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As you know, I am a great fan of eFolkMusic. There are hundreds of folk music artists on eFolkMusic from a wide array of musical styles. And now, it’s even easier to get in on all the good music there (and, download it to your computer or ipod, too!).

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I have 39 songs on eFolkMusic (in the digital albums Weird Duck, Hungry When I Wake, Lean In For A Kiss). 26 of those songs are free to members. If you are a member (one month costs only $4.95), you can download any of those 26 songs and any other member mp3s up to a total of 100 mp3s every month. And, if you don’t use up all the 100 downloads, and you renew for the next month, you get rollover download credits, like rollover cell phone minutes. It’s a pretty cool deal.

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I also have one song which is free to everyone (members or not), Lean In For A Kiss, in the Vol 3 Digital Sampler. (And, you can download songs by 11 other artists and bands, too.) The information for acquiring those songs is after the fold. (more…)

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[UPDATE: Read Dr. E's most recent posts on The Moderate Voice.]

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DR. CLARISSA PINKOLA ESTÉS has been a columnist for The Moderate Voice for more than a year, but I have not linked to her columns in any recent posts. I do not have a good reason for that, since she has much to say, and I enjoy her stories and analysis.

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Her book Women Who Run With the Wolves was what informed me of her storytelling and therapist’s view of the world. From the day I found it (a few years after publication) until many months later, I read and reread the stories she told and her interpretations of their meanings. She is a wise voice in a world where we are too often lacking in wisdom.

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This evening, I started looking back through the archives of her columns in TMV and began copying links to add to this page. The list became longer and longer.

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The list below is not the complete body of Dr. Estes work on TMV, but it is a start. Visit The Moderate Voice to find more of her columns and to read the work of the other fine columnists.

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DR. CLARISSA PINKOLA ESTÉS is a therapist, a story teller and a writer (among other things). In many of her columns on TMV, she tells stories and analyzes human behavior as it relates to current events in the USA and around the world.

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Here are several paragraphs from one of her columns.

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‘Barack is Not White, Barack is Not Black’ The Possible Gift in Being Bi-Racial

March 18th, 2008 by DR. CLARISSA PINKOLA ESTÉS, TMV Columnist

Barack is, like I am, like many others of us are–for lack of a more graceful word– we are Bi-racial. Cross-racial is probably a slightly better, but still awkward term. That is, we are born twinned: one of each of two or more races is inside us. The blood of often opposing groups, runs in our cells, our bloodlines. Barack’s mother was Caucasian. His father was an African from Kenya.

People who are bi-racial are never without their twin. Never. Our twin is both ‘other’ and ‘I” at the same time. It’s a potentially tempestuous but also often transformative situation… if we give ourselves to working out its puzzle over our lifetimes.

Above is a painting by the master of brushwork and figurative art, Lucien Freud. It speaks to me and to many others who are bi-racial, because as you see in the two men on the bed, we are in “a relationship we cannot leave,” a lifelong relationship with our, often historically adversarial, bloodlines.

Cruise on over to TMV and read for awhile.

I can’t do any more! She has written much. Go and read. TMV

** And, now it’s morning May 16, 2008. I’ve been up all night listening to Nathan and reading old posts by Dr. E. It looks as if she may have been up all night, too. There are two new posts this morning.

Elections 2008: Bridge

Sleep, Perchance to Dream…

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This is a great video. It’s a montage of clips from Jack Nicholson movies in which his character responds to various comments. It all works together as a pro-Hillary ad. It’s a great commercial, and worth watching, no matter who you plan to vote for.

And now folks, it’s time for who do you trust? Hubba hubba hubba, money, money, money. Who do you trust?

Don’t we need a president we can trust to be ready to go on day one?

Things could be better, Lloyd. Things could be a whole lot better.

Who has a plan to deal with the nearly 47 million Americans without health care?

Maybe we as officers have a responsibility to this country to see that the men and women charged with its security are trained professionals. Yes, I’m certain that I read that somewhere once.

Who has a plan to bring our troops home and restore our credibility around the world?

What can I tell you kid? You’re right. When you’re right, you’re right. And, you’re right.

So let’s get real about the future.

Okay, I’ll make it as easy for you as I can.

We need Hillary Clinton as our next President.

There is nothing on this earth sexier, believe me gentlemen, than a woman that you have to salute in the morning.

I’m Jack Nicholson, and I approve this message.

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Jan 14 2008 11:11 PM

Thanks for being a friend.
Best wishes for 2008.

“Lean In For A Kiss”
One of 12 Free mp3s
http://eFolkMusic.org
Vol 3 Digital Sampler

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What is the value of a song? What would you pay for 2000 songs?
How about $200? $100? Would you pay $50? That would be a deal!

In 2008, efolkmusic membership (and unlimited access to these great member tracks) will cost you $50- but if you join before the end of the year you can save $20.

The price is going up! This is a great time to become a member of our nonprofit- we bet more than a few of you have or will be getting a portable music player, McPod, smart phone/music player, etc, and it probably will hold about a million tunes. What are you going to do???

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NORAD Tracks Santa

Invitation to Watch

About Santa

NORAD tracks Santa - Santa Tracker Video Paris, France

The invitation to watch Santa Tracker videos (the Santa Tracker trailer).

NORAD tracks Santa as he flies by the International Space Station.

NORAD tracks Santa as he flies over Mt. Fuji, Japan.

NORAD tracks Santa as he flies over The Great Wall of China.

NORAD tracks Santa as he flies over Sydney, Australia.

NORAD tracks Santa as he flies over the Himalayas in Nepal.

NORAD tracks Santa as he flies over Moscow, Russia.

NORAD tracks Santa as he flies through New York City.

NORAD tracks Santa as he flies over St. Louis, MO and off towards Oklahoma.

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*~~”The Weight of Nothing”~~*

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“Tell me the weight of a snowflake,” a coalmouse asked a wild dove. “Nothing more than nothing,” the dove answered. “In that case I must tell you a marvelous story,” the coalmouse said.

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“I sat on a fir branch close to the trunk when it began to snow. Not heavily, not in a raging blizzard. No, just like in a dream, without any violence at all.

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Since I didn’t have anything better to do, I counted the snowflakes settling on the twigs and needles of my branch. Their number was exactly 3,471,952. When the next snowflake dropped onto the branch–nothing more than nothing — as you say – the branch broke off.”

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Having said that, the coalmouse ran away.

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The dove, since Noah’s time an authority on peace, thought about the story for a while. Finally, she said to herself, “Perhaps there is only one person’s voice lacking for peace to come to the world.

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Author unknown. I found this story ClayZ’s page on myspace.com.

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Digi Sampler Vol 3 Ready For Download!

We’ve just uploaded Vol 3, TWELVE FREE tracks, from 12 of our exceptional artists: Shady Grove Band, Hugh Morrison, Moonrakers, Deborah Hord, Shoofly Audio, Jeff Talmadge, Good Tangerines, J D Miner,Lou Vargo, High Cotton, Steve Eulberg and the Coastal Cohorts.

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This is a great way to expand your listening horizons, NO STRINGS attached (except on the guitars)! Click here to get the music

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Here are links to tributes from other web pages and other sources:

L.A.Times - Marlboro Marine

Morallor - Saluting Our Women Warriors 1-27-7

Minstrel Boy - A Couple of Quotes for Veteran’s Day

Minstrel Boy - In the Company of Soldiers

RO - With Gratitude To All Who Serve

RO - A Brave Woman Speaks

Autumn Sandeen - Honor Every Veteran

- National Coalition for Homeless Veterans (NCHV)

Veteran’s Help Network

Rolling Stone - The Enemy Within

HuffingtonPost.org VoteVets.org Will Not Forget, Suicide is Not Painless

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Google Image for Veteran’s Day

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A friend who writes screenplays sent me this link. She said,

“If the writers don’t get what they are asking…they are doomed! People will not be able to make a living when–in the near future–DVD’s are replaced by downloads from cable and the internet. They get NO residuals from this now!.”

She said this explains what’s at stake in this writers’ strike.

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The Writers’ Strike Page on HuffingtonPost.com

Voices of Uncertainty

Daily Strike News

Talks

Song For the Writers

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13 February 2008

RESOLUTION:

Writers Vote Back To Work

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eFolkMusic is in the process of making some big changes. Over the past year, efm has given away over 25,000 (TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND) free mp3 downloads. Membership has been only $30/year. Membership gives you access to over 2,000 free mp3 downloads (probably more than any of us will ever download).

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Here’s what’s changing. There will still be free mp3 downloads offered. There will still be 10-FREE-MP-DOWNLOADS offered every so often. But, the individual free mp3s, on individual artists’ sites, will be available for free only to members.

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So, to keep downloading tracks from eFolkMusic without actually having to buy them, all you need to do is join. It’s a really great deal. If you love folk music, in all its many incarnations, maybe it’s time for you to join eFolkMusic.

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You can get lots of great music on mp3 downloads and help keep folk music alive (all at the same time!).

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You’ll be glad you did!

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Thanks!

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I just want to say that I am crazy about eFolkMusic. I think it’s an incredible oasis for those who want to hear more music than what is available on commercial radio. There is some great music on the air, but there is even more music available here.

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There are so many styles of ‘folk’ music, I know you will find mp3s you want to download. You’ll even find some of your favorite musicians in this space.

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From personal experience, I’d like to say you can’t go wrong with a membership to eFolkMusic. For less than the price of two cds at current prices, you can have access to about 2,000 mp3 downloads (FREE ‘Member’ Downloads). What a deal!!!

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eFolkMusic has been a leader in offering mp3 downloads for the past seven years. eFolkMusic offered mp3 downloads from a variety of artists long before other sites offered digital downloads.

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eFolkMusic is a nonprofit organization and depends on your support for its survival. In the past year, visitors downloaded 25,000 FREE mp3 DOWNLOADS.

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Now you have an opportunity to support eFolkMusic. Now is the time to do your part to help keep folk music alive. Membership in eFolkMusic begins at $30. Membership in eFolkMusic gives you access to about 2,000 mp3s. Do the math! It’s a great opportunity!

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As a member, every mp3 marked ‘member download’ is a FREE mp3 DOWNLOAD for you. This translates to only pennies per song.

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You won’t find a better value than eFolkMusic. Come on over and explore the music, listen to the previews and do your part to help keep folk music alive!

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Here are links to the music categories listed on eFolkMusic. Enjoy!

Browse Music

Bluegrass:
cds • mp3s • DAs
Blues:
cds • mp3s • DAs
Celtic:
cds • mp3s • DAs
Kids:
cds • mp3s • DAs
Country:
cds • mp3s • DAs
Gospel:
cds • mp3s • DAs
International:
cds • mp3s • DAs
Modern Folk:
cds • mp3s • DAs
Old-Time:
cds • mp3s • DAs
Post-Modern Folk:
cds • mp3s • DAs
Roots Rock:
cds • mp3s • DAs
Swing:
cds • mp3s • DAs
Traditional Folk:
cds • mp3s • DAs

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[UPDATE November 13, 2007:
PLEASE VISIT http://efolkmusic.org
CLICK THE LINK for 12-FREE-mp3-DOWNLOADS
LISTEN to Lean In For A Kiss
DOWNLOAD it if you like it
TELL all your friends.
THANKS]

I just found this story, “Why the Dog Chases the Cat.” It’s a free mp3 member download on eFolkMusic. It’s good. So, I just have to share it with you. It makes me want to try to learn how to tell stories. David Holt on eFolkMusic.

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ps - Listen to him sing, too! He’s got some really enjoyable children’s music. “Doodle Doodle Day” (Click the preview button to hear this song … after that you’ll probably want to buy his cd!)