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Alchemy

There was never a time when I was not or you were not. There never will be a time when we will cease

About Me

IN OUR HOME --- We Live well, Love much and Laugh often. We believe in Faith, Family and Friends. We Believe in our lasting Traditions. We Believe we Must Do to Others as we Do to Ourselves. We Believe in Forgiveness and in Love as Love Never Fails.~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Sometimes you've got to go home to find yourself. Currently living on 42 acres with my Family,Friends & Pets, Off-grid with Solar panels, Generator, Batteries/Inverter, Collecting Rainwater and hauling drink/cook Water, building cordwood & ferro-cement outhouses w/composting toilets & solar showers. It's an interesting life and the learning process continues. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Beltane 2007 - Many thanks to those of Thunder, Camp RAM, Clans, Pooh, Land Crew and the many others who joined us at Spirit Haven in our Celebrating Ten Years of Togetherness by renewing our Handfasting Vows.Tony and I are thankful for the time we have been given both together and apart to learn the lessons needed to receive the blessings from the birth of our children - Living in Perfect Trust and Perfect Love for Eternity. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ..
We gather on weekends at Alchemy's Alcove - these are Primitive Camping Experiences. We are totally off-grid so be prepared to bring everything you need to survive the entire weekend.The Alcove is "Kid Friendly" and a Designated NO DRAMA Zone.All people from all paths of life are welcome regardless of political, religious or cultural affiliations who share an interest in alternative building and off-grid living techniques, primitive camping, drumming, fire spinning/dancing, performance and fire safety.The Alcove is also Available for Private Gatherings, Retreats and Small Festivals. For more information and to RSVP if attending one of our gatherings. groups.yahoo.com/group/Alchemys_Alcove_GatheringsThe SPOON THEORY http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/2004/11/the_spoon_theory.p hp *** 1999 Diagnosed with CFIDS~Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunctional Syndrome (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis)http://www.cfids.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ALSO Finally Diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. It really does help to find the humor when things get rough. http://www.ncf-net.org/ http://www.fmaware.org/about.htm http://www.hhs.gov/advcomcfs/ http://www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Fibromyalgia http://www.rheumatology.org/ http://www.fmnetnews.comFibromyalgia affects an estimated 10 million people in the U.S. While it is most prevalent in women, it also occurs in men and children of all ethnic groups. Because of its debilitating nature, fibromyalgia has a serious impact on patients' families, friends, and employers, as well as society at large.~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~ *~*~*~*~*~**** 2005 Diagnosed with Lyme Disease- IT SUCKS!!! "When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade, but what if life gives you lymes?" ~Miranda FEMA sent me home on permanent medical leave after Katrina/Rita. It's like a really long vacation with bouts of reality thrown in here and there.American Lyme Disease Foundation http://www.aldf.com/ Lyme Disease Foundation http://www.lyme.org/Lyme Disease Assoc. http://www.lymediseaseassociation.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Help by Supporting Education & Research of these Diseases~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Studies have shown that 1 in 150 children are Autistic - although our own children are healthy, we have several friends who are journeying through recovery of autism. Takes a village to raise enlightened children. http://www.autismspeaks.com~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~***********U.S. health officials have said that around 50,000 people per year are diagnosed with HIV in the United States. I didn't become involved with Aides Awareness until 1991. Friends and family have shown it is possible to safely share a rewarding and fullfilling life while living with HIV/AIDS. Become Aware Become Involved http://www.thebody.com/index.html http://www.aidsinfo.nih.gov/
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Balance and Truth through Darkness and Light. Lead to Gold. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Acceptance, not just tolerance of others...... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~primitive camping, hiking, backpacking ~ fire spinning & dancing ~ fire performance and production ~ festivals ~ hippy chick mom ~ true friends ~ off grid intentional sustainable living ~ alternative power ~ learning to grow plants, herbs, vegetables... houseplants & children are easier to keep healthy & growing strong ~ I seem to have forgotten more than I remember learning ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~..1992 thru 2004, I worked within the entertainment industry providing production,direction & backstage assistance in various venues including dinner & community theater,. renaissance faires and spiritual festivals. Through individual and group effort and by utilizing experienced fire performers from DF/W, Austin, Houston and San Antonio areas, we embraced a wide variety of art forms and disciplines to combine fire with music, choreographed dance, movement and martial arts. I've had the opportunity to work with the following:Thundertopia, Fire Safety Safari, The Phantasy Collective, Embracing Embers & Friends, Brujas del Fuego, Pyrotopia, DragonTrybe, Falcon Fire Warriors & Bodysmith @Hawkwood Fantasy Faire 1997-2001, Mulberry Street Theater, Two Muses, En Stage, Denton Theater Laboratory. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~More recently, I've focused on facilitating fire safety and basic spinning workshops for those interested in being a flame effects operator. Teaching younger generations to respect dancing within the flames safely is a rewarding way to carry on our traditions.Want to change the world? Start with the children. To teach respect, give it and earn it. To teach tolerance, have an open mind. To teach love, love them without strings. To teach patience, demonstrate it. To teach unity, embrace difference as special. Our Children are our future. To change the future of our world, change the world of a child.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I'd like to meet:


All people regardless of political, religious or cultural affiliations who share an interest in primitive camping, drumming, fire spinning ~ dancing ~ performance and fire safety.

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Music:

Drummin Doobaie, Dave Matthews, Danzig, Primus, Pink Floyd, Dead Can Dance, Canvas, Spoonfed Tribe, Wyrd Girl, DreamTrybe, Cherries & Silk, Velvet Hammer, Skinny White Chick, Spiral Dance, Acoustical Acupunture, Bedlam Bards, Perfect Circle,Three Doors Down, Heart, Beatles, Don Henley, Bob Marley, Ziggy Marley, Phil Collins & Genesis, Evanescence, Sting, Mazzy Star, Bob Marley, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Jimmi Hendrix, Toni Braxton, Sarah & Jewel, Earl Klugh, Eagles, Bob Marley, Brent Lewis, Alanis, Mickey Hart, Ravens, Decapolis, Elizabeth Wills,Harry Connick Jr., REM, Neil Young, James Taylor, Seals & Crofts, William Parker/Phil Tullos, Pops Carter & the Funkmunsters, Brave Combo, Mushroom Groovy, Styx, Lynerd Skynyrd, Reba, SpiroGyra, Blue October, Darius Danesh, too many more to list here ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Did I mention................. Drummin Doobaie????Drums.org is a commUnity-inspired web site with a wealth of information about Texas bordering states Drum Circles, dance, drum workshops and classes, Special Events, Moon Circles, and Djembe-L FAQ (a knowledge base on Djembe/dunun). All our baby webs are listed here.Support Drums Not Guns, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit membership organization dedicated to STOPPING VIOLENCE thru the power of percussion and help support our web site and other community-based activities. http://www.drums.org/dng/

Movies:

Only by having faith in ourselves can we be faithful to others. ~Erich Fromm~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ "Woof" ~ Sanskrit for Tantra is the Alchemy of subtle appearance - the way of transformation that allows us to re-create ourselves limitlessly according to the kaleidoscopic pattern of moments that comprises our experience of life.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Alchemy tells us to transform our lives, to change our behavior so that we can liberate the light contained within us. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Huban~ >>> Wisdom is the understanding of experience. Intelligence is what you do with it..... "we" are "us" because "we" cannot be anything but "us" ... Love doesn't change the way we are; it just makes the differences between us less important. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ X - Gebo - the gift of freedom from which flow all other gifts. Remember to let the winds of Heaven dance between you. True partnership is achieved only by seperate and whole beings who retain their seperateness even as they unite. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The touch of your hand says you'll catch me 'ever I fall.Two souls, within the Shadow, alone no more.~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Wolf's Credo: Respect the Elders. Play when you can. Share your affections. Teach the Young. Hunt when you must. Voice your feelings. Cooperate with the pack. Rest in between. Leave your mark. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*..

Television:

"Never make someone a priority if they only make you an option..."Dwell not on the past. Use it to illustrate a point, then leave it behind. Nothing really matters except what you do now in this instant of time. From this moment onwards you can be an entirely different person, filled with love and understanding, ready with an outstretched hand, uplifted and positive in every thought and deed. ~Eileen Caddy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have. ?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~No matter what we feel or know, no matter what our potential gifts or talents, only action brings them to life; Those of us who only think we understand concepts and love, one day discover that we only know when we act; doing becomes understanding.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony. --Thomas Merton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Books:

Time doesn’t exist; what we refer to as ‘past’ and ‘future’ have no reality except in our own mental construct. The idea of time is a convention of thought and language, a social agreement; in truth, we only have the moment. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along." . . . You must do the thing you think you cannot do. -Eleanor Roosevelt"A lack of common sense on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine"

Heroes:

In each of us are heroes; speak to them and they will come forth. ~anonymous ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All my life I had been looking for something, and everywhere I turned someone tried to tell me what it was. I accepted their answers too, though they were often in contradiction and even self-contradictory. I was naïve. I was looking for myself and asking everyone except myself questions which I, and only I, could answer. It took me a long time and much painful boomeranging of my expectations to achieve a realization everyone else appears to have been born with: that I am nobody but myself. -Ralph Ellison, "Battle Royal" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"Look within! ... The secret is inside you." --Hui-neng, sixth great patriarch of Zen Buddhism“As I look back on all that's happened..growing up, growing together, changing you, changing me -- there were times when we dreamed together, when we laughed and cried together. As I look back on those days, I realize how much I truly miss you and how much I truly love you. The past may be gone forever..and whatever the future holds, our todays make the memories of tomorrow. So, my lifetime friend, it is with all my heart that I send you my love, hoping that you'll always carry my smile with you, for all we have meant to each other and for whatever the future may hold.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.” –HH the Dalai Lama~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ " We are not Bodies with souls. We are souls, with Bodies." Put on this Earth to learn lessons. Many of which are not easy. May we have the Courage & Strength to learn what is being taught. As we all stumble and make our way through life. May we do so without fear. "One of the hardest things about life, is living it." (BtVS ) Many Blessing to all my fellow travelers. May we All Walk in Beauty and Step lightly upon the Earth Mother.......

My Blog

Check out this event: 2008 National Fire Performance Championship

Hosted By: National Fire Performance LeagueWhen: Friday Sep 26, 2008 at 6:30 PMWhere The Mountain Breeze Campground201 Mountain Breeze Camp RoadNew Braunfels, TX 78132United StatesDescription:National...
Posted by Alchemy on Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:53:00 PST

Red Bull

http://articles. mercola.com/ sites/articles/ archive/2008/ 09/06/red- bull-can- give-you- a-stroke. aspx?source= nl Red Bull Can Give You a Stroke Just one can of the popular stimulant energy dr...
Posted by Alchemy on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:31:00 PST

What time is it in Iraq???

http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=uezJfTG9ELI too funny - you gotta watch it!...
Posted by Alchemy on Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:46:00 PST

The Paradoxical Commandments

The Paradoxical Commandmentsby Dr. Kent M. KeithPeople are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.Love them anyway.If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.Do good anyway...
Posted by Alchemy on Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:53:00 PST

2008 Fairbanks Flood

Oh Wow!    2008 Fairbanks Floodhttp://newsminer.com/photos/galleries/2008/aug/01/fairb anks-flood/   .....
Posted by Alchemy on Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:02:00 PST

FAME Project

 http://www.fmaware. org/site/ News2?page= NewsArticle& id=7353  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE4 August 2008  Fibromyalgia CME Program Receives Accreditation from the American Acad...
Posted by Alchemy on Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:41:00 PST

"I shall take the heart"

..TR> Jul 31 2008 8:48 PM "I shall take the heart," returned the Tin Woodman; "for brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world.""You have plenty of courage, I am sure,...
Posted by Alchemy on Sat, 02 Aug 2008 09:51:00 PST

Not your average Lazy Bear

"Here is a couple who live just outside of Anchorage, in a community called eagle river, who got the have the Alaska experience up close and personal.    I have had this experience a few ti...
Posted by Alchemy on Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:33:00 PST

Little bit of ME/CFIDS Humor

Many thanks to ~Daft Bitseach!!~  for posting this on her blog.....   A Happy Christmas: Warm feet for the first time in 3 ½ years.  Abdominal pain: CFS Symptom most common in teenage ...
Posted by Alchemy on Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:53:00 PST

Call for Help - Fwd

This was sent out by our Meredith - If you can help, please do.....   Call for help Hey guys - I got some bad news tonight. As some of you know, I worked at the Cat's Cradle back in college. It ...
Posted by Alchemy on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:47:00 PST