Venus Retrograde May 15 through June 27

Venus rules relationships and partnerships, money and what we value. Venus is also the ruler of art and beauty. From May 15 through June 27 Venus is retrograde. In general, this is not a time to take chances with our money or valuables, or to get that new hairdo, or to have plastic surgery. Existing relationships may undergo changes, as we reevalute them at this time.

As with any retrograde, this is a great time to meditate upon these areas of our lives, as any retrograde is a wonderful time to use "challenging" situations to our advantage ... we can learn through adversity. When things don't go as we had planned, the Universe most often has better plans for us.

For more details, here are a few articles I have read on Venus Retrograde:

Cafe Astrology article on Venus Retrograde

Mountain Astrologer article by Gary P. Caton

Huffington Post's Phyllis Mitz' article on Venus Retrograde

John Townley's take on Venus Retrograde

and .... The Wedding Astrologer (I have not read this one yet, so I cannot vouch for its contents, but who is knocking The Great Unknown? Not I!)

Inspiring & Empowering Movie on Healing

The Cure Is ...

I have not watched it yet, but it looks quite promising ...

from "About This Film:

"The Cure Is U is a ground breaking film that will forever change the way you look at your health. For decades, many believed genetics to be the most significant factor in determining whether we obtain a disease or not. Bruce Lipton, PhD, one of the first to clone stem cells over 44 years ago, states this is completely false."

time redux

my watchband broke ...

this was not an expensive watch, but the face has an attractive look to it ... I like this little watch, but I didn't want to go through the hassle of trying to find a new band and then have it replaced. I have tried to replace them myself - good grief. What a chore.

And so I said - "I think I'll remake this little watch in a new way!"

And so I did!

Moon!

Look! A new gadget! (to the right, at the top)

Moon phases!

This moon phase gadget/widget is free to post to your website or blog, from MoonConnections. Other products are available, too. Nice work, MoonConnections, and thank you so much!

A Little Help From Our Friends

Who knows where our next inspiration will come from?

I am doing some web design, hand coding the website, since I don't have access to my usual web creation tools. What better way to create a simple but workable - and attractive - website than to roll up your sleeves, open up Notepad ++ and start coding!

Web standards have changed quite a bit since I last created a website - the Web is always forging ahead. It seems I'm always running to catch its coattails, no matter how great or how little amount of time has passed since the last website design.

In searching information on the current state of CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), I came across a great article on CSS3, CSS3 Flexible Box Layout Explained. I followed it back to the website of its author, Richard Shepherd, and then went on to his blog. This revealed the inspiration that I was alluding to in my opening sentence.

Richard has a blog post, The Next 30 Days, which features a TED talk by a man named Matt Cutt, currently the head of Google’s Webspam team. It was a proverbial breath of fresh air for me, so I thought I'd share it so others might also enjoy it.

Thank you, Richard Shepherd, Matt Cutt, TED Talks, and thank you, CSS.

Sweet Corn? Tell Walmart - No Monsanto Corn!

Subject: Tell Walmart: Don't sell Monsanto's potentially toxic GMO sweet corn

Dear Friend,

This spring, Monsanto's GMO sweet corn -- their first product for direct human consumption -- will be getting planted for the first time.

Then it will be sold, unlabeled, in a grocery store near you.

To stop it, we'll need significant opposition from food sellers to this untested, potentially toxic product. Walmart is the largest food retailer in the country, but they have no plans to reject Monsanto's GMO sweet corn.

I just signed a petition urging Walmart to take a stand for consumer saftey, and reject Monsanto's GMO sweet corn before it's planted.

You can add your name here:
Use this link to find out more, from CREDO Action

GERD & Wheat/Gluten

I found an informative online article linking Gluten to Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease today. I know a number of people who suffer from GERD and are taking standard medical treatment, which does not seem to fully help the problem. Perhaps looking into a gluten free, or even to start, a wheat free diet might help with the problem.

I can attest to the fact that GERD can be caused by gluten consumption. I have found that if I consume wheat in any form regularly I will start to have terrible acid reflux. I stop the wheat and the acid reflux is gone within a day or two. Still - if I start up with wheat again, it comes back.

Gluten Sensitivity Induces GERD - Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
(video - it takes a little bit to load)

This information comes from the website Glutonology.net, however I recommend going to their other website, Gluten Free Society.

If you have facebook, you can join their facebook page
or view their youtube channel
Glutenology's youtube channel