Yes, I’m in accord with the reader who writes this in response to my advice, “Surround your children with beautiful things.” Children “should get nice things, but the beautiful things around them should be their family, friends, and activities involving those people,” she says. “Right now insure they are surrounded with beautiful memories and a…

I don’t mean to sound gloomy, but these days after Christmas often make me think of death. They always have. But I’ve been more aware of life’s fleeting, precious character in recent years. My mother died three years ago on January 3rd, and she labored under hospice care during this normally festive week. So now,…

One Source Publications has recently released a book-CD combination called “Do-It-Yourself Space Clearing Kit: Working With Nature to Enhance the Energies of Your Home,” and the author Christan Hummel has some nice ideas for energetically clearing your residence for the new year. She writes: The start of a new year presents an opportunity to turn…

Shake hands, before you die. Old year, we’ll dearly rue for you: What is it we can do for you? Speak out before you die. His face is growing sharp and thin. Alack! our friend is gone, Close up his eyes: tie up his chin: Step from the corpse, and let him in That standeth…

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