Flying cities

I've got a dream, a plan to send mankind into space. This won't be the last time I mention it here. It's very simple actually, I have an aerodynamic method of building cities in the sky and without too much of a leap of technology they become self-sustaining cities in space. It's not so much the technology that concerns me as the societal development that is required to live peaceably and which I am hoping is definitively assisted along by properly designing the city to promote co-operation amongst the residents.

Snow day

We took a snow day today. We had a really fun workshop scheduled, decorating Easter eggs. I can't really tell you if it was a "right" decision or a "wrong" one. It was snowing when we posted it at 10 am and the weather report said that it would continue all day through the evening. So we posted it on the two major networks we are currently using to get info out, Facebook and Meetup. We stayed in at home all day and watched OnePiece, a fabulously and intensely crafted weekly manga turned anime. We don't often take days off, my partner Chelas and I are working so hard at getting Art of Recycle started and there is always so much to do. We work an average of fourteen to sixteen hours a day between the art center and the website programming and the other administration of webformation. We believe that art is so important to making necessary changes in our decadently wasteful society that we pour all our energy into it. We also understand that it is important to balance. Today, no this whole weekend we spent most of our time in bed watching Luffy and his pirate crew battle evil and helping us to recharge our sense of values. We volunteered our services for two events to help promote the art center on Fri and Sun. We opted to let the balanced meal plan lapse a little and had less veggies and more carbs than optimal. :) I know we disappointed at least one family by re-scheduling the workshop, but I also know that it is likely the last day we will take off for possibly months and only the second weekend that we have lazed around for in the past year. Next weekend has almost nothing scheduled but with the weather looking better we need to be taking care of beautifying the outside of the art center and zoom zoom zoom on into and through the summer. Deep breath and goodnight.

Breathe in, breathe out, Move on

I still don't exactly know what it means to breath from my diaphragm, but I do know how to breathe. As a massage therapist I know how and when to tell people 'now take a big deep breath from your belly.' or 'from your chest.' or from both chest and belly.' Breathing right is about the most important thing you can do for your health. Breathing right burns calories, stretches muscles, loosens joints, relieves stress, increases blood flow to the brain and body and a host of other things. Breathing is the core principle of yoga, Ti-Chi, and other martial arts. I strive to always become better at breathing.

Really. Pay attention to your breathing. It will change your world.

Mr. Nobody Special