Poem for Trump
America is better than this
We do not want to turn away refugees from war torn lands
America is better than this
We do not turn our back on the Earth and her creatures
America is better than this
We affirm that all human beings deserve health and healing
America is better than this
We know that walls impede civilization and block human decency
America is better than this
We hold that every person has the right to sovereignty over their own body
America is better than this
We assert that women, children and men are equally deserving of respect
America is better than this
We believe that all races are deserving of respect
America is better than this
We know that clean water and healthy food sustain a people
America is better than this
We believe that children deserve an excellent free education – for they are the future of us all
America is better than this
We hold that every senior and disabled person should live without fear of poverty
America is better than this
We proclaim that every worker deserves a living wage
America is better than this
We affirm that every person merits a decent home
America is better than this
We want our leaders to work for peace, not conflict
America is better than this
We believe that no one creed or religion should dominate our affairs
America is better than this
- Pictures of the protest marches on the day after Trump’s inauguration
- Women’s march biggest in US history – 2.9 million marched here and around the world
- How to write a letter to your Congress person
- Where does your Senator stand on the Muslim ban?
- Public comments on the Dakota Access pipeline are now open.
- Scientists prepare to march on Washington
BOOK NEWS
- Dystopian novels are making a comeback in the wake of Trump’s pronouncements
- The classic “Tree Medicine Tree Magic” is being refurbished, enlarged and edited for publication later this spring. I also have a new non-fiction book about New England Witches in the works. Stay tuned!
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS
- April 15, 2017
Edible and Medicinal Plants of New England
COST – $15 (includes $5 registration fee)
Please contact The Bower Studio with any questions regarding payments & registration.
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
The Bower Studio: 378 Daniel Shays Hwy, Pelham, MA 01002 - July 29-30
Advanced case taking and formula making class with Ellen Evert Hopman, Herbalist AHG
Learn Basic Five Element Theory; seasons, flavors, taste, voice tone, emotions
Learn the basics of Facial Diagnosis; lines, colors, moles, blemishes
And learn an advanced formula making technique to design individually crafted remedies for individuals developed by Master Herbalist William LeSassier, Ellen’s primary teacher.
Ellen is the author of a number of herbals including “Secret Medicines from Your Garden”, “A Druid’s Herbal of Sacred Tree Medicine”, “Tree Medicine Tree Magic” and other volumes. See Ellen’s books at www.elleneverthopman.com
To register:
Misty Meadows Herbal Center
183 Wednesday Hill Road
Lee, NH 03861 - August 5-6, 2017
Celtic Tree Medicine Workshop
Saturday 9-5 / Sunday 9-2
69 Porter Road Freedom, NH
Rain or shine (there is a screen house)
Will more than likely have a music fire circle at night.
$100.00 per student for the Weekend - August 25-27
New England Women’s Herbal Conference
At Camp Wicosuta, Newfound Lake, New Hampshire
Below you will find the usual past Moonth’s gleanings of archeology, herbs, nature, religion and ethics news. *Reminder – you can purchase my books from this website and get a signed copy and a personal note! Please specify who you want the books signed to!*
Enjoy!
ARCHEOLOGY NEWS
- An early Iron Age female burial from Germany
More… - Surprising facts about Hadrian’s Wall
- Biggest archeology event in Scotland to take place this summer
- Stanwick Iron Age hillfort of the Brigantes
- Evidence for advanced geometry among the Southwestern Pueblo
- Rheged, the Dark Ages kingdom in Scotland, possibly found
- New evidence for why the Maya culture collapsed
- A “high status” Viking burial found in Britain
- La Brea tar pits examined to asses Ice Age ecosystem
- Artio, the ancient Bear Goddess
- Gavriniz Neolithic tomb (Brittany)
- Secrets of Orkney’s ancient capitol
- What Vikings sounded like
- Celtic ceramics from Bulgaria
- The Iron Age Waterloo helmet
- A new date for the settlement of America
- Newgrange solstice window as painted in 1918
- Five ancient musical instruments from Ireland
- A Roman reference to Pictish Tattoos
- An Italian stone structure from 3000 BCE that seems to be oriented to winter solstice sunrise
- Controversial tunnel under Stonehenge approved
- A carved symbol found on a Stonehenge trilithon
- An Anglo-Saxon village discovered
- Vikings travelled with their cats
- Viking “shield maidens” really did exist
- A pre-Roman Celtic burial in Austria
- Recreating prehistoric Avalon
- Glastonbury Lake Village recreated (video)
- Origins of the Picts (video)
- Evidence that Neanderthals may have had boats
- What did Neanderthals sound like? (video)
- Is it a dress fastener? Or is it a cock ring? You decide.
- The reconstructed face of a 7000 year old man
- The lost sounds of Stonehenge
- An 11th century BCE sacred well construction in Bulgaria
- A Pictish standing stone in Forres is vandalized
- 1,500 year old Pictish silver found
- 7th century book advises against sexy clothing for nuns
- First reliable dating of Aboriginal Australian rock art
- The Mississippian empire of Cahokia
- A 40,000 year old fish trap in New South Wales
- Proof that Neanderthals made and used personal ornaments
- Secrets of Orkney
- The Ness of Brodgar
- Prehistoric holed stones
HERB NEWS
- Best herbs for pain relief
- Indoor gardening ideas
- A new GMO apple that doesn’t rot is introduced (avoid avoid avoid)
More…
And more… - Dandelion Colcannon recipe (perfect for Saint Patrick’s Day)
- Making use of the “invasive” weeds around us
- Naturally fermented Turmeric soda
- Chocolate is better than codeine at suppressing coughs, study finds (smile!)
- Study confirms Cannabis health benefits but some questions remain
- Cannabis 100x less toxic than alcohol, safer that tobacco
- Oregano as medicine
- How to cook turnips and their greens
- Medieval vegetable recipes
HEALTH NEWS
- Abortion rate has declined due to affordable contraceptives but GOP want to abolish access
- GOP vote to abolish the Affordable Care Act. After 7 years of voting to repeal they still have no replacement (get ready for death panels)
- Thanks to Republican budget cuts, Texas has the highest maternal death rate in the developed world
- New Alzheimer’s treatment seems to restore memory 100%
- The only solution for less expensive, better health care is still Medicare for all
- Living near high traffic area causes 12% increased risk of dementia
- Facial recognition area of the brain keeps growing into adulthood, study finds
CLIMATE AND NATURE NEWS
- Ireland becomes first country to seek divestment from fossil fuels
- GOP want to undo the Endangered Species Act
- Scientists ready to march on Washington
- Most Americans want renewables, not fossil fuels
- Instead of Trump’s wall, let’s build a wall of solar panels along the border
- First human/pig embryo created (this is worrying)
- Synthetic DNA injected into microbes
- The universe is expanding even faster than thought – Einstein may have been wrong
- The Mediterranean area was once inhabited by tiny hippos and giant geese
- Climate scientists frantically copying data so Trump administration can’t erase it
- Ice sheets more sensitive to temperature than once thought
- Half the world’s primates now threatened with extinction (reminder – we are primates too)
- A giant cloud seen on Venus
- Fairy circles explained. Maybe.
- IQ’s may be dropping in the gene pool
- Pictures of gorgeous denizens of the deep
- A message for Trump supporters, climate sceptics
- 2016 the hottest year on record. Again.
- How to be an alpha male – what wolves can teach us
- Brazilian vampire bats are feeding on humans for the first time, due to habitat loss
- EPA admits neonics harm bees – then bows to pesticide industry
- NASA: ice free summers in the arctic are immanent
- Bear-cam footage from a female polar bear
- A house with 22 cats
- A new lab technique that could lead to human “embryo-farming”
- How thunder-snow happens
- How puppies respond to human baby-talk
- Wild Aurochs being re-introduced in Europe
- Tillerson called out for denying climate change in confirmation hearing
- Ticking time clock – we have about a year to avert climate catastrophe
- Giant Sequoia tunnel tree brought down by human abuse and storms
- An ice sheet the size of Delaware is about to separate from Antarctic glacier – sea will rise 4 cm
- Top fossil finds of 2016
- Fossil pollen studies reveal levels of sunshine in the past
- The source of deep space radio waves discovered
- Once again – 2016 hottest year on record
RELIGION NEWS
- In search of Brighid’s Well
- “You can’t defend Christianity by being against refugees and other religions” – Pope Francis
- Rising populism could produce a new Hitler, Pope Francis warns
- Druid Awen symbol finally approved for vets headstones!
More… - Major Christian groups oppose Trump’s cabinet picks (a little late for this, since they mostly voted for him)
- Druids in UK seek relief from “pay to pray” rule at Stonehenge
- Druid tree blessings
- Church of Scientology gets its tax exempt status revoked
PAGAN NEWS
CELTIC NEWS
POLITICS AND ETHICS
- Where does your Senator stand on the Muslim ban?
- Pence once called the Muslim ban unconstitutional, now he is lock step behind Trump/Bannon
- Federal court finds Muslim ban unconstitutional, too
- Director of National Intelligence removed from Security Council. Steve Bannon put in.
- ND officials finally being sued for excessive force against Standing Rock protestors
- Greg Palast: How the election was stolen
- AZ Indian tribe will not allow Trump to build a wall on their border land
- Trump’s Russian ties exposed
- Interview with British spy who wrote the Russian memos
More… - Garrison Keillor: Raw ego and proud illiteracy have won out
- Trump’s first 100 days – a call to resistance
- Now Trump wants US taxpayers to pay for his wall (Mexico has already refused)
More… - Scientists warn Trump not to scuttle the Iran nuclear deal, because its working
- Solar and wind power are now the same price or cheaper than fossil fuels in 30 countries
- New York offers free tuition to college students of modest means – ask your governor to do the same thing!
- How Trump can help the working class: fund Planned Parenthood
- Trump’s historically low approval ratings
- Our task in 2017 – to be better than the incoming president
- The Republican plan for Medicare is to charge seniors more for worse coverage
- Are we now in post Democracy America?
- Fortune magazine – GOP Governor Rick Snyder is the worst leader in the world
- No more free speech for professors at the university of Oregon
- Why Trump voters vote against their own self-interests and what we can do about it (Bernie voters take note)
- Resistance to the GOP agenda is gaining steam
More… - The process of building the impeachment case against Trump begins now
- GOP readies to make America sick again
- Obamacare repeal means tax cuts for the rich, loss of coverage and higher prices for the rest of us
- Mega pipeline merger threatens consumers and the climate
- Trump’s treasury nominee was a bad actor in the foreclosure crisis
- On line guide to activism, how to resist Trump, goes viral
- Public outcry will be needed to stop Congressional predators
- The only solution for less expensive, better health care is still Medicare for all
- The cost of repealing Obamacare could be trillions
- Trump’s cabinet are corporate chieftains run amok
- Fast food CEO is stunned that his business increased after minimum wage hike (well….duh)
- Contractors file liens against Trump for failure to pay workers, small businesses
- Evidence for creeping theocracy; judge rules docs can refuse to treat women who have had abortions and trans folk
- Republican plans for Social Security could actually hurt seniors
- Putin’s hacking of the US election was not about voting machines
- Stiffing the contractors again, Trump got his DC hotel built in time and under budget
- How you can help take down Breitbart/ fake news
- Protecting the people and planet from Trump, social self-defense
- Ethics concerns mounting over Trump’s advisors
- Trump Labor Secretary pick is against minimum wage, overtime pay for workers
- Dumb and dangerous – Trump allows exit of nuclear safety experts
- What are you willing to risk in opposing Trump?
- Outrage growing over Trump’s refusal to divest
More… - GOP and corporate Democrats are still unwilling to take on big Pharma over price gouging
- Department of Energy takes steps to oppose Trump’s anti-science agenda
- In confirmation hearing Tillerson, former Exxon CEO, claims he knows of no subsidies to the oil, fossil fuel industry (What????)
- Repeal of Obamacare will benefit the rich, hurt the poor
More… - Trumps signing of an executive order to undo Obamacare is mostly smoke and mirrors
- Elizabeth Warren: the GOP strategy for healthcare is “repeal and run”
- Spy who wrote the Trump dossier disappears
More… - Trumps lies and how the press will need to deal with them
- Only 9% of Americans chose Clinton and Trump to be the nominees
- More on the election and why Republicans love Trump
- Rex Tillerson’s Exxon has billions at stake by easing Russia sanctions
- National Guard sets up observational missile launchers at Standing Rock
- GOP introducing bills to penalize protestors
- Like Nixon, Trump thinks the president is above the law (what could possibly go wrong?)
- Sanders backers take over the CA Democratic party
- Trump wanted a Red Square/North Korea style military parade with tanks and missiles for his inauguration (the military said “no”)
- The domestic conspiracy that gave Trump the election examined
- Roe v Wade is greatest danger ever, due to Trump
- Trump reinstates the “global gag rule” from the Reagan era to make it harder for women abroad to get healthcare, abortions
- Trump orders media black out at the EPA (that’s Fascism)
- Trump signs executive orders to push ahead with the Keystone and Dakota Access pipelines
More… - A tsunami of outrage…
- Native American tribe will block Trump from building a wall on their land
- Unprecedented number of senior State Department officers resign rather than serve under Trump
- Petition to demand that Trump release his tax returns breaks all records for White House (but is still ignored)
- Senior Republicans questioning Trump’s sanity, emotional stability
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And More… - Therapist diagnoses Trump as a “malignant narcissist”
- Courts take aim at gerrymandering