Nostradamus' predictions 'coming true', lost volumes of end-of-days being mysteriously found and translated, artistic depictions of falling stars carrying us into oblivion, constant reminders of hell and brimstone--the wrath of an angry "god": and this all before 1900!!

I would like to take you on a journey, if I may; to a place that many question but few truly consider. Image, for a moment, one single point—a point which exists where the basic three axis of X, Y, and Z (the three dimensional means of measurements to which our very understanding of this universe are founded) intersect. What would you see there? What would you find?

Everyone knows while harvesting Yarrow, Black Eyed Susan, Red Clover, and Bee Balm or any other leafy summer herb it isn't unusual to be stung or bitten once, if not several times, by those little critters whose homes our hands suddenly invaded!

I have bills that I cannot pay; a credit card long ignored (with an outstanding balance that is low, but still too high to pay off right now). Though there are jobs in my area many of them are given to university students due to legal priority.

After a particularly bountiful harvest last summer I found myself with very little room to dry the pounds of fresh herbs collected (and while I am referring to legal herbs, this plan can also be used to dry other not-so-legal plants and fungi, though; I in no way recommend this as its primary use).

I realize there is an influx of "bad" news coming in droves now, but this time it again affects everyone in this country. Food is slowly being regulated to the point where it may soon be impossible to buy, sale or trade any true Organic sustenance (all the while never using the term "organic").

We are now so use to the long white lines that criss-cross the sky behind commercial airliners that we may no longer pay attention to them! But get a little closer and you begin to see they may not be as innocent as simple exhaust and water vapor.