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