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June 16th, Wednesday: Saw article in Poughkeepsie Journal today about Rebecca Rotzler doing gay weddings.

June 15th, Tuesday, I went to my favorite air conditioned library and spent several hours compiling two discs worth of info on non-lethal weapons and space weapons, and the two combined, nothing secret, all presumably placed on line with the blessings of those involved. Here are some of the links:

http://www.acronym.org.uk/dd/dd66/66op1.htm; (for technical data)

http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/oldpaper/article.cfm?archiveDate=09-14-02&storyID
(Amazing; a great page on US Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) from Sept. 14th, 2002, about his Space Preservation Act, which protests deploying weapons into space. The city of Berkeley has endorsed the resolution.)

For good technical info on high-power microwave and other NLW’s go to http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/hpm.htm

You can read about V-MADS and Active Denial Systems at http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/v-mads.htm

I was also amazed to find that one of the first in-depth articles about space weapons was by my good friend Erik Baard from the Village Voice. You can still read this ahead-of-its-time page at http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/o131/baard.php. It was published August 1st, 2001!!! At that time I thought Star Wars was a good movie.

Even TIME magazine mentions NLWs at http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,322588,00.html.

You might like http://www.sgr.org.uk/conferences/Wright97.html.
Promoting Ethical Science and Technology.

For info from Steve Wright the anti-space weapons guru at The Omega Foundation, go to http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/27a/053.html

For the very best report on the whole gamut of NLW and SW, google Future Sub-lethal, incapacitation and paralyzing technologies, their coming role in the mass production of torture, cruel, inhumane, and degrading treatment. October 25-26, 2002 London UK

Also, equally important to google is Bradford Non-Lethal Weapons Research Project (BNLWRP) by Neil Davison and NickLewer, May of 2004, the University of Bradford. It should not be hard to find.

Through Counterpunch’s article by Jacob Levich, I was able to print out Kerry’s military proposal, (fact sheet) which emphasizes NLW for Iraqis. You can see Levich’s important article at http://www.counterpunch.org/levich06102004.html

And then click on John Kerry, or Raytheon. The Raytheon site has photos of the weapons themselves.

Then I wrote down the Way of the Heron mediation and peacemaking techniques for the frist time, in preparation for Wednesday’s class at the Open Center. I’ve been using these techniques for years, but never formally scripted them, but I feel we are in changing times, and I’m seeing the stark necessity of being more organized, partly so that this information can be passed to more people. There is still plenty of it which can only be found in the oral tradition.

Way of the Heron: Conflict Resolution Techniques That Work
Evan Pritchard

1. If communication is possible, work towards a meeting of the minds using
The Way of the Heron mediation techniques:

A. Fact finding, discussion, networking by individual parties.

B. Purification; time of meditation, prayer, fasting, rest, bathing, etc.

C. Brokered negotiations—finding a neutral party (peacemaker/mediator) to oversee discussion/negotiation between the two conflicting parties. In the old times, the Peacemaker would be given tobacco; if he/she accepted it, the process would officially begin. The tobacco allows the mediator to be a better vehicle for Great Spirit. The Peacemaker states the rules of the discussion in advance, and upholds them at all times. Peacemaker can stop discussion if too many rules are broken, enforce a cooling off period, or state that process must be restarted at another time. Some sample rules include:

D. Rules: 1. opponents should remain seated, 2. opponents should not yell, 3. opponents should not interrupt each other, 4. opponents should not speak for more than three minutes at a time; 5. opponents should not use curse words; 6. opponents should use “I” statements rather than pass judgment on the other party, “I feel abused by you,” “I think you are wrong.” 7. opponents should avoid generalized insulting remarks; the focus should be on the action in question, not on the person; 8. Opponents should remain non-violent and not threaten violence.

E. Process and Goal: Opponents should work towards (in order) 1. clear communication; 2. understanding; 3. apology and forgiveness(sometimes this must come only after step 4) ; 4. resolution.

F. Resolution: Opponents should write down a treaty, agreeing point by point, and shake hands on it. There should be a clear meeting of the minds. The goals of this resolution are: 1. restoration of property in cases where property has been lost, 2. assistance with healing if injury has occurred; 3. efforts to heal emotional injuries; 4. promise to prevent further incidents.

G. Direct action, such as a treaty, agreement, truce, resolution, or restorative justice. Use symbols such as burying the hatchet, smoking the pipe, etc. Gifts or tokens of friendship or mutual non-interference should be exchanged. Treaty should be specific as to expectations, specific as to parameters, specific as to responsibilities and penalties, and be equitable as well.

In everyday situations, we cannot always bring in a peacemaker, although groups such as Ulster-Sullivan Mediation Group can provide a mediator (peacemaker/heron/broker) for a nominal fee. These professionals can interact with the legal system where necessary and are recognized in most counties as alternatives to court action.

2. If communication is not possible, political entities may organize a march or other peaceful demonstration. March may involve both chants and slogans and non-verbal symbolic behavior. No laws are broken. In daily life, the breakdown or refusal of one party to participate in the Way of the Heron, leads the other party to non-violent, possibly non-verbal protest, or non-cooperation.

The Heron’s Way Every Day

Each conflict we find ourselves in begins in a situation where there is no peacemaker around, so we must be our own peacemaker, which is a different thing. Most conflicts do not start out with violent ambushes but with varying levels of interference with the flow of activity.

Levels of Conflict

1. actual conflict of needs between the two parties: “you’re sitting in my seat.” “you’re blocking the door,” etc. (solution: start with stating your own need, then work towards pointing out the obstruction tactfully. Most people will “get it” and move or adapt before you have to point the finger.)

2. unintentional misunderstandings between the two parties: (solution: “I could swear I heard you say ….. Am I hearing you correctly?”) Occasionally, we have no idea there has been a misunderstanding, we just think the other is rude.

3. verbal abuse, lies, or intentional misunderstandings: “you don’t deserve to be here.” “my way or the highway,” “that’s not how we do things around here,” “he just left and there’s no one to talk to you about that.” (see below)

4. physical ambush or attack, or the verbal threat to attack: (solution: martial arts, police protection, legal action, etc)

Verbal Abuse and Verbal Self-Defense

When anyone attacks you verbally, there are three steps to take:

1. identify that it may be verbal abuse; buy time, and say, “Wait a minute, that doesn’t make sense!” (detach yourself from the conversation, either make a joke if its minor, or don’t cooperate with the game if its important. You can say “I don’t understand.” )

2. Identify the type of abusive rhetoric that is being used. (see below)

3. Respond using “Madnak” or ethical warrior techniques, or walk away.

Abusive rhetoric has trick words in it. In each case of verbal abuse there are issues with

1. logos 2. pathos 3. ethos. Each is designed to interrupt real communication.

1. There is always a flaw in the logic (solution: say, “Hey, wait a minute, that doesn’t make sense!” “Have you really thought this through?” or “I don’t understand!”) It usually takes a few minutes to figure out what is illogical in the statement, so buying time is fair. Some will paraphrase the statement (either negatively or positively) and ask “Is that what you’re trying to say?”

2. There is always an emotional hook (solution, say: “Are you trying to make me angry?” “Are you trying to abuse my good nature?” “Are you trying to confuse me?” “Are you trying to scare me?” “Was that a threat?” “Do you really believe that?” “Are you trying to sweet-talk me?” “Flattery will get you nowhere.” “Are you selling something?” “And your point is?”

3. There is always a potential for unethical action, an invasion of privacy, robbery, a violation of boundaries. It should be recognized and “called” immediately. (solution: say “What will you give me in return?” “I don’t agree to that!” “I don’t know you that well.” “You don’t have the right.” “What are you trying to pull?” “Do I look like a fool?” And the ever-popular, “I am not a door mat!”

In a con-game situation (and some of the greatest con artists are in our own house, including cats and dogs) you may not be able to figure out the trick. If you feel in danger by someone you don’t trust, you can say, “What do you want from me?” “Where is it written down (where does it say in my contract) that I have to tell you that?” “I’m not in the mood for clever conversation today.” Or just walk away.

In Madnaq The Ethical Warrior, (unpublished) there are prepared answers to over 150 types of trick or abusive rhetoric. For each type, and in each case, there are, for argument’s sake, three levels of response; 1. extra mild; 2. mild; 3. spicy. If its your boss, try #1, if its your friend, try #2, if it’s a stranger, try #3. It is also possible for the student of Madnaq to analyze the person’s verbal abuse techniques in a clinical, objective manner, and share this evaluation with the abuser in a somewhat critical way. In my experience, this elicits immediate respect and caution from the abuser; however eventually they may try other means to trick you.

These are defensive techniques, designed to save your skin when faced with conflict, however the goal of the practiced Madnaq or ethical warrior is to be a tool of the Creator, an instrument of peace. The higher goal is to heal the anger around you through speaking your truth, and fostering true understanding. The more confident you are in this kind of verbal self-defense, the more unthreatened you feel, the more loving and sympathetic you will feel towards others. Remember, the key is communication, standing in your truth.

I came across this today on my computer. I must have written it a while ago.

The Way of the Heron
An Ancient Algonquin Indian Alternative To War Still Effective Today

Martin Luther King was a follower of Mohandas Gandhi’s philosophy of nonviolent social protest. He took a trip in 1959 to India and met with followers of Gandhi. During this trip he became so convinced that nonviolent resistance was the most potent weapon available to oppressed people in their struggle for freedom. Gandhi has spent seven years in prison, but believed it was honorable to go to prison for a just cause. King followed most of Gandhi’s ideas.

King once said, ‘The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

My friend Oannes, sent me this email yesterday; It seems our Algonquin “Way of the Heron” is also a tradition of the Miccousukkee of Florida.

Dear Evan: Thunder & Lighting fill the afternoon, & we are gifted with more rain.
Hope you’ve read my articles on the EarthCharter (Message of the FireFly) and my
Lecture at the EarthCouncil for the Indig People’s Prg. Our new NGO Wahkochobee
EarthCharter Project is getting ready to fly from the nest. Will keep you informed.
The Great Blue Heron (GBH) in Miccousukkee is sacred to many of our Native
Peoples. This marsh-bird represents the native ethic of peace. Clan-mothers &
Chiefs who wore the feathers of the GBH & who spoke with th feather in council, wre known as ‘Peace Keepers’. Inter-tribal representatives who served as ‘Ambassadors’,
carried a wing feather from the GBH as a sign of their integrity, & concern for the well being of MotherEarth & All Life. The GBH taught our peoples the values of patience,
sharing of food with other beings, of taking care of their family & mate, of defending
their territory, and sharing their knowledge of navigating the sky/stars for N/S migrations. Our EC project chose the GBH as a symbol to honor the SW Florida region now called ‘everglades’ were we are geographically based, this wetland ecosys-
tem sacred to Seminole & Miccousukee, and the ancient culture peoples, Calusa, Tequesta, Timiqua, & Tocoboggins. Let me hear about your presentation.
Sincerly; Oannes

Tuesday; played some catch with Scooter and saw Mets beat Indians. Saw TIME article on blogging, just came out today, which is funny. I didn’t know how popular blogging has become. A kind of coincidence really.

June 14th, Monday: I wrote the blurb for the Learning Annex catalog, deadline today, only 150 words, including the bio and the lecture and all. That was tough. It will go on every street corner in midtown Manhattan. Merry is always full of enthusiasm on the phone.

I called Ted to see if he was into doing a shoot, but he wasn’t in. I wrote a letter to Pete, explaining a lot of proven techniques on how to combat space weapons-microwave attacks and the recurring memory loss it can cause.

Dear Pete Seeger,

As you recall, we discussed your memory problems on Sunday at the Strawberry
Festival. If its Lyme’s disease, I can get you more spruce buds (if you used the last batch I sent). If it is old age, you can try Ginko but its too strong for me at my young age.

However if you are being bombarded with microwaves, there is a lot you can do to protect your brain, which I refer to as “the stronghold.” That is the part they want to get at. If you experience cold skin but hot underneath the skin, or hot in some places cold in others, migraines, tingling and buzzing in your feet and hands, (or sometimes a strange feeling your feet are both hot and cold at once) then you may be targeted by microwave cannons. While being buzzed you may feel a buildup of electrical energy inside you, which may go away as you leave the targeted area, then come back six or so hours later. This second wave of buzziness will be less intense, and is actually the body self-healing. Any way you can discharge this energy will help your health and memory; through cedar baths, (boil cedar branches in a pot of boiling water, let cool a little then put it in your bath water and soak) walking, sweating, working in the soil, etc. Many dissidents I know in the Hudson Valley are well versed in these defensive techniques. This is a big area for experimentation.

Number one thing to do is to take some Reynolds Wrap (“200 square feet’ 18.5 m 2 thickness) aluminum foil, cut out a 6” x 12” (or 12” x 12”) sheet and fold it over into a circle or oval that you can fit in your baseball hat with no one noticing. If you are being “burned” by microwaves, this will feel like a relief when you put it on. If your house is targeted, you should wear this around the house even if other armor is in place. This foil will repel low frequencies and keep them from interfering with your brain’s natural processes. If you have headaches caused by microwaves, this will help. Of course, you should not wear this type of hat in public as in the 60s it was believed that only paranoids wore foil in their hats. Yes, they were paranoid, but yes, the space people really were after them! John Lennon may have used this technique himself, and according to the grape vine, he was experimented on, from a distance. I have found that being near a river (a large one such as the Hudson) somehow cancels out the microwaves. I don’t know why. It must draw a current. If you feel your memory loss while at home and it comes back when you are on the river, you are most likely affected by microwave attack.

Microwaves pass through almost everything except sheet metal, and thick stone walls. They can also be trapped by chicken wire and copper wire stretched into a netting. The trapping is necessary but not a complete defense in 24 hour situations. Chicken wire traps the lower frequencies and the copper traps the higher frequencies. Lower frequencies are serious and can fry your eyeballs or burst your organs (at top amplitudes) however the upper frequencies can cause headaches or nausea. Most people put up chicken wire on their walls to start, chicken wire woven in with copper wire (light gauge), with the copper wire end stuffed into a grounding hold in a three-hole socket. This can be covered with blankets for appearances. It will not affect their ability to protect the household.

Next you can string copper wire on your ceiling in a kind of net or zigzag pattern. The exact pattern is not so important, but if the different parts connect somewhere, that helps. The end of that wire should be grounded to something as well. It could be a rock, etc.

I tried fluorite stones around me, but it is too weak. They absorb a small amount of “bad energy” but not enough to feel safe. By the way fuzz busters radar detectors, don’t detect these waves. Real micro detectors may soon be on the market.

It is helpful to know where the signal is coming from; some are land based, some from space. Take an AM radio tune it to a low frequency (I use 660 AM which is baseball) and walk around with it. To demonstrate how AM works, take this radio and move near the refrigerator; when you get near the generator, it should lose its signal and just rasp at you. If you walk around the outside of your house and it rasps in one corridor, you have a land based attack.

It used to be you were safe in your car, but not any more. Those silver towers everywhere are able to blast you in your car, no joke. I have experienced this with increasing frequency and obviousness, and so have others. When under attack, close all your windows. The micro is a plasma form and can come into the open windows and give you a burning sensation on your left side if you’re driving, which will collect in your feet, so you know its not sunburn. Close your windows for a while and it will go away. You can get a spray on the internet (or at Walmarts I think) or a filter that will disguise your license plate from satellite beams. Its about $30, and probably worth it, although I cross the border a lot so I haven’t done it. They scan your plates at the border.

They have a system that is linked to the use of your phone. The blasters tend to turn on upon the hour or half hour (6:30, 7:00 o clock) after the first time you use your phone, which tells them you’re home. If you are on the road, best to use an ATT or other store-bought phone card. This is very hard for them to trace. Once its used up don’t refill, but get a new card.

Now, a most interesting strategy. When you are moving around you are helping to ground, but in your sleep you are an easy target. If you are sure you are being targeted, create a metal “pup tent” out of sheet metal. Buy two 4 x 8 foot sheets of regular sheet metal, have them cut into two 4 x 4 (or close) Use duct tape and tape the edges so they don’t cut you, and then duct tape two of the sheets together. Use this over your bed, over your body at night. You can prop it up right on your bed, or create a track for it. See if you feel better. The metal doesn’t cost very much, and it makes the biggest difference. It is much more effective if you have a headboard piece of metal as well and something to block an attack from your feet. If your feet stick out, just cover them with Reynolds wrap blankets. These are easily made by spreading out 2 sheets of aluminum foil, and using masking tape, taping them in parallel fashion, and if you wish, doubling the thickness. Cross pieces of tape will make them much stronger. If you make a big enough thick enough Reynolds Wrap blanket you don’t really need the pup tent, but the blankets don’t last forever, and are not nearly as effective as sheet metal. The sheet metal also protects your head. I have also pinned up Reynolds Wrap blankets on the wall at times to fill holes where the chicken wire can’t get.

I’ve experimented with a lot of other techniques, but these are the most effective so far, for me. By the way, if you have to work at home during an attack, turn the stereo on loud; I believe that this absorbs the microwave frequencies to some degree, especially orchestral music.

Floors can carry electrical currents from these things, and walking barefoot on wood floors may not help if the floors are carrying the current. Rubber soles insulate you from much of this floor current, but do not let you discharge. Leather soles let you discharge but do not insulate you from charged floors. So its kind of a trade off.

Massage helps pass off and discharge the energy, so does showering and brushing your teeth, and stretching. Avoid wearing synthetics and eating junk food.

That’s all for now. I know these are radical measures, but if you find it helps your memory, its worth it. I believe that once you are completely discharged, you will feel completely recovered. I know because there are no microwave attacks in Canada, (so far) and after a week there, I feel great.

On Monday night, I went to see Day After Tomorrow with a friend. It explains that that sudden freeze from warm to extremely cold does not indicate a pole shift necessarily, but a vortex being created where the troposphere is sucked down into the lower atmosphere, such as when an ice age is created. The movie starts with the Larsen B Ice Shelf, which was a thrill because I feel a personal connection, in that when editing Keller’s book on ‘what happened to IT?” I worked a lot on the opening section about Larsen B. Popular Science, again the June issue, said it was all based on fact, just sped up really really fast. I thought there were several plot devices that were brilliant moves that saved the movie; for example the “street guy” with the dog, and the loose wolves. The main character’s car should have broken down half way between Philly and New York to have been credible, not outside of Philly. He couldn’t have walked that far. Anyway. I thought the script was mostly good, just a few weak spots. We all thought the pretty girl’s leg would have to be amputated! The mission of the main character to warn the world about this new threat, against resistance from the Cheney-look-alike VP, reminded me of my inclinations to alert people to what is currently going on in space and the atmosphere and NLWs. So it was inspiring in that sense. And of course, the environment has always been my primary “cause.”

June 13th, Sunday: I took off for the Beacon Sloop Club’s Strawberry Festival, to enjoy a near-perfect day outside with the music and food, and of course, strawberries. Although Pete Seeger (the Sloop Club’s founder) had blurbed my book Native New Yorkers, we hadn’t actually sat and talked for a while, and it was putting a strain on things. I wanted to make face to face contact with him to re-establish the human part of the friendship.

It was a good idea. I also was prepared to sing my Voting Hymn of the Republic, which can be sung to the tune of Try To Remember, from the Fantastiks. I made copies of the space weapons flier and also the lyrics to Try To Remember and Cash Is King, which really is original. I ended up parking 10 minutes away. I saw Rachel and Alan (former Sloop club president, and former house mate) who were most welcoming. They went and had two babies since I last saw them) Others looked at me like “you missed the last 87 Sloop Club meetings!” But that’s okay. Speaking with Susan B, the music assistant, (who knows my music) I offered to fill in if one of the singers didn’t show up, and she said okay but the director didn’t know me, and said I couldn’t play, because rules are rules. She said if she let me sing two minutes she had to let this other guy from California sing two minutes, and she hasn’t heard him. So I said, “So let him sing!” We got into a heated discussion and I walked away to cool my heels and just enjoy the party. In the end, a scheduled singer didn’t show and I (and the guy from California) got to sing and I played my one song to wind up the concert, with the blessing of the music director, who realized that everyone else had heard me sing before and had no objections. It went over very well, and they were happy I sang. So as you see, even Peaceniks (like the members of the Beacon Sloop Club) have to find ways to resolve their conflicts. Everyone came out a winner. Apparently someone said I had been the music teacher at Kitama Seeger’s school (the Randolph School) and that piece of info (which I had forgotten) apparently was the missing link that brought things to a resolution. I guess they’d discussed it at some length. It proves what I’ve often said is that most conflicts can be resolved by having the right information.

I got to spend some quality time talking with Pete Seeger. (We had performed together as long as twenty years ago, at the World Wildlife Conference and other spots, he is the author of Where Have All the Flowers Gone, and If I Had A Hammer, Turn, Turn, Turn) At first he saw me and started complaining about his memory, which apparently fails him from time to time. He said he sees my name and says, “I think I must have read some of his books, because his name is kind of weird and unusual, so I remember it. But I can’t remember what you wrote sometimes…” This was one of those moments. He said, “I’m supposed to sing Guantanamera” in a few moments, and I can’t remember the words.” Later he sang not only Guantanamera (with Randi Harris on background vocals, just back from Ohio) but Big Muddy, which showed impeccable timing. Part way through Big Muddy, he said, “Of course this is just a song and there’s no intended comment on current affairs…” (The troops are saved when the captain dies from his own stupidity) I was standing by the stage and started clapping, with a knowing clap, and everyone in the audience followed suit. It was funny. Anyway, after that, his memory came back in full. Later, in the crowd, he practically ran over to me to let me know he remembered all about me. It meant a lot. He said, “I wish we had time to sit and talk about things, and I want to hear all your new songs. Come to the sloop club second Friday in July.” He showed me his appointment book, very small handwriting. I agreed. It gave me a chance to apologize for turning down his last similar offer to meet him at the Sloop Club, on a night I couldn’t make it. He said he’d let me tape him talking about the sixties and his experiences with civil disobedience. (We talked again about the Peekskill riots; I’d been with Pete on the 40th anniversary at Peekskill) I said, “you know Thoreau got a lot of his ideas on this from the Algonquins, and your work in the sixties was an extention of that tradition” He answered, “When Thoreau was dying, (of TB) and coughing all over the place, his auntie came and said, “Have you made your peace with God young man?” And he said, “Oh, I hadn’t known that we’d quarreled!” That was a priceless Pete Seeger quote, and like the song Guantanamera itself, a way of saying goodbye to those he cares about. He sang to me a song he had recently written about Martin Luther King, that I could use the lyrics in any upcoming book on non-violence. It was good, almost playful.

Interestingly, Pete talked a lot today both to me and on the stage about things that happened millions of years ago. His story of how Europeans survived by killing off the Neanderthal gave me a whole new insight into European history! Later I handed him the flier on space weapons, (microwave beams, etc) and he was interested, wondering if such a thing could affect his memory, which is a major concern now. We talked a bit today. I met “Spooky” the folk singer from NJ, really cool songs, including a voting song “Pull the lever” which was clever.

The Hudson Valley Peace Action Network table was very helpful. There was a lot of info on how the Patriot Act overrode the constitution and bill of rights. But some didn’t know there were two patriot acts, so I explained. I offered my flier for their table and they graciously accepted it as part of their collection. The director came up and said they have no rule against that, and anyway, he’ll change the rules as he goes along if it will help their cause. Of course he was joking. It made me feel more at home. Suddenly things made more sense! It was a good day to make peace!

My musical friend Wa-oosh showed up unexpectedly at the festival, and found me just as I was preparing to go on to ‘the hill” stage. I didn’t tell her I was waiting so sing. Sometimes I wonder if she is open to my “protest” songs, most of which are humorous anyway. She walked away, but came back when she heard my name announced, and ended up hearing the song, and we talked. She enjoyed it. It was nice, because I’ve been talking to her about lesser known revelations concerning the dark side of this current administration, and she’s been surprisingly open all along, listening and considering without jumping to conclusions. I made several predictions to her which came true. I can’t reveal her name because she has ties to certain very powerful families, some of whom have four letter words for last names. I can say that on one particular day I was with her and unbeknownst to us, Dick Cheney was less than a mile away, and at the moment he arrived, I suddenly got very sick and went into this other dimension where there was an endless universe of hopelessness and anger, which I described to her. It was like hell. I couldn’t continue playing. She helped me snap out of it, but it affected her too. Later we learned Cheney was giving a speech a few blocks away. At the time of the clock that he left, I suddenly felt much better. Isn’t that weird??

I made my way home, and wrote this first peaceblog for peacefile. I got a message from guitarist Angel Romero’s assistant, Susan Hofflund, that she will give my new guitar CD to him tomorrow, Monday. This is very exciting. The music of Contemplations CD is some of the most peaceful music ever written, and is designed to be healing as well. We shall see what the great Romero makes of it all, having seen the score almost six months ago.