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The Trump Administration's Market Stabilization rule makes several changes to marketplace coverage options and enrollment rules, beginning with new requirements for consumers enrolling in coverage through a special enrollment period beginning June 23rd. Another one of those changes gives insurers greater flexibility to meet the actuarial targets that determine the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) so-called metal levels (bronze, silver, gold, and platinum) beginning with plans that will be available during open enrollment for 2018 coverage.
The ACA requires insurers to offer plans in standard levels of coverage based on actuarial value, so that consumers can more easily compare plans on an apples-to-apples basis. However, insurers can meet the actuarial value standards for each metal level with de minimis variation, which was defined by the Obama Administration to mean plus or minus 2 points. Under the old rules, for example, an insurer that proposed a silver level plan, which has an actuarial value of 70 percent, could qualify as a silver plan with an AV between 68 percent and 72 percent. Bronze-level plans were allowed to vary by plus 5 or minus 2 points. The Trump Administration rule redefines de minimis to allow for greater variation, with an AV that is plus 2 points or minus 4 points. Certain bronze plans, previously limited to plus 5 or minus 2 points can now vary by plus 5 or minus 4 points.
Policy Goals and Potential Impact of New Actuarial Value Standard
In proposing the change in definition, the Trump Administration said greater flexibility is needed to "help insurers design new plans," including lower premium plans, and to "allow more plans to keep their cost sharing the same from year to year." (On a separate track, the House-passed American Health Care Act eliminates the ACA standard coverage levels entirely). Although the greater flexibility may spur innovative plan designs, it's likely to raise a number of issues for consumers.
First, allowing for plans with lower AV should put downward pressure on premiums, but it will also mean consumers will have higher deductibles and other out-of-pocket costs. The average deductible for a bronze-level plan has climbed each year and tops out this year at more than $6,000 for an individual plan. Increasing the deductible just makes the idea of "coverage" even more illusory.
Second, the greater variation means that consumers will have more difficulty making apples-to-apples comparisons of plans. Even with the narrower definition of AV variation, cost-sharing could vary significantly between plans in the same metal level. Since the AV is based on how much cost-sharing a plan imposes on enrollees, allowing insurers greater flexibility in meeting the AV targets means consumers will have greater difficulty comparing plans within each metal level and between the bronze and silver plans, in particular. Under the new definition, certain bronze plans can have an AV of as much as 65 percent and a silver plan may have an AV of as little as 66 percent – making plans across those metal levels virtually indistinguishable to consumers.
Finally, a lower AV is likely to lower the premium tax credits available to low- and moderate-income consumers. A plan with a lower AV – and higher cost-sharing – will have a lower premium than a plan with a higher AV. It's likely the second lowest cost silver plan, which determines the value of premium tax credits, will get that designation with a lower AV than in past years. That means consumers will have less buying power with premium tax credits and will likely be limited to buying plans with greater cost-sharing or paying more out-of-pocket to buy coverage with lower out-of-pocket costs.
State Options to Protect Consumers
The AV requirements under the ACA apply to all non-grandfathered plans sold to individuals and small employers, both inside and outside the marketplaces and SHOPs. States have flexibility to define de minimis differently from the new federal definition, regardless of whether they use healthcare.gov or operate their own marketplace. The final rule calls out that authority, noting, "States are the enforcers of AV policy and nothing under this policy precludes States from applying stricter standards." Thus, a state could continue to require plans meet the Obama-era definition of de minimis variation. States could apply the tighter variation to all metal levels, but have a particularly strong incentive to at least do so for silver level plans to protect against shrinking premium tax credits.
In some cases, state departments of insurance could require insurers to continue to meet the narrower definition of de minimis without state legislative action, but other states may need statutory authority. In at least one state, California, the de minimis requirement of plus or minus 2 points is already codified in their state law. Changing the rule to align with the new federal standards would require action by the legislature.
If states follow the federal rule and allow for greater variation, consumers may have a choice of plans with slightly lower premiums than they otherwise would have, but will face higher deductibles and other cost-sharing and may find it far more challenging to compare plans. As a result, many could end up enrolled in a plan that doesn't meet their needs.


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Help making feed for plants
I want to try and make as much home made plant feed as possible this year and to that end have filled a bin with nettles and water to stew.
I grow lots of toms, cues and fruit and veg and I understand the nettle soup may not be best for the fruiting veg, is there something similar i can do for them ?
Obelixx Vendée, Western FrancePosts: 21,895
Nettles are full of nitrogen so good for leafy plants. Comfrey makes good feed for flowering and fruiting plants as it has more potassium.
I haven't tried it yet but I'm told that even mare's tail makes a good feed. Just needs a bit longer to break down."We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw0
philippasmith2 Posts: 9,165
Nin.......an alternative to making liquid feed from nettles is to use the chopped young leaves to place in the bottom of pots or trenches for nitrogen loving plants.
As Obelixx says, Comfrey makes a good feed too.............also god in your compost heap.
If you live near Sheep, dung collected and put in a net and hung in a water bin is also a good liquid feed0
Lyn DevonPosts: 16,496
Too much nitrogen will make nice green bushy plants but if you want them to flower you need to use high potash content.Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.0
Alan4711 LincolnshirePosts: 1,630
Nin your nettle tea is good for giving strength to young plants due to the nitrogen content,dilute it to look like weakish tea then later on for fruit and flowers Potash is what they want, get your timing right and your good to go, if your near the coast Seaweed is very good for micro nutrients my figs love it, good luck.0
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Comfrey is looking good at the moment. If you have any near to you in wild areas, gather as much as you can , stuff it in on old dustbin, and put a weight on it. dilute resultant brown stuff to colour of weak tea before using.You don't stop doing new things because you get old, you get old because you stop doing new things.0
Catherine Joyce Posts: 14
Just popping in to say that I have comfrey in my garden, its flowering at the moment and the bees just love it. If you are collecting wild stuff, it might be best to wait till flowering is over so the bees can benefit first.
I will be harvesting mine for plant feed then - I have both a plastic and galvanised metal dustbin available. Which would be best? Do I put water in first or after they have died down?
woops think i might have pulled up comfrey when weeding and stuck in the compost heap.0

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16.50.410 Vehicles Allowed on the Transit Mall and Auxiliary Vehicular Lanes by Permit.
(Added by Ordinance No. 182921; Amended by Ordinance Nos. 183979 and 189651, effective September 6, 2019.)
A. A public utility or construction vehicle engaged on or adjacent to the Transit Mall may enter upon, park and use the Transit Mall and/or the Auxiliary Vehicular Lanes if the Transit Mall and/or Auxiliary Vehicular Lanes are closed by permit from the City Engineer per Title17, or TriMet access permit, and the vehicle is specifically authorized to do so by the permit.
B. Except in the case of emergency and as otherwise provided for herein, the City Engineer shall not issue permits for the use of Auxiliary Vehicular Lanes between the hours of 6:00 AM and 7:00 PM Monday through Friday. The City Engineer may issue permits for Saturday and/or Sunday, but permits shall be short term closures as required for operational safety of the service provider and shall not interrupt TriMet service. The Director of Transportation may approve a short term (3 days or less) permit, during otherwise restricted times, with agreement from Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet). The Director shall establish rules and procedures for this type of closure.
1. "Emergency" shall mean any unscheduled repair of existing facilities which must be accomplished immediately to protect the life, health and well being of the public, or to protect public or private property. Under this definition, "emergency" work shall encompass only immediately required repairs and shall not include extensive replacement or upgrading of the facility.
C. The City Engineer may issue permits for the use of Auxiliary Vehicular Lane on SW 6th Avenue between SW Taylor and SW Morrison Streets to accommodate events permitted and authorized by Pioneer Courthouse Square, Inc. as may be deemed appropriate in the judgment of the City Engineer.
D. All permits shall include a traffic control plan approved by the City Engineer and Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet).


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Furry vs were[edit]
I don't see the distinction, but one is made by the subject of this article. -- Siege 08:41, 14 Nov 2005 (UTC)
- Well, note that that is her distinction alone, and go on. Move it from the opening sentence (both here and on Black Tapestries); there are better ways to introduce an artist and webcomic than to say it is anthropomorphic, but she (or in the case of the comic, the creator) is rabidly anti-fur. Almafeta 12:55, 14 Nov 2005 (UTC)
- Actually there is a BIG difference between Furries and "weres", unfortunately "were" has started to become a mainstream word in the furry community for more bestial or native type furries. That is why we have started to use the term "Therian" to describe ourselves. We don't do this as a sense of elitism like many furries claim, but as a further differentiation. Furries and therians are exclusive communities.
- In addition, I am not "rabidly antifur", I have a great many furry friends and I do hang out with a lot of furries on a daily basis. I do not like the general furry attitude, nor do I like having labels slapped on me - and then furthermore have furries vehemently attack me because I refuse to be labelled as such.
- I have noticed that Furries attempting to define something they do not understand on this wiki. Just because one doesn't see the difference between Furries and Therians does not mean there isn't one, and also does not mean one should assume they are one in the same.
- I see -no- reason to include whether or not I am a furry or a therian in the description. I am an artist of a comic that furry *might* enjoy reading. That is all one should be concerned with. - Jakkal
- I've reworded the article a bit, so it isn't quite as awkward. I'll make a simular change to the Black Tapestries article as well.
- There have always been distinctions between the "furry" and "were"/"therian" communities. These should be respected, from both sides, in my opinion. Carl Fox 04:12, 18 Nov 2005 (UTC)
I must agree with CarlFox. Both the furry and the were communities have unique attributes, some of which may be percieved as either positive or negative depending on your perspective. I'd say that both groups have their decent people and their troublemakers, their good points and their bad points.
In my personal experience both online and in real life, I have never percieved Jakkal as a "fur basher" who says that all furs are bad or evil. She does state that there are differences between these communities. She does not identify as a fur and she says that she is not personally comfortable with the general atmosphere and culture of the fur community, specifically in regards to the focus on sexuality that is very prominent in many areas of this community.
Having a personal preference to not identify as a fur does not make someone anti-fur any more than being heterosexual makes someone anti-gay. Not wanting to listen to heavy metal music does not make someone an anti-heavy metal activist. Personal choices should be respected as long as the person making the choices does not condemn anyone else for exercising the same right. Jakkal emphatically does not do so.
- Savage, Co-moderator, Werelist, also proud to be identified as a fur.
- Actually I've found Jakkal to be very anti-furry. I have a ton of IRC logs where she repeatedly nags about how disgusting and perverted we all are. I could quote one but for now, despite its lack of an NPOV I'll leave the article alone due to personal bias...
- Jakkal is also on Second Life and proudly sells furry avatars throughout the areas in-world that are heavily populated by the fandom. Is this a different Jakkal? If not I can't see how anybody could be more of a hypocrite. skippyfox 17:34, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
- I don't understand the need of many furries to play the victim constantly. Yes I bitch about furries, just apparently like you bitch about "anti-furries,". But I also bitch about role players, therians, republicans, idiots, fords, politicians, and plenty of other things. But I have many friends who are role players, therians, republicans, idiots, Ford owners, and politicians. If none of them gave me reason to bitch, I wouldn't bitch. But the point is, I have opinions. Shame on me for being human and having opinions. I don't hide these opinions, as they are publically known and accessable. Go ahead and post your IRC logs, they're my honest opinions assuming you didn't change anything. Anyone that's a furry is well aware of the strange and disturbing nature of the fandom. The problem is that many of you refuse to accept it or see it as normal. That's fine, that's your right. I don't, and I don't want to be part of it. Many things that go on in the fandom are disgusting and disturbing, and you seem to forget that *I* have every right to not want to be part of it. And when furries, such as yourself, try to personally harass me, yes, I'm going to bitch and complain. While many of you scream about respect for people's choices and lifestyles, it's hypocritical of you to not respect our feelings of being uncomfortable with what goes on in the fandom. It's hypocritical of you to bitch about me, and my posts, and my rantings when you, yourself, sat here and did the very same, even exaggerating the points and not giving the full story.
- You have your right to bitch and I'm not going to stop you, but I have the right to bitch as well. However I get the feeling that wikifur is NOT the place to do this. And Yes, I'm the same one on SL that sets "Anthro" avatars. I didn't write the description that the furries make for them. If you have ever paid attention to what really goes on around me, instead of the negative parts, you'd see that I don't generally mind it if people use that slang term around me. It's when I get harassed and vehemently label slapped that you'll see me make a stink. I sell anthropomorphic animal avatars. And you can rant at me til you're blue and the face that makes it "Furry" but it's not part of the fandom. The fandom requires anthropomorphism, anthropomorphism doesn't require the Fandom.
- Incidentally, I also "proudly" sell my avatars in other parts of SL. You'll excuse me if I try to sell avatars where the demand is high. But that still doesn't make me, or my avatars "Furries". Stuff Furries like? Sure. Just like there are lots of people that run around at the cons who aren't furries, but they sell stuff that appeals to furries. You can call me a hypocrite if you want, it doesn't matter to me. At least I can admit that I am sometimes, as is everyone. Can you say the same? Given your comments, I'd have to say that no, you can't. I'm sure you don't see the blatant hypocrisy in your posts.
- -Jakkal, getting sick of "furry victims"
- WikiFur isn't really the place for anyone to bitch. I highly recommend LiveJournal for that purpose. :-)
- I believe the furry fandom is a natural outgrowth of what some call anthropomorphic art, others call funny animals, and still others call furry art. It took the Internet for it to get beyond the "small meeting at science convention" stage, mostly because it's far easier to distribute art on the internet, and so it's easier for small art fandoms to maintain a niche. While it is true that there is no requirement for a fandom surrounding anthropomorphic art, I have a suspicion that there wouldn't be much of a market for artists who create such art without it. --GreenReaper(talk) 08:19, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
- Oh trust me, the livejournal is most definitely used. I don't have a problem with the fandom in general, it just seems as if the fandom has a problem with anyone who skirts it, that doesn't want to be part of it. I keep getting targetted by these people because I enjoy the creation of anthropomorphic work, but I don't want to be part of the anthropomorphic fandom. For example, the art is really all I do. Just as it was pointed out in our RP the other day, I don't have a single anthropomorphic character, they're all humans. I don't have an interest in playing an anthro character. (We don't count Lore because she's theriomorphic, and never shifts anyway). But anyway, that's not the point. As I said, the fandom requires anthros, but not the other way around. Afterall, if the fandom formed because of the art, then the art obviously came first. I don't mind that furries like my work, as furries are fans of anthros, they'd naturally be attracted to it. But having furries enjoy my work doesn't make me one or part of their group. Frankly, I could do well without the attention I get. Anyway, you can delete these posts I made, I just wanted to reply to the snark that Skippfox posted and make sure he knows my opinion just as he wanted to make sure I knew his. -Jakkal
- Heh...I did not exaggerate anything I have said. I have written absolutely nothing that to cause any alarm in this article. My goal here is not to rant or be a "furry victim," which you accuse all furries of being. My goal, contrary to what you've just said, is truth. My goal is to give the full story. Wiki is all about factual information and I fully encourage that it is kept that way. "WIKI" itself stands for "What I Know Is..." But you continue to orient your thoughts entirely around opinions and your own judgments, rather than facts. If you want to play "hypocrite" tag, then fine: Which one of us has really gone off against the other here? Me, the purported "victim" with my two lines contributing to an entirely fair debate over where you choose to stand in the furry fandom, or you, with 860-some words with which you have chosen to attack me for "bashing" you? You've failed to remain calm and rational in this matter where I've been completely objective.
- In any event, the reason I'm replying is the same as before. I was looking for clarification on some factual details about you that can be used in the article. You've provided a few...so thanks. :)
- Just out of curiosity...if you don't want to be involved in the fandom like you say, then why do you continue to do so? skippyfox 20:25, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
- I'm not. People like you continue to drag me into it? Why? Because I create anthromorphic artwork. My SL creations are, as well, anthropomorphic artwork. The furry fandom is about /people/ who are /fans/ of anthropomorphic artwork /and/ fans of those who create it. I am not /in the fandom/ because I am not a /fan of anthromorphics/. I enjoy making them, but I'm not a fan of them. I don't RP them. I've only drawn them, and made a race of them as part of my comic because I do /enjoy drawing them/. But I could care /less/ about them. The only reason my favorite character has a theriomorphic form is because she /hates it/ and that makes her interesting to me. It's NOT because she's an anthro. I Also do not participate in the fandom. I don't go to cons. I don't hang out in furry sims on SL. I don't hang out in Furry chat rooms. I don't write on furry message forums. I only /skirt/ the community because many members of the fandom hang out with me, or they contact me in various forms (Other forums, LJs, Chats, SL, etc). I Don't make "Furry avatars" I make "Anthropomorphic avatars." I don't make them just for furries, I make them for anyone that wants one. Just like I make art for anyone to look at, I don't /care/ what their fandom is. I make the same thing that helped create the fandom to begin with (Anthro art and related), but I am not in the fandom nor do I have to be in or part of the fandom to do so. It just means that it's something the furries would naturally be attracted to.
- However, the furry fandom is the ONLY group that consistantly /pisses me off/ with label slapping, sniper insults, direct insults, complete and total lack of respect for my feelings. So you'll excuse me if I'm not exactly happy with furries as a group, especially when people like yourself, representing the fandom in your own way, tries to attack me in various methods. I am, and do often give individual furries a break as I know there are many great people in the fandom. But as a group, you people have serious moral and emotional issues, and I wish you'd stop taking it out on me. And the more you take it out on me, the more I will bitch, whine, moan, and complain about the incidents that take place and that I'm dragged into. If furries want me to stop complaining about them, they need to learn to respect the feelings of the people who make the stuff they love. (Or hell, learn to respect the feelings of just anyone else in general). Common courtesy is truly lost it seems. -Jakkal, Not-A-Furry.
- I'm not sure why I'm even bothering to respond to this, considering you're doing a pretty good job of making yourself look bad all on your own. Maybe I'm just trying to be helpful at this point. After all, as much as you wish to accuse me of lacking in respect for others (yes, even respect for people who call me "sick perverts") I do respect people. Everybody is human. Regardless, I'm seeing two things here that I want to make a point of. The first is minor: Originally "furry" meant anthropomorphic characters such as Bugs Bunny and the like, and furry fans were fans of furries, exactly as they are meant to be. A "furry avatar" remains what it always was...an avatar of an anthropomorphic character or a furry. So by definition, your anthropomorphic avatars ARE furry avatars no matter how you look at it. The definition of 'furry' in your eyes has been specially molded and fitted to suit your preferences, to place you outside of the definition and outside of the degrading stereotypes you continuously associate with it. This is not an accusation or an exaggeration. It's an observation.
- The second item is major: Your hatred for furries both fuels and is fueled by peoples' hatred of you. You are set off every time someone mentions your name and puts the word 'furry' somewhere near it, and your reply to my original post is a very good example of that. The end result is a circular pattern that is exacerbated with each cycle: The more you complain about furries, the more furries complain about you. You've implied this yourself. What you haven't seemed to realize is that you're just as much at fault as anybody else who wishes to get involved. Being one side of the argument, you are in fact half of the battle, half of the drama here. Masses can't easily be stopped, but I know that individuals can stop themselves. So if you really want the world to shut up and quit bugging you, maybe you ought to just stop harassing the world. I'm not trying to stir up heat, I'm trying to qualm it. You should too. skippyfox 21:42, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
- Your first point is fallacious logic. My definition of "furry" is the english standard. Your definition of furry is slang, vague, and has no clear definition. I'm not the one molding and fitting terms here, you are. Please note that is not an insult, that is a point of fact. "Furry" is a slang term, such as "Nigger" is a slang term. In addition, if I'm forced to be in the furry community because I have "anthro avs" by your definition, then you're in a pervert community because you have perverts in the fandom. Stereotyping is a bad thing, and it's the reason that the furries get such a bad rap overall. So you'd do well not to stereotype me just as many others have stereotyped your fandom. My avatars and my artwork are anthropomorphic, as anthropomorphic is a valid, understood adjective. Look it up if you don't believe me. If other people call them 'furry' avatars, because it's slang, I don't really care. That's just what they do. But that does NOT, AT ALL mean they are 'furries' or part of the 'furry fandom'. They are out there for anyone to enjoy.
- That brings up your second point. Which I also must contest because you have your facts incorrect. What I dislike is label slapping. If I say I'm not a furry, and I'm not in the fandom, I expect people to respect that and not try to drill into my head about how I MUST be a furry and how I AM part of the fandom. Or the typical "You're a hypocrite if you hate the fandom and make the shit that's in the fandom. (Blantant, illogical insult) I'm only "part" of the fandom in that my artwork is exactly what drives the fandom, but as a creator I am not part of it nor do I wish to be. What fuels the hatred is the people who consistantly argue with me and butt heads with me, telling me that I AM part of the fandom, that my work IS "Furry", made FOR furries, with FURRIES in mind. I do NOT mind if people casually call it furry, unlike what you've said. If you even look at our store in FurNation Omega, the admins there put down "Furry avatars" which I have no control over. I have never mentioned to them to remove it or take it down because, why bother? It doesn't piss me off like you guys think. If you'd take the time to calmly and rationally consider all the facts you'd finally see my point instead of thinking that I'm completely anti-furry. If I /were/ completely anti-furry, I'd be way too disgusted to even sell my avatars given I know what eventually happens to them.
- In addition, I never said I wasn't at fault and I am aware of the cycle. As I said I know I'm not a perfect person, but which one of us here admits it? Hm? If it weren't for my vehement rebuttals, I would have /stopped/ a long time ago, BUT I also would have stopped posting my artwork and would have stopped making my comments because you people attack EN MASS and none of you seem to understand that. So I will NOT stop fighting. I refuse to be another artist that stops making what they love because furries refuse to leave them alone. And there are PLENTY of artists, and even some VERY top names in 'Furry" comics who laud me for continuing to fight because they grew too sick to continue long ago. So yes, I'm part of a cycle. I only rant when it comes at me. So don't even imply that I'm harassing the world. I could, easily, but I don't. And you bet your furry little ass that I won't, ever, stop when I do get harassed. The least little bit I expect from the people, like yourself, who /do/ bitch and complain to me is /at the very least/ get your facts straight, don't start off with the insults, and don't pretend you're "trying to help" or you're doing anyone any favors. We all know better. But like I said, this wiki was made as an information resource, not a place for you to sniper people you don't like. If you want to argue this, take it to my LJ as you've obviously found. But don't continue the tirade here. And don't expect me to stop it for you, as all I'm doing is just replying. - Jakkal
- The standard English definition for furry is probably something like "covered with a thick coat of soft hair." I haven't bothered with the rest of your reply because I do have real things to worry about. If all you want to do is turn this into a slew of personal insults irrelevant to the topic at hand, I suggest taking GreenReaper's advice and isolating this to your LiveJournal. I hope things work out for you. skippyfox 22:30, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
- I need say no more - Jakkal.


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This Sunday the Monster X Radio Podcast welcomes the Squatch Detective, Steve Kulls to their show. Steve is an avid Bigfoot researcher from New York and has been featured on many different TV programs. He also hosts his own podcast which is scheduled to return to the airwaves in the near future.
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Showtime: Sunday, September 7, 2014 at 7PM EST - 6C - 5M - 4P
This is a good program that Steve was featured in.
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-The best thing to do is to report the newest of the offending posts, with an explanation of the situation. There are so many posts on here we don't always see stuff right away. Then just ignore that thread until one of us has gotten on and spoken to the person in question. I know its hard not to get angry, but it is never constructive to just says something back when you are angry. With every new post that is added, things escalate further out of control.
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-If you don't want anyone to mimic your work, you really can't put it online. Its one of the things about the internet, everything is shared, traded, copied, and built upon until it is something altogether new. I am constantly finding my work in weird places, grabbed by people who didn't even sign the old guest book, lol. It does no good to get upset about it. Letting people share your images and become inspired by you will get you more friends and your work seen by more people in the long run.
Thats why we embrace the "copying is the sincerest form of flattery" policy. That way someone can look and your image and make something fabulous inspired by it, and then you can look at mine and do the same. If someone is putting up exactly your images please bring it to my attention, but otherwise just thank then for admiring your work.
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My tree stands by the Cemetery Road by the Old Stone Bridge, and none may cross the bridge without passing it first. It's a stately beech tree, and that tree and I are friends. Its long branches shade the path, and its roots reach out to nearby graves.
This has left the tree open to a great deal of abuse. Something about the smooth, immaculate bark of a beech invites tormentors as surely as caves invite echoes. Over the years, vandals have carved memorials — deep slashes, names, initials, declarations of love long forgotten now, but the tree has not forgotten a thing. Everything remains etched in the living wood.
Despite its scars, my beech tree is pleasant to touch — solid, clean, just the size to get my arms around if I wish. It stands unresisting, waiting for abusers and for mad tree-huggers alike, for those who ignore it and those who stop to pay a visit.
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When life is difficult, I go for a walk in Union Cemetery. I lean on my beech tree and cry. A cemetery is a good place to cry; no human visitor bothers you or asks you why you are crying. The tree offers no hollow consolation or advice. It remains alive, present, listening in its way, in the way that all of nature listens. The graves are old and silent — the ones surrounding my beech were filled a hundred years ago. There is no sound but my sobs, and the crunch of beech leaves under my feet.
I have no relatives buried in Union Cemetery. My family is buried far away. I could not go to my grandfather's funeral, and I've never seen his grave. I mourn by myself, in Union Cemetery, clinging to the trunk of a beech tree, and I know my grandfather hears. All of nature, all of creation hears, and the Father hears as well; the Great Father who speaks to His children through beech trees and forests, through the cries of the prophets, and through the dying groan of His only-begotten Word.
There is, after all, only ever one grave — one Earth, and to Earth the ashes fall and are buried at the roots of one Tree. There is only one Death, one door which all pass through: my grandfather, myself, and every tree in Union Cemetery. Even the Word Made Flesh passed through that door and was buried in this same Earth, after He embraced the Tree.
Only one cry is heard in Ramah, Rachel mourning for her all of her children, mourning and not consoled, and she is mourning still. There is only one death groan and that is Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani: it is accomplished, Father, into Your hands I commend my Spirit. We breathe our last, and it is all the same breath.
There is one Resurrection as well, and I'm told its time has already begun. His mother mourned and could not be consoled; then she saw Him, and was glad. He raised her up, and she is with Him now.
May We Follow
May we all follow where they have gone. My beech tree, with its roots in the graves, its tortured trunk before me and its branches in Heaven, tells me that in its way. All of creation was placed here, in part, to teach me that lesson.
One day I will return to the cemetery to find that Rachel has dried her eyes at last, because He has returned. On that day, He will tell me all things plainly. Until then, he speaks in parables, and the beech tree is one of them.
Mary Pezzulo writes the Steel Magnificat weblog for Patheos. This article is a shorter version of an article that first appeared there.


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The Internet has democratized the ability to review. No longer do we have to wait for a select group of experts to declare "two thumbs up" — instead, anybody can read or write what he or she thinks online. But some businesses are trying to exploit that freedom by posting phony reviews.
How much do you trust online reviews?
In the article "Give Yourself 5 Stars? Online, It Might Cost You," David Streitfeld writes about the shady world of buying and selling fake Internet reviews.
"I celebrate myself, and sing myself," wrote Walt Whitman, America's great bard of self-promotion. As the world goes ever more digital, quite a few businesses are adopting that philosophy — hiring a veritable chorus of touts to sing their nonexistent praises and lure in customers.
New York regulators will announce on Monday the most comprehensive crackdown to date on deceptive reviews on the Internet. Agreements have been reached with 19 companies to cease their misleading practices and pay a total of $350,000 in penalties.
The yearlong investigation encompassed companies that create fake reviews as well as the clients that buy them. Among those signing the agreements are a charter bus operator, a teeth-whitening service, a laser hair-removal chain and an adult entertainment club. Also signing are several reputation-enhancement firms that place fraudulent reviews on sites like Google, Yelp, Citysearch and Yahoo.
A phony review of a restaurant may lead to a bad meal, which is disappointing. But the investigation uncovered a wide range of services buying fake reviews that could do more permanent damage: dentists, lawyers, even an ultrasound clinic.
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Angie Aparo is A Folk Rock Country Punk Jazz Singer trapped in a love song.
His powerful words, vocals, instruments, effects are wrapped up into musical art films. Angie is an audio scientist with sounds, both modern and traditional, then mixing technology that we use every day, like Siri to create his songs. What has come out of him is a gutted-out heart, a re-wired brain and motor skills that are sharper than a butcher knife in the kitchen.
The collection of new songs Life Is A Flower, Life Is A Gun almost didn't make it,to tape,to the recording microphone, to the stage.
It's been a while since the musical world has heard from Angie Aparo, his last album was released almost eight years ago. You might know him from his songs, being covered by Faith Hill, Big & Rich, Edwin McCain, Sheila E. and Miley Cyrus. You might go his solo shows. If you have cd, THE AMERICAN; you heard greatness, if you saw him live; you saw genius, and now this album. Life Is A Flower, Life Is A Gun, is aptly titled for someone who has gone through several life-changing events.
"There is nothing so stable as change." - Bob Dylan
So, to catch you up we have to go backward with one day last year in April; one day he will never forget.
Angie suffered a stroke at the age of 55:
"I suffered from a spontaneous carotid artery dissection (left neck). Within a few hours, I had a stroke due to the dissection. Although there are many forms, I suffered from aphasia, inability to understand speech and a subtype of aphasia called, Anomia, the inability to name things. I also suffered from memory loss (which I believe accompanies most all strokes).
Knowing I was a singer-songwriter, my neurologist asked me to put a melody to everything I see in the world, outside, in my house, at the grocery store, anything, anywhere. Due to his recommendation, I believe my use of melody helped me reprogram my brain. Although I still experience lapse of memory now and then, I feel I can operate normally in life. And I've learned how to sing my songs again!"
At Decatur's famed acoustic room Eddie's Attic, Angie told the engaged listeners he might have some trouble with his songs. A few minutes later, he admitted he had suffered a stroke. He wasn't looking for a pity party rather he was looking for his place in the world. He didn't waiver, didn't stop, didn't complain. The audience gave him thumbs up and he sang on.
"I wish myself to be a prop, if anything, for my songs. I want to be the vehicle for my songs. I would like to color the material with as much visual expression as is necessary for that song." - David Bowie
During this time of healing Angie was recovering from his stroke he decided to create as much art – musically and visually – as he could not knowing what the next day would bring. He collected sounds, effects and melodies like some people collect stamps. From songs, like "Churchbells VS Television" to "Little Black Dress" to "Bicycle Kings" to "Punk Rock Girl" he runs the gamut of emotions and subjects. Even attacks a heartbreak from his last marriage with "The Science Of Goodbye" to comprehend what happened.
Created solely by Angie himself, using computer loops, traditional instruments, and the voice of Siri give his songs a visual texture to the audio landscape capture in his mind. Angie is an audio scientist when it comes to his art form and that's why he's so exemplary.
Signed to Arista by Clive Davis in 2000, he tells a story about one of his appointments with the legendary industry head. He couldn't remember "Cry" for it had been a while so he called home for the words and he sat down at the hotel lobby piano to figure it out. He went into the office meeting with the song and all Mr. Davis wanted to know was; what were the words to the song. So Angie read the words and for a moment, Angie had Clive Davis in the palm of his hand.
Critics and fans received his album The American, produced by Matt Serletic (Matchbox Twenty, Collective Soul) with delight and craving for more. He released eight more and continued to tour. He wrote songs with the duo Big & Rich, co-wrote a song for percussionist Shelia E. and graced and shared stages with Faith Hill, Zac Brown, Matchbox Twenty and Edwin McCain. He is master storyteller and live act that is hard to follow.
"Not since Dylan has an artist crafted lyrics so deeply steeped in metaphor and meaning that they can only be called "poetry" – Anti-music
In summer Angie was interviewed by Ellen Eldridge of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution for their Sunday Edition: Personal Journey section to talk about his recovery, this was an in-depth article that explained a lot of the mental and physical struggles that required a lot of determination so he could fully recover.
In October, he was a speaker at the National Stroke Association's Comeback Trail 5K Run held at the Old Fourth Park in Atlanta, GA. He performed "Bicycle Kings" from this new album as well as one of his first radio hits, "Spaceship". In their winter issue, he will grace the cover their magazine along with his story.
"As a stroke survivor, it's important to me to raise awareness about stroke, which can happen to anyone at any time," said Aparo. "It wasn't always easy, but I came back strong from a stroke and have returned to my music career with a newfound appreciation for life. Music saved me and now I want to share my gift with others by playing a few songs at the National Stroke Association's Comeback Trail 5K in my, hometown."
While healing from a stroke is a lifelong process, Angie continues to embrace his journey with curiosity and education. As he begins to explore, Angie finds himself, searching for a guru of sorts; spiritual guides or teachers in many different doctrines to share his story of the medical, physical and psychological interruptions that the stroke caused. This past fall, Angie made a trip to Japan, where he connected to the Japanese people and culture. He even played his song, "Cry" for a local bartender who was a huge Faith Hill fan. This solidified his belief that we are all from one place, which begins with love for all.
As Life Is A Flower, Life Is A Gun opens up we have an artist that had to reboot, restart and relearn. Angie has regained, released and in the process has been reborn since that mind-shattering day. But if anything, we all can learn from him. For as a society we tend to give sympathy out to those have fallen ill, suffered or in deep pain with their minds or bodies. And Angie does want your hugs but he also you wants you to take his determination and inhale it for yourself.
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Word of the Year - 2019
Those of you following along for the last year know that 2018 was a year of growth. There were many dark days battling post partum depression. When God laid the word deliverance on my heart early on in January 2018 I was mortified. The word seemed daunting. Little did I know that He would bring some wonderful people into my life that helped me fight even harder for the life he has given me. My close family and friends stuck by and crusaded with me. Bless their hearts and souls. I don't feel as though the post partum depression is gone, but I have found ways to manage the stress, anxiety and darkness.
As I moved in 2019 a new word of the year wasn't coming to mind. It wasn't like last year when I opened the bible and it said "Prayer of Deliverance." Looking back the last several months have sparked possible new opportunities at work as well as in our personal lives (more on that later), which led me to thinking how reliance on him in 2018 helped deliver me from pain and darkness. To continue with that theme my word for 2019 is (drumroll please)…
How often in my days do I make quick decisions without a prayer or asking God for help? The dependence on him in the last year to open and close doors as he sees fit got me to where I am today. That took dependence. The pain and suffering. Dependence. The joy followed by sorrow. Dependence.
"Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character and character produces hope." Romans 5:3 ESV
I'd love to hear your word of the year if you have one. This has been such a good an grounding practice for me. A word to focus on for the year and to pray over.
God's blessing in the new year,
The weeks long slump of not looking at the word is in full swing. Really during Advent I should be delving into the word, reflecting on the sin in my life and preparing for the Lord's coming. Instead I am scrolling Instagram and hoping God will just show me the way. You and I both know that is not how this works. It takes work to be a follower of God and yes at times we may get into a slump. It is not different than a slump in exercise, meal planning, or managing schedules. I slump in all of those ares simultaneously most days.
Do you want to know the mental difference in my slumps from a year ago? I don't feel nearly as guilty. Through my work with my wonderful counselor at Valley Christian Counseling we have been talking through this guilt and need for perfection. It is ok to get into slumps. The mindset behind the slumps has changed. As I start planning for the week I have started to use the word "could" vs "should." I don't feel nearly as guilty when I don't accomplish something that I could have done versus should have done.
Every day and every week is a new opportunity to overcome the slumps that may consume our lives. The final days of advent will be spent in reflection for me while dreaming of the future with God at the forefront.
Warm blessings,
Each night we all lay our heads down for rest. Rest that is essential for each new day. I never knew how important rest was to me until I was sitting with a close friend. A friend that opened a door while helping me refocus on the Lord.
The last two months have brought me more sleep, which means more time. Isn't that funny? More rest = more time. My house is a pig pen, my floors are dirty, the windows have slobber marks from the dog, but joy. Less yelling, more happy.
I have more time in the word and more time in prayer. Each day can be filled with joy if in the moments of rest and in the moments of despair we thank Him for what he has provided. Today I am thankful for the gift of rest. The ability to rest even when the world keeps moving at a mile a minute. Perspective and God. We can change one if we believe in the other. Rest in Him.
Christmas Blessings,
Strength for the Day
The last several days have brought anxiousness and fear for the unknown as our family reached a day that would need immense prayer. In each moment of unrest I have tried to release and give these thoughts to the Lord. I know that he will carry them for me as I need.
When life is a whirlwind and we have fear for the future that fear will consume you. That is what I was feeling. I was feeling unrest, worry and anxiousness. Difficulty sleeping and lack of focus. Last night I prayed and read in my devotional before putting myself to bed at 8:00. The first five hours of sleep were solid, followed by three of tossing and turning.
Little did I know that when my alarm would go off at 4:45 I would have a calming sense of peace wash over me. No fear for the day or what was ahead in it. I knew that God had today in his hands. I recently read in a devotional that he gives us the exact amount of strength we need for each day. How fitting. How correct. The peace was and is part of his plan. He knew what I needed today. A true sign that even in what we think are our dark moments he is there to help carry the weight. He is always good and it is always well in him.
Many blessings,
Tears stream down my face as I sit and write this in a coffee shop. I feel broken today, broken to the core. Counseling today was hard. Very hard. A time to sit and visit about the last month. The feeling that I am failing as a mom and wife and at my career. The feeling that I am surely messing my kids up to the core. Especially my first born. Putting my high expectations of myself onto her.
Each morning we run the mad race to get out of the house. Every morning I remind the kids ten times to put on their shoes. Three out of five days I am the last one out of the house because I just had to have a chai tea or a smoothie. When we are late on these days the blame goes to the kids does it not? Well in my life it does. It's funny because I say "You know if you would have put your boots on the first time I asked we wouldn't be late." The moment it comes out I know I'm blaming the wrong person. Really I shouldn't be blaming myself or the kids. This is our life and at times we are going to be tardy.
The reality, I am always to work by ten to eight. I can't remember the last time I walked through the door after eight unless it was scheduled. Why do we not give ourselves any grace? I give myself zero. The fear of disappointing others creeps in. The fear of not living up to someone's expectations takes over. Fear rules my life on a far to regular basis.
Fear of failure is ok. Failure itself is ok. Taking a leap and failing is ok. Failure is growth. If a goal or dream is realized to simply and with ease was it a God sized or Kingdom driven dream? Romans 5 tells us that grace will be obtained through suffering which I relate to failure:
"Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our heart through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us."
Romans 5:2-5 ESV
Shoot you guys, how much hope does that chunk of scripture give us? Even through trials, failure, and blaming others he is preparing us for more. He is pruning us and creating more God like character within us if we are willing to accept the challenge.
As I reflect on today I know I will be listening to this podcast on dreaming and this podcast on pruning for the umpteenth times. My prayer for you (and myself) will be that fear does not consume you but rather propels you to have God sized dreams. Through these dreams may he protect you while helping you grow.
With love,
Tuesday Ten
Exhaustion has set in over the last week and I am beside myself. I don't know if it is the fact that harvest is starting or if I am truly exhausted. Each year at harvest I am reminded how hard single parenting is. How moods and expectations change from all parties. So tonight as I write this I am taking a deep breath and avoiding the mess that has ensued around me.
Over the last several months you have seen this little space on the internet evolve from a farm life blog to a blog about a farm wife leaning on God for help and guidance in all aspects of life. There is one part of the farm life blog that I miss, so I am bringing it back with a little revamp. The Tuesday Ten will be back but with different compiled lists on select Tuesdays. This week I am giving you all the feels, quite literally. I hope you enjoy.
1. Joy - This week I found joy in the eyes of my son as he expands his vocabulary and is starting to ask quite the questions. These questions are very different than the questions that our oldest daughter would have asked at that same age, but what a joyful experience to witness their differences.
2. Sorrow - Today the sudden passing of a business acquaintance brought sadness and deep sorrow. We are never given tomorrow so live today with God at the helm.
3. Hope - Finding hope in a clear conscious with the intent to leave my depression in the past.
4. Frustration - The past week has been filled with frustration as our oldest adjusts to school life. A new schedule and no nap has caused frustration in both of us as we navigate this new season.
5. Peace - I was reminded this week over and over again that He is always working with us and on us. A phase of pruning followed by a phase of growth or pruning and growth happening simultaneously. The peace this week has come from knowing that this season of depression is pruning me for growth in Him.
6. Fear - I am determined to not let fear get the best of me. My innate fear of failure has prevented me from taking certain steps. Each week I am challenging myself to put into action tasks that scare me. Actions that may fail, but nonetheless through these actions I will grow and learn.
7. Rest - Did you read my first paragraph? :) Practicing physical and mental rest, challenging myself to rest in the word daily AND to get to bed at a reasonable hour.
8. Grace - I need grace every week, but this week I am practicing the grace of wavering from my normal routine and schedule. I tend to focus on what has gone wrong in my morning routine rather than all of the good in it. Giving myself grace in the morning to sleep in a little later or throw my hair in a ponytail.
9. Patience - Each day is a new opportunity to practice patience. This week that means keeping my cool in reference to above #4.
10. Deliverance - Sharing hard truths with those you love will open new doors of love and light. A chance to deliver myself from hurting and pain.
Each week this ten could look different, but it will always be from the heart with the glory of God mixed in.
God Bless,
Seven years of love.
Today we celebrated our seventh wedding anniversary. Never in my wildest dreams did I think we would be as close as we are today. Never did I imagine that I could love someone like I love him. This love could have not grown this deep without disagreements, knowing when to say you're right and knowing when to not throw in the towel.
Marriage teaches you as much about yourself as it does about your spouse. There are blissful days but there are also days when I don't like my husband. I always love him but I don't always like him and that is ok. We are on a journey to know each other more fully every day. The love we share should grow with each passing day.
This past year has brought so much grace to our relationship. We are able to share our thoughts and feeling more openly and honestly. We are able to enjoy each others company like we haven't in the past. Yes, we still argue. In fact we did yesterday over where to go to brunch. Really, you can't make this stuff up.
One of the biggest blessings in the last year has been meeting with several couples from our church once a month. Having people on your side that are going through similar stages in life has been so helpful for us. This small group setting allows us to share struggles, sorrows and victories.
So today I am so thankful not only for the last seven years, but especially the last. Thankful that we get to do life together, even on the crappy days. Thankful that we can argue and learn from our mistakes. Marriage is hard. It isn't a walk in the park. Today I am thankful for you, Donald. The Godly man you are; loving me unconditionally even when you don't take me to the correct brunch spot. ;)
Free Me From the Snares
Messages have been popping up in front of me the last week or so. They seem to be tying back to the idea of deliverance. See that? The word of the year keeps following me around and showing up. Coincidence? Maybe a subtle reminder and a slight nudge on the shoulder that I have work to do.
For he will deliver you form the snare of the fowler
and from the deadly pestilence.
Psalm 91:3
Breaking this verse down and delving into the meaning of each word opens my eyes more to the refuge that God is. A snare is a "trap for catching birds or animals" and a fowler is the person who sets the trap, who hunts for the birds. I would say that this is a pretty accurate description of what Satan is trying to do in our lives. He is setting traps for us to fall into, to see if we will take the bait. How are we responding when faced with a snare? Are we leaning on the Lord for knowledge and help or are we responding using our own knowledge. I know that in my life I have a tendency to respond quickly with words and actions. I give little time for listening or pondering my response. Each day I am faced with a snare and how I respond can change the trajectory of the day or my life!
Luckily when we place our life in God's hands he is willing to save us from the snares of Satan. He will heal us form the "fatal epidemic disease" that haunts our life. This pestilence or disease could be a laundry list of items: not attending church weekly, not letting God lead, a physical or mental ailment, lying, adultery, the list goes on. When we turn away from Satan and to God he will guide us away from this disease. We will be able to rejoice in the house of the Lord. We are assured several verses later that no evil should be allowed in when we are in his dwelling place.
Because you have made the Lord your dwelling place -
the Most High, who is my refuge - no evil shall be allowed to befall
you, no plague come near your tent.
Psalm 91:9
What reassuring words we are given! He is a good Father! A saving Father! One who will protect us when we seek him and live out the life He has planned for us!
God's blessings,
My Help Comes From HIM
Today I am angry and frustrated. I don't know the real reason why, but part of me feels like people feel sorry for me. They feel sorry that I have to walk this difficult road. I would agree that it isn't rosy, it isn't a walk in the park, but guess what life isn't easy. I don't believe that when we are following Jesus and the promptings of the Holy Spirit that life will always be easy. The one thing I do know through all of this is that I find my rest in him. I have too. I have to give him the glory in it all. The good, the awesome and the downright cruddy.
As a sat reflecting on these tough feelings today I focused on verses from chapter three of Proverbs. Much of this chapter emphasizes trust in him. When we trust in him, our help will come from him.
"Trust in the Lord with all of your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths."
Proverbs 3:5-8
When we take on the challenges in our every day are we taking the path that we want or are we taking the path that He wants? Are we taking the time to listen, observe and acknowledge the promptings that he is giving us? I know that I am very guilty of forging my own path at times. The reason that this path becomes more well traveled than I would like is due to me leaning on my own understanding.
When I relate this to my struggle with a mental illness I know that much of my sadness and darkness comes from my past when he wasn't number one in my life. When I strayed from the path. There were days before recommitting my life to Christ that were filled with bad decisions and heartache. This heartache has a different feel now that Christ is at the helm. In the song Shoulders by For King and Country the lyrics speak beautifully to the fact that he is here to help us when we let him help us.
"My help comes from You
You're right here, pulling me through
You carry my weakness, my sickness, my brokenness all on Your shoulders"
For King and Country. Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong. Warner/Chappel Music, Inc., 2014
As I wrap all of this together I know that I still have work to do. I still need to open my eyes and heart more fully to him. I know that I need to do a better job of recognizing his path over mine. I need to listen to his promptings. I need to continue to pray the Prayer of Jabez.
When it comes to mental health, let us cast our worries on him. Let us lean on his understanding. If you are on the outside and think that you know someone who is suffering don't second guess the promptings of the Holy Spirit when he sets a path before you. It might be hard to reach out to this individual, but open your heart. Pray for this person. Don't every be afraid to reach out to this individual through email, text message, phone, or a shared meal. This touchpoint could be a positive turning point for them.
My prayer for all of you is that we may listen to the promptings from the Holy Spirit and remember that we all have a path forged for us as long as we leave the understanding up to him. So don't feel sorry for me. Pray for healing of those who are hurting, listen to the prompts and share love.
Cast your Burden
Today was a BIG day. Today was a day that I made a commitment to myself to truly get better. To officially start kicking postpartum depression to the curb. By official I mean I am seeking help from a counselor. I've waited too long in this fog and I am ready for it to start to clear. I know that this isn't going to be easy. It most definitely won't be fun, but it will be worth it.
I can look to the Bible for reassurance. In the past week I have submersed myself in the bible like never before. Each day I am taking the time to open up this wonderful book and surround myself with the story of the King who gave so much for all of us. In the book of Psalms we see that we should give him our worry and our strife as he will always keep us afloat.
"Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved." Psalms 55:22 ESV
No one else has made a sacrifice like he did. Who else do you know that says "cast your burdens" on me? Our parents, spouses, siblings, friends, and counselors surely don't want to see us suffer and hopefully they are reaching out to help us on our journey, but they should not need to carry our pain, strife, fear, worry, etc. They will walk through the dark hours with us but we are not to cast these burdens on them. A counselor is someone who I can share my history with and in my case be counseled by in a Godly manner. I believe this is what HE would want for me. HE gave so much for us to give it all to him. When we are seeking help let us seek it from the one who can provide it to us. Again I look to Psalms for this reassurance:
"I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes form the Lord, who made the heaven and earth." Psalms 121:1-2 ESV
I could repeat one part of that verse over and over. "My help comes forms he Lord..."
So I will leave you with this, a reminder to run to him.
God bless, Lisa
I'm Lisa, a farm wife, mom and old lady at heart (or my husband tells me so). Agriculture, quilting, and baking were my first loves and now I get to enjoy them with my family!
April 2020


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'Queerest. Library. Ever.': Preserving gay history for 20 years
Twenty-five years ago, a San Francisco Public Library commissioner named Steve Coulter came up with an idea that was so far ahead of its time that he was afraid to let it out of the house. So he invited six friends over to try it out in the safety of his living room.
The radical notion was to establish "an archive that would actively seek out the history of gays and lesbians before it is all lost," recalls Coulter, who was not yet thinking as big as his idea would become. But when the James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center opened in the New Main Library five years later, on April 18, 1996, it was the first permanent gay and lesbian center in any municipal building in America.
"This was unheard of at the time," says state Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco. "The fact of it in the public library communicated to the LGBT community that we were now officially part of the civic fabric of San Francisco."
A different era
The circular reading room, in a quiet corner of the third floor, has not changed since its opening. But the collection in the stacks, 13,000 books and 5,000 films, is ever-expanding, as is the title of the place. For its 20th anniversary, it has been renamed the James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center, to include "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning, Intersex, Allies, Advocates and Asexual."
That's about 25 syllables, and the acronym isn't any easier to handle. But it can all be summed up in the center's easy-to-remember motto: "Queerest. Library. Ever."
"Right now we are pretty trendy," Coulter says. "I would say in 1991 we were not."
It all seems so long ago now, but in 1991 Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., was still using his congressional bully pulpit to chase gays back into the closet. The radical gay action force Stop AIDS Now or Else had recently stopped traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge, and ACT UP was staging other disruptive protests. Lesbians were just establishing their right to be a category apart from gays. Any money that could be raised in the gay community went directly to the fight against the pandemic.
In the face of this, it was difficult timing to begin a campaign to raise money for a gay library collection. But the campaign to build a New Main Library was already under way, and Coulter saw that the time was nigh.
An external affairs executive for Pacific Bell, Coulter had been appointed to the San Francisco Public Library Commission by Mayor Art Agnos. So Coulter took it upon himself to see what the library already had, which amounted to a few boxes of the Bay Area Reporter, a gay newspaper, stacked high on a shelf at the Eureka Valley branch.
"I thought, 'This is really nice, but sad compared to what we could be doing,'" he says.
Going local, then national
That is how he came to invite his friends and neighbors over for a chat, in his flat on the first block of Divisadero Street, in the same room with the mix of traditional furnishings and antiques where he now sits relating the story.
He cannot remember who sat where, but he can definitely remember who was in the room — most prominently his neighbor just up the hill, meatpacking heir Jim Hormel. Also in attendance were Coulter's partner, Greg McIntyre, city planner Chuck Forester, radio station owner Gary Gielow, and Sherry Thomas and Bob Sass, who both worked in book publishing.
"This was not the gay political leadership," Coulter says. "These were people with a long-term view for preserving gay history."
The strategy they cooked up that night was that they would tell donors that if they only had one dollar to give, to give it to the fight against AIDS. But if they had a dollar plus change, give the change to the gay archive. They set a fundraising goal of $1.6 million, and Coulter set out to find an archive.
Coulter met Shilts for dinner at Bush's home on Divisadero, and that was all it took.
"He gave us all of his back papers, his notes, his first drafts," Coulter says. "Once we got Randy, then we could start building it." Outreach went nationwide, and included two lesbians in Florida who had two houses. One was just for their books and magazines, thousands of them on the lesbian experience, all of which were shipped west.
"What else were they going to do with it? Some university might be interested in it, but you'd have to be a student to get in to see it," Coulter says. "We were going to make our collection open to everyone. That was the excitement of it."
To bottle this excitement, a fundraising dinner was set at the Hyatt Regency, and Leno, a sign company owner who was still getting his name out there, was assigned to serve as co-chair, along with Jan Zivic.
Message multiplies
When Hormel arrived at the dinner, he looked out on the room and saw a sparse crowd and thought the event was a failure. But he was looking at the overflow seating. The main room had sold out, but Leno persuaded his own constituency to suffer the indignity of sitting in the anteroom.
"We filled the entire Hyatt Regency ballroom; I think there were 1,000 people in attendance," Leno says. "Relative to LGBT community fundraisers, it set the bar for all that followed."
The dinner raised $800,000, halfway to the goal, and the gay center at the New Main "became a cause celebre within the gay and lesbian community," Coulter says.
It took four years, but the results more than doubled the initial goal of $1.6 millionen route to a final tally of $3.5 million. The extra $2 million allows for an endowment, so that it can compete for collections.
Those first seven who met in Coulter's living room were joined by some 1,500 other names on the donor wall, at a minimum contribution of $1,000, payable in $50 monthly installments.
"This had an impact that was unexpected," recalls Hormel, who gave $500,000 and was arm-twisted into putting his name on the door. "I see it as an example of how a group of citizens can get its message out to the general public."
When the New Main opened, the Hormel Center was one of four designated cultural collections, including Chinese, African American and Filipino, on the third floor. But only the gay and lesbian center has its own director, Karen Sundheim, and its own archivist, Tim Wilson.
Over the years the center has accumulated what might be the most concentrated and comprehensive collection of gay-related papers and film at any library anywhere, public or private.
"I just spent about two weeks there doing research. They have materials that are invaluable to LGBT researchers that you cannot find anywhere else," says Lillian Faderman, a nationally recognized historian at work on a biography of Harvey Milk for Yale University Press.
Faderman came up from San Diego to do her research, but other researchers come from farther than that.
"I get visitors from all over the world," Sundheim says. "Just recently a Chinese filmmaker came in because he'd learned that we have the only copy of a film he made that was banned in his own country."
Gay heroes in history
The Main Library is celebrating its 20th anniversary, but only the Hormel Center gets a historic exhibition at the Jewett Gallery, on the lower level, with ancillary exhibits in the center itself and at the Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library.
Hormel is also the only collection in the library with its own overhead mural, painted in trompe l'oeil depicting gay heroes, though some never confirmed their sexuality. These include Leonardo da Vinci, Aristotle, Alexander the Great, Milk and Shilts, who never lived to see the center open.
The one identifiable likeness in the mural is Hormel, who later became the country's first openly gay ambassador, posted to Luxembourg under President Bill Clinton.
When Hormel was asked, in a 20th anniversary film tribute, where he would place the Hormel Center among his top-10 philanthropic gifts, he rated it No. 1. Also No. 2 and so on through No. 10.
Reached at home in San Francisco, Hormel hedges that claim, slightly. "I would put it at or very near the top of the list," he says.
"It was an emotional experience," he says. "My voice choked up a couple of times as I looked at the crowd and thought about all it took to make that center happen."
Sam Whiting is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @samwhitingsf Instagram: @sfchronicle_art
Learn more
Video: Steve Coulter shows off the living room where the Hormel Center started: http://bit.ly/1Ukdhzd
The exhibition
'Queerest. Library. Ever.': Runs through Aug. 7 in the Jewett Gallery, Hormel LGBTQIA Center, and the Sixth Floor Bridge, at the Main Library, 100 Larkin St., S.F. An ancillary exhibit is at the Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Branch Library, 1 Jose Sarria Court, S.F. www.sfpl.org. (415) 557-4400.


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By Susan Morse
Hampton Union, Friday, January 20, 2006
[The following article is courtesy of the Hampton Union and Seacoast Online.]
SEABROOK -- The town has the district courthouse temporarily within its borders and wants to keep it that way.
Town officials are pro-actively offering the state a sweet financial deal to locate the Hampton District Court, or a combined Hampton-Exeter District Court, permanently in Seabrook, on land donated by the town.
In March, voters are expected to approve an $8 million bond article that will cost them nothing. The warrant allows the state to access $8 million in funding right away to construct a new court facility. Seabrook selectmen are also offering the state free land - which has town sewer and water - on Route 107, which is, they point out, conveniently located to Interstate 95.
Seabrook will have to do all it can to make the town an attractive alternative. Town Manager Fred Welch admits no one but Seabrook wants the courthouse in Seabrook.
The state may want to build a combined courthouse somewhere along Route 101, between Hampton and Exeter, and perhaps build a separate ramp access from the highway, Welch said.
Hampton officials believe the site of the former district court on Winnacunnet Road is the ideal location. They've offered that land for free.
Exeter appears to be waiting to hear alternatives to its current commute to Brentwood, where the Exeter District Court is temporarily housed within the Rockingham Superior Court building.
"No one has approached the town at this point with any options regarding a specific site and an option for Exeter," said Town Manager Russell Dean.
A committee is expected to form this month, charged with finding an ideal location for a combined district court and how to fund it. Members are to include selectmen or town managers from the 14 towns covered by Hampton and Exeter district courts, and state officials from those towns.
State Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-Exeter, is one of those involved in forming the committee. She hopes members will meet for the first time by month's end.
"There have been a number of suggestions (for a site), in meeting with the chief justice and Commissioner (Donald) Hill," Hassan said on Thursday. "Hampton has indicted it has a site where its current courthouse is. Certainly people have talked about the desirability off of 101. Hampton and Exeter are the two biggest users of the court."
The state owns land off Route 101, she said, and private landowners indicated they would be willing to sell their property.
The concern about a Seabrook location is that towns west of Exeter that use the court would find it a relatively long drive, Hassan said.
"That's rumor and buzz and what people say informally to each other," she said. "The state wants to make sure all voices are brought to this committee process. I think it's appropriate for towns to be nudging us a bit."
Saving money is a motivation for towns to have the courthouse close by. There's less money to be paid in overtime and less road time if police and prosecutors have less of a commute.
Seabrook Police Chief David Currier told the Budget Committee last week that since Hampton District Court moved temporarily to Ledge Road in Seabrook his officers have been able to be on call, rather than sitting in court all day."I can tell you, it has already saved a tremendous amount of response time," Currier said.
Currier and town officials also see the courthouse attracting other businesses such as lawyer's offices and restaurants to the west side of town, helping the tax base.
Chief Justice John Broderick closed the century-old Hampton District Court earlier this year because of health concerns of mold and flea infestations, and because the second floor courtroom had no wheelchair access. The state signed a three-year lease to temporarily house the Hampton District Court in Seabrook.
The Exeter District Court moved out of its downtown location this year, also for health reasons. It is sharing space with the Superior Court in Brentwood.
The state urged a new facility combine the Hampton and Exeter district courts.
[Exeter reporter Adam Dolge contributed to this story.]


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What Are Your Plans for New Year's Eve?
There are only a few days left until New Years Eve. What are your plans? I know mine. It is the one night a year I can get away with acting like a 21 year old within reason. In past years we've enjoyed a small party with our neighbors. The furthest anyone had to go after is next door. This year it's going to be the same party except it's at our house, which is two miles from our old place. This time our old neighbors and friends are sleeping over just to be safe and responsible.
All of us bring something for food. Stuffed mushrooms, shrimp ring, meatballs and Lynn's taco dip are a few of the foods that are usually on the table.
We often play games like Apples to Apples, Trivial Pursuit or card games. After, we end up watching 'Dick Clark's New Years Rockin' Eve.' It will probably will be the same Monday night except there won't be Dick Clark. I'm guessing Ryan Seacrest will fill the duty as he has the past few years.
The ball drops at midnight and then out comes the gifts for my wife as it is her birthday. Yes, I married a New Year's baby. I won't say what year she was born because, well that would just be rude, right?
Around 12:30 am, after a short birthday celebration, in the past our friends left to either go upstairs to their apartment or next door. As I mentioned above, they're staying if they're drinking.
Enjoy your New Years Eve. If you go out, have a safe way to get home or stay put.


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BAby Massage
Developmental baby massage can help with babies':
- Flexibility
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- Relaxation (by relaxing the baby's stomach it can calm them and help with wind and colic).
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What to Expect
Meet other parents and babies in a relaxed, caring environment. Learn to massage your baby over a 5 week period. Bring along a folded bath towel or something soft and flat to lay your baby on.
There will be time to talk about any worries you may have and to relax at the end with a drink and a chat.
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Baby massage can be started at any time after your baby has their 6-8 week Developmental Assessment with their G.P. and up until they start crawling.
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Gwyn trained first as a General Nurse at Canterbury then went on to train as a Midwife in Kettering, Northants. She worked as a midwife at the William Harvey Hospital before becoming a Community Midwife working locally for about 10 years. She then trained as a Health Visitor and worked in Maidstone, Tenterden and Ashford areas for the remainder of her NHS career.
Gwyn missed working with mums and babies (having worked with them for over 30 years) and decided to train to teach Baby Massage.
She did this with world-renowned Peter Walker (www.thebabieswebsite.com) who has been teaching baby massage for over 40 years.
She feels that the early weeks/months with your baby are a most precious time which can only be enhanced by learning to relax and massage your baby while making friends in a calm, supportive environment.
To book a place contact Gwyn on 077210 79405