<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249027446896111521</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 01:27:36 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>recipies</category><category>Soul Reader</category><category>Energy</category><category>unique</category><category>all about the energy</category><category>spiritual</category><category>food network</category><category>Jealousy ruthann dickinson</category><category>death</category><category>light</category><category>innerworld</category><category>self</category><category>blog</category><category>heart</category><category>Pondering</category><category>learn</category><category>life</category><category>Reiki</category><category>giving back</category><category>green</category><category>dreams</category><category>feng shui</category><category>vagabond</category><category>Jealousy</category><category>charity</category><category>food</category><category>kermit the frog video</category><category>Kathy Crabbe</category><category>Question</category><category>Kundalini</category><category>reiki healings</category><category>all about the reiki</category><category>love</category><category>RuthAnn Dickinson</category><category>health</category><category>healthy living</category><category>Smokey Mountains</category><category>United Way</category><category>Frank Dickinson</category><title>RuthAnn's Journey</title><description>RuthAnn Dickinson writes RuthAnn&amp;#39;s Journey
to document her thoughts, feelings, insights and musing along the journey of life. She writes with humor, wit and from a place of spirit. Some of my favorite subjects to learn and talk about are; Self healing, vagabond, diabetes, Smokey Mountains, foodie, simplicity, organic, green, tea, Long Beach Island, good beer, wine, &amp;amp; being&lt;p&gt; socially conscious. Share in my laughter, tears, joy, triumph and my heart. 
Enjoy the Journey!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ruthannsjourney.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (RuthAnn)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>28</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/lwAd" /><feedburner:info uri="blogspot/lwad" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249027446896111521.post-2846999866501627167</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-08-29T12:30:36.639-05:00</atom:updated><title>Are you a Do Bee or a Don't Bee</title><atom:summary>5 simple words to live by...
You Get What You Give

So simple yet so sparsely followed. Usually, it is practiced in reverse... we give what we get. We seem to be a reactive society rather than a proactive one. I see too many examples of this every year around late August at my workplace. The company I work for is the Kickoff company for the United Way Campaign.  What I sadly hear is, "why should</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~3/riLn7MyKXvo/are-you-do-bee-or-dont-bee.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RuthAnn)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2svShqxMXbs/THqTDOBwDnI/AAAAAAAAAX8/zlzEaDkWe8o/s72-c/Do_Bee.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=riLn7MyKXvo:rqHcgBdjwf0:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=riLn7MyKXvo:rqHcgBdjwf0:63t7Ie-LG7Y"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=riLn7MyKXvo:rqHcgBdjwf0:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=riLn7MyKXvo:rqHcgBdjwf0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=riLn7MyKXvo:rqHcgBdjwf0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=riLn7MyKXvo:rqHcgBdjwf0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~4/riLn7MyKXvo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ruthannsjourney.blogspot.com/2010/08/are-you-do-bee-or-dont-bee.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249027446896111521.post-1148898411667138147</guid><pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-03-13T11:12:59.256-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Pondering</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Jealousy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">life</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">innerworld</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">light</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">dreams</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">giving back</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">heart</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">unique</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">RuthAnn Dickinson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">self</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">learn</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Frank Dickinson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">spiritual</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">love</category><title>LIVING YOUR DREAM</title><atom:summary>
&lt;!--
 /* Font Definitions */
 @font-face
 {font-family:"Cambria Math";
 panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;
 mso-font-charset:1;
 mso-generic-font-family:roman;
 mso-font-format:other;
 mso-font-pitch:variable;
 mso-font-signature:0 0 0 0 0 0;}
@font-face
 {font-family:Calibri;
 panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;
 mso-font-charset:0;
 mso-generic-font-family:swiss;
 mso-font-pitch:variable;
 </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~3/-uarXq9fmrc/living-your-dream.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RuthAnn)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2svShqxMXbs/S5vF6DpFP_I/AAAAAAAAAV4/ISnk3sbwhj4/s72-c/Tinkerbell+animated.gif" height="72" width="72" /><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=-uarXq9fmrc:09m_F_Wn7pE:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=-uarXq9fmrc:09m_F_Wn7pE:63t7Ie-LG7Y"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=-uarXq9fmrc:09m_F_Wn7pE:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=-uarXq9fmrc:09m_F_Wn7pE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=-uarXq9fmrc:09m_F_Wn7pE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=-uarXq9fmrc:09m_F_Wn7pE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~4/-uarXq9fmrc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ruthannsjourney.blogspot.com/2010/03/living-your-dream.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249027446896111521.post-1737589935866878857</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:42:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-29T11:06:26.695-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Pondering</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">RuthAnn Dickinson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Question</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Frank Dickinson</category><title>10 Questions I Ponder</title><atom:summary>
Why do people ask questions when they really do not want the truth?Why in body piercing jewelry does the gauge# get larger as the actual size gets smaller? Why can't I have my cake and eat it too?What is it about toasted Ravioli and Green Bean Casserole that gets Mid Westerners all excited?What is the purpose of fingernails and toenails?Why must it be so smelly to grow mushrooms?Why is Velveeta </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~3/t6fEVhD0jKU/why-do-people-ask-questions-when-they.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RuthAnn)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2svShqxMXbs/SplQv3iX0-I/AAAAAAAAAUY/CIQceXdB_5c/s72-c/pondering.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~4/t6fEVhD0jKU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ruthannsjourney.blogspot.com/2009/08/why-do-people-ask-questions-when-they.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249027446896111521.post-8503579894875997357</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-25T20:07:04.256-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">heart</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">RuthAnn Dickinson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">death</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Soul Reader</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Frank Dickinson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">love</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Kathy Crabbe</category><title>An Ancestor Reading</title><atom:summary>I would like to share with you a reading I had by Kathy Crabbe, aka SoulReader. This was an extremely emotional reading that I want to share.. no, I have to Share.

( the artwork displayed is also by Kathy Crabbe. Please visit her website @ www.soulreaderblog.blogspot.com  to see some more amazing and beautiful artwork, please meet this lovely soul.)



An Ancestor Reading for RuthAnn Dickinson

</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~3/TB-3E8gGcl4/ancestor-reading.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RuthAnn)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2svShqxMXbs/SpRx9q6NRaI/AAAAAAAAAUI/GdQ0ka-Axvw/s72-c/RA+Reading.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=TB-3E8gGcl4:16nRoX3jDag:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=TB-3E8gGcl4:16nRoX3jDag:63t7Ie-LG7Y"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=TB-3E8gGcl4:16nRoX3jDag:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=TB-3E8gGcl4:16nRoX3jDag:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=TB-3E8gGcl4:16nRoX3jDag:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=TB-3E8gGcl4:16nRoX3jDag:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~4/TB-3E8gGcl4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ruthannsjourney.blogspot.com/2009/08/ancestor-reading.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249027446896111521.post-3134845274889800112</guid><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 04:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-23T09:40:35.707-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">RuthAnn Dickinson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Frank Dickinson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">feng shui</category><title>It's Saturday Night and The Dickinsons Are Getting Cleaned Up</title><atom:summary>The other day my husband Frank wrote a blog entitled “Cleaning House – Sacred Sage Smudging Ceremony”. He wrote that blog after I returned home from our Herbalists shop with a couple ounces of sage sprigs to cleanse our home from the bad juju that has accumulated in the past 5 years we have been living in it. It was and is time to have a ceremonial sage cleansing.





For the past few years, </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~3/fUyH2cvrVM0/its-saturday-night-and-he-dickinsons.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RuthAnn)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2svShqxMXbs/SpDJnEiuYpI/AAAAAAAAATo/dqNWQfK0l_k/s72-c/sage+ceremony+tools.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=fUyH2cvrVM0:BFtvSA4Cixo:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=fUyH2cvrVM0:BFtvSA4Cixo:63t7Ie-LG7Y"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=fUyH2cvrVM0:BFtvSA4Cixo:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=fUyH2cvrVM0:BFtvSA4Cixo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=fUyH2cvrVM0:BFtvSA4Cixo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=fUyH2cvrVM0:BFtvSA4Cixo:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~4/fUyH2cvrVM0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ruthannsjourney.blogspot.com/2009/08/its-saturday-night-and-he-dickinsons.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249027446896111521.post-4402029809325999322</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-20T13:08:57.522-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">giving back</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">RuthAnn Dickinson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">charity</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Frank Dickinson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">United Way</category><title>Project Heart</title><atom:summary>Today I, along with my daughter Heather, had the pleasure of giving of our time and ourselves to give back to a small community through a wonderful organization, the United Way.I know some of you are rolling your eyes at the mere mention of the United Way. Yes, this is the organization that comes to our places of employment,tugs at our heart strings for a money commitment from employees then in </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~3/_hknGSvGkG0/project-heart.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RuthAnn)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2svShqxMXbs/Sodjp35JCpI/AAAAAAAAATQ/E-QkCzA3k9Y/s72-c/heart+hands+ppl.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=_hknGSvGkG0:JXygj5_Gh0o:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=_hknGSvGkG0:JXygj5_Gh0o:63t7Ie-LG7Y"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=_hknGSvGkG0:JXygj5_Gh0o:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=_hknGSvGkG0:JXygj5_Gh0o:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=_hknGSvGkG0:JXygj5_Gh0o:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=_hknGSvGkG0:JXygj5_Gh0o:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~4/_hknGSvGkG0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ruthannsjourney.blogspot.com/2009/08/project-heart.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249027446896111521.post-7035041747812062893</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:05:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-12T06:18:57.222-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">RuthAnn Dickinson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Frank Dickinson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">love</category><title>To Spank or Not to Spank, That is the question</title><atom:summary>“Spare the rod and spoil the child” “Beat until submission” What is the difference between these two phrases? Age. It all comes down to age. Why do we think that children do not understand what we are saying and therefore deserve a spanking? By spanking we are communicating that we, the adult, have lost control and have now resorted to brute strength to obtain our desired result from the child. </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~3/JAX-kMkdqOk/to-spank-or-not-to-spank-that-is.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RuthAnn)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2svShqxMXbs/SoKjKvpPKpI/AAAAAAAAASg/b6m03WFXs5o/s72-c/spanking.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=JAX-kMkdqOk:ZjuQhp9iC1U:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=JAX-kMkdqOk:ZjuQhp9iC1U:63t7Ie-LG7Y"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=JAX-kMkdqOk:ZjuQhp9iC1U:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=JAX-kMkdqOk:ZjuQhp9iC1U:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=JAX-kMkdqOk:ZjuQhp9iC1U:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=JAX-kMkdqOk:ZjuQhp9iC1U:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~4/JAX-kMkdqOk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ruthannsjourney.blogspot.com/2009/08/to-spank-or-not-to-spank-that-is.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249027446896111521.post-3122671423730298328</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-06T21:04:10.487-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">RuthAnn Dickinson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Frank Dickinson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">love</category><title>Dedicated to My Love Muffin, Frankie D O double G</title><atom:summary /><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~3/F26bFUDc3Ko/dedicated-to-my-love-muffin-frankie-d-o.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RuthAnn)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=F26bFUDc3Ko:G3Gh7fSdfGw:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=F26bFUDc3Ko:G3Gh7fSdfGw:63t7Ie-LG7Y"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=F26bFUDc3Ko:G3Gh7fSdfGw:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=F26bFUDc3Ko:G3Gh7fSdfGw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=F26bFUDc3Ko:G3Gh7fSdfGw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=F26bFUDc3Ko:G3Gh7fSdfGw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~4/F26bFUDc3Ko" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ruthannsjourney.blogspot.com/2009/08/dedicated-to-my-love-muffin-frankie-d-o.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249027446896111521.post-7528841760236881964</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-20T10:57:54.535-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">kermit the frog video</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Jealousy ruthann dickinson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">green</category><title>It's Not Easy Being Green</title><atom:summary>Green. The grass always looks greener on the other side of the fence. Green with envy. Green eyed monster. Green is a color associated with sickness, possibly because people's skin takes on a slightly yellow/green tinge when they are seriously ill. Green is also the color of many unripe foods that cause stomach pains. Why does the word green have so many negative connotations? Even though Shriek </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~3/EMuRITofI2Q/its-not-easy-being-green.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RuthAnn)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2svShqxMXbs/SnuCfgF-7iI/AAAAAAAAASI/7wsLJhhkZvo/s72-c/green_nature_bg_transp.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=EMuRITofI2Q:_ALpewLRDaw:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=EMuRITofI2Q:_ALpewLRDaw:63t7Ie-LG7Y"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=EMuRITofI2Q:_ALpewLRDaw:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=EMuRITofI2Q:_ALpewLRDaw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=EMuRITofI2Q:_ALpewLRDaw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=EMuRITofI2Q:_ALpewLRDaw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~4/EMuRITofI2Q" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ruthannsjourney.blogspot.com/2009/08/its-not-easy-being-green.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249027446896111521.post-5765043752726817631</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-26T12:47:14.135-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">unique</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">RuthAnn Dickinson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">life</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Frank Dickinson</category><title>Crazy is as Crazy Does</title><atom:summary>Have you ever not fit the mold? I haven’t fit in 50 plus years and you know what? I am fine with that. Living outside the box does come with complications and obstacles. In my youth, I was seen as a problem child, too rebellious, to talkative, unable to follow directions... well you get the idea. I had friends so I couldn’t have been that odd. As I got older I tried things that interested me. I </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~3/ldTjoB9nrxQ/have-you-ever-not-fit-mold-i-havent-fit.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RuthAnn)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2svShqxMXbs/SmyUH-Sdn5I/AAAAAAAAAQo/FPuhdgERZwU/s72-c/outsidebox.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=ldTjoB9nrxQ:yK4nrz--3yM:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=ldTjoB9nrxQ:yK4nrz--3yM:63t7Ie-LG7Y"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=ldTjoB9nrxQ:yK4nrz--3yM:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=ldTjoB9nrxQ:yK4nrz--3yM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=ldTjoB9nrxQ:yK4nrz--3yM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=ldTjoB9nrxQ:yK4nrz--3yM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~4/ldTjoB9nrxQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ruthannsjourney.blogspot.com/2009/07/have-you-ever-not-fit-mold-i-havent-fit.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249027446896111521.post-7147086538066295437</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:33:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-13T21:01:16.317-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">blog</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">RuthAnn Dickinson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Frank Dickinson</category><title>"You Like Me, You Really Like Me"</title><atom:summary>I have just received a 2nd Award!!Attitude &amp; Gratitude Award - Many thanks to Caryl aka Charms Of Light for nominating me for this award!! I am humbled and speechless.. except for 2 words--- Thank You.I must pass this award on as the rules say - comment on this blog; cut and paste the award logo and use it on your own blog; nominate 5 to 10 blogs you feel show great attitude and gratitude; link </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~3/YWw1FLB7tBM/you-like-me-you-really-like-me.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RuthAnn)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2svShqxMXbs/Slvh-I4l1cI/AAAAAAAAAQY/i-WMK0YLxQY/s72-c/LemonadeStand.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=YWw1FLB7tBM:qkiWszWu_SY:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=YWw1FLB7tBM:qkiWszWu_SY:63t7Ie-LG7Y"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=YWw1FLB7tBM:qkiWszWu_SY:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=YWw1FLB7tBM:qkiWszWu_SY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=YWw1FLB7tBM:qkiWszWu_SY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=YWw1FLB7tBM:qkiWszWu_SY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~4/YWw1FLB7tBM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ruthannsjourney.blogspot.com/2009/07/you-like-me-you-really-like-me.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249027446896111521.post-6727426373483430153</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-13T19:23:24.863-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">reiki healings</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">RuthAnn Dickinson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Frank Dickinson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">love</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Reiki</category><title>A Lovely Blog Award!</title><atom:summary>I have been blessed with A Lovely Blog Award from Charms Of Light! Thank you much Charms, I am so excited! I am honored.. this is my first award.. ever!!So.... for the rules:1. Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award, and his or her blog link.2. Pass the award to 15 other blogs that love and/or have newly discovered.3. Remember to </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~3/XG9tp4pwYQA/lovely-blog-award.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RuthAnn)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2svShqxMXbs/SlvHJRRVDeI/AAAAAAAAAQI/XzwhkvpMVW4/s72-c/lovelyblog15.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=XG9tp4pwYQA:lVsqiarq-vU:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=XG9tp4pwYQA:lVsqiarq-vU:63t7Ie-LG7Y"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=XG9tp4pwYQA:lVsqiarq-vU:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=XG9tp4pwYQA:lVsqiarq-vU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=XG9tp4pwYQA:lVsqiarq-vU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=XG9tp4pwYQA:lVsqiarq-vU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~4/XG9tp4pwYQA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ruthannsjourney.blogspot.com/2009/07/lovely-blog-award.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249027446896111521.post-4708115315785044722</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-10T07:58:28.423-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">RuthAnn Dickinson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Frank Dickinson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">love</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">light</category><title>Are We The Man In The Mirror?</title><atom:summary>I, like millions of people around the globe, watched the memorial for Michael Jackson. Each have their own opinion about Michael the man, father, son, brother, entertainer and child. I say child because to me, Michael was so childlike even at 50 years old. He had so much love in his heart that the more he gave of himself, even more would be replenished within him.I was not a fanatical Michael </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~3/-irDT6n2Q6Y/i-like-millions-of-people-around-globe.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RuthAnn)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=-irDT6n2Q6Y:hm43Eig-s7I:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=-irDT6n2Q6Y:hm43Eig-s7I:63t7Ie-LG7Y"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=-irDT6n2Q6Y:hm43Eig-s7I:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=-irDT6n2Q6Y:hm43Eig-s7I:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=-irDT6n2Q6Y:hm43Eig-s7I:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=-irDT6n2Q6Y:hm43Eig-s7I:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~4/-irDT6n2Q6Y" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ruthannsjourney.blogspot.com/2009/07/i-like-millions-of-people-around-globe.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249027446896111521.post-779784497464680504</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-09T21:32:03.950-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">RuthAnn Dickinson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">learn</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">life</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Frank Dickinson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">love</category><title>It's Never Too Late To Teach an Old Dog New Tricks</title><atom:summary>Live to Learn and Learn to Live.These were the words that adorned the corners of my Junior High School at Governor Mifflin. They were a present from my parents graduating class,to the school district way back in the day.  Those 7 words intrigued me from the moment I could read. I passed by that building often, as it was on the main street of my town, Shillington PA.Today, as a 50 year old woman, </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~3/CbDs_pnIbIw/its-never-too-late-to-teach-and-old-dog.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RuthAnn)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2svShqxMXbs/SlJny4MhbPI/AAAAAAAAAPw/w3cC9lKiLBY/s72-c/Gov+Mifflin.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=CbDs_pnIbIw:Z_pFXkBSiv0:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=CbDs_pnIbIw:Z_pFXkBSiv0:63t7Ie-LG7Y"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=CbDs_pnIbIw:Z_pFXkBSiv0:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=CbDs_pnIbIw:Z_pFXkBSiv0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=CbDs_pnIbIw:Z_pFXkBSiv0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=CbDs_pnIbIw:Z_pFXkBSiv0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~4/CbDs_pnIbIw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ruthannsjourney.blogspot.com/2009/07/its-never-too-late-to-teach-and-old-dog.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249027446896111521.post-2073819864123090768</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:36:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-01T18:46:36.311-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">RuthAnn Dickinson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Kundalini</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Frank Dickinson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">all about the reiki</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Reiki</category><title>Open Up and Say Ahhhhhhhhh</title><atom:summary>July 1, 2009 Wednesday 5:27 p.m.As I always do after an Attunement, I sit here at my keyboard to document my experience. I just received my Kundalini Reiki Level III Attunement. Wow… what an open feeling I am left with. I liken it to the feeling I have after finishing Qi Gong. I feel taller, lighter and just very open. A few minutes into the attunement, I felt the energy spiraling up my spine, in</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~3/zFM_vDLqROo/open-up-and-say-ahhhhhhhhh.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RuthAnn)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2svShqxMXbs/SkvzuUVexHI/AAAAAAAAAPY/c17KOU7T0sg/s72-c/3rd+eye.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=zFM_vDLqROo:hlySn71OL9E:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=zFM_vDLqROo:hlySn71OL9E:63t7Ie-LG7Y"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=zFM_vDLqROo:hlySn71OL9E:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=zFM_vDLqROo:hlySn71OL9E:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=zFM_vDLqROo:hlySn71OL9E:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=zFM_vDLqROo:hlySn71OL9E:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~4/zFM_vDLqROo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ruthannsjourney.blogspot.com/2009/07/open-up-and-say-ahhhhhhhhh.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249027446896111521.post-5650490061218328323</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-23T10:21:30.787-05:00</atom:updated><title>Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk</title><atom:summary>


Quotes. 

We all Use them, Say them, Blog about them and Tweet them. But how much to we really invest in the words? Do we really take the time to think about the meaning behind the words or how maybe we could incorporate the meaning(s) into our lives?

Quotes are just words strung together fluidly to create a flash of conciseness. It is what we make of the flash that makes the Quote meaningful</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~3/n9J_aaUNQyQ/dont-cry-over-spilled-milk.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RuthAnn)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2svShqxMXbs/SkfBg_MY7_I/AAAAAAAAAPQ/4drNk4qpuXI/s72-c/quote-unquote.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>4</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=n9J_aaUNQyQ:Mffe5_EmaRk:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=n9J_aaUNQyQ:Mffe5_EmaRk:63t7Ie-LG7Y"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=n9J_aaUNQyQ:Mffe5_EmaRk:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=n9J_aaUNQyQ:Mffe5_EmaRk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=n9J_aaUNQyQ:Mffe5_EmaRk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=n9J_aaUNQyQ:Mffe5_EmaRk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~4/n9J_aaUNQyQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ruthannsjourney.blogspot.com/2009/06/dont-cry-over-spilled-milk.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249027446896111521.post-8484396838778193592</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-23T06:17:51.320-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Kundalini</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">vagabond</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Energy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">love</category><title /><atom:summary>Today I took a Special Journey. I received Kundalini Reiki Attunement #2 From my husband, Reiki Master/Teacher - Frank Dickinson. It is such a privilege to be taught by him, such a compassionate, kindhearted,gentle, insightful and wise man.Below is what I wrote immediately following the attunement. I would love to share it with y'all... Enjoy..Monday, June 22, 2009 10:07 p.m.Attunement IIAfter a </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~3/tsFu8WXwEes/today-i-took-special-journey.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RuthAnn)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2svShqxMXbs/SkBYqPsYf8I/AAAAAAAAAOE/klF0d975Oik/s72-c/large+reiki+hands.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>4</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~4/tsFu8WXwEes" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ruthannsjourney.blogspot.com/2009/06/today-i-took-special-journey.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249027446896111521.post-2357922058861122840</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-18T21:05:17.859-05:00</atom:updated><title>Take Time to Make Time</title><atom:summary>Earlier this week, I was at the hospital for a routine test. At this particular hospital, you must first register with the hospital before going to the actual test.The waiting room was crowded, there were parents with babies in strollers, some people in wheelchairs and a few standing. There must have been maybe 5 hospital staff people taking the intake information (insurance, address, DOB). They </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~3/ZGUSrjvHfKE/take-time-to-make-time.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RuthAnn)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2svShqxMXbs/SjryI4VbwYI/AAAAAAAAAK8/HCI4ojhzeEM/s72-c/time+larger.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>3</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=ZGUSrjvHfKE:o-AtJmzwoa8:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=ZGUSrjvHfKE:o-AtJmzwoa8:63t7Ie-LG7Y"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=ZGUSrjvHfKE:o-AtJmzwoa8:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=ZGUSrjvHfKE:o-AtJmzwoa8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=ZGUSrjvHfKE:o-AtJmzwoa8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=ZGUSrjvHfKE:o-AtJmzwoa8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~4/ZGUSrjvHfKE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ruthannsjourney.blogspot.com/2009/06/take-time-to-make-time.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249027446896111521.post-764523951916285368</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-11T18:09:09.812-05:00</atom:updated><title>Back to the Basics</title><atom:summary>There is something to be said for doing things old school. Don't get me wrong, I am all for the newest and coolest technological gadget that comes along. When it comes to family, there is no "fast track" way of spending good quality time with the family. Family doesn't have to mean you and the kids, it can also mean you and your spouse, close friends, or significant other(s).How much </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~3/u8asIiA-700/back-to-basics.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RuthAnn)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2svShqxMXbs/SjGNvoywm7I/AAAAAAAAAKE/0Gqb-poXZVg/s72-c/Game+Night+10-5-04.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=u8asIiA-700:M7v8VJ3jUbw:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=u8asIiA-700:M7v8VJ3jUbw:63t7Ie-LG7Y"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=u8asIiA-700:M7v8VJ3jUbw:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=u8asIiA-700:M7v8VJ3jUbw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=u8asIiA-700:M7v8VJ3jUbw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=u8asIiA-700:M7v8VJ3jUbw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~4/u8asIiA-700" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ruthannsjourney.blogspot.com/2009/06/back-to-basics.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249027446896111521.post-3881355424524037780</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 08:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-06T07:13:13.587-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">RuthAnn Dickinson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Frank Dickinson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">all about the reiki</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Smokey Mountains</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Reiki</category><title>On Top Of Old Smokey</title><atom:summary>I have been recuperating a knee replacement along with some other health issues the past few months. Being cooped up in the house has taken a toll on my state of sanity, ( along with those that live with me ). Reiki has helped me in so many ways, spiritually, energy and has also aided my healing. My wonderful husband took me on an amazing journey that was such a godsend, literally. We drove to TN</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~3/VM5Fc_3Zx-E/on-top-of-old-smokey.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RuthAnn)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2svShqxMXbs/Sio7Q7S0L7I/AAAAAAAAAJc/7O_JZ4J-VlE/s72-c/May2009+Gatlinburg+155.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=VM5Fc_3Zx-E:NDB78lZMv-w:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=VM5Fc_3Zx-E:NDB78lZMv-w:63t7Ie-LG7Y"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=VM5Fc_3Zx-E:NDB78lZMv-w:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=VM5Fc_3Zx-E:NDB78lZMv-w:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=VM5Fc_3Zx-E:NDB78lZMv-w:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=VM5Fc_3Zx-E:NDB78lZMv-w:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~4/VM5Fc_3Zx-E" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ruthannsjourney.blogspot.com/2009/06/on-top-of-old-smokey.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249027446896111521.post-6083446111382112242</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 22:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-28T18:47:10.190-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">reiki healings</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">RuthAnn Dickinson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">healthy living</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Frank Dickinson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">health</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">all about the reiki</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Reiki</category><title>Foot Care for my Soul</title><atom:summary>Okay, I broke down today and had a pedicure...alright alright, I went for it and had the mani/pedi combo pack. It use to be that my feet were naturally polished and shiny from being a beach bum at the Jersey shore in the summertime. Now that I live in the Midwest, the broken seashells and sand are impossible to come by.With my daughter Heather as my Pamper Self Thursday partner in crime. Off we </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~3/N8XPJesmoIM/foot-care-for-my-soul.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RuthAnn)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2svShqxMXbs/Sh8U3uVGV_I/AAAAAAAAAHQ/dmKxV82lemo/s72-c/opi.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=N8XPJesmoIM:CflFChpTfXU:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=N8XPJesmoIM:CflFChpTfXU:63t7Ie-LG7Y"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=N8XPJesmoIM:CflFChpTfXU:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=N8XPJesmoIM:CflFChpTfXU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=N8XPJesmoIM:CflFChpTfXU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=N8XPJesmoIM:CflFChpTfXU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~4/N8XPJesmoIM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ruthannsjourney.blogspot.com/2009/05/foot-care-for-my-soul.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249027446896111521.post-8430260034484456940</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 16:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-26T12:38:43.025-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">healthy living</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">recipies</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">food network</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">health</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">all about the reiki</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">food</category><title>RuthAnn's Food Network... Blogger Style</title><atom:summary>Food is another one of my passions. Especially preparing, cooking and fiddling with recipes.My husband Frank loves Hummus so I would buy him some as a treat. In these poor economic times,and at $5.00+ for a container that is only enough for 1 consumption. I decided to figure out how to make it myself. With an initial investment of $7.00 for a 16oz jar of Tahini (sesame seed paste), look in the </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~3/7KfJJoeRDHA/ruthanns-food-network-blogger-style.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RuthAnn)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2svShqxMXbs/Shwm6awyyRI/AAAAAAAAAFc/tp0QMCSECzY/s72-c/food-network.gif" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=7KfJJoeRDHA:pzT98owH0R8:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=7KfJJoeRDHA:pzT98owH0R8:63t7Ie-LG7Y"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=7KfJJoeRDHA:pzT98owH0R8:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=7KfJJoeRDHA:pzT98owH0R8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=7KfJJoeRDHA:pzT98owH0R8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=7KfJJoeRDHA:pzT98owH0R8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~4/7KfJJoeRDHA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ruthannsjourney.blogspot.com/2009/05/ruthanns-food-network-blogger-style.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249027446896111521.post-4168549381353918585</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 02:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-24T22:09:49.675-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">reiki healings</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">RuthAnn Dickinson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Frank Dickinson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">all about the reiki</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Reiki</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">all about the energy</category><title>DAYDREAM BELIEVER</title><atom:summary>A daydream is a visionary fantasy experienced while awake, especially one of happy, pleasant thoughts, hopes or ambitions.(a b c d e Eric Klinger. Psychology Today. October 1987)A daydream is that "fountain spurting," as the brain mixes together ideas, memories and concepts that are normally filed away in discrete mental folders. (Jonah Lehrer)I read the following on a Blog by Jonah Lehrer and </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~3/UdjFMBPC80A/daydream-believer.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RuthAnn)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2svShqxMXbs/ShoG3rx5BaI/AAAAAAAAAEM/rei4ZWtTuVI/s72-c/sunshineheader.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=UdjFMBPC80A:aSEa5b7ld-4:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=UdjFMBPC80A:aSEa5b7ld-4:63t7Ie-LG7Y"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=UdjFMBPC80A:aSEa5b7ld-4:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=UdjFMBPC80A:aSEa5b7ld-4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=UdjFMBPC80A:aSEa5b7ld-4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=UdjFMBPC80A:aSEa5b7ld-4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~4/UdjFMBPC80A" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ruthannsjourney.blogspot.com/2009/05/daydream-believer.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249027446896111521.post-6258433385479053874</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 15:59:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-24T22:10:35.801-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">reiki healings</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">RuthAnn Dickinson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Frank Dickinson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">all about the reiki</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Reiki</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">all about the energy</category><title>Sunday's, I Love Sunday's</title><atom:summary>There is something so wonderful about Sunday's. For me, the day holds such calm. This especially true as of late, since I have been getting proper sleep at night. I have been living with insomnia for at least 20 years, if not more. My body would run on approximately 4 hours of sleep a night. These 4 hours were broken up, they were not straight through. My body is still adjusting to the gift of </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~3/Nx_5Fk-5t8I/sundays-i-love-sundays.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RuthAnn)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2svShqxMXbs/ShlsuD84H5I/AAAAAAAAAEE/Uy1yUxwixvA/s72-c/wildflowers+mountain.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=Nx_5Fk-5t8I:593WQybBy8o:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=Nx_5Fk-5t8I:593WQybBy8o:63t7Ie-LG7Y"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=Nx_5Fk-5t8I:593WQybBy8o:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=Nx_5Fk-5t8I:593WQybBy8o:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=Nx_5Fk-5t8I:593WQybBy8o:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=Nx_5Fk-5t8I:593WQybBy8o:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~4/Nx_5Fk-5t8I" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ruthannsjourney.blogspot.com/2009/05/sundays-i-love-sundays.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8249027446896111521.post-7307051819257383166</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 02:04:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-24T22:11:36.530-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">reiki healings</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">RuthAnn Dickinson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Frank Dickinson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">all about the reiki</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Reiki</category><title>Be Reiki</title><atom:summary>Reiki is a powerful and gentle healing technique that:    * Relaxes your muscles    * Promotes natural self-healing    * Strengthens the immune system    * Relieves pain    * Relaxes and reduces stress    * Treats symptoms and causes of illness    * Balances the energies in the body    * Clears toxins    * Adapts to the natural needs of the receiver    * Enhances personal awareness    * Releases </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~3/1MBejQLFhOw/what-is-this-thang-called-reiki.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RuthAnn)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2svShqxMXbs/ShdbBHAxr3I/AAAAAAAAAD8/W5Papa0wGPI/s72-c/Reiki_1_.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=1MBejQLFhOw:mPKR2m7JQf0:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=1MBejQLFhOw:mPKR2m7JQf0:63t7Ie-LG7Y"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=1MBejQLFhOw:mPKR2m7JQf0:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=1MBejQLFhOw:mPKR2m7JQf0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?a=1MBejQLFhOw:mPKR2m7JQf0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/blogspot/lwAd?i=1MBejQLFhOw:mPKR2m7JQf0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/lwAd/~4/1MBejQLFhOw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://ruthannsjourney.blogspot.com/2009/05/what-is-this-thang-called-reiki.html</feedburner:origLink></item></channel></rss>

