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Nov
04
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RamblingRose
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Today is election day. I voted for more love - How about you? 
There were several propositions - I voted YES on more laughter, YES on more fun & more spirituality YES on health YES on communication YES on more sex and celebrating sexuality.
I voted NO on repeating old patterns, NO on being stuck in a rut, NO on depression and boredom.
I also voted:
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Nov
02
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If you've got an opinion about the election, blog it! It's easy to do. Just log in and click the "Mini-blog" tab on the right side of your profile. Click "Add and Manage Blogs" and "Write New Entry." Now you're blogging! This is an important day — maybe one of the most important we'll see in our lifetimes. So tell us your opinion. Take a stand. 
Nov
02
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Poems by
RamblingRose
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 Once I met a wind swept man Who constructed his days & spent his nights in craft, And the time betweens Sifting the beaches For bits of precious sea glass. Milky white, palest aqua, Sea green, and cobalt blues, Burnished browns, occasional reds And the rarest of violet hues. These shards of the past Once raw & jagged Now polished & refined He would into make
Nov
02
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Massage Therapy by
Wordsmith
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In a couple of previous posts I complained about my TMJ, and now, I've finally found the treatment to my affliction, or rather, it found me.
I work at an essential oil company which sells to massage therapists, and a couple of my coworkers were at a massage workshop being given by Kathryn Nance, during which she gave a demonstration of massage
Nov
01
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Tarot, Quotes by
RamblingRose
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In a cinema hall, you look at the screen, you never look at the back--the projector is at the back. The film is not there really on the screen; it is just a projection of shadow and light. The film exists just at the back, but you never look at that. And the projector is there. Your mind is at the back of the whole
Oct
31
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Howard at a shrine in Shingu City. Howard kept us all laughing. I had to explain to my host family that there's a type of New York humor where you just keep up a barrage of jokes, not always necessarily good jokes. It's all in the delivery. At the goodbye dinner, Howard started his speech with "Unbelievably for someone from Santa Cruz, I ate sushi for the
Oct
31
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The connection between Shingu and Santa Cruz started with Aikido... 
Here is Dan outside the farmer's office in the mountains: 
This young woman had really taken the "back to basics" stuff seriously. She was threshing the rice with a foot-pedal gadget. She grew and cooked all her own food and didn't use electricity at all. 
Below Cynthia says goodbye to the
Oct
30
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On our trip, we got to know our sister-city friends from Shingu and we got to know each other. I've never been so proud of Santa Cruz as when I saw our delegation hiking up mountains, making speeches, making connections… and the folks on the Japanese side were amazing, so generous, such personalities! Here are some pictures of the people from both cities.
Oct
30
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RamblingRose
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I was cold Someone handed me a sparkler I was bedazzled Until it fizzled
 I long for your hearth. kgr 2008
Oct
27
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Observations by
RamblingRose
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Lynn Araujo from Us Games Systems, Inc recently contacted me to point out that someone has noticed an uncanny resemblance between Sarah Palin and a card from their Vanessa Tarot deck. She writes,
The coincidences are overwhelming- the hair, the glasses, the red suit, the religious fashion accessories all mirror Sarah's look. And of
Oct
27
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I publish a monthly E-Newsletter that I invite you to sign-up for. Each month I write a brief feature about a gallery that shows my work, show some photos of my latest work, and conclude with a short piece on woowdworking techniques. Its brief, informative, with lots of photos, and its easy to sign-up or sign-off at any time. Go to my website and fill in the
Oct
26
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wonders of nature, local color by
Chris
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Yes, woe is me walking between my house on the Santa Cruz westside and, well, everywhere. Here is a scene from the recent Santa Cruz Coldwater Classic taken from the surfer dude statue vista point on West Cliff Drive at Pelton. The various other times I passed this way in the last few days, the waves weren't as large as they were this afternoon during a
Oct
25
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Astrology by
RamblingRose
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 Scorpio: The Scorpion An Interpersonal, Fixed Water Sign Sign of the Healer Water Image: A Glacier Relates to Pluto & The Eighth House Soul Purpose: To experience deep involvements and intense transformations Key Phrase: “I Transform”
Altar-A-GoGo Zodiac Series Collages for recycled altoid boxes 2.00" x 3.5" copyright kgr
Oct
24
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Wordsmith
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 Legendary new age/jazz/rock keyboardist Merl Saunders died earlier today at the age of 74. I had the opportunity to see him play at the former Palookaville on New Year's Eve 1995 after I first moved to Santa Cruz, and it was one of my first really good memories of my time here. The show was excellent, the opener was a San Jose band I had known back
Oct
23
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Tides all wrong today to and fro as to set the
Oct
22
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RamblingRose
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We take so much of the universe on trust. You tell me; “In 1950 I lived on the north side of Beacon Street in Somerville.” You tell me; “She and I were lovers, but for months now we have only been good friends.” You tell me: "It is seventy degrees outside and the sun is shining.” Because I love you, because there is not even a question of lying between us,
Oct
21
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Dateline: 10-21-2008, Writer: Peggy We were in Mr. Suzuki's car when Dave Vincent said it. "Where's Scott?" "He's in the other car," someone suggested, and we all went on chatting. There were 9 of us total in the group, plus Suzuki-san and Iwasawa-san, too many to fit in one vehicle. We'd been to an onsen (spa) in the morning. We were on our way to
Oct
21
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Our sister city in Japan is a small city between the coast and beautiful mountains. The parallels to Santa Cruz are many; the differences are few. Our first day we went on a walking tour of the Shinto temples and shrines, having been provided well used umbrellas as we departed city hall. Rain, a little known experience in Santa Cruz is a regular feature of
Oct
21
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RamblingRose
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And a youth said, "Speak to us of Friendship."
Your friend is your needs answered. He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving. And he is your board and your fireside. For you come to him with your hunger, and you seek him for peace. When your friend speaks his mind you fear not the "nay" in your own mind, nor do you
Oct
21
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Travel, Shingu, FarmingGardening by
Shingu2008
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On Wednesday we ventured out to Irogawa Village -- a remote town nestled in the mountains where organic farming and traditional methods are helping to revive this rural area. The community is comprised of both longtime residents and urban refugees -- people from large cities who have chosen a simpler lifestyle based on a strong sense of community and
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