i do believe in fairies. say this three times. November 24, 2006

yes. maybe i did take too much acid in college.  maybe i did read a little too much kurt vonnegut and tom robbins.  maybe i even could go so far as to say that i tend to dwell in a fantasy state more than not, but who doesn’t.  it’s all relative and i’ll leave it at that.

moving on, i would like to take a second and give a big ” OH YEAH” to the bitter tea that is called Yerba Mate.  i am a regular mate drinker and when i left for dallas last september i traded it in for coffee, because unlike yerba mate it’s so readilly available everywhere including gas stations.  perhaps i’m addictive and these days i’ve run out of bad habits (nyuk, nyuk) so addiction to coffee seemed relatively harmless in the bigger picture.  welllll, coffee became espresso, and two shots became four and next thing i know i’ve got a freaking starbucks habit and my lymphnodes are freaking out. i’m really pretty intolerant to coffee on a physical level, and my body is so sensitive to excesses, and my little coffee maker that i used to brew mate in was completely kaput.  (let me take a minute to thank all holiness that i am so fortunate to be able to sit in my little carport with the big astroturf rug in my friends unbelievably comfortable lawn chair whilst pirating free internet service from my neighbors and complain about my recent brush with coffee addiction on my little laptop.  thank you thank you thank you, i am blessed and gratitude is pouring from my heart and soul right now) 

the week i moved into my new place i found a perculator at a garage sale,  and i just so happened to LOVE perculators.   i’d never brewed mate in it but figured it would be just fine.  that afternoon i also found a little bag of mate that had been packed in september and OH YEAH….you know the rest.  i’ve had a couple of shots of espresso since then but have enthusiastically embraced my mate (gotten myself a new bag of tea) and feel the difference in my body as well as my bank account.  a bag of loose leaf mate is half the price of coffee beans and the benefits are ridiculous.  i’m going to find a good site for the stuff and put a link on my page.  the drink is a vitamin boost, loaded with antioxidants, and will kick just as hard as coffee if you brew it right.  a perculator isn’t the best way to make the tea but that particular detail isn’t a priority in my life right now.   fin.    

keep it present.  keep it present……keep it present.  pay attention to your surroundings and be quiet.  you can hear the voice of divinity no matter where you are if you are conscious of it.  no matter who you are.  even if you sold your soul to the devil back when you were a teenager and angry at your parents, you can still hear the sound of divine love.  it’s all you man.  karma, astrology, dogma, these are the things of our own creation.  our interpretations of what we think we know.  its’ all debatable.  it’s all relative. 

p.s.  we’re in saggitarius now, and roland says there’s plenty of earthquake action still to come.  look for it in japan, new guinea, and watch it as it continues to move east.  look for tsunamis, and pay attention to your own relationship with liquids. 

see you on the flipside. aloha.