Peace in My Pocket

Write about why people should care about Selenite

Brings clarity of mind, opens crown chakra
Clam stone that infuses deep peace
Excellent for meditation and spiritual work
Brings divine light into anything it touches, raising its energetic frequency
Assists judgment and insight
Clears confusion and aids in seeing the deeper picture
Promotes a peaceful atmosphere

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Od Yavo Shalom Alenu

In this time of grief, of sorrow, of endless patience and bad news, we need some healing of ourselves. As you know if you read my description, I am Jewish. One of the songs we learned is about just what we need now, peace. I am attaching this video, and I hope it brings hope for you. I also included the words in English.

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How To Survive Quarantine, Guide Book For Survival

Do you ever feel like you are just done with quarantine? I certainly have. I couldn’t figure out what to do. And I didn’t know what was wrong so I couldn’t fix it. Then suddenly, I figured it out! I wasn’t seeing my friends enough, and so I had that isolated feeling. Once my parents and I set up a weekly call, I realized that that was just what I was missing! I learned that even though some of us (most of us) don’t like school, it gives us the chance to see our friends. It makes us feel connected to the rest of the world. If you feel sort of down, sort of isolated, try setting up a call to see your friends.

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Ideas For Spending Time Inside

I have been thinking about what I should do. I like to read but I need to find something else to do. I realized that I need to find a project that I can focus on for a long time. I think that if you have little short projects you will very quickly become disinterested. My parents were sort of interested in having a farm and I quickly came up with an idea. I decided to do research and draw out the future farm and house. I was very interested because I had the tools to make it realistic but still fun to do.

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No-Knead Bread

  • Author: Jim Lahey, Sullivan Street Bakery
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Wait Time: 21 hours
  • Cook Time: 1 hour
  • Total Time: 22 hours and 5 minutes
  • Servings: one 1 1/2 lb. loaf
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Gratitudes

I had been looking for spirit cards but was having a hard time choosing what kind I wanted. Wouldn’t you know, Universe took care of that for me! I am so grateful to my friend, Sandy, who sent me this beautiful deck of Medicine Wheel cards!

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In Case of Emergency, Put on Your Oxygen Mask First

I have definitely been riding the wave of COVID-19. The first few days were nice. We made two hats of activities for Jonah; self-lead activities and then family activities. I was able to continue cooking and freezing meals. We played board games, went for a walk, Kelly and Jonah played catch in the backyard while Tessa sunbathed and I did yoga on my mat on the patio. We grilled for dinner because it was so beautiful. Kelly had a little photo journal project documenting all of our fun. Then there was yesterday: it was POW. I was feeling the feels, anxious, couldn’t concentrate, trying to tele-work and having all of that invade our home. Even Mable and Maize are acting weird following us around the house MEOWING and swatting at Tessa. The pack needed some centering!

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Preparing for a Disaster

On February 4th, my friend Karen posted that she was on a quarantined ship for 14 days. “I’ll check in when I can.” Little did I know at the time that this would balloon into a worldwide pandemic. She was one of 696 people who ultimately tested positive for COVID-19 on the Diamond Princess cruise ship.

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Coronavirus

You know how your parents have probably been doing all of this preparation for the coronavirus? Well, if you look into it, you will see that almost none of the people were kids. We will be playing our video games sitting around the house all day while a lot of other people will be panicking. Even if we do get it, we will probably bounce back fast. We might not have to go to school! Yay!

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Vegan American Chop Suey

  • Author: Rebecca (adapted from Kelly’s childhood recipe)
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 15 minutes
  • Total Time: 25 minutes
  • Servings: enough for 2 adults and 1 growing child, with some leftovers
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I Don't Remember and It's All True!

In my mid-twenties I lived in Seattle. I recall being at a dinner party and people having this intense conversation about organic food. There was a pretentiousness about the conversation so as I left the table I said, “whatever, I thrive on pesticides.”

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Data Privacy Recommendations

My hope with this family blog is that there may be some nuggets of gold buried in our collective brains that some of you out there find useful. My current favorite subject: data privacy. This has been a hot topic ever since the GDPR became big news (at least in my world). Now there’s CCPA and no doubt more to come in 2020.

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Amplifying For Good

I am really not good about remembering birthdays and anniversaries. It is honestly not a reflection of how much I love the person, I really just have a block about remembering dates. So it seems reasonable that I would not remember the date, or even a specific event, that ignited what has become the purpose to my life.

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The Super Bowl

Hello everyone, today I will be talking about the Super Bowl. The Patriots don’t seem the same this year, with their bad playoff performance. If you are a Patriots fan in Boston, WHO DO YOU ROOT FOR? Well, the Chiefs have only won 1 super bowl, and 3 AFL titles, but this year they have a pretty good QB, Patrick Mahomes. And then you have the 49ers, a team that struggled only a year ago, and now they’re in the Super Bowl! They have won 5 Super Bowls so don’t question them. I think the Patriots will be more embarrassed if the AFC team wins, so in my opinion you should root for the 49ers. GO 49ERS! Remember to watch the game on Sunday, 2/2 at 6:30 pm. Until next time!

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