Have you ever hada Tarot reading? If so, how was the experience? If not, why?

Have you ever hada Tarot reading? If so, how was the experience? If not, why?

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Five Minutes in Heaven

This evening I attended an online Birthday Bash for psychic John Edward who turned 42. John created this free event to say thank you to all the followers of his newsletter. The evening was filled with questions and answers, personal anecdotes, and of course readings. While I did not get selected to get a read from John, the evening was fun nonetheless and the energies were great.

Tough Decisions

2010 has had a lot of ups and downs so far. More downs than ups.

It started with me being laid off from the job I had for five years and having to fight to get my unemployment. I finally did start to get my compensation in April but by then the damage was done.

Private Hells

We all have our own private hells
Constructed from our fears and dreams
We blanket ourselves in darkness
And embrace each misdeed

Throwing off the covers of despair would show us the light
But the light just amplifies our own shortcomings

The choice is to stand in front of the mirror of the soul
To accept and forgive

or to remain in sweet penetrating darkness and sleep the sleep of helplessness

in dreams

She comes unbidden to my dreams
Fiery hair, beguiling eyes, mischevious smile

She says nothing but seduces with her silence
A quiet girl with a fount of passion underneath

Standing still her promises are spoken through her soul
Eternal peace and contentment can be yours

The price is losing yourself in her eyes

Never to return

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We can learn a lot from a duck

Did you ever watch a duck on a pond?

They glide across the surface of the water effortlessly. Calmly moving without a care in the world.

What we don't see is the duck's feet pedalling quickly under the water.

It's the work we don't see that propels us forward.

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Slow Cooker Black Bean Stoup

It's 22 degrees here in sunny Jacksonville, Florida and that's perfect stick to your ribs soup weather. I had a bag of dried black beans and I love black bean soup so I decided to search the web (mostly food.com and a google search) for a recipe. I didn't find any that I liked so I opened my cupboards and refrigerator and played mad scientist. It came out pretty good. Feel free to try it and let me know what you think.

Slow Cooker Black Bean Stoup

1 16oz bag dried black beans
6 cups chicken stock
1 medium yellow onion (diced)
3 cloves garlic (sliced thin)
1 15oz can tomato sauce
1 carrot (shredded)
1 jalapeno (de-veined and de-seeded, diced)
3 tbsp chili powder
1 tbsp cumin
2 tbsp paprika
2 tbsp Kosher salt
pepper

2 bags Boil in Bag rice
tortilla chips (for garnish)
sour cream (for garnish)

Rinse and sort black beans. Place beans in slow cooker with three cups of chicken stock. Cook on high for two hours.
Add rest of chicken stock, vegetables, spices and tomato sauce. Stir soup mixture. Continue to cook on high for four to five hours. Puree soup in batches in blender or directly in the slow cooker with an immersion blender.

Serve over rice and garnish with tortilla chips and sour cream.

Serves approximately four.