....from her heart

A few Fridays ago my daughter Erin and I went to the local elementary/junior high school at lunch time to give the children an opportunity to sign a banner to ask the Japanese government to put a stop to the taking of dolphins for captivity..... to stop the slaughter of the dolphin not pretty enough to perform in marine parks around the world.

Close to 400 children signed...kids love dolphins...see the magic in them...we heard that repeatedly from the little and bigger girls, "ohhh, I love dolphins!"....

Well they need our help.

September 1 was the beginning of this horror at the cove in Tiaji, Japan.

 Erin has turned over a lot of her energy to putting an end to the annual 6 month slaughter.

Last Thursday, the day they beginning killing the dolphins in The Cove, she arrived in San Francisco for the peaceful protest she was responsible for putting together in front of the the Japanese Consulate.  

The petition some of you may have signed, along with the kid's banner, was put into the hands of the gentleman who came out to receive them.  

There was an excellent turn out.  Erin worked hard at putting the information out there.

 And needless to say I am very proud of her.  

From a FB reader....

Hi Erin, I was so touched by some of your posts recently and the heart felt passion you have for protecting life on our planet. 

I appreciate the depth of your emotion...

it feels sometimes that we are just "dust in the wind".

I want to share this recent note I posted on my wall just hours ago...it was about a synchrononistic find I happened upon while going through old documents on my computer... It is a bit long but truly valuable information that will help energize you. 

Erin, Thank you for your big beautiful wide open loving heart....all earthlings rejoice each time it beats! Be empowered, my friend, because your expanding love is what will save the world...love never fails!! 

                                                   Dolphin Smiles and Whale Hugs,Lanis

the note

https://www.facebook.com/notes/lanis-loveday-chidel/lifes-journey-the-rules-of-road-13-principles-of-spiritual-activism/236871153023919

......daughter and dolphins of Taiji

 

Erin and Ric O'Barry

  sign the petition please     

My beautiful daughter Erin is an animal rights activist....Not too long ago she and I attended a showing of the

movie The Cove in San Rafael, CA. where she met many of the activist she has only known via the internet.     

Including Ric O'Barry founder of Save Japan Dolphins Earth Island Institute.  He is also the director of Save Japan Dolphins a campaign conducted by the International Marine Mammal Project of Earth Island Institute.  The work of O'Barry and the Save Japan Dolphins team were featured in the Oscar winning documentary The Cove as well as in Animal Planets Channels Blood Dolphin$ series..I think Mr. O'Barry feels a deep guilt because he believes that the tv show Flipper is in a large way responsible for the huge attraction captive dolphins have become all over the world.  He was Flippers trainer.....the original Flipper died in his arms...he says from depression caused from a life in captivity.  These beautiful creatures are meant to live free, swim deep and be with their pod.  A healthy, attractive dolphin trapped in the cove will sell for $200,000...and bring millions to places like Marine World.  They ones not chosen are slaughtered in the most horrendous and cruel, bloody ways possible....you can hear them crying out in pain and fear in the movie.  The mercury laden flesh is then sold to the unsuspecting consumer as tuna.

Erin became involved with the plight of the dolphins about 2 years ago...her goal was to go to japan.this year and stand wittness to the slaughter of the lessor dolphins and the sale of the pretty ones into a life time of captivity. But the meltdown has caused her to change her plans  The annual slaughter begins in September...This year my amazing daughter is chairing the peaceful protest on September, 1 in San Francisco where she will present the Japaneses consulate with a petition to stop the killing and the sales of the Taiji dolphins.  Her event is being coordinated with the International Day of Awareness for the Dolphins of Taiji Events....It will be held in front of the
General Consulate of Japan
50 Fremont Street #2300
in San Francisco from 1pm-4pm

And I would really be happy if you would
 sign the petition...
could you? 



 and if you live in the Bay Area please join her....
 xoxo 
 tell her I sent you
 she would love your support....and so would the dolphins

....my daughter and the waltons

The Waltons

It's raining and snowing again here in the foothills near Yosemite...the ground is saturated...it bubbles, we have streams where there shouldn't be any.  But my neighbors to the north in Oakhurst have taken a lot harder hit...too much wet snow for the Oak trees.

They split in half with the weight and in some cases the earth is seems to  spit them out at the roots. 

There is no electricity for thousands today and it's been out since Saturday
....Madera County is considering calling for a state of emergency...
Yosemite is closed...roads are impassable....trees down everywhere.  Roads everywhere are dangerous because of flash floods and slides.

tThese rainy days tend to make me want to curl up with something I love and stay still. 

 Today I checked to see if there might be a rare gem on tv I would enjoy watching......
and I found The Waltons!  Two episodes back to back...Two hour of a show I watched every week while I was pregnant with my first baby.

 I loved that show.

It is centered around a family growing up in rural Virgina in the 1930's

 during the Great Depression and WWII....they didn't have a lot but boy were they rich.  

The family consists of John and Olivia Walton, their 7 children, 
and their wise, wise, grandparents....actually they were all wise in their own way..
.they talked, shared meals and chores....
No TV .....The kids played outside...without coaches.

The stories told each week are seen through the eyes of the oldest son, john Boy, an aspiring writer.  

  He told simple stories of  his family, who were always supportive of each other. 

Each week problems would arise but within that one hour they would be solved, 
there would be healing.....

The show was about love..

did I say I really liked this show...it was filled with spirit...

Todays shows were still as I remembered them..
and I was afraid they wouldn't be as good...
afraid they might seem just too sappy...out of date...

but they weren't,  it's still wonderful feel good TVtv

at the  end of the last episode I watched he expressed his gratitude because, 

'the love of our mother and father was more constant then the stars in the sky.'...that's the love I have for my girls..

This is my daughter.. Erin

She is named after a Walton...

what can I say..

There were three Walton daughters...Erin, Mary Ellen and Elizabeth....I liked the name Elizabeth a lot, and it was almost hers, but my stepmom was an Elizabeth and my mom wasn't going to go for that...Mary Ellen...not right...so she became Erin.  

I think I wanted the Waltons experience of  love and trust in family for her.  

I wanted her to have the  feeling that as a team everything is better....

and that she is unconditionally loved.  

I wanted her to know life doesn't have to be filled with things to be fullfilling...and I wanted her to have a love of nature.  

Well...I think it worked, that name  

She is an amazing woman who loves unconditionally.  

One of the best women I know...

She is young, but she is strong, wise, beautiful, smart, caring and creative.  

She's a mom, a sister, wife, worker bee, friend, daughter, animal activist...

she wears all those hats with pride and heart.  

And now she is a blogger 

My Journey to Make a Difference

She is writing about her planned trip to Japan in November..

.her journey to do something for the dolphins of Taiji.  

She wants the annual slaughter to stop.

And she is willing to go there and stand witness.  

There is a saying that once you become an agent for something it becomes your responsibility to speak for it, and she is doing that.

I am proud of her passion....proud she is a passionate woman.

Take a peek at her blog...join her on her journey.