kick cancer ass warrior spirit

Going to see Dr. Bahador with Kick Cancer ASS spirit...

This is how I feel most of the time...

As you know...or you will now...I LOVE elephants...I have this book of photos and found this online to share ...the gratitude and warmth and love seeps into me from this photo...may you also feel this with me...

I have a big Dr. appointment tomorrow and when I walk in with this contentment and peace...all is good...all is just part of the flow of life.

Please join me ongoing for yoga classes in the evening and Blend classes in the morning...schedule shows on side panel.

I'm also subbing Qigong tomorrow...Wednesday at 12:30 ...one hour at The Soul of Yoga...see you there!

GOOD NEWS TO SHARE

I just got a call from my chemo nurse and although the ca-125 really needs to be below 10...the reading that we left off of before the 2 bowel obstructions was 2400...down from 8500....then it jumped back up to 7000 and the most recent as of a few days ago is 3900....not great but coming down not going up again....I'll take it!

And ...the MRI shows the Cancer diminishing in some areas...so overall an improvement!!!! I will also take it!!!

I don't know if I will change to a new chemo regimen ...will find out next Wednesday....for now....WHEW...

I was prepared to hear what ever I needed to hear...I'm so grateful for the good news...

Have a wonderful day!

appreciating today

Happy Love for the days to come...Happy Solstice....Love to all

Waiting

Had the MRI yesterday and the blood work today...it doesn't matter...I'm stepping into this light...a light that I never knew before...maybe it's the eclipse...maybe it's just accepting...no matter what...I'm happy and ready to embrace each moment as it comes...maybe it's really beautiful on the other side....maybe it's better...or maybe it doesn't matter either way..it just is ....love you all

stay live with the eclipse

http://www.nasa.gov/

click this link to stay live with the eclipse...Love to all

lunar eclipse and winter solstice

For the first time since 1554, the Winter Solstice — the shortest day of the year — coincides with a full lunar eclipse, an eclipse that will be seen for hours in Pensacola if the skies are clear.
For those who find spiritual meaning in celestial events, the eclipse is not to be missed, even if it does occur from roughly 1 to 4 a.m.
"I do believe it's something to pay attention to," said Toni Talley of Pensacola, known throughout metaphysical communities as Ms. Toni, psychic and medium. "The Native Americans and other religions believe these types of occurrences really have significance. It's like an extra blessing."

This eclipse will be the second on two eclipses in 2010.  The first was a partial lunar eclipse that took place on June 26, 2010.
Some believe that this event holds special significance, such as one ancient culture who saw the winter solstice as a time of renewal.

The winter solstice played an important role in the Greco-Roman rituals.

"It's seen as a time of rebirth or renewal because, astrologically, it's a time where the light comes back," Shane Hawkins, a professor of Greek and Roman studies at Carleton University in Ottawa, told the Montreal Gazette.

"If (the eclipse) happened on the 21st, they might well have been drunk," he said.
However, skeptics say that it is just an event with not significance.

"It's quite rare, but there's no profound significance. It's luck of the draw; you got dealt four aces," said Robert Dick, an astronomy instructor at Carleton.

The eclipse will be completely visible for North and South America just after midnight Eastern Time on Tuesday, lasting until about 5:30 a.m. for North and South America.

Europe will be able to catch a glimpse of the beginning of the lunar eclipse, but Japan will be catching the ending.

This lunar eclipse is part of the Saros cycle, which is an eclipse cycle with a period of 18 years and a little over 11 days.  This cycle is useful for predicting the times of when nearly identical eclipses will occur.

coming out of the chemo fog

Dear Friends,

I got hit harder from this last chemo...started early on Friday and lasted... well actually...still feel a little nauseated....yet much better...the sofa and several movies became my friend over the weekend...I'm also scheduled for an MRI today at 1pm and will know more about the rising numbers in a few days...more blood work coming as well...just rolling with and over the bumps that come my way...wishing you all a lovely week as we move into the change of seasons...such a special time with the eclipse and mercury in retrograde...lots of powerful energy to work with....will keep you posted...in the meantime....

come and join me for the many options that I can offer you ....

• Reiki sessions

• Private yoga classes

• Group classes...see side panel for schedule

• Private Pilates sessions or share with a friend

Call me for info and scheduling...especially this week and next....a long break from treatment!
760-707-7610

Namaste,
Summer

not sure why my blog sent out old blog entry...

Dear Blog Friends,

For some strange reason...my blog sent out an old blog...not sure why ...just check the date in the future...just in case it happens again...Love to all...Have a great day!

late notice for subbing

I'm subbing for Jolie at Soul of Yoga tonight wed Dec 15th at 5:30...join me if you can...and of course...My regular class same time on thursday evenings...Love to everyone...

recovered from friday

This round of chemo...cycle 5 ...#2 took a different pathway with regards to sickness...started off mild and slowly progressed to more and more sick..even through Sunday....blood levels are low...but I'm not....I'm happy and ready to have a great week!!!

Thanks for all the LOVE....take care....Summer

I'm processing some news I didn't want to hear...

As most of you know...I returned from the hospital...a quicker turn around this time...feeling great...ok...almost great...and...then a check up with Dr. Bahador....ca-125 time...not great news...

Originally...the ca-125 was 8500...dropped to 5700....dropped to 2400 and due to the 2 bowel obstructions that I've had...it wasn't taken due to the probability of a  false read from the inflammation...just had it done anyway....7000...

NOT GOOD....NOT GOOD AT ALL

I'm going to continue to put myself in the highest light...surrender and not give up or give in...so much can be done to extend my life...I have some symptoms.....some swelling in my belly...could be from the bowel obstruction...could be from all of the fluids they gave me in the hospital....not sure...

PLAN
stay on this chemo regimine for 2 more times...cycle 5 ...this friday #2....next friday #3
re-take the ca-125...have an MRI done...compare it to the past CAT scans last month and see where we are...

Most likely switch to a new chemo regimen....bowel obstructions will come and go...just have to roll with it.

I feel and seem better than normal..

the next few weeks will give more information...
in the meantime...blood counts are very low...please don't come near me if you have symptoms...classes...sessions.....shoppping...anything....please use extra caution for me...

If there were a time to use your form of love...prayer....meditation...please go there now...I need it!

Love you,
Summer

back home

I was released late afternoon yesterday and spent a cautious yet...grateful to be home night...the bowel obstruction is still at a vulnerable transition and yet...I'm taking one step at a time managing . I feel great...I'll be teaching all of my classes and clients that are scheduled from today on. Of course, taking the moments as they come, also means accepting what comes...including hospital visits in crazy ass pain...or crazy belly pain...not fun...yet ...still happens. It makes the time out of the hospital so much more appreciative.

I saw incredible sadness at the hospital...older people dying...older people living as if they were dying...crying out continuously for someone to love them...dementia??? Old age??? Come on people...we can do better....what if as a community...it was all of our responsibility to help each other die with dignity...with love and care...without finances being an issue....all I heard while I was there was the discussion of family members sharing with hospital staff and hospice..."we can't afford his/her care" " we don't know what to do". What if our tax dollars paid into a fund where none of this would be a worry...we all die well...loved and cared for??? What if??????

Even for me...I don't know where I would be if the community hadn't stepped in to help me out...as a community...it helps and means so much when we really open our hearts to care for others...Thank you again and again for the chance to feel what that really means...it has been amazing for me...it just makes you want to give to others just as much or more!

Sending love to all who love and have loved Elizabeth Edwards...I sat in my hospital bed and sobbed for her passing...maybe it was because it made mortality for me too real...maybe because I received courage and love from her...maybe because she represents so many who have to die from cancer...I don't know exactly what my tears were about...maybe it was just her time....what does that really mean? All I know is I'm sad to feel her go...even though...as she says..." all our days are numbered" May I be as courageous and brave and heart-felt as she. Here's to you ...with love and honor...Elizabeth Roberts.


I have chemo again this friday...cycle 5 #2.

 Today...I also have a big check up with the infamous Dr. Bahador...still the sweetest man on Earth...with Ca-125 results...they still may not be accurate due to the bowel obstruction...still checking in on the counts to see.

My spirits are good...my energy is great...my heart is full and ready to share!

Love to all,
Summer

back in the hospital...

sorry to say that I'm back in the hospital...it has been determined that I have a chronic bowel obstruction and that it can become acute now and then...well it happened again...I had chemo on friday and late afternoon saturday I felt the symptoms coming on ...we got to the hosptal at 1:30 on Sunday morning...waiting for the bowel obstruction to calm down...should be home soon...at scripps memoral in la Jolla...

love to all

Elephant Shower

this makes me so happy!

Waiting on blood work ...

Had my basic blood work today to see if my white count is back up...I've been in public places...( not classes) wearing a mask...it's amazing how people treat me differently...

I'll know tomorrow afternoon if I have chemo on Friday...I'll keep you posted on my schedule...I feel fantastic!!!

I just discovered this amazing creature!!! They even mate for life!!!

Griffin

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For other uses, see Griffin (disambiguation).

Griffin fresco in the "Throne Room", Palace of Knossos, Crete, Bronze Age

Achaemenid griffin at Persepolis.

Statue of a griffin at St Mark's Basilica in Venice.

The griffin, griffon, or gryphon (Greek: γρύφων, grýphōn, or γρύπων, grýpōn; Latin: gryphus) is a legendary creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle. As the lion was traditionally considered the king of the beasts and the eagle was the king of the birds, the griffin was thought to be an especially powerful and majestic creature. Griffins are known for guarding treasure and priceless possessions.^[1] Adrienne Mayor, a classical folklorist, proposes that the griffin was an ancient misconception derived from the fossilized remains of the Protoceratops found in gold mines in the Altai mountains of Scythia, in present day southeastern Kazakhstan.^[2] In antiquity it was a symbol of divine power and a guardian of the divine.^[3] Some have suggested that the word griffin is cognate with Cherub.^[4]
Most statues have bird-like talons, although in some older illustrations griffins have a lion's forelimbs; they generally have a lion's hindquarters. Its eagle's head is conventionally given prominent ears; these are sometimes described as the lion's ears, but are often elongated (more like a horse's), and are sometimes feathered. The earliest depiction of griffins are the 15th century BC frescoes in the Throne Room of the Bronze Age Palace of Knossos, as restored by Sir Arthur Evans. It continued being a favored decorative theme in Archaic and Classical Greek art. In Central Asia the griffin appears about a thousand years after Bronze Age Crete, in the 5th-4th century BC, probably originating from the Achaemenid Persian Empire. The Achaemenids considered the griffin "a protector from evil, witchcraft and secret slander".^[5] The modern generalist calls it the lion-griffin, as for example, Robin Lane Fox, in Alexander the Great, 1973:31 and notes p. 506, who remarks a lion-griffin attacking a stag in a pebble mosaic Dartmouth College expedition at Pella, perhaps as an emblem of the kingdom of Macedon or a personal one of Alexander's successor Antipater.
Infrequently, a griffin is portrayed without wings, or a wingless eagle-headed lion is identified as a griffin; in 15th-century and later heraldry such a beast may be called an alce or a keythong. In heraldry, a griffin always has forelegs like an eagle's; the beast with forelimbs like a lion's forelegs was distinguished by perhaps only one English herald of later heraldry as the opinicus.

Contents [hide] 1 Medieval lore 2 Heraldic significance 3 In architecture 4 In literature 5 Modern uses 5.1 School emblems and mascots 5.2 In natural history 6 Notes and references 7 Further reading 8 External links

[edit] Medieval lore

Griffin rampant wearing the mural crown of Perugia

Griffins not only mated for life, but also, if either partner died, then the other would continue throughout the rest of its life alone, never to search for a new mate. A Hippogriff is a legendary creature, supposedly the offspring of a griffin and a mare.
According to Stephen Friar, a griffin radford's claw was believed to have medicinal properties and one of its feathers could restore sight to the blind.^[1] Goblets fashioned from griffin claws (actually antelope horns) and griffin eggs (actually ostrich eggs) were highly prized in medieval European courts.^[6]
When it emerged as a major seafaring power in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, griffins commenced to be depicted as part of the Republic of Genoa's coat of arms, rearing at the sides of the shield bearing the Cross of St. George.
By the 12th century the appearance of the griffin was substantially fixed: "All its bodily members are like a lion's, but its wings and mask are like an eagle's."^[7] It is not yet clear if its forelimbs are those of an eagle or of a lion. Although the description implies the latter, the accompanying illustration is ambiguous. It was left to the heralds to clarify that.

[edit] Heraldic significance

An heraldic griffin passant.

In heraldry, the griffin's amalgamation of lion and eagle gains in courage and boldness, and it is always drawn to powerful fierce monsters. It is used to denote strength and military courage and leadership. Griffins are portrayed with a lion's body, an eagle's head, long ears, and an eagle's claws, to indicate that one must combine intelligence and strength.^[8]
In British heraldry, a male griffin is shown with wings, its body covered in tufts of formidable spikes. The male griffin is more usually shown, as in the Bevan family crest.^[9] Also they can be seen as sacred animals to the greek god Apollo^{[citation needed]}

[edit] In architecture

Heraldic guardian griffin at Kasteel de Haar, Netherlands

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In architectural decoration the griffin is usually represented as a four-footed beast with wings and the head of an eagle with horns, or with the head and beak of an eagle.^{[citation needed]}
Gryphon statues mark the entrance to the City of London.

[edit] In literature

For fictional characters named Griffin, see Griffin (surname)

Flavius Philostratus mentioned them in The Life of Apollonius of Tyana:

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As to the gold which the griffins dig up, there are rocks which are spotted with drops of gold as with sparks, which this creature can quarry because of the strength of its beak. “For these animals do exist in India” he said, “and are held in veneration as being sacred to the Sun ; and the Indian artists, when they represent the Sun, yoke four of them abreast to draw the images ; and in size and strength they resemble lions, but having this advantage over them that they have wings, they will attack them, and they get the better of elephants and of dragons. But they have no great power of flying, not more than have birds of short flight; for they are not winged as is proper with birds, but the palms of their feet are webbed with red membranes, such that they are able to revolve them, and make a flight and fight in the air; and the tiger alone is beyond their powers of attack, because in swiftness it rivals the winds.[10]

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And the griffins of the Indians and the ants of the Ethiopians, though they are dissimilar in form, yet, from what we hear, play similar parts; for in each country they are, according to the tales of poets, the guardians of gold, and devoted to the gold reefs of the two countries.[11]

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Griffins are used widely in Persian poetry; Rumi is one such poet who writes in reference to griffins.^[12]
In Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, Beatrice meets Dante in Earthly Paradise after his journey through Hell and Purgatory with Virgil have concluded. Beatrice takes off into the Heavens to begin Dante's journey through paradise on a flying Griffin that moves as fast as lightning. Sir John Mandeville wrote about them in his 14th century book of travels:

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In that country be many griffins, more plenty than in any other country. Some men say that they have the body upward as an eagle and beneath as a lion; and truly they say sooth, that they be of that shape. But one griffin hath the body more great and is more strong than eight lions, of such lions as be on this half, and more great and stronger than an hundred eagles such as we have amongst us. For one griffin there will bear, flying to his nest, a great horse, if he may find him at the point, or two oxen yoked together as they go at the plough. For he hath his talons so long and so large and great upon his feet, as though they were horns of great oxen or of bugles or of kine, so that men make cups of them to drink of. And of their ribs and of the pens of their wings, men make bows, full strong, to shoot with arrows and quarrels.[13]

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Griffin misericord, Ripon Cathedral, alleged inspiration for The Gryphon in Lewis Carroll’s Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

John Milton, in Paradise Lost II, refers to the legend of the griffin in describing Satan:

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As when a Gryfon through the Wilderness With winged course ore Hill or moarie Dale, Pursues the ARIMASPIAN, who by stelth Had from his wakeful custody purloind The guarded Gold [...]

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[edit] Modern uses

A modernist, Egyptianized guardian griffin by Edmond Amateis (1936), Washington, D.C.

Flag of the Utti Jaeger Regiment of the Finnish Army

Coat of Arms of Kashubia

The griffin is the symbol of the Philadelphia Museum of Art; bronze castings of them perch on each corner of the museum's roof, protecting its collection.^[14][15] Similarly, prior to the mid-1990s a griffin formed part of the logo of Midland Bank (now HSBC). The griffin has appeared in over 500 film in the U.S. alone.
The griffin is the logo of Vauxhall Motors, and of Scania and its former group partners SAAB-Aircraft and Saab Automobile. The latest fighter produced by the SAAB-Aircraft company bears the name of "Gripen" (Griffin), but as a result of public competition. General Atomics has used the term "Griffin Eye" for its intelligence surveillance platform based on a Hawker Beechcraft King Air 35ER civilian aircraft ^[16]
Pakistan Air Force has her No. 9 squadron named as Griffins. The squadron was formed in 1943 and is currently equipped with F-16 fighter aircrafts.

[edit] School emblems and mascots

The Gryphon is the official mascot of the University of Guelph (Guelph, Ontario, Canada). The Guelph Gryphons are the athletic teams that represent the University, and are members of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport.
In 1933, Canisius College in Buffalo, New York selected the griffin as the mascot for its athletic teams and newspaper, in part in reference to the Jesuit-educated La Salle's ship which had sailed nearby 244 years earlier. In announcing the naming of the mascot, the college's president, the Very Rev. Rudolph J. Eichhorn,S.J., said:

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In adopting the name Griffin for our newspaper and athletic teams, we feel we are using a synonym for Canisian. He should display at all times loyalty and courage in the face of any odds; he should be superior, in the good sense, to the commonplace; and like the griffins who kept watch over the material treasures of gold and precious stones, so should he guard the intellectual, spiritual and moral treasure which have been given into his keep.[17]

”

The official seal of Purdue University was adopted during the University's centennial in 1969. The seal, approved by the Board of Trustees, was designed by Prof. Al Gowan, formerly at Purdue. It replaced an unofficial one that had been in use for 73 years.
In medieval heraldry, a griffin symbolized strength, and Abby P. Lytle used it in her 1895 design for a Purdue seal. When Professor Gowan redesigned the seal, he retained the griffin symbol to continue identification with the older, unofficial seal. The three-part shield indicates three stated aims of the University: education, research, and service, replacing the words Science, Technology, and Agriculture on the earlier version.^[18]
The griffin is the mascot of The Cambridge School of Weston, a coeducational private day and boarding school located in Weston, Massachusetts. The mascot is also the name of the school publication: "The Gryphon."
The griffin is the mascot of Greenhills School in Ann Arbor, Michigan, a independent Middle and High School.
The griffin is the mascot of Rocky Mount High School located in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. During the era of segregation, Rocky Mount High School was an all-white school while African Americans attended Booker T. Washington High School. In 1969, the two schools merged when segregation ended. During that time, the mascot of Rocky Mount High School was the blackbird, and the lion was the mascot of Booker T. Washington. In an attempt to create a new mascot for the newly merged school and at the same time maintaining the history of the two schools, the griffin, or "gryphon" as it is then spelled, mostly became the obvious choice.
The griffin is part of the coat of arms of Raffles Institution, the oldest school in Singapore. Combined with the strength of the double-headed eagle, it represents power, strength, supremacy, dignity and majesty for the school.^[19]
The griffin is the mascot of Missouri Western State University in Saint Joseph, Missouri. It was chosen in 1918 as the mascot of Saint Joseph Junior College, the institution which later became Missouri Western State University. The griffin was selected because it was considered a guardian of riches, and education is viewed as a precious treasure. Similarly, originating from founder Simeon Reed's family coat of arms, the griffin became the unofficial mascot of Reed College, in Portland, Oregon as the "protector of "man and beasts" and as the enemy of ignorance".^[20]
Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts uses four animals and colors to represent the four class years. One of these is the green griffin, representing one of the odd graduating years. It was selected as one of the four class animals in 1909.^[21]
The College of William and Mary in Virginia changed its mascot to the griffin in April 2010.^[22][23] The griffin was chosen because it is the combination of the British lion and the American eagle.
The griffin is the mascot of Seton Hill University located in Greensburg, PA. The university changed its mascot from "Spirits" to "Griffins" in 2002 after transitioning from a women's college to a coeducational university. Seton Hill competes as an NCAA Division II school as a member of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC).
After many years of not having an official mascot, Sarah Lawrence College has dubbed all of its teams "The Gryphons."
At the University of Toronto intramural teams from University College are known as the UC Gryphons.^[24]

[edit] In natural history

Some large species of Old World vultures are called gryphons, including the Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus). The scientific name for the Andean Condor is Vultur gryphus, Latin for "griffin-vulture".