Paradise

At my house, sometimes in the morning, when the air is cool and smells of the moist creek, it feels like I'm steping out into paradise. The dew is damp on the pale flower petals and the sun is just starting to reach over the tips of the trees. A holy moment. And when you breath, your lungs overflow with this thick sweet juice that you can't hold in or get enough of. Your ears are sung with the talk of birds and water dancing or maybe fighting with the creek bed. Overused metaphors can't capture the intensity nor the simplicity of it all. It only is. And the only thing you can do is drop to your knees in awe and take it in, as much as you can hold. God it's beautiful.

Post about Work- Everyone does it at least once.

So my time here at work is coiming to an end soon. My project is almost over and after the Grand Opening on July 3rd, I'll have to get my act together and start looking for a different job. This is not really a bad thing. There are a million different things I would rather do than this job. On a cool note- Our MPP Bill Murdock-
As quoted by Wikipedia

"Murdoch's political philosophy is somewhat eccentric, and defies easy summarization. Although a rural populist and former supporter of the now-defunct Canadian Alliance, Murdoch is also an admirer of Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and Louis Riel. He has never been afraid to criticize his own party, whether in government or opposition. He opposed the Harris government's decision to cancel the province's spring bear hunt, and claims that he was fired from a parliamentary assistant position after calling for more free votes in the house. He is also known as one of the most socially conservative members of the Ontario assembly, and once threatened to block unanimous consent for a same-sex benefits bill brought forward by the Harris government."

- will be attending my Grand Opening along with the Warden of Bruce County, Ron Oswald. If I get a chance to chat it up with the MPP maybe my next job will be in politics :)

Ghastly Grannies

There is far more serious crime committed against the poor than done by the poor. It makes me so bitter to hear people complain about panhandlers, streetpeople, squeegee kids, prostitutes, drug addicts, minorities/immigrants etc. being "the problem". Who are the people most likely/easily to be taken advantage of? Who are the people least likely to be noticed or heard if they are taken advantage of?

I heard about this article "Ghastly Grannies" on the CBC this morning. It's "funny" how the death of these two men were thought of as accidental and not as hit and runs. I wonder why that would be? (roll my eyes) Their deaths were never investigated and it was by chance/luck that the full details came into light.
Ghastly Grannies

Prostitutes are another one of those groups that seem to get little aid when thier backs are up against the wall. cough cough Pickton cough cough as well as indiginous women. Amnesty International has huge concerns about this issue in Canada and I can't help but to agree.
Amnesty International

I wish that white-collar crime was taken more seriously and that more equal concern s taken for all parts of our society. There needs to be far more recognition of crimes against the poor not by the poor.

Names

I was given a kitten last night. Now I have the tedious job of naming it. I was looking around at names and came across this article
Unusual Names

My favorite name change is
this one.

I still don't know what to name the kitten.

Interesting Listen

Psalters
Take a listen

I'm liking it!

6.6.06- Nice Try Dooms Day Fanatics

I think I might be a minimalist. This is not an active choice- I decide to be- thing, it's more of a self-realization. My sister told me a story about a self proclaimed minimalist she knows. You should ask her about it sometime if you ever get a chance. The guy's a real character and I could see myself writing about him. Imagine- someone boasting about being a minimalist- funny stuff. Anyway, I've been living in my house for about a month now and I still have no curtains, my walls are bare and my food supply is low. Does this bother me? No not really. I kind of like the lack of "stuff". Perhaps I'm just not a fan of decor. or maybe I'm too lazy to try and put together things that "look nice" either way, I know I don't like clutter. This is not to say I'm not a visual person. Actually my senses go on overdrive all the time. Maybe I just see simple beauty.

When I do get around to decorating my place, I'm going to have a house warming party; Maybe tell everyone to bring thier tents and a bottle of wine or two. It would be nice as an excuse to get old friends and new all together. It's nice to have things to look forward to.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to my little sister. She turned 22 yesterday. Right now she's down-under hanging with the wallabies.

Interesting Read

Metaphoric connections: Holistic science in the shadow of the Third Reich

Author: Harrington, Anne

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