Handy Hints! Photograph the number of your parking space in case you forget where you parked! Photograph your refrigerator's interior before you go to the grocery store. In case you need to know what you already have! Just look at your phone!

Remember to photograph all the cupboards too... That way you can see if you can have a box of cereal... But it won't tell you if the box is really low... Of course, with the refrigerator, you can just make a shopping list on the piece of paper before you go... I have found that having a list makes shopping less expensive because I don't buy "ohh shiny" objects... 

You can just look at the photographs on your telephone to find out the inventory of your kitchen...

Another thing we can use the phone camera for is to take photographs of labels that have tiny tiny tiny tiny tiny print on them... In the phone, I can zoom in and make the print large enough to read... 

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I always turn off the TV sound when the commercials come on because the sound is very annoying and sometimes scary. Especially when the announcer is listing the side effects from the doctor drugs that almost always include suicide... ?We'll  clean up your skin so it doesn't have weird blotches on it but you might kill yourself..." 

I always turn off the sound on the TV when watching news programs because I might accidentally hear Trump speak... And that would cause vomiting... 

I read the last book of the Bible. It's called Revelation... It predicts that the Antichrist will come back... And this description is very similar to Trump... Could we be living in the end times?

I LOVE PBS TRAVEL SHOWS. "Samantha Brown: Places to Love", " Rick Steves' Europe" & " 10 Streets that Changed America"

 https://samantha-brown.com/

https://samantha-brown.com/episodes/season-8/25th-anniversary/

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https://www.ricksteves.com/europe

https://www.pbs.org/articles/travel-shows-on-pbs

https://www.pbs.org/video/10-streets-that-changed-america-ari3m5/

"10 Streets that Changed America" is one of a series of 10 ______ that changed America shows... 10 Parks, 10 Towns, 10 Houses, 10 Modern Marvels, 10 Monuments...  

Since Trump cut off funding for PBS and NPR it's up to you and me to make sure that this American Treasure Doesn't Vanish...

https://donate.kvie.org/node/619

Let's NOT rebuild Los Angeles. Those locations are likely to reburn again and again and again. Let it come back naturally as Cactus and Desert... all the people that used to live there have already found new places to live...

The difficult question is what are they going to do with all that toxic waste? A burnt house has a lot of really nasty debris left over... Burnt plastic... Computers, couches, televisions, carpet... All of that stuff is really nasty when it burned... I guess they'll just take it to the garbage dump way out in the desert... I certainly hope they don't dump it in the ocean... All those forever chemicals will float and pollute the Pacific...

Rebuilding houses in the old neighborhoods would just be proving that we are SLOW LEARNERS! The Santa Ana winds come back every year... And now that climate change has done what it's going to do... Those winds will cause massive wildfires... 

Yosemite Rangers Pull Off Bold Move, Fly Massive American Flag Upside Down on El Capitan

In a striking display, National Park Service rangers in Yosemite have pulled off an audacious move—hoisting a giant American flag upside down on El Capitan. Traditionally, this is a recognized signal of distress or extreme emergency, and it’s got people talking.

Whether it’s a statement or a call for help, one thing’s for sure—it’s not every day you see something this bold in one of America’s most iconic national parks

Did You Know that When You Register to Vote You are Telling the Government Where You Live? What is the Advantage to That?

Thankfully, when I did a Google search for my name and street address the results came back with many places that I lived long ago but no results show where I live now... This is very handy because the FBI and SS are unhappy with what I post on Faceborg... They made threatening phone calls to my brother... And they visited my ex-wife in person... But they haven't bothered me... yet... My CAL ID card shows an address that I lived at 10 years ago... And I'm not about to update it or tell them the mistake!

So I deleted about 40 blog posts that could be upsetting to the Failed Trump Administration... He becomes unhappy quite easily... as a matter of fact, his whole life has been a disaster and he knows it!

LINK: Hexagon Snowflake Ornament for Sale

Mandala Artwork for Sale at Zazzle Gregvan

LINK to my Most Popular Christmas Ornaments!

I get No Mail at all at my Current Address... I used to Live Next Door and I Get Mail THERE... and They Walk it over Here... because the Landlord Owns Both Houses... and The Caregivers Work at Both Houses... My Voting Ballot is Delivered There... 

and If I Get a Jury Summons, I Plan to Write "He Moved! Not Here!" and put it Back in the Mailbox...

My Driver Licence has an Old Address on it... My FaceBORG Account has a VERY Old Address on it... I do not Subscribe to any Newspapers or Magazines... 

I did not Vote in 2016 and It Made NO DIFFERENCE AT ALL that I didn't Participate... Hillary Won all the Electoral College Votes in California WITHOUT MY HELP...

I live in an Old Folks Home and NO ONE ELSE VOTES...

The Four Other Residents have no Interest in Politics or Severe Dementia... or BOTH! and the Employees are all Immigrants from Jamaica or Africa and NOT ALLOWED to Vote...

Rainbow Gathering July 1-7, 2024 Will Be near Beckwourth, CA on Highway 70... As of June 30th 6:30 PM The US Forest Service IS NOT BLOCKING the BECKOURTH SITE...

Howdy Folks..Welcome Home ...to the 2024 Annual Gathering

Joanee Freedom
There is zero infrastructure as of June 29th so come prepared to be self sufficient. Bring Water! Water infrastructure will take time to prepare. Bring your own water needs for several days.

We’ve got a new gathering site in the Plumas National Forest, California. Here it is:
Entry is easier from south at Beckwourth. 

Ready now to post to all points of light...
From Beckwourth, Ca:
if coming from West State Route 70 turn right (NORTH) onto Beckworth Genesee Road a.k.a. forest Service Rd. 111follow for. appx 9.7 miles, then stay right to follow paved road, road turns into 177/ 26N70/milford beckwourth rdfollow for appx 4.5 miles, then turn right at 4 way intersection towards “frenchman lake” gravel road 28N01go roughly 1.3 miles to Welcome Home and Parking
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From Milford, Ca:
Heading North on 395, turn left on to Milford Grade road. (between 41 and 42 mile marker)
Heading south on 395, turn right on to Milford grade road.
Set odometer to zero at the base of Milford grade road
at 1.3 miles keep right to continue on paved road
at 2.3 miles continue straight onto dirt road.
at 5.5 miles you will drive over a cattleguard and keep left at the Fork toward Black Mountain Lookout.
6.4 miles continue straight.
immediately, after, at 6.5 miles keep right at the fork.
at 7.1 miles continue on gravel road to the right
at 7.9 miles you will come to a bridge. Continue straight.
at 8.9 miles keep right, Immediately after turn left towards Beckwourth
at 12.7 miles continue straight (past penny Pines rack fire plantation )
at 16 miles turn left at the intersection on to 28N01 and continue until 17.3 miles - welcome home.

California Rainbow Family Lightline: Information and upcoming events as we plan for the 2024 Annual Rainbow Gathering 530-ITS-INFO / 530-487-4636.

What IS The Rainbow Gathering? For Me, It's Woodstock with Amateur Musicians and I'm in the Band... It's a Week Long Backpack Trip for Thousands of People... 

Thousands of People chant OM. This photo was snapped just before I decided it was time to put away the camera and experience the event… Yes, it’s important to remember to LIVE LIFE instead of DOCUMENTING LIFE.

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2019/10/my-journey-to-rainbow-gathering-in.html

Map of Wildfire in Orange County, California - 90% CONTAINED - 200 Acres -UPDATED at 7:39 AM 5/16/2022 - - Near Dana Point and Laguna Beach:

https://goo.gl/maps/jVreKFZFPDDS7xLCA

Link to Map Above.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/11/weather/orange-county-california-fire-evacuations/index.html  

At least 20 homes in Orange County, California, engulfed by a fast-moving blaze as authorities urge evacuations. Updated 11:17 AM ET, Thu May 12, 2022

CALFIRE 5/12/2022 10:53AM Pacific Time 

- Orange County, CA

https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2022/5/11/coastal-fire/

ESRI says It's 40% Contained...

https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/da5c827bd3714267b847563ca52d7320?data_id=dataSource_3-USA_Wildfires_v1_5361%3A150

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We Need 100 More Fire Fighting Helicopters in the USA. Simply Dip a Bucket in a Lake, Dump Water on the Fire. Tell Your Elected Officials That We Want Them to Take Action!

The Entire West is Burning... Every Year there will be MORE MORE MORE fires... and Two of California's Massive Fires - Were Near Lakes... One Near Lake Tahoe and One Near Lake Almanor... and Both Lakes Had Water in them... We Could Have Put those Fires Out Early... If We Only Had Helicopters. 

Tell Your Representatives to Buy Some Helicopters!

https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/ Enter your California address and click the locate button to find your State Senate and Assembly representatives.

FC Said: Then you also need, at minimum, 1,000 trained pilots, and several hundred mechanics.

and I Replied: We have a LOT of Soldiers that are NO LONGER fighting the War in Afghanistan... Many of those people are Idle... and Would LOVE to Help their Friends and Neighbors... Put Them to Work!

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https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

https://www.senate.gov/general/contacting.htm

https://www.house.gov/representatives

Here's a Helicopter Dipping a Bucket into a River to Drop Water on a Wildfire. We need to Buy 1,000 of these to put out Fires THIS SUMMER! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_firefighting Remember Last Summer we had Fires near Lake Tahoe and Lake Almanor? Plenty of Water... Not enough Helicopters... DUH!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicopter_bucket

A helicopter bucket is a specialised bucket suspended on a cable carried by a helicopter to deliver water for aerial firefighting. Each bucket has a release valve on the bottom which is controlled by the helicopter crew. When the helicopter is in position, the crew releases the water to extinguish or suppress the fire below.

Thank You, Joe Biden, for Ending the Pointless War in Afghanistan. Our Soldiers were Wasting their Time fighting a war that cannot be won for people that do not want us there. I feel certain that the Soldiers would rather be home fighting fires that threaten their families and friends... Bring 'em Home and Bring Home the Helicopters too... 

RAINBOW GATHERING 2021: Photographs of the Gathering Near Taos, New Mexico...

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Here is What this Blog Post Looked 

Before The Gathering Happened... 

Of Historical Value... 

Helping People Get There... 

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Map and Driving Directions Posted Here NOW... The Gathering Will Be from July, 1 – 7th, 2021 Near Taos, New Mexico.  

http://rainbowfamilygatherings.net/2021-rainbow-gathering/

HOWDY FOLKS! — 36.20384, -105.40882

Ignore all rumors of cancellation, site changes, postponements, leadership, name changes, bad energy or fear tactics, other crazy rumors. There are LEO’s patrolling the roads as always. Fire Ban is lifted. Propane is still the new chocolate.

Hello Beautiful Rainbow Family of Living Light. Here are the directions for this year Annual Rainbow Gathering. If you are in Taos NM head south on Hwy 68 Turn left on Hwy 518 in Ranchos de Taos stay on Hwy 518 for around 24 miles go past Tres Ritos around mile marker 49 turn left on Forest Road 76 go 9 miles. Welcome Home. Call the SW light line for more information. (602) 518-7975

https://goo.gl/maps/Dir7QxqHEK94L7EWA

Anticipate chilly nights and high chance of rain/hail. Welcome Home! We Love You!!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/402044270407546

Link to a USDA Map...

https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd926067.pdf

This is what the UDSA Map Looks Like But

IT'S MUCH MORE DETAILED AND

YOU ARE ABLE TO ZOOM IN BETTER ONLINE...

The 2021 Annual Rainbow Family of Living Light Gathering Information: 

Southwest Lightline: southwestlightline at gmail.com ~ SW Light Line: 602-518-7975

June 21, 2021 will be the date of Spring Counsel. This is an open circle on the land and will honor traditional processes that encourage equal voice to all participants. Seed Camp will be June 21st – June 30th

The 2021 50th Annual Rainbow Family of Living Light Gathering will be held July 1st – 7th, 2021

Prayer for World Peace July 4th Sunrise until Noon in silent mediation.

Vision Counsel will be held July 7th until consensus is reached.

Clean up will be July 8th and will continue until all concerned parties are satisfied every effort has been made to disappear any evidence we were even here.

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No Bonfires this Year? Smoking in Designated Areas Only? We Just Don't Know... Supposedly There is a Danger of Burning Down The Forest... Says the USDA... WE SHALL SEE! 

"ML" On Facebook Says: "No one will know exactly how it will play out till it plays out! There has been plenty of rain, but sometimes it takes more prayers for rain! We have had multiple Nationals in the area with same vibe! It's always worked out!"

"MT" Said: "Kitchen fires and those fires being maintained are exempt. The careless tossing of lit cigarette and other turntables on the ground randomly was always discouraged but ignored to the point of paying people just to pick up cigarette butts. This behavior will cause total shutdown of the working relationship between rangers and firefighters alike. The LEOs will use any excuse to complain to big brother. Don't give them one."

https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/carson/alerts-notices

Report on 6/26/2021:

by Steve Duncan

1 river, 2 creeks and 9 springs with snow melt --- every thing is green, lush and in full bloom. The trees and rocks are awesome and the site is at 10K. Day temps are at 80 degrees with nights being cool at 50 degrees. There have been daily rains that have been a blessing to the gatherings and the southwest region.

Easy walk in from bus village and handi-camp which are up front. Plenty of family on site (1500 and growing) and they are helping everyone get set up, volunteer energy is incredible. Dispersed camping is vast, too many good spots to choose from because the area is huge and well preserved.

Entire region is under a stage 1 fire restriction and accommodations are being worked out with the forest service in efforts to allow fires, additional road access and other site specific desires are daily discussions.

People are working hard through the day, sharing in all ways with the evening time being full of good spirits, drums, guitars, singing and various lighting to include solar and LED. Kitchens are setting up and people are sharing food and dinner focus together. Later at night there is a calm hush with the whispers of nature speaking their truth, the air is smoke free fresh and stars are winking brightly with a vivid moon lighting the trails.

------ Daily updates on the website and communications are being relayed continually as everyone is doing their part to help get family home and to provide a safe, healthy and happy experience.

PSA: LEO's have fresh energy as well and are active patrolling along the road into the site as normal, a few are new and the old guard is just happy to be gathering again. Some are weirdos and some are super friendly. None of them are cool with marijuana, nudity or illegal acts and they are writing tickets. Be aware.

Marijuana is illegal in all the National Forests regardless of local and state legal views. Please read the Rap 420 and share this knowledge with the family. http://rainbowfamilygatherings.net/rap-420/

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My Memories... 

What IS the Rainbow Gathering? To Me, it is Woodstock with Amateur Musicians and I’m in the Band… 

A Journey to the Rainbow Gathering in California 2004. Photographs and My Story... and Tales of The Gatherings in Idaho, Utah and Pennsylvania...

Thousands of people go backpacking for a couple of weeks… Every year during the end of June and the beginning of July… The location is different every year but it is always in a National Forest… It’s an intentional temporary village…

This is a description about my trip to The Rainbow Gathering in California 2004… I wrote this to help me remember…

Thousands of People chant OM. This photo was snapped just before I decided it was time to put away the camera and experience the event… Yes, it’s important to remember to LIVE LIFE instead of DOCUMENTING LIFE. 

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2019/10/my-journey-to-rainbow-gathering-in.html

How To Become Aware! 

You Can Do This Anytime, Anyplace... 

WHY NOT NOW?

Look around you.

Find 5 Things you can See.

4 things you can Touch.

3 things you can Hear.

2 things you can Smell.

1 thing you can Taste.

WAKE UP!

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