New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve

Last Day of 2015

Finally starting to feel like winter. Brrrrrrrrr.

And here we are, 

not even really cold yet

(knock on wood)

We don't go out for New Year's,

or stay up late,

or veer too far off the routine.

Is it a sign of aging?

A need for my routine?

No matter,

It is what we do.

Tomorrow will be

2016

Bees, Flowers and Snow

#Monsanto bought the leading bee research firm after being implicated in bee colony collapse. No more independent research for them!

— trutherbotpink (@trutherbotpink) December 29, 2015

Snow on Willy's Pond

it is time.
winter feels so much colder
without snow
to brighten the day.

Monday Musik Links

Sean Costello

His foundation:

http://seancostellofund.org/

The Sean Costello Memorial Fund for Bipolar Research

One Small Action to You, A Giant Action to Us

Leverage,
You might call it Leverage,
When one small action
Has such Giant consequences,

I imagined posting this,
and people from all over the Planet
responded
to the Governor of Vermont,

To Join in the ban on the Proposed Pipeline
in Addison County, Vermont, US.

You have Today to sign the petition,
Please sign and share with like minded people,
Who don't want private land being seized
for fracking gas pipelines.

So follow Yesterday's post,
go to the link,
follow directions,
and change the world,
for the better.
meg

@marygerdt @AlyJohnsonKurts @JustPowerVt #climateaction Please share. Updated signatory list going to gov, Board Monday! Let's make it long!

— Energy Ferret (@energy_ferret) December 26, 2015

Stop the Pipeline

Thanks to our interconnected web of like minded people,

I received this letter and a link to Tell Governor Peter Shumlin to Stop the pipeline plans...

I signed it, will you? meg

The letter sent to the Governor last week signed by businesses, organizations, committees, and legislators requesting that the pipeline be stopped at 11 miles is now available for anyone to sign online. Important note: Businesses etc can still sign on this form, and we encourage you to do that if you can. If not, please sign as an individual. (Instructions are on the page.) Here is the link:

https://pin.salsalabs.com/o/502/c/72/p/dia/action3/common/public/index.sjs?action_KEY=14054

Please send the link to all of your lists, groups, friends and urge them to show the Governor the breadth and depth of our desire to put this pipeline behind us!

Thank you Shaina and Katelyn at Toxics Action Center for setting up this link!

And thank you everyone for your ongoing energy to do the right thing in Vermont!

A Miracle

Miracle...

A word that always gets your attention,

Miracle...

Today being Christmas,

Certainly a day of Miracles,

A little Celebratory Video 

From The Christmas Tree Nebula:

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Thank You, Beth Hart

For sharing this....

Hey, Mr. Spaceman...

Great Youtube link...

MoonAlice

Musik for Tuesday Amy Helm and the Handsome Strangers

Deep Water

amyhelm.com

Dragons

Dragons...

The theme emerged yesterday,

in Twitterville.

@marygerdt @ivanbitton The acupt below the navicular bone (just below ankle) is "dragon in the abyss". Unifies fire with water. Good sign.

— IsabeauVollhardt LAc (@docladyhawke) December 20, 2015

@ivanbitton @marygerdt prefer the Chinese cultural view of dragons: celestial beings that, though they may be fierce, are protectors.

— IsabeauVollhardt LAc (@docladyhawke) December 20, 2015

@docladyhawke @ivanbitton Great Thoughts.. I love dragons🐲🐉🐉🐉 and also I see #MS as an ankle biting dragon

— Mary Gerdt (@marygerdt) December 20, 2015

@docladyhawke @ivanbitton My blog thoughts about #dragons several posts. https://t.co/68mr51KfCe

— Mary Gerdt (@marygerdt) December 20, 2015

seems like winter solstice week is a good week to talk about dragons... meg

Christmas Carols...

Joe and Friends sent their Christmas Greetings...

Vermont so short on snow and cold, we do need music like this to get us going...

Merry Christmas Video...

Sweet News!

If you missed yesterday's post, please go back and listen to the podcast..link is better.meg

*******Sweet News***********

More and More,

People see the dangers of a pipeline

through beauty.

Sweet News! https://t.co/9UCDwPzpgw

— Mary Gerdt (@marygerdt) December 19, 2015

Corrected Link...Listen! AUDIO - Le trasmissioni di Controradio riascoltabili dal web. Friday Night Musik

For Friday,

an Audio file from a friend, Daniel Goodman...

With this message...

Here's a link to the podcast from Thursday 12/3/2015
Controradio with Lucille Mancini when we chatted about some new music that I'm about to release.

Daniel comes in at about 35 minute mark...
all the music great!


http://www.controradiolive.info/podcastgen/?p=episode&name=2015-12-04_lucyfer_3_dicembre_2015.mp3

Blues Junction from youtube...Gunsmoke Blues

Wow...

Another Time, Another Place 1

Music for Tuesday

one of my favorite tunes,

even better...

from youtube...

May this be forever

may this be forever,

wild and wonderful,

home to bees and deer,

chipmunks and squirrels,

coyote and skunk,

vegetation nature grown,

birds and bugs,

bats and us.

Tweets and Poetry and The Universe

The Tweets from the Universe started with this great one...

The universe may have a purpose, but nothing we know suggests that, if so, this purpose has any similarity to ours. pic.twitter.com/lr2rzqBKLF

— Prof. Antonio Paris (@AntonioParis) December 12, 2015

then more followed

No Matter How Wealthy How Successful How Blessed Everything Is Meaningless Like Chasing After Wind A Gathering Of Dust 2 Dust #micropoetry

— Andrew Carnegie (@ACPCarnegie) December 12, 2015

@AntonioParis @marygerdt Symmetry Of Universe Cascades Raw Beginnings Hydrogen Begun Yet Which Tool Created Rule 4Early Sun #micropoetry

— Andrew Carnegie (@ACPCarnegie) December 12, 2015

@marygerdt @AntonioParis Mystery In The Now Mystery In The How But Not In The Why The Why Was Known 4000 Years Ago Folk Forget #micropoetry

— Andrew Carnegie (@ACPCarnegie) December 12, 2015

And meanwhile,
in another time and place,
we got sad news on several levels,

Art Hangs It Up For the Last Time https://t.co/0J6hMwsLYK

— ArtBell.Com (@ArtBellCom) December 12, 2015

Twitterverse

In the Twitterverse,

You Never Know,

What you might stumble upon,

Like

The Look of Happiness

The look of happiness: #Myosin molecules drag #endorphins into brain's parietal cortex pic.twitter.com/fzFbXTtSX1 via @carolduncan

— Calestous Juma (@calestous) December 11, 2015

Friday Night Musik

Friday Night Musik

This week a triple header.

2 of our favorite musicians...

Carolyn Wonderland and Guy Forsyth

I haven't previewed these youtube links

And yet knowing the talents of these 2 musicians,

Previews are not usually necessary.

tgif!

An American (Governor) in Paris

Once again,

Sifting thru emails, updates, attachments about the fight against the Addison County, Vermont pipeline 

proposed by Canadian Gaz Metro dba Vermont Gas.

In the end, all those words,

another Thursday summary,

then the videos came through.

Forget the words,

you'll just gloss over anyway.

Here are a couple of twitter links as hearings continue about the proposed pipeline

over 130 million expected to be funded by ratepayers...

hmmm...new york said no to the pipeline which is how vermont became a target...

NY Protestors Want Health, Safety Talked About First When Discussing Natural Gas Pipelines https://t.co/8NsZw2dM4M

— Local 22 & Local 44 (@WVNYWFFF) December 9, 2015

The Governor of Vermont, Peter Shumlin, has been greasing the gaz wheels since the beginning. Somehow, in his comprehension, he seems to think fracking ok as long as it's in Alberta.
He also thinks land grabbing is cool as long as it's not in his neighborhood.
Residents, my neighbors have had to lawyer up against big Gaz. Hearings going on now.
We oppose the pipeline. As this fight progresses, we have to communicate to others.
Frackers never sleep...

Video: Raw: Protesters interrupt Shumlin at Paris panel https://t.co/hwnlAZFuRF

— WPTZ (@WPTZ) December 9, 2015

sister rosetta tharpe chicago blues allstars

sister rosetta tharpe chicago blues allstars

from you tube,
wow, wow, wow...

Next is Amazing news:

The Big Idea

.@ReeveFoundation talks to @facebook staff about The Big Idea (https://t.co/qDsUczSA7g) #JoinReeve #GlobalCauseDay pic.twitter.com/VZDQy12LFv

— Peter T. Wilderotter (@pwilderotter) December 8, 2015

Of Course, I like to relate to my MonSter, MS

Peter Wilderotter of the Reeve Foundation

Responded to my thoughts

Absolutely!! @marygerdt @ReeveFoundation @facebook @zakwilliams @shillcox13 @MrMatthewReeve

— Peter T. Wilderotter (@pwilderotter) December 9, 2015

Stick Season, Few words needed

Our Ring Necked Pheasant friend. Not seen recently.

Ledges

Soon

Psalm Challenge Flashback

Twitter is an interesting place.

and so is East Texas...

Gotta LOVE East Texas!!! pic.twitter.com/wcw0trqWQj

— Shirley Chapman (@Dunroamin4ever) October 20, 2015

Blogging Forward...Guest post by Yes Vermont Yankee: Nuclear Blogger Carnival 287, The Paris Edition

Yes Vermont Yankee: Nuclear Blogger Carnival 287, The Paris Edition: Pro-nuclear flag designed by Robert Hargraves UN colors, world grid Dan Yurman on flag origin and meaning Once again, we are proud...

Carolyn Wonderland---"Georgia On My Mind."

Carolyn Wonderland video suggested by you tube.

The Best version of Georgia on My Mind...

Then I read the description of the occasion and it developed a much deeper meaning

Rest In Peace,

Georgia on my mind.

meg

Bruce Springsteen - Out In the Street (The River Tour, Tempe 1980)

Absolutely Classic Sprinsgteen & the E Street Band

From his vevo channel

wow...meg

Friday Night Musik

A favorite by Glenn Hughes,
link from youtube,
you keep movin'

Someday Soon

Someday Soon

Tweets for the Earth

CLF's Sandy Levine gets VGS CEO to admit MOU btwn colluding VGS and DPS can be modified any way any time! #vtpoli pic.twitter.com/A4zk8bF0o6

— Just Power Vt (@JustPowerVt) December 1, 2015

Rendall admits the mou was intended to influence the Board remand proceedings @vtpoli pic.twitter.com/FlcISHPqhN

— Just Power Vt (@JustPowerVt) December 1, 2015

Invigorating anti-pipeline caroling @ start of PBS hearings "Deck the halls with Rising Tidies!" @RisingTideVT pic.twitter.com/NV6rFDeG7K

— Just Power Vt (@JustPowerVt) December 1, 2015

Kindness

Kindness

Knows no boundaries

From Twitter feed...

Eagle Eyed @NYPDSpecialops Cops Rescue Hawk https://t.co/0v43NnPL6k pic.twitter.com/HG56Jw5qoA

— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) November 29, 2015

November Gloom

November gloom
returns
it is inevitable,
here in the land of snow,
we got a reprieve,
sun and warmth,
winter creeping back,
just in time for climate protests.

Before Digital

Hold to the light card c. 1910

Image appears when you hold up to a light

Happy New Year card c. 1910

The Season Has Begun

Special Music from the Barn

amyhelm.com

Friday Night Musik

Arlo

Thanksgiving....Again

Thanksgiving

Again

I thought I had covered 

this U.S. holiday

other years.

Finding it simple just to ask...

http://traveloguefortheuniverse.blogspot.com/search?q=thanksgiving

Have a wonderful day!

Flashback

Flashback to the year I went to visit Shard Villa
with the administrator.
A special place.

Twilight

Monday Music

Great music to start the week....

Amy Helm and Connor Kennedy

Link to Amy Helm's Music

Knight Salve #4

Knight Salve #4

I cannot tell you how long this path has been, this path of pain.

When the pain is there, it's sharp, stabbing, distracting, impossible.

Petrolatum was the medical recommendation, to heal my tattered skin.

It only lasted so long and I was looking for my own formula.

My husband found this website where he ordered me kefir grains:

culturesforhealth.com

There is a wealth of information on their website.

I am sharing my latest projects and encourage you to try some of these.

Knight Salve originated with me writing a screenplay about a knight who is wounded and nursed to health by his future wife. The knight played by Glenn Hughes, his real life wife plays the healer woman to be his wife.

No I haven't written it yet, just ideas for the movie score...(meanwhile enjoy the you tube links :<)

Sorry, this one I posted this morning doesn't work in the US.

It is beautiful....

Now for Salve and Soap talk.

My first project Fred got me Kefir grains from CulturesForHealth.com I have been cultivating Kefir, mixing with yogurt for broad spectrum probiotics. Then I got into making salve and soap. 

4th version "Knight Salve" No I didn't measure. Shea butter, Cocoa butter, Coconut oil, Olive oil, Emulsifying wax (helps bind-blend water and oil soluble ingredients) Tincture of frankincense Tincture of myrrh Makula honey (medi-honey) Gently heat stirring constantly over double boiler until all melted. Pour into jars. 

Soap: Cultures For Health has melt and pour soaps and molds. I made hemp oil soap with lavender essential oils And goat's milk soap with relaxation essential oils. They also have a shampoo base that I put lavender essential oils into. The cartoon describes the pain and recovery through use of frankincense and myrrh. I believe the gold of biblical times is honey. 

Another Saturday Night

you tube suggested this great video,

a little family get together at levon's barn

Richard Barone Friday Night Music

here i was,
thursday night,
no post, no music racked up
for friday,
my tradition,
my hobby,
my routine.

Richard's update came
just as i had nearly given up.
Perfect idea for music,
and an fyi,
his pledge music project
is looking good.
check it out.

tgiff!

This album coming together! Pledge now, Perks going fast! Richard Barone: Sorrows https://t.co/CK6XXSZsXO via @pledgemusic

— Mary Gerdt (@marygerdt) November 20, 2015

Prior videos from you tube show a sample of his genius...meg

Stick Season

stick season has its particular charms...

Comments

**warning if none if this makes sense to you,
that is quite beyond my ability to fix it. meg

Comments

Was trying to post all of my comments
2 didn't make it so far of mine.
I think because it has my blog post link.
Well, here is the blog link
to the letter addison independent refused to publish:

http://traveloguefortheuniverse.blogspot.com/2010/04/halls-of-shame.html

That was in 2010!

this is the latest 2015



Link to original article from addison independent:

http://www.addisonindependent.com/201509plato-justice-and-perfecting-soul

For the record,
all the comments:

Discussion on Addison Independent  5 comments

Plato, justice and perfecting the soul

Mary Gerdt  Say what?  5 hours ago Pending

Ah, you are Ms. Nomer using a new alias. You are awfully judgmental. Here is my original letter that this newspaper chose not to publish. You don't know me, Ms. What. Don't judge me. Take off your veil.http://traveloguefortheunivers...

Mary Gerdt  Say what?  3 days ago

Dear Say What. You may also be highly educated one, Ms. Nomer. What I wrote is from deep down in my soul. To be frank, I had to suck it up in 2007 when Monkton, Vermont put my property up for sale, this newspaper published it and I was never notified which is my Constitutional Right. They told my husband in a malicious timeline that that state couldn't care less about. The Statewide property tax system is crippling people like many of us. Consider what I write as good, bad, atrocious. Say What, you are insignificant to me. Yet you spike me with a nasty, Snark! I believe you are an educator.

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Mary Gerdt  Say what?  17 days ago Pending

Say Huh? Opinion is all mine. You disagree. You sound like Ms. Nomer. I Do reread and alas my editor had the week off leaf peeping. Or is it LeafPeeping? I have a dyslexic condition where, yes, I made a mistake. It is Bruce Cunningham of Hinesburg. Here is a link to the facts http://www.vermontadvocate.com... 
Say What, get off my case, please. Snarky? Sounds exactly like Ms. Nomer. Take the cape off. Play nice.

Mary Gerdt  18 days ago

Odd facts to think on. Would Plato approve of philosophy taught to the masses when only this first article is available to cash strapped readers like myself and subsequent articles cost $$? I responded back when you wrote the Plato article. My property was up for sale 9 months past due taxes. The town only told my husband. It was wrong, mean, certainly Injust. This paper didn't publish my letter back then. I want Plato to be a woman, in 2015, and she finds out what the Town did to her. I hope she would do as I have, reign in my emotional angst, hate even. Then she would write her heart out. Then she would sit in her chair, body hurting from MS. She just cashed in some of her retirement to pay the property taxes. No vacation for disability retirement. Next April taxes will be due on the dispersement, we will pay the taxes. They won't catch me late again. They are doing another town plan, (it's required, you know). If they find some more worthy living creatures, they will try and downzone me. I am ready, pen in hand. Let's bring Plato and Socrates back as women, 2015 AD. And they don't have $6,000 to pay the revenue agents.

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