Late night big yowls, my vivacious and radiantly lovely Big Cats... so, who brought in the hot temps again? All of a sudden, within a few hours, the weather forecast changed, and a 100 degree temps replaced the high eighties. Yeah, you betcha, there is no weather manipulation going on... looks more and more obvious something major is happening, likely both changes on the sun and weather wars... one thing is certain, given the ‘real’ scientific data, it ain’t con man Gore’s greenhouse gasses.
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Authoress news and mews ~
Wild Moon Blues... there is something about this poetic phrase that the Kougar tingly-adores and resonates with... it’s also perfect for this moment, since this Big Cat began reading her first contracted ebook, ALL SHADES OF BLUE PARADISE, and is she ever enjoying... of course, there are the improvements she’d like to make... but, they are minimal at this point... the Kougar is hoping she just might get the sequel done now, PLEASURES OF BLUE LOTUS OIL, which was interrupted by writing HER INSATIABLE DARK HEROES.
So, what else did the Kougar writerly accomplish today, other than promo-biz stuff? She did the list thing, something she hadn’t done in ages... this Big Cat used to be a major list writer because it is part of her nature, but quit when the results didn’t seem to be there anymore... however, for some darn reason she felt compelled and did an organizational list of WIPS... will it help with what gets written next? ~a huge shrug~ It does look good.
Yep, it’s coming to SHAPESHIFTER SEDUCTIONS ~ the LABOR DAY BLOG HOP, September 3-5 ~ if you’re in the mood for some nearly nekkid man candy, and their animal forms, come on by. You can start at ~justromance.me ~
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From Astrology.com ~
Your September Forecast is Here!
Nit-picky Virgo is not necessarily the first sign that comes to mind as bringing relief. But after the emotional upheavals of August, you'll welcome September's steady Virgo influence with open arms!
At the start of September, the Sun and Venus will be in Virgo, giving you an on-the-go spirit and an eagle eye for detail. On September 3, when the Sun meets up with Jupiter, you'll get an extra morale boost, and maybe even some good financial news. Then, Virgo's influence will get kicked up another notch when its ruler, chatty Mercury, moves in on September 9.
Later, on September 11, fiery Mars will send a friendly wink to Venus, upping your passion and enthusiasm. The next day, on the 12th, the full Moon in Pisces will present you with a dilemma, but Mercury and Pluto will also meet that day, giving you the means to find a solution.
The 15th will mark the start of the shift from Virgo to social, tactful Libra as Venus moves into the sign. Libra is ruled by charming Venus, and Venus here will put you in a calmer, more cooperative and romantic mood. September 17 and 19 may be problematic, though, as disruptive Uranus and intense Pluto take turns facing down Venus.
September 19 will also see rambunctious Mars move out of sensitive Cancer and into flamboyant Leo. The surge of confidence this brings will border on arrogance. Fortunately, you'll be justified in tooting your own horn a bit when Mars and innovative Uranus partner up on the 23rd and the brilliant ideas practically pour out of you.
The final shift to Libra will occur on September 23 and 25 as first the Sun and then Mercury move into the sign. The atmosphere will become fair and just, as everyone seeks balance in their lives. Uranus will immediately try to unsettle this balance by shaking up the Sun on the 26th and then Mercury on the 27th, but if you keep your wits about you, you'll find some amazing opportunities open up before you!
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From UNKNOWN COUNTRY ~
NOCTURNAL LIGHTS OF LUBBOCK
On August 31, 1951, Carl Hart Jr. of Lubbock, Texas, had five 35-mm photographs of mysterious lights that had been racing through the sky for nearly a week. Glowing objects, visible from his bedroom window, prompted Carl to take his camera to the backyard, where he photographed nearly twenty luminous objects, flying in "A" formation and a mothership hovering in the background. The local newspaper editor purchased the shots for ten dollars and a vow to run Carl out of town if the pictures proved to be fakes. An air-force-base laboratory in Ohio examined the photos and found no evidence that they had been faked. More than twenty-five years later the photos were reexamined and again found to be genuine.
Reprinted with permission from Weiser Books, "Almanac of the Infamous, the Incredible, and the Ignored" by Juanita Rose Violini is available wherever books are sold or directly from the publisher. ~ redwheelweiser.com
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Big Cat by-the-numbers ~
1:11 am... 2:12 am... 5:55 pm... 11:11 pm... the line was crossed today, and the split has occurred... those who love freedom are done putting up with current happenings, and are emotionally splitting away from those who only pay lips service to wanting freedom...
BIG KUDOS to the country of Iceland. The people there are now seizing LIBERTY with both hands, and are currently leaps and bounds ahead of our beloved country. A new constitution is being created by the people online, in a transparent fashion. They are declaring each individual citizen as sovereign, and are freeing themselves permanently from the global mafia banksters by taking control of their currency... as Joyce Riley says, “What a concept.”
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The most powerful weapon is the human soul on fire. ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
~ Happy Summer-escapin' in August ~
~ MAY YOU ALWAYS HAVE ENOUGH ~
And, May you live the dreams of your heart, not in interesting times...
Wild Blue Moon kisses from the Kougar...
Dang, and oh hell yeah... this Big Cat would want him waiting for her...
Late night meows and wahoooos! My purty and prowling Pussycats... another serene day on the tame prairie, with a bit of rain in the morning... more rain would be good about now.
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There’s a mystery that has ALWAYS confounded this Big Cat ever since she was a cub-child... what was the big thing about vilifying chocolate, lo all these many years? This Big Cat never understood why chocolate was supposed to be so bad for you, and the near hysteria of some people that kept saying ‘don’t eat it’. Hey, for the past fifteen years, at least, research has proven the health benefits of the cacao bean, the bean that is used to create chocolate... and yet, there’s still all this craziness from the ‘well-meaning’ crowd that, oh, chocolate really isn’t that good for you, or some other food is better.
REALLY?
Having evolved into a conspiracy theorist, given the tons o’ lies told by the gov and the big corporations... well, what if, the health benefits were known way back when... back when the Hershey company began, and through World War II when the GIs had chocolate bars in their kits... so, what if? Yeah, enter the bad guys who want to sell chocolate, but! Hey, it can’t be too healthy, because ‘we’ don’t want really healthy folks because unhealthy folks are far easier to control, so lets add some white sugar, now mercury-filled corn syrup, instead of a healthy sweetener like whole cane sugar, which is also excellent for your health. Bottom line, the health goodness of chocolate has been compromised and adulterated.
Solution, get organic chocolate made with healthy ingredients. Or purchase raw cacao powder and make your own... pretty darn easy. And, there are lots of great recipes which taste far better than a Hershey bar, or Hershey Chocolate syrup. Btw, your heart, your circulatory system, and your brain will thank you.
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Authoress news and mews ~
Wild and Wicked Cowboys... oh hell yeah!
Wow, did this Big Cat super-yippee enjoy Sherry James’ blog today. And mygosh, talk riding down memory lane. Here’s the beginning...
The Smartest Horse in the Movies!
Posted on August 30, 2011 by sherryjames
This past weekend at the Nebraska State Fair I had the opportunity to see one of my horse heroes! I have several, Secretariat, Affirmed, Alydar, my sweet old horse Silver Gent, and yes, Trigger. I finally got to see Roy Rogers’ trusted steed and “The Smartest Horse in the Movies!” Needless to say, and to my kid’s lament, I whipped out my camera and started snapping shot after shot! No way was I leaving the building without taking a few pix.
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And, howl about the *Trigger, Roy Rogers* synchronicity, the Kougar is blogging on Wednesday, August 31, at the Wild and Wicked Cowboys blog ~ wildandwickedcowboys.wordpress.com ~ Here’s the opening...
Ya Never Get Over Your First Cowboy Crush
Hi all, thanks to Randi for having me today. I thought I’d start at the beginning.... so, no near nekkid cowboy eye candy... my apologies.
My first official cowboy...okay, the TV version...was Gene Autry. Yep, I’m a baby boomer, and I was a little gal then. Really it was his horse, Champion, I ran to see at five o’ clock every Saturday morning.
Horses were my first love. Cowboys came second. But, boy, did I fall hard when I did fall. My first cowboy crush, after sighing repeatedly over the golden and gallant Trigger, was Roy Rogers.
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The Big Dog’s Movin’ In
by Savanna Kougar
Not bothering with headlights once dusk melted into night, Daebo relied on his superior eyesight, maneuvering over the backwoods road at a good clip in his trusty all-terrain truck, one he’d hand built.
Yeah, and it was a new moon night. Darkness fell like a big ole blanket. So, some of his so-called skills were downright handy. Especially, since he’d needed to get out of town fast.
Hell’s own, he hadn’t even hung around long enough to find out which of the alphabet soup agencies wanted a piece of his large honkin’ ass... or wanted his blood... damn their souls, if they even possessed one... hell, his hair would do. They always pilfered his brushes and combs, and scooped out his shower drain.
Or, it might have been one of the top criminal organizations he’d pissed off over the years. Like the Yakuza.
“Now, we’re howlin’.” Daebo cranked up the sound on his old analogue radio. “Shout out bark to Hank, the big dog Williams, Jr... and Daddy Hank.”
I came in last night and I don't know when.
That woman of mine she wouldn't let me in.
I said Move it on over. Move it on over.
Move over little dog 'cause the big dog's movin' in.
Daebo rumbled along with the tune, adding, “Synchronicity is out to get me, and lickin’ at my tail-waggin’ butt.”
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Big Cat by-the-numbers ~
3:33 am... 4:44 am... 5:55 am... 4:44 pm... 10:10 pm... the rise and fall of tyranny has begun...
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Record-breaking river flooding swamps New Jersey
Reuters- 14 minutes ago
Reuters - Swollen rivers submerged stretches of northern New Jersey on Tuesday in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene, damaging homes, flooding roads and stranding residents, hundreds of thousands of whom had no power.
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From the HEALTH FREEDOM ALLIANCE newsletter ~
Bananas are dying. They're killed by a fungus, one known to be caused by glyphosate, which is used on bananas. But the loss of bananas may be only the tip of the disaster.
Click here for more information >>>
~ healthfreedoms.org/monsantos-roundup-may-end-bananas-canaries-in-the-mine ~
Big Cat Comment: MONSANTO is mass murdering people, bananas, and Mother Earth, per usual.
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The most powerful weapon is the human soul on fire. ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
~ Happy Summer-escapin' in August ~
~ MAY YOU ALWAYS HAVE ENOUGH ~
And, May you live the dreams of your heart, not in interesting times...
Wild and Wicked Cowgirl kisses from the Kougar...
Ah Zorro, otherwise known as Antonio Banderas playing the role of Zorro... did the Kougaress ever enjoy-love this swashbuckling movie!
After midnight meowsa, my beautiful and bold Big Cats... a quiet-looking day on the tame prairie... the air is nice and dry... so the big bad hurricane that wasn’t? Except for all the flooding, of course... Hmmmm... when this big cat first heard about Irene, she had a bad feeling, as in lots of ‘intended’ devastation by the bad powers that be... and good gosh the HYPE!!! being allergic to that level of overplayed and obvious hype, the Kougaress didn’t even hear most of it, or see it... however, once Irene finally made landfall, this Big Cat ‘lost’ that intuitive feeling that it would be a whirling monster eating up the east coast... divine intervention? Always a good possibility... intervention by good guys and gals, another possibility... so, really, what is the truth?
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Big Cat by-the-numbers ~
1:11 am... 2:12 am... 3:33 am... 1:11 pm... 2:22 pm... 3:33 pm... 12:12 am...
Weekly Angelic Forecast from Volcano
Straight from the Carnal Cherub himself...
Angelic Forecast ~ #156
For this week, beneath the influence of the New Moon, the name of the world game becomes CONTRADICTION. Extreme contradictions in ideology arise as never before, and the result is twofold. Conflict spreads like wildfire over the globe. And a Renaissance-like creativity soars, one that unites people of like mind.
This theme of opposites continues, and increases in intensity throughout this year of 2011. Events on the world stage will be a macrocosm of Hurricane Irene, and its aftermath of devastation. Simultaneously, there will be a new cohesive energy from the cosmic Divine. This bright energy will bring people together who are ready to create the world anew.
During this week, it will be apparent and transparent that life for many is rapidly spinning out of control. In part, this is because the institutions that could be counted on in the past will begin to topple and fail on a massive level.
There are TWO possible directions for this week. One is a dramatic rise in riots and upheaval. The OTHER possibility is an underground revolt that has been gaining strength and momentum since the first of the year. The clue to knowing if this is underway, will be the sudden silence of those who have been very vocal in their criticisms of the establishment.
Either way, at this time life will be a tornadic ride. The dynamic cycles that are the ebb and flow of life on Earth, now clash and crash against one another. Or, a giant tsunami meets the fiery lava of an erupting volcano.
On the economic front, as the global mafia makes certain the world’s economy swirls around the proverbial toilet bowl, there will be many folks making decisions they never thought they’d be faced with. This is your opportunity to look outside the box. There will be good answers if you persevere, and use your intuition combined with your common sense.
From this point forward, death is an unwelcome specter across the globe. This will be due in large part to the bio warfare weapons beings loosed by the dark powers that be. It’s time to strengthen your immune system, and rest whenever you are able.
There will be a crucial happening midweek, that at first will seem somewhat insignificant. However, it will be a trigger to a huge event on the near horizon.
A cantankerous mood will likely overcome many this week. And for good reason. However, your best defense against a world gone mad, is to join together in divine love with those who resonate with you and your goals. Good relationships are the key to happiness in the Aquarian Age.
Trendwise, good quality survival gear will be in demand. Hard currency, as in gold and silver coins, will only gain in popularity. And, growing hemp is likely to become a way to protest the establishment, as well as earn a living.
However, the hottest trend in the making, one that is invisible to most currently, is the Book of Aquarius by Anonymous, a free download. This is an alchemical manual on how to make the philosopher’s stone.
Angelic blessings from Volcano & Sedona
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MORE...Volcano’s Angelic Forecast for this week ~ sirenbookstrand.blogspot.com ~
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Authoress news and mews ~
A ‘BIG THANK YOU’ to the Just Another Paranormal Monday loop ~ groups.yahoo.com/group/ParanormalMonday ~ for posting BRANDED BY THE TEXAN’s cover art today. ~smiles~
Yep, the Kougar is writing her Tuesday blog for SHAPESHIFTER SEDUCTIONS. Hopefully, it will fully materialize onto the computer screen without too much effort... oh, yowls, claws crossed.
So, what to writerly work on next? There’s so much confusion over the whole Indie pubbing thing. Good vs Not so Good, as in sales. Of course, nothing is ever that simple or straightforward. And, since the Kougar has so many heroines and heroes calling her name, pestering her to have their stories told... what’s a Big Cat author girl to do?
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Fangbanger II: Love's a Bitch
by Pat Cunningham
Gina raked her predatory gaze over both the customers and the staff of the coffee shop. As she’d feared, pickings were slim. Her first choice of hunting ground, Dante’s Pleasure Club, had ended up on the fiasco list. Her efforts to boost her age through make-up hadn’t fooled the bouncer at the door. The son of a mutt had carded her, noted her birth date, and turned her away with a condescending grin and a snide, “See you in two years, honey.”
Hump him. Hump him and Dante and the legal drinking age and Dane, her pack’s alpha, and especially the Stone Age law that said only alphas could mate. She wasn’t a puppy any more. She was a full-grown beta bitch and she wanted a date, dog damn it!
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Note: My darling Big Cats, buy lots of extra food. Even if there aren’t a whole lot of shortages, with the devaluation of the dollar, this is a good strategy for these times.
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Spring floods cost Arkansas farmers millions in lost income Reuters - 1 hour, 56 minutes ago
Reuters - Arkansas farmers suffered a severe blow from this spring's floods and stormy weather, with crop damage costing them $335 million in lost farm income, a study released on Monday said.
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The most powerful weapon is the human soul on fire. ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
~ Happy Summer-escapin' in August ~
~ MAY YOU ALWAYS HAVE ENOUGH ~
And, May you live the dreams of your heart, not in interesting times...
After midnight meowsa kisses from the Kougar...
New Moon, late night meowsa, my splendid and spectacular Kittens... a lovely dry-air day on the tame prairie with possible thunderstorms later tonight... wowsa, the Kougaress just can’t get over the sun’s path in the sky this year... and now, she can’t tell if Mr. Sol’s position is the same as last year at this time since He is setting more due west, but still toward the north. ~shaking kitty head~
According to Mark Lerner, noted astrologer, the USA is entering a new Saturn return... this means, as a country, we will be searching for a new identity... so, hang onto your tails, my darlings, it’s going to be a tornadic ride.
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Authoress news and mews ~
Well, the Kougar did it. After burning several brain cells, and writing the tagline, the blurb and the synopsis on the fly, or at the last minute... whatever, she entered the ARE ~ allromanceebooks.com ~ Just One Bite Contest with her short story, THE PANTHER AND HIS SAGE QUEEN. Nope, no expectations of being one of the 32 finalists selected. Although, this Big Cat is very yowling happy with her story, and might Indie pub it.
Yeah, not her best effort, but here’s the working blurbage ~
Kristin desperately needs this vacation to Talbot’s Peak, Montana, home to high strangeness. She’s never married. Her life is going downhill at quantum speed. But, instead of hiking the wildlife trails, she’s expected to babysit her sister’s two kids. Still, Kristin hardly anticipates being abducted by a strange, green-eyed Tarzan.
Zrexur, panther shapeshifter, arrives in Talbot’s Peak to claim his chosen mate. On his version of Earth, the land of the pyramids still thrives with one huge problem. Their gene pool is in decline. Only a Sage Queen, a human woman of intelligence and wisdom, will satisfy his virile loins.
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AUTHORS/ASPIRING AUTHORS ~ Good Info
Encouraging info re self-publishing
Posted by: "Lindsay Townsend"
Sat Aug 27, 2011 8:45 am (PDT)
~ rubyslipperedsisterhood.com/goin-indie-my-sales-during-year-one-of-self-publishing ~
Cheers, lindsay
Lindsay Townsend, historical romance.
~ lindsaytownsend.net
or follow me at Twitter: @lindsayromantic
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Big Cat by-the-numbers ~
12:12 am... 2:12 pm... 2:22 pm... 4:44 pm... 10:10 pm... Volcano’s Angelic Forecast for this week ~ sirenbookstrand.blogspot.com ~
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Typhoon hits Taiwan after pummeling Philippines
AP- 22 minutes ago
AP - Typhoon Nanmadol slammed into Taiwan on Monday, unleashing heavy winds and torrential downpours that closed schools and offices and prompted the evacuation of thousands of people in the landslide-prone south.
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The most powerful weapon is the human soul on fire. ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
~ Happy Summer-escapin' in August ~
~ MAY YOU ALWAYS HAVE ENOUGH ~
And, May you live the dreams of your heart, not in interesting times...
Tornadic ride kisses from the Kougar...
Late night purrs, my lovely and boldly loving KitKats... this Big Cat hopes everyone who is in the path of Hurricane Irene is safe and warm and dry... another nice warmish day on the tame prairie... although, really, everything has this odd tilted feeling to it... hmmm, a vid of little green men walking around their craft in Siberia... King Arthur’s round table possibly found is another article... there is SO MUCH MORE to that time than has ever been released to us, the public... and, something else the Kougaress finds intriguing... an underground river has been discovered beneath the Amazon river... truly, we know very little about this wondrous Earth of ours... in part, because it has intentionally been kept hidden...
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Authoress news and mews ~
The Kougar is fine-tooth combing her short story, still tentatively titled, The Panther and His Sage Queen... so far, so good... meowsa! Here’s the first SIX sentences.
Zrexur launched through the wormhole as panther. Transitioning to his human form, easily done while moving through the vortex’s cosmic sap, he landed barefoot on what this parallel world called pavement.
He needed a bride.
Not any woman would do. His kind took only what they called a Sage Queen for their bonded mate. He thought they were known as spinsters on this version of Earth.
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Oh lordy, because of some strange itch, the Kougar made a list of WIPs to finish and stories to pen, just the obvious ones... bionic fingers, bionic fingers, bionic fingers... please, please, please... PLEASE!
Oh big frustration maows... the Kougar attempted to get all of her books on her author page at Amazon UK with no success. You would think their Amazon Central would be the same. While it looks the same, the feature to add your own books doesn’t seem to work. Dang it!
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Nitchell's Plan
by Solara
Nitchell wiped his sweaty palms down his loincloth. Since coming ashore six months earlier, he’d learned to fain human modesty. Cason insisted on covering himself regardless of who was present. Nitchell smiled as images from the first time he’d caught Cason nude in bed jacking off flashed through his mind.
“Hmmm,” Nitchell twilled aloud. “Cason has a thing for nudes and scantily clad women. Wonder if I can ping his horny id and get him to make a move on the merwoman.” A clap of thunder pounded the air and a bolt of lightning jagged deep into the sand not too far from where Cason and the mermaid lay.
Nitchell jumped, startled, and rolled his eyes toward the clouds hanging close. “Okay, I get the point. Just trying to get them together and his protective side fired up.”
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Big Cat by-the-numbers ~
2:22 am... 5:55 pm... 11:11pm... 11:33 pm... 11:44 pm... strange, strange times are ahead... prepare...
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The most powerful weapon is the human soul on fire. ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
~ Happy Summer-escapin' in August ~
~ MAY YOU ALWAYS HAVE ENOUGH ~
And, May you live the dreams of your heart, not in interesting times...
Strange, strange times kisses from the Kougar...
Friday into Saturday maows, my purty, weekend-playful KitKats... another lovely and placid sunny day on the tame prairie... however, the critters are acting like it’s autumn, already.
Good vibes to everyone in Irene’s hurricane-path... take care, my darlings.
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Authoress news and mews ~
Ever have one of those writing moments when a word sounds right, but somehow doesn’t sound right for how you just used it in a sentence? Well, as the Kougar was closing in on the end of her short story, the word ‘wracked’ showed up. However, instead of using ‘wracked’ as in ‘wracked with pain’ .... well, this Big Cat author ended up doing an i-search and found this via Googlie as typical examples... although, as it turns out ‘wracked’ has been used for sexual pleasure sensations as well.
Next to her, a young man sat on the kerbside, his body wracked in grief as he cried and cried. Wracked by conflict.
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A Home and Protection...A Shelter in the Storm
by Serena Shay
Sakina flapped her wings in double time, knowing she had mere minutes before Ceallach was on her tail. Rooftop swoops allowed for the mixing of her scent with several other shifters in the hopes of throwing the single-minded raven off her trail.
How could he have found her? She’d used every technique for evasion in her very long memory. She’d done everything from changing the name she gave to other people to dying both her human hair as well as her feathers. And still he’d caught up with her.
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The so-called sexual liberation...
Big Cat Note: The so-called sexual liberation of women has been a double-edged sword. Women have been horribly repressed sexually in the past, and in the recent past [and are still being repressed in brutal ways throughout the world]. This Big Cat grew up in that era of repression, and suffered greatly because of it. However, the soulless psychopaths globalists have coopted much of the women’s movement, and have, too often, redirected the sexual liberation into a ‘sex object’ culture. While agreeing with much of what this article talks about, the Kougar does not agree that it is as simple as ‘men’ editors being ‘afraid’. As this Big Cat has blogged about before, if women truly realized their power, their beauty, who they actually are at a deep spiritual level... well, our world would be transformed toward the GOOD in the blink of an eye. Thus, every effort is being made to keep women down and out while deceiving all of us into believing women are liberating themselves.
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From UNKNOWN COUNTRY ~
The Reason Things Seem Sexier Now
Friday, August 26, 2011
The portrayal of women in the popular media over the last several decades has become increasingly sexualized, even "pornified." The same is not true of the portrayal of men. This could be a reflection of what's happening to women's lives in this economy.
These findings may be cause for concern because previous research has found sexualized images of women to have far-reaching negative consequences for both men and women. Two sociologists studied this by examining the covers of Rolling Stone magazine from 1967 to 2009. Why Rolling Stone? Sociologist Erin Hatton says, "We chose (it) because it is a well-established, pop-culture media outlet. It is not explicitly about sex or relationships; foremost it is about music. But it also covers politics, film, television and current events, and so offers a useful window into how women and men are portrayed generally in popular culture."
After analyzing more than 1,000 images of men and women on Rolling Stone covers over the course of 43 years, the researchers came to several conclusions. First, representations of both women and men have indeed become more sexualized over time; and, second, women continue to be more frequently sexualized than men. Their most striking finding, however, was the change in how VERY sexualized images of women--but not men--have become.
Hatton says, "What we conclude from this is that popular media outlets such as Rolling Stone are not depicting women as sexy musicians or actors, they are depicting women musicians and actors as ready and available for sex. This is problematic, because it indicates a decisive narrowing of media representations of women."
This is especially odd because during this period, a record number of women became heads of government and business CEOs. Could this be due to a sense of fear and uneasiness on the part of (male) magazine editors?
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Big Cat by-the-numbers ~
12:12 am... 5:55 am... 2:12 pm... 2:22 pm... 11:11 pm... Aphrodite Rising, the key to our liberation as human beings...
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Crews rush to corral wildfires in Northern Rockies AP - 2 hours, 49 minutes ago
AP - Crews facing adverse weather forecasts rushed to bolster protective lines around blazes that have scorched tens of thousands of acres in the Northern Rockies, while firefighters in Oregon worked to corral a range fire that forced a kids' science camp to evacuate.
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BIG CAT SNARL AND SNARK ~
Gee, for the amount of pages, like in Time Magazine, and all the web news space devoted to saying over and over that Ron Paul, current candidate for president, can’t win... well, gollee darn, all that expended effort going on to convince us that Dr. Paul can’t win... yeah, hey, this Big Cat figures the establishment is running damn scared, and he’s got a real good shot at it. Any candidate who is truly willing to get rid of the Federal Reserve, a consistent stand Ron Paul has taken for years now, unlike Mr. Hair Perry, and just like President Kennedy planned on doing lo those many years ago... btw, JFK’s executive order is still technically in effect to end the Federal Reserve, but has been conveniently ignored... oh, and consider this, President Lincoln also had a plan to run an end around the Federal Reserve with his greenbacks... gosh, how interesting both presidents were assassinated. Yeah, Ron Paul knows his life is on the line, but he believes in the American people, and in America.
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The most powerful weapon is the human soul on fire. ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
~ Happy Summer-escapin' in August ~
~ MAY YOU ALWAYS HAVE ENOUGH ~
And, May you live the dreams of your heart, not in interesting times...
Weekend-playful kisses from the Kougar...
Late night yowls! My glorious and gifted Big Cats... yes, Mr. Sol is now on a different path across the sky... the Kougaress kept her eye on him today... the sun definitely set closer to the west, although it was still somewhat northwest... however, it wasn’t way, way in the northwest, on the other side of the sorta outdoor porch building like before... yee-owws! another major discombobulating day... it’s like being pulled in several directions at once, and not knowing which direction is the priority... however, lots did get done... with piles more to go... no! It never ends!!!
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Discovering the Book of Aquarius ... the Kougaress downloaded this ‘free’ book after listening to the William Henry’s Revelations radio show, and plans on giving it a read. Though, she doubts she has the means and ability to try making her own philosopher’s stone. However, for those with an adventurous spirit, who have always had a yen for the mystical and alchemical... well, this Big Cat says ‘go for it’!
From UNKNOWN COUNTRY ~
Wednesday August 24, 2011
The Elixir of Life and the Philosopher's Stone--Available Now
We can learn the deepest secrets of alchemy right now, and Jay Weidner guides us on the journey. Could it be that there were people in the past who created and drank the elixir of life and understood and used the philospher's stone?
Jay has had access to some of the world's most secret alchemical texts, and he believes that he has uncovered the secrets of a the ancient science that predates alchemy and became alchemy. He has discovered that the transformations of alchemy are actually very accessible, but hidden behind a wall of secrecy and complexity.
Listen as he strips away the myth and reveals the true simplicity of alchemical power, and how it can be achieved--which turs out to be possible and accessible.
Many people are doing it right now, and so can you.
Read the clearest description of alchemy and how to accomplish its transformations in what Jay calls the finest alchemical text ever written. And the book is free. You can get it here ~ bookofaquarius.forgottenbooks.org ~
Jay's website is JayWeidner.com. You can find his books and DVDs at Sacred Mysteries.com.
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Authoress news and mews ~
Yes! Short story progress with the *tentative* title of The Panther and His Sage Queen... if only the Kougar can make it to the finish line. Claws still crossed.
Okay then, TITLE MAGIC, the blog belonging to this Big Cat author and her ATIV buddy, Pat Cunningham, is being somewhat resurrected. That is, the Kougar is posting Volcano’s Angelic Forecast on Monday, and Pat is blogging on Thursday with tips on writing. We are also looking at re-posting some of our ShapeShifter Seduction bloggies, along with, of course, promo blogs about our books.
Here’s the beginning of Pat’s blog ~
How to Grow a Series
by Pat Cunningham
Let me rephrase that: this is how I grow a series. In general. I’m a pantser, so my approach to any novel, let alone a series, tends to be haphazard. I don’t sit down and plot out a nine-book epic with every single twist and plot point outlined and described. God bless those who can. It’d be a lot easier if I could, but my mind doesn’t work that way.
Tip one: don’t wait for inspiration. You can’t expect your muse to drop in on a regular basis. She may go on strike or get caught up in a CSI marathon or something and leave you holding the keyboard with a blank screen to fill. Forget about her. Sit down and write. You may find your best inspirations happen when you’re in the middle of working. As your fingers fly, so do your thoughts. It’s like dominos. One idea knocks over others, and so on down the line.
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Just useful info ~
From UNKNOWN COUNTRY ~
TV Ads are Sneaking into our Brains
Thursday, August 25, 2011
A new study helps explain why some ads seem to stick in our minds. It turns out that certain types of commercials trick the hippocampus area of the brain (where long-term memories are stored) believing that the scene we just watched on television actually happened--to us. This is done by evoking nostalgic scenes (such as Christmas) that bring up vivid emotions in most viewers.
In an experiment 100 participants were told about a new type of popcorn, then they were randomly assigned to watch different commercials. Some watched ads with little imagery, that just described the product, while others watch a commercial that showed happy people enjoying the product in their living room. The product, however, doesn't really exist. A week later, the two groups were asked about their memory of the product and (as you might expect), the ones who saw the living room ad had decided that the product being advertised was delicious.
In Wired.com, Jonah Lehrer quotes a paper by researchers Priyali Rajagopal and Nicole Montgomery as saying, "The scientists refer to this as the 'false experience effect,' since the ads are slyly weaving fictional experiences into our very real lives. Viewing the vivid advertisement created a false memory of eating the popcorn, despite the fact that eating the non-existent product would have been impossible. As a result, consumers need to be vigilant while processing high-imagery advertisements."
Depression can be used as a selling tool as well. Big business is using our moods as a marketing ploy, in order to capitalize on shoppers who are in various states of mind (and plenty of people are depressed these days!) For instance, a depressed person is more likely to respond to the FEEL of a hand lotion, while a cheerful shopper is likely to respond more to the product's festive packaging.
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Big Cat by-the-numbers ~
12:12 am... 2:44 am... 4:44 am... 2:12 pm... 2:22 pm... 5:55 pm... 11:11 pm... from ~ bookofaquarius.forgottenbooks.org ~
A Stone of truth and rarity,
Given freely with sincerity,
Few believe or understand,
For evidence they do demand;
So here it is, as you ask,
Truth for you I do unmask;
Nature's simple, certain way,
Gives life and Hope out of decay;
For those who hear Nature's call,
Stand up strong and stand up tall;
With little time left in this world,
All the secrets will be unfurled;
From this book the wise will see
Life is not what it seemed to be;
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BIG CAT SEVERE WEATHER ROUNDUP ~
Hurricane Irene batters smaller islands of Bahamas AP - Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:41:38 PDT
AP - A large and powerful Hurricane Irene roared across the Bahamas archipelago on Wednesday, knocking down trees and destroying homes on a path that officials said posed the greatest threat to the country's smaller, less-populated islands.
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Monsoon rains trigger floods, kill 16 in Pakistan AP - Thu, 25 Aug 2011 06:32:40 PDT
AP - Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains swept through a village in northwestern Pakistan, killing 16 people and leaving several others missing, disaster management officials said Thursday.
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The most powerful weapon is the human soul on fire. ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
~ Happy Summer-escapin' in August ~
~ MAY YOU ALWAYS HAVE ENOUGH ~
And, May you live the dreams of your heart, not in interesting times...
Book of Aquarius kisses from the Kougar...
The actor, Ray Walston, in his role as Uncle Martin in the TV series, My Favorite Martian -- the Kougaress loved this show as a kid!
Late night yowls, my precious and ever-precocious Kittens... another strange-feeling day... gosh, with everything happening on our beloved Earth, why wouldn’t things feel wonky? Anyhoo and mew... hot and humid on the tame prairie... although, it was a lovely looking day... looks like hay will be scarce in some parts this year.
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Oh, my darlings, watch out for yourself and your loved ones, the Kougaress had another one of her semi-dreams were there was just screaming... just endless screams all around her. It’s difficult to describe. However, the last few times this has occurred there were catastrophic weather events, most notably the horror-tornado that took out Joplin... and, those folks are still far from recovery, and a lot of them are suffering greatly.
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Big Cat by-the-numbers ~
1:11 am... 2:12 am... cosmic consciousness is here, as never before... the stranglehold on the truth is ending...
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The Space Alien Card... this Big Cat has expressed her views about extraterrestrials -- they’re here now, and always have been here on Earth for the most part -- the current attempt to ‘use’ space aliens against humanity, like the bogeyman has been used to frighten kids into obedience, is becoming more and more obvious by the various alien movies, and the play the lamestream media has given the topic. When and where the space alien card ‘will’ or ‘will not’ be played... well, it ‘feels’ as though the nasty powers that be are closer to faking some sort of ‘war of the worlds’ scenario... or, using the threat of bad space aliens in an effort to control humanity.
But then, maybe the extraterrestrials, some of them, have decided to come out of the proverbial, cloaked invisibility closet???
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Authoress news and mews ~
So far, good news on the short story front, except for it taking too long... per usual... lordy, what this Big Cat author wouldn’t give for bionic book penning.
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When doing the Googlie search thing for Kandy, the Kougar found this, and can only hope Angela likes her book ~
Angela (angel69052) - Shipshewana, IN (88 books)
~ goodreads.com/user/show/5890054-angela - Cached
Angela has 88 books on Goodreads, and is currently reading Kandy Apple and Her Hellhounds by Savanna Kougar, and recently added Kandy Apple and Her Hellhoun ...
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Change of Plans, part 2
by Rebecca Gillan
Late post again, but not because I couldn't think of anything. I woke up this morning with the absolute best plot idea for Rex and Babbs. I'm late posting because I scrapped what I had written for this instead. Here's part two of "Change of Plans!"
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Sweat streamed down her neck and back as she ran. She stifled the urge to giggle. This was no joke, though it had started off as one. A loud crash to her left had her jumping to the right on reflex. She was stifling squeals of fright now. At the last second, she spotted an ancient fallen tree, mostly rotted with a huge bowl in the earth where it’s roots had torn free. It was—maybe—just barely big enough for her to hide in but not big enough for her pursuer to follow. Not taking time to think about that last though, she dashed under it, the feel of hot wolf breath on her neck making sure she knew just how close of a call that had been.
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From Astrology.com ~
The Stars Align for a New Beginning!
The stars seem to recognize that August is coming to an end and they're acting accordingly: all the troubles you've had this month will finally end, and you'll be ready for a brand new start!
That doesn't mean there won't be a bump here or there. On August 25, Mars will meet up with Saturn and the side-effects include severe crankiness and becoming extremely accident prone. If ever there was a day to physically exert yourself to total exhaustion, this is it! Try rock climbing, a triathlon, repairing everything broken in the house -- any specific, strenuous task that requires all your focus is a must.
Fortunately, by August 26, everything will start to improve as Mercury goes direct. Technical problems, delays, and communication issues will finally be resolved. Then on August 28, the Sun will shine a gentle light on Pluto, indicating that you've overcome some major problem, learned important lessons, and you're ready to move on. This, paired with the New Moon in Virgo on the 29th, will provide you with an excellent opportunity for new beginnings!
Then, Jupiter will go retrograde in Taurus on August 30, and you'll have a chance to rethink what's truly most important in your life. For the next few months, you'll focus more on satisfying your internal needs than worrying about material possessions.
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The most powerful weapon is the human soul on fire. ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
~ Happy Summer-escapin' in August ~
~ MAY YOU ALWAYS HAVE ENOUGH ~
And, May you live the dreams of your heart, not in interesting times...
Cosmic consciousness kisses from the Kougar...
Check out the interview with romance cover model, Jimmy Thomas, at Wild and Wicked Cowboys ~ wildandwickedcowboys.wordpress.com ~
talk about a silver lining in these times. Go enjoy!
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After midnight meows, my glamorous and gorgeous Pussycats... early this morning the Kougaress had a definite shock to her system... working on her post for SHAPESHIFTER SEDUCTIONS, she was up when the sun came up... and there was ole Sol rising close to due east, as He used to do, instead of in the northeast, as has been happening since Spring, at least. Wow, did the Kougaress stare!!! just to make certain.
From this Big Cat’s logical view that means Earth altered position once again for some celestial reason... the sun rising in the east coupled with the dark nights again, sans the over-bright sky... well, again, what the hell is happening... which NASA will ‘never’ tell the truth about. The Kougaress absolutely despises NASA!!! Big time. Because THEY are such out and out liars, and deceivers.
And, oh, gee, not to mention all the earthquake activity today, certainly a possible indication that Earth changed position relative to the sun’s position in the heavens.
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Authoress news and mews ~
Crossed claws! The Kougar worked on her short story, despite all the promo biz stuff.
Coffee Time Romance ~ coffeetimeromance.com ~ has some good author promo opportunities. The Kougar sent her banner for KANDY APPLE AND HER HELLHOUNDS for their banner page, and wishes she could take advantage of more, however time just does not permit it, right now.
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I don’t care. Give me fangs.
by Savanna Kougar
“I’m a total fangbanger.” The scantily clad young woman’s squeeing voice cut through the coffee shop crowd, drawing glances from several of Talbot’s Peak, Montana’s supernatural residents.
“Oh, yeah... me, too! Vampire, werewolf, big cat shapeshifter, I don’t care. Give me fangs.” Her friend’s voice trilled with barely contained lust above the clatter of spoons in real mugs, and the after-work conversations.
Both of the twenty-somethings giggled like naughty schoolgirls, then wriggled in their best imitation of a porno queen. Their breasts bounced and their hips shook as they stood on tiptoe, scanning the crowd.
Desiree mentally shook her head, watching their faces positively glisten, as if the vampire-werewolf-big cat shifter of their dreams would suddenly rise up, stride toward them like a demon-possessed alpha, and carry them off for days of the most decadent and indescribable pleasures.
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Big Cat by-the-numbers ~
2:12 am... 3:33 am... 5:55 am... 4:44 pm... 12:12 am... can anyone say land changes?
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East Coast quake is among largest temblors in region
Southwest Riverside News Network
... occurrence and the largest temblor to hit the region since the late 19th Century, ... most notably in Washington, DC, but also as far south as Atlanta. ...
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Minor damage from magnitude-5.3 Colorado quake
Forbes - Solomon Banda - Susan Montoya Bryan - 5 minutes ago
... earthquake struck just hours before a magnitude-5.9 temblor in Virginia - also rare for that area - shook much of Washington, DC, and the East Coast. ...
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Earthquake strikes Queens
Queens Courier - Steve Mosco - 2 hours ago
According to the US Geological Survey, the temblor occurred at 1:51 pm and the ... southwest of Washington DC and at a shallow depth of less than 1 mile. ...
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The most powerful weapon is the human soul on fire. ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
~ Happy Summer-escapin' in August ~
~ MAY YOU ALWAYS HAVE ENOUGH ~
And, May you live the dreams of your heart, not in interesting times...
‘I don’t care’ kisses from the Kougar...
The Kougaress in another life and time... meee-owww POW! bring on the bad bankster dudes...
Late night meows, my super duper KitKats... since the first of the year, at least, the sky has been overly bright in appearance whether clear or overcast... however, for the past three nights or so, the dark of night has returned... granted the sky has been overcast, not a star to be seen anywhere... anyhoo-mew, this just makes this Big Cat shake her head, and wonder...?
Do you suffer from decision fatigue... the Kougaress just saw this headline... gee, wow, gosh darn, WHO wouldn’t be suffering from decision fatigue in these times? Maybe a navel-gazing guru. Maybe someone who is so spiritually advanced they can rise above us lesser souls... maybe...
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Headlines... it used to be in the good ole days that if a newspaper headline or a TV news show exposed corruption, said corruption would at least be stopped temporarily, and some heads might roll in the non-literal sense, even if it was only the underlings [it’s always been the underlings merely disguised as the in-charge bad guy] ... HOWEVER!!! Now headlines have simply become an announcement of success by the white collar mafia guys. Yep, it’s become OPEN SEASON... the message: it’s time to go out and shoot all the ‘Bambis’ you can.
This lightbulb moment of realization ‘hit’ when this Big Cat saw the blurb about the bank of america foreclosing on an elderly couple’s house because they PAID OFF the mortgage... get this! *Too early* ... the woman is 70 years old and her husband is dying...
About five years back, the Kougaress learned about a scam where banks would wait until a senior citizen was close to paying off their mortgage, and after checking to see if they could pay off the loan, they would call in the loan if they believed the senior couldn’t pay, and then foreclose if the individual couldn’t come up with the final payments... nice, huh?
Anyway... before seeing the foreclosure story, this Big Cat learned about a woman with cancer who is too sick to work, and can’t qualify for insurance... however, she was bravely carrying on by selling her possessions in her ‘own’ yard... some idiot-pathetic neighbor, without one ounce of compassion, called city code enforcement on her, and this woman was actually arrested. For what? Gee, I guess you can only have so many yard sales a year...
BUT, WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH FOLKS NOW??? The Kougaress is forced to wonder about the psychological sickness sweeping our culture these days. Kids not being allowed to sell lemonade without being fined... girl scouts can’t sell cookies without a license... a woman can’t grow vegetables in her front yard when there is no code against it... cell phones turned off over a peaceful demonstration with no thought about the consequences to someone who might need to call for emergency assistance... cops writing tickets for generating revenue while crime goes unchecked... the military being used as police or taking over police operations despite the fact that this breaks the law... tons of weapons sold to drug cartels in Mexico on the orders of the government with cops and border patrol agents being killed by those guns... those selling raw milk being treated like drug dealers... raid after raid on natural supplement stores and businesses when there has been no complaint about the products... and these are only a few examples... not to mention these insane scenarios just keep growing exponentially... HELP! YOWLS! HELP!
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Big Cat by-the-numbers ~
12:12 am... 1:11 am... 2:22 am... 1:11 am.. 4:44 pm... 11:22 pm...
Weekly Angelic Forecast from Volcano
Straight from the Carnal Cherub himself...
Angelic Forecast ~ #155
The themes for this week are ‘downfall’ and ‘rising up’. For, the time of the Great Purification is here.
Whatever is GOOD will be ‘rising up’ at this time, especially in your personal life. Grab GOOD with both hands, don’t let go, and keep an eye out for more.
For the following week, know that many of those known as world leaders are in the process of falling from grace. This ‘fall’ accelerates to fast forward, as who they truly are, is revealed more and more to the people. Look for the expected and the unexpected in this long period of ‘downfall’, which will continue through January 2012.
As well, during this long period, there will be ‘downfalls’ in your personal life wherever your integrity is lacking. All around you, at this time, humanity will be in the same boat. Individuals will be facing those areas of their life that are not up to par, and need to be changed in accordance with their higher nature.
However, a word of caution. Real discernment is required at this time. What could look like a ‘downfall’ situation to you, and to society -- perhaps someone you know becomes homeless -- may not be. More likely it is just the opposite, and the situation is ‘revealing’ those who are of poor moral character, and need to be lawfully dealt with.
Think of this time as the dead wood of your life being cleared away. This will be occurring in your personal life and in the world at large. It is advised that you look carefully at your life, and at how you relate to others. For, this is the perfect opportunity to make the changes you want most, and move forward with those you love the most.
As humanity enters the last dramatic flip-flopping influences of the Piscean Age, long-kept secrets will be dropping like hailstones on our heads. Some of these ‘secrets’ will be vital for our personal well being, and for the well being of society. For many, these revelations will bring a breath of fresh air, especially to all those who value the truth.
However, some of these leaked ‘secrets’ will be mammoth hoaxes designed to control the people into believing lies. This is because ‘those’ on the dark side have decided to bring about a state of hardcore martial law. Their determination can be compared to the ‘berserker raiders’, since they will stop at nothing to achieve their endgame, complete tyranny over humanity.
Trendwise, think ‘beautiful worlds’ and ‘rise of the renegades’. Both of these trends have been introduced before. However, now is the time to create ‘beautiful worlds’ in whatever manner of artistic expression you choose. Also, as the Rise of the Renegades continues, this will become an increasingly popular theme. The renegades, the legendary heroes and heroines of ye olden times who helped folks, will be resurrected. Also, new characters will be created.
A trend to be aware of, is the ‘eventual’ decimation of the health care system, and the fall of the insurance industry. Many hospitals will collapse and fail in the next year’s time. In the meantime, they will often provide abominable care while ‘keeping up appearances’. Good health care, as it has been, will become less and less available, except for those with the means to pay for it. It is advisable to practice prevention and become part of a community where natural health care is the norm.
Angelic blessings from Volcano & Sedona
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MORE...Volcano’s Angelic Forecast for this week ~ sirenbookstrand.blogspot.com ~
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Authoress news and mews ~
The Kougar is penning her Tuesday post for SHAPESHIFTER SEDUCTIONS. She also had a chance to promo and check out all the good stuff at Just Another Paranormal Monday ~ groups.yahoo.com/group/ParanormalMonday ~
This Big Cat author saw this quote today:
**Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.~Cyril Connolly**
True, yet the Kougar would so like to continue doing both. While she simply enjoys writing her stories, there is even a greater pleasure in keeping her soul and in sharing her books with those who enjoy them.
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Lights, Camera ...
by Pat Cunningham
Finally, Nick thought with a heartfelt sigh, Fate had decided to cut him a break. After teasing at rain all day, the clouds had hightailed it and left the evening sky pristine and soon to be star-strewn. The brilliant sunset drew the attention of the families gathering on the Larry Talbot High School football field. The turnout was already better than Nick could have hoped for, and growing by the minute.
“We’ve got the popcorn machine set up,” Zeva informed him. “I just hope the soda holds out.” She also scanned the burgeoning crowd with a look of satisfaction. “Looks like we’ve got us a winner.”
“Knock wood,” Nick muttered, but he smiled. Talbot’s Peak’s first Family Movie Night, sponsored by the Guts and Butts Gazette, already looked to be a success, and they hadn’t even threaded the projector yet. Well, yeah, sure, Brandon Wayne was actually picking up the tab, but Bat Boy had insisted his name be kept out of it and the paper get all the credit. Since proceeds would go to the local Cub Scouts, Nick didn’t mind being hero of the evening.
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BIG CAT SEVERE WEATHER ROUNDUP ~
Tornado and Thunderstorms Threaten to Dampen End of Summer Fun in Michigan ContributorNetwork - Sun, 21 Aug 2011 13:14:50 PDT
ContributorNetwork - Michigan has been the focus of some severe weather systems over the last couple of days as a tornado was confirmed in the Upper Peninsula on Friday and thunderstorms swept across much of the lower part of the state on Saturday. The tornado was reported in Ontonagon and confirmed by the National Weather Service office in Marquette.
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Hurricane Irene Forecast to Hit the Carolinas This Weekend
ContributorNetwork - Hurricane Irene hit Puerto Rico with flooding rains and high winds Sunday night, then it started off on a course that might mean the storm misses the Hispaniola mountains and becomes a stronger system when it approaches the U.S. southeastern coast and the Carolinas later this week.
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Reuters - Heavy rain and severe thunderstorms overnight drenched parts of eastern Nebraska and western Iowa, causing neighborhood flooding on Monday.
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At least 10 die, 1,800 displaced in Nigeria floods AP - Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:56:49 PDT
Nigerian emergency authorities say at least 10 people have died in building collapses caused by heavy rains in the country's north.
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The most powerful weapon is the human soul on fire. ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
~ Happy Summer-escapin' in August ~
~ MAY YOU ALWAYS HAVE ENOUGH ~
And, May you live the dreams of your heart, not in interesting times...
Dark of Night kisses from the Kougar...
One of the Kougar's fave pics of the character, Han Solo!
Late night mews, my languorously reclining Big Beautiful Cats... not a fun day for this Big Cat... somehow, she got a flu-like virus... how? No clue, given she’s been on the tame prairie, only, for about a week, with no contact with anyone else. And nope, it wasn’t food poisoning, and probably not severe allergies... however, the Kougaress has noticed that when she spends any amount of time outside usually there is some negative consequence, as in not feeling good. So, she has to wonder what the heck is really going on? Good thing, she keeps her grapefruit seed extract handy and in good supply... because, yep, it worked and is working.
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Many disturbances in the force... there are so many disturbances in the force at this time, my darlings, just take care and lay in lots of supplies. Also, many power companies are warning that they will be charging outrageous and unjustified rates for energy while also allowing rolling blackouts to occur... gee, how many folks are going to freeze this winter due to all this psychopathic duplicity and cruelty... not to mention energy producing facilities, good clean ones, are ready to go online, but are being stopped because they are not ‘friends’ with the current administration... gee, who knew corruption would reach this horrific level... some folks, did... but no, this Big Cat didn’t know, and didn’t guess it would ever reach this ‘hell on Earth’ level.
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Authoress news and mews ~
The Kougar done good just get Volcano’s Angelic Forecast written today... although, last night she did get some good penning done on her short story WIP
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Six Sentence Sunday - The Challenge
by Serena Shay
Six sentences from my first book, The Challenge.
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Big Cat by-the-numbers ~
2:12 am... 2:22 am... 3:33 am... 12:12 pm... 3:33 pm... 10:10 pm... Volcano’s Angelic Forecast for this week ~ sirenbookstrand.blogspot.com ~
Flooding in eastern India leaves dozens dead AP - Sun, 21 Aug 2011 00:12:19 PDT
AP - Dozens of people have died and tens of thousands have been displaced in India's West Bengal state due to heavy rains that have overwhelmed rivers and flooded 15 districts.
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The most powerful weapon is the human soul on fire. ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
~ Happy Summer-escapin' in August ~
~ MAY YOU ALWAYS HAVE ENOUGH ~
And, May you live the dreams of your heart, not in interesting times...
Disturbances in the force kisses from the Kougar...
The incomparable Adrian Paul... erotic romance inspiration magnifique!
Saturday into Sunday yeee-ooowwws! My voluptuously lovely Kittens... the storms came through with a nice abundance of rain... but mygosh and golly, the lightning remains strangely hellacious... what a sorta chaos day, in part, and also not... the Kougaress swears the overall vibes of the world are getting progressively weirder... and she is forced to wonder if there are parallel Earths where true intelligence reigns alongside true compassion... lordy... she did have a bumblebee sighting today... yay! There was a fallen tree limb, about forty foot long, that fortunately only covered a couple of feet of the drive... and grapes! The Kougaress made it out to the grapes to see if any had survived the drought and the critters... there were some and they were some of best tasting grapes she’s ever eaten!!! Yum!
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The C Word in Erotic Romance, What Now? Oh, a frazzled kitty author here... ~sighs~ When the Kougar was first pubbed in 2008, the C word or ‘cunt’ was in use at that time in some erotic romance novels, but, by far, not All. In fact, a lot of readers preferred for the word ‘not’ to be used except as bad language. While this Big Cat has no problem with other authors choosing to use ‘cunt’ for that part of the female anatomy, and certainly other authors are adept at using it in a sexy turn-on way... in fact, often, ’cunt’ is simply part of their heroine’s natural character, especially in contemporaries... however, cunt is not a word that has ever resonated with this Big Cat as something she would want to call her own feminine parts, so why would her heroines ‘erotically enjoy’ this particular word? Why would it send them into the throes of a mind-blowing orgasm?
That said, if a particular hero said ‘cunt’ in a loving and sexually powerful way that indicated his fierce passion for the heroine... well, likely, said heroine would ‘come’ to associate the use of the word by ‘him’ as a VERY GOOD THING. Love, intimacy and savage passion can create wondrous miracles.
Still... and it’s a big STILL, and who wouldn’t want a good working still in these times especially since anything that runs on gas can run on alcohol... but, the Kougar digresses. This Big Cat does not like to use ‘cunt’, except as a curse word, for two obvious reasons... one, the Kougar grew up only hearing the word used in a derogatory and soul-destroying way... and two, the *sound* of the word is abrasive to her ears, and doesn’t *feel* sexy-wild-uninhibited, given her particular sensual nature... in the same way, she doesn’t like the way the word ‘penis’ sounds, much preferring to use ‘cock’, in fact, the sound of the word ‘cunt’ is a turn-off and has that *chalk screeching on a chalkboard* feeling. Hearing that word, and penis, is guaranteed to take the Kougar out of an explicit moment of extreme passion should she be engaged in such.
But... and a gorgeously curved butt it is... the word ‘cunt’ is being claimed, and has been reclaimed as a positive name, a positive word, by many authors and readers. This is a good thing, and this Big Cat applauds the effort, and the success that has been achieved. On the down side for the Kougar, this means ‘cunt’ is now ubiquitous in erotic romance, and is expected by many readers. Like the use of fuck, fucking, fucked... cunt is now associated with eroticism... as in the book won’t be erotic, or be an erotic romance, unless ‘cunt’ is used.
This is sad for this Big Cat, since she certainly doesn’t associate incredible and ecstatic erotic pleasures, for herself or her heroines, with the use of the word, cunt. This is also true for the constant use of the word, FUCK, fucking, fucked. Since, gosh darn, unless used in a specific and obvious way... what the heck does ‘fuck’ really mean? It’s simply ‘telling’ instead of ‘showing’ what is sexually occurring. Certainly, that’s no titillating fun for this Big Cat.
On the practical, money-making end of things, not using ‘cunt’ [or an erotically unused cunt], means less sales for the Kougar. No, she really doesn’t want to compromise her writing principles, or the way she feels as a woman. It would hurt her soul. Plus, it wouldn’t be authentic for the reader. Likely, a reader would get that wonky feeling that this isn’t for ‘real’. And, it wouldn’t be. It wouldn’t be ‘authentic’ writing from this Big Cat author... the only caveat being if she actually had a heroine show up who actually enjoyed the word. Hey, strange stuff happens. However, that is unlikely to occur.
So, the Kougar is stuck between what is now called ‘purple prose’ and CUNT. Gee... how about this?
“Oh, baby, let me fuck your cunt.” Now, this is a turn-on for some women when said by the right hero, because we’re all different, thank the Goddess. In this Big Cat’s case, if she heard that... well... “Get. Away. From. ME!” And, either she’d continue by saying, “don’t let the door hit you on the way out.” ... or she would be leaving and not letting the door hit her butt.
No, give the Kougar a captive/capture, erotic romance fantasy any day where ‘cunt and fuck’ don’t exist, but explicit, raw and resplendent eroticism does. A world where gorgeous and beautiful words exist. Then, oh yeah, baby...
Here’s another sorta example:
He fucked her cunt for ten hours straight. [the no purple prose version]
OR [the semi-purple prose version]... His cock plundered her deliciously, his strokes changing from furious to tender for the entire night, and well into the morning. She not only loved it, she adored it. As she loved him, as she was now coming to adore him. Only him.
Yes, the Kougar could pen a drily-told, dark spoof where she uses ‘cunt’ as foreplay, during lovemaking and the sex act, when orgasm happens, and afterwards in the bliss state... however, would that story really sell?
Doubt it.
So, what now?
If the Kougar can’t or won’t write what readers want as far as cunt, or to cunt or not to cunt, that is the question... well, think of it this way -- it would be like asking a woman and a man to have chemistry together when there is none -- so, the question becomes, should this Big Cat even try to continue her career? If her heroines and heroes don’t think or ‘feel’ passion, eroticism and sex the way readers want it, and expect it... then... what?
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Authoress news and mews ~
With some manner of grace from the Divine, the Kougar will resume her short story. She did accomplish research stuff today.
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Featured at SHAPESHIFTER SEDUCTIONS ~
Oh Shit Now What!?
by Solara
"Damn it, Anna! No you can't have him too." Nitchell dove deep into the wave rushing toward the beach. “He’s human and mortal. Not immortal.”
Nitchell shook his fist at the dark haired beauty lurking just below the surf of the raging torrent.
“What is this human to you?” Her dark blue eyes sparkled and grew dim as flashes of sun light broke through the wave.
“He’s my ward. The one I have to watch over as part of my penance. Now stop giving me shit and do something about the wave.” Nitchell fluttered his wings as he worked his way toward the surf hoping he’d convinced the sea death enchantress to help him.
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From Astrology.com ~
With Planets in Virgo, It's Time to Work!
Venus and the Sun are about to play a short game of follow the leader, first past Neptune and then into Virgo. You'll have a couple days of romance and daydreams, but then it's straight back to work!
Both Venus and the Sun will start off August 21 in playful Leo, but then Venus will make her move. The amorous planet will first blow a kiss to Neptune, as the two line up across from each other in the sky. This can be highly romantic, but you'll also be tempted to put someone on a pedestal and have unreasonable expectations of them. To prevent any disappointment, do your best to see (and love!) people for who they really are.
But Venus won't stop there! Almost immediately, the flirty planet will move into practical Virgo. No more frivolity and parties -- chores and projects will be the name of the game now.
The Sun, not to be outdone, will be hot on Venus' heels, following the same path on August 22 and 23. On the 22nd, the Sun will shine a spotlight on Neptune, bringing you more daydreams and less energy. Ride the wave of idleness for the day because by the 23rd, when the Sun moves into Virgo for its four-week stint, you'll be all work and no play. You couldn't ask for a better time to get things done!
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Big Cat by-the-numbers ~
1:11 am... 11:11 am... 2:12 pm... 2:22 pm... black swan, white swan... a term used by Whitley Strieber of UNKNOWN COUNTRY... meaning two pinnacle events on the near horizon, one from the dark side, and one from the Divine.
Powerful quakes hit near Vanuatu in South Pacific AP - 1 hour, 49 minutes ago
AP - A series of earthquakes struck off the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Sunday, causing minor damage, but there were no immediate reports of injuries. Local tsunami advisories were issued but later lifted, and no tsunami was recorded.
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The most powerful weapon is the human soul on fire. ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
~ Happy Summer-escapin' in August ~
~ MAY YOU ALWAYS HAVE ENOUGH ~
And, May you live the dreams of your heart, not in interesting times...
White swan kisses from the Kougar...
