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  1. I just became a subscriber a few days ago and this is really exciting. I have forwarded the information from Lynette Louise about autism to a friend who has an autistic child…I have been starting to read the back issues of the solari report, including the one about Dr. Tiller from Stanford, a scientist who investigates the spiritual. This is fascinating. I just read Catherine’s March 2012 solari report where she alone talked…this piece is great. Thanks, CAF! IIn this ‘solo report’ I particular enjoyed the insight that I have sometimes had, but haven’t really been able to articulate it. Sometimes following the right path is a fairly lonely path. I’m alone in realizing that I need to do the right thing, not be coerced, just because it is the right thing to do. “The reward will be in heaven” is sort of how it gets described, but you know, I think being true to oneself and being able to sleep at night is pretty powerful too. I’ll write more. Am a bit shy about posting on blogs like this… but I did want to send greetings and thank you for Catherine. I so enjoyed meeting Catherine here in Northern Calif….

  2. Hey, Megan. Welcome! Delighted to have you join us and post your insights!. I am leaving Palo Alto for Tennessee tomorrow am. Back in April. Hope to see you in the Spring!

    Catherine

  3. For the upcoming Solari report, “Your Taxes in 2013”, I would like to ask this question please.
    It seems there’s a window of opportunity right now, before 2013 closes, where the lifetime gift tax exclusion is quite high at $5M and also real estates values are extremely low. Should a portfolio with strong real estate holdings use this window to gift property now rather than wait until the window closes, understanding that this gift must be irrevocable. I believe this question ultimately lies in whether the differential between today’s exclusion of $5M and tomorrow’s exlusion, let’s assume that to be $1M, is subject to clawback. I’m reading differing opinions on this making it difficult to decide whether to pull the trigger or not.

    Thank you.

  6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUMMd6R7mOk The smooth blend of The Sons of the Pioneers on two of their classics: Cool Water & Tumbling Tumbleweeds.

    WATER Of PLACE: Gaining perspective from our home the edge of source.

    Early in the Solari Report Series, Catherine Austin Fitts urged subscribers to secure quality food and water.
    I’ve been thinking about water for our PLACE a lot since then. My perspective about water has changed quite a bit over the years.

    As a child being raised in the Southwest, I swam in our pool despite desert tumble weeds blowing just behind our fence.
    Once a week the utility would open a valve in our yard and several inches of water depth quenched thirsty grass, bushes, trees and our pomegranate tree.

    That was 45 years ago. Moving from the Southwest to a bit east of the Mississippi River is like moving to constant humidity and much rain when you are a kid. The toads are slimy, not like the horned toads of the southwest. It takes some getting used several days of rain at a time in the Southeast. I could put a long john boat in many ponds and a few reservoirs and fish all I could stand.

    Each summer while growing up, I canoed, swam and floated on an intertube or raft on a river fork in eastern Oklahoma. Those summer days in Oklahoma allowed for swimming in the “creek” unless rains muddied and swelled up the ebbs and flows into swift currents for a few days.

    During college my economics professor went to Arizona on sabbatical to study water. He said in 20 years that water would be like gasoline. Today, spring rains ensure enough canoeing water in the spring and kayaking at least into early summer. I met my wife in the rainy southeast. In fact we both lived less than a mile from and on the high side of the Mississippi river. The mighty Mississippi is amazing. With the spring floods, tug boats pushing barges, the Mississippi Queen, the Corps. of Engineers management, and movies like Huck Finn, it’s hard to imagine a lack of water.

    My wife and I moved our family to central Texas in the mid 1990’s without a thought about ground water. We were glad for lower humidity. We found ourselves living in a town where the hill country, black land prairie and grasslands of the Edwards plateau meet. After we arrived we noticed harder and shorter rains. Flash flooding is more prevalent here. Rainfall averages closer to three inches monthly than over four inches. Sometimes there is no rain for a month. Now, after seventeen years and a few droughts, future water access is a hot topic. My abundant water perspective is gone.

    I am ever digesting tidbits of information about the edges of my water sources and impacts to my place water. We have lived on well water and city water. There are plenty of access and regulatory issues to learn and keep up with both well and piped water.

    To understand the water of place, I seek to understand the forces and players affecting our water. I’ve learned a few things this year I’d like to share.

    Well water requires a knowledge about well mechanics and ground water hydrology. It’s a good idea to keep pipe, connections and a hand pump ready for a long term power or pump equipment outage. Getting to know a local aquifer board member helps. Talking with neighbors that have been in place the longest provides deeper insight. We had a very dry and hot period during the summer of 2011 with 90 days at or above 100 degrees. Drought severity limits are the norm here now. We had our toilets replaced during a utility incentive to install low flow toilets. I may take one of the permaculture courses to gain a better perspective on how to transition our land toward the newer dryer climate. I will also plan a dry water garden for where rain water rushes off our property to the lower next door neighbor. Maybe I can direct more water to sink in and support our trees.
    We live in town now so water is piped from a city water utility. They have a long term contract with the Lower Colorado River District. The water utility is supposed to have water for 50 years by contract. I don’t have full faith in contracts any more. Attending to everything that lies from our home to the water source edge is a responsibility for my family and community safety. If the utility were to flip to a private corporation, our situation could change drastically. As it is, water rates are up over 10% this year.

    Learning about the local ordinances, local water companies and districts that are stake holders of water sourcing is a must for a basic understanding. Texas has a state water board and plenty of state legislated regulation. I’m convinced that often university expertise in Texas leans toward the needs of the energy industry and water sellers.

    Knowing an expert source is perhaps a best practice and I hope to find a trustworth Texas water expert in 2013. Various regions of the United States have multiple states in their water region sourcing. It can take some study just to define the boundaries of place we want to focus on. Add uncertainty and complexity of weather and airosol spraying to the mix and it’s easy to be overwhelmed with information.The quality of water is affected by place but quality is a whole other topic to integrate as is waste water.

    I look forward to learning more about water from other subscribers.

    Nothing quenches thirst like cool clean water.

    Brad

  7. The Lynette Louise interview seemed a sharp contrast to Rappaport’s recent SR about the diagnosis of autism being too loosely defined and suggested it may be a more or less fake diagnosis. Was this just two different guest’s points of view? – Or do I need to replay these SRs for my own clarification?

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