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Yesterday, I turned 65, so I am now officially a senior citizen. Finally, I have an excellent excuse for being an airhead! ::heehee:: I had a very excellent birthday. Lots of love from all around. I’m very blessed.
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A Few Sun Facts
Scientist have now shown that sunscreen chemicals soak all the way into the bloodstream. But the Food and Drug Administration has never tested how they might mess up people’s hormones, affect their reproductive systems, or cause cancer.
Wait, wut?! My grandkids get slathered with the stuff on a regular basis! Ack! I’m chemically hypersensitive, so I’m always inclined to lean heavily on “Don’t Trust Chemicals.”
But my brother died of a malignant melanoma. And Hubby Dearest has vitiligo; patches of his skin and hair are white. His still-Italian-pigmented skin tans beautifully every summer, but what I call his “pinto patches” turn pink, including the entire back of his neck. Continue reading
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TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK: Bunny is writing cards for each of her teachers, including something different and personal in each one. She’s so sweet!
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2020
The YUGE field of Demi-Nomi-Wannabes not only have to run against each other, they have to run against THIS.
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Christian vs. Eastern Meditation
I came across this today and it inspired me to delve deeper into something I’ve heard, but not really looked at closely before. I read some articles, but decided the graphic below summed up the main points they covered better than I could. The sites where I got the quotation and the graphic are linked below.
The job of Medieval monks, “more than anything else, was to focus on divine communication: to read, to pray and sing, and to work to understand God, in order to improve the health of their souls and the souls of the people who supported them. For these monks, the meditating mind wasn’t supposed to be at ease. It was supposed to be energised.
“Their favourite words for describing concentration stemmed from the Latin tenere, to hold tight to something. The ideal was a mens intentus, a mind that was always and actively reaching out to its target. And doing that successfully meant taking the weaknesses of their bodies and brains seriously, and to work hard at making them behave.”
From How to reduce digital distractions: advice from medieval monks by Jamie Kreiner, associate professor of history at the University of Georgia. Bolding by CtH.
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HEAVEN AND HELL: They’re real – I encourage you to listen especially closely to the last third of the show, beginning ~16:00. These are vitally important teachings to protect your eternal salvation.
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2020
BENNET: Colorado Senator Michael Bennet has announced that he too is in the race – Like the rest of the Democrats, he has a 100% pro-abortion voting record, supports abortions up to birth, and helped block the Born Alive vote.
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TRUMP ECONOMY: Arguably the best economy in U.S. history – The April jobs reports shows 263,000 more new jobs and a 3.6% unemployment rate. These numbers easily beat Wall Street expectations of 190,000 and a 3.8%.
Remember President “Gimme a Trillion Bucks and I’ll Save and Create Jobs” OBAMA? His PROGRESSIVE plan — increasing taxes and regulations – cost us so many jobs that, in his second term, Obama sneered at Trump’s campaign promise to bring them back.
By going the CONSERVATIVE route – cutting taxes and regulations – we now have the lowest unemployment in 50 years. A new CNN Poll conducted shows Trump approval on the economy at a new high of 56%. Continue reading
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