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Posts by Jerry Dean

Join us for a day of live music, art and fellowship. Live Bands from 1pm to 9pm at the Outdoor Main Street Stage Afterwards, we migrate to the beach for a Beach Fire with Drum/Guitar Circle & Dancing from 9pm until late WHEN: Saturday, May 28th starting at 1pm WHERE: Main Street, Pacific Beach, Washington…

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The old road is rapidly aging Please get out of the new one if you can’t lend your hand For the times, they are a-changing — Bob Dylan A friend of ours is writing a book that includes a chapter on Bob Dylan. The song lyrics above from one of Bob’s prophetic ‘60s anthems applies…

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For centuries, indigenous wisdom traditions have talked of an epochal shift on the horizon, of a spiritual renaissance for the earth and her living family. Now the timelines are converging and the potential for an energetic “upgrade” for humanity is here, but first we must survive and evolve through the current period of transition. Explaining…

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I was having breakfast at Maywood Pancake House last month, and as I was finishing my omelet, I struck up a conversation with the couple sitting next to me at the counter. After a bit of chit-chat about dogs and television commercials, Walter, Maria and I soon got on the topic of overcoming life’s challenges.…

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Note: This is the last Letter from the Publisher I wrote in the Northern New Jersey edition of Natural Awakenings magazine (January 2020), three months before I had any idea that I would leave New Jersey for the West Coast. My former wife and I (pictured above) owned a Natural Awakenings magazine franchise and published…

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Before I left for my cross-country adventure to the West coast, I took a few days off for some rest and relaxation, and stayed at my friend’s mountain retreat, located 20 minutes from Woodstock, New York, in the heart of  The Catskill Mountains. Onteora Mountain House was originally a hunting retreat built by the mayonnaise…

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