“Another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.” ― Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye

Happy Halloween! It has brought us snow and cold, I hope some trick-or-treaters follow.

Actually, it is a beautiful day!

Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.----Jim Rohn

        I heard this on YouTube today, it is simplistic but makes sense:


    We like to think of ourselves as a body.  We're not.  We're a community of cells.
    There really is only one disease, and that is a cell that is not working properly.
    There are only two things you have to do for health----deliver the groceries and not deliver toxins.  That way you can keep the repair machinery functioning properly. Your body will do the repairs.
       




"The body is a community made up of its innumerable cells or inhabitants."----Thomas Edison


"We are all cells in the same body of humanity." ---Peace Pilgrim

“We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings.” ― Albert Einstein

Wanna bet. Not all those masquerading as human can actually be human.

The trick is to grow up without growing old!

                                     Hippie Peace Freaks

Run group today

     followed by coffee at Einstein Bros.  A great start to a beautiful day.

“Providing food, shelter, clothing and education is not enough any more, because all of this would have no meaning in the end, if your children do not have a planet to live on with health and prosperity.” ― Abhijit Naskar

Please take the time to read these articles.  It is important.

Earth to no longer support human life by 2050
http://nakedfoodmagazine.com/meat-consumption/?fbclid=IwAR0mYHWt0FWDU2y1xqom9qYeAWQLMbhphe08hIKOkeqolCXwbgCILz8-fEE

US farmers increasingly terrified by climate change
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/19/politicians-say-nothing-but-us-farmers-are-increasingly-terrified-by-it-climate-change?fbclid=IwAR2fuDCjQmPlOLXzAdtx3Di7sfb1tmLxZSFhAddWMkAeXHFBQGrEmT5SsBs

Social collapse within the next decade
https://www.minnpost.com/earth-journal/2018/10/new-outlook-on-global-warming-best-prepare-for-social-collapse-and-soon/?fbclid=IwAR09PWJ4Lga2RFbsbjlV2ACsiIDkxBv0UNMX-UP9n0gVlxQWhlzstBwby9U

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/amp/2018/10/un-says-climate-genocide-coming-but-its-worse-than-that.html?fbclid=IwAR1IgTX_DA0Q_h3cc0ptQb5MpfDujgNGCWkEH1YJ-ck8Aukx0QrptkfD7mw


“The future says:

Dear mortals;
I know you are busy with your colourful lives;
I have no wish to waste the little time that remains
On arguments and heated debates;
But before I can appear
Please, close your eyes, sit still
And listen carefully
To what I am about to say;
I haven't happened yet, but I will.
I can't pretend it's going to be
Business as usual.
Things are going to change.
I'm going to be unrecognisable.
Please, don't open your eyes, not yet.
I'm not trying to frighten you.
All I ask is that you think of me
Not as a wish or a nightmare, but as a story
You have to tell yourselves -
Not with an ending
In which everyone lives happily ever after,
Or a B-movie apocalypse,
But maybe starting with the line
'To be continued...'
And see what happens next.
Remember this; I am not
Written in stone
But in time - 
So please don't shrug and say
What can we do?
It's too late, etc, etc, etc.
Dear mortals,
You are such strange creatures
With your greed and your kindness,
And your hearts like broken toys;
You carry fear with you everywhere
Like a tiny god
In its box of shadows.
You love festivals and music
And good food.
You lie to yourselves
Because you're afraid of the dark.
But the truth is: you are in my hands
And I am in yours.
We are in this together,
Face to face and eye to eye;
We're made for each other.
Now those of you who are still here;
Open your eyes and tell me what you see.” 
― Nick Drake



"The planet is fine.  The people are fucked."
                   George Carlin

"Arguing with an idiot is like playing chess with a pidgeon. It'll just knock over all the pieces, shit on the board, and strut about like it's won anyway." - Anonymous

Compassion is the sexiest attribute.

Keep trying

Never forget

Every animal has his or her story, his or her thoughts, daydreams, and interests. All feel joy and love, pain and fear, as we now know beyond any shadow of a doubt. All deserve that the human animal afford them the respect of being cared for with great consideration for those interests or left in peace. Ingrid Newkirk

    Fox vs dog face-off this morning. You've gotta love autumn walks. We left it in peace, although I had to bodily haul my dog away.

Shares for today:

     I voted last night.  We have mail-in ballots, but there were so many amendments and issues to research, it took 2-3 hours of  "homework" to complete. Done.



     From Gary Trudeau/Doonesbury. Truth.

   Remember these women?  A strong woman stands up for herself.  A stronger woman stands up for everybody else.  They're still standing.

   

     And of course, there must be a little humor (humer???).

Look at dem legs song

I love this.  I've never been proud of my legs, but they are truly fantastic and accomplish awesome things.

                                          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4LjuNFXlh0

Denver Rock and Roll run weekend

     This weekend I ended my running season with the Denver Rock and Roll races.  Saturday was the 5k.  Sunday was the half.  There was a 3rd medal earned for completing both, and of course I do it for the bling. ☺

     My results were satisfactory.  I am mainly interested in how I do compared with other women in the 65-69 age group.  For the 5k I was 3 out of 10.  For the half I was 8 out of 24. So I'm not the best, but not the worst, either.  I must keep working at this.
     In the half, there were 17 women in the 70-74 year-old group, 2 of which  were faster than me.  There was one woman in the 80+ age group.  There are so many inspiring people out there!
      I did pass barefoot Elvis, though.

“I’m always searching for what’s going to take me that extra step. What is going to show me something new about myself. What is going to make me just a little bit stronger. That’s what I’m looking for. ” — MIRNA VALERIO

“The eyes of the future are looking back at us and they are praying for us to see beyond our own time. They are kneeling with hands clasped that we might act with restraint, that we might leave room for the life that is destined to come. To protect what is wild is to protect what is gentle. Perhaps the wilderness we fear is the pause between our own heartbeats, the silent space that says we live only by grace. Wilderness lives by this same grace. Wild mercy is in our hands.” ― Terry Tempest Williams, Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place

The Nebraska runner with the broken heart.

     Have tissues ready:

https://ovalsandtrails.com/blog/2018/10/19/the-runner-with-the-broken-heart?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=socialnetwork&fbclid=IwAR2pNrz2jdTZqpq-QXEqcdJUHZ4bxDVJk4NwIWVbNpm4ewZXzKkAji6acR8

“I saw many humans on whom there were no clothes, I saw many clothes in which there were no humans.” ― Rumi

This is so true today and needs repeating.



"I understand.  You can't spare
anything, a hand, a piece of bread, a shawl
against the cold,
a good word.  Lord
knows there isn't much
to go around.  You need it all."
    Louise Penny, A Fatal Grace

Smile. The weekend is coming.

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.----Thomas Paine

There is no planet B

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/amp/2018/10/un-says-climate-genocide-coming-but-its-worse-than-that.html?fbclid=IwAR3tfqMdPxg3FledfohYCYv-czOiWK1gTNdsLu2_8IVQZfbuEvOHOxh9jRg

No one is coming to save you.  This is 100% your responsibility.


So many animals will go extinct in the next 50 years, it will take at least 3 million years to recover.
https//www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/so-many-animals-will-go-extinct-in-the-next-50-years-that-it-will-take-earth-at-least-3-million-years-to-recover-a-study-has-found/ar-BBOqRco?li=BBnbcA1

Thank you Barbara!

                                         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNrj87Q-4Yk

“Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.” ― Henry David Thoreau, Walden

     I'm trying.  I try to believe this every year.  It is so cold and snowy.  It seems like we only get 2 seasons here.....summer and winter.....and I want to experience some autumns, some springs. It is just some early season cabin fever, I imagine, and will pass when we get some sunshine. Meanwhile, I am trapped in a snow-globe.

“There's no such thing as bad weather, only unsuitable clothing.”

― Alfred Wainwright, A Coast to Coast Walk

The hardest part of being vegan is waking up at 5 a.m. to milk all the almonds.

I love this quote.

People are watching.

"One reason I do hard things is because I want to raise amazing human beings who are going to grow up and make this world a better place.  I want to be able to inspire my kids and, in order to do that, I have to be the strongest version of me.  I can't allow other activities to take me away from what's important."
                Ben Greenfield

“Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative.” ― H.G. Wells

    This is the final call to prevent climate catastrophe.

    Climate change is so much worse than we thought. We have only 12 years to make massive changes.  What are you doing today to save the lives of your children and grandchildren?
     Are you vegan yet?  Animal agriculture is the leading cause of human-made greenhouse gas emissions, and is the leading cause of deforestation, air and water pollution, and biodiversity loss. Avoiding all animal products is the single biggest thing you can do to reduce your impact on earth now.
     Do something.  Please.

https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/climate-change-even-worse-we-thought-ipcc-report?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=sierramag&utm_medium=social

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/07/world/climate-change-new-ipcc-report-wxc/index.html

“Change before you have to.”

― Jack Welch

(oops, too late, now you have to)


     Even if you don't think climate change is our fault, not doing something about it is our fault.  Of course the earth will go on without humans on it, and will be better off, but I don't want to see that happen.

We Do Not Inherit the Earth from Our Ancestors; We Borrow It from Our Children

     Snowing today.  Nice view from my front window.

Soul

“Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some people move our souls to dance. They awaken us to a new understanding with the passing whisper of their wisdom. Some people make the sky more beautiful to gaze upon. They stay in our lives for awhile, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.” ― Flavia Weedn

                                          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UotS7F0Orks

“Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality.”

― Emily Dickinson

"a civilization is not destroyed by wicked people, it is not necessary that people be wicked but only that they be spineless"-----James Baldwin

Wow!!!

Ergggg

"You are the average of the 5 people you spend most of your time with"

     I'm so glad to read this.  My friends and family are awesome.

; If I'm the smartest guy (gal)
in the room, I'm in the wrong room.

Early happy birthday to Kate.

          I hope this brings back fond memories of you and your Dad. He loved this because it reminded him of you.

     I have a very long drive alone tomorrow to a place I've never been.  I have a fear of driving by myself to strange areas.....not knowing where gas stations and rest stops might be, possibly getting lost (a very real possibility with me even with phone gps).  But I can and will do this. Deep breaths.

Life is for participating, not for spectating.
                  Katherine Switzer

Fingers crossed, November 2018 here we come.

   

No one is working on this massive problems as of yet. My children's and grandchildren's lives will be affected, as will yours.

      Moving to higher ground.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/24/americas-era-of-climate-mass-migration-is-here

From one of my favorite books.....

"You're gonna be happy" said life, "but first I'm gonna make you strong."

October is about trees revealing colors they've hidden all year. People have an October as well. JM Storm