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How are YOU doing out there? How is life treating you? Have you had some really interesting happenings in your lives.
I have.
Many strange happenings and goings on.
We have powerful forces at work I must say. With all the cRaZy energy generated from just the whole Trump thing...the world has whiplash.
Pipelines, Indigenous Rights, Human Rights, Mother Earth Rights, #WaterIsLife, #MniWiconi, #Standing Rock, well I don't know about you but whoo eee, there's some strong opinions out there and a lot of unenlightened people who think the $$$ rules...
Now let's throw Christmas into the pot and BOOM!
Has the stress monster got you?
Families are just not jiving from what I am hearing and a lot of people are just buggin' in or buggin' out. Forget the holly jolly happy family get together because no one is speaking to each other and if they are, it's an argument... sort of an analogy for what's going on in the world ...when you zoom out and look at the REALLY big picture.
Anyways, we are going to have a lovely quiet little Christmas,(let peace begin with us) and I have been getting in the spirit with the help of the greater powers that be.
Yesterday I had a very successful little shopping trip and on the way home connected with this woman who needed directions. Turned out we were heading the same way. She was going through some very hard times with the loss of a loved one and I could totally relate. Christmas is so hard the first year after you lose someone and every year after because you miss them so much.
We had a great chat. I felt our loved ones put us in each others path for a reason.
Later I had a fun little experience...
I saw Santa.
He was at Granville Island. I was looking for a gift and he was calling kids for storytime. He's so sweet, suggested we have a selfie together and then this lady offered to take it. (Thank you!! )
When I was walking home I saw how beautiful the mountains were, so I grabbed my camera and went out but clouds had rolled in and I couldn't see the mountains but then guess what!!
The eagles were there!!
Hurray! These are the best photos of eagles I have ever taken.
I have lots more, these are the best. It was hard to do, I wasn't using a tripod. I love my camera, it has a fantastic zoom and auto focus. I am going to make a video and maybe put the eagle and moon photos together and try to carve them.
And then this morning the beautiful moon in all her glory!!
Today I ran out to Surrey to drop off some gifts and WOW! they still have snow and it's COLD! Cold here in Kitsilano but no snow. The sun is shining and I love that. Okay will post more photos/videos soon.
Sending out love and light that good things are happening to you...Just to let your know...it was just after I had sent out a little prayer to help people who were missing someone this Christmas that I connected with this woman. Send out love and light to all and put your loved ones in bubbles of love this holiday season and keep everyone safe and happy!
I want to share this beautiful moment with you.
Please read what Lyle June wrote on her post. Such beautiful words. Such wise profound words about forgiveness. Thank you for the love, understanding, wisdom and guidance shown here.
I posted this note on there...
Sending
love and light and THANK YOU for sharing this POWERFUL message. I was
struggling with something yesterday that was causing me great grief. But
in the evening I let it all go and forgave and gave my blessing to
that what was being asked of me. This morning I was rewarded with a
powerful sign. First one rainbow and then a double rainbow appeared. I
felt so grateful and blessed and feel so strongly that my ancestors
heard my prayers and helped guide me. It was a strong sign for me.
Here are the beautiful rainbows and signs that blessed my day for me.
I went for walk this morning. Each day lately I have set out in hopes of seeing the whale. Ever since my friend showed me his video of the whale I have been hoping.
In the 20+ years I have lived in Vancouver I have never seen a whale here in the Burrard Inlet. I heard they were here the other year and I was astonished.
Well today was my day.
Those following this blog know that yesterday I created some very special posts about the issues the Attawapiskat that are facing and truthfully all First Nations, Metis and Inuit basically the indigenous people of this land have the same challenges. Huge change must be made.
Here are the posts- please read them when you have a chance. Everyone needs to inform themselves.
I went for my walk and from this gorgeous cherry tree I plucked a little stem that had 3 flowers. Then I walked along the beach and at one point I plucked the petals off one and held them in my hand as I thought nice thoughts and sent wishes and blessings to the young people in Attawapiskat.
And then I tossed them in the water. Then I repeated for the elders of Attawapiskat. Then I did it for all the mommies and daddies of the Attawapiskat.
And then a miracle happened. I saw the whale. I walked for a bit and then there he/she was. So exciting. The photos are not that good, I am sorry. But it was really special.
To me it was a sign.
Do you believe in signs?
I do! I believe it's a sign of good things to come!!
Sending love and light out to everyone, especially in Attawapiskat. Have a beautiful day.
IF we are to live this project MUST die. The proof is overwhelming. Elizabeth(see video below) is brilliant and eloquent and it is just common sense. So ridiculous that we must even deal with this at this time in history.
I want to thank my friend for sharing this, what a great find. These old songs are so beautiful and have such powerful messages.
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique
And a swinging hot SPOT
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
‘Til it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
They took all the trees And put them in a tree museum Then they charged the people
A dollar and a half just to see 'em
Don't it always seem to go,
That you don't know what you've got
‘Til it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
Hey farmer, farmer Put away that DDT now
Give me spots on my apples But LEAVE me the birds and the bees Please!
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
‘Til its gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
Late last night
I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi
Come and took away my old man
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
‘Til it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
I said Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got ‘Til it's gone They paved paradise And put up a parking lot
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
I LOVE JONI!!!
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GOT 'TIL IT'S GONE!
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Devastated Killer Whales
"It’s been 26 years since the Exxon Valdez supertanker
slammed into a reef, releasing nearly 11 million gallons of crude oil
and destroying hundreds of thousands of animals, from sea otters to bald
eagles, in and around Alaska’s Prince William Sound"
"The "Chugach transients," as they're called, are the stars of this three part documentary.
APRIL 2015 BURRARD INLET THIS MUST NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN!!
Burrard Inlet- April 2015
Vancouver city officials posted a boater and
watercraft alert on Twitter early Thursday, saying that the spill is
“bunker fuel” and that it is toxic. They are warning people not to touch
the fuel.
Bunker fuel is a type of liquid fuel used on ships
which is fractionally distilled from crude oil. It is extremely crude
and highly polluting.
Everyday I'm on here blogging, trying to keep people informed, trying to show them the big picture and it's hard. My butt gets frigging sore and I get so stiff, as I get up from the computer sometimes after being on "way to long" I limp like an bend over old lady....and "Yawnnnn!" and Str....e..t..ch....and say another day..."Saving the World!" and my kid and my friend laugh and tell me to come eat some dinner.
But that's how I feel lately, for quite a while, this last year and well for many years...it's up to me...I have some special job. Maybe that's quite presumptuous of me, thinking that I'm so special, I must inform you, but I think of it as everyone is SO BUSY and when they come home, they might turn on the news and it's so ONE sided so I try to enlighten with many messages and hope you can form informed opinions.And that's my job. Besides painting, caring for my family, myself and creating new little art projects ALL THE TIME!
I was only focusing on #SaveOurCoast and well we were all distracted with getting Harper OUT before he TOTALLY destroyed the Canada we "thought" we knew and loved...
I say thought because with the release of the Truth and Reconciliation records we know that some people in parts of Canada were very very evil indeed and it caused all sorts of pain and suffering.
People had no rights, children taken forcibly by the government, it in itself was a war, a war on children and families. Some survived but many didn't and we will never know.
One thing is that its the Indigenous peoples around the world that are the ones that see the big picture and are warning us because the ones that actually live off the land and in harmony with the earth, they are the ones MOST VULNERABLE and AFFECTED by #ClimateChange.
This OIL thing is huge but we have solutions, we can find the alternatives....we can use the sun, it's the obvious choice. Well the point is don't sit on your butt!! DO SOMETHING!! Sadly the 4 years this video projected have come and gone...DON'T LET IT BE TO LATE!
If you don't like the gas prices, if your groceries are too high, if you boss pays you minimum wage and you can NOT support your family because rent is so high, if you can never own a home because they cost $1 million, if you farm is dying and you move to the city but there's no work, if your food is full of GMO's, your coast could be destroyed but Oil Spills, your water could be or is polluted by tailings pond from mining or fracking...THEN UNITE NOW!!! UNITE FOR PEACE! UNITE FOR #ClimateJustice and #SocialJustice. DEMAND THIS! DEMAND DEMOCRACY!
And this is your chance to let the WORLD LEADERS that we mean BUSINESS!!Fossil Fuels are dead. People must DIVEST from Fossil Fuels or we will all be dead. IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE!!
SO GET READY TO MARCH!! MAKE BANNERS, PUPPPETS, PEACE PRAYER FLAGS, do what you can to make this a fun, exciting expression of POSITIVE LOVE AND ENERGY that shows the #COP21 that people demand justice!!
Do it for EVERYONE in #Paris that had been working SO HARD to organize the march and now they are not allowed. Do it for them and for us and the children of the world, of the future....the next seven generations
What would be cool is if we had lots of stiltwalkers, they make it all so exciting...I wish Angel had stilts...anyways some wonderful signs you can make with your kids. This is a GREAT teachable moment where you can get your kids involved and take them to this event. It will be fun but it will have a huge message and it will imprint them for life. MAKE A STAND TOGETHER TO SAVE OUR MOTHER EARTH!! #CLIMATEJUSTICE #SOCIALJUSTICE
We were very blessed in July 1967- I was only 5 years old and today for the first time in my history I heard the POWERFUL, PROFOUND, ENLIGHTENING words of Chief Dan George.
Such a empowering speech he made, it makes me sad that I NEVER heard it until now.
A WARNING!! If people understood it correctly, that the "white people" had done terrible crimes against the First Nation, and there would be consequences. The consequences are we live in a very sick environment and it's getting worse because we have NO RESPECT for each other or most of all MOTHER EARTH.
A LESSON- please share this speech WIDELY and take heed.
A GIFT- CHIEF DAN GEORGE gifted everyone that heard that speech with an opportunity to change and perhaps many who did, tried. Sadly it has been a very long time since that speech and much of what he said was not passed on and shared.
An OPPORTUNITY- Let us take that opportunity and share this speech widely and wake up the people, those that sleep and let them know change is coming, whether it will be good or bad is up to them. We have to make changes if we are to survive on MOTHER EARTH.
As he says in the speech - take advantage of the education available and learn all the skills you need to rebuild this world into a beautiful healthy place where the salmon are healthy, the people are free and it is a Canada to be proud of .
Have a listen. Thanks to the PROVINCE NEWSPAPER for sharing this article. May it create great change.
Message From Chief Dan George on Canada Day 1967- Centennial
Lament for Confederation How
long have I known you, Oh Canada? A hundred years? Yes, a hundred
years. And many, many seelanum more. And today, when you celebrate your
hundred years, Oh Canada, I am sad for all the Indian people throughout
the land. For I have known you when your forests were mine; when
they gave me my meat and my clothing. I have known you in your streams
and rivers where your fish flashed and danced in the sun, where the
waters said ‘come, come and eat of my abundance.’ I have known you in
the freedom of the winds. And my spirit, like the winds, once roamed
your good lands. But in the long hundred years since the white man
came, I have seen my freedom disappear like the salmon going
mysteriously out to sea. The white man’s strange customs, which I could
not understand, pressed down upon me until I could no longer breathe. When
I fought to protect my land and my home, I was called a savage. When I
neither understood nor welcomed his way of life, I was called lazy. When
I tried to rule my people, I was stripped of my authority. My
nation was ignored in your history textbooks - they were little more
important in the history of Canada than the buffalo that ranged the
plains. I was ridiculed in your plays and motion pictures, and when I
drank your fire-water, I got drunk - very, very drunk. And I forgot. Oh
Canada, how can I celebrate with you this Centenary, this hundred
years? Shall I thank you for the reserves that are left to me of my
beautiful forests? For the canned fish of my rivers? For the loss of my
pride and authority, even among my own people? For the lack of my will
to fight back? No! I must forget what’s past and gone. Oh God in
heaven! Give me back the courage of the olden chiefs. Let me wrestle
with my surroundings. Let me again, as in the days of old, dominate my
environment. Let me humbly accept this new culture and through it rise
up and go on. Oh God! Like the thunderbird of old I shall rise
again out of the sea; I shall grab the instruments of the white man’s
success-his education, his skills- and with these new tools I shall
build my race into the proudest segment of your society. Before I
follow the great chiefs who have gone before us, Oh Canada, I shall see
these things come to pass. I shall see our young braves and our chiefs
sitting in the houses of law and government, ruling and being ruled by
the knowledge and freedoms of our great land. So shall we shatter
the barriers of our isolation. So shall the next hundred years be the
greatest in the proud history of our tribes and nations.
On Canada’s 100th birthday, Chief Dan George silenced a crowd of 32,000 with his 'Lament for Confederation' at Empire Stadium.
Photograph by: Glenn Baglo, Vancouver Sun file photo
In his December 15, 1970 review, Vincent Canby of The New York Times
called the movie, "Arthur Penn's most extravagant and ambitious movie,
an attempt to capture the essence of the American heritage in the funny,
bitter, uproarious adventures of Jack Crabb."[11]Roger Ebert, of the Chicago Sun-Times, agreed, giving the film four stars out of four stars, and describing Little Big Man as "an endlessly entertaining attempt to spin an epic in the form of yarn.
Personally I found the ending extremely offensive but that in itself portrays the ignorance of the times. But maybe I missed something, I have to watch the whole movie.
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