The sun shining, my guys off to work, laundry is in and I'm already drawing and it's only 10:00 a.m.! Was thinking about what I'm grateful for this morning; it is the simple every day pleasures.
 MUSIC!  Where would I be without it? I have it on all the time. A music for every thing I do, clean or draw I have preferred tunes to toon to. Deval Premal, The Commodores, new stuff old stuff, it's all good! 
Books! Currently I am reading 3, The Pot Book- material and education,  The Clan of the Cave Bears - entertainment and educational - especially regarding all the herbal medicines
and The Purpose Driven Life ` because I like it. 
Paper! Picked up a new batch of paper and I'm excited! When I ran out recently it was in fact I realized like and addiction! I could not stop thinking about it.. was looking at my empty shelf every time I walked by. I was itchin' to draw!  XOX to Jim  for providing me with my FIX which in turn provides you with your georgia toons!  Paying it forward.
Prayer! Do what ever it takes ~ for what ever reason - It is the only thing that can calm me right down. My meditation.  It forces me to quiet, listen and hope. Puts things into perspective.   These things I do daily and never really thought how blessed I am to  have all these rituals at my finger tips. So many in this world do not have such simple luxuries  well except for music, music & prayer  we all access to them. Drumming  on a rock with a stick, humming a tune  praying with beads or pebbles.  What ever it takes.
DRAWING!! Where would I be with out it!?   LOST.  I have decided today to do something good with my drawing, every Monday I will post a toon and a price. The money for the toon will go to shipping and  donating to a charity of my choice - which I will add the link to. 
Todays toon: Drew this a long time ago but had to re-draw this a.m. (thought it might help with CHICKEN sales! ;-DDD) Now you don't have to guess anymore. I've answered one of lifes questions for you, go and enjoy your day! xox 
*** should anyone want to purchase this full size original for $45. That would include shipping and the rest of the money I will buy 3 sets of chickens  to send to Asia.       http://www.gfa.ca/gift/browse/from-the-stable/    If you would like to help me help make a difference  & Own a Georgitoons original send me an e mail : GeorgiaToons

Time out - when Storm was little and stuff was getting to him, he would act up as do all kids and we give them a time out! I did the 1, 2, 3 thing with Storm and it worked amazing - I rarely got to 3. Sometimes I realize now I need a time out. Not for acting up but more from overload. 
Stuff on my mind from a busy week, Dr.s visits and  sometimes stuff just gets to me. This week on FB I saw an image of an 84 year old woman who had been pepper sprayed  ;-(  REALLY!? Is that the only way to deal with and 80 year old lady. ;-( I read of a baby boy abducted and found shortly after beaten and sexually abused;-(  There were all kinds of porn posts on Fb - hacking and posting nasty stuff..   TIME out!   I plan on staying off of FB for at least a week. Luckily I have my assistant who is a FB ninja so she can still help me post and spread the word while I draw and FOCUS. 
I have so many drawings in my head right now with all that is happening, I'm going to get them out on paper. The strip will soon be taking a new (an interesting) twist - I've decided to start and also make some strips straight forward - so that anyone that sees them would have to go  Hmmmmmmmmmmm.. think.  JUST think.  I don't think it is even about Cannabis any more.  More about power and control. To control and jail people over a plant is simply a crime against nature and humanity. Past presidents have said it - the drug should be more harmful than the punishment.  This in NOT the case with Cannabis.  Regarding medicinal cannabis - I just read a man denied a liver transplant because he uses Dr. approved Cannabis for his pain control.   W.T.F?  Where is compassion for sick and suffering? 
Time-out for me to wrap my head around some stuff..  and do what matters to me and what I believe in. I do plan on blogging and posting everyday but I need a break from FB and surfing - I have more than enough to research already. I'm here is anyone wants to get in touch all I ask is that you share, spread the word - as always if you know someone who has a child who is suffering from chronic pain, arthritis, cancer - anything - PLEASE tell them about Storm's story and the other children on my Cannabis Education page.   
CANNABIS helps. It NEEDs to be researched.  It NEEDS to be legalized. 
Help ease suffering. Help end this insanity. Over a .... plant.  xox
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As you might imagine I get a few requests.. "draw me!" ;-)) Or "can you draw this idea..."
Most of them funny and I enjoy the ideas. Some It takes longer than others or sometimes and idea will trigger a different toon in the same direction. Some "I Get" & some "I Don't" 
just like many people with my comics. YOU can NOT please everyone. ;-)

But the other day I got a request, just a couple of lines that have forever changed my life. 
-"if you dont mind i would like to request cartoon for ending dead execution for cannabis in my country malaysia...to educate my people mind.."
My first thoughts: What?! Seriously? ...What? Oh my God... I asked for more information and it was provided. How sad. How sad all of this is on too many levels.
 HOW wrong it all is. WAR on Drugs? More like WAR on  WEAK. 
Then I had trouble. How could I? How can I draw this easily, seriously and pray it gets the message across. I thought about it all day yesterday. I went to bed feeling very tired (my twitch is constant & frankly exhausting) and a little sorry for myself. Then it came to me. Almost asleep ... quite simply: IT IS so sad on so many levels. 
I read earlier this week about a young mom who got sent to jail for 12 years! Leaving 3 kids. FIRST OFFENSE,  just over 4 grams. I think it said $30.00 worth. The judge 'justifying' it by 'setting an example'. OF what!? To her kids of how cruel life can be?  Selling a HERB that does not HURT anyone. Not a rapist, murderer, human trafficking, child pornographer.. not scum of the earth.  A MOM. How much will it cost for her to be in prison for 12 years? What will happen to her children? Clearly that judge does not care. Generations have suffered  and will continue to do so because of this war on CANNABIS. A PLANT.   

In Canada they are talking about taking away the already legal rights of the sick - so that they can no longer be responsible for growing their own medicine. Forcing the already suffering to resort back to "dealers" Legal or other wise.. Many can hardly afford our prescriptions now. ALSO limiting the types of strains that work for many different people. NOT to mention that it is a PLANT.  
HOW many gardeners out there would be devastated if your were told "NOPE - you can not grow another plant." If we say O.K. to Cannabis - what will be next- Tomatoes?  The funny thing  is that, it is NOT a JOKE.
                    But come on.. people being executed for Cannabis? PUT TO DEATH? 
                    For a PLANT that GOD placed on this earth.  Truly, that is a SIN.
PEOPLE we MUST work together.  You don't have to smoke it - BUT IF YOU DO and you don't stand up for your right to smoke a HERB    **ESPECIALLY if is is easing your suffering??    Others are DYING for that luxury.  NEVER be ashamed of what eases your pain.  Those of you who just like to smoke Cannabis, Thank God you you live where you do.
                            PLANT the SEED of CANNABIS EDUCATION TODAY!
How could I not do the drawing?  I know what Cannabis does. I have witnessed it. It is a MIRACLE plant that needs to be researched and Legalized to end all this madness...
over a plant.   So sad.  
I came up with this drawing. I hope and pray it gets people thinking. That is all I can do. More people have to be educated.  **Norm saw the drawing when he came home and said "I think that hanging is a bit much..."  I said "Me too!" And then told him the story and what I learned. He also had no idea. So Is it a bit much?  NO, it is the TRUTH . 
The truth shall set you free.                         
                    Please... PLANT the SEED of CANNABIS EDUCATION TODAY!

As far as I am concerned I do have the garden of Eden ;-) Well, a tiny version ;-) I have flowers, berries, vegetables, herbs, a pond, places to sit and a pool. I am blessed. I have been weeding my garden for a couple of weeks.  I was weeding it when Hope died ;-(  Then could not go back out there for a few days. I am happy to say that tonight the garden is watered and weed free! Team work. All three of this small family.  
Toil the soil of my mind is what I did when I worked in the garden. It really makes me think, about people who garden without the luxuries that we have, RUNNING water.  Vegetables and of course HERBS, soon- FOOD from our garden!!!  I think how many people do not even have food let alone a garden. It was hard work. I also thought of people who do this hard work all day - for peanuts($) - that do not get to take a break and go for a swim...  I thanked God then and there for my garden. I remembered I am blessed.  Funny when I work out there I learn things as well. I have a neighbor that whistles like a bird (really!) It is the most impressive whistling I have ever heard - sometimes to entire songs .. like Super Tramp - "take the long way home". One has company - relatives - nice to hear them laughing all the time.  I hear kids laughing, playing in the pools,   I learn that another neighbor is having trouble making ends meet, I hear arguing and I am reminded that we all have stuff going on.  Love your neighbor - they know you best really when you think about it.. They see me in the morning with my coffee, out to the pool, hair unbrushed.. no bra in an assortment of (I don't wear sexy nighties kinda gal) Cannabis T shirts! (LOL* Thank you to all the magazines *except TY, I don't have one of their T shirts - hmmmmm.) and Norms boxers. So LOVE thy neighbor. TRY. 
 I especially have grown fond of all the different barks, all saying hello to each other once in a while. They talk to each other all the time.  I'd have to say I have great neighbors. All. 
I shall share my garden with them. 
Hot peppers for everybody! Ye haa!
I am blessed! Made me want to draw a Laughing Buddha ;-)))( on LB page)
Below the issue of the newest magazine to carry the comic strip ;-)
Planting the seed in the mind. Cannabis seed and education. Awareness. HOPE.

Cannabis Digest is a paper out of B.C., I  picked up a copy at the Last Treating Yourself Expo and my husband and I read it cover to cover and had lots to talk about. I am thrilled to be apart of any publication that is trying to make a positive difference - Educating  people about Cannabis.  Well I just got my first copies and The Happy Hippie is Now in Cannabis Digest!  I won't read it until later -when I have time for  tea and cookies - Everything I read I learn something! It is staggering! - I am having my first dinner and documentary night this Friday! I've invited a close group of female friends, I am looking forward to it! I know after watching the documentary  "What if Cannabis Cured Cancer" there will be many comments and questions.  I'm not big on speaking in front of strangers,
believe it or not I can be a little shy, even more so now with the facial thing happening,  but I know how important this is and what better way than to tell a few friends and hope they tell a few friends and so on and so on and so on. ;-D They will also go home with a little goodie bag for further education and entertaining reading!  Were having HERB Chicken , HASH browns and Choc. brownies! hee hee  Kidding! LOL  

* On a serious note I do NOT think you should give anyone anything to eat if it has Cannabis in it `and they are not aware. I've heard of stories and I know my husband for example is just not a Cannabis guy - he has tried it and honestly - does NOT enjoy it. One time Storm baked cookies and then we went for a walk. Dad came home - saw the cookies and decided to have a couple.. A few hours later - the bed spinning.. He learned to ask before he eats!  *THAT brings me to another important fact! - No one has ever overdoses on Cannabis. We did not have to worry or rush him to the hospital. Some sweet juice and a nap and he was fine.  

My comics .. a few people have them , I have not really had the time to promote and get the ads to the magazines but it feels great!- Almost everyone that has one has already come back saying I need a few more - I have friends that want one. I am getting such positive feedback, the front cover intro was very difficult for me to write. Thank yo to everyone that is helping us on this journey. Every time you tell someone - "I know a kid that it has really helped" - you are educating someone.  The more educated people become the closer to legalization we will be. The less  parents like myself will have to worry about our children.

Well back to work! This week now that I finally have the comics in my hands, I am going to contact stores and Compassion clubs. **Remember that the first 100 sold on line are signed!  ORDER two and you get a special little gift inside! xox! Have Faith! 

Today was one of those days.. Admittedly I'm not feeling 100%  My twitch at full speed again, I had to go back to the Dr.s for a Botox injection. I'm not quite a fan of Botox but it does help - so I guess I am becoming more of a fan. It think it bothers me more, that- I just can't seem to get my brain under control. It is also exhausting. 
I did not draw today.  I did watch a terrific Doc. Called The Buddha. It is a really nice story about Buddha - on how he came to be. I can understand anyone wanting to become like Buddha. To be the best person you can be. 
I want to become like Buddha ;-)  

I decided to check my mail before I retire with my KOBO (LOVE it)  and I shall end January on a GREAT NOTE:  My comic strip The Happy Hippie has just been picked up by another Medicinal magazine!!! That's 5 publications.
I am thrilled.  People need to become aware. Education and a giggle! 
I am so happy that is is becoming so well received! Everything happens for a reason.  Tomorrow I am going to wake up and DRAW! Pencils sharpened!
Have faith... Ask and ye shall receive...
Amen and Good night ;-)

Inspired by LOVE I can not fail.