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Duchess Aletheia

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Favorite Quotes of the Day

10/2/07
There is no “supposed to be” in bodies. The question is not size or shape or years of age, or even having two of everything, for some do not. But the wild issue is, does this body feel, does it have right connection to pleasure, to heart, to soul, to the wild? Does it have happiness, joy? Can it in its own way move, dance, jiggle, sway, thrust? Nothing else matters.

- Clarissa Pinkola Estes

6/1/07
“ There is a pervasive form of contemporary violence…(and that is) activism and overwork. The rush and pressure of modern life are a form, perhaps the most common form, of its innate violence.
To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender to too many demands, to commit oneself to too many projects, to want to help everyone in everything, is to succumb to violence.
The frenzy of our activism neutralizes our work for peace. It destroys our own inner capacity for peace. It destroys the fruitfulness of our own work, because it kills the root of inner wisdom which makes work fruitful.” --Thomas Merton

5/31/07
"We must begin to understand not only that there is an urgent need to change
the world but that we have the power to do so." --Jonathan Cohen
(2/16/63-10/13/03)

5/8/07
"I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center."
- Kurt Vonnegut

4/13/07
I am for Liberty, the Right of each man to own his own body and Soul.
I am for Liberty now, and always -- to the weak as well as the strong.

--Frederick Douglass, November 10, 1860
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What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver

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current obsession: movement, movement, movement, keeping balance, ecstatic and tasty everything and, when I can find it, the best fish fajita
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Ponderings of a Chronic Creative


The Pope and George Bush are on the same stage in front of a huge crowd.

'The President' and His Holiness, however, have seen it all before, so to make it a little more interesting, the President says to the Pope,

'Did you know that with just one little wave of my hand I can make every Republican in the crowd go wild?'

Pope doubts it, so he shows him. Sure enough, the wave elicits rapture and cheering from every Republican in the crowd. Gradually, the cheering subsides.

The Pope... read more
Fri, April 25, 2008 - 6:38 AM permalink - 2 comments
 
Here's what you do...

1. Grab the nearest book

2. Open the book to page 28

3. Find the 3rd sentence

4. Post the text of the next three sentences in your blog (and as a comment on mine) along with these instructions. Do not look for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST book.

"She is now a beautiful, vibrant child. When they look upon her, her parents still recall those seven long months of faith and courage.
The truth is, we are a... read more
Tue, April 22, 2008 - 7:21 AM permalink - 2 comments
 
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doings...

synchronicity, causality, randomness---and Quantum Mechanics ( events » other ) University of Missouri-Columbia
Department of Psychiatry

*Synchronicity and Soul-Making:
*Some Spiritual Connections

*April 29, 7 p.m.*

Causality and Randomness:
Buddhism, Quantum Mechanics
and Medical Implications

*April 30, 4 p... read more
event starts Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - 4:00 PM
Jefferson City Trance Dance - April12th ***preregistration required*** ( events » other ) Spring is upon us.
Everything moves as if on fast forward.
Growth, birth, blossoming, change.

As we meet to journey on this waxing half moon,
we stand with one foot in the light of the Sun,
one foot in Moon's shadow.

What do you need f... read more
event starts Saturday, April 12, 2008 - 7:15 PM
Dancing for Change: support the fight against Violence Against Women ( events » live music ) TWO opportunities the week of April 7th to DANCE for CHANGE in Columbia, MO!!

April 10th
8 - 11 p.m.
Rock Against Rape
Cherry Street Artisan
suggested donations $5

Benefit for The Shelter and the Lead Institute, as well as to raise awar... read more
event starts Thursday, April 10, 2008 - 8:00 PM
Feel the Heat - Los Desterrados, Friday ( events » live music ) from the Good Man Moondog -
Stranded in Missouri during Spring Break?

Panama and South Padre revelry might be hundreds of
miles away, but mojitos, beer, and exotic
flamenco/latin/blues groove will flow this Friday
night right here in downto... read more
event starts Friday, March 28, 2008 - 9:30 PM
a note from Los Desterrados ( events » live music ) Friends, Countrymen, Groovers,

In celebration of Good Friday, The First Day of
Spring, Easter, Spring Break, St. Patrick's Day, Pez,
and last but not least Aubrey Rae Thompson-Goodman's
second birthday...

Los Desterrados will play this Fr... read more
event starts Friday, March 21, 2008 - 7:30 PM
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My Recommendations

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"Excellent astrology website"
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"New Restaurant where the Root Cellar was"
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My Testimonials

November 27, 2006
I love her. I could write for days about our history. I could write for days about her mind, her daughter, her laugh, her smile, and her beauty... for now i will just say i love her.
July 28, 2006
Aletheia..I try to find words to express what she means to me and it is so difficult. She is part of my heart and soul. I love her energy, her voice, her presence. She helped welcome my son into the world. She inspires me. She knows me. She dances with abandon. She loves with her whole being. I am blessed to call her family.
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I'm Looking For...

Artists, Activists, Creative Souls and general Rousers of the Rab ( community » other ) As you may know, March 16th is the day of the organized protest for peac... read more
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