The B5 Jumpgate Lady's Blog http://www.jumpgatepins.com/blog Thoughts from a breast cancer patient, science/tech fan, artist and female computer geek (yup, all the same person) who is currently surviving in Las Vegas Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:48:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Shipping news and personal energy http://www.jumpgatepins.com/blog/2010/08/shipping-news-and-personal-energy/ http://www.jumpgatepins.com/blog/2010/08/shipping-news-and-personal-energy/#comments Sun, 29 Aug 2010 07:00:50 +0000 elana http://www.jumpgatepins.com/blog/?p=627 I am glad I gave myself all the way to September 10 to re-open the website to more sales. As usual, I keep forgetting that sometimes I end up needing to rest for up to two or three days at a time. This past week was no exception.

I am writing this on Friday night. [...]]]> http://www.jumpgatepins.com/blog/2010/08/shipping-news-and-personal-energy/feed/ 0 Dreaming of a living in place of peace… http://www.jumpgatepins.com/blog/2010/08/dreaming-of-a-living-in-place-of-peace/ http://www.jumpgatepins.com/blog/2010/08/dreaming-of-a-living-in-place-of-peace/#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:00:49 +0000 elana http://www.jumpgatepins.com/blog/?p=609 There is a specific, beautiful, quiet condo complex here in Vegas where I wish to spend my next (last?) few years.

The two-story buildings are arranged around a courtyard filled with beautiful pine trees. My favorite bird species is the mourning dove. There are lots of mourning doves flying around the branches inside [...]]]> http://www.jumpgatepins.com/blog/2010/08/dreaming-of-a-living-in-place-of-peace/feed/ 0 Vultures are a necessary part of the ecosystem… but STILL-! http://www.jumpgatepins.com/blog/2010/08/vultures-are-a-necessary-part-of-the-ecosystem-but-still/ http://www.jumpgatepins.com/blog/2010/08/vultures-are-a-necessary-part-of-the-ecosystem-but-still/#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:00:34 +0000 elana http://www.jumpgatepins.com/blog/?p=608 Consider “carrion-eater” species such as the vulture. They help the ecosystem by keeping the landscape a bit cleaner. They don’t kill anything… they just patiently wait for something to die. Circle of life and all that. You can’t hate them for what they do. They are born to do a service.

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