Art: ART FOR THE SEASON Opening

Pia Sjolin Design

LaMotta Fine Art

110 Albany Turnpike

The Shoppes at Farmington Valley

Canton, CT

(Across from Blue Tulip,
in the old Hollywood Video store)

The storefront . . . .The crowd . . . .

Colorful Scandinavian-style fabrics . . . .

made by Swedish artist Pia Sjolin . . . .Ceramic sculpture by artist Julie Palmer
(and on my Christmas wish list this year . . . .)

More by the very talented Julie Palmer . . . .

Oil on canvas by artist Cathy Doocy . . . .

Encaustic on wood by artist Julia Fosson
(who is going to teach me how to paint with encaustics . . . .)

Another by artist Julia Fosson . . . .

The work of artists Patricia Carrigan (l) and Janice LaMotta (r) . . . .

Open 7 days a week

Mon - Sat, 10 am - 9 pm

Sundays, 12 noon - 6 pm

Christmas Eve, 10 am - 5 pm

December 26th - January 6th

Mon - Sat, 10 am - 8 pm

Sundays, 12 noon - 5 pm

Faux Painting: Ragrolled Bathroom

Bathroom I painted today, in a yummy warm color
called Roman Ochre:

Wearing my safety gloves . . . .

this is one of those rare occassions where I had to use oil/alkyd based paints.

I always recommend painting bathrooms in warm skin tones,
because as you can see, the warm skin tone colors will reflect onto
your own skin and your skin will look radiantly healthy.

Even (or maybe even especially) when you are nude . . . .

So . . . . a very sexy color for a bathroom with a hot tub.

My Anti-Cancer Treatments: Avocado

I happen to LOVE LOVE LOVE avocados . . . .

My two favorite sandwiches in the world are avocado and/or tomato sandwiches on sprouted bread with cayenne pepper, salt and pepper, and a little bit of spicy mustard.

I crave avocados.

Now researchers are saying that nutrients found in avocados may help combat oral cancer:

Avocados Linked to Cutting Oral Cancer

Avocados Prove Fruitful in Fighting Oral Cancer

Avocados and Cancer: Fiber, Potassium, Vitamin E, Magnesium

10 Health Benefits of Avocados

Avocados also contain glutathione, an important antioxidant for preventing cancer.

And did you know that an avocado is a fruit and not a vegetable?

Also, I think I may have just finally found the right dentist for me. A dentist who just told me that he eats about six avocados a day. He was eating avocado when I walked into his office. How cool is that?

He doesn't use nickel.

And my first visit with him was only $45 . . . . wholly guacamole!

Now that's what I'm talking about.

My Anti-Cancer Treatments: Cayenne Pepper

My saliva pH after eating a tomato with cayenne pepper today is

very alkaline at 7.4 -8.0 !

Yeess . . . .

Cayenne pepper and tomato are both alkalizing for the body, and we all know that cancer cannot survive or thrive in an alkaline environment.

Cayenne Pepper Kills Cancer Cells

Another Cayenne Pepper Kills Cancer Cells article.

Medicinal Use and Health Benefits of Cayenne Pepper

Anti-Cancer Strategies That Work

Treatment - Cayenne Pepper: Includes cayenne pepper as a treatment for chronic/hidden infections, raynaud's phenomenon, sinusitis, and as a preventative for stroke.

And cayenne pepper sprinkled over alkaline veggies is much yummier than baking soda paste in your mouth (yuck . . . .
ptooey . . . .).

Village Interviews: Izzy Young

What did the fly say to the flea?
Folklore Center is the place for me.
~ Bob Dylan

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
7:30 PM
MNN Channel 67

Dear Friends :

The following can be viewed on any high-speed computer anywhere or on TV in Manhattan:

This Wednesday, September 10 at 7:30 PM, on my little cable program, Famousx2, on Channel 67, I am re-airing a half-hour program combining two interviews I did with Izzy Young in 1994 and 1999.

Izzy, who used to be known as "The Mayor of Greenwich Village", founded and ran the Folklore Center from the 1950s to the 1970s, first on MacDougal Street and then on 6th Avenue. The center was a combination music shop, performance space and mecca for everyone involved in the so-called folk-music scene of that era. Izzy organized Dylan's first official concert and conducted the first interview with Dylan back in 1961. Now, Izzy runs the Folklore Centrum in Stockholm, Sweden.

In this program, Izzy remembers Phil Ochs, perhaps the most politically active folk singer of his generation and a friend of folk singers all around the world, including Victor Jara, and Dylan and the folk club scene in the Village in the 1960s. This is a program that anyone interested in Ochs and/or Dylan should see. Izzy discusses Phil's drinking and inferiority complex in relation to Dylan, his obsession with making the charts and with the Kennedys. He talks about the famous Broadside interview he did with Ochs. He tells the story of the 1972 concert at Lincoln Center, which Izzy MC'd for Ochs, David Bromberg and Doc Watson (whose first NYC concert was organized by Izzy in 1961) and during which there were bad feelings between Watson and Ochs and between Izzy and Ochs. He also has many nice things to say about Phil's songs.Finally, Izzy gives his account of his first encounters with Dylan when he came to NYC the first time and how Dylan put one over on him in his first interview.

If you are in Manhattan and have access to Time Warner, you can see it this Wednesday January 26th, at 7:30pm (DST-that's NYC Daylight SavingsTime) on channel 67. On the RCN system, that should be channel 85.

If you are outside of Manhattan, anywhere in the world, and you have a good high-speed connection on your computer, you can go to MNN and click on channel 67 to see it at the same time.

Sometimes MNN does screw up broadcasts, but usually they air things without too many problems.....Be patient.

Recently, some of you outside of Manhattan have told me you have not been able to tune in by computer. Please let me know if this happens again, and I will give MNN a piece of my mind.

Best,
Jason Howard

Sebastian in the Morning: Professor Boyd Haley

Professor Boyd Haley, whom I had the great honor, privilege and pleasure of meeting at the Mercury Trials in New Britain in 2005, will be a guest on the Sebastian in the Morning radio show on WCCC 106.9 FM:

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5th
at 8:20 a.m.

Dr. Haley, a biochemist at the University of Kentucky and one of the world's top experts in mercury toxicity, will be talking about the dangers of mercury vapor from dental fillings and thimerosal in vaccines, and the link between mercury and Alzheimer's disease, autism, and now, possibly even cancer (especially oral cancer and breast cancer).

If you live outside of Connecticut, you can tune in to WCCC 106.9 FM and listen online.

If you would like to go on the air to discuss this topic, the call in number is 860-525-WCCC.

LINKS:

Dentistry and Alzheimer's

Smoking Teeth = Poison Gas

Watch Mercury Kill The Brain: Vaccines and Neurodegeneration

The Origins of Autism

Oral Cancer, Mercury and Periodontal Disease:

Mercury vapors in the mouth which spreads mercury to all points in the body, increased use of antibiotics, periodontal disease, inappropriate oral care, yeast and fungal overgrowth, and decreasing immune strength are all colliding and reinforcing each other in a downward spiral that leads to chronic diseases and cancer. Most people and even dentists are surprised to find out that more often than not this all starts out in the mouth.

Most of our cancer patients have
a lot of amalgam dental fillings.

Professor W. Kostler
President of Austrian Society of Oncology

Toxic Metals and Cancer: Carcinogenic Mercury Vapors Leach Endlessly and Profusely in Your Mouth : This just confirms, once again, how obsolete modern medicine is. The day you go to an oncologist's office and he or she asks you, after you have been diagnosed, if you have mercury fillings in your mouth, will be the day I will trust modern oncology once again. And if he recommends to take them out safely, then I will be impressed. By the way, there are oncologists nowadays who do these things. Just very few, though.

More Dr. Boyd Haley Links

Natural mercury detoxifiers:
Garlic
Selenium/Brazil Nuts
Cilantro
Chlorella
Glutathione
Vitamins C and E

The Inhibition of Mercury Vapor Absorption by Alcohol
Interesting.

Mercury Toxicity Expert Boyd Haley on the Radio, by The Verigin Dental Health Group

UPDATE: See Episode Two, with Boyd Haley HERE.

My Anti-Cancer Treatments: Garlic

"One must be very suspicious of anyone
who does not eat garlic."

Roman Proverb

The Benefits of Garlic in Cancer

National Cancer Institute: Garlic and Cancer Prevention: Several population studies show an association between increased intake of garlic and reduced risk of certain cancers, including cancers of the stomach, colon, esophagus, pancreas, and breast (remember, this may be linked to nickel).

Nickel and mercury linked to breast cancer.

Nickel promotes breast cancer cell proliferation.

Life Extention Lymphoma Protocol: Garlic extracts can induce death in lymphoma cells (Arditti FD et al 2005; Scharfenberg K et al 1990). Indeed, in a recent study, conjugation of a garlic extract to the antibody rituximab (which targets lymphoma cells) led to the death of these cells (Arditti FD et al 2005).
(Nickel also causes bone lymphoma, aka reticulum cell sarcoma).

Connecticut Center For Health: Benefits of Garlic: Antioxidant, Prevents Cancer, Antimicrobial (including Klebsiella pneumonia - also linked to nickel).

Garlic alkalizes the body, thins the blood, prevents blood clots, and destroys tumor cells.

Garlic chelates mercury.

Garlic contains germanium and selenium.

Raw Garlic Without the Bad Breath

"A nickel will get you on the subway,
but garlic will get you a seat."

--old New York Yiddish saying

Photos taken at: The Garlic Farm in West Granby, Connecticut,
and my kitchen.

Vacation: Ulster County, Hudson Valley

Home of Ulster County Legend, Don Ross
(aka Uncle Don, no relation)

Uncle Don's Garden

View of the Mountains From Uncle Don's Back Yard

Uncle Don and Me

The Morning Brew Cafe

My Raw Food Lunch

Checking Out Nectar Imports

I Love This Store

The Paint Finish is Awesome

Some Good Ideas Here for My Gallery/Design Store

High Falls Food Co-Op

My Kind of Pharmacy
Medicinal Uses of Cayenne Pepper
Medicinal Uses of Ginger and Ginger Root
Medicinal Uses of Eucalyptus Leaf

Lake Minnewaska

Hiking from Lake Minnewaska to Lake Awasting

Lions and Tigers and Deer, Oh My

Brainberries
Dark Hued Fruits, Veggies are Good for the Brain

Lake Awasting


Taking a Lunch Break

Delicious

Confronting my Shadow Self at Lake Awasting

Heading to the Beach

The Beach at Lake Awasting


Uncle Don Breaks the Law . . . .

While I Consult My Shadow Self . . . .

And Opt For Vitamin D Instead



Leaving Lake Awasting

Heading into The Dutchess County Fair




Teaching Jason and Uncle Don

Burning Man

The Food Here is Terrible . . . .

See Pictures From Last Summer's Trips to Uncle Don's
here and here.

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My Handwriting Analysis from the Dutchess County Fair reads:

• Versatility is one of your outstanding traits.
• You do not allow yourself to be intimidated by others.
• You like to play an active part in life around you.
• Your imagination runs away from you at times causing you to exaggerate.
• People find you honest, conscientious, and trustworthy.
• You become depressed if you don't make the progress you planned.
• You are sensitive to the needs of others.
• You have strong principles and stick to them faithfully.
• Your bark is much worse than your bite.
• You dislike rules - unless you make them yourself.
• You love seeking new challenges.

My Horoscope from the Dutchess County Fair reads:

PISCES: Ruled by Neptune, the planet of mystery and illusion, the Pisces personality is elusive, changeable, and spiritual. They are not known to be practical, but can have a masterful understanding of abstract ideas. Each Pisces bears a stamp of uniqueness. Pisceans are very special people. They are loyal, unselfish, and always ready to help a friend who has fallen on hard times. They are not concerned with the superficial and what others see on the surface. Pisces looks at the inner soul. Fundamentally unsure of themselves, Pisceans prefer to work alone rather than with other people. They do better with creative endeavors than in the dog eat dog world of business. Humor is one of the Pisces' secret weapons. They are excellent practical jokers with the ability to keep a straight face while pulling someone's leg. They have a fine dramatic sense fueled by a powerful imagination. Pisces often have psychic connections with their children. Their compassion allows them to understand all the struggles and challenges of growing up.

PISCES IN THE NEW MILLENIUM: In the new millenium, you learn to bring your wisdom and intuition in line with your work and profession. Instead of keeping hunches and intuitions to yourself, you'll begin sharing them with other people. A 14-year spiritual expansion begins. You will know, at the very least, who you are and what you believe and where you are going. Most of us will not discover this much in a lifetime.

Wow. Pretty damn good . . . .