"Celebrate the Divine Feminine" with author Joy Reichard, Sunday May 6th!

Florey's Books welcomes author Joy Reichard as she discusses her book "Celebrate the Divine Feminine: Reclaim Your Power with Ancient Goddess Wisdom"

***Sunday, May 6th, 2pm***

About the Book:

Celebrate the Divine Feminine is an introduction to the Sacred Feminine, a “her-story” of the goddess, offers instructions for altars and rituals, and features seven manifestations of the Divine Feminine: Neolithic Goddess, Grandmother Spider, Demeter and Persephone, Hecate, Lakshmi and Our Lady of Guadalupe.

From the ancient Greeks to Jung, people have worked with archetypes to transform themselves, access inner wisdom, and expand their vision of the world. Celebrate the Divine Feminine – Earth, the Body of the Goddess provides techniques for connecting with the energies of goddesses from around the world. These feminine archetypes offer powerful insights into what it means to be a woman in full possession of her strength, beauty and sensuality. Access the ancient wisdom of these earth goddess personas, and uncover tools for personal growth and transformation.

About the Author:

Joy Reichard is a Certified Clinical Alchemical Hypnotherapist. She has a master’s in Women’s Spirituality, is a Reiki Master, a Lightbody graduate, has training in Spiritual Psychological and has been a student of the personal growth and development field for over 30 years. Joy has an active Hypnotherapy practice in San Mateo in which she helps her clients make positive change by helping them develop core strengths, reinforce desired behaviors, and access inner resources.

For more information, please see her website:
http://www.celebratedivinefeminine.com/

We hope to see you!

***Sunday, May 6th, 2pm***

Florey's Book Co.
2120 Palmetto Ave.
Pacifica, CA 94044
(650) 355-8811
Open 10am to 6pm every day

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May 2012 Calendar of Events at Florey's!

Here is the May 2012 calendar of events at Florey's Book Co.

Note our ongoing events:

-"Speak Easy", a Read-aloud and book discussion group, Tuesdays 6:30-8pm

-"Fiber Fridays", Knitting, Crochet, any sort of string craft, Fridays 6-8pm

-Pacifica Poetry Forum, meets the 3rd Thursday of the month, the 17th, 7:30 pm

-Poetry at Florey's, meets the last Saturday of the month,the 26th, 7:30-9:30pm

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Also, the special events this month:

-"Celebrate the Divine Feminine" book event with author Joy Reichard, Sunday May 6th, 2pm

-Saturday Storytime! Children's event, Saturday May 12th, 10-11am

-"Allergies and Our Immune System" workshop with Dr. Marisa Williams, Sat. May 12th, 2pm

-Sharon the Health:"Yoga for Stress & Pain Relief" workshop, Wed. May 16th, 7-8:30pm

-"With the Sea Beside Me" book event with author Meade Fischer, Sat. May 19th 2-4pm

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As always, we hope to see you!

Florey's Book Co.
2120 Palmetto Ave.
Pacifica, CA 94044
(650) 355-8811
Open 10am to 6pm every day

http://www.floreysbooks.blogspot.com
http://www.facebook.com/FloreysBookCo

On the Media: 'Publishing:Adapt or Die'

A friend of the store informed me of a series of reports by On the Media about publishing, books, and how one small publisher is resisting Amazon's business practices.

An interesting series, and you can listen to them online here:

http://www.onthemedia.org/2012/apr/20/


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Florey's Book Co.
2120 Palmetto Ave.
Pacifica, CA 94044
(650) 355-8811
Open 10am to 6pm every day

http://www.floreysbooks.blogspot.com
http://www.facebook.com/FloreysBookCo

Yarn Over! Craft Swap, Saturday April 28th, 10am-12noon!

Florey's Books invites you to "Yarn Over!", a string/fabric craft buy/sell/trade event.

***Saturday, April 28th, 10am-12noon***

Do you have overflowing yarn baskets, extra supplies, pattern books, etc? Bring them to Yarn Over! and buy/sell/trade/swap with other crafty folks.

The event is free, so come by and get rid of things you don't need any longer, and perhaps find something you've been after for a long time.

We hope to see you!

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***Saturday, April 28th, 10am-12noon***

Florey's Book Co.
2120 Palmetto Ave.
Pacifica, CA 94044
(650) 355-8811
Open 10am to 6pm every day

http://www.floreysbooks.blogspot.com
http://www.facebook.com/FloreysBookCo

LitWave Author Event, Sunday, April 29th at Florey's!

Florey's Books welcomes local author Juanita Mercado as she discusses her new book, "Fore! Frogs on the Golf Course".

***Sunday, April 29th 2-4pm***

This is a LitWave Event!

LitWave is Pacifica's 3 day literary festival. April 27, 28, & 29.

See the website for more info!
http://litwave.org/

From the book:

Beginning in 2008, environmental groups demanded that San Francisco close the Sharp Park Golf Course, claiming that course maintenance operations were harming a frog specieslisted as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act.

The Golf Club rallied its members to the cause. Juanita Mercado, a club member and a geologist, found herself conflicted between a love for golf and a concern over the game's effect on the environment. Using the analytical skills she had as a trained scientist, she identified a third solution for the Sharp Park situation.

The solution had a track record. For years, it had been in place 10 miles away at the Crystal Springs Golf Course located in Burlingame, California. The facility was withinthe critical habitat of the frog species, and, for more than a decade, a certified wildlife sanctuary.

The story continues to this day. It's eventual outcome could affect existing golf courses.
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About the author:

Nowadays, Juanita is a voracious reader. As a first-grader, though, her parents were told she couldn’t read. They acted quickly to remedy the situation. Once she learned, she has not stopped. Ever inquisitive of the unknown and especially curious of scientific forces and phenomena happening around her, her love of reading leads her down the path of research and discovery. Through writing, albeit in a lyrical and narrative style, she finds a channel for sharing these discoveries. Volunteering as a golf coach and learning the game herself, she sees the potential value of further channeling these discoveries through golf and the environment of the golf course. Combining all of her passions, and building on her discoveries while writing the FORE! book, she is presently developing The Natural Laboratory program. The program highlights how science is at play on the golf course. Its inaugural site will be Crystal Springs Golf Course whose management is also excited about the concept.

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We hope to see you!

***Sunday, April 29th, 2-4pm***

Florey's Book Co.
2120 Palmetto Ave.
Pacifica, CA 94044
(650) 355-8811
Open 10am to 6pm every day

http://www.floreysbooks.blogspot.com
http://www.facebook.com/FloreysBookCo

April Poetry at Florey's!

Florey's Books invites you to our two ongoing poetry events.

First, the Pacifica Poetry Forum will meet *this* month, at A Grape in the Fog, April 28th 4-6pm.

See their site for more info!
http://agitf.com/

This is a LitWave event!
LitWave is Pacifica's 3 day literary festival. April 27, 28, & 29.

See the website for more info!
http://litwave.org/

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Next, is the April Poetry at Florey's event:

***Saturday, April 28th, 7:30-9:30pm***

The featured poets this month are: D.R. Goodman and Diane Moomey. The featured poets will be followed by an open mic period. Open mic sign-up is first come, first served. This event is also open to the public and free of charge.

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We hope to see you!


Pacifica Poetry Forum: (At A Grape in the Fog)*Sat, April 28th 4-6pm*

Poetry at Florey's: ***Saturday, April 28th, 7:30-9:30pm***

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Florey's Book Co.
2120 Palmetto Ave.
Pacifica, CA 94044
(650) 355-8811
Open 10am to 6pm every day

http://www.floreysbooks.blogspot.com
http://www.facebook.com/FloreysBookCo,

"Fault Zone" Multi-Author Book Event, April 22nd at Florey's!

Florey's Books welcomes Pacifica authors David Hirzel and Darlene Frank as they discuss the new anthology "Fault Zone: Stepping Up to the Edge".

***Sunday, April 22nd, 2-4pm***

Mr. Hirzel and Ms. Frank will be joined by several other Bay Area authors that are also included in the anthology.

'Fault Zone: Stepping Up to the Edge' is an anthology of outstanding stories from local writers. It's about personal faults, burdens, responsibilities, mistakes, and blunders. It's also about division, dichotomies, and the untamed power of both destruction and creation. It's about life in California in the 21st century.

Fault Zone is produced by San Francisco/Peninsula Writers, a branch of the California Writers Club.

For more on the California Writers Club, please see their site:

http://www.cwc-peninsula.org/

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We hope to see you!

***Sunday, April 22nd, 2-4pm***

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Florey's Book Co.
2120 Palmetto Ave.
Pacifica, CA 94044
(650) 355-8811
Open 10am to 6pm every day!
http://www.floreysbooks.blogspot.com
http://www.facebook.com/FloreysBookCo

"Where's Stevie Bird?" Book Event, April 14th at Florey's!

Florey's Books invites local author Larry Bertram as he signs his book "Where's Stevie Bird?"

***Saturday, April 14th, 2-4pm***

Larry "B" Bertram is a local author that has moved here from Louisville, KY. He has two books to his credit,"Pictures of the Heart" and "Where's Stevie Bird?" Stevie Bird is his 17 year old cockatoo and joins him when he does readings and book signings. Don't miss an opportunity to meet Stevie Bird April 14th between 2PM and 4PM. Each book comes with a FREE cockatoo bookmark and will be signed at time of purchase. A portion of every book sold goes directly to Easter Seals.



For more information on Larry and Stevie Bird, please see his websites:
http://www.larrybbertram.com/
http://www.steviebirdbook.com/

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We hope to see you!

***Saturday, April 14th, 2-4pm***

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Florey's Book Co.
2120 Palmetto Ave.
Pacifica, CA 94044
(650) 355-8811
Open 10am to 6pm every day!
http://www.floreysbooks.blogspot.com
http://www.facebook.com/FloreysBookCo

Saturday Story Time at Florey's! April 14th, 10-11am

Florey's Book Co. invites you to our first Saturday Story Time!

***Saturday, April 14th, 10am-11am***

Bring the little ones to hear fun children's stories read by Nicole Sayres. The event is free of charge and open to the public.

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We hope to see you!
***Saturday, April 14th, 10am-11am***

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Florey's Book Co.
2120 Palmetto Ave.
Pacifica, CA 94044
(650) 355-8811
Open 10am to 6pm every day!
http://www.floreysbooks.blogspot.com
http://www.facebook.com/FloreysBookCo

Ultrasound Bone Density Testing, April 7th at Florey's

Florey's welcomes Dr. Ken Howayeck and Sharon Caren as they offer Ultrasound Bone Density Testing at Florey's.

***Saturday, April 7th, 1-3pm***

A fee of $20 per test is requested by Dr. Howayeck.

From Sharon:

Ultrasound Bone Density Testing (UBDT) May Save Your Life

7 of 10 people who have Osteoporosis don’t know it. This problem must be rectified by education and public awareness. Early detection is the key. A simplified scanning process, effective, affordable and available to everyone who wants it, is a great way to start turning around those numbers.

The DXA scan is the most commonly used device to directly assess bone density, which in turn assesses your resistance to fracture. I had my first DXA (Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry) scan in 2004 ordered by my gynecologist and was diagnosed with severe osteopenia (-2.5 T-score). The T-score is a comparison of a patient’s bone material density to that of a healthy thirty-year-old of the same sex and ethnicity.

I retested in 2006 and 2010 with a -2.2 T-score that shows an increase in density of .3 using nutritional supplements and exercise. Yes, it can be done. I’m looking forward to a UBDT test to see where I am in 2012!

To have a DXA scan your doctor must order it, your insurance company must approve it or your budget must allow for it (approximately $250.00). There is also the X-ray factor that, if given the choice, I’d rather choose a procedure more natural. At the time I didn’t know about UBDT testing being used all over the world.

UBDT is quick, comfortable, affordable and available. No doctor visits, no waiting for insurance approval. It requires less training so the cost is a tenth of the DXA, ranging from $20 to $45 typically. This way the scans can be done more frequently to keep track of what’s happening inside bones.

When bone density starts to decline, it can happen and be detected in a short 6 month time period. If we are on the 2 year DXA plan time schedule, this decline is missed and could prove detrimental in certain cases.

I recently met Dr. Ken Howayeck who brought this underutilized form of testing to my attention. He’s a distinguished podiatrist of 22 years. In June 2010 he lost his mother to complications of an Osteoporosis hip fracture. Now his mission is to simply educate the public on preventative ways to combat what could turn into a horrible life-threating disease.

Dr. Ken believes going out and testing everyone he can with the UBDT preventive method will help in his own way to turn the corner on this massive health challenge. Using education and awareness, he explains to the recipient the advantages of the test results. Based on his 22 years of practicing medicine he also will suggest natural methods of strengthening bones. When the body what it needs environmentally and internally, the body can heal. He will also point out when a scan needs immediate medical attention.
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For more in formation, please see their sites:
http://www.fivestartesting.webs.com
http://www.sharonthehealth.com
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We hope to see you!

***Saturday, April 7th, 1-3pm***
A fee of $20 per test will be collected by Dr. Howayeck

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Florey's Book Co.
2120 Palmetto Ave.
Pacifica, CA 94044
(650) 355-8811
Open 10am to 6pm every day!

http://www.floreysbooks.blogspot.com
http://www.facebook.com/FloreysBookCo