I like Taking Long Walks in Nature and Photographing Flowers. Mainly Because that Practice CAUSES ME TO SEEK BEAUTY. I Intentionally Search for Wonderful Things... That Puts Me in a Great Mood.

 We Have Roses, Crepe Myrtle Trees and a Creek... Vineyards... The Grapes are Almost Ripe... and There I was Searching for a Great Shot That Captures the Dappling Sunlight on the Leaves... Like a Still Life Painting Done By A Renassance  Master... 

FREE ADVICE: Remember to UNPLUG from TV News. They Constantly Shout Danger-Danger... When in Fact, Life is Really Great in the USA... Watching That Constant Stream of Bad News Puts Me in a Bad Mood... They ALL Earn a Living as a Hate for Profit Machine. REFUSE TO WATCH THEIR BRAINWASHING!

Staff Locator for the EPA 

including EMAIL Addresses and Phone Numbers.

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Interesting Guided Meditation by Ram Dass... It's a Great Alternative to Watching TV News... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niTNm_nGd1o

Social Action - Ram Dass Full Lecture 1980

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIPQ4D7TjV0

Remember:  Behave Smart and It's REALLY REALLY REALLY Likely that We Will Survive tRUMP's Coronavirus... 

Avoid Large Crowds, Wear a Mask in Public... That's a Super Simple Plan... and If Others Refuse... Be Thankful That They Are More Likely to Die... Cleaning UP The Gene Pool. 

I Have Been Walking Around Looking for Beauty For Years... and Then Publishing My Photos on the Internet. It All Started When I Would Go To Free Outdoor Rock Concerts in Arcata, CA... My Invalid Wife Did Not Go to Those Events SO... I Became Her Eyes... I Documented Parades and The Kinetic Sculpture Race... and Then When I Got Home We Would Look at a Slide Show on My Computer... BIG FUN!

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Kinetic Sculpture Race 2014 in Arcata, California. Videos and Still Photographs... Whimsical Art Bicycles That Travel on Roads, Sand and In the Water... JUST FOR FUN!

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2018/04/kinetic-sculpture-race-52414-in-arcata.html

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

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

Did you ever Notice Arcata, California? It's Simply Wonderful. A Collection of My Best Photographs and Links to Cultural Happenings... MANY FREE EVENTS!

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2017/06/did-you-ever-notice-arcata-california.html

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Did You Ever Notice... Reality?  [E, D#, D, C#, C, B]
It's Right Outside Your Door... 
Take a Walk in the Woods... Unplug... 
and Experience Nature... [E, A, E, A, E]

Did You Know It's Possible to Do Ecstatic Dancing 
[E, D#, D, C#, C, B]
Without Buying A Buncha Plastic Crap... 
Wayfair Is Lying... The TV is Lying... 
Wake Up! Wake Up! Wake Up NOW! [E, A, E, A, E]

Did You Ever Notice That Doctor Drugs Kill Millions? 
[E, D#, D, C#, C, B]
What About The Endless List of Side Effects?
Why Not Just Eat Organic Fruits and Vegetables?
Then No Doctor Drugs are Needed...  [E, A, E, A, E]

CIA, NSA, FBI, DOJ, DARPA, MKULTRA and  EIEIO 
[E, D#, D, C#, C, B]
Think for Yourself and Question Authority. [2X]

Go Ask Alice... To Legalize Magic Mushrooms? 
[E, D#, D, C#, C, B]
Why Not Let Doctors Decide... Why Not Let Patients Decide...
Instead of Bribed Politicians...The Puppets of Big Pharma... 
[E, A, E, A, E]

What Have We Learned from COVID 19? 
[E, D#, D, C#, C, B]
Mainly that we are Going to Have COVID 20, 21, 22, 23 and 
an Endless Stream of Tropical Diseases... [E, A, E, A, E]

Massive Loss on the Stock Market Again Today! 
[E, D#, D, C#, C, B]
DJIA -1,701 POINTS. ARE YOU TIRED OF SO MUCH WINNING YET? 
#TrumpHasFailed #OccupyTheWorld Investigate #IvankaGate [E, A, E, A, E]

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B = e0 B0 G3 D2 A3 E0

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With the New Elon Musk Satellite Internet... It Will be Possible to Live Anywhere and still be Online... A Solar/Wind Powered Home, Growing Your Own Food...and doing WORK online...

So you can drive to town and BuyThe Stuff You Can't Make Yourself... Like, Maybe Once a Month... Go to Town and Buy Ammunition... 

https://www.starlink.com/

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

https://hypebeast.com/2020/6/elon-musk-starlink-internet-beta-test-sign-up 

Beta-testing for Elon Musk‘s Starlink internet is slated to arrive this summer and users can now sign up with their email address and zip code on its official website. The SpaceX program aims to allow access to the Internet from virtually anywhere on earth and poor regions with no internet, slow connectivity or generally have expensive services can benefit from the commercial program.

As of now, the startup launched 500 satellites into earth’s orbit this year, with the goal of providing Internet access to most of the world by 2021. In a Tweet, Musk said that Seattle and Germany would be the first to regions to get to trials with an official commercial launch in North America already in the works for late this year.

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I'm really getting into NOTICING REALITY... On My Morning Walk Today I went Downstream Past the Vineyards... Observations on 5/1/2020

The Grape Vines have Sprouted with Incredibly Tiny Grapes... each one is about a Twentieth of an Inch in Diameter... Bright Green... and Since I am the only person that walks this Path... It has become overgrown with weeds... Some are Over Six Feet Tall! It has Been a Week since I Have gone in this direction and... The Vegetable Garden is returning to Nature... The Former Landlord had a Hobby of Growing Onions and Squash but now... it looks like a Post Apocalypse Science Fiction Movie... I also noticed two Cats... Since No People Have walked that path, the Cats Like it... also at the Bench at the End of the Path is in a Shady Spot! I used to enjoy Sunbathing on that Bench but NOW... The Sun Has MOVED due to the Seasons... and It's Behind a Tall Tree... Today there were very few Geese in the Field Next door... Sometimes I Have Seen a Dozen... But NOT TODAY...

This is what the Creek Path Looked Like
a Couple of Months Ago...
Now it is Overgrown With Weeds...
NO PATH EXISTS!
But Since I Know Where I'm Going I Just
FORGE A TRAIL!

I'm Really Enjoying the Croaking Frogs in the Creek. The Sound is so Very Three Dimensional. Some are Behind Me to the Right, Some Really Close and Some in Front of Me Far Far Away. And Everywhere In Between...

It Rained Here Two Days Ago and That's What Brought Out The Frogs...

We also have about a dozen geese that live in the field down stream... and little chirpy birds... I was watching the Sunset... Big Puffy Clouds... and appreciating the wonders of nature... We Have so many trees... and they are just starting to blossom... It makes me feel that all is right in the world... then there are Jet Airplanes way up high... people rushing, rushing, rushing to keep appointments... seems silly... and of course, everyone loves the sound of a Harley in the Distance... It's a Wonderful World Here in the Central Valley of California.

I was looking at the Constellation Orion last night and the three Stars of Orion's Belt are NOT exactly in a straight line. One is slightly offset. JUST LIKE THE PYRAMIDS IN EGYPT. If you look at a Map... The Pyramids are Exactly in the same Arrangement as the Stars. Thanks, ANCIENT ALIENS TV SHOW. I Never would have noticed this without you. MY QUESTION is what is that Really Bright Planet nearby? REALLY REALLY BRIGHT... My Guess is Mars...

It's Important To Remember that... While those Crazy People on the TV News are Doing Insane Stuff... Life is Pretty Good Here. Yes, There is a Crisis in the World but, SIMPLY CHANGE THE CHANNEL ON THE TV and it all goes away... I Enjoy watching "Ancient Aliens." It raises some interesting Questions... and "Jeopardy" game show is FUN.

To Quote Wavy Gravy at the Ram Dass Funeral...
"Gimme an 'F'... (and the crowd says 'F'), Gimme a 'U'... ('U'), Gimme an 'N'... ('N')... What's That Spell? FUN!, What's That Spell? FUN!, What's That Spell? FUN!, What's That Spell? FUN! Of Course, This Chant Only Works if You Know Who Wavy Gravy IS and Had Seen the Movie 'Woodstock' so this is Totally Wasted on Rap Music Fans... and Who IS Ram Dass? Country Joe and The Fish? Why would anyone want to BE HERE NOW?

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FREE ALL CANNABIS PRISONERS

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Marijuana Support Grows: Two Out Of Three Americans Back Legalization, Gallup Poll Says in 2019 - Tax it. Regulate It. Use the Money to Fund Treatment for Opioid Addicts Instead of FOR PROFIT PRISONS...

The latest finding, from the recently released General Social Survey by NORC at the University of Chicago, shows that 61 percent of people supported marijuana legalization in 2018. That’s up from 57 percent in 2016 and 31 percent in 2000 — a rapid shift in public opinion in less than two decades.

The other two big national surveys on the topic have found similar results. Gallup put support for marijuana legalization at 66 percent in 2018, up from from 60 percent in 2016 and 31 percent in 2000. Pew put it at 62 percent in 2018, up from 57 percent in 2016 and 31 percent in 2000.

Mr Text Art Man Goes to Outer Space

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Two-thirds of Americans now support legalizing marijuana, the highest percentage ever    

The new survey released on Monday shows that U.S. adults back ending cannabis prohibition by a supermajority margin of 66 percent to 32 percent. That's more than a two-to-one ratio.

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This morning during my dawn hike, I noticed a Chirping sound way up high. I could not see any Bats but there was an Undeniable Three Dimensional Sound in the Sky.

 I have experienced this before during the Seventeen (17) year Cicadas in Rock Creek Park located in Washington DC... In what has to be the most bizarre life cycle ever, animals like grasshoppers are born, mate and then the eggs go back into the earth. Seventeen Years Later, animals like grasshoppers are born, mate and then the eggs go back into the earth. If you ever wondered about the Meaning of Life... this has got to make you wonder... WHY? 

This is a Sign! GO!

I'm watching a show on The HOPE Channel about the Life cycle of the Eastern Monarch Butterfly. They live in Canada and the American Midwest Eating Milkweed... Milkweed has a Poison that makes Caterpillars and Butterflies TASTE BAD... Helping them survive... In the Fall, they all fly to Mexico...  It's Too damn Cold in Canada... 300 Million go to the Same Place... To a place with a Magnetic Anomaly where there are a Lot of Heavy Metals. A specific forest about 70 miles west of Mexico City... 10,000 feet above sea level. and they go to the same place every year even though NONE OF THEM HAD BEEN THERE BEFORE. This is a different flock of butterflies than the ones that Live North of Santa Cruz... At Natural Bridges State Park... I have a appreciation for butterflies because that entire "Thing" of changing from a Caterpillar into a Butterfly is a Classic LSD Experience... Later, the Butterflies Leave Mexico and Go Back to Canada... and Around and Around and Around we go... I have a special fondness for all living things. I can see that we are all brothers and sisters... I don't feel much kinship for rocks... Mostly I experience a Realization that Trees, Cats, Dogs, Bears, Dolphins and Green Slime are all members of My Family. GAIA is the Most Logical Religion for Me... Yes, I love Bacon and Hamburgers but... It's unlikely that lunch will lead to their extinction... Maybe it's a survival strategy that blesses the Sacred Cow... More Chickens live in the USA than People... We go out of our way to feed Cows and Make sure they have a nice warm barn for chilly weather... The final conclusion of The HOPE Channel is that the Life cycle of the Monarch Butterfly is so bizarre that it cannot be explained using Darwin's Theory of Evolution... Only God could do this... Could BE True, but Not Likely NOR SIGNIFICANT... What IF we Never figure out the Origin of Life, we STILL should stop Killing Things for Corporate Profit. Then that show was over and they started saying that Jesus is the ONLY WAY... and by Definition... all those OTHER Religions are Like, Totally BOGUS... and it's a Small Step to Crusades and the Spanish Inquisition and all that Killing that Christians and Muslims do... GEE HAAAAAAD! and the Atheist, Buddhists, Hindus, Devotees of the Flying Spaghetti Monster and Zoroastrians all wonder what's wrong with these people?

Big Daddy in the Sky watching Over Us...

In other news, There is a Grasshopper Infestation in Las Vegas. That is really like a Biblical Plague out of the Old Testament... It doesn't take much imagination to conclude that we are in the "End Times" predicted in the Book of Revelations. Notice the GREEN SLIME in the Gulf of Mexico... In the Bible, the Nile turned into a river of Blood... Well, this time it's a Different Color... I remember the Story of Noah... God flooded the world and Gave Noah the SIGN of the Rainbow promising that there would Never Be another Flood... Well, IT'S FIRE THIS TIME... Especially in the Arctic... Alaska, Northern Canada and Siberia are experiencing vast wildfires releasing MEGATONS of Carbon... and HEAT itself... So, the air pollution will increase Global Warming, and MELT the Permafrost... releasing Methane... and Around and Around and Around we go... 

on a different subject... I was wondering...

WHAT IF the people that make and sell weapons simply got a different job? It is possible to earn a living without Causing Disaster. Look within and realize that real eyes see thru real lies... "They" tell you that you need a gun for safety... to protect your Family... In fact, having a gun in the house makes you less safe. Increase in Suicide, Increase in Gun Accidents, Increase in One Family Member Shooting Another During an Argument... all those fatalities are greater that the lives saved by defending your family from the So Called "Bad Guys." Does anyone really believe that we need guns so that we can fight the Government in the case of Excessive Oppression? That plan always fails... Ruby Ridge, WACO... The Government has More and Better Weapons and a Citizens Militia has NO Freaking Chance... I think it's all Marketing by Weapons Manufacturers to Sell More Guns... Especially the Big Ones like Lockheed and Raytheon... Now that ESPER is the Secretary of Defense, all of a Sudden His "former" Corporation, Raytheon is Bidding on a New and Improved Death Machine... Well, Isn't that Special... and tRUMP just Vetoed a Bill preventing the USA from selling weapons to Saudi Arabia, the people that Caused 9/11... There is no possible way that the War in Yemen is a Threat to the Safety of the USA... It's Just a way for Lockheed to Sell more Stuff... and if Those People Over There Die, THAT'S Not our problem... WHAT IF the people that make and sell weapons simply got a different job?

I have found that it's better to NOT be a part of the Military Industrial Complex. I did Evil for a Living for about SIX Years working for the Pentagon as a Defense Contractor... Then, one time when I got Laid off, I took a NON-DEFENSE job... and Never worked in the Weapons Business Again. It was an accidental career change but.... It Worked...

Did you Notice that Police Suicide has increased in New York... and France... What is going on? Is the Brainwashing wearing off and reality sneaking into their consciousness? and they don't like what they see???

A better Plan is to WAKE UP! It's Fun, It's Free and Everybody's Doing It! I have noticed that there is a groundswell of Internet Based Peace Activists... The Shift Network... The Aware Show on Television... Black Lives Matter... The "Never Again" Students from Parkland High School where Children were Murdered by an Insane Gunman... Bioneers... Democracy NOW! TV News... OCCUPY... ACT OUT! People protesting in the Streets of Moscow, Venezuela, Puerto Rico and Hong Kong... Extinction Rebellion... Bernie Sanders... Bill McGibbon and the 350.org... Greta Thunberg and Children refusing to ignore Climate Change... It's a TREND... Remember, every time you fill up your gas tank you are (in effect) strangling Greta... A simpler way is to stop all that driving around... and ESPECIALLY stop Flying in Jet Airplanes. Those things are Ecological Disasters... Is it a "Strange Coincidence" that Boeing is having trouble selling their 737 Max Airplanes? For Safety's Sake... Don't Fly... Could it be that The Universe is Trying to GET OUR ATTENTION? Could THAT be what's Going ON?

2020 Is clearly the end of the Republicrime Party. Old White Men are going to have a very difficult time winning any elections due to the fact that MOST VOTERS are NOT Old White Men. It's the Dawn of A New Age, People!

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I went to an AA Meeting yesterday. It was good. The Subject was Meditation and One of the Steps recommends doing Meditation to Improve your contact with God.

One thing for sure, it is impossible to meditate while drunk. So, AA gives us the opportunity do do things that we would never think of on our own. Most of the people who spoke said that they did meditation but they had no idea if they were doing it right... or if it was doing any good... or doing anything at all... However, all were glad. Some expressed the experience of being in a Stressful Business Meeting and then taking a Break and going for a walk in the woods. Obviously, a good idea... no matter what you call it. 

My own experience is that I "Meditate" during TV Commercials. I turn off the sound, close my eyes and silently say the Serenity prayer while breathing slowly and deeply. MUCH BETTER THAT WATCHING TV COMMERCIALS. I try to avoid people pouring poison in my brain. I always turn off the sound when Trump is Speaking. There is NO CHANCE that he would say anything that would be valuable to me. 

I also walk out onto the back deck at home and Observe the Trees. We have a creek and when there is water I hear Frogs. I try to look, smell, taste, feel and listen to everything. I have no idea where the frogs go in dry weather but after it rains there is a very interesting three dimensional chorus of Croaks. I remember once I experienced the 17 year cicadas in Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC. That is an amazing sound. Little grasshoppers flying in random directions chirping. There are waves of sound... I'm not sure if there is any intelligence driving the sound but it appears to ebb and flow like surf at the beach... 

Great Documentary: PBS "Nature to Nations." The Basic Ideas of America's Founding Fathers were Learned from the Iroquois Long Houses form of Government.

http://www.pbs.org/native-america/episodes/nature-to-nations/#about 
Nature to Nations explores the rise of great American nations, from dynastic monarchies to participatory democracies. What lies behind these diverse and sophisticated governments? Answers emerge from an archaeologist excavating America’s oldest temple in the Peruvian Andes, a tribe initiating a new chief at a ceremony surrounded by cedar totem poles in the Pacific Northwest, an expert reading ancient hieroglyphs from a sarcophagus to tell a forgotten history of Maya kings, and the return of an ancient shell wampum belt to the birthplace of democracy near Syracuse, New York.

Centering on the democracy of New York’s Haudenosaunee Peoples — also known as the Iroquois Confederacy — “Nature to Nations” reveals how elements of the natural world drive governance in Native America. The story of Hiawatha and the Peacemaker, as told by native elders, demonstrates how shell wampum helped end war among five tribes and bring about America’s first democracy 500 years before the United States. Ben Franklin and the Founding Fathers would later integrate key ideas from their government into the United States Constitution. 

Building on these revelations, the episode traces evidence that nations across Native America use beliefs from the natural world to support governmental systems, from dynastic kingdoms to shamanistic rulers. Science and oral tradition reveal how corn, cedar, shell, and the jaguar each inspire new nations and plant the seeds of great empires. All are part of an incredible 3000-year narrative of nature, nations and cultural sophistication in Native America. 

Mural in Chico by Gregg Payne. Birds, Nature on Freeway Underpass.