Re: the unknown

Dear Mom,

Yes, We've finished the consonants, except for the review.  I will post this lesson plan all at once on the blog, soon enough. And so now the vowels...  

"The Unknown Land," was actually Ariston's last story for letter 'U'.. a special one I included because I realized the Unknown terrain and power of these vowel lessons we are creating and the respective emotions that we are exploring.. 

The first two stories were "The biggest house in the world," a story about 'acceptance,' the primary emotion of the root chakra and story I made up improv about the monkey trap parable, a lesson to illustrate the pitfalls of 'rigidity,' the shadow emotion of our root chakra.  We had research these ourselves and create these lessons as we go coordinating stories with the emotions as they are connected ... 

Phonically 'U' or uh resonates with the root chakra, low c, and the color red.. planet saturn - this is our first vowel.. we are beginning from the lower and working upwards.  We're also connecting these visually, depicted as the chakra's and a rainbow as well as the musical notes... 

Associative learning is insprational and it matters not if our associations are perfectly correct or conflictual. Our job is to create associations, point at things and inspire... I am enjoying this... Ariston tends towards perfectionism and the monkey trap parable was a fantastic lesson in learning the importance of letting go. (look it up and you'll know what I mean)..

Love always,

Jim 

On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 6:45 AM, <Ladyollady@aol.com> wrote:

Is this a story that you are reading to Ariston and Merrilee?  It's a wonderful story.

Update

Wow!! Officially Free "CAMPING"
USFS Bars Of Rogue River
10 miles upstream of The coast
 "Gold beach, OR
For USFS FREE CAMPGROUND "Lobster Creek"
Take the southbank road for 10 miles to Campground. .
Will be on your left a couple miles after Huntley Park
Go past "day use" areas, Take boat ramp to bar (a deposit of river
rock and sand)
We're readiing to pull out. Another adventure.

RE: Mutual Connections...

> We left the system. .
>  sort of.. in 2001... years ago now.. to the "cheap" real estate of the Midwest. ..
> Began farmsteading a 9 acre piece of land in 2003.. fascist ($65,000 extortion attempt) of the local "officials" new codes "UCC" .. . kinda flushed us out, the lack of understanding and support for new (old) ways of thinking.. "self -sufficiency" green building.. no support/understanding from family (what do you want to be a farmer for?) or community, we began our journey..
> . . . We went deeper. . Joining intentional community in Iowa. .. got
> culty we left.. tried to do other community there.. we were committed,
>  the others original owners... to attached to their thing.. foiled. .
>
> We drove Oregon trail for community here... not sure about timeline
> for community here .  And where are the families?  Can Americans even
> do community?. .
> I have visited Costa Rica and a community there... we are in talks now
> .. maybe arrange something. .
> Got family and stuff here spread all over... love my country but not
> the arrogance. . the perversion of our culture ... without justice ...
> or if Americans continue like sheep.. brainwashed.. it's gone.. and so
> should our sentimentality be...s
> Where are you now.  We are looking for new entrepreneurial endeavour
> as well.. find our blog at findingfreedomontheroad.blogspot.com
>
> Best to you and let's stay in touch..

> Hello Gallaghers!
> congratulations on your courage to think and be outside the box. This
> world needs more people like you.
>
> We have been going through a drawn-out process of evolving away from
> what The System wants us to be and toward becoming what WE want us to
> be. Sounds corny even to me.
>
> The thing about leaving the U.S. is saddening in a way because we like
> to be among our people, and we may choose to remain in the U.S. even
> still, but it is a wonderful and brave exercise to leave the U.S.
> bubble and travel a little if you can afford it. (In fact, countries
> like Panama are cheaper than the U.S. which is why a lot of poor old
> people come here to live out their years.) The police state in the
> u.s. is the biggest reason we have for wanting to leave it, but
> another reason is the zoning laws in the u.s. which prohibit
> communities on one piece of land. Perhaps communities will form anyway
> so maybe it can work in the u.s. but we are sort of waiting to see
> what happens in the u.s. because it is happening FAST, no?
>
> We wish we had spent more time up front planning our getaway, but
> there was no book to read or people to consult so we did it the best
> we could. But we would have sold as much as made sense at the outset,
> like the huge Sony wega TV that blocked the front of the storage unit
> (eventually sold it for $100, I paid $1800) or the stupid refrigerator
> and so on. Lose the sentimentality and lose the stuff, I feel we'll be
> able to buy such things in the future off of someone else. Craigslist
> good.
>
> Our greatest weakness is entrepreneurism. We don't have a history of
> creating businesses and this is what we want to focus on next.
>
> Panama is a good place to venture to, it's got a lot of gringos, a
> long gringo presence, though blond-haired kids get a double-take
> everywhere. Nicaragua also sounds great, cheaper and more primitive,
> as in horse and buggies in many rural places. costa rica not so good I
> have heard from many travelers whose info is fresh! things like it's
> expensive and over-run.
>
> Any bit of spanish you learn you will use. But no matter what you know
> do it anyway as there is no way to really prepare for all that you
> will encounter. There is much more to know and to communication even
> than the spoken language. Bring a pocket dictionary, one that's easy
> to carry, and phrase books are good. do you have children? if you do,
> it's a priceless experience for them, (but don't expect them to thank
> you!)
>
> Thanks for your kind words. Do you have a blog or anything? Keep in
> touch in any case. Perhaps we'll meet somewhere. Please tell friends there hi for us if you see them.

Mutual Connection... from Ashland

We left the system. .
sort of.. 2001... years ago.. to Midwest. ..
Began farmsteading 2004.. fascism. . kinda flushed us out of Oklahoma
. . . We went deeper. . Joining intentional community in Iowa. .. got
culty we left.. tried to do other community there.. we were committed,
the others original owners... to attached to their thing.. foiled. .

We drove Oregon trail for community here... not sure about timeline
for community here .  And where are the families?  Can Americans even
do community?. .
I have visited Costa Rica and a community there... we are in talks now
.. maybe arrange something. .
Got family and stuff here spread all over... love my country but not
the arrogance. . the perversion of our culture ... without justice ...
or if Americans continue like sheep.. brainwashed.. it's gone.. and so
should our sentimentality be...
Where are you now. We are looking for new entrepreneurial endeavour
as well.. find our blog at freedomontheroad.blogspot.com

Best to you and let's stay in touch..

RE:
congratulations on your courage to think and be outside the box. This
world needs more people like you.

We have been going through a drawn-out process of evolving away from
what The System wants us to be and toward becoming what WE want us to
be. Sounds corny even to me.

The thing about leaving the U.S. is saddening in a way because we like
to be among our people, and we may choose to remain in the U.S. even
still, but it is a wonderful and brave exercise to leave the U.S.
bubble and travel a little if you can afford it. (In fact, countries
like Panama are cheaper than the U.S. which is why a lot of poor old
people come here to live out their years.) The police state in the
u.s. is the biggest reason we have for wanting to leave it, but
another reason is the zoning laws in the u.s. which prohibit
communities on one piece of land. Perhaps communities will form anyway
so maybe it can work in the u.s. but we are sort of waiting to see
what happens in the u.s. because it is happening FAST, no?

We wish we had spent more time up front planning our getaway, but
there was no book to read or people to consult so we did it the best
we could. But we would have sold as much as made sense at the outset,
like the huge Sony wega TV that blocked the front of the storage unit
(eventually sold it for $100, I paid $1800) or the stupid refrigerator
and so on. Lose the sentimentality and lose the stuff, I feel we'll be
able to buy such things in the future off of someone else. Craigslist
good.

Our greatest weakness is entrepreneurism. We don't have a history of
creating businesses and this is what we want to focus on next.

Panama is a good place to venture to, it's got a lot of gringos, a
long gringo presence, though blond-haired kids get a double-take
everywhere. Nicaragua also sounds great, cheaper and more primitive,
as in horse and buggies in many rural places. costa rica not so good I
have heard from many travelers whose info is fresh! things like it's
expensive, over-run.

Any bit of spanish you learn you will use. But no matter what you know
do it anyway as there is no way to really prepare for all that you
will encounter. There is much more to know and to communication even
than the spoken language. Bring a pocket dictionary, one that's easy
to carry, and phrase books are good. do you have children? if you do,
it's a priceless experience for them, (but don't expect them to thank
you!)

Thanks for your kind words. Do you have a blog or anything? Keep in
touch in any case. Perhaps we'll meet someday
Hi Guys,
> Hats off t...

The Coast Is Alive

blessed be,

Lunch

blessed be,
jim

Recreating

A Vietnam Vet told me ... Signs... "no camping", "no parking" ...
Fascists People trying to tell other people how to live!!
No problem, we're not doing any of those things you say..
We're "Recreating"

Exercise your Freedom!!
Because we like our freedom strong and in good shape.

Autoparks.. Rest Areas.. Free Camping..
Low Impact RV Living..

Route 101, Pistol River State Park, OR is a place to remember.
There are two oceanfront pull offs just south oceanside, beach access ..
NO Fascists Signage!!