<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><rss xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><title>Nafella - NafLogger</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/</link><description>Set up many smarter social sharing networks with different privacy levels and personalized profiles</description><language>en-US</language><copyright>Refer Terms of use in the website www.nafella.com.</copyright><category>NafNotes</category><image><url><![CDATA[http://www.nafella.com/classifieds/images/homeLogo_Nafella.gif]]></url><title><![CDATA[Nafella - NafLogger]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.nafella.com/]]></link></image><item><title>Moon Sign Monthly Forecast March 2010</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?StarGazer/Moon_Sign_Monthly_Forecast_March_2010</link><description><![CDATA[
In March 2010 we observe the following: Saturn Retrograde in Virgo, Jupiter Direct in Aquarius, Mars Retrograde in Cancer. Venus moving to Pisces on March 2nd and then to Aries on March 2. Mercury in Aquarius moving to Pisces on March 14th. The Sun moves out of Aquarius into Pisces on March 14th. New Moon will occur in Pisces mid afternoon (New York time) on March 15th. Full Moon will be seen March 29th in Virgo.  Approximate Moon positions in the month of March 2010: Mar 1-2: Virgo; Mar 3-5: ...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?StarGazer/Moon_Sign_Monthly_Forecast_March_2010</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:19:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Four Gallons Of Rice Pilaf</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?kankan/Four_Gallons_Of_Rice_Pilaf</link><description><![CDATA[ Four gallons! You made that much pilaf for fifteen people? Are they the green giant’s cousins? 
 I was describing my culinary misadventure to my friends. They were the eager recipients of some of the mountains of  leftover lentil and rice pilaf. Fortunately it turned out really tasty, all four gallons of it. 
 The fifteen guests managed to make a decent dent in the second gallon. I must say they made a good attempt, as they all went up for seconds. It was just beyond any human capacity to eat...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?kankan/Four_Gallons_Of_Rice_Pilaf</guid><pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:29:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Moon Sign Monthly Forecast February 2010</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?StarGazer/Moon_Sign_Monthly_Forecast_February_2010</link><description><![CDATA[
In February 2010 we observe the following: Saturn Retrograde in Virgo, Jupiter Direct in Aquarius, Mars Retrograde in Cancer, Venus direct in Aquarius from Feb 6th onwards and Mercury Direct in Capricorn between Feb 6th and 25th. Sun will be in Capricorn until Feb 12th and then in Aquarius for rest of the month. We will see New Moon on Feb 13th in Aquarius and Full Moon in Leo on Feb 28th.  Overview for Feb 2010: Barack Obama will see continued forceful opposition from his supporters, which be...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?StarGazer/Moon_Sign_Monthly_Forecast_February_2010</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:05:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Ancient Ayurvedic Information About Herbal Ghee</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Sandeep/Ancient_Ayurvedic_Information_About_Herbal_Ghee_Clarified</link><description><![CDATA[   
 Golden colored Ghee is prepared by melting and simmering unsalted butter until all the water evaporates and the milk solids settle at the bottom. The remaining butter oil is very stable, giving it a high smoke point which makes it an excellent choice to use for frying and sautéing and it can be stored without refrigeration for several months. 
 When a combination of highly beneficial herbs and spices are added to ghee while the ghee is being made, it allows the lipid and water soluble act...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Sandeep/Ancient_Ayurvedic_Information_About_Herbal_Ghee_Clarified</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Appreciation</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?EIdoctor/Appreciation</link><description><![CDATA[ I found anew this word 'appreciate' during my trip to the USA. People there say this word easily and naturally - 'I really appreciate that'. Monk Gyalwang Drukpa says appreciation is the key to maintaining equilibrium. When blessed with success appreciate the benefits that come from success (like a gift - be grateful for it and don't think of it as a birthright) and when experiencing a downturn appreciate the challenge and the lessons learnt from dealing with it. By appreciation i find His Holi...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?EIdoctor/Appreciation</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:43:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Moon Sign 2010 Yearly Forecast: Aries to Virgo</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?StarGazer/Moon_Sign_2010_Yearly_Forecast_Aries_to_Virgo</link><description><![CDATA[
    I have developed forecasts for 2010 by dividing the year into three phases:  Phase 1: To end of May 30th - Saturn retrograde in Virgo from mid January, Mars in Cancer (retrograde until March 12th). Jupiter in Aquarius, moves to Pisces on May 2nd. Phase 2: June - October, with Saturn direct in Virgo, Mars moving on to Leo and Jupiter having moved to Pisces in May. Phase 3: November - December, when Jupiter is in Aquarius all of November and early December and bounces back into Pisces for a ...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?StarGazer/Moon_Sign_2010_Yearly_Forecast_Aries_to_Virgo</guid><pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Moon Sign 2010 Yearly Forecast: Libra to Pisces</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?StarGazer/Moon_Sign_2010_Yearly_Forecast_Libra_to_Pisces</link><description><![CDATA[
  I have developed forecasts for 2010 by dividing the year into three phases: Phase 1: To end of May 30th - Saturn retrograde in Virgo from mid January, Mars in Cancer (retrograde until March 12th). Jupiter in Aquarius, moves to Pisces on May 2nd. Phase 2: June - October, with Saturn direct in Virgo, Mars moving on to Leo and Jupiter having moved to Pisces in May. Phase 3: November - December, when Jupiter is in Aquarius all of November and early December and bounces back into Pisces for a sho...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?StarGazer/Moon_Sign_2010_Yearly_Forecast_Libra_to_Pisces</guid><pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:13:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Re-Encountering America</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?kankan/ReEncountering_America</link><description><![CDATA[ This year I saw America through new eyes: those of the Wyeth family, and then of Norman Rockwell. I had the good fortune to visit the Brandywine Art Museum on a day when Andrew Wyeth’s granddaughter Vic was sharing her grandfather “Andy’s” paintings with anyone interested.   What an experience it was! Vic recounted her personal conversations with Andy about several of his most famous paintings. She spoke of his technique: Andy used egg tempera and dry brushing, to achieve the incredible depth a...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?kankan/ReEncountering_America</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:31:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Dundee On The River Tay</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Foot_Chakra/Dundee_On_The_River_Tay</link><description><![CDATA[ It was summer. Someone forgot to tell the Scottish weatherman in the sky! It felt like the Atlantic had gathered in the sky to rain on us.  
 We had planned a relaxed weekend, with nothing but golf and walking on our agenda. Neither seemed very likely! 
 Our bus from Glasgow airport went on the highway for a while, but soon took to back roads. We wound our way past green pastures dotted with white sheep, and fields of grain, vegetables and strawberries. A steady drizzle followed us to our des...]]></description><category>Looking In</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Foot_Chakra/Dundee_On_The_River_Tay</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Moon Sign Monthly Forecast December 2009</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?StarGazer/Moon_Sign_Monthly_Forecast_December_2009</link><description><![CDATA[
  In December 2009 we observe the following: Saturn in Virgo, Jupiter in Capricorn moving to Aquarius on December 19th, Mars in Cancer going retrograde on Dec 21st. Venus in Scorpio moves to into Sagittarius Dec 21st. Mercury moves to Sagittarius on Dec 1st and goes retrograde Dec 27th. The Sun moves out of Scorpio into Sagittarius on December 16th. The Full Moon will be seen in Taurus on December 2nd and the New Moon in Sagittarius on December 16th.   Approximate Moon positions in the month o...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?StarGazer/Moon_Sign_Monthly_Forecast_December_2009</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:16:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Unicorn's Thanksgiving Message</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Unicorn/Unicorns_Thanksgiving_Message</link><description><![CDATA[ Goddess of peace Irene noted that men left their women alone, lonely, and perhaps childless, to fight and die gloriously in war. So she decided to eliminate all strife, and sought Apollo, who agreed to help her.    They decided to operate from the most peaceful nation, Switzerland. They occupied a broad valley.  Apollo devised more than 100 spacecraft, powered electronically, capable of  1) A maximum speed of 50,000 mph,  2) The ability to neutralize all arms and ammunition,  3) The ability to ...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Unicorn/Unicorns_Thanksgiving_Message</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:53:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>African music and poetry. New Ras Nas CD - Double Focus</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Kongoi_Productions/African_music_and_poetry_New_Ras_Nas_CD_Double_Focus</link><description><![CDATA[
 The long awaited CD  "Double Focus"  by the Tanzanian poet and musician  Ras Nas aka Nasibu Mwanukuzi  is set for release in Oslo, Norway, in November this year. The CD contains music and spoken word. Recorded at Urban Sound studio in Oslo by the legendary recording engineer Jock Loveband,  "Double Focus"  brings together musicians from Mali, South Africa, Norway, Bangladesh and Brazil. The poems are based on an anthology of poetry by Nasibu published by  Kongoi Productions  in 1989.   "Doubl...]]></description><category>Looking In</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Kongoi_Productions/African_music_and_poetry_New_Ras_Nas_CD_Double_Focus</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:16:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Maybe It is My Horoscope?</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?commonsense/Maybe_It_is_My_Horoscope</link><description><![CDATA[
  I am holding my horoscope, responsible for all my misfortunes. Fortunes are my own.  Remember the song in Fiddler on the Roof, "If I were a rich man…"?  I've heard of some pregnant Indian women consult their astrologers to pick the optimum time and day, for a perfect star combination for the birth of their babies, and ask their doctors to perform a C-section to be performed accordingly! They think that is one way to beat the system.   May be I was born at the wrong time, day, and place when ...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?commonsense/Maybe_It_is_My_Horoscope</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:04:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Moon Sign Monthly Forecast November 2009</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?StarGazer/Moon_Sign_Monthly_Forecast_November_2009</link><description><![CDATA[
In November 2009 we observe the following: Saturn in Virgo, Jupiter is Capricorn, Mars in Cancer. Venus moves into Libra from Virgo on November 2nd and on to Scorpio on Nov 27th. Mercury moves from Libra into Scorpio on November 11th and remains there until end of month. The Sun moves out of Virgo into Libra on November 16th. The Full Moon will be seen in Aries on November 2nd and the New Moon in Scorpio on November 16th. Also in November, the arc tracking Solar-Lunar eclipses moves to Gemini-...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?StarGazer/Moon_Sign_Monthly_Forecast_November_2009</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:53:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Who are these People?</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Peter_Spencer/Who_are_these_People</link><description><![CDATA[They seem to have come out of nowhere, shouting about socialism and repeating the most absurd lies as Gospel truth. They are being egged on by a cynical communications empire and headline-hungry politicians, but the real question is: Who are they? How can anyone be that stupid, that gullible, so blindly, unthinkingly hostile that they are willing - happy! - to vote against their own best interest and that of the country they love. What rock did they climb out from under? On what planet, to parap...]]></description><category>Looking In</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Peter_Spencer/Who_are_these_People</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:46:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Learning about money from the developing world</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Spuds/Learning_about_money_from_the_developing_world</link><description><![CDATA[
I’m reading  Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day  by Daryl Collins,  Jonathan Morduch, Stuart Rutherford and Orlanda Ruthven.  The book stresses that the very poor face three hardships when it comes to money management: low income, irregular income, and lack of financial instruments that meet their needs. Yet, in the face of this, they still manage to create a number of systems that, while by no means ideal, help them to manage their money.   I certainly don’t face th...]]></description><category>Looking In</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Spuds/Learning_about_money_from_the_developing_world</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:20:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Prevent H1N1 Influenza</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?drcath/How_to_Prevent_H1N1_Influenza</link><description><![CDATA[Did you know, during the Influenza Pandemic of 1918 homeopathic treatment provided by physicians was significantly more effective than conventional medical treatment?    The Journal of the American Institute for Homeopathy, May, 1921, had a long article about the use of homeopathy in the flu epidemic.  Dr. T A McCann, from Dayton, Ohio, reported that 24,000 cases of flu treated allopathically had a mortality rate of 28.2% while 26,000 cases of flu treated homeopathically had a mortality rate of ...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?drcath/How_to_Prevent_H1N1_Influenza</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:57:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Brides, Bagpipes And Bottles....Of Single Malts</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?kankan/Brides_Bagpipes_And_BottlesOf_Single_Malts</link><description><![CDATA[ We arrived in Glasgow amid true Scottish weather: there was rain and fog! We waded through rivulets and puddles to board our bus for Perth. 
 We were going to our first Scottish wedding. I dreamed of bagpipes wailing, and kilts swirling in tune. the colors of the kilts were reflecting green pastures, purple heather, yellow gorse and the red hair of the bonnie lassies. The blues promised sunny skies, but when? The wedding is tomorrow. 
 In Perth, we stayed in an elegant inn, on the river Tay. ...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?kankan/Brides_Bagpipes_And_BottlesOf_Single_Malts</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:32:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Fred And Frank Learn A Lesson</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Busybody/Fred_And_Frank_Learn_A_Lesson</link><description><![CDATA[ One day, while going home along a crowded street, Fred and Frank suddenly heard a shout “stop thief, stop thief!” They saw a man running and put a foot in front of him.  
 The man fell down and they sat on him. He said “I’m not the culprit, my pocket has been picked! Get up you rascals!” Fred and Frank quickly apologised: “Sorry, we thought you were the thief.” The man got very angry and threatened to take them to the police, and have them arrested for assault.  
 In the meantime, a policeman...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Busybody/Fred_And_Frank_Learn_A_Lesson</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:19:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Moon Sign Monthly Forecast October 2009</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?StarGazer/Moon_Sign_Monthly_Forecast_October_2009</link><description><![CDATA[
In October 2009 we observe the following: Saturn in Virgo, Jupiter goes direct in Capricorn on October 13th, Mars moves into Cancer for a 7 month sojourn on October 5th. Venus moves into Virgo from Leo on October 10th and remains there until the end of the month. Mercury moves from Leo into Virgo on October 4th and then on to Libra on the 24th. The Sun moves out of Virgo into Libra on October 17th. The Full Moon will be seen in Pisces on October 4th and the New Moon in Libra on October 17th.  ...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?StarGazer/Moon_Sign_Monthly_Forecast_October_2009</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Of course, it's Gene's Fault!</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?commonsense/Of_course_its_Genes_Fault</link><description><![CDATA[  Yes, it is! All 25,000 of them that make up everything about my body, my looks, height, weight, my skin, eye and hair color; they control my brain, my physical and mental diseases, my emotions and behavior.  Everything.   Don’t blame me: I do what I am told; nothing more, nothing less.  So, isn’t it time those genes take some responsibility too?     My genes are the members of the Board.  My brain’s cortex is the CEO, making strategic decisions. A bunch of VPs and Directors inside the brain (t...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?commonsense/Of_course_its_Genes_Fault</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:55:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Health Care: Rights and Privelege</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?One_Womans_Opinion/Health_Care_Rights_and_Privelege</link><description><![CDATA[
   Recently, I spent 48 hours in a hospital in New York City, starting with 8 hours in the "fast track" emergency room.  Fortunately, it was not life threatening.  I did have some comfort when I went to the emergency room since I had health insurance provided by my husband's employer.  Being self-employed providing health insurance for myself has always been cost prohibitive.  So, armed with my insurance card, I knew that they could not turn me away and that I could expect reasonable care.  It...]]></description><category>Looking In</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?One_Womans_Opinion/Health_Care_Rights_and_Privelege</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:52:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Summer's Promise</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?kankan/Summers_Promise</link><description><![CDATA[ Wandering in a sunny haze In a wonderful, thoughtful daze I love to see each summer bloom And feel the warmth dispel the gloom Of rainy, dark grey clouds of doom 
 Enchanting dragonflies and butterflies hover On daisy, rose and each wild flower I stroll mid gardens and along the beach The waves my eager feet do reach Such wondrous things does Nature teach 
 This too shall pass it tells the sad See my beauty, it isn’t all bad As Nature renews itself each year So also we must reach beyond fear ...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?kankan/Summers_Promise</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 11:05:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Moon Sign Monthly Forecast September 2009</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?StarGazer/Moon_Sign_Monthly_Forecast_September_2009</link><description><![CDATA[
In September 2009 we observe the following: Saturn moves to Virgo on  September 9th and will remain there until early August 2012 (except for about six months between mid Nov 2011 and mid May 2012 when it will be in  Libra), while Jupiter continues to be retrograde in Capricorn. Mars  remains in Gemini all through September. Venus will be in Cancer until September 15th and in Leo thereafter. Mercury will be start out direct in Virgo in September, go retrograde on September 8th, move back to Le...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?StarGazer/Moon_Sign_Monthly_Forecast_September_2009</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Must For Safe Travels to War Zones: Breast Implant and an Appendix</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?SweetSixties/Must_For_Safe_Travels_to_War_Zones_Breast_Implant_and_an_Appendix</link><description><![CDATA[
Looks like the dead can rise again and speak for themselves - through their breast implants. So if I were traveling in a strange land ( like around Los Angeles for example), and found myself a boy friend on a reality show for example, I would be given up dead as a Jane Doe. Until my breast implants begin to speak up, that is.   "Fiore's body was found in a trash bin in Buena Park, an Orange County city about 20 miles southeast of Los Angeles.    Her teeth had been pulled out and her fingers cu...]]></description><category>Looking In</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?SweetSixties/Must_For_Safe_Travels_to_War_Zones_Breast_Implant_and_an_Appendix</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Authoritah</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Peter_Spencer/Authoritah</link><description><![CDATA[
At church this morning, as often happens in the summer, we had a first-year seminarian as guest preacher. My mother, who was ordained in the Presbyterian Church in 1974, takes a understandably keen interest in these rookie outings, and has never been short of  sotto voce  comment afterwards. She would have said this young woman was "smiley," which I always took to mean that the preacher in question, doubting his or her intellectual qualifications to address this congregation with what is, more...]]></description><category>Looking In</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Peter_Spencer/Authoritah</guid><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:25:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>A Week Without A Fridge: Can You Do It?</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Spuds/A_Week_Without_A_Fridge_Can_You_Do_It</link><description><![CDATA[This experiment happened over early spring. I decided to try going a week without the fridge this year.  Did not unplug it. For one, I had 5 gallons of local cider in it, and I was not ready to drink hard cider for breakfast yet. However, I hoped to manage all food and leftover storage sans fridge.  Here is an excerpt from my journal:   Planning :  Tonight we eat the left over onion soup and tomorrow the lentil.  The last bit of Indian okra, my older daughter Didi can take for lunch tomorrow; an...]]></description><category>Looking In</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Spuds/A_Week_Without_A_Fridge_Can_You_Do_It</guid><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>What is Ghee?</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Sandeep/What_is_Ghee</link><description><![CDATA[  We are passionate about ghee! Ghee is considered a very sacred food in India. We make our ghee only on the waxing ("Shukla Pakchha") or full moon ("Purnima") days which are considered auspicious in the ancient Vedic system.  In the traditional Indian medicine of Ayurveda, Ghee is believed to protect the brain against degeneration and is often prescribed in varying dosages to treat ailments like memory loss and appetite loss, depression and anxiety.    
  Ghee is prepared by melting and simmer...]]></description><category>Looking In</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Sandeep/What_is_Ghee</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:50:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Attila's Tribe In Canada</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Unicorn/Attilas_Tribe_In_Canada</link><description><![CDATA[ Attila’s tribe had settled down for ten years in Canada. The Canadian natives told them that the natives in the south were unfriendly and warlike.  
 The tribe’s warlike spirit rose. The young men went south. Some natives went too. The southern natives attacked them and there was a great fight. The natives were killed in large numbers. However, the southern natives managed to capture two Canadian natives.  
 Attila’s men went to rescue them. They rescued one man, but the other man was too bad...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Unicorn/Attilas_Tribe_In_Canada</guid><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 08:22:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Moon Sign Monthly Forecast August 2009</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?StarGazer/Moon_Sign_Monthly_Forecast_August_2009</link><description><![CDATA[
In August 2009 we observe the following: Saturn direct in Leo, Jupiter retrograde in Capricorn. Mars in Taurus until August 15th and in Gemini thereafter. Venus will be in Gemini until Aug 21st and in Cancer thereafter. Mercury will be in Leo until August 19th and in Virgo thereafter. Sun will be in Cancer until August 16th and then in Leo for rest of the month. We will see Full Moon on July 5th in Capricorn and New Moon in Leo on August 20th.   Approximate Moon positions in the month of Augus...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?StarGazer/Moon_Sign_Monthly_Forecast_August_2009</guid><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Fred And Frank Help Out</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Busybody/Fred_And_Frank_Help_Out</link><description><![CDATA[ Returning home from school, Fred and Frank saw an old lady suddenly fall down and twist her ankle. They helped her to get up. Frank carried her parcels and Fred helped her to walk home.   
 They left her at home with her parcels and told her to call her doctor. She asked them their names, and gave her name as Mrs. Ames. Fred and Frank went home  
 The next day, their math teacher Mr. Ames came to them and thanked them for helping his mother. He told them to come to him if they ever had diffic...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Busybody/Fred_And_Frank_Help_Out</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:48:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Should we or should we not?</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Garden_Advice/Should_we_or_should_we_not</link><description><![CDATA[ Here's a brief news item that might interest organic gardeners: 
  The Future for Pesticides? Stanton Gill   
 I was at the Ohio Floriculture Association Short Course in Columbus, Ohio last week and I had some time to spend with some of the Canadians attending the meetings. They told me that some of the Canadian provinces just passed very restrictive laws on chemical pesticides use in home landscapes. In the United States we call this use of pesticides on "ornamental plants". In Ontario they ...]]></description><category>Looking Out</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Garden_Advice/Should_we_or_should_we_not</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:19:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Body is Designed to Win</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?drcath/The_Body_is_Designed_to_Win</link><description><![CDATA[Your blood chemistry is as individual as your fingerprints.  In my practice, I have used Individualized Nutritional Therapy to improve and even reverse  serious and chronic conditions.  Eating a well-balanced diet and eliminating processed foods and excess calories are extremely important in our quest for good health. However, that is not enough.  Our soils are severely depleted, and depleted soils do NOT produce healthy, nutrient-rich crops. Many of us are aware that our industrialized high-tec...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?drcath/The_Body_is_Designed_to_Win</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:11:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Nagging Harpy ~ And, How To Change Her Tune!</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Martha_Mikel_Hong/The_Nagging_Harpy_And_How_To_Change_Her_Tune</link><description><![CDATA[Summer....the scurrying, stress and frantic dash to the bus every morning is behind us.  We get a reprieve from the pressure of homework and the endless rounds of deadlines.  Now I am faced with two kids who want to spend all day in bed and all night in their rooms doing who knows what.  THEIR idea of a perfect summer is lazing around....ALL day.  MY idea of a perfect summer is getting up before 8:00 am to do a couple of hours of outdoors work, with everyone, before it gets hot, followed by an h...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Martha_Mikel_Hong/The_Nagging_Harpy_And_How_To_Change_Her_Tune</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Independence Days, Once More</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Spuds/Independence_Days_Once_More</link><description><![CDATA[
When I started writing my adventures, I was inspired by the idea of doing something every day to make myself, my family, and my community a little less dependent on systems I no longer had much faith in.  A few months ago, I gave an update. And here we are, half way through 2009 – and counting.  So, here is a list of the things I've been doing in my move towards independence.  Perhaps, it will help you to get to freedom too.    Planting :  What haven’t I planted? Spuds, of course, an early cro...]]></description><category>Looking In</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Spuds/Independence_Days_Once_More</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Managing Stress</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?commonsense/Managing_Stress</link><description><![CDATA[ "If I had to live my life again I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once a week; for perhaps the parts of my brain now atrophied could thus have been kept active through use". Charles Darwin (from his autobiography, 1887)    Almost 35 years ago I had the good fortune to meet and listen to Dr. Hans Selye, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc., who is known as the father of "Stress.” Selye pointed out in his talk that stress plays some role in the development of every dise...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?commonsense/Managing_Stress</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>European Priorities: Lions over People?</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?LookingOut/European_Priorites_Lions_over_People</link><description><![CDATA[
    It is said that Hitler was a vegetarian, who would protect wild animals over (certain) people. That is the thought that came to mind when I read this  report in the BCC Earth News  segment. When do the Greens cross over to become Environmental Nazis - preserving distant wild life for their children and grand children to enjpy, while the people in those distant lands are dying as the globalized economy excludes them? Well, let the story speak for itself. It was interesting that the research...]]></description><category>Looking Out</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?LookingOut/European_Priorites_Lions_over_People</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:04:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>President Obama delivers potent wedge ammo to Republicans: How to defuse it</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?CountingOnElections/President_Obama_delivers_potent_wedge_ammo_to_Republicans_How_to_defuse_it</link><description><![CDATA[
  This week President Obama gave Republicans enough juicy material to use during the 2012 re-elections - by joining in the chorus of over reaction that started out on a sleepy Cambridge, MA neighborhood on a summer afternoon on Thursday July 16th.   The president is expected to have a vested interest in law and order, as well as justice. By making a subjective judgement call of Sargeant Crowley's action of hand cuffing Prof. Gates as stupid, the president opened himself up to doubts of whether...]]></description><category>Politics</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?CountingOnElections/President_Obama_delivers_potent_wedge_ammo_to_Republicans_How_to_defuse_it</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 12:55:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>University of Kentucky may have found a break through treatment for Cancer!</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?HealthTalker/University_of_Kentucky_may_have_found_a_break_through_treatment_for_Cancer</link><description><![CDATA[ This is great news!! I have seen a number of my friends and family go through the agonies of cancer that when I read this  press release yesterday,  I wanted to share it with one  and all. Hopefully it will be something that will be quickly translated into practice - I am sure volunteers will line up for experimental treatments no sooner they hear about this.   "Human cells are able to secrete a cancer-killing protein, scientists
at the University of Kentucky's Markey Cancer Center have found....]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?HealthTalker/University_of_Kentucky_may_have_found_a_break_through_treatment_for_Cancer</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:53:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Moon Sign Monthly Forecast July 2009</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?StarGazer/Moon_Sign_Monthly_Forecast_July_2009</link><description><![CDATA[
    In July 2009 we observe the following: Saturn direct in Leo, Jupiter  retrograde in Aquarius. Mars in Taurus from July 3rd onwards, Venus is  Taurus to July 25th. Mercury through Gemini rapidly in the first half and  moves on to Cancer on July 14th.  Sun will be in Gemini until July 15th and then in Cancer for rest of the month. We will see Full Moon on July7th  in Sagittarius and New Moon in Cancer on July 22nd. The big celestial event is the full Solar Eclipse on July 22nd, which will sp...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?StarGazer/Moon_Sign_Monthly_Forecast_July_2009</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Art of Teaching</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Peter_Spencer/The_Art_of_Teaching</link><description><![CDATA[  Those that can, do - and those that can't, teach. It's an old saw (from George Bernard Shaw?) whose principal application seems to be by students crying sour grapes over a poor grade. Of course these days the job market for poets, 12-tone composers, and experts in Medieval Field Systems is such that often masters of these fields must teach somewhere to earn their livings but never mind. There's another reason that Shaw's old put-down has no special sting.    I'm convinced that the best teacher...]]></description><category>Looking In</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Peter_Spencer/The_Art_of_Teaching</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Parenting Lippy Kids and Sassy Teens</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Martha_Mikel_Hong/Parenting_Lippy_Kids_and_Sassy_Teens</link><description><![CDATA[What's the best way to make an otherwise effective technique backfire? It’s simple: Talk too much.  My teenage daughter is at the charming age of 'argue until my head falls off'.  I swear some days she is just talking to see how long she can go on before she runs out of words.  What makes this so surprising is that this is the child that NEVER said more than 2-3 words at a time...ever.  Needless to say, she has a lot to make up for and she is NOT about to pass up on her newfound 'shock and awe' ...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Martha_Mikel_Hong/Parenting_Lippy_Kids_and_Sassy_Teens</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Confident Self</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?commonsense/The_Confident_Self</link><description><![CDATA[
People with self-confidence generally overcome conflicts because they are not afraid to discuss issues in the open.  The root cause of conflict in our personal or business relationships almost always results from lack of confidence or over-confidence, insecurity or fear of the unknown, a need to be competitive or from a deep seated inferiority/superiority complex.  How do we improve our self-confidence?       Some may say either you have it or you don't. I believe it can be developed ~  by ind...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?commonsense/The_Confident_Self</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:21:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Healing a Bone with Diet, Massage and Homeopathy</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?drcath/Healing_a_Bone_with_Diet_Massage_and_Homeopathy</link><description><![CDATA[On April 25th, I was leading a ride with my bike club, the  Morris Area Freewheelers  and fell from my bike--a first--after running into an unmarked road hazard.  Fortunately, the car I tried to avoid stopped as I fell into the street.  But, I fractured my upper arm in two places.  In reviewing all the X-Rays and CT scans with Andrew Willis, MD, a shoulder specialist at Tri-County Orthopedic Associates, we seemed to be speaking the same language--displacements, torque, flexion, torsion--all the ...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?drcath/Healing_a_Bone_with_Diet_Massage_and_Homeopathy</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:54:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Fred And Frank Play Basketball</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Busybody/Fred_And_Frank_Play_Basketball</link><description><![CDATA[ Fred and Frank were good at games, especially basketball, baseball, and football.   
 At basketball, they performed especially well. Once, when they competed with a rival school, Fred had the ball near the basket. The opponent's defender guarded Fred well.   
 Fred pretended to put the ball in the basket and the defender tried to block him. At the last moment, Fred passed the ball to Frank, who popped it in the basket, scoring the winning points.   
 The whole school was proud of them for wi...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Busybody/Fred_And_Frank_Play_Basketball</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>What do We Need a Family for?</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Spuds/What_do_We_Need_a_Family_for</link><description><![CDATA[I thought I needed a family because I wanted children to love and read with, and share good times and bad.  I had a family already, but it consisted of grown ups and nieces and nephews (whom I loved dearly) but it wasn’t the same.  So I had a family, like thousands of others, by adopting a child.   People make families with or without benefit of clergy or government approval. Others when they make a commitment to help parent their partner’s children.  And then there are those who create a family...]]></description><category>Looking In</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Spuds/What_do_We_Need_a_Family_for</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>What Does Mutual Respect Really Mean?</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?commonsense/What_Does_Mutual_Respect_Really_Mean</link><description><![CDATA[President Obama won praise recently when he called for  mutual respect  in hoping to improve the dialog between the US and the Arab countries.  What does mutual respect mean?  Remember the three wise monkeys?  Instead of “see no evil, speak no evil and hear no evil” I would like to propose the following: See with respect, Speak with respect, Listen with respect and Think with respect.  A lack of respect for each other, because we are different in several ways, is the root cause of almost all our...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?commonsense/What_Does_Mutual_Respect_Really_Mean</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Moon Sign Monthly Forecast June 2009</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?StarGazer/Moon_Sign_Monthly_Forecast_June_2009</link><description><![CDATA[
    In June 2009 we observe the following: Saturn direct in Leo, Jupiter  direct in Aquarius until June 16th and retrograde thereafter. Mars and   Venus in Aries throughout June, with a conjunction on June 22nd. Mercury  transits from Aries to Taurus on June 5th and remains there until the  month end. Sun will be in Taurus until June 14th and then in Gemini for  rest of the month. We will see Full Moon on June 7th in Scorpio and New  Moon in Gemini on June 22nd.  Approximate Moon positions in ...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?StarGazer/Moon_Sign_Monthly_Forecast_June_2009</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:38:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>My London Summer</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Foot_Chakra/My_London_Summer</link><description><![CDATA[ It was wet. It was cold. I remember only three days of sunshine! Those were the only days I didn’t need a cardigan. 
 Before I lived in London for a whole summer, I used to wonder why Londoners were so obsessed with the weather. Now I knew. It was because, in London, good weather was rare enough to be an endangered species. 
 I was 25. Wet, cold or sunny, London was fabulous. Red was a color you saw everywhere. The Royal guards, the Beefeaters, the mailboxes, the phone booths and the double d...]]></description><category>Looking In</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Foot_Chakra/My_London_Summer</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:41:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Attila's Tribe Crosses The Atlantic</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Unicorn/Attilas_Tribe_Crosses_The_Atlantic</link><description><![CDATA[ We revisit Attila's tribe, now living in peace and prosperity. Six seafaring men began to dream of adventure.  
 They built six boats large enough to take ten families each, with all their belongings. They sailed northwards to Greenland in early spring. They went on westward till they could go no more. They then turned south.  
 When they came to Labrador, 5 families elected to settle there, as it resembled their land. Five more got down in Newfoundland. The thus empty ship returned to their ...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Unicorn/Attilas_Tribe_Crosses_The_Atlantic</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:28:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>In India, Bucking The 'Revolution' By Going Organic</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Garden_Advice/In_India_Bucking_The_Revolution_By_Going_Organic</link><description><![CDATA[ This interesting story was aired on NPR this morning. In case you missed it, here's a link:  In India, Bucking The 'Revolution' By Going Organic  ]]></description><category>Looking Out</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Garden_Advice/In_India_Bucking_The_Revolution_By_Going_Organic</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:25:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Zorro - The Wonder Cat</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Martha_Mikel_Hong/Zorro_The_Wonder_Cat</link><description><![CDATA[
  The language of love sometimes comes in the form of a purr....  In the past few weeks we have been preoccupied with the health issues of our cat Zorro. This week, I have been particularly reflecting on our journey with our sleek, black friend and faithful companion.  Zorro came into our lives after the sudden death of our beloved silver-tipped short-haired cat Bunny, a victim of tainted cat food.  A frantic trip to the vet and several IVs and exams later, we were told it was kidney cancer an...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Martha_Mikel_Hong/Zorro_The_Wonder_Cat</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 22:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>What is Organic Gardening?</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Garden_Advice/What_is_Organic_Gardening</link><description><![CDATA[ What is wrong with this picture?  If you are wondering what I am talking about, it is a garden column that appeared four weeks ago in the Financial Times, one of the better newspapers in the English Speaking world.  The title cries out "Cheat and grow" - "Chemical fertilizers are the best way to 'feed' plants".  The author offers a false choice between straw manure and chemical fertilizer.  "Best way to 'feed' plants". 
 You might be wondering why I am so worked up.  You might be thinking - ju...]]></description><category>Looking Out</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Garden_Advice/What_is_Organic_Gardening</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 14:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>On the death of my mother</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?One_Womans_Opinion/On_the_death_of_my_mother</link><description><![CDATA[
  I spent the Saturday before Mother's Day sitting in my mother's hospital room as she was preparing for death.  She died one week later.  As I sat there reading a magazine article, as she slept, celebrating motherhood, the article asked the question what advice, story or question would you want to share with your daughter.  Reading the words of those faceless mothers and daughters, I knew I would never have that conversation with my own mother.   Our relationship had been a tortured one- a re...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?One_Womans_Opinion/On_the_death_of_my_mother</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 14:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Default Settings of the Mind</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?EIdoctor/Default_Settings_of_the_Mind</link><description><![CDATA[ DEFAULT SETTINGS OF THE MIND 
 How do you feel when there are no thoughts in your head?  Someone who knows how to actively wipe away automatically generated thoughts will be able to tell you that it is a peaceful feeling – not an empty one. Does he feel useless or good for nothing? No – on the contrary he feels powerful, like one full of potential energy that he can will himself to use. He feels ready to think up something he has never thought before because the ability to wipe out the auto-ru...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?EIdoctor/Default_Settings_of_the_Mind</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 03:57:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Healing the Shaman</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Sas_Carey/Healing_the_Shaman</link><description><![CDATA[
Healing the Shaman     At the edge of Siberia, in the taiga forest of northern Mongolia, we are camping beside the teepee belonging to Gosta, the elder shaman of the Dukha reindeer herders. Smoke comes from the teepee chimney where I imagine his niece is boiling water on the wood stove for morning milk tea. I interviewed Gosta three years ago in 2004 for the first time. He didn’t seem too anxious to talk about the subject I am seeking to learn about: shamanism. In fact, when we turned the vide...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Sas_Carey/Healing_the_Shaman</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 16:24:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Spuds goes Sledding in Spring</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Spuds/Spuds_goes_Sledding_in_Spring</link><description><![CDATA[  I think one of the most under-rated tools in the gardener’s garage or basement is the kids’ sled. Not the Rosebud sort with runners, but the one piece  plastic thing  that looks a bit like a toboggan.         Mine don't look much like that, not only are they orange and lack brakes, but they have chords for pulling. One is long, made of thinnish plastic, about 5 feet long, and no turn up in the front. The other one is much sturdier and has walls (about 10 inches high) around a pit that’s 2’ x 3...]]></description><category>Looking In</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Spuds/Spuds_goes_Sledding_in_Spring</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 18:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bob Dylan Redux</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Peter_Spencer/Bob_Dylan_Redux</link><description><![CDATA[My friend Steve Simels has a weekly group time-waster at powerpop.blogspot.com (a site well worth anyone's time if they're into '60s rock) where readers answer a my-favorite-this-or-that question. This week the topic is "Post-Elvis song that changed your life." Here is what I wrote - a bit grim, not terribly parent-friendly, but, hey:  So far nobody's mentioned the king of all life-changers: Bob Dylan. There are a lot of his tunes that changed my life at different times and for different reasons...]]></description><category>Looking In</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Peter_Spencer/Bob_Dylan_Redux</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 18:16:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Are Your Medicines Depleting Nutrients in your Body?</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?drcath/Are_Your_Medicines_Depleting_Nutrients_in_your_Body</link><description><![CDATA[There are some good studies that answer this question and you may be surprised to learn that even baby aspirin depletes some crucial nutrients.  Here are some common drugs and their nutrient depletions (1):  -Aspirin - Vitamin C, iron, folic acid. -Anti-hypertensives - B6, Magnesium, Calcium, Zinc and Co-enzyme Q10. -Female hormones - B2, B3, B6, B12, Vitamin C, Magnesium, Selenium, Zinc, Vitamin E and Co-enzyme Q10. -Cholesterol lowering statins - Co-enzyme Q10 can be reduced as much as 40%.  Q...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?drcath/Are_Your_Medicines_Depleting_Nutrients_in_your_Body</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 18:31:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Subway Train of Emotions</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?commonsense/The_Subway_Train_of_Emotions</link><description><![CDATA[
Imagine a life without emotions: it would be an empty plane of existence, with no ups and downs – with no significance. Without question, emotions are a large part of being human. That makes us special.      What is emotion? Hate, love, anger, acceptance, happiness, sadness, fear, anxiety, disgust, curiosity, joy, surprise and so on– are feelings we all experience at one time or another. These are like primary colors; you can mix and match to create new emotions. Emotions and how we react to t...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?commonsense/The_Subway_Train_of_Emotions</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 15:29:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Is President Obama Morphing into President Bush?</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?One_Womans_Opinion/Is_President_Obama_Morphing_into_President_Bush</link><description><![CDATA[President Obama’s foreign policy is looking more like what we had come to expect from President Bush.  In recent weeks we have seen the President push for an aggressive escalation in Afghanistan with troop surges and an increase use of drone planes.  The result has been an increase of civilian deaths and a plea from their US backed President asking for the US to take a “ higher moral standard “ to address terrorism. Obama as Bush in Iraq is justifying the death of innocent civilians as necessary...]]></description><category>Politics</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?One_Womans_Opinion/Is_President_Obama_Morphing_into_President_Bush</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 14:16:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>School With Fred And Frank</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Busybody/School_With_Fred_And_Frank</link><description><![CDATA[ Fred and Frank were very clever in school. When they were in middle school, they had the idea of helping all the other students, so that the whole class would do well in their studies.   
 Any student who was not doing well, they would tutor, and make him or her proficient in their studies, so that the whole class got As, Bs, and Cs. Nobody received Ds.   
 When the whole class passed at the end of the year, they requested that the Principal arrange for all the students to remain in the same ...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Busybody/School_With_Fred_And_Frank</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 22:46:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Graying of President Obama</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?CountingOnElections/The_Graying_of_President_Obama</link><description><![CDATA[The first hundred days have already taken their toll on President Obama - there is more salt catching up with the pepper in his hair.   President Obama was very careful in his speech at the White House correspondents dinner (see the video if you have about 20 minutes to spare - mostly insider jokes among the Washington glitterati - there is one zoom in right at the end of Alan Greespan stroking his wife's shoulder, it was late and he may have been falling asleep)  to poke fun at everyone else, i...]]></description><category>Looking Out</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?CountingOnElections/The_Graying_of_President_Obama</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 11:25:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Perception: Interpreting Reality</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?commonsense/Perception_Interpreting_Reality</link><description><![CDATA[
We all live in the world of perception. How we perceive others is what we think is reality.   Many philosophers contend that perception consists of one's interpretation of the world, but as commonality of perception trends toward 100%, perception transmogrifies into reality. Case in point: the sky is blue – reality; now imagine everyone but you perceives the sky to be yellow. Reality would then become "The sky is yellow."   "Thus reality is merely a popular consensus of perception. All things ...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?commonsense/Perception_Interpreting_Reality</guid><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Homicide Prevention Walks - Parenting with Love and Logic</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Martha_Mikel_Hong/Homicide_Prevention_Walks_Parenting_with_Love_and_Logic</link><description><![CDATA[
      Have you ever been out on a walk and run into a friend who really needed to talk?  I like to think of these as Homicide Prevention Walks.  The topic of these walks is often 'I'm Gonna Kill That Kid of Mine.'  On those days, I can hear the real anguish behind the laments about their 'Pain in the Butt' kid.  A child that is acting out is sending a message.  The message has different meanings depending on the age of the child, his personality and temperament and what is going on in the fami...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Martha_Mikel_Hong/Homicide_Prevention_Walks_Parenting_with_Love_and_Logic</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 23:04:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>We Are Complete Nutters!</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Spuds/We_Are_Complete_Nutters</link><description><![CDATA[ A few days ago, by happy coincidence, I had a day off from work, my older daughter had a day off from school, while my younger daughter had school.    When I asked my daughter what she’d like to do, she suggested biking to a grocery store, a few miles away that was going out of business and looking for bargains among the sale items. When we bike with my younger daughter, she rides a bike trail behind me. Because she wasn’t with us, I was able to hook up her old bike trailer, and off we set.    ...]]></description><category>Looking In</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Spuds/We_Are_Complete_Nutters</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 21:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Moon Sign Monthly Forecast May 2009</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?StarGazer/Moon_Sign_Monthly_Forecast_May_2009</link><description><![CDATA[
In May 2009 we observe the following: Saturn Retrograde in Leo until May 17th and direct thereafter, Jupiter Direct in Aquarius (as of May 1st), Mars in Pisces until May 23rd and in Aries thereafter, Venus direct in Pisces until  May 30. Mercury in Taurus goes retrograde on May 7th to May 24th and then retrograde in Aries until May 30th. Sun   will be in Aries until May 14th and then in Taurus for rest of the month. We will see Full Moon on May 8th in Libra and New Moon in Taurus on May 24th. ...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?StarGazer/Moon_Sign_Monthly_Forecast_May_2009</guid><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 22:47:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Tyranny of Only This, Not That</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?shebana/The_Tyranny_of_Only_This_Not_That</link><description><![CDATA[I went walking in some woods yesterday, not far from where I have been living temporarily--yes, everything is temporary, I hear you-- but what I mean to say is: I'm in limbo right now and I don't want to commit to saying this particular place is my home and I am going to stay here. My hesitation to commit stems from many things, one of which is landscape.  For some time now, I've been pretty specific about the kinds of landscapes I want around me on an everyday basis and have the capacity to mov...]]></description><category>Looking In</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?shebana/The_Tyranny_of_Only_This_Not_That</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Spuds just can&#8217;t get it together</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Spuds/Spuds_just_cant_get_it_together</link><description><![CDATA[ Well, after my last depressing post, I ought to follow up with something really happy and positive. Trouble is, I can’t think of anything.    Sure, my children have done their share of cute things, and the greens have sprouted, the cabbages have transplanted well. I still have my job. There have been no more insurances cut-backs. No more of my teeth have fallen out, or had to be pulled.    And I’m certain that if anything bad were to happen to us, I’d feel the pain. But right now, I seem pretty...]]></description><category>Looking In</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Spuds/Spuds_just_cant_get_it_together</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:05:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>What If Your Child is a Drama Hog?</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Martha_Mikel_Hong/What_If_Your_Child_is_a_Drama_Hog</link><description><![CDATA[  Twice over the course of this week I have been consulted by parents of young children.  The question is the same.  "How do we get them to 'do what we tell them to do?.We keep punishing them and nothing is working".  These are well educated, attentive, loving parents.  They have read the child rearing books and are using time-outs in the right way.  What could they be doing wrong?    On key to the problem may lie in the fact that kids will always 'go for the DRAMA' in life.  As the parent, your...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Martha_Mikel_Hong/What_If_Your_Child_is_a_Drama_Hog</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sub Swara: You should know them!</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?FeelTheBeet/Sub_Swara_You_should_know_them</link><description><![CDATA[  Club music rarely sounds good outside of the club--and I have a tendency to get sick of it quickly, especially repetitive electronica or techno. Benny Benassi only sounds good for one song, then it all sounds the same (though I do have a special place for Benassi, especially in really fast cars. Or rollercoasters); I feel the same way about bhangra and reggaeton. The bass beats are good for bouncing around with some sweaty compatriots for four to six blurry hours, but outside the club, one or ...]]></description><category>Looking In</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?FeelTheBeet/Sub_Swara_You_should_know_them</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Who is Feeding Your Kids?</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?commonsense/Who_is_Feeding_Your_Kids</link><description><![CDATA[  Feed the tummy, feed the brain.  Parents have the responsibility to feed the kids not only for their physical health, but also for their mental health. A body has no value without a brain.        Most parents are extremely careful in what they feed their kids from day one. You pay full attention in selecting foods for its nutritional value, digestibility, taste, its allergic reactions, contamination, pesticides, etc.  Why?  Because you want the best for your child’s growth.       The brain nee...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?commonsense/Who_is_Feeding_Your_Kids</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Green shoots or weeds - jobs in balance</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?EyeOnPersonalFinance/Green_shoots_or_weeds_jobs_in_balance</link><description><![CDATA[
President Obama and Chairman Bernanke have read the tea leaves and declared they may have seen a green shoot or two, heralding the end of the economic winter (not that there will not be two or three more blizzards before the trees actually flower). The nay sayers among economists, who made a name for themselves over the last three years with their dire predictions, say those are no green shoots – those are weeds which may well eat the roots of the perennial plants.  “Moderation in pace of the ...]]></description><category>Looking Out</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?EyeOnPersonalFinance/Green_shoots_or_weeds_jobs_in_balance</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:46:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Songwriting as Literature</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Peter_Spencer/Songwriting_as_Literature</link><description><![CDATA[When Bob Dylan came along it was fashionable for a while to say, "He's a poet" with a touch of awe in your voice. Cole Porter and Irving  Berlin may have been superb craftsmen, Hank Williams may have been a compelling performer, Fats Waller may have been an incisive and original personality, but Dylan's work was actual genius, we were saying. And who's to suggest that we weren't right?  But Dylan, for all his artistic breakthroughs, didn't invent the idea that songs could be literature. Kipling'...]]></description><category>Looking In</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Peter_Spencer/Songwriting_as_Literature</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:39:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>A step for Main Street...?</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?One_Womans_Opinion/A_step_for_Main_Street</link><description><![CDATA[The Senate is finally working to ease the burden of Main street when they voted out of finance committee reforms to the credit card industry.  The bill working through the Senate would prohibit some of the draconian measures the credit card companies have enjoyed for years.  A few examples of the unbridled greed of the industry has been  increasing fees if you are late on your payment or the payment of a different card or increasing your interest rates for the same reasons.    At a time when Ame...]]></description><category>Looking Out</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?One_Womans_Opinion/A_step_for_Main_Street</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Good Memories. Bad Memories</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?commonsense/Good_Memories_Bad_Memories</link><description><![CDATA[The brain is not the most reliable aid of memory. It is not a tape recorder, nor a computer. It plays tricks, modifies and creates its own memory.   Genetic defects, physical injuries, traumas and old age can alter the power of memory. So, how can we improve our memory? There are several ways.  You’ve heard the phrase: use it or lose it.  Good food, regular exercise, doing cross word puzzles and games like Sudoku keep the brain active. Over and above, a good night’s sleep is as important as any ...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?commonsense/Good_Memories_Bad_Memories</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:23:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Introducing Fred And Frank</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Busybody/Introducing_Fred_And_Frank</link><description><![CDATA[John and Jane had twin sons named Fred and Frank, who were well brought up and clever.  They attended daycare until they were of school age.   Once they started school, their mother put them on the bus stand at 8am and picked them up again at 3:30pm.  In the meantime, she went to work.    Their bags contained food and a bottle of water as well as their school books.  They were good, clever boys and when they came from school, they worked for a little while watering the flowers, trees, and vegeta...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Busybody/Introducing_Fred_And_Frank</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:52:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Parenting the Teen Brain with Love and Logic</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Martha_Mikel_Hong/Parenting_the_Teen_Brain_with_Love_and_Logic</link><description><![CDATA[This Friday marks the end of a 13 week parenting group that I have been helping with at my church.  As a result of the extended schedule,I have done a lot of extra research and presenting on parenting teenagers.    Two of my favorite authors of late have been Dr. Michael Bradley (Yes, Your Teen Is Crazy) and Dr. Jay Giedd, chief of brain imaging in the child psychiatry branch at the National Branch of the Institute of Mental Health.  He has spent more than 13 years performing MRIs and studying t...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Martha_Mikel_Hong/Parenting_the_Teen_Brain_with_Love_and_Logic</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>President Obama: Lessons Learned??</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?One_Womans_Opinion/President_Obama_Lessons_Learned</link><description><![CDATA[President Obama has said we need to look forward when he is questioned about President Bush’s Administration’s mishaps in Iraq, but he would be wise to look at their mistakes to insure he does not make the same mistakes in Afghanistan.    The American people, in part, voted President Obama into office because they desperately wanted change, change in both foreign and domestic policies from the past eight years.  His timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq while laudable, some folks will argue...]]></description><category>Looking Out</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?One_Womans_Opinion/President_Obama_Lessons_Learned</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:47:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Memory Lapses</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?commonsense/Memory_Lapses</link><description><![CDATA[Memory lapses come in many flavors.   Say your friend, who you generally consider a credible source, has told you apples are bad for you because they are high in fat. You may later recall this fact but not remember who you’ve learned it from, except that you trusted the source and, possibly, avoid eating apples altogether (in reality, apples contain no fat). This is called  source amnesia : when you remember the content but not the source.  You give knowledge more weight if you believe you learn...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?commonsense/Memory_Lapses</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:36:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Moon Sign Monthly Forecast April 2009</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?StarGazer/Moon_Sign_Monthly_Forecast_April_2009</link><description><![CDATA[
In April 2009 we observe the following: Saturn Retrograde in Leo, Jupiter Direct in Capricorn, Mars in Aquarius until April 14th and in Pisces thereafter, Venus Retrograde in Pisces until April 18th and then direct. Mercury transits from Pisces to Aries on April 6th and then on to Taurus on April 24th. Sun will be in Pisces until April 13th and then in Aries for rest of the month. We will see Full Moon on April 9th in Virgo and New Moon in Aries on April 24th.  Approximate Moon positions in th...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?StarGazer/Moon_Sign_Monthly_Forecast_April_2009</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>A Spring Moment</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?shebana/A_Spring_Moment</link><description><![CDATA[
                        L ast spring in Mongolia, on a crisp sunny morning, I did what I usually do – walked from my apartment, along the Tov Zam, the main avenue of Ulaanbaatar, towards the café where I would sit and write for a few hours.  UB, as it's called, is an eclectic mix of all that is old, new and in transition in Mongolia: huge blocks of Soviet-era buildings, new skyscrapers, Mongolians in traditional "deel" costumes walking besides other Mongolians in stylish suits and skirts. On t...]]></description><category>Looking In</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?shebana/A_Spring_Moment</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Why pulling your child's ears may not be such a bad idea</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Sandeep/Why_pulling_your_childs_ears_may_not_be_such_a_bad_idea</link><description><![CDATA[ I remember while growing up in India, parents, older brothers and sisters, and teachers would gently pull a child's ears when the child made a mistake.  It was considered normal.  We know it is not considered a good practice in the USA.  However, things are about to change.  Pulling a child's ears may be a good idea, after all! 
 Researchers have found our ears contain reflexology points that correspond to major body parts.  The right ear lobe corresponds to the left brain and the left ear lob...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Sandeep/Why_pulling_your_childs_ears_may_not_be_such_a_bad_idea</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:16:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Senioritis: April Fools Day</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?C_Ojeda/Senioritis_April_Fools_Day</link><description><![CDATA[Spring is here and for some that means looking out the window and thinking about the outdoors, doing lawn work, anticipating outdoor activities and slipping away from the office a little earlier to enjoy the extra hours of daylight. However, for parents of high school seniors, this is by far one of the most stressful times for the family unit.    We are fast approaching April 1. Prior to having children this was simply April Fools day, play a joke on someone and have a good laugh, but for parent...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?C_Ojeda/Senioritis_April_Fools_Day</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:41:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Spuds is Depressed</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Spuds/Spuds_is_Depressed</link><description><![CDATA[I had a recent encounter with a father when we were thrown together by a common interest two of our respective children share.  He was expecting to loose in job in the next thirty days, and had taken a day off to consult with a career development person. I didn’t really understand what he did in the world of finance, but it involved something to do with financial instruments and what was happening to a certain foreign market, but he said he wasn’t an analyst, when I asked about that. It was also...]]></description><category>Looking In</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Spuds/Spuds_is_Depressed</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:22:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Motivating Your Kids to Do Their Best</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Martha_Mikel_Hong/Motivating_Your_Kids_to_Do_Their_Best</link><description><![CDATA[
"Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts." (Winston Churchill)  We are at a real crossroads in our home these days.  The teenager is bored with school and not challenged by either her teachers or the schoolwork for the most part.  She is just 'puttin' in time' and 'going through the motions'.    It was a very bad year from the start.  Substitute teachers in more than one class for extended periods of time and now, it seems we still can't go a full ...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Martha_Mikel_Hong/Motivating_Your_Kids_to_Do_Their_Best</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:09:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>What Do You Really Remember?</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?commonsense/What_Do_You_Really_Remember</link><description><![CDATA[Long-term memory is notoriously unreliable. Quite often it can even be false. Don’t believe everything you hear from others based on their memory. That goes for one's own memory too.  “Human memory is not like computer memory. It isn’t completely right all the time...There are occasions when people feel very strongly about past events, even though they might not have occurred...Specific memories don’t last forever, but what ends up lasting are not the specific details, but more general or global...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?commonsense/What_Do_You_Really_Remember</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:55:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Cautiously Optimistic on Geithner Plan - betting against the downside</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?EyeOnPersonalFinance/Cautiously_Optimistic_on_Geithner_Plan_betting_against_the_downside</link><description><![CDATA[
Yes, after a long long time we seem to have a plan that at least makes logical sense. At a practical level, it may work or it may not.  This is the way I see it working (this is my interpretation, I would welcome corrections) in simple lay terms and using an illustrative example:  Lets say your Bank lent $100,000 in mortgage for a house in 2006, which was then valued at $105,000 (yes, they should have asked for more than 5% down, but that is in the past). The owner stopped making mortgage paym...]]></description><category>Looking Out</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?EyeOnPersonalFinance/Cautiously_Optimistic_on_Geithner_Plan_betting_against_the_downside</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:17:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>An Army of Girls</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Peter_Spencer/An_Army_of_Girls</link><description><![CDATA[When I was in seventh grade I performed Tom Lehrer's "Irish Ballad" at my Junior High School talent show. It was in the spring of 1964, so naturally there was a Beatles act, four eighth-graders lip-synching with brooms and tennis racquets to "All My Loving." As soon as the record started the whole auditorium erupted with screaming, so loud that several of the baby brothers and sisters in the audience began to cry. Everybody knew it wasn't the guys with brooms and tennis racquets these girls were...]]></description><category>Looking In</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Peter_Spencer/An_Army_of_Girls</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Embarking On My Own</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?kankan/Embarking_On_My_Own</link><description><![CDATA[ It was scary, yet exciting. I was to encounter my first landlady! 
 Would I have to feed pennies to get heat in my room? I had read about this in books about London lodgings. Would I have to climb four flights to an attic room? Would the bathroom be four floors down? 
 I'm not sure if I was relieved to be wrong or disappointed that my fantasies were dashed to bits by the beautiful reality of my home for the next ten weeks. Note this: no pennies needed, heat included! 
 My landlady, Miss W. w...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?kankan/Embarking_On_My_Own</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:25:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Spuds Gets Her Hands Dirty</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Spuds/Spuds_Gets_Her_Hands_Dirty</link><description><![CDATA[  Yep. It’s that time of year, when I finally put the seed catalogs and garden plans aside, and start digging.    Lots of people have written posts, published and otherwise disseminated wonderful information telling how to garden, right down to the micro-climate between someone's garage and the driveway fence. I rely on those books and other guides to the point where I don’t think I can advise you on what to plant (other than spuds) or how to plant them.    So, I’ll tell you why I garden.  Part ...]]></description><category>Looking In</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Spuds/Spuds_Gets_Her_Hands_Dirty</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:12:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Omnipresent Divinity</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?commonsense/Omnipresent_Divinity</link><description><![CDATA[
Divinity is in all of us equally, all the time. How do we recognize this?   One day a father (Joe) finds his two-year-old child turning blue. He rushes her to the pediatrician (Priya) who quickly revives the child and takes an extra five minutes comforting the father. Looking at the smiling child, he tells the doctor “Doc, you are a real angel...you are my only God Almighty. You saved my child’s life.” At this moment he sees “divinity” on the doctor’s face. He means what he says and he believe...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?commonsense/Omnipresent_Divinity</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:07:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Get Ready for Spring Planting</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Garden_Advice/Get_Ready_for_Spring_Planting</link><description><![CDATA[ Spring is almost here. Various associations have recently announced new plant selections. I thought you may wish to have these lists when you plan to visit your favorite garden store.  All-America Selections  (AAS) has announced its 2010 Flower Award winner and Bedding Plant Award winners. 
  Flower Award Winner: ‘Mesa Yellow’ gaillardia (blanket flower).   It is naturally drought tolerant, and the flowers can be cut and used for summer bouquets. If left on the plant, they attract butterflies....]]></description><category>Looking Out</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Garden_Advice/Get_Ready_for_Spring_Planting</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:39:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Diesel Fumes for Breakfast</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Martha_Mikel_Hong/Diesel_Fumes_for_Breakfast</link><description><![CDATA[Diesel fumes for breakfast.  That's what I get for still walking my 13 year old daughter to the bus stop every morning.  Why do I do it?    Because she wants me to and it is a great way for me to jump start my pathetic attempts at an exercise program of walking every day.  How much longer will it last?  Who knows...but I will hang onto this last little shred of her childhood as long as I can.  This 1 minute walk and 5 minute wait every day has allowed me to take her pulse and chat with her and t...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Martha_Mikel_Hong/Diesel_Fumes_for_Breakfast</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:28:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Middle East: View from an Israeli Citizen</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?One_Womans_Opinion/The_Middle_East_View_from_an_Israeli_Citizen</link><description><![CDATA[  I was sitting on a commuter train and started chatting with a fellow passenger.  He lives in Israel and was on his way home.  Curious as to what he felt about the ongoing violence in his homeland, I asked.  I wondered how difficult it must be to live with such hostility and violence on a regular and random basis.      He agreed and said it was difficult but that both the Israelis and Palestinians are tired of the fighting and want peace.  In my moment of naiveté, I questioned that if the peopl...]]></description><category>Looking In</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?One_Womans_Opinion/The_Middle_East_View_from_an_Israeli_Citizen</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:32:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Who am I Without the Mask?</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?commonsense/Who_am_I_Without_the_Mask</link><description><![CDATA[   Cogito, ergo sum: I think, therefore I am.  Descartes (1637) summed up the importance of thought processes in humans, probably the most important way in which we differ from animals.        Throughout the history of mankind, intelligent humans have wondered: “Who am I?”  Some have asked: am I the embodiment of all the different egos shaped into a human form? Or, am I divinity with all the egos stripped off?                  I know what I am – a product of 100 billion brain cells put together ...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?commonsense/Who_am_I_Without_the_Mask</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:25:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>When Waves Crash, Live Modestly in Meditation</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Karmic_Lenses/When_Waves_Crash_Live_Modestly_in_Meditation</link><description><![CDATA[
Friends who have been more knowledgeable in these matters tell me that the sky has indeed fallen, the wave has crashed against hard rocks. This particular event of the sky falling was apparently sighted last week. That is when the 2G happened, they said. That and the C getting on to the McDonald's dollar menu. I will take their word for it.   They know these things, live and breathe by it. For those of us not in the know - the 2G event was when General Electric stock went down to $6 and Genera...]]></description><category>Inner Space</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Karmic_Lenses/When_Waves_Crash_Live_Modestly_in_Meditation</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 11:32:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Democratic Congress Finally Gets a Spine</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?One_Womans_Opinion/The_Democratic_Congress_Finally_Gets_a_Spine</link><description><![CDATA[  Recall Nancy Pelosi's first pronouncement when she became Speaker of the House " Impeachment (of Bush) is off the table." She boldly made this pronouncement despite the midterm elections that gave the Democrats a landslide  victory because Americans wanted out of the Iraqi occupation and were fully aware that  President Bush and others lied about reasons to get into the occupation.  I use occupation because a war is when two sides are fighting each other over an issue.  The Iraqi people never ...]]></description><category>Politics</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?One_Womans_Opinion/The_Democratic_Congress_Finally_Gets_a_Spine</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:21:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Does the Party of NO Want America to Fail?</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?One_Womans_Opinion/Does_the_Party_of_NO_Want_America_to_Fail</link><description><![CDATA[
  As the party of "No" and the Rush Limbaughs of this country who criticize and hope our President fails,   the majority of Americans are hopeful that his bold, far reaching proposals will work.   We hope but don't expect him to be a seer and be able to see and predict the future.  We do however; expect him to try new an    d creative strategies and use old methodologies that work and throw out those that have not.  What we do know that this mess was a long time in the making and unlike our "f...]]></description><category>Politics</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?One_Womans_Opinion/Does_the_Party_of_NO_Want_America_to_Fail</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:44:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>A Lie</title><link>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Peter_Spencer/A_Lie</link><description><![CDATA[Kurt Vonnegut once said (or had a character in one of his novels say) that writers conspired with editors and publishers to fool people into thinking life had a beginning, a middle, and an end. This is cogent criticism of a literate society, but I'm not sure that's what we are anymore with the rise of what I call performance media, where an work's ideas are now mediated by the performers who give it voice, even if those ideas are written by the performers themselves. But for all these changes th...]]></description><category>Looking In</category><guid>http://www.nafella.com/naflogger/?Peter_Spencer/A_Lie</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:40:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>