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Love is Alive
“This world has only one sweet moment set aside for us”…
beautiful – but I believe we have an infinite number of moments of sweetness, peace, freedom, love, and mercy in our life in each now that we allow to fully be…
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House Demolitions in Umm al-Kheir
No shame for being shameful is in unlimited supply in Israel today
The Villages Group: Cooperation in Israel-Palestine
On Monday, October 27, Israeli Army and Police forces demolished dwellings in the western part of the Beduin-Palestinian village of Umm al-Kheir. This was the most massive operation of house demolition in the village since October 2008.
The operation was aimed mostly at three houses that were built in the last two years (on the ruins of earlier demolitions). These houses were built for three young couples: Abd’alla and Ruqaya al-Hathelin and their four children (aged two months to seven years); Kheir’alla and Nura al-Hathelin and their baby girl, and Bilal and Iman al-Hathelin and their baby boy.
On top of that the Israeli occupation forces demolished the mobile home of Samikha (Miyaser) al-Hathelin and her seven children, which was donated to her by European agencies after her house was demolished twice in 2011 and 2012. Samikha’s tabun (traditional bread oven) was demolished as well, although it was not included in…
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Lebanese Racist Attacks Sukleen Worker For Being A Foreigner
I understand the anger but wish he did not compare humans to animals – animals do not treat each other this way. They are being un-humane or inhumane and cruel to their own kind.
A Separate State of Mind | A Blog by Elie Fares
The news about the rising racism that foreigners in Lebanon, notably Syrians, keep on rolling.
Earlier this morning, Anastacia Al-Hajj was doing what she basically does every morning, take her commute road to work. On her way, she’s held up by a scene involving a Lebanese man shouting at a helpless Sukleen worker, telling him to kneel. The man put his hands over the man’s shoulders and tried to force him to the ground, insulting him in all kinds of ways in the process.
When the Sukleen worker didn’t budge, the Lebanese man animal held out a pocket knife and slashed the worker across the street. Seeing that no one was doing anything but observe, in typical Lebanese apathy to such scenarios, Anastacia went out to help the worker only to have one of the women in the nearby buildings tell her: “leave him, these foreigners all over our…
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The Power of Ritual
Ritual, everyday ritual, is incredibly powerful!
Examine the ritual of power, be that in the opening of parliament, royal celebrations, religious ceremony…and you begin to see the importance and power of ritual!
So where does this fit into a sustainable life or a permaculture smallholding?
It is simple to understand in the context of power…
Since the rise of the Age of Technology, our real power as human beings has become diminished.
We have become reliant on technology, without stopping to assess and filter the bits we really need and want.
I was contemplating this as I lit the stove this morning, moving to and fro with paper and wood, collecting fuel from the barn, whilst casting my eyes over the pile of long thin trunks, standing erect ready to be sawn into logs. 
My early morning coffee is predicated on lighting the stove and doing small chores, as I…
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Man dies after homeless charity makes him homeless
(not satire – it’s the UK today)
Anthony Miller’s dead body was found two days ago washed up on a beach in Newquay.
Just a few weeks ago he had lost his job as a roofer as a direct result of being evicted by homeless charity Chapter 1.
He had even offered to pay higher rent but the so-called Christian organisation ignored his offers and turfed him out onto the street:
Christian homeless charity says it has every right to make young Newquay man homeless
Things have got bad when even so-called charities in this country have got so anaesthetised to people’s suffering they turn their backs on the very people they should be helping.
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I really don’t care if you think I look pretty when I run
Run, run, run – those who make fun – forget ’em!
A few weeks ago I was reading Facebook comments posted beneath an article about street harassment faced by female runners, and one comment in particular jumped out at me, from a man who wanted to know what was so wrong about letting a woman know she looked good while she was out running. I commented and suggested that while I can’t speak for other women, I know that when I’m out for a run, pretty much the last thing on my mind is whether or not a passerby finds me attractive.
Anyone who runs with me knows that I tend to be gross when I run. I get incredibly sweaty – no “glowing” and “glistening” for this broad. My face also turns a lovely shade of eggplant. I wear no makeup, just smears of sunblock and BodyGlide. I spit when I run. Like, a lot. Brian says he can identify…
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