Blog Directory
BLOG DIRECTORY
Animals:
When a Life Comes to a Close - Part I;
Pet Stories; 
Animals’ Acts of Kindness;
The Spider in Our Bathroom;
A Tale of Two Lizards;
The Rose Pleasure Palace;
A Rare Sighting of an Endangered Species;
The Accompanist;
What Dangers Lurk in Our Very Own Whiskeytown;
Animals Who Read Our Minds;
We Might Have Wildfires But at Least We Don’t Have These;
Boulder Bunny in Jeopardy;
Now, That’s Hot!
Art:
Opening Night, “ArcheoIndustrial;”
ArcheoIndustrial: My First Show;
An Artist’s (or Writer’s) Day Job;
An Artist’s or Writer’s Day Job: Strategies;
Holiday Treasure Tree Update, etc.;
A Magical, Mysteriously Decorated Tree that Would Belong to Everyone;
How to Make Found Object Ornaments for Outdoors;
The Amazing Story of Caelum Moor;
Art Out of the Ashes;
Heart Art Winners;
The Book as Art;
Valentine Art Attack;
Valentine’s Day Art Hop;
Skyspace: A Dazzling, Magical Experience;
The Gifts That Art Can Bring Us;
Finders Keepers;
Goodwill Generator;
Holiday Treasure Hunt;
The Search for Etheric Generator, Parts I and II;
Brian Lanker’s Shall We Dance: A Sumptuous Visual Feast
Food and Drink:
Salmon Asparagus Pasta; Beef and Napa Cabbage Salad;
Killer Cheesecake;
The Best Cup of Hot Chocolate Ever
Health:
Defense Against Viruses: Essential Oils;
Healing a Simple Fracture;
Herbal Superstars;
Herbs to use with Caution;
Healing with Herbs: Introduction;
Low Back Pain;
Knee Replacement Surgery: Rehab at Home;
Tips for Preventing Heartburn;
Natural Remedies for Indigestion;
Squandering the Gift of Antibiotics;
Staph Is Evolving Quickly;
Swine Flu Update – Hysteria or Effective Caution?
Protecting Yourself Against Swine Flu;
Bedbugs on the Rise; 
Breathing Technique for Asthma;
How I Cleared Up My Asthma;
Caring for Caregivers;
Home Remedies for Chest Colds;
The Dope on Homeopathy;
Remedies to Keep Colds and Flu at Bay;
Knee Replacements and Metal Allergies;
The Many Faces of Skin Cancer
Literature, Books, and Publishing:
Fiction: The Golden Acorns;
Fiction: The Strange Tale of Freddy the Fish;
The Film Deal - Legend of the Flying Hotdog;
The Book Deal - Legend of the Flying Hotdog;
The Pet Beans of Ana-Cecilia (children’s story);
Posts about The Hot Air Quarterly;
Why Blog;
Book Review: Steve Brewer’s Bank Job;
Reviving the Book Business;
Death of an Industry;
Brian Lanker’s Shall We Dance: A Sumptuous Visual Feast;
The Romance of Screen Names
Memoir:
When a Life Comes to a Close - Parts I & II;
Spooky Babysitting Job;
Crazy Fortune;
Soul of the Machine: Cars Have Personalities Just Like People Do;
Winter Vacation;
Crazy Good Fortune Out of the Blue;
Journal Bytes;
Pet Stories;
My Life as a Palm Reader;
Tangling with the Spirits on Spirit Lake;
Thirty-five Years of Connubial Bliss;
It’s Been a Tough Few Years;
The Sandal Saga;
Why Blog;
My Own Personal “Pretty Woman” Moment;
A Few Year-end Updates;
With Thankful Heart and Joyful Mind;
Shades of Winter;
An Unexpected Gift;
It Can Take a Village to Purchase a Party Dress;
A Tale of Two Lizards;
The French Underpants Incident (with guest writer Hal White);
The Rose Pleasure Palace;
High Strangeness on I-505;
A Haunting Incident on Mulberry Street;
The Accompanist;
Extraterrestrial Highway;
Six Random Things;
What Dangers Lurk in Our Very Own Whiskeytown;
The Year of No Summer;
We Might Have Wildfires But At Least We Don’t Have These;
In Celebration of Big Brothers;
Now, That’s Hot!
The Romance of Screen Names
Natural Phenomena:
Tangling with the Spirits on Spirit Lake; 
Fallen Heroes;
In Case of Evacuation;
Where There’s Fire, There’s Smoke;
Lassen Sunrise;
The Motion Fire
Politics/Social Networking:
Crazy Fortune 34: In memory of civil rights activist Esther Brown;
Voter Anger: The Role of the Media (and the moneyed interests behind them);
Why I Like Facebook When I Thought I Would Hate It - And Why I Hope They Don’t Ruin It;
Is Capitalism the Problem?
Time to End the Culture Wars;
A 21st Century Village;
Imagining the World We Want to Live In;
Historic Times
Psychology:
Dreams series;
Ego Poisoning: Acquired Narcissism
Malignant Narcissism;
Invisible Predator series on sociopathy (4 parts);
What Does it Mean to Be an Introvert?
Are You or a Loved One Highly Sensitive?
Acts of Kindness;
The Reason of Emotion;
Killer Depression;
The Art of Apology;
Traumatic Stress
Science/Technology:
Can Consciousness Affect the Way Our Genes Are Read?
Our Amazing Masonry Stove: Ancient Technology for Today’s World;
Simultaneous Evolution;
The Dope on Homeopathy;
Passive Solar Autumn;
Science Literacy for Laypeople;
A Nontoxic Deoderant That Works – And a Short Primer on Molecular Biology;
A Low-Tech Strategy to Offset Global Warning
Topics of Local Interest:
Holiday Treasure Tree Update, etc.
Community Radio Hosts Pancake Breakfast;
Hill Country Health and Wellness Center’s Grand Opening is June 19;
Shasta Land Trust’s Wildways;
Heart Art Winners;
Heart Art Winners;
Valentine Art Attack;
Valentine’s Day Art Hop;
Tribute to Frank Campanale;
Fallen Heroes
Travel:
Winter Vacation series;
Crazy Good Fortune Out of the Blue (Costa Rica memoir);
Skyspace: A Dazzling, Magical Experience;
Extraterrestrial Highway
Unexplained Phenomena, Paranormal, Spirituality:
Dreams series;
The Ego and the Psyche (Soul) series;
When a Life Comes to a Close: Part II (on death and dying);
The Amnesiac Cartographer: Orienteering Training for the Human Soul;
My Life as a Palm Reader;
Street Lamp Interference;
High Strangeness on I-505;
A Haunting Incident on Mulberry Street;
Homing Abilities: Not Just for the Birds;
Animals Who Read Our Minds
Utopian Ideals:
In Place of Bureaucracy;
When a Life Comes to a Close - Part III;
What Kind of Schools Do We Want to Attend?
A 21st Century Village;
Imagining the World We Want to Live In
Above: A recent sunrise at Pluton with a View.
Illustrations: The illustrations on this page are by the Art Nouveau illustrator, Harry Clarke. I obtained these images from http://www.grandmasgraphics.com/. She has wonderful items for sale that are decorated with classic illustrations like those from Harry Clarke’s work. These illustrations are from Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales.
Thursday, December 17, 2009