Entertainment: Thelma's Revenge, PSI Highlights, The Hum, and Meg Hansen Interview

“Old age ain’t no place for sissies” – Bette Davis

It may take a decade – or several – but when you eventually realize the ladder of success has a flip top – you can hop off and have a whole lot more fun exploring the spooky fringe.

'Thelma' strikes back

Things no one tells you about getting older: They’re still not telling.

According to my mom: NO ONE ANSWERS the OVER 60 Free Legal Help for Seniors Hotline. It is a perpetual time suck that sends you from one recorded line to the next. She called (severely overheated) to inform me of that travesty shortly before I was due at my health appointment [perfectly timed for my blood pressure update].

After a few quick questions and a google search, I redirected her to the main/online page/website for that department and left for my appointment.

She cooled down, found the site, filled out a form and has been advised that she is on a list and someone will call in 3 to 5 days. The clock is ticking… along with the fuse. [3 to 5 days turned into weeks.] 

This is why I prefer dealing with the endless parade of non-physical, unexplained enigmas [ETs, Ghosts, Fairies, Sasquatch, etc.], and all things liberated from the inane, bureaucratic fixated wormhole commonly referred to as ‘reality’…

For Mom - and all elders trying to adjust to an increasingly fickle social landscape - 'Thelma' is based on the real-life experience of writer-director Josh Margolin's grandmother: Trailer Link.

In the film, the 93-year-old Thelma (June Squibb) gets duped by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson, then sets out on a treacherous quest across the city to reclaim what was taken from her.

The film world premiered to critical acclaim at Sundance, where Magnolia landed rights in a competitive situation. Details. Source. June 2024 release date.

OddsnEnds

• PSI Curious. “I didn’t know if I believed in the afterlife. Then my dead father sent me a message.” Source.
• Experience changes everything. As A Scientist, I Didn’t Believe In Psychic Powers. In 2013, while working at the University of Missouri, something happened that reignited my interest in the paranormal and changed my life forever. – Jeff Tarrant, Ph.D., BCN. Source.
• Unexplained. 1947 UFO sighting in Norway. “Now, in a renewed bid to solve the mystery once and for all, diving crews have started scouring the bottom of the lake in an effort to locate the object and determine what it is.” Source.
• UF-O Canada. {Pardon my Geddy Lee Diversion}”Although the number of official reports has decreased since 2022’s 768 sightings – Chris Rutkowski says that doesn’t mean less people are seeing UFOs.” Source.
• Paranormal Norm. “In short, [due to the data listed] we have a strong rationale for suspecting that most human beings at some point in their lifetimes will have at least one experience that they regard as a mysterious or paranormal encounter with the deceased.” Source.
• World wonders. Slime Mold. Who knew? “It’s been a consultant for NASA, shot at by police and mistaken for an alien.” How slime mold—a brainless, single-celled organism—mapped the dark universe, keeps challenging the top minds to rethink what intelligence even is and has an ability to fill us with wonder beyond the human kind. Source.
• Animal Kind. How to befriend a Crow. The comments on this video are wonderful. Crows have some devoted friends who appreciate their special abilities. Krari the Crow. YouTube.
• Relax and refresh with this audio sample from The Monroe Institute. “Composer and performer David Young, known for his work on “In the Stars” and featured in Expand Plus, invites you to embrace tranquility and inner peace through this soulful musical exploration.” YouTube.
  
  

Mystery unsolved: The Hum

Can you hear the Hum? This video explores the mystery. YouTube.

In the comments: “I lived in Taos for many years, and I have personally heard the hum. For me, the sound is louder on the other side of town toward the mountains, and not out by Two Peaks and the Gorge Bridge. I talked to an old-time local about it, and he told me there is a “hollow” mountain in Taos Canyon, containing a secret military installation. This is consistent with another incident that happened to me in the canyon, so this is plausible. Also.. For a brief time during a return to Taos, I lived in the same hotel you stayed at for about 6 months. It looks like the place has experienced a major renovation since then, haha. Great video!”

More info about the Hum – Dr. Glen Macpherson’s Worldwide Hum Map and Database. Site.

Seeking UK participants for a Documentary about the Hum. 2.8.24 Source.

Wendy’s Podcast – Meg Hansen

A great resource for guided Meditation Audios is Meg Hansen of Metaphysical Ireland: “From Automatic Writing, Spirit Guide contact, Mediumship, Telepathy and Remote Viewing to Psychic Archaeology, it’s an experiential adventure of a lifetime.”

Our interview is available on YouTube and on the various podcast sites. We covered a variety of topics and the interview is longer than I usually post but I didn’t want to cut it short. She talks about losing everything in the Woolsey Fire and her process of recovering from PTSD.

Also available on YouTube.

Also available on YouTube.

Explore Meg’s meditation audios – YouTube.

“All music is licensed binaural beats (theta) to help you relax, rest, and if you put one of the meditations on and fall asleep to it at night, it will help you sleep well and dream :)”
 
1. Meg’s Past Life Regression Audio: YouTube.
2. Remote Viewing Giant’s Causeway: YouTube.
3. Sedona Spirit Communication: YouTube. (I love the experience I had during this meditation. Automatic writing. – wendy)
4. Ireland Past Life Regression: YouTube.
5. Atlantis Past Life Regression: YouTube.

 Parting shot

“Live your life, take chances, be crazy. Don’t wait. Because right now is the oldest you’ve ever been and the youngest you’ll be ever again.” – Suzanne Collins, Tiny Buddha Wisdom Quotes. Pinterest

Intuitive Stream Drawing with Elaine Clayton, and an Ozark Mountain Conference reminder

Whatever we’re dealing with is terribly, terribly complex. - John Alexander - Interviewed on Skeptico, Reality Denied


OddsnEnds - 

• Reported in the Moscow Times, Russian Police called to investigate Poltergeist. - Mysterious Universe
• Also noted in that piece, Snopes busts the 'haunted' Ireland school hijinks.
• No date yet for the reboot of "In Search Of"... Ten episodes slated for History. Variety
• Seduction by Smartphone derailed when color scheme goes gray. Treehugger
• Need extra help disengaging? Digital Detox. Link
• Next step an exercise in frugality from 2017 (still fresh) 4 things. Treehugger
• 10 tips on frugality (fresher) 2017 Moneywise
• A Lost, Rescued, Happy, Booted, Sad, Reclaimed, Happy Cat story. The Dodo
• Back to UFOs - World's 8 best places to look for them. (Honestly, they will find you if you are really serious about making a connection. Seriously, serious.)  Forbes

Challenging the linear mindset - The late Dolores Cannon - a classic session from the archives on her work. Life after death.



The Ozark Mountain Conference is coming up. The 31st Annual Ozark Mountain UFO Conference is at The Inn Of The Ozarks In Eureka Springs, Arkansas April 13-15, 2018.

• Wendy's Coffeehouse Interview with Author/Artist Elaine Clayton

Artist, author, illustrator, former teacher, Reiki Master and intuitive reader. I liked her book the minute it opened to page 105, a UFO.  Making Marks

You don't have to be an artist to connect with Elaine Clayton's work. The beauty of this process is that it marries the abstract to link insight and image.

Elaine uses her original method of stream drawing to help clients discover their own inner knowing and then to encourage each to explore his or her own creative, intuitive vibe using the process.

I love her work. This is the first time I have seen anything like it and it validated my passion for what I have always called doodles. I use them to explore, to express, to play and escape. Doodles help me focus and at the same time relax. I consider them as art, but they are not art by anyone else's definition. As such, they have remained a covert pleasure.

So, here is a process that celebrates lines, squiggles, circles, dots, quirky and sometimes meandering designs. Maybe I am not alone.

Wendy's Stream Drawing Sample, 2/24

Try your own stream drawing with 8x10 scrap paper or something like that. Relax, loosen up.

Don't worry about making it look like anything specific. Pick an emotion, a memory or a wish. Put the pencil, crayon, writing utensil to the paper and flow....

Check in with Elaine for inspiration. What is Stream Drawing?

That's my demo. She interprets or comments only if invited. I invited. And she explained more about how she uses the technique and how to read the image or interpret what might be suggested in the design.

Fascinating and an excellent tool for accessing awareness into the inner narrative and core issues and how that might  (to the artist - not the interpreter) be observable when delivered within the energy flow of the lines/designs in a creative work!

She suggests using the non-dominant hand. I think I goofed on that. I can't remember. Basically, the goal is to just draw and see what happens. Every time I look at the image, I notice something different. That's why I like it. But that's what I was so unsure about. My doodles don't have a specific form. They are me playing in non-form. The message is between the lines.  

Elaine's method of stream drawing as a divination tool is inspired and impressive. She shares several examples in the book. Making Marks provides an excellent starting point for anyone who is curious and would like to enhance their own intuitive abilities through creative play that is the process of stream drawing. Thank you, Elaine!

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While we're talking intuitive art, something more to explore, the American Visionary Art Museum, the official national museum for self-taught and intuitive artistry. From the opening page:

"Do not grow old, no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children before the Great Mystery into which we were born." - Albert Einstein

Welcome All Ye Passionately Curious!

In complement to AVAM’s latest mega-exhibition, The Great Mystery Show, this year’s Logan Visionary Conference explores celestial mysteries, "Two Views of Heaven: Spiritual/Theological and Astrophysical/Scientific." - March 11, 2018

Speakers listed include Author, journalist, filmmaker, Alex Chionetti. Noted expert on Ufology as well the Marian Apparition phenomena. Chionetti was one of the main researchers and developers "Ancient Aliens" TV series. Link to a former presentation, The Explorer's Club

Preview Artwork in the Great Mystery Show exhibition running through September 2018. Ingo Swann's work is featured.

Thank you for listening!

Wendy's Coffeehouse Podcast Archives open 24/7

Stay Curious. 

Curtis Rivers - The Fearless Path, plus Conscious Robots and Self Awareness

Visualize this thing that you want, see it, feel it, believe in it. Make your mental blue print, and begin to build. - Robert Collier

OddsnEnds -

• Relieving Pain. The Virtual Reality remedy looks promising. Wired 2017
• Robots and Consciousness - 1/Proof Machines/Robots can be Conscious? Newsweek 2017 According to researchers in the paper listed at Science Magazine, consciousness, when considered as part of a brain function, can be programed. (Yes, I am simplifying this.)
• 2/And this Robot (in the vid below) demonstrates the possibility it has the ability to think and to identify itself as the source of that thought. (If I figured out the problem and I solved it, I am therefore a problem solver and an aware thinker.) Daily Mail 2015
• AI - the mystery of - Intelligence beyond our capacity to fathom? Technology Review
• PS. Tech is fine as a shortcut but keyboards have a downside. If you want to remember something, write it down, long hand. Research suggests writing is the best way to imprint and retain information: PBS Nova Students who take written notes score better: The Atlantic 2014
• Time Out: I like to SUP with my Dogs - Here's a Chicken who seems to be quite at ease. UPI 

Reality is starting to drift .. into Sci-Fi. This *Robot looks very much like an independent being. Is it self-aware? That's the question. Certainly has the behavior implied.



*Documentary (includes the previous video) on Robot Consciousness. YouTube


11/13/17 - Curtis Rivers - The Fearless Path, What a Movie Stuntman's Spiritual Awakening Can Teach You about Success - Wendy's Coffeehouse

When he was 8 years old, Curtis Rivers knew he wanted to be a Stuntman. He also knew there was no direct route to that outcome. Rather than get discouraged, he studied the list of requirements and stayed focused. (Relentlessly focused.)

One by one, the list got smaller. Obsession was his friend. Each challenge and hurdle was simply another check on the requirement chart. Long story short, surrounding himself with motivating posters, images and role models, persistence and dedication to the job at hand, whatever that might be, Curtis achieved his goal, with clout: Hollywood Stuntmen's Hall of Fame, and Guinness World Record holder. Records.

In this interview, we don't explore the risk element, we accept that as inherent in the position. View the stunt library pics here: Rivers Edge Stunts

Curtis Rivers - The Fearless Path

Curtis Rivers, The Fearless Path
We cover the outline for the book - fictional encounter with a Master who guides and instructs as the student faces various challenges while climbing a mountain. Random notes:

- 28 days to set a new behavior
- 7 Pillars
- The importance of proper breathing

The messages address a spiritual awakening and the resulting awareness. Given the source is Curtis and a compilation of personal life mentors and teachings - the reinforcement might be that the real person telling the story has managed for two decades to put himself in situations that required the title "Stuntman" and he has yet to break a bone. I lost on that count at age 14.

No broken bones in two decades of stunt work is also a testament to the fact that risk doesn't imply lack of regard for safety. At the end of the day, a clean stunt record is a win/win for the entire project.

I am happy to not know what butterflies feel like at 15 thousand feet. However, I trust, if I had to find out, Curtis would be my first call.

Follow Curtis on his Blog.

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Wendy's Coffeehouse ArchivesThank you for listening and sharing!

Inspiring the Creative - the carrot of Unknown: Nessie

“Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.” - Nikola Tesla

As promised, news notes I didn't post on my last podcast summary for the Hans Wilhelm interview. Podcast if you missed it. Wendy's Coffeehouse/Hans Wilhelm-Life Explained


Headlines; offbeat, odds, ends and unexplained -

• Located: ancient super-continent Gondwana under island in the Indian Ocean. Phys.org

• Does Space hold the key to longevity? Results of NASA Twin Study in progress. NASA

• Entertainment trend or staple? Interactive film with a thousand plot lines. Still working out the kinks on a longer film format but the shorter versions hold promise. Lots of them. New Yorker

• Harry Potter readers are good guys. Rather, a study says readers who identify with Harry's character are more likely to have some socially redeeming qualities like empathy, compassion and tolerance for others. Good Housekeeping

• Little bunny busts a move! Scrap those depressing vids of underdogs meeting an unpleasant end. Pursued by a Hawk, this spry Hare turns into Ninja Bunny. Hawk opts out. Bunny lives to fight another day. Win/Win. UPI 

Living the Dream: Lifestyle and Mystery. In search of Nessie. 



Stay in touch with Steve and his search: Nessie Hunter

Links for more Nessie spotting -
Nessie Cam - Lock Ness Webcam
Another Nessie watch Live Cam Page Here
Loch Ness Mystery Blog - Blogspot

“No, I would not want to live in a world without dragons, as I would not want to live in a world without magic, for that is a world without mystery, and that is a world without faith.”  - R.A. Salvatore, Streams of Silver 
 
...and now we're up to date.

Schedule 2017 - upcoming

2/12 - Kewaunee and Kelly Lapseritis - The Sasquatch People
2/19 - Retired Literary Agent Sandra Martin - Snapshots: Memories and Recipes

2/26 - Richard Gordon - his newest energy healing insight/and more Quantum Touch
3/5 - PMH Atwater - Proof of God in the near death experience
3/12 - Leslie Kean - New book 3/7/17 - Surviving Death
3/19 - Stan Seba - Kansas MUFON - update on a photo I submitted.
3/26 - Kursana Duran - UFO Initiation Ultraterrestrial Time Travelers
4/2 - Mike Clelland - The Messengers - Owls and ETs

4/23 - PMH Atwater - A Manual for Developing Humans (NEW)
4/30 - Carl Greer - Change the Story of Your Health (NEW)

Join me for the live show or catch the Wendy's Coffeehouse podcast download 24/7.

The Misguided Monk - food for thought - short film

A lesson in/on focus -- and priorities.



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