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Jul 17

Welcome Summer Visitors: The Big Dipper

Published in local color by Chris | Comment (0)

Welcome summer visitors!

Look, I want to take a moment to apologize for the salt-water-taffy-yanking-the-fillings-out-of-Billy's-mouth incident on the wharf the other day. Ouch! And all that blood!

Still, a big round of applause for the ultra-quick response time from the excellent Emergency Medical Services team of Santa Cruz County. Our first responders

Jul 17

Prepare to be your Self

Published in Quotes by RamblingRose | Comment (0)

A woman in harmony with her spirit is like a river flowing. She goes where she will without pretense and arrives at her destination prepared to be herself and only herself. - Maya

Jul 16

Skunk Medicine

Published in Little Stories by RamblingRose | Comment (0)

I went downstairs to get a glass of wine after finishing my presentation for tomorrow. There, on the deck, calmly eating the cat food, was a big black & white skunk. "Hmm," I thought to myself, "In the Medicine Cards, skunk represents attract what you need in order to grow."

My littlest kitten ran out, sniffed noses with my new friend, and promptly was

Jul 15

Seedling

Published in Quotes by RamblingRose | Comment (0)

Seedling
I am deeply curled within
The seed of my possibilities
The waters make me tender
As I establish my roots
I trust the light of the sun
Even as I push through this darkness
To greet my unfolding self

Kayla Garnet Rose, 2007

Jul 14

How I Came To Be Purple

Published in Philosophicalpolitical musings by Purple | Comment (3)

How I Came To Be Purple

Combine my South Dakota upbringing, west river and as red as it gets, with my adult life in Santa Cruz, California, as blue as it gets, and one receives a deep, rich, intoxicating purple.

People in South Dakota are overwhelmingly Republican. With a state of under a million, politics remain personal. Senator E.Y. Berry of my

Jul 14

Enough to Feel Alive

Published in Quotes by RamblingRose | Comment (0)

I love you, childhood. I love you who are neither mother (pardon me mother, for I prefer a woman) nor sister, neither daughter or son. I don’t care about the lineage of our fathers and their desire for institutions. Let’s be neither husband nor wife, do without the family, without roles, functions, and their laws of reproduction. I love you: your body here,

Jul 13

meet Mick the cyber bartender

Published in stuff we like, stuff we all need by EPIC | Comment (0)

meet mick, the umm well-pretend bartender in the cyber bar . oh it has everything one could ever want..and well, since he's always pouring-drinks on the house! even non alchoholic ones ok i hope i get the picture in this..

Yaaaaaaay see even he is smiling! hehehe

goodnight all.

Jul 13

Free mini polar bear tour. heh. is this cool or what?

Published in wonders of nature, stuff we like, Massive things, Epic things by scotts | Comment (0)

There are just times when loneliness demands that you seek out a friend...

Polar Bear: I come in Peace

If you don't already think animals are far more spiritually advanced than we humans, think again. Stuart Brown describes Norbert Rosing's striking images of a wild polar bear coming upon tethered sled dogs in the wilds of

Jul 12

Forcing Her

Published in Poems by RamblingRose | Comment (0)

it was a gift they could never love her
entirely-
for then she was forced to do it
herself.

-terri urban, from bone sighs

Jul 12
Eddie $, Still Getting It Done
Published in Live Music by Wordsmith | Comment (1)

Just saw Eddie Money last night at the Boardwalk without much expectation, but after I saw the 59 year old rocker belting out his old hits, running around on stage and connecting with the energized crowd, my upcoming 38th birthday didn't make me feel so old anymore.
I normally don't go the Boardwalk shows because I live close enough to hear the music

Jul 11
I do not want what I have not got
Published in Quotes by RamblingRose | Comment (0)

I'm walking through the desert
And I am not frightened although it's hot
I have all that I requested
And I do not want what I haven't got
-Sinead O'Connor

Jul 10
Welcome Summer Visitors: The Mystery Spot
Published in local color by Chris | Comment (0)

Hello again, visiting tourist from another part of the world, or indeed, another world. We salute you and bid you spend your money locally, at any of our fine local establishments.
Are you looking for fond vacation memories, not like the Cave Train experience, which you wish to wipe from your mind either through hard drinking or surgical means?
Look no

Jul 10
polarbear wowThere are just times when loneliness demands that you seek out a friend...
Published in wonders of nature, stuff we like, neverendingstory by scotts | Comment (0)
well my posting is of course typo'd but hey here are the polar bear pics! enjoy
There are just times when loneliness demands that you seek out a friend...

Polar Bear: I come in Peace

If you don't already think animals are far more spiritually advanced than we humans, think again. Stuart Brown describes Norbert Rosing's

Jul 10
Forgiveness
Published in Quotes by RamblingRose | Comment (0)
"Forgiveness does not mean that what happened was okay. It simply means that we are no longer willing to allow that experience to adversely affect our lives. Forgiveness is something we do, ultimately, for ourselves." —Christiane

Jul 09
Step into Wellness . . . the healing river of life!
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Step into Wellness . . . the healing river of life!
Our home - the human body - is miraculously constructed of water, food, oxygen & light. We view view our bodies as solid, unchanging forms, however, radioisotope studies confirm that 98 percent of the atoms in the human body are replaced every year.
Just consider the unlimited potential we have to recreate

Jul 09
Your Reputation
Published in Haiku by RamblingRose | Comment (0)

Your reputation
always exceeds you, today's
fortune cookie

Jul 09
polar bears coming soon. oh they are cool bears.
Published in wonders of nature by EPIC | Comment (3)
we'll make a new mail box just for them. take a day or so....heres the first pic...oh my my - it is right abouve the pencil for blonds and under the chili. (grin). near the bottom right side. i have to find out how to post betta...have a good

Jul 08
FISA vote in the Senate
Published in fight the power by Chris | Comment (1)

The Senata is debating and voting on the FISA Acts Amendment bill today.
This statute will provide immunity to the telecom companies who broke the law in providing access to American phone and Internet traffic without a warrant and dangerously expand the power of the executive branch to spy on Americans without due process.
More information may be found

Jul 08
Aspiring to be Different
Published in Quotes by RamblingRose | Comment (0)

Perhaps it all began when I was but a child, six years, maybe, watching Saturday morning cartoons —specifically, Bugs Bunny donning a dress and a wig. I was enthralled at the transformation. This, I decided, was what I would aspire to. That’s as far back as I can recall about my “difference”.
- Zelia, 15, in GLBTQ: The Survival Guide for Queer & Questioning

Jul 08
The Gong Show And My Novel
Published in The Arts by Wordsmith | Comment (0)

Two great artistic events will happen this year. One is the return of The Gong Show, the most appallingly entertaing game show that ever was, the other will be the completion of my novel.
For those of you too young to remember The Gong Show, imagine three B- and C-list T.V. actor judges, a string of woefully amateur contestants who are as bold as they are