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Blossom: Focus on Linda Isbell

Blossom is a fresh column to feature our Contributors. Finally!   Our first featured Contributor is Linda Isbell. I met Linda, some 20 + years ago.  Soon afterwards, she became Spiritual Leader for our Unity Study Group, here in Florence, AL.  She ended one of her inspirational messages with,…

New Directions: Celebrations – Then and Now

  Aside from the everyday type of celebrations – ones I took for granted that everyone experienced like birthdays and holidays – I can remember a few very distinct times I considered to be “special” celebrations in years past. The first was passing my driver’s license test –…

New Directions: Laugh On

  Laughter has always been a major part of my life – Praise God!  I had a mother whose laugh was contagious, and I have many fond memories of times growing up in our home when laughter would overcome us, and we laughed until our stomachs hurt and…

Laughter: Touching the Essence of Truth

  John, a married man for over 30 years, just won the Lottery. Happily, he asked his wife, “What will you do with half the winnings.” She abruptly said, “I’d leave you and get out of here!” He said: “Good, here’s twenty-five dollars …good-bye!” What makes us laugh?…

The Truth Shall Set You Free – Well Maybe

While thinking about what to write about “Truth” for this issue of Garden Spices I ran across this quotation from the movie “The Big Short” – “It ain’t what you know that gets you into trouble.  It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” I began…

Truth: The First Principle of Action

Did you ever stop to think how important Truth is? Virtually everywhere in the living sciences and socio-psychological realms incorporate the application of Truth. Without truth, law could not exist, science could not hypothecate, and relationships would falter. Truth is the prime ingredient of society and universal understanding….

New Directions: Dance On

  Linda’s parents, Rosemarie and Bill Dunn I grew up in a household that loved music.  Some of my earliest and fondest memories are of listening to the radio and watching my parents dance.  I learned and still know most of the words to a great number of…

JL Yoga: Karma Challenge

So there is this silly challenge on Instagram for balance strengthening or balance therapy or balance whatever. I can’t think of what this little board she used was called, but it was like a few inches thick; it was even suggested to roll your yoga mat up and…

Music’s Abode

One of the most unique questions that could be asked, and offers only one answer is: “Do you think there is an end to music? You can’t say “No!” If you can’t feel an end to music, then you know what the Universe is like. Just how big…