“Fear is just an illusion and if you believe in this illusion, you are creating your reality. What can you believe in that is not fear? Love. Love is your essence. If you move from fear deep into your heart, you will discover that there is a beautiful little light that you have forgotten. The… [Read more…]
February 2, 2012
The Oxford Happiness Inventory and a battery of personality measures were completed by 171 subjects. The results showed predicted positive correlations for happiness with satisfaction with life, self-esteem, and sociability and negative correlations of happiness with embarrass-ability, loneliness, shyness, and social anxiety. Four predictors (satisfaction with life, shyness, loneliness, and sociability) accounted for 58% of… [Read more…]
January 31, 2012
My Beloved’s new position comes with lots of responsibilities, meetings and travel. That means an increase in work for me on the home front. Though we scheduled our time in advance there were several unexpected events in January and every one resulted in a change in our scheduling. There were days where we were snowed… [Read more…]
January 23, 2012
Chinese New Year (Chinese: 春節, 春节, Chūnjíe; 農曆新年, 农历新年, Nónglì Xīnnián; or 過年, 过年, Guònián), is also known as the Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival and is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day are celebrated as a family affairs. The celebration was traditionally highlighted… [Read more…]
January 20, 2012
The key to successful winter gardening is knowing the average date of the first killing frost in your region and planting winter vegetable crops early enough to reach their full maturity before that frost. Gardeners here grow over 20 kinds of hardy winter vegetables. They know what to grow, when to plant (late June to… [Read more…]
January 18, 2012
In western Canada winter is a bit milder the closer you are to the Pacific Ocean. Thanks to the warm Japan Current, southern British Columbia enjoys the mildest winter temperatures in Canada. B.C. is the only place in Canada where golf can be played year-round.
January 14, 2012
The color blue is a mentally-relaxing color that has a pacifying effect and encourages relaxation. It’s frequently used in bedrooms and hospitals for calming hyperactivity and evoking sleep. The calming effect is also uplifting on a spiritual level for the color blue is associated with water, with the sky and the universe beyond. But there’s… [Read more…]
January 12, 2012
The belief that we can manage the Earth and improve on Nature is probably the ultimate expression of human conceit, but it has deep roots in the past and is almost universal. — Rene J. Dubos, (1901-1982), The Wooing of the Earth, 1980.
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