The New Year is here and where R U? That means No U-turns, put your best foot forward and let’s face this year together.
Good day everyone, and a good year everyone. We are cruising into 2018 and it is going to be a most prophetic year.
2017 offered a lot of challenges and gave us opportunities from my perspective; opportunities to grow and make our own individual marks. 2018 as I see it, is going to be an even greater debarkation in that we’ll be embarking on a chance to do things that may require us to break away from the confines of our comfort zones and reach out, maybe not so much to touch someone as the old commercial was for Ma Bell. But to strike new paths. Plus, with what’s going on as part of rewriting our mores and morays of today, it is not recommended to reach out and touch someone, unless you have written permission, lol.
And maybe I’m using my guidelines, my anticipation in formulating this when I know that this is how I’m going to be viewing the New Year’s turn the page, new pages in our book and new books, ha. I have some new writing projects that I want to share with you as “American Dreamer” gets a larger reading audience, yeah. One such reader and now considered dear friend, sent a very generous contribution for the “American Dreamer Fund.” Would like to share at a later time.
Hoping to get more interviews on television, podcasts and radio networks. But, I’m also looking to start new writing projects that I have been nurturing over the years and I have the domain names to prove it:
itworked4me.com This website will contain dozens and dozens of things that I have found beneficial in keeping me healthy, not yet wealthy and almost wise, ha. I’m formulating how to best present this to my readers and audience and look forward to reveal the things that have made a difference in my life and others around me.
Another example of my future projects is “What America Means to Me” which is influenced by a handwritten page (page 404) in the book American Dreamer: A Look Into the Life of My Father, Joe Baby and embellish on what my Dad started.
Do you ever get a feeling that you are guided by certain forces beyond your control? The selection of the title of Dad’s book, “American Dreamer:” is that this is more than just a coincidence in the link with today’s “Dreamers,” DACA; and at this time, possibly a deeper meaning. I also want to address the current debate about the immigration snafu that’s been created in Washington so I have secured immigrantsrusa.com, for that purpose.
So, with that in mind, I want to wish all of you a healthy, successful and yes, even prosperous New Year. I hope you find new things to keep you interested along with your journey, meet new people to share new wonderful adventures with, and to open up exciting and new perspectives in your lives. In 2018, I am redoubling my effort to work this equation which as I said, means hard work so if you want to be healthy and stay healthy you gotta do it; Just Do It!! Apply yourself and remember; no pain, no gain. Whatever it is you do, keep your body parts moving, HaHa. That’s a little sneak preview of what to expect moving forward into 2018.
One of the more popular outreach efforts I have been working on besides the blog posting and book publishing is the twitter material and Face Book quotes. They have been received with a most savoring affect. Some of these I obtain from the “Soundscape” music channel which plays new age music and posts famous, noteworthy sayings during the tracks they play. As a small tidbit along these lines, I have also been doing the “crypto quotes” religiously from the newspaper all my life. This is included in my tweets and posts from various sources which I will share and draw upon a little deeper another time. These posts and tweets receive quite a bit of feedback and comments from our faithful “followers” on our social media platforms.
There are undoubtedly many wise and well-versed people that have come across the face of this earth. In yesterday’s quote by Eleanor Farjeon, “Love has no uttermost, as the stars have no number and the sea no rest.” Very profound and as accustomed as I am when coming across a wonderful message I google the author to find some of their other interesting, noted adages. A practice well worth doing. It just so happens that Ms. Farjeon, an English writer, and Philosopher, among her other accomplishments, is the Author that penned “Morning Has Broken.” It was a very popular and famous song recorded by Cat Stevens before he changed his name. I know many of you are familiar with this special song and its verses which I would like to leave with you.
“Morning Has Broken”
Morning has broken, like the first morning
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning
Praise for them springing fresh from the word
Sweet the rain’s new fall, sunlit from heaven
Like the first dewfall, on the first grass
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden
Sprung in completeness where his feet pass
Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning
Born of the one light, Eden saw play
Praise with elation, praise every morning
God’s re-creation of the new day
Morning has broken, like the first morning
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning
Praise for them springing fresh from the word
Happy and Wondrous New Year
Cryptoquote from Friday, December 29, 2017
HOLD THE PRESSES!!
My very dear friends Dr. David and Hyon Kalin invited me to attend a special performance with their son Aviel Kalin and the great violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman. “Uncle Bill” was thrilled, so on Saturday, December 30th we traveled to Sarasota Florida from Tampa. The Perlman’s (Itzhak and Toby) have conducted this Program with talented young musicians for over 15 years. I am sharing the pictures from this wonderful event. Also noteworthy is that I managed to provide the Maestro with specially inscribed copies of both my books. I hope he enjoys them. 🙂
Itzhak Perlman and Aviel Kalin after performance
Program with Maestro Perlman’s signature
Youth Orchestra Conducted by Maestro Itzhak Perlman
Bill Sefekar with Worldly Acclaimed Violin Virtuoso Itzhak Perlman
My very dear mentor and friend, who I extremely admire, Dr. Henry Koren will be presenting a critical talk not just about Global Warming but about our overall environment. This is something you don’t want to miss. We need to do important things to protect ourselves and our immune systems. The program is scheduled for Sunday, January 21st in Clearwater, Florida from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and will address some of these urgent issues. I am attaching some of the pertinent material and will be providing an update on this over the next two weeks prior to the event.
NEWS RELEASE
Free Presentation Open to the General Public
January 21, 2018, at 10:00 AM
Temple B’nai Israel
1685 South Belcher Rd., Clearwater, FL
Contact: Bill Sefekar: 727-492-5444 for additional information
Imminent Danger – Potential Environmental and Health Catastrophe Professor Emeritus Herman Koren, of Indiana State University, author of 20 books and one of the foremost authorities on Environmental Health and Preventive Pollution Measures, will be giving his first presentation in ten years on the imminent dangers of failing to protect and prevent our environment from deteriorating.
“Silencing Science-Global Warming: Similar to Sudden Bridge Collapse – A Real Story about How Environmental Pollutants Affect Your Health and Shorten Your Life.” Dr. Koren utters this dire warning because he’s looking at the current use of a medieval battle ax to dismember environmental regulations, to dismember the Environmental Protection Agency, to diminish the Department of Energy, to block global warming knowledge and applications, to reduce budgets severely for environmental health, public health, health science programs and research, and to limit government scientists and their participation in appropriate scientific interactions with other scientists.
Koren says, “All of this nonsensical extreme damage will cause far more disease and injury and lead to premature death of American citizens especially those most vulnerable, children, elderly, those with chronic diseases, poor and homeless. It will also have a profound effect on our economy in a very negative manner.”
Professor Koren’s experience and knowledge is so vast and so current that he truly is considered one of the world’s renowned Applied Environmental Scientists. He has witnessed severe air pollution, water pollution, hurricanes, floods, sewage problems, food contamination, land pollution, solid and hazardous waste problems, innumerable outbreaks of foodborne disease, waterborne disease, and mosquito-borne disease, outbreaks of healthcare infections, rat infestations, and insufferable housing conditions.
For the past 60+ years, Professor Koren has participated in and observed the vast improvement in the public’s health by the appropriate use of regulations and best practices by thousands of environmental health and public health professionals who prevented, mitigated and controlled disease, injury, and environmental factors. His extensive field practice includes his experience as the District Supervisor of Environmental Health Programs for 250,000+ people, the Environmental Health Administrator at a 2,000-bed hospital; and as the Field Coordinator of 1,100 interns for 25 years in 28 states and 70 different health jurisdictions including Pinellas County.
This event is sponsored by B’nai B’rith Lodge 263, Tampa Bay and in conjunction with Temple B’nai Israel of Clearwater, and SAGES (Senior Actors Guild Educational Service) 
Thanks again for your interest and wishing you all a special New Year with warmest regards especially those dealing with temps below 40 degrees.
Copyright © 2018 William Sefekar
