tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13964609307073590482024-03-04T23:23:31.427-08:00The Obama LettersPermission Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04037048341995204069noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396460930707359048.post-53626142093479481902013-07-15T12:51:00.000-07:002013-07-15T12:51:10.555-07:00Obama Atlas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear President Obama,<br />
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I knew about your AMAZING Climate Change Speech but I am embarrassed that I didn't see or hear it...UNTIL TODAY! <br />
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I was watching Bill Moyers yesterday and it was pointed out about how little the media paid attention to this monumental speech. They said that FOX NEWS actually faded out part of your talk and diverted to a naysayer!!! I couldn't believe it!<br />
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I am SO PROUD of you for standing up and saying ALL the things this One Worried Mom was wishing you would say. Now us Americans (and our global community) need to stand behind your words and support you.<br />
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I am going to sign this new THANK YOU piece and letter from ONE HOPEFUL MOM!<br />
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THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT...you are on the right track and I admire you more than ever for using your power and voice for the good of this planet!<br />
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Sincerely yours,<br />
ONE HOPEFUL MOMPermission Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04037048341995204069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396460930707359048.post-53809364188007578782013-05-13T20:50:00.000-07:002013-05-13T20:50:15.172-07:00Obama Hood LAST COLLAGE!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear President Obama,<br />
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Well...this is the <span style="font-size: large;">last </span>collage/letter that I am sending you at this time. Maybe if I get inspired with a new idea I'll send you one now and again and post it to my blog...but I got out of this journey what I needed and that is to renew my own commitment to WALKING MY OWN TALK (when it comes to climate change). It's easy to point fingers but we all have to do our part. I fall short of MY part often.<br />
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I've been averaging a couple hours a day creating and sending these to you and now I want to spend those hours learning how to make my house more energy efficient. I want to spend those morning hours that I worked on these...working in my garden.<br />
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My partner and I don't have a TV but we LOVE the BBC Robin Hood Series and bought them all on DVD. For the past year or so we have a 'date night' once every couple weeks and watch an episode on our computer! We finished the last of the series last night and since Robin Hood is our FAVORITE HERO I'm making this last one in his image. <br />
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Robin Hood fought for the downtrodden and believed that the wealthy should share the spoils with the poor. The huge POWER & OIL companies are getting RICH at the expense of the PLANET! <br />
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Please WALK YOUR TALK Mr. President...make the environment your PRIORITY for all our children and grandchildren and generations to come, reduce our carbon emissions to 350, be the GREEN PRESIDENT who put an end to the climate change disaster! BE OUR HERO!<br />
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I hope everyone who read these offerings got something from them. It made me feel good to do them and I learned a lot in the process~<br />
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Sincerely yours,<br />
ONE WORRIED MOM<br />
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<br />Permission Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04037048341995204069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396460930707359048.post-47331774455135812722013-05-13T05:47:00.000-07:002013-05-13T05:47:01.241-07:00Obama Tea Time<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear Mr. President,<br />
<br />
A friend of mine suggested that I use an Alice in Wonderland theme for one of my collages so I was trying to think of which character I should choose.<br />
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Last week I got to host my first Tea Party for my God-daughter who turned 11. (I had a boy and he never wanted a Tea Party, so this was SO FUN).<br />
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Anyhow, I dressed up fancy and wearing my top hat, I kept thinking about the Mad Hatter's Tea Party and decided to use it as the theme. That got me to wondering what people in the 'tea party' think about Climate Change. (This is how my mind works).<br />
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Ah Ha! So I read several articles on the subject and was surprised that among tea party supporters FEWER people believe that climate change is a problem than believe you are Muslim.<br />
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A New York Times/CBS News poll suggests only 14 percent of the Tea Party supporters consider global warming a serious problem. YIKES!!! I find that fact shocking.<br />
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I really think that our population on the WHOLE has pushed this threat under the rug for now. We are not keeping it on the HIGH PRIORITY list!<br />
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My son used to have a favorite song that was popular on the radio called IT'S A MAD WORLD! It moved me when he would sing it! We all need to STOP THE MADNESS. What's that old saying?.....Stop and SMELL THE TEA (Coffee)!<br />
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Sincerely, <br />
ONE WORRIED MOM <br />
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<br />Permission Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04037048341995204069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396460930707359048.post-13141026858221925172013-05-10T07:05:00.001-07:002013-05-10T07:05:43.010-07:00Obama Dorothy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear President Obama,<br />
<br />
This is the 50th original collage that I've mailed to you! My sister gave me this idea. I was going to make you the Tin Man but she said Dorothy is the one who says, "There's No Place Like Home" and that I should make you be Dorothy! (A little humor here).<br />
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Anyhoo...If a tornado whisked me off into the future and I landed in tomorrowland, I wonder what it would look like? Would it be a scenario from a Mad Max movie or would it be green and sparkly like the land of Oz? <br />
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We all need to be like the Tin Man and have a heart...we need that heart to beat loud for our precious HOME, we need to be like the Scarecrow and use our brains to figure out creative, sustainable solutions and most of all EACH ONE OF US needs to be like the Lion and have courage to speak up.<br />
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I'm clicking my ruby slippers together and saying "THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME, THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME!" Not just the USA but the WHOLE beautiful PLANET!<br />
<br />
Earthfully yours,<br />
ONE WORRIED MOMPermission Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04037048341995204069noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396460930707359048.post-24576307125890543242013-05-09T07:16:00.003-07:002013-05-09T07:16:56.475-07:00Obama SNOW in May!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear President Obama,<br />
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I hear global warming naysayers shouting, "How can this be <i>GLOBAL WARMING...</i>it's been a cold winter and it's SNOWING IN MAY!"<br />
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Yes, it's true we had a SNOWSTORM in Arkansas in May this year BUT that is the <span style="font-size: large;">FIRST </span>time in recorded history.<br />
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I'm so glad that scientists are now calling the weather challenges CLIMATE CHANGE because that term is much for accurate for what is happening in the world.<br />
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Everyone can see with their own eyes the drastic CHANGES in the weather. A couple winters ago we had an unprecedented ice storm that made our town look like a war zone, everyone lost power for over a week. The Ozark woods are littered with 2 year old kindlin'...YIKES!<br />
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The drought and temps in the 100's last summer stressed those already stressed trees to the breaking point. WE ALL NEED TO PUT THIS SUBJECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE FRONT BURNER!<br />
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Happy Spring,<br />
ONE WORRIED MOMPermission Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04037048341995204069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396460930707359048.post-64703663157334468982013-05-08T10:06:00.001-07:002013-05-08T10:06:23.257-07:00Obama Immortal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear President Obama,<br />
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My greatest joy and treasure in my life is my SON! I love being a mother. What a great experience to be a parent.<br />
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I believe that you and Michelle are wonderful parents. I read a quote once that said OUR CHILDREN MAKE US IMMORTAL. Our legacy is passed on down though our children and their children and so on.<br />
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I am looking forward to becoming a Grandmother someday (but I'm not RUSHING it)...my son is only 22, plenty of time. BUT thinking about the possibility of 'grandchildren' has made me think about the environment in ways that I had not before. <br />
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I want to help make the planet a BETTER place for those future generations and I want to dedicate this last phase of my journey on this Earth to that goal.<br />
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Making these collages/letters to you is a way that I remind myself DAILY to look for ways to speak up and make changes. They are like a DAILY meditation for me and a touchstone. PASS IT ON!<br />
<br />
For the Earth,<br />
ONE WORRIED MOMPermission Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04037048341995204069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396460930707359048.post-43287901338033599892013-05-07T06:18:00.003-07:002013-05-07T06:28:20.777-07:00Obama Where's Waldo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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TO READERS...Sorry...I couldn't remember how to ROTATE the
picture...I've only had a couple horizontal ones and somehow figured it
out before but couldn't turn it this time. Ooooops. <br />
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Dear President Obama,<br />
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I used to LOVE Where's Waldo books. My son and I would spend hours trying to find Waldo in a sea of faces.<br />
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I want you to know that I mean NO disrespect with ANY of my collages. I am merely wishing that you would put CLIMATE CHANGE on the FRONT BURNER and this is the only way I can think of to make my little voice and concerns heard.<br />
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So I am just wondering WHERE YOU ARE on this subject. Where's Obama??? In a SEA of pressing issues, Climate Change is one of MANY.<br />
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Sincerely yours,<br />
ONE WORRIED MOM<br />
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Permission Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04037048341995204069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396460930707359048.post-69867868880033929832013-05-06T07:18:00.001-07:002013-05-06T07:18:32.004-07:00Obama Scream<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear President Obama,<br />
<br />
In the collage I imagine you SCREAMING..."Hey, is anybody listening?" I should have had a text balloon on the collage with you screaming those words.<br />
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A critic of my blog (thanks to those of you who GET my strange message) said I was being NEGATIVE and that we should not be 'screaming' at you.<br />
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I agree that you are doing many great things and I am an OBAMA supporter...but when it comes to climate change...<span style="font-size: large;">WE ALL NEED TO BE SCREAMING!</span><br />
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I know you will never see my letters but I hope everyone that reads my silly blog or sees these on Facebook will write you a ONE WORRIED MOM letter as well. That is my hope. Maybe if we ALL use our voices something will change!<br />
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Here's the address again for READERS.<br />
PRESIDENT OBAMA<br />
THE WHITE HOUSE<br />
1600 Pennsylvania Ave N.W.<br />
Washington DC 20500<br />
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Screamingly yours,<br />
ONE WORRIED MOM<br />
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<br />Permission Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04037048341995204069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396460930707359048.post-27576032731838777962013-05-03T06:12:00.000-07:002013-05-03T06:12:22.305-07:00Obama Zorro <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear President Obama,<br />
<br />
I love the Zorro character because he always LEFT HIS MARK! Great heroes DO THAT...they leave their mark on the world.<br />
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You have left many important MARKS in your reign but I think you could RISE TO THE CHALLENGE of becoming the CLIMATE CHANGE PRESIDENT! You could slash a huge letter O (Obama) on all the future history books to remind the coming generations that President Obama turned the world around and put the reins on GLOBAL WARMING!<br />
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SLASH THROUGH ALL THE RED TAPE, NAY SAYERS and BIG OIL CONCERNS and<br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">MAKE YOUR MARK!!!</span></span><br />
<br />
Sincerely,<br />
ONE WORRIED MOMPermission Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04037048341995204069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396460930707359048.post-42357544904226646452013-05-02T12:44:00.000-07:002013-05-02T12:44:07.435-07:00Obama Razorback<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear Mr. President,<br />
<br />
We have another potential environmental disaster here in the Ozarks after reeling from the Mayflower pipeline problem. <br />
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C & H Farms in Newton County is starting a Hog Farm with 2500 Hogs. They will use the waste for fertilizing their pastures.<br />
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Environmentalists are concerned that this waste will get into Big Creek which is a tributary of the Buffalo River.<br />
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The BUFFALO RIVER is the VERY FIRST NATIONAL RIVER!!! It is the only river in Arkansas that was not dammed and it is a sacred place! We cannot take ANY CHANCES with polluting this river.<br />
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I read that while permits for this proposed operation were granted, I also understand that crucial environmental impact tests required for such permits were NEVER undertaken. Please look into this!<br />
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This is not just a local issue because it is a NATIONAL RIVER and we hope you will step in and make sure that it is protected from HOG WASTE!<br />
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NO HOGS NO!!!!<br />
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Sincerely yours,<br />
ONE WORRIED MOMPermission Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04037048341995204069noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396460930707359048.post-28593686723408622982013-04-30T08:24:00.001-07:002013-04-30T08:24:09.112-07:00Obama Traffic Cop<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear President Obama,<br />
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Please put the BRAKES on Climate Change! You are like the TRAFFIC COP of the U.S. You have the power to make great changes and find solutions to reducing the carbon load to 350! <br />
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BUT YOU NEED TO SAY <span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">STOP</span></span> to all the interests that are saying FULL SPEED AHEAD.<br />
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Our planet can only take so much abuse!<br />
HELP!<br />
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I know I keep pointing the finger at YOU Mr. President but WE ALL NEED TO STAND UP and USE OUR VOICES...you can't do it ALONE...if you knew that all us WORRIED MOM'S were shouting, you might have more strength.<br />
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Here is a CHALLENGE to any WORRIED MOM (or Dad, or Grandma, or Grandpa or Aunt or Uncle or Friend) that might be reading this blog....I ask them to write you a letter as well. Not an EMAIL...but a REAL HEARTFELT acoustic LETTER! <br />
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Here is the address to send it to:<br />
PRESIDENT OBAMA<br />
The White House<br />
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW<br />
Washington, DC 20500<br />
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Sincerely yours,<br />
ONE WORRIED MOM<br />
aka Donna StjernaPermission Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04037048341995204069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396460930707359048.post-84554632507382086802013-04-25T10:28:00.003-07:002013-04-25T10:28:51.316-07:00Obama with Chief<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear President Obama,<br />
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I think this is the most POWERFUL mandate for world leaders EVER! Take heed.<br />
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"The first mandate given to us CHIEFS is to make sure EVERY decision we make relates to the welfare and well-being of the SEVENTH GENERATION to come..." <br />
-Oren Lyons, Chief of the Onondaga Nation<br />
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Futurely (a made up word) yours,<br />
ONE WORRIED MOMPermission Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04037048341995204069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396460930707359048.post-64413041655502197162013-04-24T18:08:00.001-07:002013-04-24T18:08:06.332-07:00Obama Frankenfish<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear President Obama,<br />
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I personally am frightened about this GMO technology. I've heard foods that have been genetically modified humorously referred to as FRANKENFOODS. Good name.<br />
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I love the SLOW FOOD and CLOSE TO HOME and ORGANIC movements. We need to get back to nature and eat less processed.<br />
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If there is no stopping this MONSTER than at least REGULATE them and make sure that GMO foods are well labeled so that we know what we are getting.<br />
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Sincerely yours,<br />
ONE WORRIED MOMPermission Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04037048341995204069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396460930707359048.post-1674820451105777662013-04-17T14:06:00.000-07:002013-04-17T14:06:21.136-07:00Obama Scarecrow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear President Obama,<br />
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One of my readers asked that I make a collage that addresses GMO's and Monsanto's Round Up Ready and other related issues. I stayed up till 2 am reading everything I could find. <br />
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Of course you know about this biotechnology but for my readers...GMO's are genetically modified organisms. Scientists working in this field say that modified food is not harmful to humans as far as they know SO FAR. There has not been enough testing. Too much to say on this subject. LOOK IT UP AND READ ABOUT IT...fascinating stuff.<br />
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Now, this collage is a bit 'deep' if you don't know about .UP READY seeds. A company called Monsanto has developed a corn seed that can tolerate the poisonous herbicide, Round Up. The Round Up kills virtually all plant life. Birds will suffer if a large-scale vegetation kill occurs. The loss of flora will have a negative impact on bird breeding grounds and areas where birds forage for food. I could go on and on.....but this is why the scarecrow in my collage doesn't know what a CROW is! OUCH.<br />
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If you want to know more...PBS did a special called HARVEST OF FEAR about this subject.<br />
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/harvest/viewpoints/risks.html<br />
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My next letter will be more about FRANKENFOODS! <br />
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Sincerely yours,<br />
ONE WORRIED MOMPermission Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04037048341995204069noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396460930707359048.post-12975930323968846412013-04-17T13:37:00.002-07:002013-04-17T14:11:19.659-07:00Obama Spring Clean<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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To Blog Readers...I'm posting an extra one today because I won't be able to for a couple daze! Thanks to Nan for this idea. I am open to suggestions with environmental themes!<br />
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Dear President Obama,<br />
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HAPPY SPRING!!! Time to do a little spring cleaning. We need to sweep the SMOGWEBS outta the corners. I am always shocked when we perform in the Los Angeles area...the thick yellow-gray haze that covers the horizon. YUCK.<br />
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On BAD days children cannot even go out and play if they have asthma. Which is on the rise even for adults! Yes...I know that they have toughened up on 'regulations' and it is better than in the 60's but obviously NOT NEAR GOOD ENOUGH.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">WE <span style="font-size: large;">NEED TO CLEA<span style="font-size: large;">N UP OUR ACT!</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">S<span style="font-size: large;">weepingly yours,</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">One Worried MOm</span> </span> </span></span></span>Permission Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04037048341995204069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396460930707359048.post-18441987474620722022013-04-17T05:48:00.002-07:002013-04-17T05:48:48.186-07:00Obama Golfer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear President Obama,<br />
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By the year 2050, some 4 billion people (that's over HALF of the entire world's population) will be facing severe water shortages. In the United States, people living in southwestern states like Arizona could be facing severe freshwater shortages even sooner--by 2025!<br />
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This information comes from NASA, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other agencies worldwide. And when you consider the facts, it's not hard to understand why there's a problem:<br />
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* The world's population tripled in the 20th century, and is expected to increase by another 40-50 % in the next 50 years.<br />
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* There isn't any more FRESH water in the world today than there was 1 million years ago. (I found this AMAZING)<br />
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* Water cannot be replaced (such as alternative fuel sources can replace petroleum.)<br />
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I hate seeing huge lawns in neighborhoods being kept alive during these droughts we are having...wasting gallons and gallons and gallons of precious water. I don't see anyone out DOING anything on those lawns...mostly they are JUST FOR ORNAMENT! <br />
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Now I understand that you are a golfer...so I apologize. I'm sure it's a fine sport but Golf Courses use way too much water to keep those fairways so pristine! I've been reading about EFFLUENT WATER IRRIGATION especially as being used by golf courses. This is a process of using waste (sewage) water for irrigation. This might be a great idea to help with the water shortage problem but sadly enough, LITTLE or not enough attention has been paid to the long-term effects of sewage irrigation practices. There can be serious environmental, public health and agricultural problems if it is not treated well before using as such! This contaminated water can easily leach into our precious ground water. YUCK!<br />
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I hope your TEAM is putting a lot of SERIOUS energy and thought into WATER PROTECTION and CONSERVATION!<br />
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Waterfully Yours,<br />
ONE WORRIED MOM Permission Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04037048341995204069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396460930707359048.post-19635337249862381722013-04-16T07:17:00.002-07:002013-04-16T07:17:25.444-07:00Obama Puppet King<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear President Obama,<br />
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I often think about what a challenging job you have as President (aka King of America). Often, Congress ties your hands and I bet you get a lot of pressure from BIG OIL and BIG MONEY to make choices that you would not make if you could pull your own strings.<br />
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I am an amateur puppeteer myself and have made several marionettes over the years. It is amazing to watch them dance, move and bow to MY command.<br />
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My heart goes out to you as you make every hard choice and decision in regard to the environment. I wouldn't want to be King (or even Queen for a Day).<br />
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I know it's impossible to please everyone and I know you have serious concerns about the XL Pipeline, and the long-term effects of fracking. The Mayflower disaster in Arkansas on March 29th, 2013 was a bit TOO close to home. As you know an Exxon pipeline ruptured and spilled over 5,000 barrels of tarry oil. Many children got sick and home values plummeted! It is an environmental disaster.<br />
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I read that according to Federal data there is a significant pipeline spill in the U.S. on the average of EVERY 3 DAYS! Wow that is staggering.<br />
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Don't let those Exxon BIG OIL puppet masters of the universe PULL YOUR STRINGS. Cut them loose! Please and Thank you!<br />
<br />
ONE WORRIED MOM <br />
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<br />Permission Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04037048341995204069noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396460930707359048.post-69922122352672424672013-04-13T22:38:00.001-07:002013-04-13T22:38:11.785-07:00Obama Alien<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear President Obama,<br />
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In a couple weeks, you should be expecting a package with over 1,000 letters/drawings from Arkansas school children. They all wanted to express their concerns about climate change and the planet. This is an Earth Day gift from them with the message MAKE EVERY DAY EARTH DAY!<br />
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One of the drawings is from a 3rd grader and it tickled me and I used it for the inspiration for this collage.<br />
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I imagined an Alien spaceship landing on Earth in a polluted industrial city full of concrete and steel or on a mountain top that had been strip mined or clear cut. They were horrified by all the destruction.<br />
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Ah, the wisdom of children!<br />
Earthfully yours,<br />
ONE WORRIED MOMPermission Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04037048341995204069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396460930707359048.post-69839615675980922502013-04-12T07:57:00.001-07:002013-04-12T07:57:10.901-07:00Obama Conductor<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear President Obama,<br />
<br />
I love this quote by Mae West on the conductor collage that goes with this letter,<br />
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<i><b>"Personality is the glitter that sends your little gleam across the footlights and the orchestra pit and into that black space where the audience is."- Mae West </b></i><br />
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You have that glittering personality! You are one of the most important conductors of the WORLD!<br />
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WE (us Worried Moms & others) are your audience in that black space...please create for the EARTH the most beautiful symphony EVER!<br />
We will CHEER and APPLAUSE and shout BRAVO! We will call for an ENCORE! <br />
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Musically yours,<br />
One Worried Mom<br />
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<br />Permission Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04037048341995204069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396460930707359048.post-45772024840671841952013-04-11T10:31:00.002-07:002013-04-11T10:31:41.466-07:00Obama Indigenous<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear President Obama,<br />
<br />
I am not very educated on all the ins and outs of this subject but I heard about President Morales of Bolivia and his commitment to addressing climate change. <br />
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His willingness to say NO to BIG OIL is brave indeed. I think leaders of the world could take heed and follow suit.<br />
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We can also learn much from indigenous peoples and elders. We all share this planet, instead of thinking of ourselves as AMERICANS, BOLIVIANS, EUROPEANS, AFRICANS...and so forth...maybe we should call ourselves EARTHLINGS!<br />
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For the Earth,<br />
One Worried Mom <br />
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Permission Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04037048341995204069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396460930707359048.post-35892521656691049462013-04-10T05:30:00.001-07:002013-04-10T05:30:51.957-07:00Obama Wild Things<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear President Obama,<br />
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Theologian Thomas Berry said, "The planet will never be so beautiful and abundant again...the Cenozoic Era that we are leaving behind, was when Earth was most lyrical, songbirds, flowering plants and GREAT families of mammals flourished. At this peak of beauty and richness humankind came. We are now responsible for the extinction of ONE OUT OF TEN species that we know of." STAGGERING!<br />
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I used to read WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE to my son almost every night. Our Ozarks used to be home to countless WILD THINGS that are almost gone. (Maybe they hopped in a little boat and sailed away for a year and a day?) Maybe we need to change the name of the book to WHERE ARE THE WILD THINGS?<br />
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I know YOU are aware of a book called Moral Ground by Kathleen Dean Moore because YOU, Desmond Tutu and Sheila Watt-Cloutier (former chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council) made POWERFUL arguments about our MORAL obligation in the face of climate change. I have only read the interview about it and look forward to the book and what you had to say! LET THE WILD RUMPUS BEGIN!<br />
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Wildly Yours,<br />
One Worried Mom Permission Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04037048341995204069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396460930707359048.post-62152517328482839382013-04-09T08:33:00.002-07:002013-04-09T08:34:22.494-07:00Obama Ben Franklin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear President Obama,<br />
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Wind power could work almost ANYWHERE if we turned to HIGH FLYING KITES! Companies in Germany are already running with the idea of harnessing high altitude winds though the use of 'kite surfing' technology. COOL.<br />
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Remote controlled kites would have an advantage over wind turbines because they can fly at much higher altitudes where wind speeds increase considerably and stay strong.<br />
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Such kites also cost much less to build than wind turbine towers.<br />
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I think ole Ben Franklin was onto something great way back when.<br />
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"ENERGY AND PERSISTENCE CONQUERS ALL THINGS." - Benjamin Franklin<br />
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Windfully yours,<br />
One Worried Mom <br />
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<br />Permission Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04037048341995204069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396460930707359048.post-47571014027139632032013-04-04T06:33:00.001-07:002013-04-04T06:33:38.748-07:00Obama Coffee<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear President Obama,<br />
<br />
This is a difficult letter to write because it is causing me to look at my own habits and how those choices affect the world. My biggest vice in life is COFFEE! Every since childhood it has been my comfort food. I remember my parents always had a pot of coffee on the stove. Mom would make me my own brew with 3/4 milk and a little coffee with lots of sugar for a special treat, as far back as I can recall.<br />
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I went to a songwriting retreat this weekend and we were instructed to write 4 lines about something close to us. Sitting in front of me on the table was a container of Jasmine Pearl tea. I have always felt a twinge of over indulgence whenever I poured a cup because each of the delicate tea balls were HAND ROLLED by someone over in Asia! Those lines then turned into a song (see below) that stretched from tea to coffee. I began to research about how coffee used to be grown on small farms in the shade of the rainforests. It was a safe haven where birds flourished. In past years, due to the ENORMOUS popularity of coffee shops, coffee growning is a huge business and those forests are being cut down at alarming rates.<br />
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Now...I have known this fact for years and I try to drink organic 'shade tree' coffee whenever it is available or at home when I buy it, but for the most part I have closed my eyes and continued to fill my cup whenever and with whatever~!<br />
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If I am going to write letters like this-complaining about this or that...I should try to walk the talk. This is SO hard to do...I am a SPOILED AMERICAN and I am embarrassed about that.<br />
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I guess this letter is more for ME than YOU...Mr. President. It's a reminder to myself of the CAUSE & EFFECT. I am going to try this (but I can't guarantee I'll succeed). When I drink coffee from now on, I need to know where it came from and if it was grown in a sustainable way. Fairtrade coffee is GREAT! It is just a small step, but one in the right direction. BOTTOMS UP!<br />
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Sustainably yours,<br />
One Worried Mom<br />
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IGNORANCE IS BLISS<br />
Words & Music Donna Stjerna April 2013<br />
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Jasmine Pearls unfurl...they unfold without a care<br />
I think about Asian women...rollin em into tiny spheres<br />
I pick up my china cup...settle in my comfy chair...<br />
take a sip of fragrant tea, flavored with those women's tears<br />
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At night they cover racks of tea, with those precious Jasmine flowers<br />
perfumed like a concubine...they blow away come the morning hours<br />
I try to tell the future with...the leaves left in my cup<br />
Everything has a price, close my eyes and drink it up<br />
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<i><b>They say ignorance is bliss...but I wonder...if it is???</b></i><br />
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Coffee once grown in the shade...on small farms 'neath canopy<br />
The Java Jive is on the rise...they're cutting down those precious trees<br />
We throw away those paper cups, never take the time to think<br />
I fill up my big ole cup...close my eyes and take a drink<br />
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Workers down in Guatemala...pic a 100 lbs a day<br />
Children slave out in the fields...no one gets a living wage<br />
Barista with a lovely smile, fills me up to the brim<br />
Sometimes I ignore the facts...and then the coffee wins.<br />
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<i><b>They say ignorance is bliss...but I wonder...if it is???</b></i><br />
<br />Permission Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04037048341995204069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396460930707359048.post-19223582586760626602013-04-03T10:35:00.001-07:002013-04-03T10:35:56.376-07:00Obama Farmer<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9moBT7gStZtUWZ03mXYsezt0_Owi5HE4ZqrB0s5XXSFYkUbTK8dUX-IU4RsZ9pGYwkF-cpAKNPlNvZsUKldSQkl_3HUMHy_3bDirZIK7l_pFtAVw_b6aZylLDwaBNPkW6tl3GDbKJn4k/s1600/Donna%2527s+Blog+001.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9moBT7gStZtUWZ03mXYsezt0_Owi5HE4ZqrB0s5XXSFYkUbTK8dUX-IU4RsZ9pGYwkF-cpAKNPlNvZsUKldSQkl_3HUMHy_3bDirZIK7l_pFtAVw_b6aZylLDwaBNPkW6tl3GDbKJn4k/s320/Donna%2527s+Blog+001.jpg" style="clear: both; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a>Dear President Obama,<br />
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I read that government agricultural subsidies favor Mono-Cropping because it is economically beneficial. Then I learned that growing high yield crops of a single thing (on the same land year after year) damages the soil by stripping it of precious nutrients thus creating a dependency on pesticides and artificial fertilizers which seep into ground water and surrounding soil.<br />
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In this farming practice an ENTIRE crop can but wipe out very quickly by a single opportunisitic species! This happened in Ireland creating the great Potato Famine of 1845-1849. OUCH! Maybe farmers should be REWARDED for rotating crops & using organic methods that SUSTAIN the land and make it HEALTHIER rather than destroying it and risking another Dust Bowl or worse. <br />
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Land, Water, Food & Farmers are VALUABLE commodities- we NEED to take care of them.<br />
HI HO THE DAIRY OH...THE FARMER IN THE DELL!<br />
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Naturally yours,<br />
One Worried Mom<div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Permission Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04037048341995204069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396460930707359048.post-54024010052202162002013-04-02T16:06:00.000-07:002013-04-02T16:07:07.926-07:00Obama Drowning Man<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear President Obama,<br />
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Do you ever feel like you are drowning? Wish someone would throw a life preserver? I think despair is a HUGE problem these daze! I think that many folks have a sort of 'environmental PTSD', myself included (at times).<br />
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These letters I've been writing are my life preserver. They have been good for my soul, sort of like when your write a letter to a friend or lover that your are having issues with and you NEVER send it. You just get to VENT and then burn or tear the letter up.<br />
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These letters are not changing anything but ME, they are helping me refocus, I just signed up for a week long workshop in New Mexico with one of my SHE-ROS (female hero), Joanna Macy. The workshop is on despair and empowerment. It's a mentoring program to learn how to deal with feelings of loss (species & environment) and how to help others. For me this is especially important for children. Here are the lyrics to another song I wrote on this subject of feeling 'overwhelmed'. I had just watched the movies...THE 11th HOUR and AVATAR and they threw me into a low place. This song was very cathartic for me. Maybe it can be a life preserver for others.<br />
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THE WAILING WALL<br />
Words & Music Donna Stjerna Jan 16th 2010<br />
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I feel like a prayer scribbled on a piece of paper<br />
crammed into a tiny crevice in the Wailing Wall<br />
How can I keep my words from falling on deaf ears?<br />
Is anybody listening? My voice seems small.<br />
I feel like a boy with his thumb in the dike<br />
holding back a river of fear...we've done so much damage<br />
to our fragile planet...I can't hold back my tears.<br />
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CHORUS<br />
So I huddle in the corner, curl up in a cozy blanket<br />
Close my eyes, forgetting everything<br />
For a little while I need to give in to the crying<br />
Acknowledge all the pain and suffering<br />
and THEN......get back up again.<br />
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I feel like the very list Passenger Pidgeon<br />
Carrying a message to the world...or a Bald Eagle<br />
scavenging for food, when it used to be the symbol<br />
of the flag unfurled...remember as a kid<br />
when you fell off your bike, bumped your head<br />
cried & cried...Mama picked you up-kissed away the hurt<br />
made you get back up and ride. CHORUS<br />
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<b><i>Rap Talking Part</i></b><br />
<b><i>I'm a Polar Bear standing on the edge of thin ice</i></b><br />
<b><i>not knowing which way to turn</i></b><br />
<b><i>I'm a Toucan perched on the edge of the forest</i></b><br />
<b><i>watching the canopy burn...</i></b><br />
<b><i>I'm a Pelican diving into Gulf waters</i></b><br />
<b><i>feathers oily and black</i></b><br />
<b><i>I can no longer hide my head in the sand</i></b><br />
<b><i>Time is running out fast!</i></b><br />
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I fell like I'm wearing my heart on my sleeve<br />
Raw and unprotected...I can watch it bleed<br />
bent and broken, I've been down on my knees<br />
The weight of the world, pressing down on me<br />
I know sometimes...a good hard cry<br />
I just what I need to do...SO if you're feeling<br />
what I've been feelin'...here's my advice to you...<br />
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Huddle in the corner, curl up in a cozy blanket<br />
Close your eyes, forgetting everything<br />
For a little while you need to give in to the crying<br />
Acknowledge all the pain and suffering<br />
and THEN......get back up again.<br />
<br />Permission Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04037048341995204069noreply@blogger.com0