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Just out this month, from Blackberry Books, Franco Beltrametti's posthumous collection, From Almost Everywhere
Gary Snyder on Franco Beltrametti: "Franco Beltrametti's smooth-barked Muse leads him across the grids of latitude and longitude to the source of good medicine poems. A suavity masks these elemental songs - or rather, gives these elder faces a modern "human" mask. Civilized in the best sense".
and Joanne Kyger: "From "a crowded place called "future" Franco Beltrametti arrives, once again, with subtle eloquence to surprise us with his unexpected nuances and turns. These poems give us his presence….calling up poets and ancestors of every sort and show us the transparency and modesty of his world."
Franco Beltrametti can be seen, talking in eternity, on video - here
A full run of mini , "the smallest review in the world", that he edited, can be found here
The Franco Beltrametti Archive (plenty to look at) may be accessed here.
Franco would be amazed by this - "More than two hundred previously-unknown poems by leading Edo period (1603-1867) haikuist and artist Yosa Buson have been found in an anthology at the Tenri Central Library"
Blackberry Books, incidentally, are also the publishers of the wonderful Collected Poems of Nanao Sakaki - How To Live On The Planet Earth
[Nanao Sakaki (1923-2008)]
John Wieners remembered and recollected last week in Harvard can be seen here
and here's John Wieners reviewed by Dan Chiasson in (of all the unlikely places) the current New Yorker
[John Wieners (1934-2002)]
Harry Smith was reviewed in The New Yorker a couple of weeks back. Can this be the start of a trend?
The Allen Ginsberg "Still Howling" event (also a couple of weeks back) reviewed in The Mancunion
Allen Ginsberg in Halifax, Nova Scotia, here's a memoir by Martin Wallace - "I was a young poet in 1986 when I heard that Allen Ginsberg was coming to Halifax…"
More Randy Roark Ginsberg discoveries
Randy notes:
"Another manuscript poem with Allen's corrections. This one points out one of his mannerisms - to turn a phrase like "the root of his cock" into the more condensed "his cock root", which I often, as in this case, find an affectation. I'd have a lot more to work with as an orator in the cadence of "the root of his cock" than the awkward "his cock root"."


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For the last ten years I have given a lot of my life and love to children in Russia that are cast off into orphanages. What started as a willingness to follow God's pull to orphan ministry has become what is, and will be, a lifetime of fighting for orphans in our world…wherever God may lead me.
Coming from someone who used to not like kids at all…this is an ironic calling. However, the truth is my passion for seeing educated orphans grow into healthy and mature citizens of their own countries, then have healthy families of their own that break the vicious orphan cycle…makes my soul sing.
I believe that the things our world finds worthless…our God sees worth. I believe that the people our world judges…our God wraps his arms around and whispers, 'You are loved.'
But alone…I am just one believer fighting against many social and political structures.
I am blessed to be a part of a community that wants to invest in some great kids in Russia through Children's Hopechest. Together, as one community, we fight to see the kids embrace the hope of a future and see love as genuine and unconditionally given by not only us, but by the God that has loved them since the beginning of time.
Most Russians believe orphans do not have a story, but we believe these kids have been a part of God's story since before they were born.
I am known in the orphanage as the one who always laughs and smiles. To me it is the easiest gift to give, crossing language and cultural boundaries, to make someone feel included and loved. The greater gift, however, is being accepting as a part of their family. Someone they trust. Someone they ask advice from when they want to reach out. Do you know what an honor that is? To be asked for advice from kids that have been betrayed by family, with countless promises broken, and resulting in not trusting anyone?
These are the moments God works through. Where he shows himself and everything points backs to his heart for our world. This is one of the moments in my life that I have waited for…to be counted as a part of their family no matter how far away I am or what language I speak.
I will fight for these kids with everything I have in me. They deserve better. They deserve to know love. They deserve to know laughter and joy. They deserve the presence of people who will come alongside them, and walk with them through the tough things life throws at them. They deserve people surrounding them that will hear them say, 'My dream is to be a good mother.' Respond with, 'I believe you will be. Let's talk about what you need to learn and how you need to grow to make that dream come true.' Then be invested long enough to see that dream realized.
This Christmas season I am creating an opportunity for others to fight for these kids, too. To make a different choice in how you approach the Christmas season of giving.
I am choosing to make it known that I do not want gifts, and asking my friends and family to make a donation to Children's Hopechest and their campaign 'Change Their Story.' My team will be raising funds for tutors at Velikoretskoye Orphanage in Russia. Russian orphans are given a free education…as long as their grades are good enough and they continue passing exams. We have several students on the verge of graduating and heading to tech school next year, which means more tutors will play a large roll in helping the kids continue their education.
Here you will find a link to the team I have created for 'Change Their Story.' This is a way to set aside normal American standards of Christmas, and embrace a new way of celebrating the birth of our Savior. An invitation to help some great kids and perhaps choose to spend time with those you would normally give a gift to instead.
I write this post as a call to action. A call to belief in a God big enough to embrace the broken in this world. A call to be a part of something bigger than yourself. This is a call to be a part of God's story and change the story of some incredible kids.
This year will you choose to worship the materialism of a holiday that was created for worshipping our Savior? Or might you choose a new way? A new opportunity to fight for the injustice in this world? It may be that you are not passionate about orphan care…perhaps you are about clean water, the hungry, the homeless or victims of sex trafficking. No matter what your passion, choose to change a story of someone that will draw others closer to God's Kingdom and reflect God's heart.
I am praying that others will join me and choose to fight for something this Christmas, while I choose to fight for some amazing kids who deserve to know people are fighting for them. This year, listen for the sound of heaven touching earth as your heart aligns with God's heart for the orphan. It's the best sound on earth.

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Are you in the fourth dimension and do not know it
The following text will call you to expand your mind beyond all that you
consider normal and real. It may even call into question my sanity. If you read this
and decide that I am crazy then so be it, then you simply are not ready for such
information. However if you can let go of all that you know about life and existence
and come with me, then I promise you a splendid adventure.
We are all aware that we are on a planet, which is shifting in vibration, we all
know we are all part of this planet and therefore are transforming along with her.
After all we are all made up of the same stuff as the planet itself and therefore if she
shifts then so do we. On our journey with Gaia we will pass through the fourth
dimension. We have already entered the very first stages of this journey.
The signal that the planet as a whole was about to enter the fourth dimension
came about during the tsunami, which happened in Asia in December 2004. This was
the beginning of Gaia's labour pains as she births us into New Planet. This was a big
sign to me and it was not until recently did I come to understand what a big moment
in our history this was. This was Gaia's first push into the fourth dimension. We are
no longer totally anchored into the third dimension. If you are reading this, then you
may be like me, DEAD and do not know it.
What do I mean by such a statement you may be asking? Let me explain if I
can without sending you into total confusion or making you come to the conclusion,
"now Alloya has gone totally mad".
For those of you, who have not read my previous newsletter issue 7, let me
explain what happened to me during my stay in India. On a third dimensional level I
got very serious food poisoning and was rushed to hospital. I spent a several days in
hospital during which I lost half my body weight and most of the water in my body.
To say I was seriously ill was an understatement. During this time I spent most of
my time out of my body hovering above my body on the ceiling, looking down on my
third dimensional form. I was not distressed as I was at peace floating without pain
with my Angelic self and my Soul. I was with friends and had no need to fear.
However as I watched the nurses coming in and out to change my drips, I became
aware of a fear energy, which seemed to emanate from their bodies. I could not
understand their words, as they spoke in Indian but I could see in their emotional
body that they were very concerned about me.
When I questioned my Soul about their concern, my Soul very calmly
announced, "oh you are dying".
"Really? " I said. This did not bring me into fear as from my vantage point on
the ceiling it did not seem to matter. I spent many days in this state pondering the
issues connected with my death. I was not scared to die; only concerned of how it
would affect those who I would leave behind. I do not think I had ever really
believed I could die, I thought it was an illusion. Not only from a new age concept
within my mind did I believe this, but deep inside myself, even from an early age I
had not believed that people died but only went somewhere else.
How many days I spent on the ceiling I cannot tell, as time out of the body is
so much different to time inside the body and the third dimension. At first I could see
my body very clearly as if I was only a few metres above my body, but with the help of my soul I began to move what seemed further away. I became dissociated from
my third dimensional body. I began to feel that the fourth dimensional body I now
inhabited was more real than the sick, yellow skinny thing that now lay in the bed.
The body in the bed became foggier and now seemed like a cloud of energy, where
as the body I now inhabited seemed denser and more real than the one I was
leaving. I began to look at the creature in the bed as if it was separate to me. I had
long frank discussions with my Soul about the nature of the body which was infact
dying. With the help of my Soul, I began to look at my life up to this point as if it
was film in fast forward. So many times we are told at the point of death we see our
life flash before our eyes. Not for one minute did I truly realise what was about to
happen. I was about to die.
Now you may think (and I did for a while until my Soul insisted this was not
how it was), that I simply recovered and re-entered my body. But this was not how it
was. My Soul anchored me into the life force and I entered the foggy mass that lay
in the bed. Instead of waking up inside my physical third dimensional body, I passed
through a dark portal, which seemed to be in the very centre of my body. I was also
aware that this portal was not only inside my body but also was in the very centre of
the planet itself. "You are about to pass through the death portal "said my Soul.
"What would you like to change about yourself on a physical level? "She said in that
moment the only thing I could think of was "I no longer wanted to be fat". I would
not say I had a serious weight problem but it has always been a battle of mine to
keep myself from becoming obese, as this was in my genes, a family trait. I do not
know how long I travelled through this dark portal but I awoke one morning feeling
so much better, wanting to get out of bed and leave the hospital. The Nurses were
astonished and kept trying to tell me how seriously ill I was and how I could not
possibly leave. I thought they were crazy, as I felt healthy and strangely elated.
Finally after several hours of arguing with the nurses I discharged myself as
they said they could not be responsible for allowing me to leave. I left the hospital on
the back of a motorbike taxi as I rode away from the hospital, lots of children
followed shouting my name Alloya. "How do they know my name?" I thought, that
was strange, but I was so happy to be out of hospital I did not give it another
thought. The next few days passed with me sleeping on the beach, too little energy
to do much else. I waited for my return flight home.
I was glad to be back in the safety of my home. I felt strange in my body, I felt
like a cloud, like I was not quite real. I put this down to the fact I had been so ill. I
started to eat like crazy trying to put on some of the weight I had lost but the food
made no difference. I looked at my body in the mirror and was surprised to see that
not only was I slim but my body did not look the same shape anymore. I began to
examine my body and I was shocked to discover a scar I had, had on my leg since
my childhood was no longer there. This puzzled me, but I put it out of my mind and
began to rebuild myself. That is what it felt like literally, like I was using the original
atoms of my body mass to reform a new body for myself.
Now up to this point I believed I was inside the same body I had always been in
but when other people started to make comments on my changes, I began to
wonder what exactly had happened to me in that Indian hospital bed. My mother
came to visit me and she was shocked and said to me "you are not the same person
anymore; or rather you do not have the same body". "Yes I have lost a lot of weight
"I said. " No it is more than that "she said. My mother is not into spiritual themes, so
for her it was rather disconcerting.
The next few months past and slowly I regained my energy and started to live
my life again. The only negative thing remaining was my old problem of food
allergies were back with full force. Several years before when I was integrating my
Zeta self I had become allergic to all food, once again I found the only food I could
eat were bananas, funnily enough this was the only food I could eat when I had
entered new planet reality for ten days in the year of 1993. (You can read all about
this in my book "The Mission of the One Star ). I noticed many changes in my body
but I put them all down to being ill, not for one minute did I consider that I was no
longer in a third dimensional body.
Then I went to see a healer and she performed a healing technique, which she
called bone knocking. She finds a point on the body where it sounds hollow when
knocked. She then raps on the bones over and over again on the same place. For
most people it is incredibly painful and leaves bruises. My friend had, had the same
treatment the day before and she said it was incredibly painful and she had cried the
whole way through, she had big bruises. So when the healer said she was going to
perform this treatment on my body, I was all geared up for pain. There was no pain,
the only thing that happened, was I could hear her knocking as if I was deep inside a
cave and she was knocking on the outer surface. She kept saying "Oh Alloya I am so
sorry, this must be so painful ", and she did it for 40 minutes tapping very hard on
my skull and the base of my spine. The next days I kept checking my body for
bruises but there were none. This shocked me and made me wonder, as I had
always bruised easily.
"Why do I not have any bruises ", I asked my Soul. I was shocked to the core
when I heard her reply. "Because you are dead "she said. " What do you mean I am
dead? "I asked with the fear trembling my voice. " You are no longer on the third
dimension and to those still locked only in the third dimension you are infact dead. "I
demanded an explanation.
"When you moved through the death portal you entered the fourth dimension.
You are now operating in a fourth dimensional body. This explains why there is no
pain from the bone knocking or bruises. This also explains why so many others have
seen and felt great changes in you. "
"So how can they still see me? ", I asked.
"Because they are in the fourth dimension too. They are sleeping and
dreaming that they are still totally in the third dimension. They do not realise that
the planet has now shifted and they are standing between the third and the fourth.
They are recreating their reality minute by minute to still resemble the old reality.
They have no awareness that they have shifted in consciousness from being totally
locked in the third dimension only and they have in a way, got one foot in the third
and one foot in the fourth.
You are awake; as you moved through the death portal you took all of them
with you. You are forgetting all the things I have told you. You are not separate to
anyone, you are all One. The others are the other aspects that are still sleeping. You
are the aspect, which is awake in the dream; you are becoming aware that you are
the dreamer and the dream. They as of yet do not have this awareness. This is why
you are writing this now, so that those who are not sleeping so deep will be awoken
when they read this. If they woke up completely and became aware they would be shocked and many would lose their minds. This is not what the consciousness of the
planet Gaia wants.
You came to this planet to awaken them; you are part of an ancient team of
planetary transformers, just as Christ was. He too walked consciously through the
death portal, but for the others they did not have the elevated consciousness to
perceive him as still being alive on the fourth dimension. So therefore he cannot be
seen, only some experience his presence. However we are living in much more
advanced times .You see you create your own reality from the ideas you have on
how reality is. If you have no concept that you can live in a fourth dimensional body
after death, then you will not experience this, however those people in your personal
life are advanced souls and therefore they can create a reality where you can be
To say I was confused by this was an understatement. That was until I read a
part of my own book "The Mission of the One Star ". In this text I found that when
we first move into the fourth dimension, we see archetypal stories manifesting in our
outside reality. This was beginning to happen all around me. Everywhere I looked I
could see archetypal dramas and myths being played out in the interaction between
people. This was not easy for me, as I could see how other people were stealing
each other's power and some of them were giving it willingly. These dramas that I
was seeing all around me seemed to go completely unnoticed by those playing the
game. Sometimes I tried to talk to people about how their partners were stealing
their energy for example but they only reacted in fear and anger towards me, so I
learnt to quietly watch and say nothing.
My dream life became more vivid and real than it had before. However I had
the strange feeling they were not dreams at all. You see I am starting to dream with
my eyes open. One night I had a dream where lots of people came into my room and
tried to get into my bed. Nothing strange about that I hear you say, but I not only
dreamt this, but I could feel the bed move as they got into it with me. I opened my
eyes and got out of bed and turned on the light to really make sure there was no one
in my bed. Then I returned to bed and closed my eyes and it began again. Now you
could say I had gone back to sleep but no I opened my eyes again and looked at the
clock and there was no time missing. Then it began again but this time with my eyes
I questioned my soul about this and she said "you are in a way half in the third
dimension and half in the fourth dimension. These two realities are over lapping each
other. This is the very start of being conscious multidimensionally. Since that time I
have been having so many dreams it is hard to catalogue them all, I spend most
nights writing for hours in the middle of the night, each and every dream has so
much information in it, I could write another book.
The fourth dimension is a place of extreme light and dark. It is as the place of
illusions. This is very evident in my reality at the moment. I was having dinner with
friends and all of a sudden I could feel an extremely negative energy coming into the
room, all the hairs on my arms stood on end. I looked at my friend across the dinner
table and I could feel this energy coming from his body. I looked into his eyes and
they were the coldest blue I have ever seen. I smiled at him, hoping he would return
the smile and he just stared at me with pure hatred in his eyes. This energy did not
go away and for the next few days I was in fear of him and did not want to be next
to him at all. He changed in his personality and was rude and nasty to me for no reason. To say this caused a problem for me was an understatement. I talked about
this to his wife and she basically said I was crazy and she had not seen him be
horrible at all and I think she was thinking I was causing trouble. I said, "Did you not
see his awful blue eyes? ". "Blue eyes, he has brown eyes "she said, I suddenly saw
him in the third dimension and she was right he did in fact have brown eyes."
I made the classic mistake of talking out loud to them about this phenomenon.
And then I remembered what my soul had told me when I had experienced this
whilst in New Planet.
"If you talk out loud you will be talking to their egos and they will not know
what you are talking about, and think you are totally mad. But if you talk to them in
your head and then watch, the next thing they talk about will give you the answers
to your questions. "She said.
I had remembered this happening before, so I learnt a hard lesson and have
now found a new way to communicate.
Why am I telling you all this, is because some of you are about to wake up as I
have done and in order for the others not to think you have gone mad you need
When this begins for you, remember if you want the information from the soul,
talk to them in your head and then watch and listen to what they say next. There is
a double meaning in their communication. Let me give you an example.
When I was in New Planet the last time, I asked my partner in my head who he
was. The next thing out of his mouth gave me such precise information, I thought he
knew he was channelling. So I said to him "oh my god, why did you not tell me this
before? ". He frowned at me and said, "What on earth are you talking about?" I
asked my soul what is going on. She told me that there were two beings here, one
was his soul who knew everything and the other was his human personality and ego.
If you talk out loud you talk to his ego and he will not know what it is you are talking
about, but if you talk to him in your head you are talking directly to his soul. As she
said this he said "what you do not realise, that there is two perspectives going on
here", he was not really talking to me but commenting about a debate that was
going on, on the T.V. I then realised this new and exciting game and spend the next
days talking to everyone's soul in my head and then waiting to hear what they had
to say. I got so much information this way, it was mind blowing.
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There might be something to that
An end to need
And the politics of greed
With love.
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Wow that is very interesting:-)
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Yeah, it reminds me of a story in M*A*S*H* , where there was a dead soldier..
How would we know if we are dead ? If we are in dreamland and everything seems "real" .. then how do we know if we are dead or not?
except for the fact we are still typing in the 3D world.. as far as we know. I think the 4th dimension is not physical and solid., but maybe we think we are.
Something that has makes me think.
Interesting. Although, i didn't check out the link. ( I had a quick peek, but it did not grab me attention, ... seemed like a belief system ) ,, might look later, dunno.
Still, all is food for thought.
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"And through strange aeons, even Death may die"
Bill Hicks is overrated.
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This is an amazing read. I encourage everyone to read it.
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The brain is a translation/forming mechanism.
I am currently wearing a white shirt. My brain is telling me, it's a white shirt, and that i can feel it over my body, but essentially it's all just energy.
Everything that has form has been created by the mind.
Without the brain, everything remains as it always was, energy.
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Interesting. Not the first time I've came across this is the last few months.
Food for non-thought.
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"What seems to Be, Is, To those to whom It seems to Be, and is productive of the most dreadful Consequences to those to whom it seems to be, even of Torments, Despair, Eternal Death." - William Blake ("Jerusalem," Plate 36)
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I "died" on new years eve 1999 on a small beach in India....since then life has been the most amazing trip :-) It freaked me out to begin with but then i realised that death is what we are - we are death imagining what life might be like and life is the mirror of our perception. Once you get your head around it and get past the fear the most amazing subtle calm enters you - everything is the same and yet everything is much more enjoyable and easy.
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So send your troops, so send your armies, send them to get me, to get me....I dare you, cos I've...strategically positioned soldiers for the final attack.
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Death is just a word! of course we live in a reality just as same as any other dimension 4th, 5th, billion th.
When you seperate your consciousness through obe or nde it is shown to you in full glory.
Are we dead? no because death doesnt exist its only a perception change.
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I like this
An end to need
And the politics of greed
With love.
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Thank you a thousand times for sharing this with us. You gave me a lot with this, thank you so much!
All my love, Antiem
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Thanks and maybe I'll buy mission of the one star someday!
"The Way to move out of judgment is to move into gratitude."
"Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing" - Aristotle
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Consciousness drives the universe
Interesting vid
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Regardless of the text or the meaning of the "4th dimension", short answer: yes.
We are even being manipulated in/from that "4th dimension" realm.
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Interesting read, but I only have one problem with this.
From my understanding, we will be moving into the 5th dimension, not 4rth. Souls moving into the 4rth dimension will be moving into it by way of deception.
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"Words have the power to both destroy, and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world" -Buddha
"There is no way to peace. Peace is the way" -Gandhi
Everyone knows the world is full of stupid people
Knowledge, what is it? Do you have it?
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I'd call some of the terminology being used quite arguable, but none the less I connect heavily with alot of this.
Alot. Much of it is what I have always believed, yet lacked the motivation, and the ability to articulate any of it without sounding totally crazy.
Jacob's Ladder is still my favorite movie,and maybe always will be heh.
Thank you for this post.
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I met a man who wasn't there.
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Each of the Koryu kata seems to have a spirit or theme that makes it distinct and unique. This is done as a challenge to growth - sort of a, "now that you know most all the aikido techniques that can be done, try working them this way," sort of thing. I've written about this some here.
These Koryu kata also present us with a challenge to not only master their theme within the context of their subset of techniques, but also to take that theme into all of your aikido - each Koryu kata should transform all of the rest of your aikido.
So, what are the characteristics of the Spirit of Yon Kata?
- Emphasis on kuzushi - kuzushi is anytime uke has to take an unintended step. When held in a state of asymmetry, the body eventually crumbles.
- Flowing instead of Throwing - the epitome of flow cannot be achieved when tori is thinking about throwing and uke is thinking about figuring out how to survive being thrown. Tori is not Nage ("The Thrower"), because that presupposes figuring out the time and place to stop moving and apply intent. Tori is more like a spotter for a weightlifter or a gymnast.
- Big motion
- Feather-light - In the first part if the kata, uke wants to be so light and responsive that tori can throw with just a hint - just a breath of intent in a certain direction at the right time. When doing the second part, the throws happen because uke refuses to take the hint so the second hint is not stronger, just perhaps more obvious a hint
- Short/fast releases as compared to hanasu (which gives tori more time to stand around waiting)
How can it be big motion but short/fast at the same time?
- One of those could be a false characterization, or
- Part of each technique is short/fast (the kuzushi) and part is big motion and flowing-not-throwing (lot of following steps after the kuzushi until uke inevitably crumbles.)
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Have you ever seen a photo of something on the Internet and thought, that must be photoshopped! There's no way that water is that blue, or the sand is that pink. Well, I can tell you, that all the photos of the Bruarfoss Waterfall in Iceland are a version of true (I think some people intensify the blue).
The water really is insanely blue, but it's more like a an icy white slightly turquoise blue. I'm sure the amount of sunlight and the surrounding vegetation can all add to the color and that it can change in photographs, but when I was there that is how I would describe the color. I think I read somewhere that the water is blue because it's glacier water, but I tried to find that article again and haven't been able to (if you know where it is, please leave a link below).
I was there on a pretty cloudy misty day so my photos don't do this gorgeous waterfall justice. There is a video at the end of the post you can check out as well.
I believe the translation of Bruarfoss is "waterfall bridge" or "bridge over water" and I've read multiple places that it gets its name from a natural stone arch over the river near the waterfall. "Foss" in Icelandic means "waterfall" so all of the waterfalls end in "foss" — Bruarfoss, Gullfoss, Skógafoss.
This waterfall is definitely off the beaten path and a little mysterious to get too. Lately it's blown up on the Internet so I'm sure with Iceland's influx of savvy travelers it will probably only get more and more attention. I hope, for the benefit of the Icelandic, that they create a way to get to the waterfall that is well marked and easy because currently it's not very obvious or easy to find. I've read that it's actually private property and people (me included) are trespassing to get to it (not that you would know you were — we didn't know).
I read this post to help us find the waterfall, but I actually didn't follow her directions, because I read in the comments that house #14 in the little neighborhood it is behind, was close to the path to get there. So we ended up parking on the street by that house and just walking on some paths until we found it.
Another person in the comments of that post said she talked to a local and was given this info to get there without going into the summer house area: Instead of going into the summer house area, stop right before the 355 road, immediately after crossing the bridge (coming from Laugarvatn Fontana, heading to Geysir on 37). There on your left, you can park and walk upstream along the river for about 3.5 km. There is a small chain hanging over the path, but that's just to stop cars from driving in. As you walk upstream, you can enjoy a beautiful walk and see all three waterfalls in that area, Bruarfoss being the highest one up.
So I would recommend doing that versus what we did and apparently trespassing.
After a while of having no idea if we were going the right way we saw a sign, an arrow, and a bridge. Then a few people were coming over the bridge and they said we were going the right way and of all the waterfalls they had seen in Iceland so far, this one was their favorite.
Once we crossed this bridge it was very muddy. I'm sure if it was colder the ground would be harder, but we went in September when the weather wasn't too cold yet. Once you find this bridge (above) it wasn't far at all. It wasn't difficult, just very very slippery.
There are multiple little paths and the first one we followed took us to this view (above), so we realized we needed to go the other way to get to the red bridge to see the waterfall. But this was our first peek at Bruarfoss and once I saw that water I was like OMG!
And hello, I was in love.
You can cross the bridge and actually go down a path and get right up on the waterfall and take photos from below.
For the very first activity we did in Iceland, this one set the bar pretty high!
It's not a huge waterfall like Gullfoss, but it's gorgeous and I highly recommend going to see it when in Iceland. The hike is not hard, but if it's rained and the ground is wet, it will be slippery and muddy so keep that in mind.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Wild & Wonderful Wednesday: Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor by Jon Scieszka
Frank Einstein loves figuring out how the world works by creating household contraptions that are part science, part imagination, and definitely unusual. After an uneventful experiment in his garage-lab, a lightning storm and flash of electricity bring Frank's inventions—the robots Klink and Klank—to life! Not exactly the ideal lab partners, the wisecracking Klink and the overly expressive Klank nonetheless help Frank attempt to perfect his Antimatter Motor . . . until Frank's archnemesis, T. Edison, steals Klink and Klank for his evil doomsday plan! Using real science, Jon Scieszka has created a unique world of adventure and science fiction—an irresistible chemical reaction for middle-grade readers.
One always knows that a book with the name Scieszka on is bound to be entertaining. And Frank Einstein is no exception. The boy scientist/inventor and his grandfather have much in common with their namesake Albert Einstein, including their love of science (not to mention the wild hair). Frank and his best friend, Watson, are determined to win the Midville Science Prize in order to save Grandpa Al's house/lab. After inadvertently creating a couple of robots it seems that the Prize may just be within reach. But unbeknownst to Frank, his rival T. Edison is determined to thwart his efforts and take the prize for himself and Frank's project could change both their worlds in the process.
There is a lot of science mixed in with the story and that could have bogged the story down, but thanks to Scieszka's explanations and Bigg's diagrams, it doesn't. In fact, I learned some things I didn't know, even after all my schooling. This book is perfect for budding scientists and for all readers just starting to realize that one doesn't need big muscles to be a hero. Recommended.
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Posts Tagged 'exercise'
treating my fibromyalgia
Posted in chronic fatigue, chronic pain, exercise, fatigue, fibromyalgia, gaba, gabapenin, lyrica, neurontin, recovery, tagged exercise, fibromyalgia, lifestyle, lyrica, neurontin, nutrition, relaxation, sleep on May 24, 2008| 2 Comments »
detoxing at .25mg of klonopin and hanging in there…the fibro is manageable
Posted in addictions, benzodiazapine, bipolar, fibromyalgia, klonopin, lamictal, laughter, lyrica, neurontin, off meds, Uncategorized, wellbutrinXL, withdrawal, tagged bipolar, detoxing off benzodiazapine, exercise, fibromyalgia, klonopin, lamictal, laughter, lyrica, meditation, neurontin, nutrition, off meds, wellbutrin, withdrawal on April 16, 2008| 3 Comments »
well…i haven't written or really been on line for the last few days. i'm a bit rushed this morning but, i guess when you get to feeling better for a bit, things get busy as you paddle to catch up. and there's just the catching up inspite of not feeling great. the darn fibro alone simply wears on me, trying to make all my appointments and obligations. when i get home i can barely focus to read, let alone write.
i still maintain that getting off the benzos is a good thing…it's means so much to be completely clean and then, "on top" of what is going into my body and how it's affecting me. while i want to rush and just dump this last .25 mgs, i will have to try to be patient…this weekend i'll cut to about .13mgs, then i will be off the benzo/klonopin by the next weekend. there will be "aftershocks" even after the final dose…but i'm familiar with that route. being a recovering alcoholic who was addicted to pain meds for years as well, has offered me many "benefits" in this arena…my personal experience and mostly those of my peers!
i have several friends who've successfully detoxed off pmeds and are living good lives now. they inspire me.
i will be off all of my meds when i take that last klonopin in less than 2 weeks! that means no more: lamictal, wellbutrin, neurontin and klonopin as well as a mix of other prn meds.
geesh…the docs were all too willing to get me dosed up for over a decade…well two…but where did they go when i wanted help getting off an addicting benzodiazapine that was only being maintained…really…to avoid going through withdrawal. after the first couple of months the benzo was no longer providing the desired effect at 2-3mgs! i was hanging in some suspended place all of those years…the dose simply being like a "space holder". attempts to go off did reveal symptoms…OF WITHDRAWAL! but the doc and all, had me convinced that those symptoms were from my "illness", i needed to stay on the klonopin…and no one…NOT ONE professional ever suggested, strongly enough, that prolonged use of a benzo could be causing the chronic depression and fatigue i had succumbed to after a the first couple of years of adhering to my doctors orders with my meds! granted i was wresting with the fibro too…but all the more reason to get clean!
i know i may be moving fast compared to the schedule many others maintain. there are many who do agree with my approach and have done a similar program. but, i have no physician or practioner supporting and guiding what i'm doing (not by choice). the side effects roll in like the waves in the ocean…but there would be side effects if i went slow and i can't see dealing with this discomfort for a year if i can bear with it all for about a total of no more than 12 weeks. yes that's me sticking to a schedule even if it's rough on my body. but staying on this drug is more damaging than getting off could ever be.
i take a lot of supportive measures with nutrition, meditation, exercise, laughter and friends. for me, i have to try to be on track by june to hopefully start back to classes
yes, our bodys do tend to follow their own schedule but…if i followed this darn body around i don't know where i'd be! probably where i am, because that's what i've been doing!
…so i rush…at this point no set of symptoms can trump what i deal with, having fibromyalgia, and thus set me back to changing my approach to my taper schedule. as i see it…if i back off my schedule…maintain or up the klonopin dsg to way-lay symptoms…i'm prolonging the inevitable. i'm already sick and draging, so what's a little more if i can have this over with in as timely a maner as possible. i've lost so many years and time is precious.
it's been a rough and bumpy ride. the days are unpredictable packages of fog, fritz, fatigue and pain, punctuated with a clarity that motivates me to get clean. i'm so grateful to be able to detox…
many won't have the chance to detox for a variety of reasons.
rough as detox is…it is a gift.
there is no pain-free, side effect free, way to withdraw from anything! i know this from experience…mine and other's.
i have had many good hours but few completely good days. when i feel good i have a habit of "binging" on my available energy and lack of pain. of course the flip side is that i get wiped out, and feel the "hurt" of my fibro. i think the lyrica is being helpful, the most severe pain symptoms have abated, but i fight the fog and jittery feelings (which can be debilitating).
i don't want to mess with the lyrica right now because the only thing i'm changing for now, is the decreasing doses of klonopin. a few weeks after the klonopin is gone i'll work with my physician to tweek the lyrica and make decisions about managing my fibro. with the flood of symptoms i have from detox it's hard to weed out which symptom is attributed to detox and which belongs to the fibro. oh, lest we forget this issue of bipolar… so one thing at a time.
my driving reason for wanting off all of my pmeds was the crazy overlap and layering of drugs that led me to where i just couldn't tell what emotions and situations were me or my meds!
from now on the motto is to "keep it very simple and stay the course".
and for now,
peace out!


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Back On Track Wheat Berry and Chickpea Salad
While I usually love highly flavoured dishes, I quite enjoyed the mild flavours of this wheat berry salad. And also, why do I not eat wheat berries more often?? They might be my favourite grain. I love the chewiness. Anyway, I know summer is disappearing (or has disappeared? we've had so much rain here recently) but I would happily enjoy this salad all year long. Chickpeas, cucumber, tomatoes, red pepper, parsley and green onions, nice and simple, and tasty.
I bought a 2 week unlimited yoga pass and am heading to my 4th class in 5 days! I'm really enjoying it so far and am trying out different types of classes. I like both the more "exercise" type classes like hot yoga, and the relaxing classes like hatha. The teacher yesterday was describing deep breaths as yawning in and sighing out, and it makes more sense to me now.
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Back On Track Wheat Berry and Chickpea Salad
Adapted from Oh She Glows who adapted from Alive Magazine.
Yield ~8 cups
1 cup dry wheat berries
2 cups cooked chickpeas, rinsed and drained
1 English cucumber, diced
1 red pepper, diced
1 large tomato, diced
2 large garlic cloves, minced
1 cup fresh parsley, diced with large stems removed
4 green onions, diced
Salt & pepper, to taste
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 tsp Dijon mustard
1 tbsp reduced sodium soy sauce
2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
In a medium bowl, soak the wheat berries overnight in cold water. The next day, drain the wheat berries and place in a medium sized pot, covered in 3 inches of water. Bring to a boil and then reduce heat to medium and simmer for 1 hour. Drain and cool.
In a large bowl, mix together the diced vegetables (cucumber, red pepper, tomato, minced garlic, parsley, green onions). Add in cooked and drained chickpeas and stir.
In a small bowl whisk together the dressing ingredients (olive oil, balsamic vinegar, mustard, soy sauce, fresh lemon juice). Set aside.
When the wheat berries are ready, drain and rinse and then stir into the salad. Add the dressing just before serving and stir well. Now season with salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste. Garnish with additional parsley if desired.


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Exquisite Erosion
As light waves enter the slot canyon from above, they are filtered to beautiful pinks and blues for viewers on the canyon floor. Lower Antelope Canyon is one of my favorite places to go despite feeling like a sheep as guides herd millions of visitors through the canyon every year.
Joshua's Haze
Southern California is full of great places to shoot. When the wind is blowing 40mph, a beautiful atmosphere develops and if you can bare it, creates beautiful shooting conditions.
Layers of Death Valley
An extreme zoom on some of the beautifully layered crests in Death Valley. Two years ago, I thought Death Valley was just flat desert.
In the Wind
Death Valley is a place of extremes. Weather can swing from 30 in the morning to 90 in the afternoon, elevation ranges from -250 feet to 7,500 feet and most absurdly, full brim hats cost $90 at the visitor center. With sand storms like the one pictured, they probably get away with selling a few of those every year. Thanks to @tedgorephotography for unknowingly making a great model in this shot.
Reine Rainbow
Not to be confused with Reading Rainbow. I didn't need an alarm to get up the morning I took this. 40 mph winds and hail had been disturbing my sleep all night. With no rest and bleak conditions, I almost stayed in bed and skipped photographing. Grudgingly, I made it out and caught this moment when the hail parted for a period of about 10 minutes. I'm grateful when I'm rewarded for my efforts. As I get older, realizing my efforts don't always guarantee success allows me to appreciate the times they do.
Brilliant San Juans
Fifteen minutes later and I was cowered in a little ball trying to shield myself from rain and lightning. My friend @milesmorganphotography said I looked like a drowned rat when he came to pick me up. 😆.
Northern Norway in January of 2017. I love the dark form of the trees in Senja against the soft snow.
Had to be quick to get this shot. This horse didn't pause furlong.
Redwood Carpet
Underneath giant redwood trees, the forest floor is just as beautiful as the expansive gargantuans above. With the trees soaking up most of the sunlight, the floor is mostly in shadow. This is a fifteen second exposure.
Glacial Armor
A drone capture looking down on an icy glacier in Iceland.
A pano taken on a DJI Mavic on the Lofoten Archipelago.
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Opinion: Shift Happens
What are Affiliates?
It is hard to get concensus on that. In my eyes affilites are "meta-thinkers" who are often dissatisfied with the status quo. Affiliates are all about finding "digital independence" and they do this by naturally pushing the envelope. Tactics vary but the internal make-up, the essence, is often the same. Quick and nimble meta-thinkers and creative system gamers.
What is Success?
Some say success is consistency of purpose, but if you consistently never achieve your purpose I am not so sure that is success. I can only define it for me. Success is how I choose to define it and for me success is independence. It is the ability to control my own destiny. I wish I could boil it down better, but I cannot. I can point you to people like Gary Vee who, like myself, believe that it is important to understand how to "keep score".
Much To Do About Nothing
I received a nomination to be on the Formation Advisory Board (FAB) of the Performance Marketing Alliance. I have tentatively accepted. This means I will have to expend social capital and take some risk. At this stage in the game I feel any formal organization would be a step up over the current vacuum. It is worth the calculated risk to try.
The need in the performance marketing industry to adopt an organizational structure has been talked about for years, and I would know- I am a fossil at age thirty-eight. I have seen this over and over and watched attempts come and go. I have been a part of some failures e.g. AU. Perhaps Affiliate Union was partly successful as it did produce an excellent working document for contracts.
My Own Adventures over a Decade
I am such a relic they named an award after me – someone apparently thought I was dead because they don't name stuff after you unless you are. This should not surprising given some of the adventures I have had. I have been shot, went botnet hunting with living legends like paperghost, built and played nightmarish ARGs and infilterated operations that make the "adware†problem on par with a comparison of chicken pox to the plague . I have even had the opportunity to make controversial films, explored new digital worlds and had the privilege of speaking at huge conferences. They even give me awards and I dropped out of college- how neat is that?
I have busted some pretty nasty operations too and got to travel to some interesting destinations. I have worked with FTC, FBI, DHS, and if you want to give it a three letter acronym it is possible I have been there and done that.
My relationship with performance marketing has been an almost surreal adventure and I wouldn't trade it for another. I love the people, the creative aspects and I love the adventure and the risk.
For the most part, I was usually able to choose my own destiny, and that was a big part of the satisfaction. I started like most people- knowing very little and armed with scant resources. I am a meta-thinker and an envelope pusher. I am slow out of the gate, but once I get going- I can move at light speed and hit hard. I am not afraid to fail, nor am I afraid to succeed. I move one step at a time and with deliberation. I don't fight unless I have too, but I never run from one either.
Keep Perspective Straight
For the record I don't like what adware has become. However, I will defend to the death people's right to download what they want and to have the liberty to make the choice- as long as they have a choice. Commissions lose out to liberty any day in my book. Still there are bigger worries so I keep things in perspective. You might pay attention to the giants (MFST) moving into the space, or understand what Google Checkout really means. The answers are out there- information is free, insights are not.
With issues such as the New York "affiliate tax†the need for something like the Performance Marketing Alliance is now. I know everyone wants transparency, openness and fairness but get over it. There is nothing to be transparent about at this stage in the game and to imply otherwise is not only premature but questionable behavior. Think for yourself- you are not a lemming- you are meta-thinkers. Many already are thinking for themselves and that is great.
There has been an attempt at stirring controversy because industry go-getters are trying to put some order into a "so-called industryâ€. I use "so-called" because industry means organization. Brad Waller who, for the record, was running an affiliate program before Amazon. Brook Schaaf a very respected manager, and Lisa Riolo a respected consultant. I have known all of these people for years, broke bread with them in person and frankly you cannot ask for better people. Others have been invited and the general concensus is let's get everyone's voice, big or small, in on the picture. Can you do that? Can you stop talking, complaining and speculating long enough to put together one sheet of coherent "wants" on a piece of paper? This is Web 2.0- use the damn medium to your advantage.
Don't Like It- Get Your Own
For those who are so concerned with conspiracy theories I suggest you start your own movement. Of course you will find that starting these movements are not easy, and if you stand any chance of success you will have to get people with experience, ability and the social and political capital on board. Truth be told- some people wield more power than others. That power is often earned. You can also just ignore things. It is not compulsory and this is not socialism. Freedom is a cornerstone of Performance Marketing- defining your own path through creative, innovative and hard work by choice.
You are responsible for the contracts you accept and the conditions under which you work. You and only you.
Global Thinking & Good News
As an aside I want to add that in my early discussion I want to see a global alliance. This is even trickier which means Ambassadors will be needed too. Long have U.S.-centric organizations ignored the U.K. or what is going on in other c0untries. I have a video at the end to put that in perspective. I like to think global. I don't see boundaries and lines. I see one world. I often learn a lot from those who live in other countries when I remember to shut up and listen first. That was a hard lesson for me because I sometimes like to hear myself talk. I have learned it is best to be quiet and get facts from many sources. Without facts I cannot make the best decision.
We already know about global economics. Performance marketers live and die on the razor's edge of risk although they will need to evolve in order to stay alive in the next years. The good news is that new horizons, like ARGs, digital video, podcasts, and virtual worlds when combined with shifting distribution models and JIT inventory, and Print-On-Demand are going to open up brand new opportunities for the daring and the bold. Brian Clark was just too early with his revolution predictions.
Not What You Lose- What Could You Gain?
In terms of an organization I would ask people to put aside fear and worry for a moment (because it serves no real purpose) and do as I advise my self above- shut up and listen. Instead think about what you want.
What would you want if you could get it?
For example a group that could wield enough mass to get health insurance would be a great thing. Having been very sick recently I know just how important it is to have health insurance .
Instead of thinking of what someone is trying to "strip awayâ€- think about what you might be getting. Representation? The ability to define some basic parameters so those outside the idiosyncratic world of performance marketing would have a clue as too what you do.
Put aside the "adware" worries and Illuminati theories for now. Yes- stop worrying about parasitic software because the vast majority of people do not even understand how it operates or know how to do an appropriate technical dive or audit. In fact most affiliates fail to understand that from a biological perspective- they are ecosystem parasites. Not all parasites are bad. For example some parasites live in the digestive tracts of animals and perform useful functions. Step back for a moment and look at the web of relationships and think for yourself.
Because if you are going to speak out about something at least do your homework or people who actually do know are going to take you to task. Remember this is a business environment. You have choice. Don't like operations?
You can leave.
You can even file a lawsuit.
You can do nothing.
You can do many things.
You can speak where you choose and write what you wish. You have to accept the consequences of course, but isn't it great that you can?
Shift Happens
The forces are already aligning to make an organization happen, and I think it can happen, although it is still in the nebulous stage- this means people are talking and trying to get some bare basic organization. This is so nebulous that people have not even accepted their FAB post. I do not think it will be perfect and I do not know if it will even last, but the inflection point is here. The time is now. Historically I have a good sense for these things. I am not better than any other person and I started just the same. One person who wanted to choose their destiny.
Start out with simple goals and worry about the complex matters later. An alliance is not a "boss" nor a "police force". It is a group of professionals, working in unison, to serve a group. How can an organization serve you? What are the problems that need to be overcome now and in the future?
Are you even asking the right questions? Are you demanding and striving for something better? Shut up and listen then produce something worth reading or hearing. Put your dreams on paper and see what happens. Fear is the mind killer…success means risk.
Shift Happens…Participate or watch…because you choose your own destiny.
9 Responses to Opinion: Shift Happens
I agree completely…
Wayne, I think one of the problems is you're not an affiliate, maybe way back in the day but I'm talking about now, so some of the stuff I have to disagree with.
What you said about adware, put it aside this and that. There are some trust issues there, with other affliates associated with adware, with some of the networks. It's there. It's easier if people feel they're on the same page. In the UK they have an assocication which seems to be working but the major networks have taken a stand against adware, minus one of the networks, so it's a little easier.
And some of the other stuff about asking the right questions, getting into the conversation. Where you at? We have a thread going, a lot of issues are being brought up and talked about with some input from the people behind it as well. It would be great to see you, Todd etc join in the conversation.
Side note, MSN, nothing to worry about 🙂
Jonathan – care to get more involved with the association formation discussions? Your comments here and on ABW are insightful and having your involvement early on would be important to the industry. Please email me:
Well said Wayne. Thanks for taking the time to write this and put it out there for discussion. I think the vast majority of people in our industry feel the way you do. I am looking forward to seeing something happen that can gain traction and trust within the performance marketing industry. It will only make it stronger and benefit us all in the long run.
great thoughts – thank you for putting them out there – i'm excited to see where it all goes – and i love the video, always good for reality checking
Well said Wayne. I agree with the majority of your post!
Wow! That was a great article by Wayne Porter. I couldnt have said it better, yet i feel the same way about affiliate marketing. And as Obama begins his presidential run, I too will be embarking upon an exciting and new life long mission. So in conclusion this article has inspired me so much that, I had to save this site to my favorites. And I will refer to it often and regularly in my conquest of affiliate marketing.


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What a fun, rollercoaster read! Lovable characters and a brain-boggling time-travel experience, all wrapped up in a "it's the end of the human existence" theme!
*I received a free copy of this book in return for my honest review.*
It's been a while since I was really absorbed by a character! I must admit, in the beginning I just wanted to throttle Summer Rae for her total self-absorbtion, but not too far in, she matures, learns to see things from some-one's perspective, learns a bit of compassion, but doesn't lose her true identity in the process. I could be really philosophical and say Summer Rae found her humanity in a world that was losing it's humanity. I know.
The term rollercoaster is a bit over-used in describing a fast-paced plot, but the term really fits with this book. It truly is a time-travel, humanity saving rollercoaster.
Summer Dawn Rae, the rebellious twin sister of Winter Eve Rae, has sneaked a quick lunch with her boyfriend, but on their way back, they are in a terrible car accident and Summer and her boyfriend die. Only, Summer doesn't actually die, Taggart, a soldier from the future, stops time and rescues Summer from the crash and tries to time-travel Summer to the year 2113. BUT, Summer thinks she's too clever for her abductor and tries to the use the Orbital (Tag's time-travel device) only to cause them to go hurtling through time and land them in tough situations. Luckily though, Tag has more patience than I do (I might just have left Summer right there in 2097 after all the chaos she caused) and manages to rectify the situation and finds another safe place to get back to his time, only they have to wait a few days together for that time-travelling window to open.
It's in this time that Tag and Summer forge a friendship that will go beyond their "class" separations in the future and that will help them overcome the true evil-doers of the future.
I found myself really rooting for Summer through-out the last half of the book, hoping she would find a way to save the human race. The ending wasn't what I was expecting, but was a fitting conclusion, I would love to say more, but don't want to be guilty of spoilers.
Another lovely theme in the book is Summer's relationship with her Aunt and Uncle, who are currently raising Summer and Winter. In the beginning, Summer has nothing but contempt for her aunt and her strict house rules, but the longer Summer is away from her true time, she starts understanding and even missing her Aunt. I think we can all relate to that growth, as teenagers we think we know everything, only later, once we're surviving life on our own do we appreciate all our parents did for us.
This is a quite a difficult book to put in a category as it has a YA read to it, but it also deals with themes that anyone can relate to. So, if you enjoy YA, New Adult, Time-travel and/or Romance books, you can find Death Thieves on Amazon, just click here.
I was quite happy to see that Julie Wright has written quite a few more books as she wrote her first book as a teenager, so I'll definitely be reading some of those too. Here's a link to her website for more of her books.
I would give this book 4 stars.