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martzj's journal

The Man Cold (Don't miss this one : )

By martzj · Posted November 18, 2009
12 replies
This is just too hilarious to stay buried deep in another post. Thanks to Lidia from United Kingdom for the belly laugh link! I'm going to use it in a Power Point presentation on the care level women ...

Funny talk on forced positivity from culture

By martzj · Posted November 13, 2009
8 replies
(Click the yellow Watch button to start the 38 minute BookTV video of Barbara talking about her experiences with cancer chemo just made her crankier than ever...) Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion ...

November theme: HOSPITALITY

By martzj · Posted November 1, 2009
3 replies
Heart sister Rose voluteered to share her thoughts on this month's theme of hospitality. Rose has been through a tremendous amount this year and yet has been adamant about continuing to do what she loves...hosting ...

November Theme: HOSPITALITY

By martzj · Posted June 18, 2009
10 replies
Heart sister Rose voluteered to share her thoughts on this month's theme of hospitality. Rose has been through a tremendous amount this year and yet has been adamant about continuing to do what she loves...hosting ...

The Newly Married Heart

By martzj · Posted May 2, 2009
49 replies
The nice thing about eloping is that one can change the wedding location at a drop of a hat because it is just the two of you. Several days before April 30th, I drove by one of the most beautiful spots ...

Prosperity: April

By martzj · Posted April 7, 2009
6 replies
Prosperity: April A woman’s heart holds oceans of loving ways, little sparkling stars that are the children we give birth to, the children we could not give life to, the children of others whose tiny ...

Look Up, Look Down, Look In

By martzj · Posted March 22, 2009
5 replies
The university library was full of coughing, sneezing college kids draped across leather couches or working at laptops in carols so I decided to give the public library a try for the first time since ...

Hiney up & World's best pie

By martzj · Posted March 22, 2009
9 replies
Spring Equinox Day....Oh the Joy Morning: I just had to pass on a quick story about my first day of Spring, starting with the Honda dealership.Their waiting room has a whole new 'lady friendly' decor ...

No Limits

By martzj · Posted March 10, 2009
10 replies
I've been searching for this video for years....only saw it briefly long ago and was haunted by the deep power and beauty of this love........It really is this primal for all of us. We all just want to ...

Hello, Pretty Power!

By martzj · Posted March 7, 2009
11 replies
Reading EAT, PRAY, LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert. On the 'Love' part of her journey now.....in Bali, Indonesian Islands. She traveled there to spend time with a Balinese medicine man (soul healer) who invited ...

Cardiac Patients: Obtain record copies now

By martzj · Posted February 24, 2009
12 replies
Stop trusting US medical staff to take charge of your record transfers between. The odds of this happening with zero errors are not in your favor. HIPPA means that all US citizens are entitled (whether ...

Starting Over, Jan 2009. The Named Heart

By martzj · Posted January 1, 2009
43 replies
Starting Over, Jan 2009. The Named Heart. “There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” Albert Einstein Give your heart ...

You Just Never Know....

By martzj · Posted September 9, 2008
19 replies
The early afternoon summer sun was blazing as I sat comfortably ensconced in my 2 seater portable canvas chair won at the 2005 July village celebration commemmorating the newly replaced James River pier ...

Joy

By martzj · Posted September 4, 2008
7 replies
I take profound wisdom wherever I find it. "Choose serenity over security" "Let nothing so disturb us, so fill us with sorrow or discouragement, as to make us fortit the joy. Joy is not simply a matter ...

Proper Dosage suggestions

By martzj · Posted August 22, 2008
3 replies
How To Dose a Cat! (ha, made ya look)!!! LOL 1 Pick up cat and cradle it in the crook of your left arm as if holding a baby. Position right forefinger and thumb on either side of cat's mouth and gently ...

What Could Be

By martzj · Posted August 19, 2008
12 replies
The exciting world I inhabited for decades is one of infinite possibilities for discoveries that will ultimately change us forever. The links below are brief entries into the culture of pure research ...

the time of my life

By martzj · Posted August 9, 2008
0 replies
http://www.jango.com/music/11014-David-C ook?l=0 Click on Time of My Life button to play this beautiful heart song. We're still here against all odds...for a reason....to do it 'with a heart wide open ...

The Beauty of a Woman

By martzj · Posted August 7, 2008
7 replies
The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, The figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman must be seen from her eyes, Because that is the doorway to her ...

Are you one of those Grandmaws?

By martzj · Posted July 21, 2008
13 replies
I'm posting this is my Journal even though I was swimming for my heart during lunch today. It's just too cute not to share. I swam so long today that, without my noticing, the other lanes that had been ...

Solitary Sister

By martzj · Posted July 21, 2008
12 replies
"Solitary brother, is there still a part of you that wants to live. Solitary sister, is there still a part of you that wants to give?" Seal - It's the loneliness that's the killer. Stroke, pull. Stroke ...