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“The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat.”  - Confucius Headlines and Highlights - 1/20/17  O Happy Day! CIA releases mother-lode of UFO, PSI data, 13 million or so pages of declassified documents. Available since 2000 - only via certain National Archives computers, the truth just hit the web: BBC via GIPHY CIA Documents include vindication for Uri Geller : The Daily Beast Stranger Things and then some more CIA stuff: CNET Stranger Things a go for Season 2:  NME Explore the reading room: CIA.gov NDE Research - Sam Parnia/TheGuardian noted recently on: Today Family says their dog checked in after death. AnimalRescueSite Revelation: Cows eat Skittles : CNN Snow Day for Chickens OregonLive Epic Eye Candy Blade Runner Virtual Reality: Futurism Follow: Home page Wendy's Coffeehouse - New Time and Day : 8pm, Sunday. Psychic/Medium Irma Slage joins me. She's got a prett...

If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. - Bruce Lee Odds, ends and curious - news bites - 1/7/17 Glad to see Journalist Leslie Kean grabbing a few headlines regarding UFOs : Chilean Navy releases new UFO video and Unexplained in Canada Her new book - due out in March: Surviving Death: A Journalist Investigates Evidence for an Afterlife * INTERVIEW booked 3/8/18 - airs at 9pm central on Empower Radio/Conscious Living with Wendy Garrett My interview with Leslie (Empower Radio link ) on her book: UFOs, Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go On the Record Keeping company with Royalty, Sweden's Queen talks about Palace Ghosts: BBC   Unintended ice capades ... Bear rules! Gobi ( Wiki ), the dog who ran an incredible 70 plus miles alongside an ultra marathoner (who adopted her) is...

"And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been." - Rainer Maria Rilke/Wiki Parting shot 2016 - what stands out? Odd news of course. So here goes, (w)Ringing in/out the - OddNewQuirkyCuriousUnknown - and capping off the year past: Priorities - Final days of Starbucks (Free) Coffee Cheer (thru Jan 2) locations change daily. My location actually came up earlier this week. :) Link Good Luck! Wendy's Coffeehouse Archives - 24/7 audioBoom (Avoid holiday hiatus withdrawl.) UFO Mother ship and Black Helicopters Inquisitr Sightings up 30% over last year. UFOStalker Triangle UFO sightings reported in multiple locations. itechpost (Local ties) Candy Man cool: Paul Rudd sweeeet! USAToday Results now available - Immortality Project - follow the link. China hails Year of the Rooster. Center stage, giant chicken BBC , a follow up to the previous viral nugget: a golden pheasant Link   *FYI: " According to the Chinese zodiac, Do...

Clark : Hey, Kids, I heard on the news that an airline pilot spotted Santa's sleigh on its way in from New York City. Eddie : [ after a pause ] You serious, Clark? Season's Greetings - The Yule tide is high .... Chuckles and humor rolling in .... National Lampoon Christmas trivia - IMBD Weird Christmas traditions - Mental Floss Christmas Ghost Stories - Spooky and more  The Independent Why Ghosts haunt England at Christmas but not America - Ancient Origins And now the kicker - Terror at the Tree farm . .. Just when you least expect it, a novelty appears on your Facebook stream, floating amongst the flotsam of GIFs of Mistletoe, Holly and cheery, animated sparkle forwards ... a gem from 2013 ... Of course I had to share it. (Props to Bill Hall/Haunted House Diaries for posting. )  The Tree with a hidden agenda ... and an overload of jingle. M aking the most of the association, though highly unlikely to be considered a fan of jolly old Kris Kringle. Tha...

You can't control the world, but when you control your thoughts, you bring order. - Bernie Siegel Animal news viral this week: ( The Dodo) Cecilia the Chimp has been awarded the right to live in better conditions. The judge said: "We're not talking about the civil rights enshrined in the Civil Code," she told the journal Los Andes , "but instead the species' own rights: to development, to life in their natural habitat." More info: The Great Ape Project. With that timely piece, I am sharing two interviews for animal lovers. Amelia Kinkade is in CA and a 4 am wake up call was out of the question so she's on Conscious Living with Wendy Garrett on Empower Radio in the archives as of 11/9/16. My Bernie Siegel interview is also in the archives. The two happen to be friends so the combo is a perfect compliment. (Also posted on AnimalNsight. ) Gracie and Jack exploring the river ... with their supervisor Love, Medicine & Miracles was my...

“Hauntingly active as they share space with the living, the dead refuse to give up their undead residency.” - Pamela K. Kinney , Paranormal Petersburg, Virginia, and the Tri-Cities Area Prods, pokes and tugging of hair, a few notable reminders that, beyond that seeing thing, spirits have other ways of making their presence known. Included on the Weston Ghosts Tour this year is Weston Bend Candle Company . Haunting ambiance in abundance, this Weston retail space houses deliciously fragrant wax creations, a resident pillow warmer in the form of one well nourished and very hug-able black cat and more than a few unpredictable spirits. New in their corner store location, the owners say they hadn't experienced ghosts in the former middle-of-the-block  space and certainly didn't expect them here. But, here they are. Although it took a few encounters for everyone to be convinced, eventually, even the doubters were on board. All can now attest that th...

"What the people believe is true." - Anishinabe - Legends (Native American) of America Headlines - Wendy's Coffeehouse 9/24/16 podcast link - also on the side column. Cloudy with a chance of Pain - Science is studying the link between Pain and Weather. Yes, your aching knees, wrists, joints etc., do indicate changes in the weather. UK residents are invited to take part. Bowling Dice - Strike! Universal language? Humans? New study ( Cornell ) says "sound symbolic patterns" show up again and again throughout the world: Telegraph You go girl! Hello to Gracie, (I have a Gracie too.) Bark Ranger, trained to protect wildlife from overly frisky, hug starved, selfie-obsessed humans: NPR Who will be the next president? 7-11 knows: Daily Coffee News . Kicker is the Sponsor : The Onion   (Choose your cup!) Follow results state by state. For real.  Out and about this weekend: Plaza Art Fair , Unplaza Art Fair , Louisburg Cider Mill/CiderFest ,...

"Our mind is capable of passing beyond the dividing line we have drawn for it." - Hermann Hesse Headlines 9/17/16 Conspiracy: UFO Highway goes right through the heartland (MO and KS): AOL and we can't wait to take the tour: Book. The 37th Parallel (Upcoming guest, Margie Kay, might be able to share some insight on this one: Missouri MUFON .) Google talks Hypnosis - and the video speaks louder. How good are you at holding your focus? This might help. Cat gets owner elected to Town Council: thedodo - poster purrfect!  Russian researcher says Dolpins talk: Telegraph - US Researchers say Ix-nay: National Geographic (while insisting on a book with footnotes of course)   Blog extra: Discussion of why we are reluctant to acknowledge intelligence and the existence of language and other forms of purposeful and intended communication practices, methods and signals in animals: The Guardian    People Walker of Los Angeles - 7$ per mile and he's solid gold:...

“Ghosts don't haunt us. That's not how it works. They're present among us because we won't let go of them." "I don't believe in ghosts," I said, faintly. "Some people can't see the color red. That doesn't mean it isn't there," she replied.” - Sue Grafton , M is for Malice 9/03/06 Podcast for Rob Garcia of Elite Paranormal in Kansas City Headlines  Could have been written by Homer Simpson/Doh! - "Vast Doughnut-shaped reef found in Australia" ABC.net - right behind the big one. Great Barrier Reef has a companion.  Gene Wilder died ( June 11, 1933 – August 29, 2016) (Obit /The Guardian) and the song tributes rolled. Best of (my vote) was a truly inspired drum and bugle performance. AMC paid tribute by showing Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and other Wilder classics in theaters across the country. - Magical. This colorful burger tribute advertises a special prize for the one...

“A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.” - Jack London I also blog at Animalnsight. Sharing this post because, no matter how many times I have seen it in the years since I first posted, I am captivated by the storytelling and the connection Irina has with her dogs. Mesmerizing. Bonus: She attributes her special relationship to an Angelic assist. Prepare to be amazed by some magical performers. If you have never seen this award winning film short, it's a gem. Irina Markova is an extraordinary animal communicator. Emotionally charged, the film draws you into her world for a very brief moment and leaves a lasting impression. Unforgettable, her character. Description:  Multi festival favorite, The Poodle Trainer received a special Jury award from AFI/Silverdocs, "for a film that packs humor and tragedy into a subtle and perfectly paced 7 minutes." -- The Poodle Trainer from Vance ...

Simon's Cat has a new feature -- Simon's Cat Logic ... Sharing because I just discovered! Here's the announcement: " Simon’s Cat Logic is a fun new series where we speak to a Cat Behaviour Expert at Cats Protection ( http://www.cats.org.uk ) about why cats do the silly things they do, and how we can help our cats lead happy and healthy lives." Let the good times roll ...   ... where the action is .... The Fish Tank .. .. 1,417,024 views and counting ... Stay current on all of Simon's Cat antics and movie hi-jinx:  Official Website:  http://www.simonscat.com Connect with Simon's Cat on your favorite websites: Facebook:  http://facebook.com/simonscat Google+:  http://plus.google.com/+SimonsCat Twitter:  http://twitter.com/SimonsCat Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonscatof... Tumblr: http://simonscat.tumblr.com/ Pinterest:  http://pinterest.com/simonscat What if Dogs called 911 -- with each and every little Catastrophe ... ...

A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves - strong, powerful, beautiful - and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence. - Pam Brown, Author Coming up on Wendy's Coffeehouse, Rosalyn Berne, Author of When the Horses Whisper . She had a life redirect when she fell off a horse and realized she could hear what horses were thinking. 8/20/16. Do you believe in dreams? This is a Dream story for Horse lovers. "Dark Horse," winner of the World Cinema Documentary Audience Award at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival - Sundance Review Variety Behind the scenes. An interview with the cast: AOL Build Filmmaker Louise Osmond and the film's subjects, Jan and Brian Vokes This is a movie about a community and a horse. And the connection to the horse bonds them in a way that is so much more than simply winning a race. "He was there when I needed him. He saved me from myself." - Jan Vokes on Dream Alliance Revi...

" Secrets of Aboriginal Healing demonstrates how--against all odds--an ordinary human being can participate in their own healing process and move from extreme illness to high-level wellness. A must read for anyone who wants to gain freedom from disease and other challenging circumstances." - Marilyn McGuire, founder of Nautilus Book Awards Reader Review: Profound, Practical, Powerful   Headlines - Men in Black - several sightings reported in Muscatine County, Iowa   Mystery unsolved: old but revived now in the posts is the story of the Smartphone Sleep App records ghost voice . The woman who posted her story says she lives alone and the voice recorded is much deeper than hers. After sitting with the info for a few months and getting no further occurrences, she said it made her uncomfortable not knowing the source and opted to relocate. Google search on this turns up more fodder. SleepAppGhosts   Gifting the world with a new taste treat for pets , a Colorado co...

Top Headline this week -- The Greatest in every aspect, Muhammad Ali was also an avid UFO fan.    The boxing legend says he saw several UFOs, including a mothership. According to Author Timothy Green Beckley, Muhammad Ali said of UFOs: "...they've been watching me for some time now." Ali even provided a sketch for the book: Shirley MacLaine Meets The Pleiadians: Plus - The Amazing Flying Saucer Experiences Of Celebrities, Rock Stars And The Rich And Famous Image Credit: https://spectralvision.wordpress.com/2016/06/05/muhammad-ali-king-of-the-ufo-watchers/ Beckley says there was so much material in regard to Ali that he gave him an entire chapter. Read more in this Blog post from the Author. As an *Ali fan, who can also cite an encounter or two, he shines an inextinguishable beacon encouraging those who have encountered the UN-explainable to know: We are in good company and growing in numbers are those willing to talk about it. Earmarked for the UFO Treasur...