Headlined Guests
Headlined Guests that have appeared on BBS Radio TV
Libbe HaLevy produces and hosts Nuclear Hotseat, the weekly international news magazine on all things anti-nuclear. She has been a TEDx speaker, an Amazon #1 Bestselling Author, hosted rallies, and led media workshops at anti-nuclear conferences around the country. She is also the co-creator of Radiation Awareness Protection Talk, or RAPT, an audio series on how to best protect from the negative impact of radioactivity on our health.
Nuclear Hotseat has been in weekly production since June 14, 2011. As of May, 2015, every month the program is downloaded in 58 countries on six continents and has received as many as half a million hits in a week. The show provides the week’s anti-nuclear news, serious reporting as well as comic relief (“Numnutz of the Week” for Nuclear Boneheadedness), jingles and sound effects. Her insightful interviews w/nuclear experts in all aspects of the issue have broken national stories in mainstream media and been translated into German and Japanese.
The Mission Statement of Nuclear Hotseat:
- Provide only verifiable information as news, so it can be trusted to be as accurate as possible. When mistakes are found to be made, retractions and corrections will be issued immediately.
- Provide context and continuity on stories, so that individual factoids and incidents can be seen as part of an overall pattern of nuclear dangers.
- Do whatever I can to keep the anti-nuclear community in good heart.
HISTORY: Libbe was visiting friends one mile from the nuclear reactors at Three Mile Island in
Middletown, Pennsylvania, when the nuclear accident happened on March 28, 1979. Libbe is author of the Amazon #1 best-selling nuclear memoir, Yes, I Glow in the Dark! One Mile from Three Mile Island to Fukushima and Beyond, available as an ebook on Amazon.com and coming out as a physical book in late 2015.
During an extensive career in broadcasting, Libbe worked for WGN-TV, WGBH-TV, 20th Century Fox Studios, Norman Lear’s production companies, and many radio stations. A accomplished playwright and librettist, her plays and musicals have won awards, been produced internationally, and optioned for Broadway. For more than 20 years, she ran a musical theatre development organization, Broadway on Sunset, and produced shows for Joan Hotchkis and Tearsheets Productions. Now an experienced life and business coach (clients include stage and screen legend Julie Andrews), as well as a popular storyteller and sought-after public speaker, Libbe’s dream is to take Nuclear Hotseat international via satellite, cable or broadcast and continue to be a catalyst to help end all things nuclear.
Along the way, she’d make a great Nuclear Pundit for any of the broadcast or cable comedy shows , as well as a consultant on nuclear issues for the film, television and entertainment industry because let’s face it: she knows where the “bodies” are buried!
Jeremy Feig is a writer based in Southern California. Originally from New York, Jeremy headed west after college to pursue creative endeavors. He’s written and directed numerous comedic short films and cartoons including Lady and the Ostrich (featured at the Indie Spirit Film Festival and VisionFest) and This Dam Life. His screenplays have been Paige International Screenwriting Awards semi-finalists and Cynosure Screenwriting Awards quarterfinalists. Jeremy's first book, How My Cat Made Me a Better Man, is a humorous self-help book for guys.
When he's not writing, Jeremy enjoys taking long walks and competing in midnight scavenger hunts.
Author Jaimi ilama is also the President of Open Door Publishing based in beautiful Open Door Publishing creates beautiful books with positive messages that teach the importance of advocacy for both human & animal rights. The goal is to raise awareness to causes that both humans and animals face and start a dialogue on how to bring about change through acceptance and inclusion with stories of courage and never-ending spirit.
After rescuing a puppy two decades ago, Diane Rose-Solomon became involved in animal rescue and education, serving for years on the board of directors of a small grassroots organization, the Animal Guardian Society. This lady with a heart of gold felt the need to give back even more to the animal community, so she became a Certified Humane Education Specialist through Humane Society University in 2009. She then combined her humane and creative interests by publishing her first two books, award-winning JJ the American Street Dog, and How He Came to Live in Our House and the sequel JJ Goes to Puppy Class.
Her latest contribution to book shelves everywhere is What to Expect When Adopting a Dog - a guide to successful dog adoption and pet parenting for every family.
Dale Loepp is a Professor of Near Eastern Studies at University of California Berkeley. Dale is also a leader and spokesperson for Isaiah58 - a group of concerned Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Lutherans who support justice for those living under military occupation in the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and Gaza. Isaiah58 urges the ELCA to take a more active role in assisting our neighbors in need in this part of the world, and listen more closely to our Lutheran sisters and brothers who live and minister there.
The group takes its inspiration from a Bible passage, Isaiah 58, which speaks about the consistency between religious belief and human action. Without actively seeking justice, religious practices are rendered void.
Here is an article from Electronic Intifada featuring Dale's views...
In massive shift, Lutherans vote to halt US aid to Israel
Ryan Rodrick Beiler Activism and BDS Beat 17 August 2016
Lutheran church wants US to halt aid to Israel until settlement construction and human rights abuses end.
Ryan Rodrick Beiler
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has become the latest US denomination to take economic action against the Israeli occupation.
At its triennial assembly last week in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the four million-member church, one of the largest in the US, voted on two separate resolutions targeting Israel’s occupation and human rights abuses, passing each by a landslide.
The first resolution calls for the end of US aid to Israel until it ceases violations of international human rights norms, specifically the ongoing construction of settlements on occupied Palestinian land.
It passed by a 751-162 vote, or 82 percent, on 12 August.
The US gives Israel more than $3 billion every year, despite laws that prohibit aid to countries with persistent records of human rights violations. The Obama administration has vowed to increase that sum over the coming decade in what would be the largest military aid package the US has ever given any country.
The second resolution, adopted by a 90 percent margin on Saturday, calls for the creation of a “human rights social criteria investment screen,” specifically citing concerns raised in the church’s Middle East policy.
The Lutheran church has deep ties to Palestinian churches which are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land. Reverend Mitri Raheb, whose Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem is one such congregation, was one of the authors of the Kairos Palestine Document which calls on churches around the world to use “boycott and disinvestment as tools of nonviolence for justice, peace and security for all.”
“By adopting this investment screen, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is taking an important step to ensure that we are not profiting from, or complicit in, injustice in the Holy Land and elsewhere,” said church member Jan Miller in a press release from the grassroots group Isaiah 58. The group describes itself as Lutherans advocating “for an end to Israel’s occupation and a just peace for both Israel and Palestine.”
Dramatic shift
According to Tim Fries, an Isaiah 58 activist, much of the assembly was focused on getting the church to move toward taking responsibility for the ways it has been complicit in systemic privilege, “namely, white, European colonial privilege.”
Fries cited huge majority support for resolutions also put to vote at the assembly about supporting refugees and immigrants (by an 842-48 vote), and expressing solidarity with Black Lives Matter (846-73).
Resolutions on fossil fuel divestment and opposition to US military spending also passed with overwhelming support.
Still, the votes on the Israeli occupation marked a notable shift in position.
Dale Loepp, an Isaiah 58 leader, noted that at the previous church assembly in 2013, there was visible and organized opposition from the Zionist activist group Christians for Fair Witness on the Middle East.
At that time, Loepp told The Electronic Intifada, the main strategy to defeat such measures was to introduce amendments that removed any economic consequences, allowing such “toothless” resolutions to pass easily.
Similar tactics were used to effectively deflect divestment actions targeting occupation-linked firms during the United Methodist Church convention earlier this year.
At the 2013 Lutheran gathering, the only amendment that introduced an investment screen targeting the occupation failed by a 70 percent margin.
“The surprising story here is that there has been a massive shift in the stance of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America on the occupation in only three short years – 70 percent opposed to economic tools to end the occupation, versus 90 percent in favor today,” Loepp said. “Though these are three years that I’m sure seem like two eternities to Palestinians.”
Abuse of privilege exposed
At this year’s assembly, Loepp observed no such visible organized opposition.
At the same time, grassroots organizers from the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation joined Isaiah 58 and allies from the Israel Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (USA), American Friends Service Committee, Friends of Sabeel North America, New Orleans Palestinian Solidarity Committee and Jewish Voice for Peace to support the resolutions.
Yet the same obstructionist strategies were employed by a number of bishops who had actively opposed divestment efforts three years ago.
Echoing widespread complaints about the US presidential election system, both Loepp and Fries noted how these bishops used their privilege to manipulate parliamentary procedures in an attempt to thwart popular sentiment.
Loepp credits the head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton, with not allowing filibusters to block the measures from going to a vote.
He has also observed calls on social media for systemic reforms that would prevent a handful of elites from attempting to hijack the democratic will of such proceedings in future.
Shanda Sumpter knows if you have ever dreamed of having a life of no worries—being able to pay your bills, buying a nice home, sending your kids to college, taking a great vacation, or having the freedom and money to make a difference for others . . . she is the business coach to show you how to make those dreams come true (and how it may be less complicated than you think). Over the course of her career, Shanda has built her multimillion-dollar coaching company, become a best-selling author, hosted the infomercial “Your Wealth Matters,” and helped thousands of her students break through the six-figure (and seven-figure) ceiling. But there was a time when she had only $500 to her name and found herself sitting on her apartment floor in Las Vegas, completely broke, unable to pay for her apartment and car. She took a chance and hired a mentor on credit. That risk was the catalyst for what became her own multimillion-dollar company, HeartCore Business. Now . . . as mom of a new baby and fiancée to her guy, Ash, she is grateful that she built a company that allows her to live on her own terms. Shanda is passionate about helping you live life on your own terms, too, with her step-by-step system to get your business launched and make money.
Mary A. Love...
Empathic Intuitive, Angel Messenger, Ordained Minister, Reiki Master Healer Teacher and Published Author with over 8 years of experience. She channels the angelic realm for informative guidance during a Reiki session. Messages from Spirit Guides and Angels come through while she connects with your energy.
This is the link to the Balboa Press website to purchase my book.
From Rock to Gem
From Rock to Gem is designed to help those who have a similar story to the author's realize they have a power within to change the course of their life to a positive direction. This change can bring them more love, joy, happiness and self-empowerment than they could ever dream possible. A spiritual awakening can be the most freeing, life-altering shift one could ever experience. The author unabashedly shares her challenges, struggles, and triumphs to teach how an ordinary person can become extraordinary using faith, strength, and passion with a focus on not giving up or surrendering to what may seem to be the reality. From Rock to Gem can be a portal to the Divine in an amazing journey to self-discovery. The choice is ultimately yours.
Jeff Louis is a Husband, Father, Waterologist, and Inventor of the BiophotonLight, Founder of PlanetOneSolutions.org comes from a background in electrical engineering, also joins us with Gary Voss as they discuss their latest Emerging Technology Venture.
Founder, Planet One Solutions. PlanetOneSolutions
Trustee & Water Scientist. BeyondWater
creator of the BioPhoton LS . BioPhotonLight
Co-Founder & CTO, IntelliTrees
Inventor of Intellitrees, CEO of Green-Aid Foundation International, Gary Voss comes from an engineering background in the armed forces which inspired his interest in Alternative Energy Technologies and Environmental Sciences. In October 2000, he launched an International Think-Tank called TAP-TEN Research which consists of a variety of the world's most cutting edge Engineers, Scientists and Physicists.
PREM
Prem is a French-American gourmet chef, songwriter, and Holistic Health Practitioner, who spent 10 years cooking in a yoga and meditation retreat center (at the Self Realization Fellowship), where he learned the arts of meditation, international cuisine, Ayurveda, devotional chanting, and the art of balanced living. The quality of his music is positive, uplifting, and encouraging. His music sounds as though Trevor Hall, Jason Mraz, and Bob Marley went on a yoga retreat, and decided to write some songs together.
Prem, meaning “love” in Sanskrit. Prem Maurel is a gourmet chef and singer/Songwriter from San Diego who often combines food and music for various events. He spent his 20’s in a yoga ashram learning about yoga and meditation where he also became the ashram chef for nearly a decade. It is during that time that he devoped his skills as a chef and as a musician which he still uses today for all kinds of events and festivals.
Up to date, Prem has performed at events with other featured musicians such as Dustin Thomas from Medicine for the People, Tubby Love, MC Yogi, Wah!, Jaya Lakshmi, Cheb I Sabbah, Singing Bear, Here II Here, and Breath of Life Tribe and many others.
Prem has shared his music for up to 60,000 people at a time at places like the Holi Festival of Colors in Spanish fork Utah, St. George Utah, Los Angeles, and Oceanside. He has also played at The Kali Klub, Humphrey’s by the Bay, The World Beat Center, Yoshi’s in San Francisco, Youtopia Music Festival, Earth Day (SD), Harmony Festival, Harbin Temple, Karmaval Music Festival, HeartBliss Music Festival, Mystic Garden Music Festival, Circle of Life, as well as many yoga studios and non-denominational churches throughout the west coast.
BARBARA WILDER
Barbara’s greatest passion is to bring Light into the dark corners of our hearts and minds to help shift human consciousness up into the vibration of universal Love. She has been speaking to this purpose across the U.S. and internationally for over twenty-five years. In her groundbreaking book, Money Is Love, which is considered one of the foundational works of the Sacred Economics movement, she showed us how to reconnect money to the sacred feminine and transform it into an agent for both personal and global prosperity. Her second book, Embracing Your Power Woman, enthusiastically endorsed by Deepak Chopra, Shirley MacLaine, Jean Houston, Caroline Myss, and many others, is a radical program that gives women in the second half of life the skills to recognize, embrace, and embody their innate feminine power, and step into their leadership roles for the new era. The Dalai Lama said, “Western women will save the world.” Embracing Your Power Woman is a guide book for the women who want to be part of that promise.
Barbara has been a guest on network television and on numerous radio talk shows. Her popular workshops inspire participants internationally. She is a dynamic keynote speaker, speaking locally, nationally and internationally, including Deepak Chopra’s Alliance for a New Humanity in Pureto Rico, and The Universal Peace Federation’s International Peace Conference in Seoul, Korea. She has been a member of the faculty of Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York, and Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado.
Barbara studied for eleven years in The School of Actualism, a mystery school based on the Hermetic Principles, the writings of Alice Bailey and Rudolf Steiner, and the ancient practice of Agni Yoga. She graduated with the highest level of commendation in light-energy healing and transformational growth techniques. She is an ordained minister and renowned spiritual teacher.
Currently Barbara lives in Los Angeles with her beloved dog, Gage, where she is working on new writing projects, while maintaining her spiritual healing and coaching practice, and traveling wherever she is called to speak about how we can create a more light-filled and balanced world of peace, goodwill, and abundance for all.
ERICA DEE
Erica Dee is an artistic paradigm of our age. Born in the digital realm, she manages to combine old world Spirit with new world Soul, seamlessly mixing, singing, rapping and djing into a linear stream. An electro vaudevillian gypsy, she has captivated audiences from B.C. to Brazil and lives to travel, learn and share her many gifts with the world.
The daughter of jazz musicians, as a teen into her early 20’s Erica was heavily involved in Canada’s burgeoning west coast electronic music scene, opening for Lyrics Born, Lil Kim, & Collie Buds, and writing and recording with Bassnectar & DJ Numark (Jurassic 5). This led to an opportunity to be mentored by the world famous Numark, who invited Erica to Los Angeles in 2009 to work in his studio.
Erica DJed & performed alongside Chali 2na, Damien Marley & Quest Love during the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver BC at The First Nations Youth Conference. Later on in 2010 Erica joined rapper Pigeon John and DJ SHADOW for the nation wide Shadowsphere Tour.
Now a true powerhouse in both the studio and on stage, Erica has continued to refine her recording and live performance prowess; recently appearing with Mr. Lif and Thievery Corporation at the House of Blues in San Diego.
Erica’s sonic adventurism knows no boundaries. From Hip Hop to House, Electro, Mash-Up, Top 40 Remixes, RnB or Dubstep, Miss Dee flexes her versatility in both style and skill effortlessly. Whether at a 15,000 capacity festival or an intimate Hollywood lounge, as a DJ, Singer or Rapper, Erica Dee entertains and connects with her audience in a cosmic exchange of Love energetics and Light.
DR. GERALD FISHKIN
Years of clinical practice and extensive research provided the background for The Science of Shame and Its Treatment. Dr. Gerald Loren Fishkin earned his Ph.D. in clinical psychology, and has been in private practice since 1970. He has authored three other books including American Dream, American Burnout: How to Cope When It All Gets to Be Too Much, Police Burnout, and Firefighter and Paramedic Burnout. An expert in clinical and forensic hypnosis, Dr. Fishkin has worked with witnesses of violent crimes in scene reconstruction as well as aided in suspect identification. Fishkin has appeared on hundreds of nationally syndicated radio and television shows.
Jean-Claude Koven is an entrepreneur, social visionary, and author of Going Deeper the first great metaphysical teaching novel of the new millennium.
A rare, independent, and adventurous free spirit who successfully combines practical enterprise and cosmic mystery. He is a highly successful entrepreneur who has launched more than a dozen business ventures over the course of four decades, during which time he studied with spiritual masters and led awareness-expanding workshops on six continents.
Jean-Claude’s abiding love of the mystery of Creation sent him around the world on a relentless quest to learn from a host of extraordinary masters—both on and beyond this plane of existence. What he saw and realized along the way informs his unique perspective and imbues his writing with uncommon love, power, and wisdom. Jean-Claude speaks for the millions of Lightworkers who have come to this planet to help evolve the consciousness of its people.
With startling clarity and power, Jean-Claude’s words and wisdom awaken the dormant memories hidden deep within each of us. Suddenly, we remember our true self and our true purpose—and with such certainty that we never fall asleep again! You can find articles, events and more on his website below, and you can find him on Facebook for personal contact!
Geoffrey Barry Rosenberg received his wake up call in early June of 1969 in Madison Wisconsin where he had just completed his third year as a Pre-Med major. Psychedelics were involved. Subsequently he dropped out of school and in the fall of 1970 registered at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee as an art major with no previous art training. His drawing prowess made this abundantly clear. However his expressions in the "craft" area proved inexplicably transcendent.
Geoffrey began practicing Transcendental Meditation in March of 1971. His understanding of the "transcendent" nature of his creations was understood to be the influence of the "Unbounded Field of Creative Intelligence" made manifest. It took another 45 years to realize this "transcendent" quality was Sophia's Organic Light made manifest in her Dream. The clues kept appearing over this 45 year time frame but he could only connect the dots once his Archontic Implants were removed.
Geoffrey received a BFA degree in Ceramics in 1973 and a MFA degree in Fiber Arts in 1974. He continued to survive making tapestries with a stint in the early '80's as a contract administrator for a high tech Electronics manufacturer. In May of 1984 he had his first "Rebirthing" session which resulted in another major wake up call. He left his job and over the next 2 1/2 years created the 7 tapestries that are now so instrumental in his service to humanity. When folks experienced these tapestries they went into "healing crisis" and Geoffrey remembered how to balance their energy fields.
In February of 1987 Geoffrey was introduced to toning which triggered his subsequent remembrance of Arcane Shamanic shenanigans. He also found he had the peculiar ability to "activate" crystals.
In 1989 he started making crystal wands incorporating wire geometries. The Intuitive Shamanic Wizard burst forth onto the scene. Workshops followed involving doing short energy alignments along with an orientation to using the wands.
In 1994 Geoffrey stopped the wand production and became a Flower of Life Workshop Facilitator for Drunvalo Melchizedek.
At the end of 1996 Geoffrey and his wife Karen moved to Mills River, NC and with 12 partners built a 104 acre Mountain subdivision rescuing the land from a 53 unit proposed mobile home development. 76 acres of this land are now in a Land Conservancy.
Geoffrey spent the next 20 years undercover (sometimes at Mastery Systems) and working on the inner planes.
Then in March of 2016 the Archontic implants were removed..........
Alannah Joy has over 30 years experience working as a Spiritual Life & Health Coach for people & animals. She is highly intuitive and has both a traditional medical background and a holistic health background. As an Animal Communicator she helps people to understand their Pets better and is gifted in helping with the transition of people and animals.
Co-Authors Laura Cortner and
Robert Hieronimus, Ph.D.
Discover the Divine Feminine Roots of America
Authors Bob Hieronimus and Laura Cortner explain the forgotten goddess origins of the Statue of Liberty and her connections with the founding and the future of America - the conscience of our nation.
The image of a woman symbolizing independence was embraced by the American revolutionaries to rally the populace against the King, filling the role of “Founding Mother” and protector of the fledgling republic. Incorporating Libertas, the Roman goddess of freed slaves, with Minerva, Demeter, Justice, and the Indian Princess, Lady Liberty is seen all over the nation’s capital, and on the seals and flags of many states.
Showing how a new appreciation for the Statue of Liberty as the American goddess can serve as a unifying inspiration for activism, the authors explore how this Lady Liberty is a personification of America and its destiny. They examine multiple traditions that influenced her symbolism, from the Neolithic Earth Mother, to Mary Magdalene, Columbia, and Joan of Arc, while revealing the sharp contrast between depicting “liberty” as a female and the reality of women and other suppressed classes throughout history. Their study of “Liberty Enlightening the World” led them to conclude that the empowerment of contemporary women is essential for achieving sustainable liberty for all.
Sounding the call for this “Goddess of the New World” to inspire us all toward peacekeeping, nurturing, compassion, and environmental stewardship, the authors explain how the Statue of Liberty serves as the conscience of our nation and is a symbol of both the myths that unite us and the diversity that strengthens us.
Lunden Reign to release their second album: "Confessions" December 2016.
Music video from their new album "RED WAGON (Can't Return to Yesterday)" debuts on Saturday, Sept.17th.
Lunden Reign formed in the summer of 2013 following a tour of the UK by the Lora G & Nikki Lunden Band (Lora G now spelled Laura Espinoza-Lunden). Since then the prolific songwriting duo, along with their producer & song co-writer, Luis Maldonado (lead guitarist for TRAIN) released their critically acclaimed debut "big beat, alt rock album "American Stranger" in 2015. “American Stranger” made multiple music magazine’s “TOP 10-BEST OF” Lists for 2015.
Now Lunden Reign is preparing for their release of their second album: "Confessions" in December of 2016. The first single & music video from their new album "RED WAGON (Can't Return to Yesterday)" debuts on Saturday, Sept.17th. This is the first of ten songs LR created for their sophomoric album.
Nikki & Laura are the core members of Lunden Reign along with Producer & co-writer Luis Maldonado. Nikki & Laura perform both as an acoustic duo: "Laura & Nikki Lunden of Lunden Reign" and as "Lunden Reign" with their full band comprised of: Nikki (lead vocals, guitar), Laura (guitar, keyboards), Matt Lucich (drums), Matt Denis (bass) and Julian Tomarin (guitar). When not on tour with TRAIN, Luis Maldonado will sometimes join Lunden Reign on stage.
Several legendary rock artists (who love LR's music) has joined them on stage including: Dale Bozzio (Missing Persons; Terri Nunn (Berlin) and Prescott Niles (The Knack). LR has opened for Belinda Carlisle (Go-Go's); Salt n' Peppa and performs regularly on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood.
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Purchase Lunden Reign's critically acclaimed debut release entitled ... American Stranger at amazon.com
Throughout my life I’ve been very spiritual and spend many years researching and studying the various religions of the world. Ten years ago I did researched 2500 NDEs and loved the information there, thus my book, THE WONDER OF YOU, What the Near-Death Experience Tells You about Yourself. It explains the deep learning of spirituality. I also have a workshop The Spirituality of Science that answers the questions, Why am I here? What is life all about? What am I? How can I be One and separate at the same time? I have a workshop called The Spirituality of Science. Throughout my life I have had a high interest in cosmology and quantum theory. My workshop looks at how science is verifying what amazing creatures we are. It answer questions that have been asked through the ages. Why am I here? What is life all about? What am I? How can I be One and separate at the same time?
Contact Lynn through my website, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google+. Be sure to use Lynn K. Russell or Lynn Kathleen Russell as there are so very many Lynn Russells out there.
Bio: My favorite saying is, 'Find Your Bliss!' That's what I'm doing as I write my Ocean Depths series. It's fun, like reading one of my favorite novels as it unfolds before me. I want to entertain my intended audience and take them out of their world into the fiction world I've created.
As for me, I enjoy nature, the ocean, my family/friends and animal friends and discovering new ideas. Educating myself and learning about different spiritual ideas is fun. I enjoy playing my Taylor guitar and Kawai grand piano. Creating a garden space around my home and being out in nature is part of my bliss.
I'm concerned about our planet, her oceans and fresh water ways. Our planet can only take so much pollution, dumping of chemicals, sonar blasts in our oceans that destroy the internal organs of sea mammals, and bombs before we sicken it beyond its ability to heal. Once we've poisoned and abused the Earth to point of its demise, where will we go? We can't help but impact it, but why destroy it? We have the ability to nurture it and be respectful of it. But will we?
My hope for humanity is that we can work at finding our own bliss and be good to one another and our planet along the way no matter what belief systems we adhere too or what governments we live under. Is that simplistic? Yes, but often times the simpler an idea is, the easier it is to implement.
Life is interesting, hilarious, catastrophic, heartbreaking, heartwarming, and amazing and I'm glad to have a chance to live and learn. And I hope along the way that my journey may help someone else realize their bliss to the betterment of us all!
Book Series: The Ocean Depths series would make a wonderful movie series for my intended audience, being visually fun. The characters are mermen, mermaids, real gods, goddesses (who live among us), river and sea nymphs and witches. They're living in La Jolla on the San Diego coast, in coastal rivers and deep out in the ocean at King Poseidon's castle as he rules over the world's oceans, or 'Mother Gaea's blood' as deity in my story call it.
Callista Ann Sunders, my heroine is a California senior in high school who is saved by Triton, (hero, god/merman and shape-shifter) after her car rolls down the bank into the Pacific. Callista is jabbed with toxin/venom while in the ocean and freaks when her body slowly changes from human to something else. She eventually learns that Triton isn't just a teenager like herself, but a god and merman.
Callista is a generational witch whose element is the sea and is well grounded in myth because of her mysterious Grandma Anne. Still, Callista finds all that's happening to her and learning who Triton is, completely unbelievable and incredulous! Romance, magic and conflict over how to save the planet because of mankind's continued abuse of it is the back drop for all the drama in the series.
Book two, Ocean Depths A Time, is at the publisher.
The conflict continues as the hero and heroine try to solve some of it. It involves time travel back into my heroes past (Prince Triton) on Pitcairn Island which Triton calls, 'Nanwe' before the Bounty gets there. Callista has to convince Triton that he and she are dear friends and more, quite a daunting task.
Book three, Ocean Depths A Life, is 100 pages in as the adventure, drama, romance and conflict continue! Book four Ocean Depths A Dream is just the title, but that's all I need for it to LIVE! As I progress, the ideas for the rest of the series will come to me. Triton and Callista will see to it. They want their story told!