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It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us. - Epicurus
Spinoza famously said, “I have made a ceaseless effort not to
them.” If I truly want to live by Spinoza’s example
negative consequences, but I do not have to scorn the human impulse.[atheist a go-go]
create."[Bertrand Russell]

Interesting find = Total Politics - sadly Spain doesn't seem to have got on this bandwagon as yet, but plenty to read whatever your persuasion

Apparently these are the top 20 green blogs
1. The Daily (Maybe)
2. Two Doctors
3. Another Green World
4. Coventry Green Voice
5. George Monbiot
6. Green Ladywell
7. Philobiblon
8. Flesh is Grass
9. Peter Cranie
10. Barkingside 21
11. Paul Kingsnorth - Know Your Place
12. Transition Culture
13. Greenman's Occasional Organ
14. Jason Kitcat
15. La Lutte Continue
16. Ruscombe Green
17. Conservengland
18. Rupert Read
19. Adrian Ramsay
20. Scribo Ergo Sum

Green Solutions Magazine

Jason Randhawa is a student, currently living in Canada. He is attending McGill University. His site - what is metaphysics and a great article Being the Change - click on his name to download the pdf - a good and inspiring story

Another interesting read - yep I certainly have been having a catch up on my reading LOL - I like this one in so far as Mellen concurs that what he had thought had become his reality, I see no reason to doubt his story, he's not trying to sell anything on the back of it - I hesitate at his use of God, I would rather it be named Universe - as I begin to realise that "man" turned universal Principles into Gods - and as science progresses this is what will ultimately be revealed - there is no above nor below, no heaven nor hell, life in all it's varying forms is but circles within circles - cyclic - [one man's up is another man's down ]

Craving = intense and persistent longing{websters}Everyone is craving and filing that craving with food, tv, sex, work, busy -ness etc, and yet the craving still persists no matter how much food, tv or sex we have, logic then decrees that we are not giving ourselves what we truly crave - TIME - time to THINK - REFLECT - PROJECT - RE-SOLVE - be gentle with ourselves in order to be gentle with others - we cannot resolve issues with others that we have not first resolved within ourselves, it is like beating your head against a brick wall, believe me I have much experience in that department, and still it comes back to haunt me LOL - more detachment - less personal - letting go - I can only turn my bit of charcoal into a diamond Again I seem to need the experience of allowing my self to get caught up in other's and not seeking my TIME each day, then my life looses it's momentum, purpose and joy - when will I ever learn Yes I am still scratching my head metaphorically and lierally, though no nits just sweaty head.......Gordo gato got his gordo butt stuck yesterday morning chasing some poor pus who had hunkered down in the little room at the end of our "path" cats can get in through a hole at the bottom of the wooden doors, fat cat thinks it's his place - so the hissing and spitting and yowling alerted Squidge who belted out to see - was like a cartoon - squdge's arse was sticking out of said hole in door when she heard me she backed out whereupon feral pus hurtled out followed by gordo gato who briefly got lodged in hole, before giving chase followed by a yapping sqidge - what can I do - shrug shoulders, squidge is back first a few minutes later a knackered Stinkers flumps on the floor flat out, when he finally stops panting and gets up he is limping so he'll not be doing much for the next few daysLast night we watched the last part of the Miracles of Egypt series - Legacy - and I do feel a connection with a lot of what has been said in the series - is it because I want it to? - I don't think so as there are many other belief systems to buy into which don't "attract" me - I know there is no absolute scientific proof - AS YET - I do beleive that science is still in it's baby days - when different sciences come together {as several have done in this series} and compare notes/join forces even more knowledge will "come to light" - Newton, Pythagoras, Plato and many other's have already "proved" this. There is no god in this ancient civilisation just principles!! Universal principles!!"There are no gods, and no masters, to turn yourself over to. There is,
however, your own amazing strength, and the help of friends. Life is
like an Amish barn — set out to build it, and you’re like to find the
whole community come out to help you. Wait for someone else to build
it, and the cows will get mighty wet the next time it rains."{read more}"How are you today? Have you changed your mind about anything? Have you opened your heart further recently? Have you gone to work by a different route? What happiness did you give to someone today that also brought you happiness? What are you going to do right now, and how do you feel about it?"{heaven}

Adversity strengthens us. Who could we learn more from than our own brothers and sisters?

My Intention for today is:

I Intend that I am looking at life from my soul's point of view. Leo 2008 - Dynamic Generous Fire SpiritsSome light hearted reading The thing about Buddha is…The Thing about Jesus IsThe Thing About Muhammad Is

Started on Sunday and finished on Monday We got a birds eye view of the partial eclipse on Saturday night, I fell asleep looking at it through the bedroom window...... beautiful, as Eli put it "....saw when she
had a little hat of light and when it changed to a scarf on the
head....." When Warren asked Obama about what Christianity means to him on a daily basis, the Senator responded, "It means I believe that Jesus Christ died for my sins and that I am redeemed through Him. That is a source of strength and sustenance on a daily basis. I know that I don't walk alone. But what it also means, I think, is a sense of obligation to embrace not just words, but also through deeds and expectations that God has for us. And that means thinking about the least of these - acting justly, loving mercy and walking humbly with our God."In response to that same question about his personal Christian faith, McCain replied, "It means I am saved and forgiven." {Brilliant B4 Breakfast}********************************In the first seven months of this year, the United States has deported 90,000 children to Mexico - without a parent or guardian. (Link goes to a Spanish-language news site.) {Brilliant B4 Breakfast}********************************Somehow what doesn’t get into the papers is as interesting as what
does. Right now I’m looking at a press release on a story which seems
pretty important to me: people with serious mental illnesses are
committing fewer murders than ever before, by a truly enormous margin.
Homicides in this group increased from around 40 a year in the 1950s to
100 a year in the 1970s, in line with a similar increase in the general
population. But while murders by people like you have continued to
increase, and roughly trebled (0.6 per 100,000 of population in the
1950s, and almost 2 per 100,000 now), murders by people with serious
mental illnesses, despite the hype and the fear, the public
pronouncements and the headlines, have come down massively since the
1970s, to fewer than 20 a year today.{Bad Science}Having read this I then listened to The Friday Play on BBC Radio 4 - A True Story.........*********************************Leave Out ViolencE (L.O.V.E.).L.O.V.E. is now an international non-profit organization with offices
across Canada (with bilingual programs in French speaking Quebec) and
in New York, NY. The success of this program is truly uplifting. It is a clear
demonstration of how the determination of one person can be an
incredibly positive force in the lives of hundreds, and how even
violent actions can be transformed into positive social movements. ********************************** Before I went on Any Questions
last week I did a good deal of homework on Georgia etc. The one thing
that was quickly very clear was that there were no ‘goodies’ in this
conflict.{A Don's Life}********************************Well looks like I shall have a relatively quiet few weeks, time to catch up on friends, groups, books AND, if it cools down a little, start freshening up the paint work.....Del has found an interesting series on

[Sarah Biermann]

Questions?

There are some questions in the world you do not ask. Most of the questions you ask
yourself are immaterial. They are stalling, filibustering, if you will.
Enough of questions for a while. Simply note that according to the joy
you have, that is the degree to how much joy you can give. It is
unselfish to be happy. It is selfish to be unhappy. There are no two
ways about it. You may be a good actor and hide your unhappiness, yet,
despite the best acting, there is that level at which your unhappiness
is known.
When you are unhappy, you find a reason. You like to think it is a
good reason. The brutal fact is that, if you are unhappy, you chose to
be unhappy. Happiness is not the luck of the draw. Happiness or
unhappiness is what your mind tells you to feel. When you are unhappy,
you have willingly sacrificed your happiness on the altar, as if it
were honorable to give away your happiness. Do that, and you deny
others their happiness. You may perhaps think that is a noble thing to
give up your happiness and be long-suffering. Hogwash. Do you think you
are not worthy of joy? Do you think that suffering is better? Have you
chosen to be a martyr? If so, then unchoose it now. Be the hero or
heroine of a different kind of novel. Do not be the king or queen who
so nobly puts his or her head on the block. Find other heroes, beloved.
Find a pillow of roses to rest your head upon.

Keeping the balance here is a list of excellent books for free thinkers - more positive atheism

Atheists often get accused of “worshiping” themselves, of being
arrogant and having no humility. I don’t know why. Nature constantly
reminds me that I’m small, reminds me that I’m part of something
bigger. The world was not made for us, Nature tells us. I find that
curiously comforting, because it is nice to know that the world, and
the universe, are far bigger and grander than mere humanity, as amazing
as we are.

Sometimes Nature reminds us gently. And sometimes it tears into a
city with a glorious fury, primal and so beyond us that we can only
stand before it, humbled and awed.

And on that note I must sign off for now and get off to work, whatever your belief/philosophy have a wonderful day.............

Our wedding anniversary - bloody 'ell 19 years we've been together and married for 17 of them - time flies by..........
loverly email from the Lau, who seems to be maturing nicely {sounds more like a cheese soz whoops cheesy statements pardon the pun Lau just couldn't resist} the usual high intensity energy that accompanies her emails/texts or calls is relaxing........and a hello to you Lau Lau, so you do call by here sometimes - thank you xx I know what a busy work and social time you have - I think the little saying I posted yesterday is true of this little family......ahhhhhh......
Well I started this before chatting to Lau who is now up to par on the "holiday" events, so it is all sorted that I go stay with her, she is hoping to be in another flat by then, but if not we will just bunk up together......
Now I know I was told the kids had had nits BUT I didn't know that 2 still had the little boogers and their mother's weren't treating them {some women would be far better off realising that they aint mother material, there is no shame in it and would be kinder and more considerate to both the poor bloody offspring and the rest of humanity} - it explains the constant head scratching I have had for the past week, arbol de té just hasn't helped so now a visit to the pharmacia and hopefully make myself understood - ELI Heeeelllllp what is NIT shampoo in Espanol??????
Well Sa isn't it interesting to see how many folks were keeping their opinions to themselves because of their friendship to you [unlike me lol] and once you voice your reservations/observations their true opinions come to the fore - a cracking email from Alexa certainly showed this one up - it reveals to me how we button our real feelings up for fear of offending/upsetting another mmmmmmmmmm - one for the full moon contemplation As we all gaze upon the moon from our various standpoints around the globe may our thoughts join as one in LOVE PEACE JOY for EACH OTHER - the ALL and OURSELVES

Positive Atheism
Atheism
is a word that by definition is negative — it refers to the lack of
something, namely God-belief. But in the real world, it gets more
complicated. The obvious complication is that theists and atheists
often have very different definitions for the word. In my experience,
theists get caught at the negative point — it’s like most can’t get
their minds to deal with that and move on to further considerations.
It’s akin to something vegetarians deal with — people get so focused on
the negative idea — you’re not eating meat?! But what do you eat,
then?! — that they have a hard time hearing the positive side of it.
Vegetarianism, though, isn’t about not eating meat — it’s about
embracing a certain stance towards the world and our fellow animals.
It’s about embracing an ethic.

Abundant Living - Uriel Heals article
Each of us wants abundance in our life—we want to have plenty of money, love, success and
happiness. If we do not have those things we believe that abundance is not present. That’s
because we tend to describe the ‘good’ in our life as abundance and the ‘bad’ as lack. So we
believe that if have money, love, success and joy then we have abundance. And if we do not
have those things we don’t have abundance, or we have lack. But that is wrong. We exist in a
state of abundance all of the time. Whether we have what we want or not, we always have
abundance in every area of our life.
Our tendency to put abundance and the good in our life together is what misleads us into thinking
that we are not able to manifest what we want or we are not being blessed when we look at our
life and see only problems or lack. If we change our definition of abundance from ‘wealth’ to
simply having a large quantity we can see two things: where we have abundance and what we
have an abundance of. Then we will have the information we need to manifest what we truly
want.
With a new definition of abundance we can look at our life in a much different way. Are there
areas of your life that you are not happy with? Then you have an abundance of dissatisfaction.
Do you have few friends and not much of a social network? Then you have an abundance of
loneliness. Do you not have enough financial resources? Then you have an abundance of lack.
Do you wish you could start on a new path in your life but can’t seem to take that first step? Then
you have an abundance of fear and doubt.
When we have a lot of things we don’t like in our life, for example, difficult relationships, an
unfulfilling job, not enough money, problems with family or friends, we think that we don’t have
abundance. We do, we have an abundance of many things that we don’t like. Who is responsible
for that? One hint, it’s not the Universe. The Universe simply responds to our requests. It does
not judge them or remind us that we are asking for things that are not going to make us very
happy.
Why would we intentionally manifest what we don’t like? There are many reasons, habit, fear,
doubt, karmic lessons, or our own beliefs about how much happiness, success, wealth and love
we deserve. That alone is the reason we have an abundance of things that do not bring us joy,
peace, success and love. The Universe gives us what we ask for, no more and no less.
Once we know where abundance exists, we can begin to focus on creating an abundance of
things we want and less of what we don’t want. Transforming what we are attracting to ourselves
is as easy as paying attention to what we are asking for, how we are asking and what we believe
about ourselves and what we deserve. While we may not intentionally tell the Universe ‘I want an
unfulfilling job’, our belief that we won’t be happy with a job or can’t find one that is fulfilling or
even one that pays us what we believe we deserve is enough to create an unfulfilling job.
Asking for what we want is not enough—do we believe we can have it and that we deserve it? If
not, we will always fall short of getting something that satisfies us in every way. Everything that
we think, say and do affects what we attract in our lives. Our thoughts have just as much energy
as our words do, so if we say we want a loving partner in our life but we don’t believe one will
ever come our way, we should not be surprised that we are alone yet another day, month or year.
Changing our beliefs about what we deserve is one of the hardest things that we can do. It
requires constant vigilance of our thoughts and words. We must make a genuine effort to
remember that we are powerful, divine spiritual beings who have the ability to create whatever we
want. Anything that is currently in our life is a result of something we asked for, whether we asked
consciously or unconsciously, believed we deserved and will continue to manifest it until we
transform ourselves.
What do you have an abundance of in your life? Is it flowing smoothly and are you happy with
every aspect of your reality? If not, remember that you have created abundance, you are just not
happy with it. Once you realize that, you can focus your manifestation efforts on creating an
abundance of what brings you success, joy, love and peace. Monitor your thoughts and words,
review your beliefs and change the ones that limit you, take action when doors open and
opportunities present themselves and step into your power. Create an abundance of things that
make you glad to greet each new day and live the life of your dreams. It is within your power to
create abundance—use it to create an abundance of joy and blessings.
Article Copyright © 2008 by Jennifer Hoffman. All rights reserved.

WHAT'S IN A NAME - Barack Obama

Censorship is once again at the heart of the
Beijing Olympics - and not in China, it's happening right here in
Australia. A GetUp ad, featuring a Tibetan woman, was booked, paid for and confirmed to air on either side of the Opening Ceremony - but it never showed

With August being a month for much
celestial activity, there will be a meteor shower on August 12th. With
a bit of a window around its arrival, the evening of the 12th of August
and the morning of the 13th of August will bring forth the maximum of
the Perseid meteor shower. Up to 80 shooting stars may be visible each
hour! And then on August 16th, we will experience a full moon lunar
eclipse.

And the greatest gift a child can give a parent is
exercising that ability. And the greatest gift a child can give a parent is
exercising that ability.
Happily,
The
Universe

Well Sa maybe you are reading this "next door" say Hi to Alexa I will drop her a line or 2 at some point today - great chat last night Keep me posted...........well after our chat D n I went out for a tapas, it had been a long hard hot day, but with the aid of another Sarah and Leigh and they worked their sox off bless em, we were all dripping masses but we got the place turned around in 61/2 hours, the newbies arrived before Frank, but they seen like nice people, no moaning this time, apparently they are here for 2 weeks which Frank had forgotten to mention, so a quick change next Sat, I'll get Sarah to help as Leigh is back in Swindon then. Hahahaha sitting at Lornezo's guess who stopped for a chat - yes the Lady B, very friendly and would seem that Maria has told her ALL about us/me, mmmmmm, not so sure I am too happy about that, anyway she was all smiley on her way to order a Pizza.......we were back home by 10 and I think I must have fallen asleep almost instantly on the sofa....Today then is keep cool and do as little as poss catch up on radio and blogs lots of lovely Pencil and Leaf reading ahhhh bliss

Hahahaha here you go Sa if you have time read the rest......
"....Be a pioneer, show self-control, concentrate, and throw off the chains in your mind that keep you powerless. Let go of obsessive or compulsive feelings and people, and purify however you need to, becoming the "captain of your own fate. Pluto's nature is economy of energy," and it tends to make our lives more efficient through annihilating obsolete life factors. Banish the corrupt, corrosive, or dishonest elements in your life, and regenerate the seeds of power in the houses it influences in your charts. Pluto's long range influence is presently most personally disruptive to those with a Sun, Ascendant, or planet between 27 degrees of Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces and the first degree of Capricorn, Aries, Cancer, and Libra."{more here}

Eli you might be interested in this.......
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Some good news from the Lobo Park in Antequera
and some not so good news for our village
"Battle looms over plans to start work beside Sierra de las Nieves national park"
NEIGHBOURS are fighting a new plan to reopen a quarry in
Unesco-protected woodland beside the Sierra de las Nieves national
park.

The locals in Casarabonela had been promised four years ago that the
disused quarry, then owned by an English company, would never be
reopened

Nice one......."the pursuit of happiness should not just be something that seeks my own
personal happiness. It should be a pursuit for those things that enable
happiness for everyone. Our journeys in life are bound together, and we
can all go further if we find ways to support each other" {atheist a go-go}

Nearly 7pm {well it was when I initially started this} and a quiet house after 10 days of interesting dynamics and the chaos of 11 people living in a 3 bedroomed "tardis". The last night was probably the most revealing.It would have been easy to feel excluded many times as they all flew about like a flock of birds, gave me an insight on how it must/could be for Del as the only adult male within the group.
Strong women all- yes - BUT - for some that strength comes from bullying and or manipulation, heard a lot of talk that went without the walk {OK OK I realise that I said I would make a cake and never got round to it and got the strawbs out and forgot them too so I too am guilty of saying something and not carrying it through LOL}
Little beings who have little interaction with the wider world{pre-school} learn their behaviour patterns from those that they have the most contact with, so if the knowledge/pattern/habit is that of - if I kick up enough chaos no-one will want to challenge me, therefore I can get my own way with very little effort......mmmmmmm
The other behviour that stuck out like a sore thumb, was how females with forgive/be more lenient/excuse certain behaviours in their female friends that would NOT be tolerated in a man - this I not only find illogical and unfair but rather bizarre, if men also witness this no wonder that are confused poor sods, one rule for the ladies and another for them - uh uh we are ALL human beings first and foremost and should equally tolerant or intolerant if you prefer regardless of gender/colour/creed or culture......we ARE trying to create a more balanced/harmonious future for this planet and inhabitants and some things cannot be blamed on the politicians and religious leaders!!..........on a personal level I realise that these situations arise in order for us to tweak our own selves Something is highlighted that we might review our own behaviour/patterns and on that note I will say that their was only one what I would call genuine person so I hope that this is also showing me something
Of course today is the full of hype day LOL 08.08.08 NO IT'S NOT it's the 8.8.1......ah well horses for courses believe what you will so long as it is for the greater good of the ALL

COOPERATION
Before any kind of unity can be achieved in any endeavor in which polarity reigns with the confusion, reclaimed from eons of learning about the differences between opposites, that might rightly be called oppositional juxtaposition of sources of power, opposites must master attraction of that which has been resisted........In himself, cooperation is achieved when, on consideration that polar opposite forces are equally valid and therefore equally exempt from judgment, he feels peace.

Emotions, Self-Control, and Correcting Habits

by Robert Wilkinson

From the Magic of Space, some thoughts about fear, ignorance, and how much power we have to overcome these fairly easily. From Chapter VII, The Self - Its Relation to Space and Matter:

First, you should realize that all uncontrolled emotions are the result of ignorance or undevelopment, and this knowledge will rob them of their power over you. You will know that you are at the emotional point in your evolution, which is an indication of ignorance of your own power of self-control. Then you will begin to see the need of development, and will set about correcting the fault. A child fears the dark because he does not know its nature of its cause. If he is carried into a dark room and the light is turned on, and he sees nothing there to injure him, his fear is immediately dissipated. His fear was banished when his ignorance was destroyed.

If you can show a person that there is no "bad luck" except that which he has created, and that the "evil" he fears he builds for himself, immediately you destroy the power he has given to these conceptions. If a man is vain of his knowledge, and he can be made to see that the field of knowledge is unlimited, and that his vanity over the small amount that he possesses is but an indication of his great ignorance, immediately his vanity disappears. So it is by enlightenment that any or all of our emotions are controlled or eliminated from us.

The second great aid is this: if we understand what habit is, and know the law which underlies it, and if we know that much of our yielding to our lower natures and lack of self-control is a matter of habit, we shall be able to destroy habits much sooner than if we do not understand them. There are two elements which enter into the formation of a habit. The first is what might be called the law of periodicity, or periodical return, and the second is the initial impulse. The law of periodicity causes a thought or an act to be repeated within a determinate time. The intensity with which the thought was projected, or the act performed, determines the time in which the tendency to repeat itself will manifest.

Why Indeed

All is quiet on the western front this morning as everyone is having a long lie in on this their last day.Sa and Maria took all the kids except Bobsy to waterworld at Torre yesterday, kids had fine time - but for adults all a bit much too many people too long a queues too hot outrageously expensive, but an experience, so having fed and watered them the boys went off to play pool and Iona settled down to watch a dvd, the first all hols, by midnight everyone but Tracy Maria and me were settled and on the way to sleepy land, T M n me then decided to pop up to Bar Neuvo, where we came upon the Croatians about to leave some a little merry to be sure, well they offered us a drink, be rude to refuse LOL so 3 tinto veranos thank you very much, it was quite lively with folks still out eating and children running about, nice ambience so we had another and then were about to leave when Paco rushed up saying his Dad Antonio wanted us to have drink on the house hey ho, so we got in about 1.30......I don't think there has been an early night since they all arrived 10 days ago and far too many Tintos LOL ah well back to "normality" soon enoughAs it happened the Croatians didn't need me again after last Wed so I have had plenty of time with everyone and Sa and Tracy came and helped me clean and change linen for them all on Saturday, bless their cotton sox All the kids had a blast over the feria the dodgems being their fav and the fireworks were a good show this year well so Sa says I heard them but my bed was too comfortable I saw Sa sit up and bolt out on to the terrace where Del already was waiting for them the rest of us just couldn't hang on till 3......Despite having and extra 9 folks in the house it hasn't been a strain, the kids have had their space and so have we....but it IS gonna feel AWFULLY quiet after their departureI have just started another Isabel Allende book Inés of my soul - coincidence - "Just as the desperate and hungry young peasants of Extremadura andAndalucia once swallowed their fears to gamble everything on a voyageacross the Atlantic, thousands of poor Ecuadorians began struggling toraise the funds for a flight to Madrid." {read on} [what goes around comes around]This is the plant that Spanish explorers brought home and spreadthroughout the Mediterranean. Today, it is one of the great iconicplants of Andalucía.Thanks to PurlPower for this link The Idler Garden I have bookmarked to go back to and have a "proper" lookWe know that the Sun is many times larger then the Moon. Yet,miraculously, at a solar eclipse the Moon slides slowly in front of thedisc of the Sun and appears to match it in size. In a total eclipselike the one occurring later today, they coincide precisely. This issolely down to geometry - Geo = earth or land, metry (from greek metron) =measure. The Sun's diameter may be 400 times larger than the Moon's butfrom the Earth it measures up as 400 times further away giving us thevisual spectacle of totality.Eclipses in Leo seem to act strongly and quickly as the Sun is in itsown sign. It's interesting to note that Leo is, amongst other things,the sign of showmanship and theatrics. In just 8 days time one of thegreatest shows on the face of the Earth - the opening ceremony at theOlympic Games takes place and this eclipse occurs above China. That'smillions, if not billions, of eyes pointing to one part of our globetwice in the same period.Something ends and something new begins as a result of eclipses likethis. A door closes just as another opens. It's advisable to stepthrough it willingly rather than waiting to be pushed. Create changeconsciously. Usually by now one knows what it is that needs to moveinto the next phase but with Mars/Uranus and other aspects around theevents of the next 8 weeks or so could be fast moving and far reaching.{read more}

If yesterday's video made you smile then try this one - the outtakes - I am still grinning

Well the internet is full of laughs this morning

Here is John McCain's good friend "Pastor" John Hagee on women and marriage, from his book What Every Man Wants from a Woman:

Only a Spirit-filled woman can submit to her husband's lead. It is the
natural desire of a woman to lead through feminine manipulation of the
man. The battle of the sexes began in Genesis 3:16, when God said to
the woman, "Your craving shall be for your husband and he shall rule
over you." In the Art Scroll Tanach Series, author Meir Zolotowitz
stated, "Woman's punishment is measure for measure. She influenced her
husband and he ate at her command. Her punishment was that she would
now become subservient to him."

Why did Saint Paul say, "I do
not permit a woman to ... have authority over a man" (1 Tim. 2:12)? It
was because it is the natural thing for a woman to try to do. She is,
by instinct, a manipulator of the situation. Fallen women will try to
dominate the marriage. The man has the God-given role to be the loving
leader of the home. [Pages 12-13] (Brilliant at Breakfast)

I think I should have set up camp at L E this week as a phone call last night from Frank saying he has to go off to Chile tomorrow, so we must meet up today and sort out what's to be done etc and to take Keef up so he knows what he has to do also - then we are told the AC man is arriving 8ish could we "pop" up to give him access, which we did. In fact I am seriously think of staying over tomorrow night so I can be up bright and early and work in the cool of the early morning - yesterday our bedroom was topping 35 so had to be well into the 40s outside and certainly up at L.E. as it sits in the direct sun for most of the day.

More news on the quarry - looks like it will have to go ahead as the UK company is threatening to take the town hall to court if it doesn't get it's way and as the TH is already broke, allegedly {hehehe}, there is a meeting tonight which we will try and get to to find out more - I am with the greens in not wanting it as I really believe this village should be promoted as a place for peace/walks etc but with the booming of a working quarry that will be well screwed.........on the other hand if it threatens to bankrupt the v