We Are The World 25 For Haiti - Official Video

The Dream Fund Outreach's Paula Phillips Answers a Call to Fill the Shelves of Oxnard, CA's Juan Soria Elementary School Library

When threatened by a young person during the L.A. Riots nineteen years ago, Paula Phillips (above left, with TDFO book donor volunteers) vowed to spend her life letting kids know that they are special and deserving of following a "right road" in life.  She quit her job, and began The Dream Fund Outreach (TDFO), a Ventura County, CA-based nonprofit, which will soon be re-named Right Road Kids as a part of its national expansion. For over eighteen years, she has developed an enriching, uplifting Standards-based curriculum that she brings to school classrooms and assemblies. The organization offers a variety of other programs as well, such as the Book Drive that Phillips revealed at Juan Soria Elementary School in Oxnard, CA today; link to the full story below...

The Dream Fund Outreach Answers a Call to Fill the Shelves of Oxnard, CA's Juan Soria Elementary School Library - Ventura County school, News Ventura County, CA

Take the Journey...

A new album,  Doorway to a Dream, by Ann Licater has a mysterious, exotic and unforgettable sound based in Native and World flutes, but enhanced by many talented world musicians.  Click through to get the full story...

Lia Scallon Visits the U.S.

Having spent some time with Lia Scallon during her previous U.S. tour, I wholeheartedly recommend an effort to join her in Arizona or Californa in October 2010 during her next visit. Her ceremonies are beautiful, mystical and ultimately relaxing! One can purchase her music CDs from sites like Amazon.com, or visit her website to hear clips at her website: www.soundsofsirius.com

Learn more about her upcoming trip to Sedona:
Sedona Creative Life Center to host a Crystal Skull Activation Ceremony with Lia Scallon and the Sounds of Sirius

bijoutiere: jewelry imbued with peace and love

I recently had the pleasure of meeting owners Donna and Mary of bijoutiere inc. jewelery designs. I was so taken with their delicate rose gold and silver bracelets with beads that I bought two...which is how they're meant to be worn anyway, stacked and layered. I'm saving up for a few necklaces now; some pieces are pricey depending on the materials used, but all the stones and gems are real.

Although the designers make no claim to creating jewelery with harmonic properties, I believe they both intuit a peaceful and spiritual vibe while creating the pieces. You are encouraged to see for yourself!

Prayer for Today

We breathe in faith, and exhale hopelessness
We breathe in gratitude, and exhale indifference
We breathe in beauty, and exhale insensitivity
We breathe in joy, and exhale sadness
We breathe in kindness, and exhale harshness
We breathe in forgiveness, and exhale resentment
We breathe in love, and exhale isolation.

- Edwin C. Lynn