Brummet's Conscious Blog

-- Poetry -- Today's poem comes to us from my father-in-law, Frank Brummet... in this poem he shares insight into the mental workings of a writer.  The Writer You pass on the street, he looks quite normal, Yet on closer inspection something is awry. With furrowed brow and restless eyes He is somewhere else, far removed. Busy creating, composting, constructing. He moves in a haze, his steps automatic,  His destination unsure or unknown. If you could see behind those eyes,  Excise the frontal, expose the brain, Therein a mass of waiting words, Partial sentences, tangled metaphors, Similes, musical sounds that rhyme, All milling about, eager to find The path that leads down the arm To the pen or computer keyboard. The gate opens, the current flows Onto the paper or over the screen. Then the editing, cold and cruel, Killing the trite clever phrases, Cut and shorten and rearrange, Making sense of original garble ...

-- Quote of the Day -- “ Life is full of beauty.  Notice it.  Notice the bumblebee,  the small child, and smiling faces.  Smell the rain,  and feel the wind.  Live your life to the fullest potential,  and fight for your dreams .” ~ Ashley Smith -- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio --  Sunday Gardening episodes air every 2-3 weeks during the typical gardening season for zone 5 every year, (from March-Sept)... offering information on bio-dynamic, organic, sustainable gardening - answering listener questions - dealing with common issues, pests and diseases - learning succession and square-foot techniques... and seasonal chores. Today is the first episode for this year - and will offer information on the realm of composting. Access the live (10-11 AM Pacific) show and drop in the live chat room ...or listen to the archived show later on at your convenience: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/consc...

-- World of Writing -- World of Writing Interview posts are published every week or two, if possible, on this blog - offering interesting insight into what it takes to be a writer, what makes a writer tick, the business of writing and how so many people are able to pursue passions and leave a positive impact on the world through writing. Today's post offers some insight from author Frank Romano: Frank Romano is an assistant tenured professor at the University of Paris Oueste in the Anglo-American Literature and Civilization Department and a member of the California and Marseille Bars . At present, he teaches law, literature, history and philosophy of law and practices law in France and in the United States. Over the past 5 years as a peace activist and international lawyer, Frank has faced hostility and worked through a maze of communication and cultural issues while actively organizing and participating in interfaith events. Efforts to bring interfaith pea...

-- Conscious Living Events --  Date : March 17th, Saturday All Green Recycling Event    Time : 10 AM - 4 PM Location : St Mark's City Heights at 4227 Fairmount Ave (across the street from El Cajon Blvd) - San Diego, CA (USA) Info : Drop by and join in a free electronics recycling event where All Green Recycling will make a donation to St. Mark's based upon the weight of the items collected. * St. Mark's promotes social justice ministry, and runs programs to help the community.  -- & -- Date : March 17 Seedy Saturday Location :  Heron Park Community Centre 292 Manse Rd.  Scarborough, ON (Canada) -- Positive News -- Kudos to Japanese residents!  The Council for PET Bottle Recycling released the 2011 PET bottle recycling report.  According to the report, Japan collected PET bottles at the rate of 72.1 percent in 2010, proving to have a higher ...

  -- Quote of the Day -- " The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he will give away his energies and his life just to make sure that one note follows another . . . and leaves us with the feeling that something is right in the world ."  ~ Leonard Bernstein  -- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio -- Best selling author, marketing strategist, success coach and motivational speaker – Carol Sankar is here to share entrepreneurial information for those who are interested in the world of writing. Carol is the author of 4 books, and founder of Carol Sankar Enterprises (real estate and business empowerment coaching), and Inspired living press (specializing in non-fiction, inspirational books). She also hosts a weekly forum, Marketing 101, to provide free marketing tips and strategies to entrepreneurs. Carol has a reputation for being an expert in the self-publishing industry and as such offers a...

-- Quote of the Day  --   “… One of the most important things to do when your child is going through this -   bullying - is to document everything… so that you don’t forget what happened, what you are going to talk to the teacher about – who was involved, what was said. …You can refer back to it. …Bullies that are adults generally were bullies as children, and that is why it is so important to address this while they are children. …You see adult bullies in the workplace and even in churches… when a parent is bullying a child the child believes that this is something that they just have to take. …Children that are gay are bullied more often by adults, and is more often overlooked by adults because of the social bias. …So where are they to turn? ...If you see someone being bullied stand up to the bully and tell a caring adult. If you laughed you have added fuel to the fire.   Workplace bullying also affects the city image. Consequences are ...

-- Quote of the Day --  " We and the cosmos are one. The cosmos is a vast body, of which we are still parts. The sun is a great heart whose tremors run through our smallest veins. The moon is a great gleaming nerve-center from which we quiver forever. Who knows the power that Saturn has over us or Venus? But it is a vital power, rippling exquisitely through us all the time... Now all this is literally true, as men knew in the great past and as they will know again ."  ~ David Lawrence -- Conscious Living Events --  Date : March 14-16 Globe 2012 Location : Vancouver, BC (Canada) Info : www.globe2012.com -- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio --  Unfortunately we often focus our attention on circumstances from the past in which we felt angry, anxious, sad, resentful, unhappy and victimized? Each time we do this we are losing sight of today and deprive ourselves of the opportunities and g...