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Sailor Brinkley-Cook, daughter of legendary supermodel, Christie Brinkley, is a model, photographer, mental health advocate & body image activist. Sailor is ambassador and the creative director for a new lifestyle brand, Sacred + Divine, creating products that bring sacred rituals through the art of self-care into our everyday lives.

Each product at Sacred + Divine is crafted with intention and purpose. Divine intentions flow into the wax of the candles and are released, along with heavenly scents, with the light of the wick. Sacred, alchemical processes occur with the creation of our angel number jewelry, which is made by hand in Los Angeles with 14k recycled gold and responsibly sourced diamonds. Sacred + Divine Candles are made from food grade wax with a soy coconut blend. Through traditional extraction methods, like distillation, expression, and extraction, we obtain essential oils, isolates, absolutes and resins from plants and flowers that we then blend into our fragrances at high concentrations to bring you a sacred aromatherapeutic experience. Angel numbers work in accordance with numerology, which upholds the notion that each number is connected to a certain vibrational energy or frequency that holds meaning beyond its numeric value, making the spiritual tangible.

In numerology, angel numbers are a repetitive sequence of digits that manifest to convey a divine message inviting you to elevate your energy with Sacred + Divine. Seeing a repeating number is as though your angels are pointing to you to deliver an important message and trying to get your attention and the numbers they send have meanings interpretable manifestations of the Sacred and Divine.

The Suicide Prevention Hotline has always been in our lives.  For the longest time it was always that tiny poster hung up in a breakroom at work. Through the years the outreach has evolved from a lengthy phone number and internet connection to just three numbers 988 and the Not OK app for your smartphone.  The connections are getting better.  What's going to make it stronger is talking about it.  

The summer before his senior year in college, Greg Melville worked at the cemetery in his hometown. Thanks to hour upon hour of pushing a mower over the grassy acres, he came to realize what a rich story the cemetery told of his town and its history. Thus was born Melville's lifelong curiosity with how, where, and why we bury and commemorate our dead.

Melville's Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America's Cemeteries (Abrams Press; October 4, 2022; U.S. $27.00; Hardcover) is a lively (pun intended) and wide ranging history of cemeteries, places that have mirrored the past eras of history but have also shaped them. The book explores how cemeteries have given birth to landscape architecture and famous parks, as well as influenced architectural styles; how they've inspired and motivated some of our greatest poets and authors-Emerson, Whitman, Dickinson; and how they've been used as political tools to shift the country's discourse and as important symbols of the United States' ambition and reach.

But cemeteries are also changing and fading. Embalming and burial are incredibly toxic, and while cremations have just recently surpassed burials in popularity, they're not great for the environment either. Over My Dead Body explores this and more-history, sustainability, land use, art, politics-and what it really means to memorialize. This fascinating tour of America, its history, and our sustaining fascination with the afterlife, is a perfect read for fans of Mary Roach, Caitlyn Doughty, and Lindsey Fitzharris.

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Karen MacNeil’s The Wine Bible has long been the most enlightening, comprehensive, and entertaining wine guide on the market—with over 800,000 copies in print, it is the bestselling wine book in America. And now it is completely revised and updated. Hailed as “America’s missionary of the vine” (Time), MacNeil is considered one of only a handful of experts with a global command of wine. THE WINE BIBLE, 3RD EDITION (Workman Publishing; October 11, 2022) brims with MacNeil’s knowledge and passion for the subject while artful, evocative descriptions bring each wine to life.

A white Bordeaux is “wonderfully herbal, the flavor could make you feel as though you were drinking a neon version of botanical herbs.” An Italian Barolo is “an ethereal comingling of damp forest floor, wild strawberries, dried herbs, pomegranate, and cardamom.”  A German Riesling is “like some black hole of intensity, devouring matter around it and turning it into delicious stardust.” Transporting you from the cool, emerald green hills of Oregon’s Willamette Valley to the warm shores of the Mediterranean, MacNeil delves into the history, food, wineries, and flavors of each region.

Chuck Wright is an American bassist, songwriter, singer, music producer,  and live event producer, best known as a long-time member of the multi-platinum Heavy Metal band Quiet Riot. He originally worked with Quiet Riot in 1982, playing bass on the tracks "Metal Health (Bang Your Head)" and "Don't Wanna Let You Go," as well as singing background vocals on all of the tracks from the 1983 multi-platinum album Metal Health. The album spawned the first-ever #1 Metal album on Billboards Hot 100 and changed the fabric of the music as it was known then.

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Wright's career in mainstream rock first took off when he joined Giuffria in 1984. Their debut album produced the hit single, "Call to the Heart" (Hot 100 #15) in 1985. After sold-out arena tours with Deep Purple and Foreigner, Wright left Giuffria to re-join Quiet Riot in 1986, to record and compose songs for their QRIII release and supporting world tour. His reputation as one of the most sought-after bass players has landed him working alongside music icons Alice Cooper, Slash, Gene Simmons, Gregg Allman, Carmine Appice, Ronnie Montrose, John Waite, and Pat Travers. Wright has appeared on over 100 worldwide record releases, playing bass and producing albums of various styles, including Ambient Trance, Reggae, Rap, Country, and of course Rock. He was also involved in seven film scores, including Kull the Conqueror, where he was joined by Guns N' Roses drummer Matt Sorum and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Over the years, Wright also worked with House Of Lords, Bad Moon Rising, Blackthorne, Christian Tolle Project, Doro, Impellitteri, Kuni, MSG, Magdalen, Murderer's Row, Pata, Stephen Pearcy of Ratt, Adler's Appetite, Love/Hate, Ken Tamplin, and Shane Gibson from Korn and many others.  Wright is the creator of Ultimate Jam Night, a long-running bi-monthly live music show established in January 2015 at the Whisky A Go-Go in West Hollywood. Ultimate Jam Night features up to 80 pro musicians each week. Wright also continues to perform live with Legends Of Classic Rock, as well as his Los Angeles eclectic local group Acoustic Saints. He is endorsed by Ampeg, Godin Guitars, S.I.T. Strings, CAD, and Sick Boy Motorcycles.

The Tale of Momma Duck - As a young child of 3 yrs old, Daniel Ross' Mother, Michel Sadur, affectionately known as "Momma Duck", taught him how to do the iconic voice of Donald Duck and it's stuck with him ever since. Daniel had always done impressions, accents, and loved the performing arts, but Donald always stuck as a favorite and silly love language between Mother and Son. In 2012, tragedy struck and Michel was diagnosed with breast cancer resulting in a double mastectomy. After she had healed, she encouraged him to move to Los Angeles and take his shot at the Voiceover world which Daniel had always wanted to do. Very quickly, Daniel was recognized by Disney after an audition for Donald Duck, and through a lengthy and rigorous process, he was chosen out of thousands to carry the torch for the beloved character in the series, "Mickey and the Roadster Racers" later renamed, "Mickey Mouse: Mixed-Up Adventures", making him the third person to have ever officially voiced the character for Disney. It was the joy of a lifetime to share the news with his mother.

In memory of his mother, Daniel submitted his performance in "Mickey and Minnie Wish Upon A Christmas" to the first ever Children's & Family Emmy's in 2022 and was nominated for "Outstanding Voice Performance in a Preschool Animated Program." He hopes to honor her with a win, but knows that whatever the outcome, Momma Duck is beaming with pride from the other side.

Aphrodite was made famous back in the day for performing THE timeless love song of the era. The song that everyone plays at their weddings, in every sappy commercial for diamonds or rings or puppies or soldiers coming home. It made her a ton of money, but Aphrodite HATES this song. She’s now the meanest judge on Pop The Question but her life changes when Brianna, becomes the breakthrough contestant, exuding love and purity. When Aphrodite reluctantly becomes her mentor, she does everything possible to steer her away from love and love anthems and so is visited by three spirits who take Aphrodite on a journey through love (and Christmas) past, present and future to try and shake her out of her funk and let love back in!

We all know them—the sandcastle smashers, the avid piñata bashers, the kids who thrill to watching videos of wrecking balls in action and avalanches. Rather than be concerned about boys and girls who are drawn to destruction, parents, teachers, and other significant adults should encourage their fascination. Because the more curious they become, the more they’ll want to learn about how things blast apart, wear away, topple, shatter, and self-destruct. And they just might grow up to be a scientist or inventor who applies that knowledge to building stronger buildings, designing better products, and making the world a safer place.

A how-things-work look at how things don’t work, Break Down! is aimed at middle-graders who build towers of blocks just to knock them down, get excited about a trip to the junkyard to see a car crusher at work, and wonder why toilets get clogged. Written in a high-energy, kid-friendly style by award-winning science journalist Mara Grunbaum and filled with incredible photos and fun facts, it covers all kinds of things that crash, crumble, and break (including some by design, like bike helmets) as well as colossal disasters, both natural and those due to epic human error (like the Great Molasses Flood of 1919, which took out entire city blocks in Boston, killing 21 people and injuring at least 150 more). While indulging their curiosity about everything from what loggers did before chainsaws to the inner workings of a cracked cell phone screen, kids will get a crash course in the science and technology behind explosions, implosions, crashes, crushes, demolition. and decomposition.

Packed with photos, in-depth explanations, real-life stories, and hands-on activities to captivate kids and help them understand the forces that break things down and explore ways to prevent them.

It's within our unexpected places of travel that our inner core gently asks, "Lord, what do you want me to learn from this?  What just happened here?" When others ask you simple questions that end up becoming a challenge of your personal beliefs and or judgement of behavior.  At that moment every voice in your head stops.  In that pause the entire self asks, "What the hell is this about?"