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Saturday, March 14, 2009

4-Wind / IK

Greetings on this 4 (Stabalize), Wind/IK (Communication)

Galactic Tone 4
4 brings the energy of stability and establishes volume and orientation such as the stability of the cube, the 4 directions, and the dimensions of height, length, depth and breadth. With the support of 4 we can measure, define, and negotiate freedoms and boundaries - rules of play for a game, work, or relationship.

Wind / IK
Wind illustrates the breath of spirit. Wind moves us forward into dreams, plans and ideas with the power to disseminate (plant) the seeds of our inspiration. Wind as breath, supports communications and negotiations that are open to change and adaptation. "Wind is the power behind the movement of natural cycles - weather, erosion, and cultural change. The color of Wind/IK is White, representing the North (wisdom, mind, thought), which encourages us to look at our creation under the light of analysis and form, rather than through our emotional filters.

Together, 4 and Wind / IK define and outline the form for our intent (stabalize), move us to take a realistic and thoughtful (wisdom) accounting of the best way to move forward, with the breath of communication - we negotiate and disseminate the inspiration of our intent. New information, inspiration, and reflection shows us the way to the adaptation and change that supports the growth of new ideas and the manifestation of our intentions. IK is about changeability, and is also linked with magic and the priesthood. IK is about needing to understand the world and environment within which we live. Though this changeability may present us with some difficulty in decision-making, we are encouraged to confront our own Truths and find the fertile soil that will nurture and integrate our True intensions.

On this day, the breath of our communications sends thought and ideas as if on the winds. Be open to the change and adaptation that will aid us in planting our seeds in fertile soil.

in lak'ech
Jaguar Woman - 9-Eagle

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Love in a Recipe - Mom's Chocolate Sheet Cake

One of the things I love about my Mom, is that everyone who enters the door is offered something wonderful from her kitchen - this is my favorite thing. This is seriously one of the best recipes in my entire collection - the fastest and BEST chocolate cake you will ever lay hands on. You just can't screw this up!

Mom's Chocolate Sheet Cake

The Cake...
2 Cups Flour
2 Cups Sugar
1 Stick Butter
5 Tablespoons Hershey's Cocoa
1 Teaspoon Vanilla
1 Cup Water
1 Teaspoon Soda
1/2 Cup Buttermilk
2 Eggs
1 Teaspoon Salt
1/4 Teaspoon Cinnamon
1/2 Cup Oil

First - preheat the oven to 400 degrees (that is not a typo).
Get a big sauce pan, you are going to mix the batter in there. Melt the butter with the oil, water, and cocoa and bring to a boil. Take off the stove immediately, and add all the dry ingredients, EXCEPT THE SODA. Dissolve the soda in the 1/2 Cup of Buttermilk, then add this, the eggs, and vanilla and mix till smooth. Pour batter into a sheet cake pan - those big pans that are a little deeper than a cookie sheet. (I line mine with parchment paper, or grease and dust it with flour.) Bake for 20 minutes ONLY, or until it springs back.

The frosting...
You are going to use the same saucepan, so rinse and start over for the frosting. This doesn't take long, and you pour it over the cake while it is still hot - only 5 minutes out of the oven... so I usually start this about 5 minutes BEFORE the cake is done.

1 Stick Butter
5 Tablespoons Hershey's Cocoa
1/3 Cup Buttermilk
1 Teaspoon Vanilla
1 Box (2 1/2 Cups) Powdered Sugar
1/2 Cup chopped pecans (optional)

Melt the butter with the cocoa til well dissolved. Add the buttermilk and vanilla - mix. Add the powdered sugar and keep this on a low burner... just to keep it from setting while you are mixing. By now, your cake should be out of the oven - add the nuts if you want them in the frosting - then pour this over the cake. (The frosting sets up like a homemade MMMMM fudge and holds all the moisture in the cake... will stay moist for days like that.)

OMG - Never baked this for ANYONE that they didn't go ape over it. You can leave out the cinnamon, though just a tad is unrecognizable - just "something" good people can't quite put their finger on. TRY IT.

I'm packing boxes for my move, and just couldn't bear the thought of not being able to find this recipe that I love so much. Hope you enjoy it. AND THANK YOU MOM!