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i live in sacramento where we have been in a locally ordered countywide shut down since midnight on wednesday march 18th. on march 19th and 20th (see those posts) i covered the first two stages of shutdown: denial and anger. none of this is linear, … [Continue reading] about shutdown stage three: bargaining
as we saw in my post on march 19th, i find myself going in and out of various stages with this shut-down. stage two is anger.  anger at making such a big deal. at first i was angry that people were making such a big deal out of something that … [Continue reading] about shutdown stage two: anger
as i mentioned in my post of march 13, 2020 below, i have noticed myself evolving over the course of the pandemic. then recently i noticed that others were too and that different people are on different stages. what is unique to this situation is … [Continue reading] about Shutdown stage one: denial
Hi, I am happy to announce that my blogspot blog that I've had here for 16 years at blogspot.com is in the process of migrating to a new dedicated domain snicholsblog.com. That will take a few days to complete (because we want all the old content to … [Continue reading] about My Blog is in transit to snicholsblog.com!!
i have been one of the biggest naysayers around on the pandemic of fear in this covid-19 thing. i have collected the opinions of health experts who point out that people die from various flus for which we do and don’t have vaccines, that we need to … [Continue reading] about let’s eradicate covid-19 in consciousness & reality by 2 weeks of shut-down: my journey from skeptic to advocate of close everything
It is a spiritual axiom that what you give you will receive but have you heard about tithing to yourself? Check this out. It is the easiest way I've found to increase your abundance and decrease financial stress. Read on to find out … [Continue reading] about Pay yourself first: The magic of 10% savings
Perhaps the Covid-19 worldwide pandemic of fear is a spiritual fire drill designed to expose the weaknesses in our systems. Can we sit quietly on the lawn during our fire drill? and where are our hats? Think you cannot fully fund public … [Continue reading] about What if this pandemic of fear is only a spiritual fire drill to prepare us to spread love and wellness to all?
Tonight I thought I was going to a lightweight sing-a-long movie with friends, instead I was treated to a cinematic tour de force with a story eerily applicable to our time. This 2000 year old story brought to Broadway by Webber and Rice … [Continue reading] about (:)(:)(:)(:) for Jesus Christ Superstar original film digitally re-mastered wide-screen – Eerily applicable to our times
With the east coast states reporting first and all the Biden hype, the fact of the largest state in the union voting decisively for Bernie Sanders has been glossed over in the news. So let’s take a moment to celebrate Bernie Sanders winning … [Continue reading] about Bernie Sanders Won California–What that Means for the State & the Nation
Watching the HUGE crowds and energy for Sanders, the massive cash infusions, and hanging out, as I do, in the Twitterverse, I have BELIEVED and spouted the story that Sanders and his message have galvanized a huge swath of youth and that we need that … [Continue reading] about The Revolution will not be Online: Stop Tweeting & Start Voting
I have been meditating daily for about 20 years, which means I must have started when our children were about 3 and 5. Various tricks have worked for me throughout the years. This past week, keeping my meditation practice up while caring … [Continue reading] about My Top Tips to Create & Maintain a Meditation Practice with a Family
After ugly crying at the results of the Biden coup last night, it was a tonic to breeze by a row of lawn signs on this perfect Sacramento spring day--all of which trumpeted candidates & issues that I voted for which seem to have prevailed in the … [Continue reading] about Sacramento’s Katie Valenzuela Shows the Continued Power of Bernie’s Movement