There is a section at the top of the Creative Waves Blog that is devoted to helping others to help themselves. I have updated it a bit and yes it could use a bit more work.  I invite you to take a look at it now, Help Others.  One of the ways to help others is to loan funds to Kiva. Of course when I get paid back enough funds to make $25 I just lend it back to someone again.  This adds up over time.  I have not made that many loans so far, about 8 or 9.  One I did twice to someone they did not count for some reason. Perhaps it has to be to a different person to qualify.

It may be a small way to help others but if enough people do this we can make a difference in people’s lives.  Since this is not an outright gift and the people must pay it back and pay some costs, it is also gives them some satisfaction rather than just taking a handout.  More of a hand up rather than a handout. Anyway that is how I feel about it.

Go Here Now to give a $25 Kiva Microloan for only $15.  You will have to act fast as it is almost “sold out”.

The helping others section will give you many free ways to help others also, free rice and feed the hungry etc. Come back often and click away to help others.

I wanted to make a post here as I have not done so for quite awhile.  A friend recently asked about that as they keep checking back and were surprised I had not updated the blog.  Well yes, I have been lax with that. Still I thought no one was reading it.  Well that may be true to some extent.  Obviously not completely. 

Going to add a few pictures that I took and hope to add more soon. This is my sage bush which I have brightened up a bit and I call it Sage Brite.  Not to be confused with stage fright.  Sages do not get stage fright. They just are doing what sage bushes do or be as the case may be. Ok there is a sprig of rosemary in there also I must confess.

This will give you and idea of what it looks like undressed, naked in the snow. Well I will show you the rosemary version and save the naked sage for another day perhaps just to “spice” it up a bit.  Rosemary is good with chicken and I find sage good with almost anything.

Ok, that is a chilly wrap for now. Who says it does not snow in Victoria, BC?  Ok well it is mostly all gone now, just the odd patch of snow here and there. Mostly green around here year round.

Cheers,

CreativeWaves

Sure there may be monsters lurking up the pathways of life and perhaps even Mt Doug as we have seen.  Fakers will be exposed so be careful where you tread.  I managed to tread carefully as best as could be and travel on and not retreat, although this makes for a nice retreat.  I am glad I did.

The essence of life and spirit is everywhere. This is a great way to meditate, sit awhile or a walking meditation. Ha, even Lydia could meditate up here!

So along the pathways I kept wandering and meandering up and over and around and I did discover more treasures not all of the wooden kind.  Scenic treasure of lush green and colorful abundance.

Trees around here some of which are many hundreds of years old.  Here is an old tree giving life to a new one.  The new tree is growing and feeding on the old decaying moss covered tree remains.

This stuff growing on the trees is called someone’s beard or something.  Old man’s beard I suppose.  When it dries it is really neat and you can make it into craft material and such.  It goes grey or white when dry.

There are some humungous trees around here and a real northern rain forest type of environment.  So it is very nice to view.  Look up way up!

Springtime is special with all the new growth coming through and the regeneration.  Old gives way to youth eventually and so are reborn and renewed.

Ok, so those are a few more of the delights I found in the forest to balance the monsters and to provide contrast, nourishment for the soul.  I do like to discover and rediscover the hidden treasures of the wooden and earthy kind.  Mother Earth you are so wonderful.

Cheers,

genes creative waves