PRINCESS KA'IULANI Heart of a People, Hope of a Nation

I just finished ready this touching and insightful biography of Princess Ka'iulani. Sharon Linnea gives the readers a deeper understanding into the end of the Hawaiian monarchy, and the important role the young yet very courageous Princess Ka'iulani played during this historic time for Hawai'i.

Written with great compassion about an admirable young woman, I hope everyone will have an opportunity to read this book.

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The Rainbow Bridge, a Chumash Legend

One beautiful summer evening in California, we gathered around a fire in the Angeles Mountains to hear a Chumash Storyteller share the Chumash legend of the Rainbow Bridge.

~ The Chumash were created from a seed planted by the Earth Goddess on Santa Cruz Island.

The people prospered until there were too many of them for Santa Cruz Island so the Earth Goddess decided that some of the people would have to move off the island to the mainland where there was plenty of space.In order to get the people to the mainland, the Earth Goddess created a bridge out of a rainbow. She made a very large rainbow that stretched from the highest peaks of Santa Cruz Island to Mainland Shore.

The Earth Goddess told the people to cross the rainbow bridge, but to not look down. Most of the Chumash made it across the bridge safely but some did not. The ones who looked down at the fog shrouded waters of the Pacific became dizzy and fell into the ocean. The Earth Goddess felt badly that these people had fallen so she turned them into Dolphins.

That's why the Chumash always say the Dolphins are their brothers.

Google Maps now in Hawaii

Some people think it's good, others feel it's invasive.
However you feel, the Street View Google is here.

Google has encountered opposition and complaints about Street View
in other places, but regulators haven’t intervened.

Orange Juice and a Jumping Gecko

. . . so I pour a glass of orange juice this morning, go to take a sip, and a gecko falls off the ceiling and INTO my glass! shoulda taken a photo - but it was too early in the am and I didn't want the little guy to drown . . . .

last week - maybe the same gecko jumped onto my head while standing in the same spot. I've now come to the conclusion that geckos use us as jumping posts to the ground. . . . but this time . . . kerplop!

I'm thinking its plan was to jump on my head, but at that moment, I bent my head to drink the orange juice and whoops, it landed in an unintended place.

~ this was probably the 5th time a gecko has landed on my head, so . . .

DrewToonz Art at Volcom House, a Sean Boone Production

This mural is in a challenging location for shooting.

Volcom House's DrewToonz Mural ~ Music Video by Sean Boone

Volcom House's DrewToonz Mural ~ Photo Gallery

Watch what you Tweet

by Amy Goodman, host of "Democracy Now!,"
a daily international TV/radio news hour.
Denis Moynihan contributed research to this column.

A social worker from New York City was arrested last week while in Pittsburgh for the G-20 protests, then subjected to an FBI raid this week at home -- all for using Twitter.

Read why

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Saturday's North Shore Country Market - Halloween

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North Shore Country Market

Ocean by Sean Boone

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Full Moon Monday

Full Moon Monday - Astrological Message

Halloween, Samhain & the Druids

This time of year is said to mark the moments when the veils

between the living and the dead are thinnest.

Halloween - derived from the Celtic festival of Samhain.

This season was the beginning of the New Year (and winter) in many rural areas of Europe. This was one of the great fire festivals and marked the beginning of winter.

The actual time of transition, from sundown on Samhain to sundown the following day, was a "thin place" in the Celtic world, a place

Moving Between the Worlds

between-the-worlds where deep insights could pass more easily to those who were open to them. In addition to inspiration, through the portals could also pass beings of wisdom, fun, and play (and some of these played rough, requiring common sense and real caution on the part of mortals).

It was believed that on this night the gates between life and death were open - or at least poorly guarded. Part of the role of the Druid priests was to protect the people from the spirits who might cross over. Placating such spirits is thought to have been the origin of the trick or treat tradition.

Rust, a Way of Tropical LIfe

Mini Monk Seal Pup planter with micro orchids

. . . one of those items that said, "Take me home," and of course I did.

Bought it at the Sunset School Farmers Market last Saturday.Micro orchids and what a sweet little planter!









Jigs likes it too

Tropical Breezes

Street Art

. . . in Hale'iwa

Flying H i g h ~ ~ ~

Paul, Tyson, Amber and I took an early morning helicopter flight up the Windward Coast and back to Turtle Bay Resort, and thanks to our great Paradise Helicopter pilot, I didn't feel queasy at all!

The Best!

and Back On Earth . . .

You need vitamin D, not a vaccine, & Judge Halts Mandatory Flu Vaccines

"Your body doesn't need a vaccine to combat the swine flu (or seasonal flu, for that matter). What it needs is vitamin D, restful sleep, adequate hydration with clean water, and good nutrition. These things make the vaccine obsolete.


With sufficient levels of vitamin D in your blood, your immune system will do its job to protect you from swine flu, bird flu, human flu or even the pandemic infectious nonsense being spread around by the CDC, FDA and WHO. Your immune system has all the technology it needs right now to keep you alive from almost any widely-circulating microorganism... as
long as it has the biochemical tools (like vitamin D) to "activate" its adaptive response."

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16 Oct 2009: Judge Halts Mandatory Flu Vaccines for Health Care Workers A judge on Friday morning halted enforcement of a New York State directive requiring that all health care workers be vaccinated for the seasonal flu and swine flu. The temporary restraining order by the judge, Thomas J. McNamara, an acting justice of the State Supreme Court in Albany, comes amid a growing debate about the [squalene-laden, mercury-filled, Polysorbate 80-laced] flu vaccine.

Fast-tracked Swine Flu Vaccine under Fire

and one more Excellent Site with lots of Flu Vaccine info

Hawaiian Monk Seal Mama and her little Pup

Remembering the Little Ones

Lost from nets adrift in our Ocean

Waiting for more births to give us a smile again, with hope that the future little ones have long lives



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Manuka Honey in Every Cupboard

Recently a friend told me about an acquaintance of hers who had recently returned from serving in Iraq where she caught MRSA, as many in our military do, too many.

MRSA is a virulent staph infection, that so far antibiotics can't cure, limbs are amputated, people sometimes die from it. Maybe that's why MRSA isn't talked about much.

I searched for information and found that there IS a CURE. It's important to talk about a proven treatment for these horrible ulcerations that people often continue to get once month!

This young woman was having her infections lanced - leaving her with terrible scars. MRSA is killing people and it's unfortunate that oftentimes our Western medicine closes its eyes to natural remedies

Manuka Honey has been used for centuries to heal many ailments.

Manuka Honey
Warts:

• Raw Active Manuka Honey: Clean the area first and dab a bit raw active Manuka Honey on the wart, then spread some on a bandage and cover the wart. This will keep it on the skin longer and won't be so messy. Repeat daily and change the bandage. This will usually take about 1 1/2 to 2 weeks.

Honey Therapy Could Give Diabetics Hope when Facing Possible Amputations

Manuka honey is useful for ALL wounds.

* * Find it at Celestial Natural Foods in Hale'iwa.







The use of honey as a wound dressing material, an ancient remedy that has been rediscovered, is becoming of increasing interest as more reports of its effectiveness are published.

Had your Papaya for Breakfast Today?

If you could only eat one fruit, the papaya should be it.

Pound for pound, papayas contain more vitamin A than apricots, more vitamin C than oranges, and more potassium than a banana.


Papaya enzymes:
*Aid digestion
*Reduce risk of lung cancer
*Enhance fat burning

Slowly putting this Blog together again . . .

Some of the links on the right side work, some don't ~~ ~~ c'est la vie . . .

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Lawsuits to Stop Forced Vaccinations Accepted by Judge

Terence L. Kindlon, a lawyer for three nurses who sued the state, asserting that the order violated their civil rights, said the judge’s ruling was a victory. New York was the only state in the country to mandate vaccinations for health care workers, he said.

. . . . . . “They are health care professionals, and they think the vaccination is not going to be good for them. They have no confidence that either the seasonal flu vaccine or H1N1 vaccine is going to do any good for them.”

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