ECO Disaster – Merrie Lynn Ross Answers John Kerry
Involving youth is a monumental equalizer in the eco-green effort…it teaches respect on all levels and encourages teamwork. But to put our mess on young people’s backs is not fair. As long as the adults do not set an exemplary example, youth remain the brunt of poor role-modeling. Double messages “do as I say and not as I do” is passé and not effectual.
John Kerry comparing his experience back in the day believes that youth can step up and make a difference in the energy crisis. His campaign centers on how youth had formed bedrock of activism and helped to initiate the first ‘Earth Day’. Citing the example- 24 million young people, ages of 18-29 voted in the last election, he sees critical mass in the unprecedented numbers.
The global shifts of rising sea waters, drought, and global warming require action now. The planet is at a tipping point and Kerry is challenging the Millennial generation to Voice their concerns through the efforts of the green group, ”Organize to Be Heard”. Referring to our planets very existence being at stake Kerry sent out a plea: “I need your help for America to seize control of our energy, economic and security future, and the future of generations to come.” His solutions include reducing foreign oil dependence, creating clean energy jobs and eliminating harmful pollution.
Not a new platform, but one that needs support not only from every American and our government, but a global educational effort to shift how modern man/woman lives. We have contributed to 25% of the world’s polluting, but that is changing rapidly with overpopulation in India and China, their expanding economy, and pollution contribution.
“Live Green Dream”, an ongoing segment on “MerrieWay Day” TV rally’s all people to be more vigilant in the products they buy, saving gas and electricity, recycling, refurbishing, reuse, composting, car-pooling and… YOU NAME IT.
MerrieWay Day puts out a Call…. YOU NAME IT! SHARE IT WITH US… what you are doing to live green? We can learn and grow togethe. We can put forth a vital effort to live sensibly, responsibly and with concious awareness. Every day that goes by, if we ignore our individual part, we are willfully sabotaging our future and generations to come. YOU NAME IT… YOUR ACTIONS COUNT! Please respond – your input could jumpstart new ways to positive green-action.
Add comment November 11, 2009
What Drives Kevin Trudeau – 24/7 Energy Mogul?
Kevin Trudeau has sold over 50 million books… a self-made multi millionaire; he’s owned 50 businesses and five TV stations in England. Maybe not a household name, as yet, his numerous infomercial appearances equal a primetime TV hit, impacting audiences with alternative information on health, wealth, and memory technology.
On the “Kevin Trudeau” radio show, his high energy resembles Stephen Colbert, soap-boxing witty beware of media generated lipspeak. His guests from Suzanne Sommers to notable doctors, inform 1,000,000 listeners on “what ‘they‘don’t want you to know”: ‘they’ include the likes of Pharmas, financial institutions, political pundits in the media, who spin information to benefit corporate agendas, rather than help the people. Reminiscent of a modern-day Ralph Nader exposing corporate rip-offs, Trudeau’s the unstoppable people’s whistleblower, with definite ideas how we common folks can beat the system from pummeling the middle class out of the ball park.
Up close and personal Trudeau is a Renaissance man. He shoots pool, golf’s, likes to fish, and is a gourmet cook; French and Italian dishes are his specialty. Candidly he shared, “I was a bachelor my whole life.” Suave and good-lookin’, a perfect candidate for ABC’s “The Bachelor”. Sorry ladies no chance, he recently married this past year. He and his wife share the same interests, and she supports his mission.
Trudeau said, “I live the life I talk about in my books. I don’t get sick. I haven’t taken drugs, not even an aspirin in twenty-five years.” Some of his natural remedies remind me of my Grandmothers’ brew: Castor oil for an upset stomach, prunes for constipation, warm milk or a banana for insomnia, rather than relying on drugs and sleeping pills. Trudeau’s wife, brother, friends and millions of readers adopted his protocol are living healthier lifestyles.
His controversial medical claims have set off court battles – with the FTC limiting what he can say, challenging his first amendment rights. Regardless his landmark infomercials still grace the airwaves. How has he afforded the big-buck ads? Initially they were funded by a company who promoted his memory improvement course. Making millions in royalties, he formed his own company interviewing experts in the field of alternative medicine. His research catapulted an expertise that led to him to the forefront as an opinion leader.
Trudeau purports the government and media have a coordinated effort to keep the public under control. The brainwash: the government can solve all the problems – create public dependence -that the government owes us. Perpetuating a false entitlement, a belief we can’t do it on our own: we need financial gurus, banks and government assistance. To keep us somnambulist they medicate us, blast it on TV, “you need drugs, for the rest of your life.” Pop that pill. Vaccinations are on the rise, all types, to promote sleep, lose weight, etc. Every drug or inoculation gives cause to neurological damage and a perpetuation of needing drugs.
A high school graduate schooled in hard-knocks, he admitted to committing larceny early in his career spending two years in jail. It changed his grey area perspective, and reestablished ethical priorities: making a decision to follow the high road. Interested in business Trudeau evaluated the upside and downside of what higher education offers. Taking a cue from Mark Twain, “I never let my schooling interfere with my education.” “I didn’t want to learn from professors, who had not successfully done what they were teaching. None of the teachers had money, what could they teach me? I came up with a simple solution. Be in your own business. Have a good attitude.”
Offering his tact for entrepreneurs to succeed Trudeau posited, “I took best from Donald Trump”: Only do what you love to do. Trudeau added, “Love, love, love it. For instance, if you’re going on a fishing vacation, you get up at 4 AM all excited, get the boat ready, fish all day, clean the catch. All of it labor intensive, but it’s exhilarating because you love it. Then back to your job on Monday morning, you drive to work with no energy because you don’t love what you do.”
A heads up for writers looking to publish a book, Trudeau shared his method of creating a successful run of book sales. “I own my publishing company. Having a good memory I write books verbatim, no outline and one draft. No editor, I write my own words.” Out of the box thinking, publishers historically rely on editors to shape and restructure books and most writers need that support, some may not. He added, “The biggest mistake authors make is figuring out how to make money and gain, rather than considering how to help people. They focus on branding, sales techniques, buzz phrases; making money is number one instead of what is best for the people. People love to buy they don’t like to be sold. Operate from that truth.“
Viewing the economy, Trudeau stated, “It’s a financial catastrophe in our county, unemployment has risen to 20 percent, inflation is in the offing, people’s lifestyle is going backward; a person’s life is in recession. Every person needs to know our financial economy is deteriorating. Standard of living is going to go down. The solution is to make more money, generate multiple streams of income. Whether you have a job, financial independence will depend on what you choose to do now.”
Compelled to disseminate financial survival techniques, helping people to get a grip; Trudeau is offering a “Financial Seminar” on November 14-15, in Los Angeles. I plan on attending the seminar and will report back, sharing info’. Check out Seminar: www.kevintrudeau.com
Hang on to your bootstraps. Time will tell if Trudeau’s financial predictions stay on track. You can view Kevin Trudeau on a “MerrieWay Day” upcoming segment.
MerrieWay Queries: What is your mission? What’s the priority. Making money or service to the people? How about both? www.merrieway.com
Add comment November 10, 2009
Inner smile… Freedom to Happiness
What is an inner smile? Feeling contentment, a tingle of self-satisfaction is a gateway to authenticity and freedom. Every day in every way we can develop a Happy muscle by doing the things we love. Awareness of what brings on good feelings raises our consciousness. Meditation, dancing, yoga, skiing, playing the piano, baking brownies, gardening, swimming, skiing, a brisk walk can have an exhilarated affect.
By becoming mindful of what brings contentment as we go through the day is the first step in recognizing our inner smile. From an emotional standpoint connecting with someone nourishes the soul: a friendly chat with the postman, a hug from a child, a heartwarming gathering of family and friends.
I love nature…my inner smile flourishes at the sound of a babbling brook, evening crickets, and a hooting owl. Stillness of the moon, twinkling stars or a deer grazing on the hill stimulates a fluttering in my being. In those moments a profound and indefinable feeling blends the outer world with my inner knowing, a ONE-Ness. There is strength, clarity of purpose that simply leads to inspired actions.
The need to rush, get anxious over the small stuff dissolves. The drama of life shifts into a new perspective and the lessons of the moment unfold, guiding right choice. Looking beyond ‘good or bad’ happenings it is clear that everything occurs for a reason. What once was chaos is a lifeline of NEWNESS, a beginner’s mind, and the curiosity of child springs forth. Compassion for all leads the way, no longer afraid of CHANGE, a sensibility overrides doubt. “Everything will be OK”
MerrieWay Muses. With expanding awareness the inner smile is all that remains, to savor and to share.
Add comment November 5, 2009
Taylor Mitchell, 19, Singer – Dies In Coyote Attack
Blessings to Taylor Mitchell’s family and may she rest in sweet peace.
Taylor Mitchell, a singer-song-writer from Toronto was attacked and killed by two coyotes while hiking in Cape Breton Highlands National Park in Nova Scotia. Hiking alone, other hikers heard her call for help and they called for emergency dispatcher. Paramedics arrived to find Taylor’s body covered with bite wounds and bleeding profusely.
Taylor died the next morning after being airlifted to Halifax Hospital in critical condition. She was on tour with a new album. A shining talent, whose light was dimmed too soon.
Police shot one animal, but they both escaped. An investigation is being peformed to determine why they animals attacked. An official at the Park, claimed they may have thought initially Taylor was a deer.
The prairie wolf, known as a coyote has been becoming more aggressive as loss of open space in many areas has forced them into the city. They are found throughout the north and in southern California, as well.
Living in the hills, coyotes share the terrain. A pack crossed the path, as I was walking my two small dogs. The alpha lingering in front of the pack, stared me down. I screamed “Stop” from a distance, backing down the hill, never taking my eyes off of him. Instinctually I knew not to run; I could never out run them. Finally we got to my home, raced behind the gates, and into the house.
The time was dusk; I don’t walk at that time or in the early morning. This warning is one I choose to heed. The coyotes were on the prowl and we luckily avoided an attack.
Add comment October 29, 2009
The World is Ablaze with Hope and Love
As an adolescent I had a vision of world happenings in simultaneous flashes. Babies being born, lovers embracing, a thunderous storm, soldiers in a foxhole- catapulting an awakening, an epiphany that life’s hologram contains all of humanity’s challenges – in a heartbeat, a quantum moment in time.
This synchronization left me in wonderment, curious, and ready to explore life as an adventure. Filled with youth’s enthusiasm and fearlessness, I embraced those I met with an open mind and heart. Overtime my career as an actress, filmmaker, and spiritual seeker led me to globe-trot and experience that earlier wonderment. And no matter how far I travelled; Bali, India, Africa or Europe I generally felt at home. In the eyes of all people I witnessed their soul reflection, shining back at me.
In impoverished areas like India, a place I expected to find despair, I found hope. If rice and a few beans were on the dinner tables, they gladly shared, embracing visitors like family. They seemed contented with ‘what they had’, at peace within their hearts.
Coming back to the US from an extended stay in Asia, jolted my senses. Gazing into the eyes of family, friends or strangers I sensed an underlying unhappiness. Permeating our American society was an outwardly anxious tone, ampped to an excruciating level. Concrete and materialism seemed to have turned loving and hope upside down. Was I a stranger in a strange land? Had I changed? What happened to the flow I had previously felt, the curious nature, the love of life, to laugh and love right here at home?
Soon the memories faded and I was back in life as usual. When perceptions shift, sometimes it takes an adjustment, a bit of time to balance it out. I had learned an important lesson. I had to embrace consciously what I had sensed in India, an internal connection to ‘all that is’, knowing that ‘hope and love’ stems from the inside out. If it is recognized inside, it reflects outside- perpetuating feelings of peace and love.
I had come full circle, what I had seen as an adolescent was here at home; babies were being born, lovers were embracing, thunderstorms raged, with the exception of foxholes – that were represented by crime-sprees and gang warfare.
A deep compassion replaced my earlier wonder-lust: A knowing of the fragility of all creatures; a longing for unity and peace amongst all nations. A tear trickled down my cheek as I recalled the greatness in the eyes of the people I had met near and afar. I visioned that greatness in those I was still to meet, or in the people I wouldn’t have the chance to meet in this life. I felt humbled by our holographic universe, in awe and in gratitude for being here. And all that remains forever inside of me is our collective spirit of ONENESS… A gift of Life, God’s gift- that blazing flame of HOPE and LOVE.
Add comment October 23, 2009
LOVE = I AM
During these challenging times of confusion and change, chattering-minds fill the molecules of air-space…The good news, we can neutralize the affects. Often chattering voices are in our heads, mom’s, dad’s, your boss’, collective beliefs that aren’t your truth.
It is time to be still….wait for clarity ,sense that all we are about to do is flowing. Now what?
Simply, breathe in a light space, let all the clutter in you mind’s eye, quiet… Sense the molecules floating, shifting into rays of light, permeating…
This is the safe haven, where you can Stand In LOVE…embrace every molecule, feel you body from head to toe saturating with his tingling upliftment.
When we learn to stand in Love…our life will shift, our outer world will feel brighter, our connections with others will be enlivened and decisions will come more easily.
Goals, work and their manifestation exceeds our wildest dreams. We will appreciate all we have, and not live in what we don’t have. We will be Standing in LOVE’s presence….LOVE = I AM WWW.merrieway.com
Add comment October 18, 2009
Nature‘s Cure- 8 Tips Parents – Happy and Healthy Children
Teaching youth to frolic and relish nature: to see, touch and listen (to what others don’t see) is a quantum creative life force. This state of being is vital for young children’s health and happiness. Enhance and encourage children developing imaginations- beyond the images that are getting from TV and media technology. Middle school age youth spend 44 hours a week playing video games, watching TV, surfing the WEB. Below are methods through being in nature that will help decrease youth’s habitual TV viewing, video game and computer addiction and to savor their natural state of being.
8 Tips- Youth frolic in and relish nature
- Nature provides a creative vortex to explore and learn. It’s a hearts opener to connect with nature. Activities can include making snow angels or sand castles’. Self calming in this quiet time opens a clear channel of clarity, simplicity, a comforting touchstone. Internal decisions, problem solving skills are accelerated through challenges like navigating a tough terrain, or avoiding a swarm of bees and a potential bee sting. Learning self sufficiency supports self-esteem.
- Spending time in nature slows down a stressed, overwhelmed mind. Sit on a log, or a rock and listen to the sounds of nature. Without the city noise, media chatter, no freeway noise. Make silence, redirection process in Silence. The mind, slow down the pace, ADD DHD symptoms kids get wouldn’t up, unwind.
- Creativity counters sensorial deprivation. Be part of nature, run barefoot in the grass. Search for four leaf clovers, at night watch the fireflies. Touch the trees, how the bark is different from one tree to another- hug a tree and connect with the energy.
- Art in the park – Sketching what a child see in nature trains the imagination. Draw a tree, without the judgment of exacting the actual image. Encourage observing nature’s majestic colors, shapes of the leaves, and height of trees. Encourage sketching what the tree feels, and write a caption of what it would like to say. Originate color schemes, purple leaves or rainbow colors.
- Building Observation Skills- Teaching kids to watch, to observer not relating. Encourage outdoor activity- exercising. Sensory integration in important that we need to move, for brink development.
- Plant a garden. Kids love playing in dirt. Planting seeds, measuring veggie rows enhances math skills. The cycle of growth is fascinating. Planting veggies encourages to enjoy eating a tomato, a carrot, or a strawberry. Visit farms, gardens, observe the seasonal changes. Observing nature’s cycle. Eagle viewing.
- Children attraction to water. They can observe where land and water meet. Kayak, canoe, Back packing- helps one to learn outdoor survival sills, tracking, communing with nature.
- Learning natural rhythms. Watch a squirrel climb a tree, a bee buzz a flower, the clouds rolling overhead. We simply attune to our natural rhythms – where intuition and quantum learning reside.
MerrieWay offers “Morph America” Curriculum, to bring creative thinking and problem solving in youth’s lives (grades 6-12). Used by thousands of families, teachers, and community groups to improve youth’s learning, creativity, growth potential.
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Add comment October 13, 2009
Can We Erase Our Memory? Want to?
No need to wait for doctors in the future to erase traumatic memories; they are already doing so, and will continue as a dictum by the Pharma’s. The Pharma’s sales reps are the doctor’s advisors, recommend the ‘cool’ drug, its efficacy and appropriate dosages.
Procedures that use drugs to alter the brain are like giving a horse an Overdose. There is no scientific way to measure an appropriate dosage. It’s a cocktail gunshot, a toss a the dart board, and long-term effects not a consideration. The Pharma’s are doing an excellent job in giving chemical lobotomies to minimize psychiatric symptoms. Young patients (under 21) on Zyprexa, Cloxaril, Lamictal, to a name a few drugs have short term memory loss and longer informational processing time. On higher dosages, sleeping 14 to 16 hours is acceptable.
Medicating 2-year-olds, for potential symptoms of bi-polar or ADD, ADHD is publicized when a child OD’s from the mixture of drugs. Having interviewed a researcher at a major Pharma corp, he admitted that trial drug tests were unreported if a placebo tested better or the same as the new drug. New tests would begin, until the reports were drug favorable.
There are known alternatives for deactivating severe emotional memories. Hypnosis, NLP, energy work, neuro-feedback, acupuncture, meditation, tai-chi, qui-gong, yoga, and various nutrients and supplements have proven to have positive effects on Post Traumatic Stress, and other traumatic incidences.
In China, doctors and energy masters can remove blocks of trauma, not by erasing the memory, but by neutralizing the thoughts and feelings associated with it, thereby lessening the response. (think the thought with a different perception. Memory is in every cell of the body. The heart and brain are made of the same materials.
MerrieWay Ponders: Who said that we need poisonous drugs to cure us and make us healthy? Who said we can not learn wholistic techniques to cure ourselves? Who said we weren’t body, mind and spirit? www.merrieway.com
Brain-altering drugs are dangerous: impossible to measure appropriate dosage: a cocktail gunshot, a toss at the dart board, and long-term effects are not a consideration
The Pharma’s are doing an excellent job in giving chemical lobotomies to minimize psychiatric symptoms. Young patients (under 21) on Zyprexa, Cloxaril, Lamictal, have short term memory loss and longer informational processing time. On higher dosages, sleeping 14 to 16 hours is acceptable.
Medicating 2-year-olds, for potential symptoms of bi-polar, ADD, ADHD is publicized when a child OD’s from drug concoctions.
.I interviewed a researcher at a major Pharma corp, he admitted trial drug tests were unreported if a placebo tested better or the same as the new drug. Tests were repeated until the reports were drug favorable.
There are known alternatives for deactivating severe emotional memories. Hypnosis, NLP, energy work, neuro-feedback, acupuncture, meditation, tai-chi, qui-gong, yoga, nutrients,supplements have proven to have positive effects on Post Traumatic Stress, and other traumatic incidences
.
In China, doctors and energy masters can remove blocks of trauma, not by erasing the memory, but by neutralizing the thoughts and feelings associated with it, lessening the response. (same thought different perception. We know cell memory can be anywhere in the body…the heart is made of the same material as the brain. And who said we aren’t body, mind, and spirit?
Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-ledoux/can-memories-be-erased_b_303519.html
Brain-altering drugs are dangerous: impossible to measure appropriate dosage: a cocktail gunshot, a toss at the dart board, and long-term effects are not a consideration
The Pharma’s are doing an excellent job in giving chemical lobotomies to minimize psychiatric symptoms. Young patients (under 21) on Zyprexa, Cloxaril, Lamictal, have short term memory loss and longer informational processing time. On higher dosages, sleeping 14 to 16 hours is acceptable.
Medicating 2-year-olds, for potential symptoms of bi-polar, ADD, ADHD is publicized when a child OD’s from drug concoctions.
.I interviewed a researcher at a major Pharma corp, he admitted trial drug tests were unreported if a placebo tested better or the same as the new drug. Tests were repeated until the reports were drug favorable.
There are known alternatives for deactivating severe emotional memories. Hypnosis, NLP, energy work, neuro-feedback, acupuncture, meditation, tai-chi, qui-gong, yoga, nutrients,supplements have proven to have positive effects on Post Traumatic Stress, and other traumatic incidences
.
In China, doctors and energy masters can remove blocks of trauma, not by erasing the memory, but by neutralizing the thoughts and feelings associated with it, lessening the response. (same thought different perception. We know cell memory can be anywhere in the body…the heart is made of the same material as the brain. And who said we aren’t body, mind, and spirit?
Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-ledoux/can-memories-be-erased_b_303519.html
Brain-altering drugs are dangerous: impossible to measure appropriate dosage: a cocktail gunshot, a toss at the dart board, and long-term effects are not a consideration
The Pharma’s are doing an excellent job in giving chemical lobotomies to minimize psychiatric symptoms. Young patients (under 21) on Zyprexa, Cloxaril, Lamictal, have short term memory loss and longer informational processing time. On higher dosages, sleeping 14 to 16 hours is acceptable.
Medicating 2-year-olds, for potential symptoms of bi-polar, ADD, ADHD is publicized when a child OD’s from drug concoctions.
.I interviewed a researcher at a major Pharma corp, he admitted trial drug tests were unreported if a placebo tested better or the same as the new drug. Tests were repeated until the reports were drug favorable.
There are known alternatives for deactivating severe emotional memories. Hypnosis, NLP, energy work, neuro-feedback, acupuncture, meditation, tai-chi, qui-gong, yoga, nutrients,supplements have proven to have positive effects on Post Traumatic Stress, and other traumatic incidences
.
In China, doctors and energy masters can remove blocks of trauma, not by erasing the memory, but by neutralizing the thoughts and feelings associated with it, lessening the response. (same thought different perception. We know cell memory can be anywhere in the body…the heart is made of the same material as the brain. And who said we aren’t body, mind, and spirit?
Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-ledoux/can-memories-be-erased_b_303519.html
Add comment October 8, 2009
Stress Busting… 5 Tips To A Happier Life
Continuous stress can bring on brain fog: it can drain energy, bring on dis-ease, irritability, poor judgment to name a few outcomes. To gain peace of mind, and stress-proof to a happier life, Merrie Lynn Ross on her “MerrieWay Day” offers some real-life actions…
- I cover my head with a blanket and wait for the sunrise, and the birds chirping. There’s a natural rhythm in nature; my puppies licking my nose, that reduces the racing heart and mind.
- Meditation is great, the stillness and knowing that comes. Taking it into life’s day is a rhythm, a natural way to be. Breathing deep, exhaling long helps in a trigger moment.
- A good cry, a hearty laugh, dancing or jogging can bust out the stress…and make room for a giggle.
- In grid-lock, I listen to kirtans, happy music-makers.
- I boycotted bad news and choose to hang out with positive folks. I eat healthily, and that includes dark yummy chocolate.
If I sound like Pollyanna, so be it. I have been flat out, beyond stress at the loss of my only son, and I am committed that nothing will stop me (including a pity party) from living fully in his memory and honoring my own purpose. It’s a shift in perception, an energy shift to what counts most. We can decide not to sweat over transient stuff and grab a good piece of life, in gratitude, one moment at a time…stress free. www.merrieway.com
Add comment October 7, 2009
Don’t Accuse The Muse…10 Minute Creative Jump Start
Nothing is going right – Your brain rattles non-sequesters, “Maybe it’s this?” “What about that?” Reeling on overload, no fresh ideas or solutions to dilemmas are forthcoming. You blame your seeming failure on the thrashed economy, your screaming kid, your divorce, burn-out. Further warping a rational perception you cleverly make-up excuses, more excuses, even more.
Whatever you do MerrieWay Shares, “Don’t accuse the Muse…your inspiration in-waiting”.
Our Muse is an ‘all knowing’ source – a well of truth, joy, a juicy kindling springing fresh ideas, answer to quandaries. As a magical genie mysterious and profound – it’s born in stillness, where great Saints, inventors, artists, and truth-tellers live, sing and dance. Most simply, it’s the essence of the self; the creative space within, connected as ‘One’ to all there is, was, and ever will be.
Merrie Way’s 10 minute Recipe to Lure the Muse-
- To release your entrenched mind-spin – take a 10 minute break from habitual stress-brain rattling.
- To get the frustration, anger, poor-me syndrome out of your system – allow a two-minute rant. Time it, any longer is a no-no. Go ahead full-blast blame, shame, tame!
- Run in step, jog, swim, and bring up the breathing. Jump-start ,your magic.
- Be still. Pause. Let the infinite peaceful energy engulf you.
- No longer is a state of worry and stress, abundant energy is at your disposal. This will bust through all energy blocks, mind is fertile to study, get that proposal done, come up with innovative marketing techniques, unlock writer’s block.
- Commit to deleting what you don’t need. All of the mind-spin turns into Creative gold. “Go for It”, enjoy the new moment,, the NOW moment with unlimited possibility, and surprise. www.merrieway.com
Add comment October 2, 2009
