The Rose to Shamballa

In Vancouver the cherry blossoms are in mid-swing. We had a ferociously windy storm last night and the light pink blossoms of the first batch were cleaned out of town. I was astonished to see that even the sidewalks had none of the pink confetti of fallen blossoms on them. The dark pink buds of the next batch are on the verge of opening, in a couple days they will be showing us their amazingly pink fluffy selves.

As a result, I have been exploring the rose family Rosaceae. This family has a deep connection to the heart—just inhaling their perfume will strengthen it. read more.

Instincts and Sugar

On Easter Monday (April 13, 2009) we finally stepped out of the house and went on an excursion. The cherry blossoms are out in Vancouver and Spring is finally in the air. We hadn't been out in months. We decided to head down to False Creek and check out how the building of the Olympic Village was going.

Along the walk I kept getting Midnight Oil's song Blue Sky Mine popping into my head. To be honest I am not sure if this happened before or after I took the photos of the old Canadian Sugar Refinery Building, but it probably doesn't really matter. I found it interesting that this song kept nagging at me as it has been a very long time since I have heard music in my head like this.
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Follow up HR875 S425 Criminalize Organic Farming

Follow up on HR875 and S425. Thanks to Amy31415 and Vortexvibration - passed on info that the sponsor of the bill is Rosa Delauro who is married to Stan Greenburg a political strategist who works for Monsanto. Please see links to vids on Monsantofor more in depth infoFrom StarrJadedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epXNJN...Jd...

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