Julia K Cole

Here's a helpful checklist for pet owners to reduce the chances of their pets running away during the loud festivities. Check out the tips below: • Keep your pet secured indoors in the quietest room of your home while fireworks are being set off. You can also use soothing music or television as a distraction. Some pets will stay calmer when placed in a secure crate in a darkened, quiet room. • If your pet is normally kept outside, bring them inside or put them in a garage or basement while fireworks are going off. • Make sure your pet has at least two forms of identification. This can be a pet license and personalized tag, a license and a microchip, or all three (license, tag, and microchip). Pets with ID have a much greater chance of being returned to their owners. • Don't assume that your pet won't react just because you haven't had problems in the past. Sometimes pets become sensitive to loud noises later in life. • If your pet is lost, check in person at all ...

This article,  originally entitled Tree of Love , was  written and posted by me on January 2, 2010 on my Say No To Fear blog.    I thought I would repost it here on my main blog under the more appropriate title, Where Does Fear Come From? It's quite lengthy.  But I hope you take the time to read it carefully and thoroughly.  If you have any questions and/or comments, please do not hesitate to leave them here. *~*~*~*~*~*~ The following is a message I received during one of my daily meditations.   It is in answer to one of the questions I posed ... where does fear come from? As a psychic medium, I am accustomed  to being visited by spirits of all walks of life--past, present, and yes, future.  I am always pleasantly surprised when I am visited by the spirits of people I've only heard about.   Like the numerous others who have visited me over the years, I only knew of him.  I never really bothered to read up ...

The whales that live off Alaska's shores have a morning ritual centered on sounds -- sing-song squeals and trills from other whales alerting them to mating and feeding opportunities, or danger, in the area. But their ritual is in danger of being ruined, which could have a disastrous impact on their lives and the health of the entire Arctic marine environment. Tell the federal government to shelve its current study about protecting Arctic marine mammals from noise-related impacts of offshore oil and gas development. The study is flawed. It doesn't even come close to protecting marine mammals. http://wwf.worldwildlife.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&id=705 To take action on this issue, click on the link below: http://wwf.worldwildlife.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&id=705 If the text above does not appear as a link or it wraps across multiple lines, then copy and paste it into the address area of your browser. PLEASE NOTE: All artwor...

My thoughts on the passing of 2012 is going to be short and sweet.  And if you believe it's possible for me to do anything in the style of short and sweet -- I have a few Mayan calendars I'd like to sell you!  *LOL* Like all the years past, 2012 has brought me a few growth spurts.  I think what sets 2012 apart from years gone by is ... the spurts actually took hold and stayed put!   While I still have a very, very long way to go ... I can say with some measure of confidence... I did pretty damn well in 2012.   Yea, I had some major fuck ups along the way.  But if it weren't for those fuck ups, I wouldn't have learned much...now would I? Along with many others, I have born witness to a great multitude awakening from their soul comas.  Though at the risk of sounding cynical ... I believe that most of these alleged "awakened" beings will fall back to "sleep" come the stroke of midnight 12/22/12.     In fact, I'm willing to wager that ...

Is Paying  It Forward on your Christmas List this year?   Well, here are just a few ways you can check it off! Volunteer at your local Homeless Shelter.  Serve a hot meal to a neighbor or a stranger if you so desire. Visit/Volunteer at  a Nursing Home and/or Children's home. Your Local Shelter Is In Need Year Round! Foster, Rescue or Adopt a Pet from your Local Shelter.Shelters are Always looking for donations in the form of money, blankets, cleaning supplies, food, toys.  Volunteer to hold and play with kittens and pups and/or walk a dog. PET FOOD BANK: Donate Food for Needy families with pets. Find one in your Area  Here in Louisville you can donate to No Kill Louisville: http://www.nokill-louisville.com/petfoodbank.htm If there isn't an animal food bank  in your area,  then start one!   Cross-Post, Tweet and/or post on your other online social networks! See a pet in need on Face Book?  Then pay it fo...

I am Grateful For EVERYTHING!   The Good as well as the Bad!  The Wonderful and The Challenging.  The Best and The Worst.  And everything like that there! I Love Because I Can!  I Raise Hell whenever the opportunity lends itself!  I weeble and wobble and yes I do fall down.  But I Always get right back up!  A little slower now -- but I make it eventually! I have people in my life who Love me despite of AND in spite of my many flaws.   I have people in my life who hate me and oppose me because of my numerous short-comings.    And I LOVE THEM ALL!!!  Not because I HAVE to -- but simply because I WANT to! Even though I get really aggravated with some of the freeze dried bullshit that goes on both On and Off line --all around the world -- I am truly thankful for the experiences.   All That We Be hold Is Full of Blessings! ~ William Wordswo rth Happy Thanksg iving One & All!   ...

While I was preparing an article on Domestic Violence Awareness, I came upon  a photo collage of a young woman whose face was all busted up and bloodied.  The caption of this picture read:  My boyfriend beats me up -- but I love him though! After seeing this picture, I tossed my original article in lieu of a good old fashioned rant.   ** If you are easily offended ... NOW is a good time to close out this blog** For any of you who are currently in a relationship where your significant other is abusing you, on any level, in any manner ... I want you to listen up.   If you are staying with someone who is verbally and/or physically abusing you --  GET THE HELL AWAY FROM THEM!   NOW! Allowing someone to use you for a punching bag is NOT Love!  It is fear!  And fear & Love cannot reside in the same space at the same exact time! If they are abusing you -- they do NOT love you!    If they loved you -- ...