The House on Valencia Street

A pause shared, a gratitude given. _______________________ ep 185. Hiatus Notes. 08 27 2024 12 step, Adult Children of Alcoholics: https://adultchildren.org/ _______ National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Hours: Available 24 hours. Languages: English, Spanish. 1-800-273-8255 ____ National Sexual Assault Hotline Hours: Available 24 hours 1-800-656-4673 _____ POD DESCRIPTION: This is The House on Val...

A party in Chicago give millions the feels, a data breach exposed 90+% of the U.S. population this week, and technical difficulties are addressed. _______________________ ep 184. Credit notes 8/21/2024 __________ "A leak with hacked Social Security numbers is stoking concern. There are simple ways to protect yourself. " NBC News, August 15, 2024: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/was...

A funeral, a view of a friend, the one we all know. John Candy and Catherine O'Hara. A crush, grace, love and death. New respect for Ms. O'Hara, and glad for it. _______________________ ep 182. Candy notes 8/14/2024 __________ Catherine_O'Hara John Candy eulogy, taken from VHS with cleaned up audio, 1994, Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKHKTfrWL5w&t=260s wiki https://en.w...

Feeling hope and joy while triggered. New announcements make many happy recently... we are present, grateful and twitching. _______________________ ep 182. Quiver notes 8/6/2024 __________ CPTSD research: "Coping with Trauma-Related Dissociation: Skills Training for Patients and Therapists (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology) 1st Edition" : https://www.amazon.com/Coping-Trauma-R...

The longing we feel, yearning for our loved ones on the other side. Stranger Things gave us one version of a tool that might help - a Talking Board, also known as the Ouija Board. Also, stats on death by gun specifically with suicide and gender are discussed. Lastly, a dead grandma still helps a living girl stay strong. _______________________ ep 181. Talking Board notes 7/31/2024 __________ Stran...

The wild ride of presidential events giving you the feels? Here are a few fave political tarot readers on Youtube, with wisdom and charisma to offer. Also, a favorite tarot card may bear a small secret. _______________________ ep 180. Snail notes 7/24/2024 __________ Youtube political psychics who are fun to watch and have accurate predictions: Maighstir Tarot - Australian, assertive, intuitive, h...

Artillery is discussed in this episode. Disclaimer - violence is not okay, do not use artillery to harm others. --- 100, 200 yards. Analyzing things from the shooter's perspective. While hard to discuss, I break down mechanically what basic tools it takes to line a long distance target. How my Buddhism changed my actions with artillery. Last, the premonition on the former guy's recent even...

Recording an episode from my cell phone, because the temperature outside is too hot for my PC, figured I'd share a song that helps me be present sometimes. Especially when I'd rather focus on other things yeah?

The present news take a toll on spirit. Leaning back, a memory of Elmer, helps. Finding life in a small dusty Arizona town. How one particular smile offered, changed my life. ________ ep 177. The Last Bellydance notes - 7/2/2024 __________ Mary Trump Media - https://www.youtube.com/@MaryTrumpMedia ________________ 12 step, Adult Children of Alcoholics: https://adultchildren.org/ _______ National S...

The ghost of Darlene dispenses a joke, of course. Also, Donald Sutherland has passed on, alas. He ended up starring in a favorite Kate Bush video, with a famous director...focused on a son's book, about a colleague of Freud, that caught Sutherland's curiosity... _______ ep 176. To Name It notes - 6/25/2024 __________ Cloudbusting, by Kate Bush on album House of Love. You can buy the single...

A finger slowly circling, through a curl of hair, over and over. Darlene's habit, and my own. A soother, and a symptom. When our fidgeting offer fickle clues to what happened, before. Also in BDSM dating land... kink may complicate the sorting. ________ ep 175. HAIR notes - 6/18/2024 "Trichotillomania (TTM), also known as hair-pulling disorder or compulsive hair pulling, is a mental disor...

Mr. Flare needs more time to form. Also, celebrating on June 19th is an option...(I'll be!) ________ ep 174. Mr Flare; Emancipated notes - 6/12/2024 "LIVE: Biden hosts Juneteenth concert at White House" 2024 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZCxjiLqyEU Juneteenth, National Museum of African American History and Culture: https://nmaahc.si.edu/juneteenth Roy Wood Jr. formerly of The D...

The best in her field, and harmed like some of us, Simone Biles speaks truth while conquering every other gymnast on record, thus far. She teaches, and I listen. Second, with recent spicy debate and eagle eye focus, we scrutinize phrases that predators use. They'll show you who they are... if you listen. ________ ep 173. Introducing Mr. Flare notes - 6/05/2024 __________ "All the records...

Some say she borrowed his tune, yet there's more to the story than that. Two distinct tunes, and one response, from the Canadian. With his gentle force, he shows us how a humble man shares space. ________ ep 172. The Canadian notes - 5/29/2024 ***NOTE: I include several links below, for 2 musicians. Links to purchase their work digitally are included. I do not receive any money for the links b...

Darlene loved a man who shared music, which I still sing. Theirs was a complex love song, with roots. Their affair, her survival, and how longing was the theme. ________ ep 171. Hiraeth notes - 5/21/2024 _______ Song - Babylon by Don Mclean: Original text the song Babylon was inspired by, here the Christian Bible, also found in Hebrew Tehillim: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psalm_137 _____________...

Grumpy ghost grandpa gives me the what for... proving political feels, still exist, even on the other side... Then surprising DNA data found indirectly, proves for some of us - our origins have a dark surprise. ________ ep 170. Hoover notes, 5/15/2024 Irving Berlin, song Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee: History: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let%27s_Have_Another_Cup_of_Coffee The song: https:...

What your meditation should look like. Also, comedy pod recommendations, with a eulogy for a comedian's pop. Then the reason why I'm a little slow this week. ________ ep 169. Phantom, Jesters notes 5/8/2024 _________________ 12 step, Adult Children of Alcoholics: https://adultchildren.org/ _______ National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Hours: Available 24 hours. Languages: English, Spanish....

Our skies grew dark while we played in the yard. My best friend's mother picked her up in a fast car... "Mt. Saint Helens blew!" - 2 volcano blasts a few millennia apart, compared today. Recent new science in AI tech, finds groundbreaking new data, literally, of philosopher Plato's last days. We've never heard any of this, burnt and buried in Herculaneum, 79 A.D. He had a few...

Dreams and worries painted by hobby artists. Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera collected thousands. The hidden secrets of Ex-voto and Retablo art, woven into the works, you may already enjoy. _______ ep 167. Devotion of Tin and Wood notes - 4/23/2024 Frida Kahlo - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frida_Kahlo Ex-votos - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex-voto Retablos - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retablo...

Lore suggests that seeing the face of God, is impossible for mortals. Yet what do Buddha and Jesus look like, in daily meditations? King James described one version, in his rearranged Bible, all while buggering boys hypocritically... We discuss the "Details baby, details." _______ ep 166. About Face notes - 4/16/2024 A few interpretations of what God's face, might look like: “You can...

A particular psychic dream, a tyrant who was not amused, and yet another "yes" - there are many things that science cannot explain. And one of these included the recent absence, of my boss.... _______ ep 165. Three Dots notes - 4/9/2024 _______ 12 step, Adult Children of Alcoholics: https://adultchildren.org/ _______ National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Hours: Available 24 hours. Langua...

An update, a pull quote, and something about to pop out of the oven. _______ ep 164. In Between notes - 4/2/2024 _______ 12 step, Adult Children of Alcoholics: https://adultchildren.org/ _______ National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Hours: Available 24 hours. Languages: English, Spanish. 1-800-273-8255 ____ National Sexual Assault Hotline Hours: Available 24 hours 1-800-656-4673 _____ POD DESCRIPT...

Finding the warm soft yummy, in a digital space. You know it's just an AI program. Yet, it really seems to GET you.... ______________ ep 163. Proxy notes 03/27/2024 Song: Deeper Understanding, by Kate Bush: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deeper_Understanding ________ 12 step, Adult Children of Alcoholics: https://adultchildren.org/ _______ National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Hours: Available...

Seduced by AI, mingling in addiction triggers, channeled for good... I earn income creating art with word and programming skill. Avoiding yet another application, which awaits, inviting the share of - one more time... tell them - what was done to me.... It will wait. ______________ ep 162. Second Wave - 3/19/2024 ________ 12 step, Adult Children of Alcoholics: https://adultchildren.org/ _______ Na...

Brought to the House from an ancient friend... He saw my ribbits, and fins, morphing to more, and loved me all the stages, on the way. ______________ ep 161. Tadpole - 3/12/2024 "Julie Andrews wrote "Song for Kermit," also known as "When You Were a Tadpole," and sang it for Kermit on her 1975 TV special My Favorite Things." Linked below, a different performance, on th...