Moon Dreams & Day Beams

A last minute whim wrangled with us and won. Beatrice and I raced over to the Statesboro Regional Libraryto catch the Christmas Puppet Show!  The interactive show lasted about 15 minutes, which was perfect for the crowd.  The amused audience ranged from 6 month old babies to 12 year olds.  I saw Mothers, Dads and Grandparents. 

Beatrice pointed and laughed as we walked in the door.  Her laughter and smile made the effort of the  quick trip and the post-ponement of dinner worth every second.  In addition to the stellar puppetry, the library gave each child a book.  Wasn’t that nice? 

There is another show on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 from 10:30 – 11 a.  You should go. It’s a handout of fun and whimsy.  The merriment is gratis. You can’t beat that!

If you are like me you love Pottery Barn.  They are having a toy sale. Yay! I thought I would share. Shop baby shop!

Jackie sent a bunch of funny pictures today. Here are a few of my favorites. I hope they make you smile.  Happy Day!

The Maze of Human Life

The symbol to the left comes from the Hopi peoples (Native Americans who live in the southwestern United States).   Other tribes also use it.  It suggests that we each come into life with a certain “maze” to run, challenges and obstacles that we meet to complete our spiritual evolution. 

According to the Hopi, we do not come into the world empty handed.  Rather, we bring with us “light”–lessons and gifts we have to offer. We let our light shine. 

In this holiday time of the winter solstice I find myself contemplating this symbol, asking how I’ve done this year to fulfill both the challenges of the maze and in discovering the gift I am here to give.  I search. I think through inflection, and I hope that I am letting my light shine, that I am giving my gifts and talents and that I have evolving rather than regressing in my spiritual evolution. 

 More about the symbol:  One of its representations is that of mother and child - the connection of earth mother to us as her children. The beginning, straight center-line represents the child – or our philosophical beginnings – the surrounding maze represents the enfolding energies of mother earth. Note the maze does not enclose the center-line representing the child. The symbolism is strong when we realize the support of the mother is constantly around yet our ability to venture independently own is always available.

*More on Hopi Symbols:  here.

Toxic baby formula?

  The Environmental Working Group,an advocacy and research organization, says in a new report that liquid formula from the nation’s top baby formula makers is sold in cans lined with bisphenol-A.  BPA is a hormone-mimicking chemical that has been found to cause hyperactivity, sexual development abnormalities and pediatric brain cancer in laboratory animals. This gives good reason to avoid liquid infant formula packaged in cans.  Perhaps, it is a better option to use powdered formula, liquid formula not in cans, or breastfeed exclusively.

According to media reports, formula makers acknowledge the presence of BPA, but say it is not harmful. The Food and Drug Administration agrees.  Hmm…I don’t think it is something I would like to risk.  This is definitely a subject that deserves greater research. 

Concerns were raised earlier this year about BPA in plastic, shatterproof baby bottles and sippy cups. For suggestions on safer bottles and cups, click here.

*For more information visit:  www.southernmamas.com

Here’s the Statesboro Regional Library’s Events for the week. I am trying to take advantage of our local library. For a complete list, click here.

program for January 2008. This is a program which will celebrate the
enduring contribution one book can have.

 (SAVANNAH, GA) Announcing Special Premiere Showing on December 13 (Thursday), 7PM at the Jepson Center for the Arts, KING CORN (US, 2007) A new must-see documentary about two friends, one acre of corn, and the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation. 
 Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, two Yale grads, move to the heartland to learn where their food comes from. With the help of friendly neighbors, genetically modified seeds, and powerful herbicides, they plant and grow a bumper crop of America’s most-productive, most-subsidized grain on one acre of Iowa soil. But when they try to follow their pile of corn into the food system, what they find is the horrifying reality of how we farm and what we eat and how it has been destroying America’s health and future.  www.kingcorn.net

*Photo by by thesustainabletable

More Reading on KING CORN: Rotten Tomatoes, Brattleboro, Local foods Connection, Becks & Posh.