tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post6641766506371897039..comments2023-12-27T22:26:20.552-05:00Comments on synch-ro-ni-zing: Polka DotsRuthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-50456668024280257162011-09-11T07:00:23.582-04:002011-09-11T07:00:23.582-04:00while the first comment (by Ellen) showed that unc...while the first comment (by Ellen) showed that uncontrolled studies could lead to positive results, it is troubling that so much drug use is done by youth who are not mature in any which way let alone spirituallyStratozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10148600260976577216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-85051647310210868462011-09-10T01:35:41.243-04:002011-09-10T01:35:41.243-04:00Other than alcohol, I only tried the sissy drugs. ...Other than alcohol, I only tried the sissy drugs. I didn't like the effect of the drugs at all so never tried anything more "exotic". In her 60s, my mom agreed to be part of a test group for L*D. A psychiatrist had advertised and was managing the study so she felt quite safe about participating. She told the family after the experiment was all done, the stinker! She told us the best part was having her father appear as Methuselah. She felt a breakthrough with that visual as she was able to forgive him at long last. If she experienced anything more spiritual than that, she didn't mention it.amy@ Souldipperhttp://souldipper.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-86175997975068025442011-09-09T13:00:19.784-04:002011-09-09T13:00:19.784-04:00Amanita muscara and its many cow-flop variants! S...Amanita muscara and its many cow-flop variants! See, there is a community consciousness about such things, which is why you were drawing polka-dots on mushrooms at a young age.Loring Wirbelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11764834150305763077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-85766535953443217812011-09-09T08:24:10.508-04:002011-09-09T08:24:10.508-04:00This is so interesting about the effects of these ...This is so interesting about the effects of these magical mushrooms. Here - too - they are everywhere..and - no - I wouldn't dare eat one!!!Marciehttp://www.marciescudderphotography.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-43039308696033071412011-09-08T21:24:32.142-04:002011-09-08T21:24:32.142-04:00hey ellen! whaddya doin this weekend?
oops! sorry
...hey ellen! whaddya doin this weekend?<br />oops! sorry<br />i've always had a fascination with shrooms and really can't imagine why-maybe it's the danger they sometimes present.<br />and i had a HUGE crush on twiggy when i was twelve, still kinda do.<br />Thank you, Ruth, it's always nice to be invited on a visit to another's memory.<br />RickLil Coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09755670623078287380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-21046662884857956452011-09-08T12:06:09.232-04:002011-09-08T12:06:09.232-04:00Thanks for reading and for your great comment, Bre...Thanks for reading and for your great comment, <b>Brendan</b> . . . which itself is laced with some mighty interesting americana. I swear you've lived more lives than a cat! (But now you're breathing underwater, so ... maybe you are indeed in some sort of life after life.)Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-82853875933367431422011-09-08T12:03:11.191-04:002011-09-08T12:03:11.191-04:00Thanks, Mama Zen. Yeah, it seems a bit iffy, doesn...Thanks, <b>Mama Zen</b>. Yeah, it seems a bit iffy, doesn't it?Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-21601865369339649782011-09-08T12:02:44.397-04:002011-09-08T12:02:44.397-04:00Oh, Shari ... no, I didn't draw or paint the o...Oh, <b>Shari</b> ... no, I didn't draw or paint the ones here. I found that online (and didn't even give credit). Mine didn't look this good.<br /><br />I think there might be a couple of old Polaroids of the kitchen, and a school pic of me in the Twiggy cut, looking rather uncute, if I recall. ;)Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-42901339685309932902011-09-08T11:33:10.925-04:002011-09-08T11:33:10.925-04:00Great lace of memoir, with that mushroom figuring ...Great lace of memoir, with that mushroom figuring repeatedly in the gravy, the drawings and the sprinkling of wowza mushrooms on the land. I haven't had pork steak in mushroom soup since that afternoon in Chicago in 1973 after seeing, on the sly, my first x-rated movie - "The Green Room" at a greasy downtown theater with a buddy. That mushroom sauce almost made me ill, remembering the goop I'd seen onscreen in such naked detail. I've only eaten whoopie mushrooms a couple of times, way way way back when, but all occasions were singularly happy -- like going to an underwater circus. My memories of those events have an indelible aesthetic glow to them. On the other hand, I read yesterday that frequent marijuana users have a high chance of developing schizophrenia. Happened to my cousin ... great write .. BrendanBrendanhttp://blueoran.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-8963962427458491142011-09-08T09:24:25.994-04:002011-09-08T09:24:25.994-04:00That's a fascinating study. I wouldn't be...That's a fascinating study. I wouldn't be willing to try it, though. I lean a bit too much toward paranoia as it is.Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-84893023059133919982011-09-08T06:46:35.420-04:002011-09-08T06:46:35.420-04:00I forgot to say that I thought your drawings were ...I forgot to say that I thought your drawings were beautiful and you were just a kid. I remember when mushrooms were "in" as a decorating item. I would love to see a picure of the remodeled kitchen you described and, for that matter, a picure of you with that Twiggy haircut.Sharihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13842711799199331211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-27957082472402764402011-09-08T04:57:50.875-04:002011-09-08T04:57:50.875-04:00Dusti, I'd be afraid of getting it right, and ...<b>Dusti</b>, I'd be afraid of getting it right, and that once experiencing it, would I want it all the time? When I sit and work it out in my head, I know it will remain a curiosity.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-43321414145858396982011-09-08T04:55:54.908-04:002011-09-08T04:55:54.908-04:00Jeanie, we've had those red ones too. I was ju...<b>Jeanie</b>, we've had those red ones too. I was just blown over when I saw them the first time, couldn't believe they really existed! I'd read Alice in Wonderland, .... naively ...Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-5017765921739337982011-09-08T04:53:57.239-04:002011-09-08T04:53:57.239-04:00erin, yep, I know. Me too.
And I know these curio...<b>erin</b>, yep, I know. Me too.<br /><br />And I know these curious rumi-nations about what lies beyond certain doors will probably keep popping up, and I'll keep leaving them on the other side of the door.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-33375613947751192152011-09-08T04:51:08.051-04:002011-09-08T04:51:08.051-04:00Hi, Reena!
Oh, not sadly at all. For me, eating ...Hi, <b>Reena</b>! <br /><br />Oh, not sadly at all. For me, eating morels sauteed in butter with salt and pepper is one of the "ecstasies" of life.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-51698144674385580372011-09-08T04:49:50.361-04:002011-09-08T04:49:50.361-04:00Babs, that is one legendary haircut. Wow. I bet th...<b>Babs</b>, that is one legendary haircut. Wow. I bet there was proportionate currency laid out a couple decades later after Princess Di got her do.<br /><br />Your statement about being too good for your own enjoyment is something I can relate to. I guess I don't really have any regrets about it, but sometimes my curiosity lifts her little head.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-84661743682577441082011-09-08T04:47:12.536-04:002011-09-08T04:47:12.536-04:00Oh Barb, I will come check out your Amanita Muscar...Oh <b>Barb</b>, I will come check out your Amanita Muscaria. We've had a few of those before, though not this year.<br /><br />Oh yes, there is always the grandmotherly responsibility to consider ...Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-72323661559588189052011-09-08T04:45:35.916-04:002011-09-08T04:45:35.916-04:00Oliag, thanks for reading and catching up with my ...<b>Oliag</b>, thanks for reading and catching up with my frenetic posts that popped out of this laptop like popcorn in the last week!Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-36248200133082056522011-09-08T04:43:56.802-04:002011-09-08T04:43:56.802-04:00Hello, Jennifer! It's been ages. I hope you ar...Hello, <b>Jennifer</b>! It's been ages. I hope you are well. Thanks for reading. <br /><br />I just think it's humorous when people like me claim cultural icons for whatever purpose and know nothing of their meaning and "purpose".Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-54964262850135092912011-09-08T04:42:23.723-04:002011-09-08T04:42:23.723-04:00Friko, "oh dear me" is right. I was post...<b>Friko</b>, "oh dear me" is right. I was posting every day like a madwoman.<br /><br />It's true, a walk in the woods, first through the meadow, is a grounding and centering practice. Why'd the path have to go by those damn mushrooms?<br /><br />Mushrooms with butter, garlic and herbs are pretty bliss-inducing, I agree.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-32636895232060831352011-09-08T04:39:19.042-04:002011-09-08T04:39:19.042-04:00Thanks, Mary. I'm feeling a bit weird about al...Thanks, <b>Mary</b>. I'm feeling a bit weird about all this, 'cause I'm not promoting it. But I am trying to be more open, to understand the worlds of experience I know nothing of.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-86626475596558352692011-09-08T04:35:51.796-04:002011-09-08T04:35:51.796-04:00Hi, C.M., yeah, trippy. :-)Hi, <b>C.M.</b>, yeah, trippy. :-)Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-86727189700276825732011-09-08T04:35:23.856-04:002011-09-08T04:35:23.856-04:00Hedge, the study cited, and other things I've ...<b>Hedge</b>, the study cited, and other things I've read in various spiritual books, talked about shamans and other spiritual seekers who use these regularly. Your opinion makes sense to me.<br /><br />There's always the question, What are the "doors of perception" opening into? My friend would say it's all in the mind, which, granted, is a pretty extraordinary and magical place.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-68832393229962427712011-09-08T04:27:38.636-04:002011-09-08T04:27:38.636-04:00annell, me too.<b>annell</b>, me too.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-81647323276290266092011-09-08T04:27:22.450-04:002011-09-08T04:27:22.450-04:00Shari, part of me can see the appeal, and another ...<b>Shari</b>, part of me can see the appeal, and another part of me would wonder how to do it safely.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.com