New Colorful Jewelry~ A Few New Pieces~ More to Come Soon~ by Gilannie ~
Thursday, November 3, 2011
New Colorful Jewelry ~ A Few New Pieces
Happy November!
New Colorful Jewelry~ A Few New Pieces~ More to Come Soon~ by Gilannie ~
New Colorful Jewelry~ A Few New Pieces~ More to Come Soon~ by Gilannie ~
Sunday, October 16, 2011
America cannot thrive unless the citizens of America are ALL thriving
These facts blow my mind:
"In 1950, top executives earned 24 times the average worker's pay,
122 times in 1990
and 550 times in 2009."*
You read that right!! From 1950 to 1990, top executives' pay went from 24-times the average worker's pay to 550-times the average worker's pay.
"Currently, a CEO earns more in one workday (there are 260 in a year) than an average worker earns in 52 weeks."*
You read that right also!! A CEO earns more in 1 workday than the average worker earns over 1 year.
*above 2 quotes from http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/what-do-you-think-about-the-pay-gap-between-ceos-and-workers/question-917873/?page=2
My personal opinion is that the country of America cannot thrive unless the citizens of America are ALL thriving ~ not just the top, but the poorest and the struggling Middle Class as well. EVERYONE must be thriving for our America to a strong country.
The average workers ARE the foundation of our country. As our average workers become the poorest of our country, our foundation weakens, crumbles. If we do not make sure ALL of our citizens have Food, Clothing, Shelter and Education then we are undermining our own success as a country.
It's time to have, to quote Lincoln, “Government of the People, By the People, For the People” rather than what we have now which is, sadly, a Government of the Big Corporations, by the Big Corporations, for the Big Corporations.
Somewhere along the line, we took a wrong turn. The GREED is making our country weak, making our citizens poor, weakening our educational system, defeating the strength of America.
It's not too late to correct our path. America should be a leader in the global economy, a leader in human rights, a leader in green industries and so on. Let's all work together to make it so! The first step is to rebuild the strength of America's foundation, by saving the average worker!
~Gilannie~
PS During these hard times, please remember to be kind, to share, to be compassionate and to help one another.
"In 1950, top executives earned 24 times the average worker's pay,
122 times in 1990
and 550 times in 2009."*
You read that right!! From 1950 to 1990, top executives' pay went from 24-times the average worker's pay to 550-times the average worker's pay.
"Currently, a CEO earns more in one workday (there are 260 in a year) than an average worker earns in 52 weeks."*
You read that right also!! A CEO earns more in 1 workday than the average worker earns over 1 year.
*above 2 quotes from http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/what-do-you-think-about-the-pay-gap-between-ceos-and-workers/question-917873/?page=2
My personal opinion is that the country of America cannot thrive unless the citizens of America are ALL thriving ~ not just the top, but the poorest and the struggling Middle Class as well. EVERYONE must be thriving for our America to a strong country.
The average workers ARE the foundation of our country. As our average workers become the poorest of our country, our foundation weakens, crumbles. If we do not make sure ALL of our citizens have Food, Clothing, Shelter and Education then we are undermining our own success as a country.
It's time to have, to quote Lincoln, “Government of the People, By the People, For the People” rather than what we have now which is, sadly, a Government of the Big Corporations, by the Big Corporations, for the Big Corporations.
Somewhere along the line, we took a wrong turn. The GREED is making our country weak, making our citizens poor, weakening our educational system, defeating the strength of America.
It's not too late to correct our path. America should be a leader in the global economy, a leader in human rights, a leader in green industries and so on. Let's all work together to make it so! The first step is to rebuild the strength of America's foundation, by saving the average worker!
~Gilannie~
PS During these hard times, please remember to be kind, to share, to be compassionate and to help one another.
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Newly Completed for Autumn 2011
Newly Completed Jewelry for Autumn 2011 ~ Preview Pics ~
These will be available on my website soon ~ www.GilannieGoddessEmporium.ArtFire.com
Come visit soon! ~Gilannie~
These will be available on my website soon ~ www.GilannieGoddessEmporium.ArtFire.com
Come visit soon! ~Gilannie~
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In honor of this event, I have completed several new jewelry pieces in PINK.
For each piece purchased, I will donate 15% of the sale to the Susan G. Komen for The Cure during the month of October.
Here are preview pics of new PINK pieces as well as PINK pieces currently listed in my ArtFire Studio.
Reminder: For each piece purchased, I will donate 15% of the sale to the Susan G. Komen for The Cure during the month of October.
Come visit my ArtFire Studio Soon! New PINK pieces will be available by Oct 6th at Gilannie Goddess Emporium ArtFire Studio.
For each piece purchased, I will donate 15% of the sale to the Susan G. Komen for The Cure during the month of October.
Here are preview pics of new PINK pieces as well as PINK pieces currently listed in my ArtFire Studio.
Reminder: For each piece purchased, I will donate 15% of the sale to the Susan G. Komen for The Cure during the month of October.
Come visit my ArtFire Studio Soon! New PINK pieces will be available by Oct 6th at Gilannie Goddess Emporium ArtFire Studio.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
New Jewelry for Autumn ~ Winter 2011
Here is a sampling of New Jewelry by Gilannie ~ for Autumn, Halloween, Winter, Christmas ~ I love the colors of Autumn and have captured those colors in my jewelry, not just orange/gold/brown but lavender and turquoise as well ~ My first Christmas piece for this season is red and gold, very festive ~ Please come visit my studio:
Gilannie Goddess Emporium ArtFire Studio.
~Please Note: My next Sale will be on Friday September 23, Autumn Equinox Sale~
Please come visit my studio:
Gilannie Goddess Emporium ArtFire Studio
~Please Note: My next Sale will be on Friday September 23, Autumn Equinox Sale~
Gilannie Goddess Emporium ArtFire Studio.
~Please Note: My next Sale will be on Friday September 23, Autumn Equinox Sale~
Please come visit my studio:
Gilannie Goddess Emporium ArtFire Studio
~Please Note: My next Sale will be on Friday September 23, Autumn Equinox Sale~
Sunday, September 11, 2011
In Memory of September 11th
It was one of those magnificent early autumn mornings, sunny, cool and breezy. Having returned from a long delightful walk with my aging dog Pip on the Freedom Path near the Carter Presidential Center, I flipped on the radio in the kitchen, the radio set to NPR.
The commentators were discussing the impact of an airplane into a building; I was only somewhat paying attention thinking they were discussing the FX of some new movie. Gradually realizing something wasn't right, I went into the next room and turned on my television.
Shock! Dismay! Disbelief! My mind could not grasp the horror. I stood transfixed in front of the TV watching, listening. A plane had flown into one of the Towers? What? How? Who? Why? Oh my God all the people in the building, on the plane... Then, along with everyone else watching TV, I heard the sound of an airplane. The camera caught the motion of the plane swooping in low over the city as it unbelievably flew into the second Tower, exploding into flames. Oh my God! This can't be real!! What about all the people??
I am crying as I write this.
My mind did not want to believe what it had just seen. How could this be real? What about all the people, oh my God! Who could be so insane as to do this?
I called my daughters, told them what was going on, to turn on the TV, to stay home and be safe. I wanted to talk to my Dad, he could always help to make sense of the world but he had passed away in December. I was so upset that my daughters and my baby granddaughter were in two different cities and I could not have them with me. Was it safe to drive, should I go get them? Fear! Panic!
The news of the plane crashing into the Pentagon. The news of the plane crashing in Pennsylvania. Oh my God. Oh my God. Are all these people dead? Who could do something so evil??
The time line is somewhat jumbled in my mind. I know I could not move away from the TV, so I was watching 'live' as people were jumping out of the Towers, oh! God Bless those poor souls, so horrific! And watching as each of the Towers collapsed. More disbelief! Horror! How could those buildings just collapse like that, were there bombs at the base? Oh my God all the people dying!!
At the time I was living on the outskirts of Atlanta and was terrified that planes would soon begin crashing into the tall buildings downtown. Would we all be reduced to rubble during this day?
The hours and days are a blur. I don't remember eating, don't remember going anywhere. I remember watching news coverage, watching Oprah. And for days and days watching the funerals on TV, hearing the bagpipes play 'Amazing Grace' again and again; the overwhelming sadness of all the people who had died!!
I also vividly remember how QUIET the world was for days after, there were no planes flying, it wasn't allowed. The quiet was eerie, uncomfortable and alien.
Then one day Oprah said something like: we all need to stop being fearful, pull away from the TV and resume living our lives. It really was great advice. It seemed as if I had been holding my breath for hours, days, waiting for the world to blow up, explode. I had been given 'permission' to live again. I exhaled.
The Sandy Springs Art Festival was to be on September 17th, 2001, and I was a jewelry artist vendor for the event. The committee decided not to cancel the event, to go ahead with the festival, to make it as patriotic as possible, and was it ever! The Annual Animal Parade was marvelous, owners and their pets decked out in Red/White/Blue most likely outdoing any 4th of July show! And the citizens of Sandy Springs turned out in droves to support the festival, to support America!
During the afternoon of the festival, we all heard the sound of an airplane. What? How? No airplanes!! It was as if everyone had taken in one collective breath and holding it in anticipation of... Artists, vendors came out of their tents, shoppers, even children all looked up at the plane that was flying low and slow heading right over our location. We all watched as a military plane went overhead and kept on going, low and slow. And then one collective exhale, a sigh of relief, as we all realized the plane was staying airborne, we were safe, the festivities resumed.
Ten Years Later. Is there anyone else like myself who has not recovered from this, just from viewing the events live on TV? I still cry just seeing photographs of this day. All the lives lost! The horror of the events! Senseless madness!
How can we say we are 'civilized' when we continue to participate in wars, when terrorism thrives around the globe?
I am sending peaceful, healing energy into the world in Memory of September 11th. Please join me.
Love & Peace ~Gilannie~
The commentators were discussing the impact of an airplane into a building; I was only somewhat paying attention thinking they were discussing the FX of some new movie. Gradually realizing something wasn't right, I went into the next room and turned on my television.
Shock! Dismay! Disbelief! My mind could not grasp the horror. I stood transfixed in front of the TV watching, listening. A plane had flown into one of the Towers? What? How? Who? Why? Oh my God all the people in the building, on the plane... Then, along with everyone else watching TV, I heard the sound of an airplane. The camera caught the motion of the plane swooping in low over the city as it unbelievably flew into the second Tower, exploding into flames. Oh my God! This can't be real!! What about all the people??
I am crying as I write this.
My mind did not want to believe what it had just seen. How could this be real? What about all the people, oh my God! Who could be so insane as to do this?
I called my daughters, told them what was going on, to turn on the TV, to stay home and be safe. I wanted to talk to my Dad, he could always help to make sense of the world but he had passed away in December. I was so upset that my daughters and my baby granddaughter were in two different cities and I could not have them with me. Was it safe to drive, should I go get them? Fear! Panic!
The news of the plane crashing into the Pentagon. The news of the plane crashing in Pennsylvania. Oh my God. Oh my God. Are all these people dead? Who could do something so evil??
The time line is somewhat jumbled in my mind. I know I could not move away from the TV, so I was watching 'live' as people were jumping out of the Towers, oh! God Bless those poor souls, so horrific! And watching as each of the Towers collapsed. More disbelief! Horror! How could those buildings just collapse like that, were there bombs at the base? Oh my God all the people dying!!
At the time I was living on the outskirts of Atlanta and was terrified that planes would soon begin crashing into the tall buildings downtown. Would we all be reduced to rubble during this day?
The hours and days are a blur. I don't remember eating, don't remember going anywhere. I remember watching news coverage, watching Oprah. And for days and days watching the funerals on TV, hearing the bagpipes play 'Amazing Grace' again and again; the overwhelming sadness of all the people who had died!!
I also vividly remember how QUIET the world was for days after, there were no planes flying, it wasn't allowed. The quiet was eerie, uncomfortable and alien.
Then one day Oprah said something like: we all need to stop being fearful, pull away from the TV and resume living our lives. It really was great advice. It seemed as if I had been holding my breath for hours, days, waiting for the world to blow up, explode. I had been given 'permission' to live again. I exhaled.
The Sandy Springs Art Festival was to be on September 17th, 2001, and I was a jewelry artist vendor for the event. The committee decided not to cancel the event, to go ahead with the festival, to make it as patriotic as possible, and was it ever! The Annual Animal Parade was marvelous, owners and their pets decked out in Red/White/Blue most likely outdoing any 4th of July show! And the citizens of Sandy Springs turned out in droves to support the festival, to support America!
During the afternoon of the festival, we all heard the sound of an airplane. What? How? No airplanes!! It was as if everyone had taken in one collective breath and holding it in anticipation of... Artists, vendors came out of their tents, shoppers, even children all looked up at the plane that was flying low and slow heading right over our location. We all watched as a military plane went overhead and kept on going, low and slow. And then one collective exhale, a sigh of relief, as we all realized the plane was staying airborne, we were safe, the festivities resumed.
Ten Years Later. Is there anyone else like myself who has not recovered from this, just from viewing the events live on TV? I still cry just seeing photographs of this day. All the lives lost! The horror of the events! Senseless madness!
How can we say we are 'civilized' when we continue to participate in wars, when terrorism thrives around the globe?
I am sending peaceful, healing energy into the world in Memory of September 11th. Please join me.
Love & Peace ~Gilannie~
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