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It is official, June bugs are now also May bugs in Canada. Last night they appeared and flew into my bathroom window.  They are attracted to the light. Last year I was wondering if they are turning into May bugs in Canada and now I know it is true. In Switzerland the same bugs are called May bug, because they come out in May. Searching for some new pictures of May bugs, I came across chocolate May bugs. I had totally forgotten about them. I also came across a blog post called "Swiss are still weird" about chocolate May bugs.

I was brainstorming with my son after the wedding about the direction I should take for bringing in more money and decided that I should take advantage of my age and computer knowledge and focus on explaining social media to my age group. In the last few days I have come across an ever increasing amount of information about social media and its importance. Ok, I get the hint. In this morning's Globe & Mail newspaper was this really interesting article by Susan Krashinksky called: The teen heard 'round the world (and it wasn't on Twitter) . There was nothing really new in it, just a confirmation what I already know. Then no sooner did I read that article when an email arrived with a link to this interesting 15 minute video about: How social media can make history . I found this video by Clay Shirky very interesting and informative. Now I am slowly seeing how I can put my computer knowledge and social media information together to explain it to others. Stay tuned for th...

I received the link to these videos this morning in my emails and was very impressed. I usually don't like ads, but this one is very creative. It reminds me of the last year, when my youngest went as a model for a body painting competition. Amazing what one can do with paint and a body as canvas. Here is the link to all the New Zealand Air YouTube ads . Don't forget to check out the bloopers and behind the scenes videos. At first I didn't even realize that all the clothes were painting on the bodies, so pay close attention when watching the video.

On our daily walk around the lake we came across some elementary school aged kids with one of them holding something in his hand. It turned out to be a 'Spotted Salamander'. They had found it by turning over a rock. Always having my camera with me allowed me to take a picture. The animal was scared and peeing, so they decided to put it back where they found it. Here is the info I found at Wikipedia about the Salamander: Latin name: Ambystoma maculatum "The spotted salamander is about 6-7 1/2 inches long. The spotted salamander's main color is black, but can sometimes be blue-black, dark gray, or even dark brown. There are two rows of yellow/orange spots that run from the top of the head (near the eyes) to the tip of the tail. These rows are uneven. An interesting fact is that the spotted salamander's spots near the top of the head are more orange and the rest of the spots are more yellow. The underside of the spotted salamander is slate gray." "The spott...

That depends of where you live. Growing up in Switzerland, I remember as a small girl 3 or 4 collecting May bugs in the evening (they seem to be nocturnal) with my dad. That was before I was grossed out touching bugs and worms. We collected them in a glass jar. They made a funny sound and smelled strange. Then we let them go again. When I arrived in Canada (1975) I noticed that there were no May bugs, but the same kind of bug appeared in June and therefore was called June bug. I just chalked it up to the cooler temperatures in Canada. Fast forward to 2009, the last week of May I noticed that there were bugs flying against my bathroom window at night. They sounded just like June bugs, but it was still May. So I guess with the climate change they have now also turned into May bugs. Digging in my garden I noticed that the bugs hid during the day in the earth and only come out at night when they are attracted to light and bump against lit up windows. Ok, now that my curiosity was pe...

In last week's newsletter from Sheila Betker: Freedom to Dream I came across this very interesting and helpful article. The Road to Forgiveness is a Journey Toward Freedom "If unresolved anger is a toxin to the spirit, forgiveness is the antidote," wrote Brian Luke Seaward in his book, Stand Like Mountain, Flow Like Water: Reflections on Stress and Human Spirituality. When people get hurt, they often react with resentment, anger, rage, even hatred. While some of these emotions may feel like appropriate responses in the short term, holding on to them will cause further pain and stress. Nurturing old wounds and resentments is like tending weeds in a garden. The more care you give them, the more they take over until there's no room for the positive feelings that can nourish you. Forgiveness doesn't mean condoning inappropriate behaviour or excusing personal violations. It doesn't mean giving up or hiding or denying what was done. To forgive someone of something d...

This Wired.com article: The New Socialism: Global Collectivist Society Is Coming Online continues my thread of thought from my May 13/09 post . I am always amazed how people come to the same understanding from so many different directions. It is like the saying says: " All roads lead to Rome ". I wonder how long it will take mainstream and governments to realize that we have more in common with each other than what separates us. That our natural inclination is to share and communicate and thanks to the Internet and computers it is becoming easier than ever to find likeminded others. It does not matter how large or how small that group is. It is the fact that there are others like us that's important. Before the Internet we were like little islands floating in a huge sea where we could not even see other islands. Now, distance, country and time zone does not even matter any more. We find a way to connect to others with the same ideas.

After reading my son's blog article titled: A World Wide Stream of Consciousness I started to think some more about this world wide web we call the Internet. I always saw it as a spider's web where we are all interconnected in a relational way not a linear way. To me it always felt like the natural way to connect and relate to others and the world around us. Now this article has just confirmed it. Well, my mind kept on going and suddenly I remembered that in the 90s my son and I were playing this computer game called Loom by LucasFilm. I loved that game and found the idea behind it cool. Musical notes are used to weave the threads of life. So with the Internet we have now created our own life loom that shows us how interrelated we all are just like a spider's web. So is the Internet a web or a loom? I believe it is both. I would love to hear from you with your ideas and comments about this.

I came across this very interesting article that got me thinking. Who do I see when I look into the mirror? Is it the person I feel I am deep down? Is it the person other people see? Do I even really see myself or do I see all the things I can't stand about myself? Recently I had some very strange experiences. When I looked into the mirror or even in some photos I looked younger, just for a fleeting moment. What does that mean? How can I capture that moment and make it real? I am not quite sure, but since my discovery of EFT I feel that it is something that is achievable and the website article that triggered this post is just another confirmation and also a reminder to use EFT on everything. The mirror metaphor also reminds me of a segment the Self-Empowerment videos from MyGenie.tv about weightloss . I use the information in that video as a blue print for anything in our lives that we have a hard time accepting that we can use EFT on. The other thing that really jumped out fr...