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Yep, different thread. No problem.
BTW, drop me an email when you can: How's life?
No, I don't think so. He's in a tough spot at this point and time he has bigger fish to fry. This country is in sad shape and his socialist agenda will only make it worse. JOBS should be his number one concern. He's spending a little too much time...
WL, thanks for your hasty feedback. But I wasn't aware that Nagin got a free pass for Katrina. And I certainly agree that there's plenty of blame to go around (in terms of both emergency and the recovery.) Indeed, I've read countless reports that ...
While the federal government shares some of the culpability here, I find it strange how Mayor Nagin gets a free pass. He's the biggest fuckup of them all. Nagin and the governor.
As hurricane season 2009 enters its final month in the United States, it is worth taking note of hard lessons learned (and stunningly repeated) from Hurricane Katrina. Taking stock of what Obama has learned from these lessons, community leaders ...
"a miracle trying to outperform myself"! That's hot, MENT. The energy of this poem reminds me of the hitsong by Mary, Mary ("The God in Me").
Gratitude,
Shaman
One of the most potent aspects of poetry is its capacity to hold both the searing pain and the sweet sunlight at the same time. I think this is probably part of the secret formula that makes poetry that special temple of healing--the literary Balm...
Eating it in food is a much better path than smoking for those that do use.
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"May Our Paths Be Illumined By The Highest Light Of The Creator That We May Live In Harmony With All Our Relations, In Service to the Whole."
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While traveling the infinite and eternal Cosmos, courtesy of a truly loving Creator, I was born into the physical realm on the fourth planet from the sun, in the swirling Milky Way galaxy, in August of 1961. In the frenzied and amusing year of my arrival, John F. Kennedy was president, a monkey and then a man were rocketed into outer space, the US launched its first intecontintental ballistic missle, the USSR sent a sattelite toward Venus, the Freedom Rides jumped off across the South, the Germans built a wall splitting East and West Berlin, the UN Scretary General died in a plane crash, a German scientist discovered the Creator's genetic code, and the Vietnam war officially began as US helicopter arrived in Saigon.
It was a busy year on this strange planet, where I was raised on love and welfare by an ailing mother on a quiet tree-lined street in West Philadephia.
The street was named after a tree: Cedar.
I've long been fascinated by earth and humans and the mind-body-spirit, and I'm especially intrigued by the interesection between human health and human experience, I'm concerned about the commoditization of human health by the medical marketplace here on earth. I have deep respect for the untapped power of natural healing that lies in the Universe and within each lifeform.
Last time I checked, in the physical realm I'm a health writer, poet, photojournalist and sketch artist. I truly enjoy hiking, running, cycling and traveling. I'm in love with Earth Mother, especially her rivers, lakes, streams, and ponds. No surprise that I live a stone's throw from the Chesapeake's Baltimore Harbor. I also love deep forests and big city parks. I'm an urban gardener who plants tomatoes, green peppers, cucumbers, rosemary, basil, and more flowers than my backyard garden can sanely hold.
I love animals and I'm an avid bird and squirrel watcher (yes, with binoculars). I'm blessed to have a nest of noisy starlings on my roof, and a nest of mourning doves at the tree near my bedroom window. My daughter and I do not like zoos because they incarcerate animals in an unnatural habitat and disrupt their natural growth and wellness.
I adore Father Sky, including the sun, moon, stars, planets and cloud formations. In my next life I think I'd like to be a khaki-wearing forest ranger or a lion on the Serengeti. It might also be nice to be a 200-foot tall, nest-laden hemlock tree in Washington State.
Politically, I'm an unapologetic Green Party-oriented radical who believes that slavery for reparations is egregiously overdue, and we need a more socialistic society where wealth and resources are more evenly shared.
Spiritually, ever evolving, I believe there are many paths that lead to the Truth and that God is a Divine Essence that goes by countless names, including Great Spirit, Olodumare, Nyame, Allah, and Jesus. Although I wear no religious label, I lean mostly toward indigenous belief systems, including traditional African and Native American spirituality, as well as Mystical Christianity, and Taoism.
I'm a 15-year vegetarian who loves homeade apple pie, a numismatist since the age of 8, and an avid traveler .
I'm a family man who drives a "Please Wash Me" minivan filled with hiking gear, empty water bottles, and my 5-year-old daughter's dolls and coloring books. My favorite activities are gardening, hiking with my daughter, doing the traditional circle dance at Native American pow wows, and bringing my latest kite to the annual Smithsonian Kite Flying Contest in DC.
- What do you do, what's your story?
- I strive to bring Light and Healing on my earthly journey. I do the deeds of a literary health shaman. I am interested in health, public health history, mind-body-spirit connection, natural healing/ holistic living, family/fatherhood/brotherhood, cultural and psychological liberation of people of African descent, and cross-cultural exchange, spirit consciousness restoration (a living awareness of the Divine essence of all people and all creation). Also interested in traveling, hiking, running, and cycling; oceans, rivers, lakes and bays; plant life, gardening, and animal life.
I enjoy laughing as often as possible, sledding on snowhills, playing my stereo too loud, attending outdoor music concerts (especially jazz, folk, indigenous and world music), eating buttered popcorn at the local movie theater, walking in the rain without an umbrella, biking around lakes, hiking through state parks, and getting my party on at Native American pow wows.
I'd like to own a sail boat and spend time on the water.
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- If given the opportunity, how would you make the world a better place?
- Be the change I want to see in the world as I pass through it.
May the sun bring you new energy by day
May the moon softly restore you by night
May the rain wash away your worries
May the breeze blow new strength into your being
May you walk gently through the world
and know its beauty all the days of your life.
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Jesus 5.0 -- What Easter Means to Me
Most of us have heard by now of the famous pagan origins of Easter named for the Germanic goddess Eostre.
And many of us have heard those countless springtime versions of resurrection stories of Jesus, Heru, Krishna, Dionysus, Mithras and many other legendary gods.
As one story has it, the Persian deity Mithras had a virgin birth (born from a rock), and he was an offspring of the Sun (which, back then, people often viewed as god). Long before Jesus turned water into wine at a wedding, Mithras h… Continue
And many of us have heard those countless springtime versions of resurrection stories of Jesus, Heru, Krishna, Dionysus, Mithras and many other legendary gods.
As one story has it, the Persian deity Mithras had a virgin birth (born from a rock), and he was an offspring of the Sun (which, back then, people often viewed as god). Long before Jesus turned water into wine at a wedding, Mithras h… Continue
Posted on April 11, 2009 at 11:30pm —
The Third World Health of Black American Males
Three years ago, in April of 2006, I collaborated with the President of the National Medical Association to write an indepth report on the health status of black men in the United States. When I finally completed our research for the article, I vividly recall grappling with a title that could somehow capture the sheer tragedy of it all.
Finally, it hit me.
At the midnight hour, I decided to compare the life expectancy of black men with that of other men across the world, and so I set out to ca… Continue
Finally, it hit me.
At the midnight hour, I decided to compare the life expectancy of black men with that of other men across the world, and so I set out to ca… Continue
Posted on April 10, 2009 at 12:00am —
The oldest human in the world turns 115
When Gertrude Baines was born, in Shellman, Georgia, Grover Cleveland was president. The U.S. flag had only 44 stars. Today, this daughter of a slave is the oldest living person on the planet, according to the rigorous validation process of the Guinness Book of Records.
Yesterday, on April 6, 2009, Ms. Baines celebrated her 115th birthday (see video) at Western Convalescent Hospital in Los Angeles. She now exceeds the average overall life… Continue
Yesterday, on April 6, 2009, Ms. Baines celebrated her 115th birthday (see video) at Western Convalescent Hospital in Los Angeles. She now exceeds the average overall life… Continue
Posted on April 7, 2009 at 12:30pm — 9 Comments
Laughter is Good Medicine
Researchers who study the links between human behavior and health have given laughter a few very hilarious names, like “inner jogging” and “respiratory gymnastics.” Indeed, scientists--with all of their esoteric labels and clever instruments--are finally learning what holistic health practitioners and ancient traditional healers have taught for literally thousands of years: laughter is therapeutic.
Research studies are now showing that laughter strengthens the immune system and reduces the stre… Continue
Research studies are now showing that laughter strengthens the immune system and reduces the stre… Continue
Posted on April 3, 2009 at 11:00am —
Obama's new cigarette tax -- Bravo!
There are still a bunch of wild-eyed Republicans claiming that Obama's new cigarette tax is yet another example of a "socialist president." or, at best, a "tax-and-spend liberal." Such absurdities!
These puritan capitalists hate whenever the government "interferes" with the marketplace--even when it makes sense. Sure, obviously you don't want government to discourage the benefits of innovation and the efficiencies of ethical production and distribution. Who among us would be willing to i… Continue
These puritan capitalists hate whenever the government "interferes" with the marketplace--even when it makes sense. Sure, obviously you don't want government to discourage the benefits of innovation and the efficiencies of ethical production and distribution. Who among us would be willing to i… Continue
Posted on April 1, 2009 at 12:00pm — 9 Comments
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