Toward a World that Works for Everyone
March 3, 2025 …Reckless in our need for the possible, we knew there was no turning back, our bags already packed, the future a religion we could believe in ~Eric Gamalinda, Zero Gravity The lure of the new toy is strong. I haven’t had this much fun using an electronic device since I finally […]
February 1, 2025 We must laugh and we must sing, We are blest by everything, Everything we look upon is blest ~William Butler Yeats, A Dialogue of Self and Soul It doesn’t exactly seem like the work of a spiritual warrior, but I’m finding that creating from recipes, instead of relying on premade anything, […]
January 28, 2025 The United States Military just entered the Great State of California and, under Emergency Powers, TURNED ON THE WATER… ~ Donald J. Trump, Truth Social, 1/27/25 I feel like the storyline that California is in a perpetual drought and its citizens must conserve water until it hurts has just been vaporized. Californians—in […]
January 23, 2025 The British phrase to throw a spanner in(to) the works means to cause disruption, to interfere with the smooth running of something. ~ Wordhistories.net Just when I was taking a cautious breath of relief that LA area fires were not heading north toward Santa Barbara, that fond belief is crushed. Ventura is […]
January 20, 2025 O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! ~ Lewis Carroll The day came, and that which was foreordained, occurred. Commentators, truthers, and pundits; journalists with big names and millions of readers; lone newshawks with a few Substack followers… Everyone has an opinion about today’s historic inauguration of President Trump. Things seemed to go without […]
January 14, 2025 After the flame, a pause, After the pain, rebirth. ~May Sarton, The Phoenix Again It’s hard to observe the rubble and ashes of Pacific Palisades, Altadena, Pasadena, and not grope immediately for the Phoenix metaphor. It seems to be human nature to get past a horrid circumstance as quickly as possible, […]
January 10, 2025 Barn’s burnt down / Now I can see the moon. ~ Mizuta Masahide Setting aside the speculation by commentators citing (unnamed) insider sources about why and how Los Angeles has been massively firebombed, where is the meaning for those who live there? People whose homes have burned don’t give a rat’s patootie […]
December 28, 2024 Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others. ~Cicero First I greeted the foggy morning with oh, no, a gloomy day. Then I perked up: that means I get to cozy up with the cats and not head out for a walk at the crack […]
December 25, 2024 I once shared a life with the name of this light… I know and understand this light to be my home… and I am up there in my bones built from stars. ~Mai Der Vang, I Understand This Light to Be My Home For the sin of lifting up the sidewalk […]
December 24, 2024 By email ~ NatalieGianelli.com Message from Natalie: There’s a poem you might know called Desiderata by Max Ehrmann. I’ve been working on memorizing it, and there’s a line in the poem that says: “Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the […]
California has declared a state of emergency (that’s news to me…) because of “bird flu.” Janine looks into whether bird flu is actually a thing, whether this might become an excuse for widespread lockdowns, and if so, who’s behind it—White Hats or the Deep State?
December 14, 2024 As the title foretells, this exploration of “What ARE those drones?” leads to speculating that they’re not from just one origin. Background on the story and current news clips with commentary by JC, and about halfway through, Janine joins in. Click image above to watch.
Aliens, drones, and more aliens. Just under 2 hours.
What are the drones, and who is behind their appearance? Are those operating them potentially dangerous? What is their intention? And what’s the best way to handle it, if they’re in your area? Also, a reading on the Amazing Kreskin, the famous mentalist who recently died at 89. Did he sell his soul to gain […]
Click image above to watch. New series from Beyond Mystic. Developing our intuition and why that’s important. This episode begins with why it’s critical at this juncture to accept and own our whole selves, “good, bad, and ugly,” since we’re going to be in communication with ETs. Apparently it’s impossible to hide our true selves […]
