Brummet's Conscious Blog

-- Quote of the Day -- "To cherish what remains of the Earth & to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival." ~ Wendell Berry -- Brummet's Conscious Discussions Blog wins Award -- I am proud to announce that our blog has been given the PREMIO DARDOS Award by the Memosaic team - http://memosaic.blogspot.com in Feb, 2009. I just found out about this award! The Premio Dardos Award is given “ in recognition of cultural, ethical, literary, and personal values transmitted in the form of creative and original writing .” -- Eco - News -- The information & topic below originated from a very interesting discussion through the San Diego Zero Waste Group that I am a member of: Although toilet tissue can be made at similar cost from recycled material, it is the fiber taken from standing trees that help give it that plush feel, because the longer fibers allow manufacturers to create that fluffy, plush feel. Unfortunately, they also feel consumers desire a brig...

-- Quote of the Day -- “When we ask for change, we have a desire for something… In order for that desire to come into reality, the exact opposite has to come in to place first. …We first have to release the fear and negative emotions and thoughts, we have to clear them out …and be able to transcend the fear. …In order for a new system to come in the old system has to breakdown. …Based on old ideas that cannot sustain themselves in the new consciousness. If we are saying that we want world peace and harmony, we have to let go of old ideas and old ways of doing things in order for that to come into being. …The same thing is happening in your life. …Have passion, go find somebody that inspires you…” ~ Stephen Edwards Dec 2, 2008 Today's quote comes from an interview with Stephen Edwards on the Conscious Discussions talk radio show that aired on Dec 2, 2008. Archived interviews are easy to access any time of the day, for free, simply by visiting the Conscious Discussions we...

-- Quote of the Day -- " Words are things, and a small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. " ~ Lord George Gordon Byron -- Conscious Discussions Radio -- With millions of individuals caring for an increasingly aging population, we have made an effort at Conscious Discussions talk radio to cover chronic illness and end of life issues in an effort to encourage our listeners at a time when they may be feeling vulnerable, overwhelmed and grief-ridden. Frances Shani Parker is our featured guest of the day - she is a writer, former school principal and a hospice volunteer for 10 years. She has written a captivating book titled – Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes . Today’s listeners will discover interesting and helpful information regarding nursing homes, care-giving and common aging issues from pain management to dementia. We will also learn how to handle death, rituals and berea...

-- Quote(s) of the Day -- "692.3 million books reported by Nielson BookScan as being sold in 2007" "80% of business is from 20% of the client base" March is Small Press Month - in addition March 1st (yesterday) was World Book Day - and in honor of this I thought it would be appropriate to share these quotes with you today. I noted them while listening to radio interviews but neglected to make a note of the source, so I do apologize for that. However the information is vital to surviving and underlines the importance of finding a way to stand out in a crowd like a purle snowflake :) People will notice that there are traditionally a lot of writer events - festivals, fairs, book signings, lectures - around this time of year. Keep an eye on your local publications to find out what is going on in your area in March. -- Authors Read Radio -- Today's guest is children's author Jef Benedetti, who will be sharing an excerpt from Rosemary's Taken Over the Potato...

-- Quote of the Day -- “The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche -- What is a "Chat Room"? -- - I am glad you asked. When hosting a live broadcast of one of our two radio shows, I open a " chat room ". This is where listeners can post comments, questions and suggestions. If you go into the chat room and find that you are unable to interact using your keyboard, you are likely appearing as a " guest ". In order to communicate in the chat room, rather than watching what others are saying, you'll need to register as a listener. I know - that sounds complicated, but it is really very easy and very, very fast. All you have to do is go to the Blogtalk radio home page and click on the link for registering as a listener... you don't have to give your rea...

-- Quote of the Day -- -- “There was a village it was on the Nissitissit River…in the early 1800’s it was a thriving little mill town …and had a lot of small industries… I think the lunacy and insanity that enveloped the valley was more environmental poisoning from the stuff that they were working on and the stuff in the river and the 40,000-acre drainage basin above it and the 5 villages above it. …In the early 1800’s nobody wanted to admit that there was lunacy in their family… they referred to as people it dying in an unusual way out there. To make felt they had to use mercurial oxide… They were exposed to mercury through their footwear. …I found they also had a velvet shop and you can’t iron velvet, you have to steam it so when I researched the colors back then… they were filled with arsenic and vermillion. …Even wallpaper was poison back then. …The term “mad as a hatter” was from hat makers who used felt in their hats and went stark-raving mad…” ~ Rosemary Chaulk 10/30/08 This fas...

-- Conscious Discussions -- We are closing Literacy Week here on Conscious Discussions with Darius Graham, blog manager and author of: Being the Difference - True Stories of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary things to change the World . ...Rather than attempting to describe this work I’m going to read a quote here instead: “ Time after time we hear about causes that celebrities support and the billionaires who give away large sums of money to worthy causes. What we don't hear about often are those individuals who never make headlines, yet toil in obscurity hoping that their work will make the world a better place. That's what this book and blog are about: chronicling and celebrating ordinary people doing extraordinary things to make the world a better place. No celebrities or billionaires here, just real people making real change. ” Tune in to the Conscious Discussions talk radio show hear more about Darius's passions, Books All Around (a literacy organization), McCul...