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Healing Waterfall Meditation

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Healing Waterfall Meditation This should last at least for 1/2 an hour. Sit comfortably as in a position that you would use to normally meditate…and replace your meditation with this one. Relax, and imagine you are a beautiful waterfall. [Give yourself a few moments for this] Now…repeat a few times in your mind…or ask your guide to do so for you…he/she just might. “The water flows in…..the water flows away… See yourself as the water flows into you, and see yourself as the water flows … Continue reading →

WBAI: Listener Sponsored Radio New York City

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WBAI, a part of the Pacifica Radio Network, is a non-commercial, listener-supported radio staation, broadcasting at 99.5 FM in New York City. It played a major role in the evolution and development of the counterculture in the 1960s. Right: Bob Fass with Abbie Hoffman in the background on the left. WBAI was a radio station which was not known for its great continuous music, even though there were no commercials. This was a station that expressed freedom of speech continuously way before the days of … Continue reading →

The Incredible String Band

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One of the most engaging groups to emerge from the esoteric ’60s was the Incredible String Band. Basically the duo of Mike Heron and Robin Williamson, its sound was comprised of haunting Celtic folk melodies augmented by a variety of Middle Eastern and Asian instruments. Heron was a member of several rock bands in England in the early ’60s, while Williamson and Clive Palmer played as a bluegrass and Scottish folk duo. Heron was asked to join as rhythm guitarist, and the trio named itself … Continue reading →

Theater Thursday: David and Lisa

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David and Lisa (1962) is a low-budget film directed by Frank Perry, often cited as one of his best works. Based on the novel by Theodore Isaac Rubin, the screenplay, written by Frank Perry’s wife Eleanor, tells the story of a bright young man suffering from a severe case of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). This lands him in a residential treatment center, in which he meets a girl with dissociative identity disorder (formerly known as multiple personality disorder, and often mistakenly called “schizophrenia“) called Lisa, whom … Continue reading →

Journey Into Amazing Caves

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Journey into Amazing Caves was an IMAX movie released in 2001, and can now be purchased on DVD. Journey into Amazing Caves was a suspenseful expedition by a new breed of scientists who boldly explore the Earth’s last true frontier: caves so remote that exploring them is like visiting another planet. At the heart of Journey into Amazing Caves is the compelling story of two tenacious young women—a microbiologist and a cave rescue specialist—who set out to explore some of the world’s most unique and … Continue reading →

Poetry Wednesday 05/12/10: Life Is Fine by Langston Hughes

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Life Is Fine by Langston Hughes . I went down to the river, I set down on the bank. I tried to think but couldn’t, So I jumped in and sank. I came up once and hollered! I came up twice and cried! If that water hadn’t a-been so cold I might’ve sunk and died. But it was Cold in that water! It was cold! I took the elevator Sixteen floors above the ground. I thought about my baby And thought I would jump down. … Continue reading →

Poetry Wednesday 12/10/11: On Looking up by Chance at the Constellations

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On Looking Up by Chance at the Constellations by Robert Frost You’ll wait a long, long time for anything much To happen in heaven beyond the floats of cloud And the Northern Lights that run like tingling nerves. The sun and moon get crossed, but they never touch, Nor strike out fire from each other nor crash out loud. The planets seem to interfere in their curves – But nothing ever happens, no harm is done. We may as well go patiently on with our … Continue reading →

Poetry Wednesday 11/26/08: William Butler Yeats

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The Bridges of Madison County. This week for Poetry Wednesday, I will present this story from the perspective of the novel, which the movie originated from. There is more detail in the novel that was overlooked in the film, such as several references to poetry that I felt contribute to the beauty of the story. The Bridges of Madison County is a best-selling novel by Robert James Waller which tells the story of a lonely Italian war bride who engages in an adulterous affair with a National Geographic photographer from … Continue reading →

Poetry Wednesday 06/04/08: Jacqueline Lee Bouvier

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  Music: “How To Handle a Woman” by Richard Harris from “Camelot” The inauguration of John F. Kennedy in 1961 brought to the White House and to the heart of the nation a beautiful young wife and the first young children of a President in half a century. She was born Jacqueline Lee Bouvier, daughter of John Vernon Bouvier III and his wife, Janet Lee. Her early years were divided between New York City and East Hampton, Long Island, where she learned to ride almost … Continue reading →