At times I can really enjoy watching documentaries, oftentimes concerning nature and (wild) animals.
I came across one that followed a lion pride for a longer period of time. Unfortunately I cannot recall the title. It was truly awesome.
Two new lion's took over the pride from the older one and then they kill any cub under a certain age so the lionesses get in heat again.
But the mother protected her babies and buggered off with them, and her sister's. A total of 7 that she had to feed, protect etc. while being chased by the 2 not so happy lions.
It was truly awesome, if I come across it again I will post the link.

Couple other really worthwhile docus:
Facing Grizzlies (2021)
Yukon's wild grizzlies (2022)
Wild horse redemption

The latter is about inmates who get to work with wild mustangs, train them etc. Absolutely great watch!
How some of the inmates truly changes through working and bonding with the horses.
Clearly shows how deep a bond with an animal can go and how much good it does a human being.

These 3 can be watched on knowledge.ca but who knows on other sites as well.

Morning!
Learning Kendo was also on my agenda but never happened. Oh well... next life :)

I gave up on the John Wick movies due to too many scenes with flashing lights. My brain isn't keen on that.

I have watched many Jason Statham movies, but the action ones. Because I'm a big martial arts nut, hihi. And what he can do, amazing!!
Long time ago, before pregnancies when my back was still happy, I did Taekwondo myself. Loved it!
And the way Statham acts the tough guy is appealing. Like in the Transporter movies.

Not seen any with Melissa McCarthy. For some reason I never like her much.

300 was absolute brill! Amazing how Gerard Butler trained to get that body for the movie. Seen interviews in which he told how much he had to work out for that each day.
But the story... based on historic facts. I really really like it.
300 Rising of an Empire with Sullivan Stapleton was also good, also based on history, but I prefer the other one.

Speaking of Gerard Butler... Greenland, the Fallen movie series, certainly the last one with Nick Nolte. The way they are together is totally hilarious. I think they both enjoyed the hell out of working together.

Not sure if I've given Annika a whirl... I'll have to watch an episode to find out.

LOTR and The Hobbit are great! I never read the books, just the movies.
I also like The Hunger Games. And the Divergent movies.

As for King Arthur... Have you seen King Arthur Legend of the Sword?
Brilliant movie! With Charlie Hunnam as King Arthur.
The movie is shot the same way as "300 Rise of an Empire". A style of filming I absolutely love for certain movies.

I'm still here!
Sometimes I get so busy with whatnot that I don't get to Mingle for a day or two, hihi.
Don't ask me what I've been doing, I wouldn't be able to tell, hihi. Just silly li'l things.

OT -------------
Me's thinking.... where's the sun?!?!
My solar lights start to fade and if I don't get any sunlight soon, so will I, hihi.

Vertigo? I also had that! Once had a dizzy spell. I was asleep but even in sleep I suddenly felt very dizzy, spinning, and it woke me up. I opened my eyes and saw the entire bedroom spin around me?!!
Scared the chit out of me as didn't know what was going on. Was I having a stroke? Or was it again because of my neck injury?
Thank goodness no stroke, haha.
But took me 1,5 yrs to recover from it. Unreal!
Since then I do get dizzy quite regularly. Usually not too bad, but annoying nonetheless. Right now it's worse as I pulled a muscle in my lower back on Tuesday and my entire back & neck are out of whack.

I also have to take into account what my body/neck can handle. Bummer is that I don't feel it in the moment but about 30mins later. So I have to try to remember and decide when I have to stop while I still feel okay. Not easy. I easily think "Mwah, another 10 mins!" Then there's another 10 and before I know it I've done too much again :/

I don't like asking for help either. Same as you, others already have enough on their plate as it is. Another thing is that I know a lot of people but not really well enough to ask them for help. Sometimes I do, depending on what it is.
But the volunteer thing to help people is okay. I don't feel the same hesitance with that, although I still try to sort it myself first.
According to dating coaches many women have trouble asking for help by the way... It has to do with being able to receive and feeling worthy to receive etc.

I hope you get the roofing done without too much trouble!
For myself I hope to find a really great guy! I'd so love to have this wonderful man by my side, hand in hand, in love :D

Yup, one of my 3 cats, all females :)
The eldest, 4,5 years, has developed an allergy for most food so she can only have special (bloody expensive) food. She's finally getting used to it, but I have to keep an eye on her otherwise she still eats the regular food out of the bowls from the other 2.
The youngest, li'l Meggie, on the other hand loves Nila's special food so I have to run around a lot, putting food away from this cat, put food back on the floor for that cat etc.
Kinda nuts, haha.
Free fitness, lol.

I recently found out I got mice, got mouse clamps in today, so tonight I can run around with those. Putting them up in my bedroom where I have mouse/mice and in the kitchen.
Hoping to catch them real soon, at the same time dreading that as then I'll have to deal with the dead mice in clamps, eeeewwww!

One of the many joys of being a single woman, haha.
I really need a bloke, hotdangit!!

As for French Canadians... dunno any of those, but generally speaking I don't like the French. They're different, have different roots, from the Dutch, English, German etc.
And I know the French in Belgium can be naff as well. Able to speak Flemish but refusing, looking down on their Flemish fellow countrymen.
They're prolly not all like that, but it's what I've heard through the grapevine.
So I guess French Canadians will tend to have the same attitude (attitude problem), grin.

A long read indeed, hihi.
I did watch "See", cannot remember if it was mentioned or not, nor if why not.

Some of the things you mentioned I tried but gave up on. One of which is "Person of Interest". I got fed up with it, and even Jim Caviezel's good looks and sexy voice couldn't keep me captivated, hihi.
I do love this movie he did in 2008, "Outlander". Absolutely wonderful!

I don't read much because I have a neck injury and causes me trouble in that sense.
A real pain in the neck -literally- as I used to LOVE reading!! I'm a real bookworm, have been ever since I learnt to read way back when.
Unfortunately not so easy anymore due to my neck. But the amount of books I've read in my life, unbelievable!
I still read, but have to limit it, so it's only books I really want in physical form, not as E-book.

I don't watch really old movies. I sometimes re-watch some great movies from the 90s, but nothing older than that. E.g. Men in Black, The Fugitive, US Marshals. Great movies!

Horror or WW1-2 stuff really isn't my thing. The first lowers my vibration/energy too much, the 2nd I simply don't like.
One war series I DO love is Tour of Duty. Got that on my HD. Absolutely brilliant series! (Vietnam war).

There are a few things you mentioned that I'll look up :)
Cheers for your input!

Oh, as for power animals...
I somehow feel quite strong resonance with Bear.
Which is kind of hilarious to me as I always sighed when people say their power animal is bear and their guide a Nat. Am. Indian. Such a platitude, if that's the correct word. As if they were truly spiritual if they had a bear and a Nat. Am. Indian guide.

But i feel strong mother energy in Bear. Which makes me think of Artha, the Avalonian/pagan Bear goddess.
It's a female bear, not male. That doesn't feel right.
I guess I need some motherly love and protection?

Amazing what you have done and how far you've come!
I know the mind is extremely powerful, as is the self-healing ability of the body.
It is actually infinite.
I learnt this from Dr Joe Dispenza. Many who have done his work have healed from stage 4 cancer!?! Also from stroke, being (partly) paralysed, MS and whatnot.
I have started his work a few times, but I always lose motivation/inspiration after some 2-3 months. Like with working a 9-5 job as I told before where I get bored within the same timeframe, I also have this with healing work.
I know from what Joe Dispenza says this is the exact time where you have to follow through. If you do, you're there.
Stupid thing is, I just forget. And then think a week later, "Chit, I haven't done anything anymore?!!"

In spite of my limitations I do a lot myself as well in and around the house. Being single, you have no choice, right?
Sometimes I have to get help in though, volunteers as like you I can't afford to get paid-for help in.
And funny enough much of what I do myself works fine, doesn't bother me much physically?
A few years ago I had to put up a new 7m long gutter on the garage. I'd never done anything like that, normally your man does that, hihi.
But I did it, didn't bother my neck/shoulders at all, which was quite unbelievable! But I was so proud of myself that I got it done and that it worked perfectly as well!
I have yet to finish of the gutter on the other side. Half of it is done.

Roofing I wouldn't do. Too heavy for me. I also have an issue with raising my arms up. Anywhere above shoulder height approx. makes my muscles cramp and triggers my neck.
But I have a council house so that kind of thing I don't have to do myself anyways. I just phone them to tell them XYZ is broken and they sent someone over to fix it.

I hope you manage to get or have it done without too much trouble!!

I could get a parking thing for invalids too a few years ago. But for me there's no real added benefit. Yes, parking in town would be easier I guess, but I hardly ever go into town. I'd get a traffic sign on/near my driveway, which I do not want, hihi.
But I'm on welfare as I wasn't working at the time of my accident, not disability benefit (which is substantially higher than welfare).
Since I'm in the welfare system I cannot get permanent exemption from working/applying for jobs. I can only get 1 or 2yr exemption. Last time I got 2 years, which ends this April, meaning I'll again have to go to my manager and convince him I haven't healed and still cannot work. Sigh...
Always stresses me out as when they decide I can work I'm b*ggered.

I still have my dreams and hopes for the future though! I want to be free of that welfare system, be my own independent self, travel, have a wonderful partner.
Give online courses on the masculine & feminine principles, sell paintings and meditations and so on.

For that I'll have to get myself on track again. Spend about a year on getting balance in hormones after becoming post-menopausal. I started HRT last year (hormone replacement therapy). Takes time to get a balance, not there yet. I do hope it will alleviate my issues. If so, then I can begin to do stuff. Maybe. If I have the guts, hihi.

Lucky you, not having to deal with those animals. Hopefully no human cougars either, haha.

I always felt Australians were quite a lot like us western Europeans, not like Americans, which is why it felt so good to be there.
I get the same vibe from Canadians.
I know many Dutch went to Canada. You often can tell by the surnames. Lot of Dutch ancestry there.
Also German and Belgian I think. Which makes you wonder how many have British roots over there.

Maybe time to dig into Canadian history, hihi. But for now have to chase after a cat who's trying to eat food she's not allowed to eat due to allergy, grrr...

You know, I've often thought if colonists way back when didn't regret having left Europe, hihi.
All the wild animals, snakes, insects and chit that they suddenly came across in the new home countries, albeit the Americas or Australia.
I've sometimes cussed living here in this flat boring country. Tried to stay in Australia, would've loved to move to the UK, was even looking into emigrating to Canada some 11 years ago.
I guess it wasn't meant to be cause none of it worked out. I suppose I'm meant to stay over here.
When it comes to safety from not having wild animals, snakes, insects and stuff that isn't too bad, haha.
I'd pretty much feel like taking 10 rifles with me to go hiking over there, lol. Better yet, have a hunk of a guy with me who'd also take on the role of protector :D
I'd totally freak out if I'd see a bear or a mountain lion or something, hihi.

You gotta be kidding me: I also had a car accident in 1999?!?
I ended up with a real bad whiplash as I'd had a double whammie: the first when the guy hit me from behind with his car, second when I slammed into the car in front of me because of it.
I did recover for the most part although it took years.
But in 2012 I had another accident, fell of the stairs, from the top, hit my head real hard upon 'landing'.
Real bad concussion, lost a tooth as well, the one next to your front teeth. Had to go have both my lips stitched then on the the dentist to have my tooth fixed that had broken off.

That accident I have not recovered from to date. Maybe because I didn't have time to properly recover from the concussion --> I had to move house couple months later as my then partner and I had broken up. And I was forced to do work I shouldn't have been doing yet. Too early, too soon. But when you're on a benefit you've got nothing to say.

Because of all that I can't work so I still live of a very small income (well-fare).
Absolutely brill to have a great brain, to be intelligent, have lots of skills & abilities and still not able to make a decent living :/
I think you can relate to that!
On the other hand side I'm glad I don't have to work in today's society, deal with the 9 to 5 BS and mentality, as it doesn't suit my personality at all.
It'd make me miserable to be part of that. Only advantage is that you have more money to do things.

Like you I also make life worth living by being creative.
I can do what I want up to a point. I am limited by the rules that come with the benefit, and a small budget, hihi.

I also spend a lot of time on personal growth & development, which overlaps with the spiritual/energy work, but also psychology, neuroscience and so on.
Thank goodness a lot can be found on the net!

I do not understand how you do all that you described when you're paralysed on one side. That is really unbelievable. Kudos to you!!

No boundaries - competitive reality
A bit of an oldie, 2002, but it's really good.
Canadian.
15 people competing to get to the finish in the last episode. Each episode one is chosen by the leader to leave and each episode the entire group chooses a new leader.
About 50% are female, 50% male.

It's quite addictive to watch, the things they have to do, unreal! Not for the faint of heart.



Nice, thanks!

Glad to know my English is still in order, hahaha.

I'm pretty much the same. I also don't follow one particular anything. Wouldn't want to either.
Now I am not bothered by labels but I feel following one method is limiting.
For instance, I felt I was missing out on things that were important to me when I was apprenticing with a hedgewitch.
Same if I'd only do reading or healing or anything else.

But I am that way with everything in life. In the past I struggled with that for years, wondering why the hell I couldn't be one thing like most other people.
You know, be a nurse, or a bookkeeper, a teacher or whatever.
But I simply can't. If I have a regular job I start to get bored after 2-3 months. Bored to the point that I start looking round for another job, think about calling in sick if my throat itches just once etc. etc.
I just cannot work a regular boring job that is the same day in day out, year in year out.

At some point when I was 52-ish I realised it's okay to be the way I am. That it's actually my strength, not an Achilles heel.

Shortly thereafter I heard a coach explain in a TED talk that there are people who are so called 'specialists', the ones who do one thing and excel at it, and people who are multi-potentialites. These are people who are interested and good at multiple things and they cannot thrive when doing just one of them.
That TED talk did me a lot of good. Confirmation of what I'd worked out myself and how she explained it was wonderful!

I called myself 'multi-faceted', presented that in my website logo as a coach with a diamond :)

Whenever I dive into a new method, whether spiritual or otherwise, I take from it what resonates with me and dump the rest.
Over the years I've created my own unique blend that way.

Lightworker isn't a method or any one thing. It's an overarching statement. It means that you've gotten so far on your path of spiritual & personal development that you're vibration has gone up. You're ego doesn't really run the show any longer, you live from the heart. As such you feel a deep longing to serve. Serve the planet or people or... or...
Paganism to me is also a very broad statement, overarching. Many things fall under that umbrella. It's not just the one thing nor is it a method.
Basically 'paganism' is everything that isn't churchie. That church would consider heresy.

Gosh, talk about digressing from the original subject, hihi. Hope you don't mind. I'm actually enjoying our exchange!

40+C??? In Canada??? Are you sure, haha. I mean that's crazy!
Last few years we can get around 36C over here. Sometimes for a few days to a week but some years it lasts for over a month.
Horrible as it's too stinking hot to do anything. I'm thinking of investing in an AC as it keeps happening every year nowadays.

As for Canada... I've seen in the Mantracker series that many areas have an insane amount of mosquitos. Now I have seen a lot of mosquitos in Australia, but not nearly as bad as in some areas shown in Canada.

A steady 20-25C... apparently there are quite a lot of countries within that range.
Google comes up with Australia & Brazil.
Now not all of Australia. Northern part gets frigging hot & is incredibly humid. The centre is desert and will get stinking hot in summer (50+C) and very cold in winter. Well, not like Canadian cold, hihi, but still freezing cold.
But I gather the east coast and towards the south, maybe Adelaide area.
Adelaide area was really nice btw!!

Indeed gotta stay safe, hihi.

Thanks for the website! I've got it in my faves now for easy access.

Sisnners? I guess you mean the movie "Sinners"?
Not for me as it's horror and I'm not a fan of that.

Funny -and great!- you say that, as I wanted to say the same thing but decided to leave it out: it basically all leads to the same thing, or if not it's about the same things: oneness, alignment, love.

I don't really know how I'd describe the difference between what I consider pagan and what I do now. I think the main difference is that Paganism is more earthly (or is it earthy? My English is failing me, hihi) and the other more cosmic.
But even that isn't 100% correct as there's an overlap.
Generally speaking the beings you work with/call on are different.

But I wouldn't know how to accurately describe it, or point out valid differences. I only know both feel different to me. If I want to do something more pagan-like it's as if I have to put on a different coat, hihi.

I watch a lot of things using uflixx.cc streaming website. I do use a VPN.
They do have Expedition Bigfoot on there.