Voice of Choices

01/06/2025

In Ireland, women have been gathering together on 6th January ‘Nollaig na mBan’, Gaelic for ‘Women’s Christmas’ for so long no one is sure when this heart-warming tradition began.
On this night, the menfolk prepared the meal and did the housework so that the women could relax and have fun after all their busyness of the festive season. These celebrations usually took place in one of the women’s homes or in local pubs. This often was the only time in the year that women could drink and revel to their heart's content free from housework and childcare. Initially, they shared worries and challenges but soon came the great laughing chats and ‘sing-songs’ until the wee hours of the morning.
Nollaig na mBan nearly died out in the 1950s but remained very much alive in pockets of Cork and the South West of Ireland, when women have dinner or party together to celebrate their own ‘Little Christmas.’ These days the domestic duties may be shared but this all-female gathering is still treasured as friends and family catch up for a last ‘hurrah’ after the holiday season. More and more women are attending or organizing Nollaig na mBan events, bringing optimism and hope for the year ahead.

12/18/2024

12/18/2024

curiouser and curiouser
can anyone see posts after mid November?

11/21/2024

87 Chemicals Found in Febreze

The first thing that is really important to understand: the product does not remove odor molecules and it doesn't clean the item it comes into contact with.

The odor molecules are still there. Your nose just can't perceive them because you smell the chemical product instead.

That alone should be your first warning. We know inhalation of any chemicals is dangerous, and several of its ingredients listed below are known to irritate the lungs...but this is a chemical whose entire purpose is to be inhaled!

Unfortunately there is not much data being shared on Febreze and their many products, but the Environmental Working Group (EWG) did conduct a test for the ingredients of one of their products, Febreze Air Effects.

Shockingly, P&G only disclosed THREE ingredients in this product, but the EWG...they found 87 chemicals in total!

Now this is just one Febreze product, but the fact that only 3 ingredients were disclosed and that so many undisclosed ingredients are dangerous, it's safe to assume that their other air freshners are just as dangerous.

Febreze Ingredients

Below you'll find a list of just some of the 87 chemicals found by the EWG in Febreze Air Effects, listed in order of their toxicity to humans:

BHT - Known as a neurotoxin, endocrine disruptor, immunotoxicity, non-reproductive organ system toxicity, skin eye and lung irritator

Acetaldehyde - Known to cause cancer, toxic to reproduction and development, immunotoxin, non-reproductive organ system toxin, skin, eye and lung irritator

"Fragrance" - One of the three ingredients actually disclosed, it's a neurotoxin, immunotoxin and allergen

Propylene Glycol - Causes cancer, allergies, toxic to immune system, accumulates in the system, non-reproductive organ system toxin, is classified with "enhanced skin absorption" and irritates the skin, eye and lung

1,3-Dichloro-2-propanol - Carcinogenic (causes cancer)

Limonene - Allergen, immunotoxin and skin, eyes and lung irritator

Methyl pyrrolidone - Toxin to reproduction and development, allergen and immunotoxin, non-reproductive organ system toxin and skin, eyes and lung irritator

Alcohol denatured - Also disclosed in the ingredients of Febreze, it's linked to cancer, developmental/reproductive toxicity, organ system toxicity and skin, eyes and lung irritator

Butylphenyl methylpropion al - allergen, immunotoxin and and skin, eyes and lung irritator

Ethyl acetate - linked to developmental/reproductive toxicity, neurotoxicity, organic system toxicity and and skin, eyes and lung irritator

Geraniol - Linked to allergies, immunotoxicity, organi system toxicity and and skin, eyes and lung irritation

Linalool - allergen, immunotoxin, and and skin, eyes and lung irritator

Benzaldehyde - neurotoxin, and skin, eyes and lung irritator

Diethylene glycol monoethyl ether - non-reproductive organ system toxicity

Ethylhezanol - developmental and reproductive toxin and skin, eyes and lung irritator

Hexyl cinnamal - allergen, immunotoxin and skin, eyes and lung irritator
And way too many more...
http://www.ewg.org/research/greener-school-cleaning-supplies/school-cleaner-test-results?schoolprod=219

11/19/2024

https://www.moonomens.com/pluto-in-aquarius-2024/?srsltid=AfmBOopsCRbl8IkFsorCjy3Kc9_f2LOl6WyykRK1arSzc6y5_SEX0dPd and so it goes ;)

On November 19, 3:30 PM EST, Pluto leaves Capricorn and makes his final ingress into Aquarius, where he is going to travel until 2044.

11/16/2024

Blessed Full Moon Everyone. Ta**us Oak Moon 21.28pm UK time.

11/01/2024

On this new moon day, stay in your own lane and take responsibility for your own attitudes and ability to manifest progress. Don't go down the rabbit hole of negativity and blame. Honor your ancestors for their strength and courage and ask them for their help in these uncertain times. Happy Dia de los Mu***os!

11/01/2024

I held you every second of your life."
—Stephanie Paige Cole

November 1 is the Dia de los Angelitos, the Day of the Little Angels when we remember loved ones who could not be born and infants and children who left us too soon.

Yesterday, after midnight, the spirits of our little ones began making their way back to us for their annual visit guided to the ofrenda and our offerings: the light of the candles, the scent of the beautiful cempasúchil flowers, the fragrance of the copal incense, and the love in the hearts of those who remember them. They will spend the day with us and, after midnight tonight, will be joined by the souls of our adult loved ones so that our remembrances, smiles, laughter, songs, and, above all, our love will bring them happiness.

May all the mothers, fathers, and family members who today celebrate the life of their little ones feel the touch of butterfly wings, and may the blessings of the Ancestors bring peace and healing to their hearts.

All children are our children.
Maestra Grace

Art, Mother - Child Day Of The Dead by NickUnlimited,
https://www.deviantart.com/nickunlimited/art/Mother-Child-Day-Of-The-Dead-139570576


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