When does not owning your house really blow hard, like the harsh winds of a Cat 5 hurricane...? Well, the answer is when your landlords do not let you rescue this 3 month old mix of Aussie shephard & Redbone coonhound puppy from the Humane Society for our daughter's surprise Christmas present because of their new carpets, though the yard is on an acre with a great open green space for the Blue dog to play all day...ARGHhhh!

Neil Young & John Lennon - hearts of gold !

This song below caused a fair amount of controversy for John Lennon, as his detractors pointed out that he was raised in an upper-middle class home by his aunt and had no right to call himself a working class hero. In an interview with Rolling Stone just 3 days before his death, Lennon explained: "The think about the 'Working Class Hero' song that nobody ever got right was that it was supposed to be sardonic - it had nothing to do with socialism, it had to do with 'If you want to go through that trip, you'll get up to where I am, and this is what you'll be.' Because I've been successful as an artist, and have been happy and unhappy, and I've been unknown in Liverpool or Hamburg and been happy and unhappy."

Click on names for reference to story quotation ...

Yoko Ono stepped out of the limousine first and John Lennon who is carrying a tape recorder and some cassettes followed a few steps behind. As Yoko passes him the assassin, says "Hello". Just as John passes him, the man steps from the sidewalk and from his pocket he takes out a.38 revolver armed with hollow tip bullets. He drops into a combat stance, knees flexed, with one arm supporting the other at the wrist. He says, Mr. Lennon? Just as John turns, about 15 feet through the large arch with iron gates of the Dakota, the assassin fires two shots into the left side of his back. There's a crash of shattering glass as the bullets that pass through John's body smash into the Dakota's glass frontage. These two shots spin him around. He is now facing his assassin. Blood is already pouring out from the first two bullets and the four wounds, as the assassin takes aim at John again. He fires three more shots. Two of the bullets smash into John's left shoulder. The other goes astray. The greatest singer songwriter and the most influential political artist of our time staggers up six steps to the room at the end of the entrance used by the concierge, said, "I'm shot," then fell down...

10 Muluk (Dec. 16^th) – “foundational water” which can be a powerful “shape-shifting” force... (resonating from the Maya way of star & planetary motion)

9 Lamat (Dec. 15^th) – the “outward projection” of leadership, as when U.S. women voted for the first time on a 9 Lamat day in 1920 (referencing Astronomy of the Maya).

Chia is a variety of sage that grows in dry disturbed soil below 6,000 feet elevation. Its seeds were an important part of Native Americans diet. In the Mayan language, the word for Chia means "strength". Throughout the Southwest, tribes harvested Chia from large wild fields of the plant each Autumn. Once dried, the seeds could be ground into flour or stored for later use.

Chia seeds are rich in nutrients; so much so that a single teaspoon full could sustain a person for a whole day of travel. Native Americans made much use of this quality.

The Chia has other values, as well. It is said it could be used to make alkiline water potable. It worked as an eye wash to treat irritation. Lastly, a poultice made with dissolved Chia was a popular treatment for external infections.

From the DVD, A Desert Wildflower Journey

Kimi (Dec. 13^th) – “self-generating death” – a “return to Source” type of force that can turn attention to “absolute foundations”....an example is when President Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg address under this influence.

The 2012 Venus Transit - Real-sky animation

“The answer is never the answer. What's really interesting is the mystery. If you seek the mystery instead of the answer, you'll always be seeking. I've never seen anybody really find the answer -- they think they have, so they stop thinking. But the job is to seek mystery, evoke mystery, plant a garden in which strange plants grow and mysteries bloom. The need for mystery is greater than the need for an answer.” - Ken Kesey

cheers...drinkable from top to bottom and/or bottom to top !

nature is that of magic

created through cosmic thought

merging into the mind of humanity

where beings sway us to play

tuning the one heart beat

surfacing from within

to speak volumes

resonating

a gentle

expanse

- j.a.knolls