Eric and I just went for an evening walk. We went out on our usual path which is very very well lit and completed one lap around and then started out on a second. About a quarter of the way through we rounded a bend and saw two teenagers (late teens) standing around about 100 feet ahead of us. Off to the side of them about 25 feet was some sort of small animal standing in the grass. They pressed on, and we pressed on. Increasingly we both got the feeling the teenagers were up to no good and we didn't want to proceed ahead and have them end up behind us. We both mentioned turning around and heading home and at that very moment it began to rain. We took this as a sign and made the sure decision to turn around and head home. We turned around and there was the aforementioned animal about 30 feet in front of us, a black cat with yellow eyes. He ran up directly in front of us (like two feet in front of us), looked us square in the eyes, and turned and started walking forward. He looked back to see if we were following, and when he saw we were he continued to escort us. As we went he would gradually circle us, walking in front, to the side, at points falling ten or twenty feet behind and then catching up, but always keeping tabs on us and escorting us along. Every time we'd get to a street corner he'd get close up next to a transformer box and then peer out ahead, left, then right, and then proceed when he apparently saw that the coast was clear. He stayed right by us, seemingly protecting us and leading us home, despite by this point the rain was now pouring. He followed us, staying at time very very near, until he lead us directly to the front of our apartment building. At this point he darted off into the backwoods. Only after we were safely delivered home.

True story, just happened. There was some kind of bad mojo rising. It was thick in the air. But this cat was a guardian sent to aid us.


Blessed be to all creatures great and small.

Wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving! We will be having Tofurky, home made cranberry sauce, green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole, and pumpkin pie. My hubby makes a decadent homemade pumpkin pie.

It'll be just the Mister and I at home but we will be with many of our loved ones in spirit. I'll be watching the Macy's parade tomorrow, we'll have our feast, and likely put up the Yule Tree.


I'm thankful for many things (aside from our impending feast!). My husband, that we have an income, wonderful family and friends, a home, and a wonderful spiritual life. The list goes on. Sure, there are many things in life that could be better for many of us right now in current times, however, when we count our blessings we realize maybe things aren't so bad after all.

Whatever is going to be featured on your Thanksgiving feast table, I wish you and yours a very Happy Thanksgiving and may your blessings be many.

Namaste!

Betty Bowers gets to the bottom of things. Enjoy this PSA:

This just seemed like a hilariously weird topic/premise even for a blog quiz. I just had to do it.

You Are Peppermint Flavored Toothpaste

You are even about most things in life, and you've achieved a really nice sense of balance. You have plenty of time in your life for work and play. And you always take time to recharge as well. Brushing your teeth is not your only alone time. You live a good life by keeping things in perspective. You try not to let stress get to you, and you let things that don't matter go. You know how to calm down and be peaceful. People in your life often come to you for advice and wisdom.

"If we cannot end now our differences,
at least we can help make the world safe for diversity."
---John F. Kennedy


"If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place."
--Margaret Mead


"Among those who are satisfactory in this respect it is desirable to have represented as great a diversity of intellectual tradition, social milieu and personal character as possible."
---Talcott Parsons

"It is in fact a part of the function of education to help us escape, not from our own time -- for we are bound by that -- but from the intellectual and emotional limitations of our time."
---T.S. Eliot


When asked how much educated men were superior to those uneducated, Aristotle answered, 'As much as the living are to the dead.'
---Diogenes Laetius

"The purpose of education is to keep a culture from being drowned in senseless repetitions, each of which claims to offer a new insight."
---Harold Rosenberg

"Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe."
---H G Wells

I was using the Firefox "Stumble!" feature again and I uncovered one persons list of reasons why they like coffee. Also included is a little additional information and speculation...

So why do you like coffee?!

http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/118/2/7/Stuff__by_existential_courage.jpg

I found this clip through the Stumble! feature on Firefox. What a gem of a find this one is! A man has a vision when he sees birds perched upon electrical wires... what he creates (or perhaps the birds create?) is a work of beauty!

Check it out: http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/09/this-clip-is-proof-that-birds-are-secretly-composers/

Enjoy!

“Arrogance diminishes wisdom.” --- Arabian Proverb

"Arrogance and rudeness are training wheels on the bicycle of life -- for weak people who cannot keep their balance without them." ---Laura Teresa Marquez

"The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind."---Albert Camus

Of course I believe i psychics. I am one myself, makes it hard not to believe. Plus, I've gotten very accurate readings from other psychics.

However, whether I'd believe on online psychic or not would depend entirely on who he/she is!

Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others. ---John F. Kennedy

"Human diversity makes tolerance more than a virtue; it makes it a requirement for survival." - Rene Dubos

As long as you are physically healthy....to do your best to attempt to be acceptant of the one you already have as it is. I do fully realize this is much easier said than done.

Saturday we plan on attending the Really Really Free Market here in little Carrboro, North Carolina. I have to say I am quite looking forward to it. Perhaps afterward I'll make a post on it. Rather than try to re-explain what it is I'll just sent you directly to their website after I provide an especially poignant quote from the organizers about the market:


"This free and open market will be a celebration of the cooperation and gift-giving that make life possible beyond the constraints of capitalist markets. "



http://carrboro.com/reallyreallyfreemarket/

Ben and Jerry's has renamed their famous Chubby Hubby ice cream to Hubby Hubby to show their support for the freedom of all couples to marry regardless of sex, gender, or orientation. I think this calls for ice cream, don't you?

http://www.benjerry.com/hubbyhubby/

You Are a Ceasar Salad

You are very popular and easy to love. You strike a cord with people. You are friendly and careful not to offend anyone. You try hard to get along. And while you may avoid controversy, you are still very sincere. People love that about you. You are dependable and steady. With you, what you see is what you get.

I actually do like Caesar Salad. However, I won't eat the traditional kind as it has anchovies in the dressing and is thus not vegetarian. I eat restyled and reworked vegetarian varieties.

I also do not avoid controversy in all situations. I do, however, try to pick my battles.

The following link was sent along by a friend of mine. The article is from the 23rd of this month, however, news of Lord Ganesh is always timely.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/mumbai/Prayers-galore-in-Mumbai-as-Ganesh-festival-Ramzan-start/articleshow/4924507.cms

Do squirrels snatch your birdseed? Well... it could certainly be worse:


http://www.tonyrogers.com/humor/bearfeeder.htm