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MARCIA
POWELL -- Blog article (#12) – September 15, 2013
My concern
about the world situation continues, but some recent inflow leads me
to hope that the “White Hat” coalition may indeed be succeeding
in taking down the “Black Hats.” It's still wise to have some
food and water stored, just in case.
It was
when I first looked at the “TAKE ACTION” part of the
www.ThriveMovement.com
website that I noticed that Monsanto headquarters is in St. Louis.
Then and there I postulated that if there was ever a protest held
there, I would drive down. The opportunity came on May 25th, the
worldwide March Against Monsanto day. Six of us drove down and
marched with 600 others in the cold drizzle. It was a photo of me
with my sign that got picked up on Reuters! Deep breath...
Also marched in
the local July 4th parade with the Moms Against Monsanto group.
The
University is doing a research project on the relation of nutrition
and memory. I was chosen because I'm in such good health. After one
memory test, the guy looked up and said, “No one has ever gotten it
right the first time!” And yet, when I filled out the big long
computer questionnaire about what I eat, there was no way to note
that I eat ORGANIC! Needless to say, I wrote to the head of the
project about this outpoint.
In June a friend and I drove 50 miles north to tour Stelle (www.Midwest Permaculture.com) and see firsthand a rain garden, aquaponics, and other aspects of sustainable living. So much to learn!
My friend,
Lee Kessler, recently published her third book in the White King
trilogy, “White King and the Battle of America: The Endgame.” In
her well-crafted novel, she presents a solution to the threat of
global economic meltdown that is nothing short of brilliant. Please
go to Amazon, get it, read it, and promote it to your friends.
In
addition to the Affinity Exchange and my 3 music students, I
continued to have the part-time job of helping Frank complete his
dissertation in soil science. He called me today to say his diploma
arrived. Well done, Dr. Hagen! Now just a little more work to create
a couple of articles to get published in journals (what every
university wants).
My 70th
(yikes!) birthday was September 10th. My present to me arrived on
September 12th... my new (modular) house! Hope to move in by
November 1st.
Now my
next challenge is working out how to get the funds to purchase trees
and plants for my food forest. Www.savannainstitute.org
tells about the Woody Perennial Polyculture that is being researched
at the University of Illinois. Kevin, who is doing his PhD on this,
founded the institute. By signing up as an active participant, he
and his team will help design my food forest, will purchase and plant
the trees/shrubs/berries, and then do followup consulting. Feels
like a good match!
Meanwhile
my 2013 yard garden was waaaay better than last year's. I harvested
and ate quite a bit of produce, and gave some away. And, most
important, learned a lot.
Finally
broke down and purchased my first bike helmet as I'm biking more.
Maybe by the time it comes to move (18 miles away), I'll ride my bike
out rather than risk it being damaged in a moving van.
I continue
my role as Secretary for the local Libertarian Party. At my urging,
we put up a booth at the local Sweet Corn Festival and pulled in 43
new names! I'll be attending the Illinois State Libertarian Party
convention next week in Chicago. Meanwhile, I continue to encourage
everyone to subscribe to and follow the lead of www.DownsizeDC.org.
In July,
Ashley (my daughter) flew to Indianapolis, where I picked her up and
we drove to the Outer Banks (Kitty Hawk, NC). Every other summer we
join my niece and her family, plus a couple of old family friends, at
a big beach house and enjoy a week of beach, sun, swimming,
ping-pong, cards, Scrabble, Bananagrams, and lots of visiting. Of
course my 16-yr-old nephew beat me at ping-pong, but I made him sweat
a couple of times. Thanks to my laptop, I was able to stay current
with the business.
It was
great having a lot of time to visit with Ashley. She is a successful
licensed massage therapist in Portland, is now living with her
boyfriend, and just became the lead singer in a new 3-person band!
Saw
Kenneth Branagh's production of Mozart's “Magic Flute” at the
local Art theater—quite a work of art! For those of you familiar
with the rock group REO Speedwagon, did you know they came from
Champaign-Urbana?!
Hope you
all are flourishing and prospering (thriving)!
Please
write and give me an update on your adventures.
Love to
all, Marcia (217) 607-0632 home (818) 552-2211 cell
