(Gubba Homestead) Sept. 1, 2026: The doctor who invented the cloudbuster [atmospheric manipulator, not rainmaker] died while in a federal prison for contempt, and the court ordered his research and books was burned.
His name was Wilhelm Reich, a physician and psychoanalyst who spent decades studying what he called "orgone" energy, a force (orgastic potency) he believed moved through living things and the atmosphere.
Dr. Reich designed arrays of hollow metal pipes connected to water and pointed them at the sky. He claimed they could shift atmospheric conditions, dissipate clouds, and even bring rain.
Conspiracy theorist, IG grifter?
(Lea's Off-Grid Perspective) Queen of the Instagram Homesteaders fake?
Do beings have an aura?
In 1953, blueberry growers in Maine paid Dr. Reich after rain followed one of his experiments.
In the mid-1950s, he ran the same tests in the Arizona desert.
Then the FDA came for his medical device orgone accumulators, a federal court issued an injunction, and quantities of his publications were destroyed by burning under court order. He died in detention in 1957.
Gubba has been running her own backyard version of Dr. Reich's work:
copper pipes in the garden,
a gravel basin with water,
blackberries and strawberries responding on the copper side,
skies clearing after wildfire smoke, and
posts about her personal experiences getting flagged and hidden (ghost blocked, censored) online.
Laurie Bag' and Susie Lee began a movement. Earlybirds Club, a party for women who want to dance and get to bed on time, is headed to Philly.
Many describe that party -- which ends at an appropriate 10:00 pm -- as a form of therapy and a rare chance to exhale and reconnect.
Can I bring my dad, Elon Musk? (Vivian Wilson)
Going out to a club and dancing until 3:00 am is an early 20’ right of passage. For many women and queer folks, the ritual usually involves putting on a slightly too tight outfit, wearing heels that just may kill feet, drinking cheap alcohol without any regard for the next day’s hangover, and sleeping in well past noon.
But then the years pile on, and so do responsibilities -- as careers, partners, and kids get in the way. The time for such shenanigans tends to fall by the wayside. Still, shouldn’t those carefree, joy-filled nights of dancing stay on the table, no matter what our age?
Smiles and bubble guns can be expected at Earlybirds parties (Meagan Shuptar/billypenn.com)
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Start bi, leave gay? Happy Pride Nights
That’s where Earlybirds Club is swooping in to fill the void. The concept, dreamed up 18 months ago in Chicago by friends Laura Baginski and Susie Lee, is a series of dance parties for GenX and Millennial women, lesbian, trans, and nonbinary people (LGBTQIA+), where drinking is optional, one can wear whatever one wants (orthopedic sneakers and fanny packs welcome), and leaving well before midnight is encouraged.
It's not lesbianism...Why does it need a label?
Already, the club has spread into multiple cities with sold-out tickets in Los Angeles, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Boston and Providence, Rhode Island.
One of the hatchlings (chicks, babies, fledglings, carnivorous raptors) is missing in the snow. The storms pounding Los Angeles with hail, graupel, and freezing rain is dumping snow high atop Big Bear Lake. And at least 50 feet above that sits Eagle Jackie and her mate Shadow, the couple pampering their newborns with slaughtered trout, crow, duck, and warm vomit. Ah, Nature.
One baby, two babies, where's the third eaglet?!
But tragedy has struck. Not only was the runt late and being constantly bonked by Brutus, the big one, to establish the nest's pecking order, now one of the three is feared gone, either cannibalized or thrown from the nest for hygiene among the corpses and mortal remains of the prey littering the well-arranged sticks.
Seven thousand feathers keep Jackie warm, sitting on her brood or clutch or nursery. Maybe a park ranger should climb the tree and shove the mother off her young so we can count them and feel better about our nosy curiosity about the mysterious ways of Nature and its blood smeared beaks and talons. Is it any wonder the dragons(nagas,reptilians) fear the garudas (suparnas,avians)
There's been progress. A pip has been detected, a quickening that inspires the other chicks in their embryonic shells to get with the pecking and break out. Although it is 18 degrees up at Big Bear Lake above LA, the eggs are warm by the vigilance of the parents, Jackie and Shadow, and everything looks good for the birth of three baby bald eagles. It makes one proud to be a Native American and watch respect for nature rub off on the cam jamming Lone Ranger man filming the birds in their element.
[Shoot them, kill the eagles before they harm the trout in the lake where human fishermen want to kill, cut, and eat them!!! It's nearing Lent when Americans pay for more fish to be killed for our insatiable hunger for blood and flesh, like ghouls or something. Terrestrial human hunters over amoral avian eagles! Or might Nature have its own ideas about balance, ecosystems, and lifecycles? *Irony*]
We are starting Pip Watch on March 1st, when Egg1 is 38 days old, looking for the first signs of hatching (the first little hole being called a pip).
We may notice subtle changes in Jackie and Shadow’s behavior, such as becoming more attentive to the eggs.
Since Jackie is practicing delayed incubation, we may not see anything yet but will keep our eyes glued to all three eggs, [except for the runt. Who cares about him? Have you seen the price of a dozen of these? Make my murder morning mash of fowl fetuses too expensive to fry!]
The initial pip usually looks like a small bump, often shaped like a star, and is only visible when the camera is zoomed in. The eggs may have some dirt smudges or fluff stuck on them, which are not to be mistaken for pips.
[Hey, is Zelenskyy going to start WW III after disrespecting VP Vance and not kissing PP Trump's ring? Sure glad we have this Eagle Cam set up so we don't have to think about how we have been funding Ukraine's killing of Russians and getting them killed for Europe. What are the CIA and Pentagon thinking?]
The Connected Discourses on Phoenixes [3] or Avians, Garudas, Suparnas, Harpies, Birdpeople provides basic accounts on the nature of the garuḍas, who are avian deities in Buddhist cosmology and mythology. In these texts, the Buddha describes these beings with regard to their mode of rebirth, hierarchy, as well as the reasons a person may be reborn among them.
If one notices any suspicious spot, please make a note and keep an eye on it. If it were a pip, in a few hours, it would grow into a larger, more obvious pip site.
BEWARE OF PWI: "Pip watch itch" manifests as an urgent need to study all egg rolls frame-by-frame and pronounce every dirt speck or fluff a pip. It is highly transmissible, occurs seasonally, and has no known cure. Not to be confused with "presidential war incitement" Q.E.D.
OVARIAN FACTS: 🥚 Egg1 laid 1/22 17:05, Egg2 laid 1/25 16:44, Egg3 laid 1/28 17:43
Pip Watch begins on 3/1. Historically, at this snowy mountaintop location high above Los Angeles and the OC in Southern California, eggs hatch at ~38-39 days. With three eggs it could take a few days longer.
🐣 HATCHING is a long process that may take a few days: bit.ly/3UVVy8D. [So don't even think of driving up and trying to help the chick be born. Breaking out is part of Nature's process of strengthening its survival chances. The mother isn't picking off the shell, so why would a meddling human hand help?]
DAD: ℹResident Bald Eagle male: Shadow (unbanded) since May 2018. Estimated hatch year: 2014.
MOM: ℹResident Bald Eagle female: Jackie (unbanded) since September 2016. Estimated hatch year: 2012. [So even on the animal plane, guys go for younger chicks?]
I was born a boyassigned my sex and gender at birth. Then I said, "O hell no!" I'm trans!
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The Rainbow looks so cute as bottom to the S&S!
Happy gay month, everyone! It's time for PRIDE, which now celebrates every permutation of sexuality and gender fluidity. Want to be poly-bi-platinum-goldstar-xe? That's sensational, xe! Whaddya got rockin' under those skorts? None of our business? Right on! Now, hope you come to the meeting to explain it to Gen. Florg, and fly that freak flag like it's an original idea. Now we can all be Anais Nin and call ourselves "free."
Space alien confused as Earth leaders try to explain human gender
Thank you, God (Gnostic "Demiurge"), for giving us MEN and all these little BOYS, too!
Let me give you a little backrub here, Pope, and you try to hold down your excited pointer.
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Trans (Helen Joyce)
(The Babylon Bee) General Florg from the planet Graxon V has visited Earth -- but he's having trouble understanding humans as he's never encountered a species with so many multiplying genders. Earth leaders try to explain.
(Of course, the real problem is that humans and leaders don't understand either. When no one agrees, anyone can say anything, and we all HAVE TO go along or we're some kind of sexist heteronormative secretly-gay pigs!)
First, get the book, The Babylon Bee Guide to Gender. Second, pick a wording and pronoun from the 437 currently available, one that suits you. Don't skimp. The world is your oyster, and grammar doesn't matter at all. Definitions are included or write a new one.
Third, for general guidance, you may want to see which makes your dad the most upset. No dad? No problem. Ask a coach, uncle, drill instructor, sergeant, or scout leader. On second thought, avoid scout leaders.
Lost in Trans Nation (Grossman)
Viola! You now have a FUN gender you're happy with (and can change at any time whatsoever even post-surgery) to foist on everyone else who you can legally coerce to recognize and call you.
Now to pick a more fun SEX... Have you considered the U.S. military and the experimental vaccinations and environmental chemicals they will force you to endure and be exposed to even in bootcamp? It's a gay old time now, with lots of "friendly fire" from superior officers and horny bunkmates, fellas!
"Don't ask, don't tell"? - Ask! Tell! Let your freak flag fly, Fella!
Satan asks Democrats to tone down the evil
Dems should be openminded like Log Cabin Rs
(The Babylon Bee) Premiered May 17, 2024: In a regularly scheduled marketing meeting with Democrats, Satan asks them to tone down all the evil just a little bit.
It's a good idea to call and hear the Super Bloom Report, handled by the Theodore Payne Foundation, experts in native plants. They host local garden tours, provide seeds and plants, and do a lot to keep the wisdom of the land that Native Americans used to be responsible for holding on to.
Call the hotline before visiting: (818) 768-1802, Extension 7, daily 24 hours, 7 days a week, or read the reports.
As the ecosystems around us grow increasingly fragmented, islands of intact habitat persist amid a sea of development and human infrastructure.
These reservoirs of biodiversity are sustained by the complexity of species relationships they harbor – relationships that are strengthened by connectivity and strained by isolation.
The 2024 Native Plant Garden Tour seeks to shine a light on the native plant gardens that reinvigorate urban habitats – a system of roots that stretches through the developed landscape and brings wild spaces closer to home.
Join the tour to find out how to create an island of biodiversity, strengthening the ecological roots of Los Angeles with native plants.
Spotlighting 40+ gardens across the city, this two-day journey will bring together the plants and people that make Southern California one of the most biodiverse places on the planet.
The gardens are divided into two groups, Westside Gardens which are open Saturday, April 13th, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm and Eastside Gardens, which are open Sunday, April 14th, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. A ticket allows holder into gardens on both days.
How to attend
Each ticket includes admission for a single visitor to all gardens across both days and a printed color guide with addresses provided.
The tour is self-guided, so visitors can see gardens that interest them and go at their own pace. Tickets and tour guides will be mailed starting in early March 2024. Children under 16 do not require a ticket.
Sponsor a Ticket
Add a Sponsor Ticket to purchase at checkout. TPF will distribute these tickets to the Foundation's school and community partners.
41 Gardens
Saturday, April 13 | 10:00 am–5:00 pm
01 The Garden on Petit
02 Gerety Family Garden
03 Henschel Native Garden
04 Reimagining Colonial Revival
05 The Gottlieb Native Garden
06 Kuruvungna Sacred Springs
07 The Walgrove Wildlands
08 Tipton Duvivier Watershed Garden
09 Casita Manzanita
10 Lambert & Evans Family Garden
11 The Hello Yarrow House
12 The House of the Seven Sages
13 Garden Butterfly
14 Hursley & Glass Garden
15 Kramer-Askew
16 Jack’s Garden
17 Casa Apocalyptica
Sunday, April 14 | 10:00 am-5:00 pm
18 Wood Garden
19 Olivewood Garden
20 Justice Tujunga Garden
21 Farnsworth
22 The Forbes Mountain Retreat
23 Heller-Ashamalla Garden
24 Ochoa Restoration Garden
25 Casa Petrichor — The Laboratory
26 Bonfigli & Hessing
27 Washington Elementary Native Habitat Garden
28 Pasadena Corner Garden
29 New Horizon School Peace Garden
30 Ribbonwood
31 Wagner Native Garden
32 Zamora-Rojas Garden
33 McCarthy-Reynaldo Garden
34 The Phelps Garden
35 Glass Island x Fruitstitute
36 Peterson-Nadeau Historic Filipinotown
37 Scott Weich Garden
38 Sotomayor Arts & Sciences Magnet Farm
39 Walton Family Garden
40 Eggers & Small
41 Atkinson-Skorikov Garden
Contact the coordinators with feedback or suggestions about the tour, ideas for new gardens, or to learn how to become a tour sponsor. Please e-mail: gardentour@theodorepayne.org. TPF would love to hear from everyone. Native Plant Garden Tour | April 13 & 14, 2024
Photography Policy
Photography is permitted for personal use only. Any photos used for web or other media must be credited to the Theodore Payne Native Plant Garden Tour.
USC's Dr. Adams apprenticed with Native American healer Cecilia Garcia to write this text.
Imposed image of Parker Davis (right), leading a Hahamongna Plant Nursery activity (PW).
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Portia and Parker (Hardy Cali's)
Hardy Californians, a fun native plant nursery located next to Arnold’s Hardware in Sierra Madre is hosting a pop-up nearby at 283 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre, through Sunday, Dec. 10.
Hardy Californians is a native plant nursery and landscape design studio, run by local residents Parker Davis and Portia Besocke.
Within their outdoor pop-up format, they make available a wide selection of locally grown plants native to California, or those that have adapted to the state's relatively low levels of precipitation and extremely hot summers or Mediterranean climate (which is not really a desert, hot as it may seem sometimes).
The best for local California Native plants
Both naturalists have been growing, propagating, selling, and consulting about native plants for several years.
They will return to this location on March 1st, 2024, and they will still be available for consultations. They also recently established a landscape design studio at 37 Auburn in Sierra Madre, so you could visit them there as well.
Parker and Portia said native plants use less water and are evolved to thrive in our region.
With concerns over drought and climate change, native plants offer a viable alternative to the otherwise ecologically sterile imported bushes and trees, and the outdated colonial lawn.
Gathering local seeds and sprouting them
Those who really wants native plants in the yard but have no idea how to get started may want to share information with Davis and Besocke. They are each a wealth of information, guiding home gardeners to those wild natives that are food, medicine, and attractants for birds and butterflies.
“We specialize in locally grown native plants that are uniquely adapted to our climate, requiring little to no supplemental irrigation, while contributing the most ecological benefit in supporting our local birds, bees and butterflies.”
Map to Hahamongna Native Plant Nursery
For several years, Davis led volunteers in restorative efforts at the Audubon Society center at Deb’s Park in neighboring Highland Park, and he also guided visitors on interpretive walks.
Subsequently, Davis and Besocke developed the Hahamongna Native Plant Nursery in the Arroyo Seco on Pasadena’s west side.... More
AUTHOR: Christopher Nyerges is a plant educator, prodigious author, and journalist who has written Urban Survival Guide, Foraging California, Extreme Simplicity, and other books. Learn more about him and from him at schoolofself-reliance.com.
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