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Picture yourself spending some time with congenial friends, sharing your lives and pictures from your cell phones." They're curious about that cool game, song, movie, camping trip, art show, or other event that fascinated you. You talk about all kinds of stuff, poetry, styles, personal achievements, relationships, and bad days. You can share your inner child, and laugh together. They sympathetically listen to your feelings about serious topics like politics or climate change, even when they don't agree.

Personal validation comes from paying attention to one another, giving more than you get. Everyone respects you and themselves, despite our amazing range of personal tastes and interests. They'll tell you they don't agree with an idea or behavior without implying you're a bad person or somehow deficient. It's an "I'm OK, You're OK" kind of fellowship, where nobody tries to make himself look better by picking on somebody else.

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A tribute to my father

Started by Brent Feeney. Last reply by Brent Feeney 3 hours ago. 13 Replies 1 Like

So, I guess most of you here know that my dad died back in January of complications of Parkinson's disease. There have been times that have been rough since then, but I'd think it's all part of the process, so to speak.Today was Remembrance Sunday…Continue

Facebook

Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner. Last reply by Joan Denoo yesterday. 4 Replies 2 Likes

This captures my opinion of Facebook. AN is so much better.Continue

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Y'all ready for Summer (in Northern Hemisphere)?

Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner. Last reply by booklover on Sunday. 7 Replies 1 Like

I'm in no rush.Continue

Whales

Started by Patricia. Last reply by Ruth Anthony-Gardner on Sunday. 3 Replies 2 Likes

June 14, 2013 2:39 pmGallery: Pod of orcas spotted in Vancouver’s Burrard InletBy Christine TamGlobal NewsA pod of killer whales popped into…Continue

Exterior renos

Started by Patricia. Last reply by Steph S. Jun 12. 20 Replies 3 Likes

The exterior renos were finished less than an hour ago....Old & new back doors....…Continue

The king ruled by force, the priest by fear, and both by both.

Started by Joan Denoo. Last reply by James M. Martin Jun 10. 1 Reply 0 Likes

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Comment by Ian Mason on August 26, 2012 at 5:21pm: Thanks for those posts, Joan. I think you're right about those people who are so damn sure they "know" all the answers. Their thinking has become part of the "fossil record" of human society.

The CRS pic is great and I am stealing it. You've even given instructions how to.

Comment by Joan Denoo on August 26, 2012 at 3:42pm: My response to a newly "come out of the closet homosexual:"

you take on two very formidable foes, religion and gender orientation. Expect a rough ride! People who hate people who are different seem to love their "god" whatever that is.

You are on a track that holds great promise for humanity and the Earth. Have you noticed how people with such strong hate-values also do terrible things to other people and to the planet? They feel entitled! They "know " the right answer and seem unable to consider other options.
Living in the answer means being a puppet to some ideology.
Living in the questions means looking, asking, inquiring, exploring, experimenting,, being, doing, belonging, thinking and participating. There is no one who can define you. That is your job. You are the scion of a long line of successfully reproducing parents with living children. You are part of that long line and it is your responsibility to define yourself to the world.

Please let me know if you disagree with my statement and why.

Comment by Patricia on August 26, 2012 at 3:37pm: Oh yeah....good ol' Maxine!

We have those tomatoes growing here in the middle of BC, but they are in the greenhouse. Never tried that variety before but they seem to be doing well.

Comment by Joan Denoo on August 26, 2012 at 2:34pm: Red Brandywine tomatos can bear fruit up to 1.5 lbs (0.7 kg), requiring 80 to 100 days to reach maturity, making it among the slowest maturing varieties of common tomato cultivars. I am unable to grow it in Spokane without early and late season protection. I shall try again next year.

Comment by Joan Denoo on August 26, 2012 at 2:09pm: " incipient CRS (Can't Remember Shit). " Oh yes, I know the feeling.
via Emmette Hutto

Comment by Joan Denoo on August 25, 2012 at 10:19pm: sk8eycat, that is a wonderful water fountain. They must feel like royal cats!

Comment by Joan Denoo on August 25, 2012 at 10:17pm: sk8eycat, I don't know how other computers work,

first, I place the curser where I want the photo to be placed;

then I go to the top row of features and pick "Image".

It brings up an "Add Image" and

select from computer photos,

or copy and paste the "URL" in "choose file".

Then select the "layout" you prefer.

I usually size mine to 300 "width";

press "OK".

If that doesn't work, sorry.

Comment by Patricia on August 25, 2012 at 5:30pm: I remember sitting on the sofa with my husband, & 3 month old son, watching the moon landing on tv, & saying to my husband....''we'll always remember this moment''.

Comment by Ian Mason on August 25, 2012 at 5:01pm: Saddened too by the loss of Niel Armstrong. The "space race" was a big part of my childhood in the 60s and the leading figures were my boyhood heroes. The world feels a little older and bleaker this evening.

Comment by Ian Mason on August 25, 2012 at 4:57pm

When in doubt, ask Wiki.

Schulz often touched on religious themes in his work, including the classic television cartoon, A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965), which features the character Linus van Pelt quoting the King James Version of the Bible Luke 2:8–14 to explain "what Christmas is all about." In personal interviews Schulz mentioned that Linus represented his spiritual side.

Schulz, reared in the Lutheran faith, had been active in the Church of God as a young adult and then later taught Sunday school at a United Methodist Church. In the 1960s, Robert L. Short interpreted certain themes and conversations in Peanuts as being consistent with parts of Christian theology, and used them as illustrations during his lectures about thegospel, as he explained in his bestselling paperback book, The Gospel According to Peanuts, the first of several books he wrote on religion and Peanuts, and other popular cultureitems.

From the late 1980s, however, Schulz described himself in interviews as a "secular humanist":^[44]

“	I do not go to church anymore... I guess you might say I've come around to secular humanism, an obligation I believe all humans have to others and the world we live in.^[45]