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Greetings!
This is who I am—a woman who
loves being in the woods on a wonderful horse, riding and laughing with a
friend. Top it off with a wonderful meal,
a warm fire and a cup of coffee and
that’s my idea of a perfect day.
Of course not everyone would
enjoy that scene. For some, it would be
an unpleasant experience. And that’s
the beauty of it—we have a choice.
I heard a story about a man who
traveled to a small village in Africa.
When he returned, a woman asked him
about the people in the village. The man
replied, “Oh, it was awful. The people
live in tiny huts with no beds, air conditioning or running water.” The woman
said, “That’s not what I meant. Tell me
about the people.” The man replied,
“Oh, they’re very happy. They don’t
seem to mind having so little.”
It’s interesting that Americans feel
the need to impose our standard of living on others. If other people aren’t living as we live, we often think there’s
something wrong and that it’s a problem for us to solve.
What’s important to all of us is
that we feel good. I’ve noticed that it
matters not where I am when I’m laughing or enjoying myself. However, when
I’m not feeling good, that’s the time I notice what is lacking in my life. It’s hard to
know which came first—the chicken or
the egg. Either way, under practically
any circumstance, I can choose to feel a
little better. Sometimes it’s a challenge,
but it IS possible.
In this issue of Java Journal, we have
many articles and tidbits that we feel are
inspiring and uplifting. Our goal is to
brighten your day, if only for a moment.
I hope you enjoy the story about
Jedi. Providing a loving home to an animal in need touches me in so many
ways. You can imagine that the cover
photograph is one of my favorites—a
happy face and a horse. Correction, two
happy faces. It was taken at roughly the
same time and place as the above photograph. It was a terrific day.
The world is a wonderful place,
and if we shut off the negative noise of
the news and other external negative influences, we can more easily become
aware that the majority of what’s happening around us is positive. It’s sometimes a challenge, but the goal is to have
more and more enjoyable moments.
This Valentine’s Day, I’m focusing
on expressing my gratitude to the people (and animals) I love and to those
who have given so much to me—those
who have inspired me and stuck with
me through the ups and the downs. Finally, I’d like to extend my appreciation
for all the wonderful people who contribute to and read Java Journal. Thank
you.
Marian
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David Rentfrow and Jedi. Photo by Susan Rentfrow.
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Blessings
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It’s a whacky world in which we live.
I don’t mean whacky as in crazy, strange, irrational or eccentric. I mean whacky as in
sharp, resounding blows. I sometimes call
them “wake-up whacks,” those times
when life seems to be throwing us a curveball, but in hindsight we can see them as
having guided us away from the slippery
slope of failure, danger or some insane
mistake. Wake-up whacks can truly be
called blessings in disguise.
Whacks come to us in several ways.
The first is “random acts of whacks,” or
whatever comes down the pike. We can
get whacked any
minute, out of the
blue. For instance,
someone dear to us
dies, we lose our job,
a friend betrays us
or some other disaster makes life seem
miserable—at least
for a time. But if we
mentally and emotionally step back
and look upon these
events from a distance, as the observer
rather than the participant, we can see
something good in every event. Perhaps
there’s a lesson, a form of protection, guidance or even a new idea that comes out of
that situation.
Let’s face it. The only people on
planet Earth with no problems or challenges are those in cemeteries. But the
sooner we learn to respond, rather than
react; to stand in our own truth, rather
than allow ourselves to be led by the nose
by someone else’s control addiction; and
to act on our own intuition in a way that
won’t harm ourselves or others—we just
might see every whack that happens as a
blessing in disguise.
A blessing in disguise could be any
person, place or thing that shows up on
our path of life to deliver a whack that
strengthens us, fosters our courage, teaches us patience, presents an opportunity to
learn forgiveness, and so on.
Some time ago someone said to me,
“You know, when I’m in church or sitting
in meditation, I find it easy to feel loved,
loving and lovable. I feel supported and
empowered. But when I leave that setting
and have to deal with unsupportive family
members, so-called friends or hostile
coworkers, I feel insecure, confused, sad
or angry. What can I do to sustain the
peace and power I feel during those
higher moments of spiritual confidence?”
Well, once again, human challenge offers us the opportunity to step back and
do our best to see the lesson, the opportunity or the choice offered to us as a
blessing in disguise. The real trick is to be
mindful enough to catch your thoughts
when they start to generate feelings of
hurt, anger or suffering, then pull yourself
back into that place of calm and strength
and peace-filled motivation. You have the
power to do that—especially if you see
everything that happens as a blessing in
disguise.
Our ability to sustain a kind of serenity about life depends upon our ability to
“see” beyond what appears to be working
against us, and look upon it as serving our
development as a strong, patient, empathetic and kind individual. We can learn to
think of “difficult”
people as angels disguised as petty tyrants. Why? Because
they always have
something to teach
us or to whack us
enough that we
change something
we’re doing that no
longer serves our
best interest.
And one more
thing. Notice the words that are coming
out of your mouth. That is always a key to
what’s going on in your thoughts and feelings. Are you stuck in the groove of
retelling your sad story repeatedly to anyone who will listen? Are you trying to get
people to take your side? Are you trying
to control what others think and do? Are
you looking outside of yourself for approval? Stop it! Just stop it!
Turn things around by looking for the
blessing in disguise. That will change everything. It will help you tune in to the voice
of intuition, it will free you to walk into the
future without fear, and it will strengthen
your resolve to be the best you that you
can be. Best of all, it will free you to feel
good. ♥
CHARLIE
Charlie is a three-year-old
Labrador Retriever/Border
Collie mix. He is housetrained,
loves to play fetch and knows
some obedience. He has a
larger-than-life personality and
will make a great companion
for an active household.
ALLIE
Allie is a nine-month-old tabby
who loves to explore new
things. She enjoys cuddling and
sleeping on the bed. She doesn’t like to share attention with
other animals, so she wants to
be the only pet in the family.
These Adorable Adoptables are
available at the Animal
Protective Association,
1705 S. Hanley Road.
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Tracking Pepper Drawing
Phylis Clay Sparks is the spiritual director of The Soul-Esteem Center, a
professional speaker and author of
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A Window into the ADHD Brain
Valentine’s
Day
by Drs. Jason and Jennifer Rhodes
‘What’s Love Got
To Do With It?’
by Marian Rein
This is one of the typical
BrainMap patterns seen in a
child with ADHD. It shows an
underactive (red color) frontal
lobe, behind the forehead.
I
f you or your child have been diagnosed with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), you know,
firsthand, that it is much more than an
attention issue. The social, emotional,
family and marriage issues that can arrise from ADHD are as varied as the
millions of individuals who are diagnosed
each year. Three to 10 percent of Americans have ADHD and the rate increases
dramatically in families that have at least
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Research has shown that ADHD is
associated with excessive inactivity in
the frontal lobes of the brain. This basically means that the part of the brain in
charge of thinking, planning, concentrating and staying on task isn’t as active
as it needs to be in order for the person to succeed at school, work and
home without an inordinate amount of
struggle.
A quantitative electrical encephalogram, or QEEG brainmap, gives us a
window into brain functioning, including
the areas that are functioning too fast
and those functioning too slowly.
Based on information provided by
brainmapping, neurofeedback can then
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and adults.
Neurofeedback is a procedure that
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sounds and pictures that help them
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t a time when powerful transformation is taking place in our economy, nature
and politics—with so much to distract us—
Valentine’s Day is a perfect time to get back
on track, back to a focus on our heart.
When contemplating love, we’ve been
conditioned to think only of romantic love—
the feeling evoked by a romantic partner,
someone who makes our heart sing, someone with whom we share mutual appreciation, admiration and intimacy. But I think the
feeling of being in love is closer to being who
we really are—lovers of life, people who are
eager and excited for more, those who feel
the power of life-force
surging through them.
The feeling of being in
love is one of the most
powerful experiences.
I’ve noticed that
being in love has more
to do with me than it
does my romantic partner. Being in love begins
with appreciation: we
appreciate someone and
they appreciate us; we
focus on the positive aspects of that person;
they like our focus on
them and they reciprocate—and it feels wonderful!
When the feeling of
being in love begins to
waver, it pretty much
gets down to lacking appreciation. We begin to
see flaws in our partner, they see our flaws
and little by little we feel less appreciated—
and we begin to focus on flaws rather than
what we appreciate. And so the feeling of
being in love begins to drift away.
In this scenario, we seem to be love puppets, depending upon the level of appreciation our partner feels for us. But what if we
develop the ability to see perfection, to really appreciate our partner, to find things to
praise, to focus on what we can give rather
than being dependent on how our partner is
or is not feeding our ego?
How would our partners respond to
feeling such appreciation from us? And is it
our partner’s response to our appreciation
of them that causes us to feel so good, or is
it simply the very act OF appreciating that
feels so good? Certainly, we can develop an
affinity for the latter.
It’s easy to see that love is as much
about appreciation as it is anything else. Who
can resist being deeply appreciated?
So often I’ve been distracted by what I
wasn’t getting from my partner. I’ve heard
friends talk about how they need to get this
or that from their partner in order to feel
happy (based on that notion, those of us who
are not in a romantic relationship would be
doomed to an unhappy life). However, I’ve
had the experience of joy so sweet that it felt
as though I was in love. And I was in love—
with life.
Look at it this way, five years will go by,
that’s certain. We can
choose to live those
years feeling unloved
and unappreciated, or
we can live them in love
by appreciating. The
most important thing to
appreciate is yourself!
We are worthy of love.
If we can focus strongly
on appreciation and extend it to others more
frequently, we’ll get
closer to the feeling of
being in love.
This Valentine’s Day
and yes, every day—
whether you’re in a romantic relationship or
not, focus on your
heart. Feel love by finding things to appreciate.
Rather than being annoyed by birds that
wake us on a morning when we can sleep in,
we can appreciate the songs they bring.
Rather than feeling sad because we didn’t receive flowers on Valentine’s Day, appreciate a
friend and give him or her flowers.
Rather than wishing we had that one
special person who makes our heart sing, we
can make another’s heart sing by feeling appreciation for that person. Rather than being
upset because a friend let you down again,
appreciate that your friend came through in
some other way. Rather than focusing on
what we don’t have, we can appreciate all
that we do have.
It’s the feeling of love that we all want,
and there’s no better way to allow ourselves
the feeling of love than by appreciating ourselves and others. Focus on your heart and
appreciation. You’ll be amazed at what begins
to show up in your life. ♥
But I think the feeling
of being in love is closer
to being who we really
are—lovers of life,
people who are eager
and excited for more,
those who feel the
power of life-force
surging through them.
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changes just beginning to reshape the dental profession. Although continual improvement occurs in technologies and technical
skills, there is a new “old” concept that is
slowly gaining credibility in dentistry. It requires your attention to understand the
“tooth and body connection.”
In the last several years, numerous articles on dentistry and medical reviews have
been published regarding the health connections between the oral cavity (i.e. the
teeth and gums) and the rest of the body.
However, I don’t believe this topic is receiving as much attention or credence as it
deserves in the field of dentistry.
Weston Price, DDS, in Nutrition and
Physical Degeneration,1945, wrote that
streptococcus and other pathogens found
in the mouth were causing inflammatory
and infectious events to occur throughout
the entire body.
Melvin Page, DDS, 1949, states “Disease in not due to the presence of bacteria,
but rather to the body being out of balance
in such a way that the bacteria responsible
for the inflammation are breeding out of
control. Killing the bacteria is not the answer. Placing the body back in balance is a
much more effective method of treatment.”
In the early ’70s, the American Heart
Association issued a health alert to the dental community to premedicate all patients
with antibiotics who had heart disease,
rheumatic fever or mitral valve prolapse.
The American Academy of Periodontology, July 23, 2003, stated that oral bacteria can affect the heart when they enter
the bloodstream. Researchers have found
that people with periodontal disease are almost twice as likely to suffer from coronary
artery disease as those without it.
Colgate-White Papers, Oral Inflammation 2005, states “In recent years, increasing evidence has supported the concept
that the relationship between systemic and
oral health is bi-directional.”
A systemic imbalance is one that affects the health of the whole body. The oral
cavity provides us with much information. It
may help, and in some cases may be the
There’s a safe way for you and your
family to achieve healthy smiles–
Biological Dentistry.
critical missing link to understanding your
overall health and wellness. This may be especially true for chronic conditions that
don’t seem to have any answers.
The key for dentists and patients is to
recognize and know what to do with the
information provided by the oral cavity.
What does it tell me when I see a patient with compromised periodontal conditions, tooth decay and generalized inflammation? Conventional wisdom says the dentist should treat this as a local condition,
which typically means more frequent dental
visits, improved home care techniques, i.e.,
better flossing and brushing of your teeth,
usually some antibiotics, root plane and scaling and sometimes even surgical procedures.
I believe these are all symptoms of a
systemic condition. Therefore, in addition
to the oral cavity, it becomes imperative to
evaluate the chemistry of the body, its
chemical levels and the pH level, indicating
an acidic or alkaline orientation. It becomes
imperative to evaluate the nutritional needs
and make recommendations based on the
body’s own signals.
What does this indicate about the role
of dentistry? Dentists can be the “Gatekeepers” to good health! Everything begins
in the oral cavity. What we eat and what
we drink enters our body through the
mouth. Our first line of defense and our initial immune responses begin in the mouth.
If there are imbalances in the mouth—
inflammation (red, puffy, bleeding gums),
tooth decay, sensitive teeth, halitosis, root
canals or missing teeth—you may have imbalances in other parts of your body that
aren’t quite obvious. As patients, you
should be aware of these possibilities and
take control of your health.
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The Return of
JEDI
A LOVE STORY
PHOTO BY MARIAN REIN
by David Rentfrow
education and inspiration.
My partner, Jedi, has changed my life in
so many ways that it is sometimes hard to believe that he and I have only been together
slightly more than two years.
From slaughter to salvation, Jedi’s story
inspires and draws attention to the plight of
horses and the amazing partnership that,
through love, language and leadership, anyone can develop with their horse. ♥
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Natural Horsemanship program. Since then,
Jedi and I have formed an amazing partnership, which we continue to develop and improve.
In August of 2011, Jedi and I traveled
1,000 miles to the Parelli Ranch in Pagosa
Springs, Colorado to train and play together
for two weeks. We are currently scheduled
to head back to the Parelli Ranch in June for
another two weeks of amazing experiences,
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cident and was euthanized. It is tragic in so
many ways to lose a horse, but the greater
tragedy was that Cisco and I were together
for only a short time and I didn’t get the
chance to really know him.
There are no coincidences. The day of
rowing up in the desert of southern Cisco’s accident also happened to be the first
California, I was raised on television west- day of the 2009 Kansas City Parelli Celebraerns—and every year on my birthday I asked tion, which is a celebration of the horse and
for a horse and a new cowboy outfit. Sadly, I an educational program on a natural apnever got the horse, but I always got the cow- proach to horsemanship. Without Cisco’s
boy outfit, so my birthday wasn’t a total loss. tragedy, I never would have found my partAlthough we didn’t have horses, my mom al- ner, Jedi, or the Parelli community.
ways made sure she had a friend or two who
In early 2009, Jedi, a 14-year-old Missouri
did, so I could get my horse fix at least a few Fox Trotter, found himself on a “kill lot” destimes a year.
tined to be shipped to Mexico to be slaughLife and tragedy tend to get in the way of tered. The path that led him to this fate is not
dreams. When I was 12, we left California completely clear, but I was told his prior
and moved to the family farm in central Illi- owner could no longer afford to care for him
nois, and that same year my mom passed due to the rapid increase in the cost of hay.
away. My son, Sage, is
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That same year, Parbond is lost, it may take
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many years to recover, and
began a partnership with the
forces you to find a strength that
Humane Society of the United
you may have thought was outside your States to spotlight a rescue horse at each of
grasp. Horses have finally enabled me to heal its four 2009 Parelli Celebrations across the
from the loss of my mom. Horses left my life, country. Jedi was selected as the Kansas City
but not my thoughts, for more years than I Parelli Celebration demonstration horse. At
care to remember. Then, about five years the conclusion of the weekend-long event,
ago, they came back in a very big way.
out of hundreds of applicants—and even
After leasing a horse for two years and though my application was submitted by a
spending the better part of another year friend since I was not in attendance—I was
looking for a large, gaited gelding, I found given the privilege to provide Jedi a forever
Cisco. He was a beautiful 16-hands, red roan home. This was a roller-coaster weekend of
overo Tennessee Walker. He had the emotional ups and downs. I lost Cisco and
smoothest gaits and transitioned easily, but found Jedi.
his cantor made me feel like I was floating on
I did not take my responsibility to Jedi
a cloud, flying through the air. Unfortunately, lightly. I committed to Jedi and myself to beafter only three months together, he shat- come a better horseman, a better partner
tered his cannon bone in a freak pasture ac- and to learn and grow through the Parelli
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Animal Fitness
Take a big bite out of dental disease and other health problems
When it comes to your
animal friend, there’s
a reason to HOPE!
by Ava Frick, DVM
Yet another “wive’s tale” bites the
dust. How many of you have a cat or dog
who has had dental work? What type of
food does he/she eat?
I would wager that 90 percent of you
feed your pets dry food. You’ve probably
heard that eating dry food is better for
their teeth. Now tell me, if that’s true, then
why do so many dogs and cats have poor
dental hygiene, calculus and gingivitis?
The fact is, there is very little in even
the best of dry foods that is truly compatible with preventing disease. Banfield Pet
Hospital analyzed more than 2.5 million
health records. They concluded that, “Preventable problems are on the rise,” including diabetes, ear infections and obesity, with
dental disease topping the list. Furthermore, 78 percent of dogs and 68 percent
of cats over the age of three had some
form of dental disease. And what is the
common denominator? In my opinion, it is
the dry—highly-refined, processed, corn,
wheat, gluten, soy—foods they are given as
a “complete and balanced” diet. Even many
expensive foods contain these ingredients.
Read your labels.
I have evaluated eight-year-old dogs
who have been on a raw-food diet all their
lives and they have the teeth of a two-year
old and have never had dental problems. I
have corrected the nutritional deficiencies
of animals who had dental calculus, putting
them on a home-cooked or dehydrated or
canned or raw diet, and in six to nine
months their mouths had amazingly improved to the point of not even needing
dental work.
Everything that goes wrong with the
general health of your animal (or you, for
that matter), not including injuries, has a nutritional component. Nothing preserves
wellness like whole-food nutrition.
In 2010, The American Animal Hospital Association released the results of a consortium on nutritional recommendations. It
says, “Every patient visiting a veterinarian
should have a nutritional assessment,”
which includes a fur mineral, toxic metal
and oxidation-rate analysis. It requires only
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complete, the next step is to balance the
body with specific minerals and vitamins,
and to chelate any toxic metals.
The health of a person using this approach can take 18 to 36 months to clear
up, but animals respond in half the time or
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Mary Engelbreit
ART FROM THE HEART
by Marian Rein
N
o one says Valentine’s Day like Mary
Engelbreit. An artist whose roots run deep in
St. Louis, she’s known throughout the world
for her distinctive, playful style that has been
applied to a wide range of licensed products,
including greeting cards, calendars, children’s
books, crafts and home decorations.
It all began when Mary was just 11 years
old when she jammed a desk and chair into a
linen closet of her St. Louis home and called
it her studio. There, she would sit for hours at
a time, drawing pictures.
Today, ask practically anyone what
medium Mary uses to create her beautiful art
and the answers will be varied, from water
colors to oils. They would be wrong. Interestingly, Mary creates her beautiful art using
markers, then she applies colored pencil over
the marker to create the shading. It sounds
easy enough, so I actually gave it a try. As I
said, it only sounds easy.
A few years ago, my friend Mitzi happened upon an estate sale. After she arrived,
she was delighted to learn that it was the
home (or former home) of Mary Engelbreit.
Mary had just purchased a home nearby and
was in the process on moving. Mitzi called me.
While I was no doubt doing something wildly
important on that Saturday morning, I hightailed it over there. Though most of the contents had been moved to her new house, the
home and the entire property seemed right
out of a storybook. I can only imagine how
charming her current home must be.
Having been a fan of Mary Engelbreit for
many years, it was a true labor of love to converse with Mary for this interview.
M.E. I taught myself to draw as a child by
copying the drawings in the old storybooks
my mother would read to me and my sister.
Many of these books were from the ’20s and
’30s and I think I was very influenced by the
was such an eye-opener because I got to meet
all kinds of working artists, and I realized that
I really could make a living as an artist, despite
whatever the nuns at high school told me.
After that, I worked at a tiny ad agency. I
Q. It’s the “month of love.” Much of your art
reflects friendship. Can you elaborate on
that?
M.E. My family and friends are, and have always been, the center of my world. I can’t
even imagine what I’d do without my friends!
I think most people feel the same and that’s
why they relate so closely to the drawings.
We have lots of people tell us they buy one
card to send to a friend and one to keep for
themselves, because it said exactly how they
felt about their friend or family member.
Q. How do you define creativity, and has it
changed since the early years?
M.E. Creativity is finding new answers to old
questions. The important things in life don’t
change, have never changed and hopefully
won’t ever change, but there are always new
ways to draw them, write about them, sing
about them, think about them. It’s what
makes the world go around!
Q. I think your art asks us to be young again.
Is that what you intend?
Q. Since you were that little girl, painting pictures in your closet studio, obviously your art
has matured. In what other ways has it
evolved?
M.E. Well, back then it was all for fun! Now,
of course, there are the realities of deadlines,
pleasing larger numbers of people and other
more “business-y” aspects of drawing for a living, all the while trying to stay true to yourself. I think I’m pretty good at it most of the
time.
Q. When you were just starting out, did you
focus on developing your style independently,
or were you influenced by other artists?
M.E. I use mostly colored markers. Before
that, I did only black-and-white drawings because I was terrified I would ruin them if I
used color. I moved on to colored pencils, and
then I discovered markers. I’d do pen-and-ink
outlines, follow that with markers, and then
colored pencils to shade and highlight. Now I
use colored pencils to completely color over
the markers, which preserves the markers.
Everybody thinks it’s paint, but I actually can’t
paint, though someday I’d like to learn.
M.E. All I intend is to make a drawing that
says a little something to me and hopefully to
someone else!
Q. What are some of the messages or personal philosophy you’re projecting through
your art?
styles of those years. It still shows in my drawings today.
think I learned more there in 18 months than
I would have in four years of art school. It’s
where I really found my medium.
Q. What was your first job?
M.E. I had my first full-time job at Artmart, an
artist’s supply store here in St. Louis. The job
Q. What medium do you use to create your
art?
M.E. Love one another.
Be kind.
Do the right thing.
Do your best.
Don’t put up with stupidity.
And never go in against a Sicilian
when death is on the line.
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with those boring details.’ Even if you hire
someone to handle those details for you,
you better understand them yourself.
Q. What were your early years in business
like?
YOUR DREAM IS OUT THERE.
GO GET IT. WE’LL PROTECT IT.
M.E. SO fun! Because we didn’t know what
we were doing, so anything was possible!
Q. Besides art, what are your other interests, and do they influence your art?
Q. On your website, you say that you want
young artists to experiment. Can you tell us
more about this?
M.E. Don’t think there is some formula to
follow to be creative or successful.
Q. I’ve always enjoyed greeting cards, but
what’s the business side of it like? Should
young artists also concentrate on the business aspects of art?
M.E. Anybody considering a career in art
should familiarize themselves with all the
business and legal aspects of the art world—
copyright issues, bookkeeping, etc. You have
to know the same things about running a
M.E. I love to read and decorate houses and
go to antique stores. But anything and
everything you do and see and hear about
influences your art.
Q. Your career is very successful, but is
there anything left to do? What are you
planning now?
M.E. There’s lots left—I’d love to do a line of
furniture and wallpaper, illustrate some
more books, create some apps [applications
for iPhones, etc]—the list is endless!
Q. Your advice to aspiring artists?
M.E. Go for it! ♥
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A Journey
to the Heartland
by Peggy Sullivan Rosenthal
W
hen it comes to health topics, nothing has gained more attention in recent years
than the heart. While you may be aware that
maintaining a healthy heart is critical to your
overall good health, are you aware that the
heart is much more than a muscle that pumps
blood throughout your body?
Psychology has taught us that our emo-
tions stem from our brain, but there is much
evidence to suggest that the heart is not only
a pump, but the seat of our emotions as well.
Let’s address two components of maintaining
good health and a thriving heart: the emotional component and the basic physical component.
For a long time, psychologists maintained
that emotions were just mental expressions
produced by the brain alone. We now know
that this is not completely true. The experience of your emotions has much to do with
your heart and body acting in concert with
your brain. The Institute of HeartMath, a research center dedicated to studying the physiology of how emotions affect the heart, has
provided new insight into understanding how
the heart is linked to emotions, health, vitality and well-being.
Your heart is in constant contact with
your brain. HeartMath research has found
that your emotions can change the signals the
brain sends to the heart. Your heart then responds in complex ways. What is truly amazing is that your heart sends more information
to your brain than the other way around. This
explains why certain emotions stress your body and
drain your energy. As you
feel anger, frustration, anxiety and insecurity, your
heart rhythm becomes irregular. These erratic heart
rhythms can even block
your ability to think clearly.
The risk of developing
heart disease is considerably increased if you often
experience the stressful
emotions of irritation, anger
and/or frustration. If you
feel these emotions consistently, a strain on your
heart and other organs is inevitable. This could lead to
serious heart and other health issues.
On the other side of the coin, when you
feel positive emotions like love, appreciation
and compassion your heart generates
smooth, harmonious heart rhythms. So not
only does your brain know that your heart
feels good, a gentle, warm feeling can actually
be felt in the area of your heart when you’re
feeling positive emotions.
Learning to shift from stressful emotional
reactions to positive ones can have a profound effect on your cardiovascular system
and your overall health. The following is an
easy but effective exercise to teach yourself
how to shift emotional reactions from negative to positive.
Recall a time when you felt sincere appreciation. Remember the warm feeling it
gave you. You don’t have to focus on the
mental image because your heart will shift its
rhythm from the emotions elicited by the
memory. Practice this over and over and
over! Eventually, recalling a time gone by will
be replaced by feeling appreciation in the
present moment.
Before we talk about the physical component of your heart, here’s a very brief
anatomy lesson. Your heart is made up of
muscle tissue. The heart is hollow and shaped
like a cone. It’s relatively small—about the size
of your closed fist. It pumps 30 times its own
weight each minute. Attached to your heart
are valves that let blood flow in and out. The
rhythmic “lub-dub” noise of your heart is the
sound of its valves opening and closing.
Your heart has its own built-in pace-
Psychology has taught us that
our emotions stem from our
brain, but there is much evidence
to suggest that the heart is not
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maker. It sends out a wave of electricity,
which causes your heart’s walls to contract
about 70 times per minute. However, nerve
signals from your brain can speed up the contractions during exercise or stress, if necessary. It’s a miraculous muscle that continues
to work on its own even when you’re too
busy to notice.
As you are probably aware, there are
four primary areas to consider when discussing heart health: exercise, diet, weight
and prevention. Here are four healthy heart
suggestions:
• Exercise for at least 30 minutes most days
of the week. Regular daily exercise can reduce your risk of heart disease. Physical activity helps you control your weight and can
reduce the chances of developing high blood
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pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes. It
will also reduce stress, which can be a factor in heart disease.
• Eat a heart-healthy diet. Make sure your
diet is rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains
and low-fat dairy products, all of which can
protect your heart. Beans, legumes and
other low-fat sources of protein, such as
lean meats and poultry, are excellent
choices. If you drink alcohol, do so in moderation. And drink at least 64 ounces of
water everyday.
• Maintain a healthy weight. Once you
stop growing, the weight that you gain in
adulthood is mostly fat, rather than muscle. This excess fat can lead to high blood
pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes.
One way to find out if your weight is
healthy is to calculate your body mass
index (BMI). The BMI considers your
weight and height in determining your
overall body fat.
For example, someone who is 5’6"
(66 inches tall) and weights 130 pounds
has a BMI of 20.9.
Blood pressure: the optimal reading for
blood pressure is less than 120/80.
Cholesterol: It’s recommended by the medical community that cholesterol levels be
checked as early as age 20 and at least
every five years.
Diabetes: It is a risk factor for developing
heart disease, especially if there is a family
history of diabetes.
With diet, exercise and lifestyle always
important factors in keeping your heart
healthy, recognizing and increasing your
positive emotional awareness is just one
more step you can easily take to prevent
heart disease.
February is National Heart Awareness month. Stand united with others
across the country in bringing awareness
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The Griot Museum
Highlighting Black History and Culture
by Jason Sibert
S
museum manages to create exhibits on
African-Americans who have contributed to
our culture. It tells their stories using more
than one medium. There’s an exhibit on scientist George Washington Carver, born in Diamond Grove, Mo., that features a model of
Carver in a laboratory
and a written story on
his life and accomplishments. (Did you know
that Carver invented
peanut butter?) In addition, there’s an exhibit on jazz musician
Miles Davis, from East
St. Louis. It includes a
model of Davis in a
club as well as displays
of his albums.
Conley said the
central theme of the
museum also tells a
story of a people who
endured slavery, segregation and discrimination and how members of that community fought all odds to
Model of scientist and inventor George Washington Carver at
excel in their chosen
The Griot Museum of Black History and Culture
fields. To capture the
past, Griot has a display of a slave ship, a
current director of the museum, has seen slave cabin and a slave auction.
The museum opened its doors in 1997
first-hand how powerful stories can be.
“I can remember having a school from St. and since that time its audience has changed.
Louis County at our museum in the early “When we first started, our audience was 98years,” Conley said. “The school was pre- percent black,” Conley said. “But as of late,
dominately white and one of the white stu- we’ve attracted a more diverse group.” Condents looked at our slave ship display and ley said in recent years the museum has
couldn’t believe that anyone could be treated drawn members of the white and Latino comlike that. He asked us if it was real or just munity. Although Griot is a small organizamade up. This kid was amazed. I saw him tion, the stories it tells are attracting people
leave the place talking with one of the black from all around the globe, as visitors from
students. The teacher told us that the two India, Japan and the Netherlands have athad never gotten along. Something happened tended its exhibits. “They’re amazed at the
stories we have to tell here,” Conley said.
to that kid on that day.”
Griot is a small non-profit
organization that is supported mainly by donors and
admission charges. It doesn’t
have the corporate support
of many non-profits.
“We’d like to have that
angel to support us, but we
don’t,” Conley said. “Sometimes, you don’t know
where your next dollar is
coming from or how you’re
going to pay for salaries, utilities and all of the other
things that go with running
something like this.”
Despite struggles, the
COURTESY OF THE GRIOT MUSEUM
tories are a powerful medium that
have a way of changing our consciousness and
our lives. The Griot Museum of Black History
and Culture in St. Louis tells the stories of
African-Americans with a local connection. St.
Louis resident Lois Conley, the founder and
“They’re appalled at the extent to which slavery, discrimination and segregation existed in
our country.”
Griot has a small staff of two people. It’s
located on 2505 St. Louis Ave. in a building
constructed in 1916 that at one time housed
a Catholic school. Conley started planning the
museum more than two decades ago in 1988.
“I didn’t think there was enough in our community or in school textbooks on these people,” she said. “But I thought their lives were
so important. We need to hear about the
contributions of people from all communities,
not just white men. This is about hearing history from another perspective.”
For nearly a decade Conley researched
local African-American history both online
and through the historical records of St. Louis
area communities and in the records of other
communities. This meant traveling around the
country in search of historical documents. She
also raised cash in small increments from interested parties.
Prior to founding Griot, Conley worked
as director of administration at the School of
Social Service, St. Louis University, for 13
years. She earned her bachelor’s degree in
communications and master’s degree in education from St. Louis University. In addition,
Conley also earned a master’s certificate in
museum studies from the University of Missouri at St. Louis. She has been honored by
such organizations as the Missouri Humanities Council, Top Ladies of Distinction, National Council of Negro Women and the
YWCA of Metropolitan St. Louis.
“This is my passion,” Conley concluded. “I
had no idea when I was growing up that this
is what I’d be doing—and I’ve never been involved in something so rewarding. It’s wonderful when little kids ask you about
something and you can tell they really want
to learn. They feel good about themselves
and you feel good about yourself.” ♥
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of Black History
and Culture
2505 St. Louis Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63106
(314) 241-7057
www.thegriotmuseum.com
Special Hours in February
Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm
Regular Hours
Wed-Sat, 10am-5pm
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Tue-Sat, 10am-5pm
Wed-Sat, 10am-5pm
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Greg The Grower
A Fresh Start on a Cold Winter’s Day
by Greg Pusczek
A
s we near the midpoint of winter,
are you missing the smells, colors and
tastes of fresh, locally grown vegetables,
herbs and fruit? It seems like just a short
time ago that local farmers markets, roadside stands and even major grocery stores
carried the bounty of the St. Louis area
harvest season. For those of you who
regularly buy local fresh produce, your
fresh, winter commercial options just do
not compare.
Our area is blessed with a long and
plentiful outdoor growing season that provides a huge variety of vegetable, herb and
fruit options. Now that winter has arrived, locally grown produce is limited to
those items that can be grown in greenhouses. The cold of winter severely reduces the supply and types of available
locally grown vegetables and herbs and
eliminates fresh fruit completely.
While a number of local farmers and
growers use these methods for cold
weather products, there are just a very
few in the area. You may find locally
grown lettuces, spinach and mustards
now, but expect limited quantities and
higher prices. The same is true of hydroponically grown vegetables and herbs. In
short, our winters restrict produce production to a tiny fraction of the typical outdoor season.
If you still want fresh vegetables,
herbs and fruit, your local grocery store
is about your only option. As you shop,
you will see beautiful produce departments with multiple colors and textures,
but not necessarily the taste you expect.
The reason is the source of the products
and the distance from the grocery
shelves. At this time of year, some of
what is on display comes from our
warmer states, but the majority comes
from just south of the border and into
parts of South America.
These extreme distances add days
and sometimes weeks to the final delivery
to our grocery shelves. The distance also
limits the quality of vegetables to varieties
that are grown for their stability during
transportation. As you might expect,
both of these factors will affect the product’s taste as it ages during transportation
and storage.
So how does your favorite farm-totable, local restaurant cope during the
winter? They, too, are limited to basically
the same products that you see at your
grocery store. Without the local sources
for their vegetables, herbs and fruit, their
options are limited—which does change
their winter menus. A few of these
restaurants use growers with winter
growing methods or will special order
products from their commercial suppliers.
However, most cannot justify the added
costs and just wait out the winter and
pray for spring.
For those who value organic products, the same is true of produce sold by
your favorite national organic/natural retailer. They, too, are affected by winter,
with the majority of their organic products being imported from Central and
South America. And the distance has the
same effect in the overall shelf quality of
the products. They look nice—with good
color and texture—but they just don’t
taste the same as fresh locally grown.
Now might be a good time for you
to experiment with sprouts or microgreens. Both are easy to grow in your
kitchen and require a mason jar, sprouting
tray or hemp bag. In a matter of days you
can grow yourself as many tasty and nutritious sprouts for salads, sandwiches or
soups. The varieties and mixes are endless, inexpensive and fun to grow. There
is a great deal of information available on
the internet about the growing process
and companies that sell seed and growing
products.
With two more months of winter,
home gardeners should be planning for
their 2012 harvest. Take the time to research new varieties and learn more
about what grows best in this climate.
Start your Sunday morning with your coffee and your keyboard and surf the net to
learn more about mizuna, lovage and
mache.
Explore the hundreds of varieties of
radishes and pick a few that you haven’t
tried before for this year’s garden. Learn
about the differences among the hundreds of pepper or tomato varieties. The
information is all there. The major seed
suppliers do a very good job in describing
their products. And for the thrifty, now is
the time to check out the clearance seeds
that many seed companies are either discontinuing or making available to reduce
their inventories.
My growing plan is nearly complete
and starting seed begins now. Early planning is essential to a successful growing
season. Shopping online will provide you
with not only loads of valuable information, but the photos and page displays will
make you think and feel spring. It will
brighten your spirits for the rest of the
winter. It always works for me! ♥
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SCIENCE BYTE
‘Look Ma, No Wires!’
Nikola Tesla: Energy Free For All?
by Jacob Tedrow
Imagine using radiant energy—from the sun and
stars—transmitted without wires for personal use!
“T
he desire that guides me in all I do
is the desire to harness the forces of nature to
the service of mankind.” –Nikola Tesla
These words embodied the view and
drive behind of one of the greatest inventors
of the last century—Nikola Tesla. We often
hear of Einstein, Bell or Edison, but Tesla was
just as important and was influential in making technology what it is today. But where did
he come from and what exactly did he accomplish?
Tesla, an ethnic Serb, was born on July
10, 1856 in the village of Smiljan in modernday Croatia. Gifted with a photographic memory, Tesla became involved in the industrial
movement, moving to a number of places
where he could exercise his talent for innovation. He eventually made his way to Paris in
1882, where he began to work for the Continental Edison Company. Quickly recognized
for his worth, he was invited to America to
work under Edison in 1884. He was given the
job of attempting to refine the efficiency of
Edison’s direct current generators.
Unfortunately, Tesla became frustrated
with Edison because he thought Edison wasn’t paying him fairly, so in 1886, he left Edison’s company and founded Tesla Electric
Light & Manufacturing. The two men separated on bad terms and fought bitterly
through words, privately and publicly, over
two ways of electric power distribution—direct current (DC) and Tesla’s more efficient
alternating current (AC). At that time, Edison’s DC distribution was the only concept
known and applied. Only after Tesla’s production of an induction motor, which was successfully run using AC at the 1893 World’s
Fair, did Tesla win what became known as the
“War of Currents.”
He eventually received American citizenship at the age of 35 on July 30, 1891, and
showcased a number of his inventions at several World’s Fairs. He is noted not only for
his introduction of AC and the induction
motor, but also the beginning of modern-day
spark plugs, X-Ray exploration, radio control,
the beginnings of radar and Tesla coils.
He even discovered the resonant frequency of Earth (approximately 8 Hz) and
was rumored to have started a minor earthquake because of a machine that matched the
frequency. He prevented the further amplification of the earthquake by smashing the machine with a sledgehammer. At this moment,
he’s credited with 112 known U.S. patents
and around 300 known patents worldwide,
though not all were put into production.
Although Tesla was a genius and aggrandized for his achievements, he was eccentric
and showed signs of obsessive-compulsive behavior. He also had issues with one of his
benefactors—J.P. Morgan. At the end of his
life, he had lost the majority of his wealth and
renown due to bad publicity. He died on January 7, 1943, from heart thrombus, alone at
the age of 86. Fortunately, the Nikola Tesla
Museum in Belgrade, Serbia, is dedicated to
his work, as are a number of monuments, a
scientific unit for magnetic flux density—and
H
STRATEGIES
& TIPS
FOR
ow are you doing with your New
Year’s resolutions? “What New Year’s resolutions?” you may ask. “If I made any, I
don’t remember. After all, it’s February.
Who remembers their New Year’s resolutions in February?”
Okay, but how about your rock-solid
intentions and goals for your future success?
Have you taken time to think about that?
An intention is that which you think
through, put all your effort into and believe
in, yourself, in order to be successful. Here
are some suggestions that may help you do
just that.
1. Are you talking about your dilemmas, your disappointments or your opinions
about how rotten the economy is over and
even a minor planetoid in our solar system.
Though some of these inventions are
well known, perhaps equally interesting was
his contribution to the concept of free energy.
Even in Tesla’s time, it was evident that the
extraction of energy through present means
was a difficult and costly endeavor. He proposed the use of radiant energy—energy present from the sun and stars or transmitted
from a distance—as a means of powering AC
motors so that energy could be harnessed for
personal use.
This is, in a way, a lot like what happens
through the use of solar panels, but is easily
produced by basic technological knowledge
and materials accessible to anyone. This, combined with Tesla’s work on wirelessly transmitting electricity—a feat that Tesla displayed
to the public on several occasions—would
make electricity available at a very low cost.
If this is the case, why is it not done
today? Controversy and speculation surround
this question. Tesla had been in the process of
building what was known as the Wardenclyffe
Tower, which was intended to commercially
transmit power without the use of wires. As
the story goes, the main investor for the project—J.P. Morgan—began to balk at the concept
of un-metered and therefore “free” energy,
causing him to withdraw funding and bring a
halt to Tesla’s work.
Eventually, the tower was shut down and
sold in order to pay Tesla’s outstanding debts.
Whether or not this controversy has any
truth to it has not been verified. However,
over again? Stop it! Put your focus and full
attention on your own creative ideas and
the willingness to do whatever is before you
to do without second-guessing yourself.
Stop listening to other people's complaints
and opinions. Join or organize a Mastermind
group to help support you.
2. Accept the fact that, in the human
world, there may be steps to take before
you reach your destination. Don’t expect to
wake up one morning standing in the middle of success paradise. For instance, if you
are job hunting, you may have to accept a
lesser position in order to meet your agreements (better known as “the bills”), while at
the same time planning and moving toward
your higher, grander intentions for greater
generating and transmitting cheap or even
free energy is possible—even if it may, at this
point, remain on a small-scale production
level.
So why do we not follow in the footsteps
of Tesla and attempt to harness energy and
perhaps, to some degree, lower the extent
to which we rely on others for our energy?
Maybe we are uninformed. But you can’t say
that, because now you know, and the research is being done and devices have been
made. Tesla’s prototypes and patents, as with
all patents, are available for research and review to anyone. You can search for U.S.
patent No. 685,957 online, acquire a minimal
basic electrical knowledge, buy the materials
and make such a device. Videos on
YouTube.com show people who have successfully made them.
But that might sound like a lot of work.
It might be that we are content with how
things are and don’t want to bother ourselves
with stepping outside of our comfort zone.
If you are content, by all means, continue as
you have. But if you have a hunger for exploration, for trying to expand your knowledge and perhaps shave some cash off your
electric bill, it may be worth the effort.
“My project was retarded by laws of nature. The world was not prepared for it. It
was too far ahead of time. But the same laws
will prevail in the end and make it a triumphal
success.” –Nikola Tesla ♥
and greater success.
3. Rather than focusing on problems,
focus on solutions. There is a solution to
every problem. It may not turn out like you
thought it would or should—it may be even
better. Stop accepting limitation and open
yourself to expansion, adventure, possibility
and believing that you deserve the best.
I hope these three ideas are helpful
tools to put in your toolbox for successful
living.
If you missed any of the Success Tips in
the last several issues of Java Journal, get online and look them up at www.JavaJournalSTL.com. And while you’re at it, enjoy the
other terrific articles and content of this
publication. ♥
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Spinach Strawberry Salad
Café Olé!
Sugar Heart Sandwich Cookies
Cut tiny hearts out of the
center of sugar cookie rounds,
then fill them with cherry-flavored cream cheese frosting.
Decorate with a cinnamon redhot candy. Leftover filling can be
used to sandwich the small
hearts together.
Salad Ingredients
1 cup spinach leaves
1
⁄4 cup strawberries, sliced
1
⁄4 cup red or green grapes, halved
1
⁄4 cup toasted pecans
Dressing
1 cup vegetable oil
1
⁄3 cup white vinegar
1
⁄2 cup sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. dry mustard
Mix all dressing ingredients together. It tastes better on day two,
so if you have time, it is best to
make this dressing ahead. Store it
covered in the refrigerator.
To toast the pecans, place
them in a skillet on medium to
medium-high heat and toss with an
eighth-cup sugar until sugar browns
and coats pecans. Cool on wax
paper.
Place spinach in bowl, add
strawberries and grapes. Top with
toasted pecans and drizzle with
dressing.
Heart’s Delight!
Eat Hearty!
Red Wine-Braised Short Ribs
These short ribs are obscenely good and they require little hands-on time.
Ingredients
5 lbs. bone-in beef short ribs, cut crosswise into 2" pieces
Kosher salt and freshly ground black
pepper
3 Tbsp. vegetable oil
3 medium onions, chopped
3 medium carrots, peeled and chopped
2 celery stalks, chopped
3 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
1 Tbsp. tomato paste
1 750-ml bottle dry red wine (preferably Cabernet Sauvignon)
10 sprigs flat-leaf parsley
8 sprigs thyme
4 sprigs oregano
2 sprigs rosemary
2 fresh or dried bay leaves
1 head of garlic, halved crosswise
4 cups low-salt beef stock
Preheat oven to 350°. Season
short ribs with salt and pepper. Heat
oil in a large Dutch oven over
medium-high heat. Working in two
batches, brown short ribs on all
sides, about eight minutes per batch.
Transfer short ribs to a plate. Pour
off all but three Tbsp. drippings from
pot.
Add onions, carrots and celery
to pot and cook over medium-high
heat, stirring often, until onions are
browned, about five minutes. Add
flour and tomato paste; cook, stirring constantly, until well combined
and deep red, two to three minutes.
Stir in wine, then add short ribs with
any juices from platter. Bring to a
boil; lower heat to medium and simmer until wine is reduced by half,
about 25 minutes. Add all herbs to
pot along with garlic. Stir in stock.
Bring to a boil, cover and place in
oven.
Cook until short ribs are tender,
two to two and a half hours. Transfer
short ribs to a platter. Strain sauce
from pot into a measuring cup.
Spoon fat from surface of sauce and
discard. Season sauce to taste with
salt and pepper. Serve in shallow
bowls over mashed potatoes with
sauce spooned over. 6 Servings.
Short ribs. Long on flavor!
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63- Hwy.
64- Sound again, again
65- E-mail command
66- Belief system
67- Child who has lost both parents
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Dr. Tim Jordan
“If You Want To Be Happy…
Teaching Children and Ourselves
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012, 7:00 p.m.
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The da Vinci
Machines Exhibit
The da Vinci Machines Exhibition, on loan from the Museum of Leonardo da Vinci in Florence, Italy, contains more
than 60 hand-crafted inventions built from Leonardo’s 500year-old designs and is the life work of three generations of
Florentine artisans, who have painstakingly brought to life the
creations and concepts devised by the brilliant scientist, inventor and artist Leonardo Da Vinci.
With more than 60 machines on display, many of which
are interactive, the collection features replicas of the major
and most striking inventions of the original Renaissance Man.
The main features on display include the “bicycle,” “spring
powered car,” “hang glider” and the “air screw,” a precursor to
the helicopter, and for the first time ever, the secrets behind
Leonardo’s legendary robotic lion.
This exhibition presents models grouped in themes: war
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can touch and handle these models to gain a first-hand appreciation of how they work. Explanatory notes and illustrative panels with Leonardo’s drawings accompany each model.
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800 Market Street
314-241-1241
$14 general admission, $11 students and seniors
$9 children 5–10, $40 family pack (2 adults, 3 children)
Under 5–no charge
School and group pricing avaliable. Discount parking at
Stadium West Garage.
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“SUNRISE–SUNSET” AT
GATEWAY GALLERY
Thru Feb. 17
Gateway Gallery
21 N. Bemiston, Clayton
Featuring the work of Meg Matson. 314-4021959. Gatewaygalleryonline.com.
THE INTERNAL LIFE OF A
MUSICIAN—ART & ANALYSIS
Friday, Feb. 17, 7:30pm
St. Louis Psychoanalytic Institute
8820 Ladue Road, 3rd Floor, Ladue
Presenters: Karen Miller, PhD, LPC, Linita
Newberg, MSW, LCSW, and Ed Sprunger,
MSW. Moderated by Britt-Marie Schiller,
Ph.D. $25 per person. Purchase tickets at
stlpi.org/training/registration. 314-361-7075,
ext. 351.
“FANFARE OF QUILTS 2012”
QUILT SHOW
Saturday, March 17, 10am-5pm
Sunday, March 18, 11am-4pm
Queeny Park
550 Weidman Road, Ballwin
Email: [email protected].
bitsnpiecesguild.com.
MUSIC
LEARN THE ART OF CAJUN DANCE
WITH THE CAJUN GATOR BAITORS
Wednesday, Feb. 8, 7:30pm
Focal Point
2720 Sutton Blvd., Maplewood
Cajun 2-step and waltz lesson at 7:30pm, followed by dancing to live music 8:15-10pm. $8.
No experience or partner necessary. 314822-0310. Dancindonna.com/Cajun.
BARRY MANILOW
March 1–2
Fox Theatre
527 N. Grand Blvd.
For tickets, call Metrotix, 314-534-1111 or online at metrix.com.
THEATER
A STEADY RAIN
Thru Feb. 5
Studio Theatre
Repertory Theatre of St. Louis
130 Edger Road, Webster Groves
When they responded to a routine call, two
Chicago cops never imagined their lives would
soon be changed forever. Longtime partners
and best friends, Joey and Denny always have
each other’s backs—until an unfortunate decision tests their loyalty and pits one against the
other. Purchase tickets online at Repstl.org/season/show or call 314-968-4925.
ROCK OF AGES
Feb. 3-5
Fox Theatre
527 N. Grand Blvd.
In 1987 on the Sunset Strip, a small-town girl
met a big city rocker and in LA’s most famous
rock club, they fell in love to the greatest
songs of the ’80s. It’s an arena-rock love story
told through the mind-blowing, face-melting
hits of Journey, Night Ranger, Styx, REO, Pat
Benatar, Twisted Sister and many more.
Metrotix, 314-534-1111 or metrix.com.
WAY TO HEAVEN:
DECEIVING IS BELIEVING
Thru Feb. 12
New Jewish Theatre
Staenoerg Family Complex
Jewish Community Center
2 Millstone Campus Drive
This stunning new play by Spanish playwrite
Juan Mayorga is inspired by the true story of
the elaborate deception that took place at
the Theresienstadt concentration camp,
where the Nazis constructed a fake village to
fool international inspectors and quell extermination rumors. Purchase tickets online at
Newjewishtheatre.org. 314-442-3283.
WEST SIDE STORY
Feb. 14–26
Fox Theatre
527 N. Grand Blvd.
EVENTS
THE FRESH BEAT BAND
March 3, 3pm
Fox Theatre
527 N. Grand Blvd.
The Fresh Beat Band, Nickelodeon’s preschool music group and stars of the hit TV series of the same name, will hit the road in
February for the first time ever on a 15-week
nationwide concert tour. For tickets, call
GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE
DESTROYERS
Wednesday, March 21, 8pm
The Pageant
6161 Delmar Blvd.
Tickets can be purchased online at Ticketmaster.com.
ZOOLOGIST AVINOAM LOURIE
COMES TO ST. LOUIS
Sunday, Feb. 5, 12:30pm
Saint Louis Zoo
Living World Theater
Hear thrilling, first-hand stories about what
it’s like to work with animals from Israeli zoologist Avinoam Lourie, former head of the
Haifa Zoo and director of Israel’s Wildlife
Conservation Department. $20 for a family
of four, individual tickets $8 for adults and $5
for children (free for children six years and
under). 314-442-3299.
GRIEFSHARE CLASS
Monday, Feb. 6–May 7, 7-9pm
St. John Church
15800 Manchester Rd., Ellisville
$20. 13-week video-educational program. Facilitator: Annmarie Utech. 636-779-2331.
Email [email protected].
GOOD GRIEF FOR KIDS WITH
SHAWN CRECILIUS
Monday, Feb. 6–April 2, 7-8:15pm
St. John Church
15800 Manchester Rd., Ellisville
Facilitator: Annmarie Utech. 636-779-2331.
Email [email protected].
ART OF MARRIAGE, A VALENTINE’S
DAY GETAWAY WEEKEND
Friday, Feb. 10, 5-8:30pm
Saturday, Feb. 11, 9am-4pm
Wildwood Hotel
2801 Fountain Place, Wildwood
$79 per couple. Overnight accommodations
not included. Facilitator: Annmarie Utech.
636-779-2331. Email [email protected].
UNTAMED HEARTS VALENTINE’S
DAY DINNER
Saturday, Feb. 11
Tuesday, Feb. 14
Saint Louis Zoo
McDonnell Center at River Camp
Two seatings per evening at 6pm and
8:30pm. $125 per couple. Add champagne
for $15. For reservations, call 314-646-4857
by Friday, February 10. stlzoo.org.
FINDING YOUR TRUE PLACE
SUCCESS
4 Thursdays, starting Feb. 16, 7-9:30pm
Soul Esteem Center
105A Progress Parkway
Maryland Heights
Presented by Rev. Phylis Clay Sparks and
Roger Weinerth, this class will include an
array of tools to help you find your next career or job, or expand your success at the
work you presently do. $120 at registration
or $35 per class if paid weekly. 314-576-5508.
Soul-esteem.com.
THE LIFECYCLE OF ADOPTION
Friday, March 9, 7pm
AT&T Auditorium
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
975 N. Warson Road
$15. Purchase tickets online at stlpi.org/training/registration. 314-361-7075, ext. 351.
CENTER FOR SURVIVORS 10TH
ANNIVERSARY GALA
March 24
Saint Frances Xavier Grand Ballroom
St. Louis University
3628 Lindell Blvd.
Individual tickets $100, Patrol Level $200,
corporate sponsorships at varying levels. 314541-4610. Stlcenterforsurvivors.org. Page 22 | February 2012
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Random Acts of Kindness
Fran’s List
Position Yourself for Change
Many thanks to our readers
for sharing their stories with us.
by Fran Taylor
If you wish to share your story about an act of kindness,
email it to [email protected].
Please limit your stories to 300 words.
At the beginning of a year, so
many of us have high hopes for change.
Some people want thinner bodies or
healthier bodies or more money or better relationships. Somewhere along the
path, their enthusiasm begins to waver
and their hope fades.
Keeping on track to lose weight,
increase our cash flow or improve our
relationships has more to do with how
we feel than what actions we take. Taking action when we feel rotten will yield
far less that if we take action from a
place of feeling good. Losing weight will
naturally occur when we feel good
about ourselves. Creating a healthier
body will come about more easily when
we appreciate ourselves, because when
we appreciate ourselves, we will more
easily take the actions that will lead us
to where we want to be.
Here's a list of things we can do
every day that will help us feel good,
thus positioning ourselves to feel inspired to take actions that will yield the
results we want.
Words of Wisdom
Solomon, A Wise Old Owl
Excerpt from Sara, Book 2, page 227,
by Esther and Jerry Hicks
Solomon: “You see, Seth, that’s what faith
is: holding a vision of what is really wanted, even
when the evidence points otherwise. Faith is
about trusting in the Law of Attraction and
being willing to be patient while it does its work.”
[Note: Jerry Hicks died November 18,
2011. All of us at Java Journal are grateful for the
wisdom and clarity Jerry so lovingly expressed.]
Fran’s List
• Fuel your body in the morning
with natural foods.
• Drink more than 8 glasses of
water a day.
• Meditate for 15 minutes after
breakfast and before you leave
your house.
• Keep a journal of things you
appreciate. The more you find to
appreciate every day, the better
you will feel.
• Do something creative every
day—write a song or poem, paint
a picture, create an ornament,
write an essay, cook something
new.
• Visualize where you want to
be. Create a picture in your mind
of what you want, then put yourself in the picture. Feel wonderful as you gaze upon yourself in
your mind.
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1. You are an uplifter. Practice it
with everyone you meet.
green pastures. Don’t get
discouraged. Your desires are
just around the bend.
2. Dreams do come true. Keep
the faith, knowing that you
are on the brink of something
great.
7. Your positive attitude will pay
off with an abundance of new
opportunities.
3. There is never a time at which
you cannot change your mind.
Be open to the possibilities.
8. Be good to youself—plan the
trip you’ve been thinking
about.
4. Something you’ve been wanting for a very long time is
about to come to you. Watch
for it.
9. If your spirits have been low,
try to think better-feeling
thoughts.
5. Your appreciation for all that
you have will serve you well.
6. Bumpy roads will bring you to
10. The notion that you are not
worthy is unworthy of your
consideration. Of course
you’re WORTHY.
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Created by Kathy Hodgson, R.N., MSN.
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To order a coloring book, call
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River Ridge Stables
Union, Missouri
(636) 584.0121
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(314) 599-8546
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(up to $16 value) on Tuesdays.
Stylist choice with hair service.
Indulge Salon
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14849 Clayton Rd.
Chesterfield MO 63368
(636) 227-8005
Come and experience the joy of riding and caring for
horses! We provide a supportive environment that
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have never touched a horse or are getting ready for
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636-230-5454-Ext.1
2208 Mason Lane, Manchester MO 63021
www.ipcstl.com
Guitar Lessons
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• Qualified Instruction
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25 Years
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(314) 991-3326
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Russian and
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Supplements for LIFE!
8143 Big Bend Boulevard
Webster Groves, MO 63119
(314) 968-4000
Call (314) 369-8757 for a FREE catalog.
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Open Monday thru Saturday, 5:30pm to 9:30pm
Call ahead.
Custom Garden Stepping Stones
Professional Services Guide
Call (314) 894-3655
Add whimsy to your walk or
garden with DeWolf Studio’s
variety of designs.
Whimsical stones, as well as
Pet Memory stones to
remember your special friend.
C.H.A.M.P. helps children and adults
with disabilities through the
placement of highly skilled service
dogs. These placements are made
free of charge. Please help us by
donating to C.H.A.M.P.!
DeWolf Studio
(314) 965-6393
[email protected]
www.dewolfstudio.com/pets.
(314) 653-9466
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The Parent Network Of Catholic High Schools
is pleased to invite all parents
to attend the following free presentations.
Dr. Tim Jordan
“If You Want To Be Happy…
Teaching Children and Ourselves
the Keys to Happiness and Success”
Speaker: Dr. Tim Jordan
Wednesday, February 8, 2012, 7:00 p.m.
John F. Kennedy Catholic High School
500 Woods Mill Road, Ballwin, MO 63011
For more information,
contact Barbara Kruse,
[email protected]
(314) 984-8967
Visit our website for further details
about the Parent Network and the
Speaker Series.
www.parentnetworkstl.org
Gretchen Pacheco
“Beyond the Birds and Bees:
Talking to Your Kids About Chastity
in an Oversexed World”
Thursday, March 8, 2012, 7:00 p.m.
Christian Brothers College High School
1850 De La Salle Dr., Creve Coeur, MO 63141
Speaker: Paul Masek and Gretchen Pacheco
Paul Masek
Parent Network offers programs to
inform and educate parents about
the current social issues and
pressures children face during their
adolescent years. Each year, we
host a speaker series that is open to
the public at no cost.