Brummet's Conscious Blog

Our 23rd anniversary today! Woohoo! Dave and I actually celebrate 2 anniversaries - the day we started dating and our wedding date (today). In total, 23 years for us. I wish it was a day off so that we could really do something to celebrate - but hopefully our big smiles and loving hugs will do.  Initially it took a while before I could really accept that Dave and I were meant to be, and when things got real serious my old patterns of "run away!" came creeping in. Thankfully Dave kept me around somehow and we got past all that. The day I took his family name was a huge relief for me - I was no longer the old Lillian and my name no longer reminded me of the traumatic past I lived through. It meant a fresh start, a new life, a new beginning. As the years ticked by we continued to support each other's dreams and passions, but were struck a few times by life's obsticles from job loss and finding out Dave couldn't have kids... to a car accident that put me in a pos...

    -- Quote of the Day --    The greatest threat to our planet  is the belief  that someone else will save it. ~ Robert Swan     -- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio --  * Airs live @ 10-11 AM (Pacifc)  - all episodes are archived indefinitely within moments after they air live, and are available for you to listen to later on at any time of day.   Sign up via itunes for the Conscious Discussions Radio show: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id262138144     Today’s guest Hannah (Fraser) Mermaid will share her passion for the preservation of earth's oceans and some of her activism experiences with a variety of causes, events, lectures and films. Professionally, she...

-- Quote of the Day -- “I felt like a pariah, my children were suffering… and I felt very alone. …Healing doesn’t just take over night – it isn’t easy to shed the tainted environment you’ve come from. …The more broken you are the more whole you have a chance to become.   …It is like the tight rope walker, they have to keep their eye on their goal and not take their eyes off it – the dangerous part is when they make the turn around …and not pay somebody else’s bills for what happened because you do waste the present. …None of us will ever be perfect but we can turn flaws into flowers. We all have flaws and wounds and deficiencies and they are hard to admit – but our imperfections are apart of us …life is not about being flawless but about overcoming.” ~ Dale Stanten Today’s quote originates from the Conscious Discussions Talk Radio episode that aired back on … titled: Rising AboveCircumstances   (*Click ...

    -- Quote of the Day --    “The moving cursor writes,  and having written,  blinks on.” ~ Dave Barry     -- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio --  * Airs live @ 10-11 AM (Pacifc)  - all episodes are archived indefinitely within moments after they air live, and are available for you to listen to later on at any time of day.   Sign up via itunes for the Conscious Discussions Radio show: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id262138144     Jeff Rasley appeared on our show back on Aug 30, 2012 to speak about his Basa Village Foundation, a non-profit organization he founded… today he returns to speak about writing and philanthropy, literary publishing, his writing services, his wife...

  Lighting a home or office properly not only creates ambiance, but also helps us reduce the number of lights on at one time, saves us energy, saves us money and reduces our impact on the environment. Today’s article was submitted by Ingo Schaer is the President and CEO of Interior-Deluxe.com He has been in the lighting business for more than 20 years and is holding a bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering. He regularly blogs on a variety of modern lighting and i nterior design topics, often focusing on practical solutions. You can find him on Google+. The Fundamentals Of Lighting For The Home If you are at the point of your life where you are designing a home, whether it is your first home or your fifth home you should be aware of the fundamentals of lighting for the home. Lighting fundamentals include the type of lighting that is provided, and the sources that you can gain lighting from. There are three types of lightin...

  -- Quote of the Day --    "Human beings, who are almost unique  in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, a re also remarkable  for their apparent disinclination to do so."  ~ Douglas Adams     -- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio --  * Airs live @ 10-11 AM (Pacifc)  - all episodes are archived indefinitely within moments after they air live, and are available for you to listen to later on at any time of day.   Sign up via itunes for the Conscious Discussions Radio show: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id262138144     Author James Kelly is the co-leader of a 350.org action team in Colorado (Mantou Springs), a passionate environmentalist, and former biotech expert. He’s manages...

-- Quote of the Day --  “Self-published books, at best, are a break even if you are lucky, but I’ve been having fun selling the books and picking up readers. Nothing happens overnight, …the more you work at it, the more you publish the more people you have behind it and are willing to buy your books. …You have to persevere; you have to keep at it. The best sales are places you’d never think – the best sales I’ve had have been through liquor stores and drug stores not bookstores, so you have to be open to all possibilities. You might be able to sell your book and make it fly in places that are not considered the normal places for that. …So people are getting double doses of exposure to the book at least.” ~ Rosemary Chaulk http://tobtr.com/s/5058479 Writing - the life of leisure? Sadly, many people see the world of writing as a career of leisure – which is actually opposite to the truth.  For one thing, wri...