Rally!

I will always remember this day as the day I joined 80k supporters of the delightful opposition, the tremendous outpouring of support for Barack Obama at Denver’s Civic Center Park. I took the light-rail train from my sleepy suburb, and more and more people filled up the train the closer we got to downtown. Obama shirts, button, signs… throngs of people emptied out of the train at the Convention Center to walk to the park. The line to the “entrance” was three blocks long, but it moved quickly, and I took the opportunity to buy the button I wanted from one of the guys with the button-boards, who walked along with me (backwards) as I held my glove in my teeth, getting a $5 bill for him all while walking with the line moving towards the Capitol Building and the adjacent park. Usually it is just filled with street folks and drug-dealers, the occasional library-going pedestrian… but today it was like the LOVE PARADE in Berlin! (sort of.) I climbed up a crab-apple tree to see the little ants that spoke at the podium. It was flat and hard to see from the outer stretches. The crowd reached like ocean all the way up Capitol Hill to the Governor’s Mansion up the way.

We heard from our Democratic Representative Diana Degette, whom I met at a brunch I went to years ago when I was going through a high-point of political activism with my dad as my date. Our democratic senator Ken Salazar spoke a few words, and Mark Udall the “Boulder Liberal” running for Senate on the Democratic ticket, who is also pro-alternate energy, education, and bringing home our troops… And one of my favorites, popular Denver mayor business-man, democrat, micro-brew beer man (formerly a geologist) whom I worked for at the Wynkoop Brewing Company in the late nineties. He was a very nice absentee owner, who made pleasant appearances at the brew-pub now and then again. Later I also worked for him as a temp- addressing his wedding invitations by hand when he was our new mayor, and I went to a city-council/mayor meeting one morning when I interned for the City Councilwoman from my district. Just last Friday night we had a 20th anniversary Wynkoop reunion, and he was there, and hugged me! The nice man stayed until the end of the night when we were all ushered out, goons and all the familiar faces from a fun job I had years ago.

And then Barack Obama said inspiring, and intelligent things. He called for personal responsibility too, which the libertarian part of me likes, and YES! Let’s tweak the system out so that it includes more and more of us. YES, infrastructure, and community effort! I just love being inspired for once. I’m on board!

Events, Politics | 27.10.2008 0:20 | No Comments

Shifting and Moving

A short time ago I ran across the email of one of my shaman friends. Shortly after I had the most bizarre dream that she was in. I was at a mansion belonging to a secret society. I was looking for healing. I was with my ex. One of my old friends helped me get by the crazy lever/sliding door booby-trap contraption on some stairs. I was in an old Victorian costume disguise, needing to get past some stuffy old secret society men undetected. Then I ran into an intuitive who said that my ex and I were going to get married. I must have been back in time in the dream, because I had knowledge of the future and I thought in my head- no, we are not going to get married, we aren’t going to make it. But I had to keep quiet about it, because it was private information from the future.

Then I ran into Maggie. She put her fingers into my head and as a healing maneuver she crunched some superfluous bones in my jaw. I was spitting out the nasty bone pieces for the rest of the dream. I was grateful.

I emailed her about it. This is what she said:

> Aloha again Lois,
>
> Well all I feel is that type of healing is very much what we do ‘energetically’.
> Bones cary so much mana (powerful energy). If they didn’t belong in your jaw, they were no
> longer serving you & I did whatever I did so you can be free that is a great thing.
> What is going on for you? Anything with your jaw…mouth…speaking your
> truth…etc?
> Hugs
> Maggie

That place in my head from where she released the extra bones was the same as when a couple of weeks ago my yoga teacher put her thumbs in my ears, told me to release and helped me turn my head better in triangle pose. It had felt wonderful. My yoga teacher is also someone I see for therapy- I have been working on healing that gut of mine. This lady has encouraged me to change my living situation. (Living with my housemate has been super stressful in terms of some economic difficulties.) So, just recently, some more difficulties arose and I told my housemate she needed to move out.

It was a situation I had been tip-toeing around with, not wanting to not shake things up too much. But it came down to me needing to not only speak my truth, but to accept something that had been coming, sooner than I thought it would come, and act on it when the time came. The living situation was no longer serving either of us, and it was time to speak my truth and change it up for the sake of better holistic health. The same thing had happened with my ex, interestingly enough he was in my dream.

I am feeling free!

I have taken some medication because of continued gut-aches, and I finally have some complete relief. I had checked in with my conventional doctor, and he said it didn’t sound serious or like anything to worry about. Whatever it is that I’m doing, seems to be progressing along quite well. The NMT is working, not overnight, but all the work I’ve been doing outside of conventional medecine is working!

Things are definitely changing. Life metamorphosizing. I feel positive about it all. I am moving into a cheaper place with a yard, and space for me and my kitties that I can afford. I am renting my house out. I have put it out there: I would like to manifest some responsible, reliable, respectful tennant(s). And I am moving in with my love and partner!

Dreams, Events, Health, Yoga | 6.07.2008 23:53 | No Comments

Winter Trip

I’ve finally gotten my act together and posted my pictures from when Chris and I went to see Christina last month, who now lives in Chicago, Illinois.

It was record-cold there– -20 degrees with windchill, and add on top of that the humidity- brrrrrrrrr!!!! We did however venture out all bundled up to see the sights. The following pictures were taken at the giant bean with a mirror-like exterior. It was at a beautiful park even in the winter, just above a street-side ice-skating rink. All this across the street from the gorgeous building which holds the Chicago symphony. Which we went to, by the way!

Wonderful friend and boyfriend, delicious dinners, extraordinary bars (the skinniest, with barely enough room to squeeze by the stools) and the highest (at the 96th floor of the Hancock Building) exciting conversations and good times. Even a cozy little movie night in Christina’s apartment at the heart of Wicker Park. She is really a deep, awesome lady, a cherished friend indeed.

Lovely…

Plenty of time at the airports, getting on flights, the only mishap was a missing purse with only keys, lip-gloss, and a passport. I had to leave my car at the airport, but it was easily retrieved after spending $6 at the dealer for a new key. They let me on the plane, and I have since reported the loss. They didn’t get my wallet! They better not mess with my lip-gloss. Ah, well, a fine donation for such an amazing weekend.

Events | 5.02.2008 0:20 | No Comments

Fire Ceremony

I went to a fire ceremony yesterday evening and this is an account of it.

There were about 40 participants, and everyone was to bring two letters- each to God, one about the things that no longer served us, and the other, about the things we wished to manifest; an offering (I brought some snapdragons and another type of flower from my yard tied with ribbon); and a vegetarian dish. There was a large square fire pit, with flowers all along the perimeter and Manu, the leader of the ceremony instructed us to not wear shoes near the fire area. There were blankets spread out in all directions around it. He asked us, as we were in a ritual type of space, to think good things and talk about good things, and be present as the fire pit was made deeper. Sage was being burned around the fire pit.

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Events, Spirituality | 5.10.2007 10:41 | No Comments

Amazing

Answered prayer and dream come true. I am so glad I asked and stayed out of my own way. Thank you Universe, it’s absolutely perfect. Beautiful creation, divine manifestation… Moist eyes ablaze with joy, breathless with amazement and near disbelief: he has arrived, he is radiant, he is present, and he’s here with me…

Events, Love | 24.09.2007 14:05 | No Comments