ARE YOU TROUBLED BY “ANTS”? RULES FOR POSITIVE THINKING.

ARE YOU TROUBLED BY “ANTS”? RULES FOR POSITIVE THINKING.

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A friend sent me an article by Dr. Daniel Amen who is a physician, psychiatrist and best-selling author http://ahha.org/selfhelp-articles/ant-therapy/  The title is "ANT Therapy." By that he means "automatic negative thoughts" or "ANTs." These are the cynical, gloomy and complaining thoughts that just seem to keep coming all by themselves. He makes the point that every time we have a thought, our brain releases chemicals with an electrical transmission going across our brain. Thoughts are real and have an impact on…

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MY MOTHER MARY THELMA BABAROVICH LUVERA

MY MOTHER MARY THELMA BABAROVICH LUVERA

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Early Friday morning, July 7th 2000, my mother Mary Thelma Babarovich Luvera, died in her sleep at the San Juan Care Center. Her death was not unexpected. After all, she was born on December 28, 1905 and was ninety four years old when she died. She had been in failing health for some time. Her passing was, in fact, a personal blessing to her as she had been ready to meet her maker for some time. Never the less, it…

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MY GRANDFATHER NICOLA LUVERA

MY GRANDFATHER NICOLA LUVERA

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My grandfather, Nicola Luvera died in Anacortes on Independence Day, July 4, 1956 after living more then ninety years. His story is one of courage and determination. After working in a slaughter house in Italy for twenty cents a day he decided to try to find a better life for his family in America. He managed to borrow money from relatives to sail to the “new world” where his relatives had found work. In 1902, he left and made his…

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THOUGHTS AND IMAGES OF OUR FAMILY IN ANACORTES

THOUGHTS AND IMAGES OF OUR FAMILY IN ANACORTES

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The Anacortes Museum has an incredible collection of material about Anacortes which includes photos and videos. See collection at: http://www.cityofanacortes.org/museum.   Here are a few that have a connection to my family.                                                       This is a photo of my dad Paul Luvera, Sr. who took up totem pole carving in his retirement. The story has been recounted elsewhere in this blog but this photo captures it well     Mother & dad were married 64 years. He immigrated from Italy & mother's family from…

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WHEN FEELING INSECURE, REMEMBER DAVID & GOLIAH

WHEN FEELING INSECURE, REMEMBER DAVID & GOLIAH

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When faced with challenges that make us feel insecure let’s remember that the most powerful force we have is what we tell ourselves and believe. It’s all in our attitude because we create our own reality. Even the Bible gives us examples of courage against what appear to be insurmountable challenges. In 1-Samuel we have the famous story of David and Goliath. The Philistines had gathered their forces for war in Judah with a pitched camp. Saul and the Israelites…

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HISTORY PROVES A JACKASS CAN BE ELECTED TO POLITICAL OFFICE

HISTORY PROVES A JACKASS CAN BE ELECTED TO POLITICAL OFFICE

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It’s true. Boston Curtis was elected to a city Council position as a Republican in the town of Milton in September 1938. The candidate had been sponsored for office by the mayor of Milton, Kenneth Simmons, a Democrat and he won the election. However, Boston Curtis was a jackass who had been registered for the election by the mayor in order to prove his point that he believed people didn’t bother to find out enough about the candidates for whom…

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FR. FRANK COSTELLO S.J. 1921 – MAY 23, 2016

FR. FRANK COSTELLO S.J. 1921 – MAY 23, 2016

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This morning I watched on a live video stream over the Internet the funeral Mass from St Aloysius church in Spokane. The church was full of people and a crowd of priests plus the Bishop all there to honor a man of God. The funeral was for a dear friend of Lita and I – Frank Costello, a Jesuit priest who died May 23, 2016 at the Sacred Heart Jesuit Center infirmary in Los Gatos California at age 94. It…

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THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY OF JUSTUS ROSENBERG AGE 95

THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY OF JUSTUS ROSENBERG AGE 95

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In the May 1st edition of the International New York Times I read an article by Sarah Wildman about Justus Rosenberg, age 95, who still teaches literature at Bard College. He is thought to be the last remaining member of a special World War II team assembled by a journalist, Varian Fry, in 1940. It was organized to provide safe passage out of Vichy France for intellectuals and important cultural figures fleeing the Nazis. Fry had been sent by a…

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A FINAL WORD ABOUT THE FOUR SEASONS TRIP

A FINAL WORD ABOUT THE FOUR SEASONS TRIP

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Now that we have finally unpacked our suitcases and had a chance to recover from the many time zone changes, I’ve gone through some of the photos we both took during the trip. We started with a dinner at the Seattle Center and Dale Chihuly glass museum. The next morning we boarded the Four Seasons jet at Boeing field for the first leg of the trip to Japan. r The Tokyo Four Seasons had a dinner with Japanese singing and…

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MOROCCO TO BOSTON & HOME TO SEATTLE

MOROCCO TO BOSTON & HOME TO SEATTLE

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From Russia we were on our way to Morocco. We left the four seasons Hotel in St. Petersburg at in the morning for our plane. On the way however, we stopped at Peter & Paul Fortress and we visited the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood. The name is due to the assassination that occurred there. The Peter and Paul Fortress is St. Petersburg’s oldest structure and the cathedral is the burial place of all Russian emperors. This is…

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