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Forum: Meditations Yesterday, 05:04 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 52
Posted By Norma Rae
Well I am just about to sit this morning and it...

Well I am just about to sit this morning and it is already 7 a.m. CST. Please join me! And it strikes me this morning that 6:30 am CST is probably not reasonable for our friends on Pacific...
Forum: Wellness and Healing Circle 05-16-2013, 07:19 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 257
Posted By Norma Rae
Lura, I am so new to this community that I hope...

Lura, I am so new to this community that I hope my well-wishes to you do not seem insincere. You were one of the first (if not the first) to welcome me to this cherry bowl and to laugh with me in...
Forum: Books! Books! Books! 05-16-2013, 07:13 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 133
Posted By Norma Rae
oh . . . this is absolutely now in my "to...

oh . . . this is absolutely now in my "to read" queue! Thanks for the headsup, Wolfdog!

two hands together from the springy midwest!
steph
_/|\_
Forum: Books! Books! Books! 05-16-2013, 06:12 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 99
Posted By Norma Rae
the feminine!

Oh wow! . . . I cannot believe that I neglected to bring up the obvious water connection--the feminine! Duh! Not until I was listening to the latest Independent Expression Radio show with Kelly...
Forum: Meditations 05-16-2013, 05:58 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 52
Posted By Norma Rae
Maybe we can have a morning and an evening...

Maybe we can have a morning and an evening meditation sit for everyone who wants to participate? Perhaps we could alternate--mornings on even days; evenings on odd days? Something like that?
...
Forum: Meditations 05-16-2013, 10:08 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 52
Posted By Norma Rae
I hope some of you were able to join me. I felt...

I hope some of you were able to join me. I felt a connection, and I was joined by my beautiful blue color that comes to me only when in deep, healing, connecting meditation. The color was with me...
Forum: Meditations 05-16-2013, 07:21 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 52
Posted By Norma Rae
Meditation Sangha

My new Friends,
I know I am quite new to your community (thank you so much for your immediate warmth and receptivity), so you may already have a meditation sangha amongst you of which I am not aware....
Forum: Books! Books! Books! 05-15-2013, 08:59 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 99
Posted By Norma Rae
Oh--on simple freedom: I just remembered the...

Oh--on simple freedom: I just remembered the story Shirley relates in Out on a Limb (I think) and in some interviews of a little bird and its one possession, a small stick that it carried in its...
Forum: Books! Books! Books! 05-15-2013, 07:43 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 99
Posted By Norma Rae
"all I really needed in life were good shoes, a loyal stick, and pure water"

There are at least two reasons why I love Shirley's conclusion in The Camino that "all I really needed in life were good shoes, a loyal stick, and pure water." First, the reference to the essential...
Forum: Books! Books! Books! 05-13-2013, 11:45 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 99
Posted By Norma Rae
"water water everywhere, and not a drop to drink"

Joanne (and all Friends) . . . ah Vegas and its opulent fountains (as I type these words, I can hear the triumphant Bellagio) . . . quite the opposite--I imagine--from the life-sustaining Camino...
Forum: Encounterboard Family 05-13-2013, 05:27 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 133
Posted By Norma Rae
Thank you Joanne and Lura! I am learning so much...

Thank you Joanne and Lura! I am learning so much and having so much fun here that I might just float right up to the ceiling!

Two hands together . . .

_/|\_
steph
Forum: The Media 05-13-2013, 05:14 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,168
Posted By Norma Rae
Lura and Kata, I absolutely agree with your...

Lura and Kata,

I absolutely agree with your perspective, and I am certain Shirley does as well as she quite often challenges others (in interviews and elsewhere) with considering otherwise...
Forum: Books! Books! Books! 05-13-2013, 07:26 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 99
Posted By Norma Rae
The Camino

Friends . . . as with Out on a Limb . . . I am about to make some of you quite jealous . . . I just finished reading The Camino for the first time! And I finished it while sitting gazing at the...
Forum: Books! Books! Books! 05-13-2013, 07:15 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 475
Posted By Norma Rae
lessons from the past

Friends, Joanne asked "Do you (or anyone here) have thoughts about what we can do with the bits of information that we may remember from past lives? Can we learn from this?" . . . I just finished...
Forum: Encounterboard Family 05-13-2013, 06:57 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 133
Posted By Norma Rae
Cherries on the Camino

Friends . . . I just finished The Camino (wow! we'll have to have a "book club" thread on that book), but--if you will recall--there was an amusing and interesting interlude with cherries that...
Forum: The Media 05-10-2013, 11:14 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,168
Posted By Norma Rae
P.S. (5-10-13): As I fly in for a quick visit...

P.S. (5-10-13): As I fly in for a quick visit with my own parents (see note above) on Mothers Day weekend (on my way to Las Vegas for work), mothers and daughters (sounds like a D.H. Lawrence novel)...
Forum: Books! Books! Books! 05-08-2013, 08:00 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 475
Posted By Norma Rae
lessons from those we've known (or have not known) before?

Joanne (and all!),

That is a huge question! I think you have to go on an individualized case-by-case basis. I've listened to some of the archived Independent Expression Radio shows where members...
Forum: Cooking in the Lite 05-08-2013, 07:46 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 377
Posted By Norma Rae
Beet Chocolate Cake

Wow . . . so sorry for the delay on this! I just got into the flow of life and kept swimming there for a while . . .

Beet Chocolate Cake (from Zephyr Community Farm)
* I'd try to use non-GMO...
Forum: Books! Books! Books! 05-03-2013, 06:19 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 475
Posted By Norma Rae
Joanne (and all!) . . . your comments remind me...

Joanne (and all!) . . . your comments remind me of Shirley's initial reaction to David's revelation in the book (if you have the paperback, we're on pp. 324-25, btw). Shirley says to David, "Why? ....
Forum: Cooking in the Lite 05-02-2013, 07:50 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 377
Posted By Norma Rae
Beet cake? Yes, I said yes!

You say you have pounds and pounds of locally grown seasonal spring beets with which you've nothing to do? Well, do I have a simple recipe for you! Beet chocolate cake! Now I'm not usually a big...
Forum: Books! Books! Books! 05-01-2013, 02:45 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 475
Posted By Norma Rae
souls that bind

Here's a selection of Out on a Limb that should stir up a good discussion:

"They say there's an energy that fills interatomic space, but they don't know what it is. Even they call it the cohesive...
Forum: I.E. Radio 04-30-2013, 04:41 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 270
Posted By Norma Rae
Great show. Finally got a chance to listen on...

Great show. Finally got a chance to listen on commute back from mountains and to "reality." Both of my grandfathers (paternal and maternal) were past worshipful masters of the local chapter of the...
Forum: The Media 04-29-2013, 07:46 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,168
Posted By Norma Rae
Thank you

Thank you for posting this response from Shirley, Brit. While my mother and I certainly do not have a strong connection, I know she has only wanted the best (in her eyes) for me--even if that comes...
Forum: Books! Books! Books! 04-25-2013, 11:00 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 475
Posted By Norma Rae
Hi Joanne (and others)! I believe that at the...

Hi Joanne (and others)!

I believe that at the time the comment was made in the book (David says it to Shirley), that she had just experienced a moment of true enlightenment, epiphany, euphoria, and...
Forum: Cooking in the Lite 04-24-2013, 05:56 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 377
Posted By Norma Rae
Message from Farmer Vicki

I just have to keep sharing Farmer Vicki's lovely e-mails and updates on the farm, the communal struggle against Monsanto, the contents of our boxes, and recipes (including those beet burgers!) in...
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