jump out and then roll back down. But even more than the sterling
musicianship throughout Blacks and Blue, the relaxed mood that floats
through the album sticks most, coasting on the back of Bobbi Humphrey’s
silky-smooth flute playing.

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“Chicago, Damn” “Just a Love Child” “Jasper Country Man”

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Elder’s Meditation of the Day – April 8
“The very dust under your feet responds more lovingly to our footsteps than to yours, because it is the ashes of our ancestors, and our bare feet are conscious of the sympathetic touch, for the soil is rich with the life of our kindred.”
–Chief Seattle, SUQUAMISH
If you respect something, it will respect you back. If your ancestors respected something, the future generations will be respected back. The Indian ancestors always showed great respect for the Earth. That’s why the Earth is so respectful to Indians today. Every Indian naturally feels connectedness to the Earth. We know the Earth holds our ancestors. If we continue to respect Mother Earth, our children will benefit and so will our grand- children. Today, we should think about and pray for our Mother Earth.

Grandmother, let me have strong feelings for our Earth today.

I am hoping to graduate from DBT on Friday, I will check with my therapist today, at my appt!

That said, I will have Wed and Fri mornings free.

I have the opportunity to get at home work for Sept – November.

I am excited about that!  It would consist of doing some data entry work,

and I might be able to pick up some proofreading work, too.

I hope they hire me on for more jobs.  I have a Xanga friend that already works for them,

and recommended me!

Zen Commute
Discovering Ourselves
in Traffic

No one wants to be angry with a fellow human being
who is lost or confused, but if we get stuck driving behind one, we may find
ourselves feeling wildly, uncharacteristically impatient. It is our earnest goal
to have compassion and love for other people, but when one of them cuts us off,
we feel personally offended, angry, and hurt. The good news is that by
experiencing these difficult emotions, we have the opportunity to see ourselves
and change our approach. In that light, being stuck in traffic can become a
vital part of our spiritual practice.

Sages of all faiths agree that the
current moment is the only thing that really exists. The past and future are
equally irrelevant in the presence of the now. Therefore, at the deepest level,
there is nowhere to go, because the only place we need to be is here, now. Just
reminding ourselves of this in the midst of traffic can be extraordinarily
helpful. The Zen mantra “Nowhere to go / No one to be / Nothing to do” can work
wonders on our panicky misperception that we need to get somewhere fast. By
remaining in the moment, we inevitably get to our destination. We don’t need to
push or rush or panic.

Another tool used throughout the ages to maintain
enlightened awareness is breath meditation. The simple act of consciously
inhaling and exhaling grounds us in our bodies, reminding us where we are, who
we are, and how precious our life is. When we connect deeply to our own
existence in this way, many of the petty thoughts and feelings that can dominate
our minds dissolve without any effort. We have breathed our way back to sanity.

From this place of awareness, you can feel compassion for the drivers
who are banging their steering wheels and blaring their horns, even if they are
honking at you. You know it is not personal; they have simply lost perspective.
On your exhale, send out a wish that they, too, find the cool ease of the
present moment.

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Fairy of the Woods
Gary
Stadler
1996

As if conjured up from some dark but fragrant corner of the
universal mind comes the music of Gary Stadler. An electronics engineer who
started the album originally as a present for his girlfriend, Stadler was just
playing around in his spare time. Friends with a small label heard it and urged
him to keep going and make something for the label, which he did for three
years. The result is Fairy in the Woods, an album with so much heart and
simplicity that you will want to drop your worldly concerns and possessions and
just dive into the beauty, perhaps never to return.

“Pool of
Light” brings you into the fairy chamber at last. Cascades of harpsichord add a
sense of courtly propriety and decorum, signaling perhaps that the dreaming and
waking part of your fairyland slumber has come to a close and that it is time to
meet the queen herself. There’s no need to worry or hastily straighten your cap
and tie, though. Here there is nothing but gentleness, magic, and the essence of
undemanding love. If you let it, the music can take you far away so fast that
you may never want to return. It can give your spirit wings and make the tired
old world of mortal strife fade like ants and anthills as you embrace the fluffy
clouds of Celtic majesty. But all things fade, even the eternal castles of the
fairies must vanish with the coming sun. At album’s end, Stadler strikes a
melancholy note of sadness, the inevitable follow-up to so much tranquil and
rewarding joy. Just as mortals must shuffle off to bed at the call of night, so
must the fairies in your heart and mind shuffle off at the dawn’s first rays.
Fear not, sad-eyed reveler, this album is not going anywhere, except maybe in
your special case of favorites.

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“Sometimes” “Fairy of the Woods” “Pool of Light”

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I hope all of you have a great Tuesday
and are in awareness of the beauty around us!

I love you!!

We had a great day yesterday!  It was warm and sunny.
Had a get-together at a friend’s house, with 3 other women.
We watched ‘Separate Lies’-a British movie–it was quite good, and we all
used our DBT skills in figuring out the characters-lol!
Pizza was involved!

It’s cloudy here today, and a chance of snow showers-we need the moisture,
so I am not worried that it will be anything that stays on the ground.

Yay, it’s raining-it’s so peaceful–love the sound!

Let me know how your weekends are going so far?!

I love you!!

All of above was written on Sunday…

Sorry I haven’t been around to comment much,
but my daughter had Spring Break all last week,
and monopolized the computer-hehe!

It will be 62 degrees here today–you’ll see convertible tops down
and people out tanning here!

Here is a picture of my son, Matthew and his wife Tamme,
with their 3 boys
Christian, Micah and Zachary!

I love you!!

March came in like a lamb,
but it’s going out like a lion…

Milee has grown so much–pretty soon she will be 4 months old!!

Morgan and Milee like to play fight, although it gets serious sometimes, and they both scratch and bite each other.  I’m hoping as Milee matures, that she will mellow out a little bit, and quit picking
on Morgan!

I’m back!!!!
Had some good time off,
now I’m back to it!

Elder’s Meditation of the Day – March 28
“Sacred sites and areas are protection for all people—the four colors for man—and these sites are in all areas of the earth in the four directions.”
–Traditional Circle of Elders, NORTHERN CHEYENNE
The Elders say that values come from the Mother Earth. Different places and areas around the Earth have different values. The Water people live in harmony and know the values that correspond to that particular part of the Earth. The Desert people know the values of the desert and respect and live in harmony with that part of the Earth. The Woodland people know the values of their part of the Earth and live in harmony. If you live in harmony with the Earth, you will live a life that is full of values. We should have great respect for the Mother Earth.

Grandfather, today, let me learn values from Mother Earth.

HOW TO MAKE LOVE

Ingredients:

4 Laughing eyes
4 Well-shaped legs
4 Loving arms
2
Firm milk containers
2 Nuts
1 Fur-lined mixing bowl
1 Firm banana

Directions:

1. Look into laughing eyes..

2. Spread well-shaped legs with loving arms.
3. Squeeze and massage milk
containers very gently.
4. Gently add firm banana to mixing bowl, working in
and out until well creamed. For best results. Continue to knead milk containers.

5. As heat rises, plunge banana deep into mixing bowl and cover with nuts,
leave to soak (preferably NOT overnight).
6. The cake is done when banana is
soft. If banana does not soften, repeat 4 steps 3-5 or change mixing bowls.

Notes:

1. If you are in an unfamiliar kitchen,
wash utensils carefully before and after use.
2. Do not lick mixing bowl
after use.
3. If cake rises, leave town.

Deep Breakfast
Ray
Lynch
1986

Ray Lynch’s Deep Breakfast remains one of the most
enduring albums of all New Age music. Combining swelling soundscapes with sharp,
accessible melodies, the disc maintains a focused pop appeal even as it delves
into the furthest reaches of consciousness and spirituality. A formally trained
student in music composition, Lynch wrote and performed in the 1960s and ’70s in
the conventional classical music community, specializing in stringed instruments
like the guitar and the lute. A period of personal turmoil led him to
California, however, where he discovered new spiritual paths and an emerging
world of electronic sounds. His 1983 debut The Sky of Mind inaugurated a
fruitful fusion of his classical training with space-age synthesizers and
ambient composition, but it was Deep Breakfast, released three years
later, that found the musician at the top of his game.

“Falling in the Garden”
may be the most beautiful and serene of all the numbers on the disc: a simple
melody of synthesized keys played in glowing half-light over a distant,
alternating melodic bed. The foreground and the background mirror each other
like green leaves reflected in a pool; the sound is spare and fragile, evoking
the peaceful, sacred equilibrium of the natural world. Across the length of Deep
Breakfast, Ray Lynch feels his way through the world, the cosmos and the human
soul, uncovering sounds that seem to arise from some deep-seated place in the
fabric of the universe. Through a combination of practice and feeling he has
produced one of the most remarkable recordings of the 20th century: an
instrumental disc that speaks with the power of a thousand voices.

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“Celestial Soda Pop” “The Oh of Pleasure” “Falling in the Garden”

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Elder’s Meditation of the Day – March 23
“We must relearn how to cry. A strong man cries; it is the weak man who holds back his tears.”
–Archie Fire Lame Deer, LAKOTA
Indian men and other men should really meditate on this Elder’s saying. So many men have been taught it is unmanly to cry, to show emotions or to feel. When people cry, the Elders say there are two types of tears – one type will taste salty; the other type will taste sweet. One is caused by pain, and the other is caused by the release from the pain, or joy tears. A strong man knows himself and knows his relationship with the Great Spirit. The release of tears is a spiritual act. Our bodies are designed to cry. We should honor our bodies and use them as the Creator intended.

Great Spirit, Grandfather, today, teach me to cry.

Taking a short break-

have a happy day!!

I love you!!

EDIT:

Try going for 21 days without complaining!
Maybe, it will become a habit!

We are getting a bunch of snow today-so far around 3-4″, and more on the way.
The grass showing yesterday was nice, but it’s gone.
The trees look really pretty anyways.

Trisha had a Dr’s appt on Wednesday-she needs a CAT scan, which she’ll have on Monday,
for her sinuses.  She has has an ongoing sinus infection.  Afterwards, we went to
Mickey D’s to have something to eat.  She went on to her bf’s, and I hiked across the street
to Half-Price Books.  I found 4 books for only $2.00 each!  They are: 1)  Witchcraft: Theory and Practice
by Ly De Angeles (I am studying to become a witch);  2) Here on Earth by Alice Hoffman;
3)  literacy and longing in L.A. by jennifer kaufman and karen mack;  4)  And Never Stop Dancing:
Thirty More True Things You Need to Know Now by Gordon Livingston, MD.

I need to stop getting books, as I already have a large number at home, but who can turn down
bargains?!

I have forgotten the exact day, but Happy Ostara!!  Many of the Christian dates and titles and names derive from the Pagan calendar.  Did you know that?

That Bad Eartha
Eartha
Kitt
1953

Equal parts class and sass, Eartha Kitt charmed American
audiences throughout the ’50 and early ’60s with her distinctive performance
style, born of the dim lighting and sensual atmosphere of the nightclub.
Everything about Kitt suggested a feral sex kitten, from her purring vocals and
bad girl image down to her last name—it’s no wonder she landed the role of
Catwoman in the Batman TV show. There’s plenty of come-hither attitude on
That Bad Eartha, Kitt’s hit second album, but she also projects the
cosmopolitan cool of an international sophisticate, singing songs in six
different languages. As a result, Kitt is both alluring and distant on this mix
of cabaret classics, foreign folk, and jet-set pop, making That Bad
Eartha perfect for an evening of wine and wooing.

Kitt vamps it up in Spanish on
“Angelitos Negros” over a folk guitar and rumba beat, croons in hushed Swahili
on the exotic-sounding “African Lullaby,” and sashays down a fashionable Paris
boulevard on the lightly swinging hit “C’est Si Bon (It’s So Good),” sung in a
natural French accent that Kitt picked up from her years on the Parisian cabaret
circuit. Kitt’s comfortable in her own skin wherever she goes, and that includes
the Eastern European village that gives “Uska Dara” its name—in between verses
sung in Turkish, Kitt slides in the barb “In the old days, many women had male
secretaries / Oh well, that’s Turkey!” No matter how far afield she goes, Kitt
brings the same sly demeanor to her music. She’s a strong vocal presence in
whichever language she chooses, but even more than her voice, That Bad
Eartha introduces us to a real character.

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“I Wanna Be Evil” “C’est Si Bon” “Uska Dara”

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All is mind

“I want to know the thoughts of God; the rest are details.”

– Albert Einstein

Everything — absolutely everything — that happens in our
lives has a spiritual cause. Events on all other levels — mental, emotional and
physical — are only effects.

When we are struggling with any challenge, whether it be
ill health, a lack of money, a lost job, relationships, an accident, whatever —
we need to look for the spiritual learning. We can ask ourselves, “What quality
does my soul want me to live more fully?”

“If you start to think the problem is ‘out there,’ stop
yourself. That thought is the problem.”

– Stephen Covey

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