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Got some interesting things coming up?  I find this time of year wonderful for planning stuff  - you can do it in winter, too, but somehow the sunny, warm weather makes it easier to follow through on all the scheming.  Yeah, do follow through on your plans – at least one of them.  You never know where your adventure may take you.    

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I finally re-potted a plant that I’ve had for about five years.  The outer edges of the leaves were starting to yellow.  Stranger was the fact that the plant was now growing long root stems instead of leaves.  And even I, little as I know about gardening, could see it was time for a transplant otherwise this plant with brown tentacles was not long for this earth.  To free the plant of its clay home, I smashed the unsuspecting pot with a hammer. And what did I…

I went to hear Gregg Braden  (http://www.greggbraden.com/) speak last night.  He’s a scientist and cosmologist who’s bridging science and spirituality through his decades-long quest to investigate indigenous people, their history and particularly their world view/their understanding of the earth and its cycles.  From Gregg’s perspective, our western world has modeled its systems on Darwin and the principle of “survival of…

I know it’s spring.  Not because it’s warmer, not because the days are longer, not because the birds are singing, not even because the sun is shining… I know it’s spring because I get the same urge every year at this time.  I want to go away.  I want to go somewhere new and different – change it up – not permanently but for a little while.  The anticipation to want to go, to travel is delicious.  That’s why I know it’s spring.…