Let me just start by saying that I am not a big flag person.  The American flag, in our country, feels to me like it represents a sort of exclusive (as opposed to INclusive) and judgemental aspect of our nation that I do not choose to align with.

That being said...I would like to officially change that and create a new paradigm for our country! I welcome both the flag and that staunch looking bird, the American Eagle, to work with me and shift the meaning that it brings to my mind and the minds of many Americans.Why should the judgemental flag-waver people have all the fun?

So, I would like to welcome our very first THEME MONTH on Cirkla for July... our first theme is

FREEDOM

As I was driving in to work this morning, thinking about the wonderful conversation we started on our Cirkla Radio Show last night and about building community through this site, it occured to me that we are sitting on a VIRTUAL GOLDMINE OF COMMUNITY right here on Cirkla! Throughout my internet wanderings, I am always finding new and creative bloggers who write such beautiful things! My question is...

why don't people post articles on Cirkla? 

Then it occured to me that perhaps they are stymied by the word ARTICLE so I am officially changing it to POST. There. Exercising my freedom as the OWNER of Cirkla. (It's my website, I can do what I please!) Consider Cirkla, now officially, the eternal BLOG CARNIVAL for healers, metaphysicians, life coaches, psychics and people dedicating their lives to making our planet healthy. If you are finding this, and it is kind of exciting for you... please tell your friends! The more the merrier and welcome to the party!

BLOGGERS - Please register and post ONE POST during July on what FREEDOM means to you! (Hint: Even if you are not a blogger, but you feel capable of writing at least ONE paragraph on freedom, go for it!!) Please feel free to promote yourself, your biz and your website by linking to it in the article... oops, I mean POST!! (smile) Please bear in mind that I do approve each article, so it may not appear immediately. I won't post any spammy stuff to harm our dear readers' eyes, either! lol... so please be kind. I don't generally post if your name is Viagra or LoseWeightNow or anything like that, so be real with us and we will publish your ideas!

Have you ever listened to an online radio show? It used to be that "radio was dead". Everyone had CDs and music players, then iPods...

But now something new is happening. People all over the globe are talking. Not just talking through the written word, but really talking. Audio. Video. Not just talking to themselves, but posting it online. And there is a TON of material out there to listen to! 

Our Cirkla Radio Show is hosted on a website called BlogTalkRadio. When I first learned of BlogTalkRadio, it was like a light went on in my head! I had done interviews before but didn't realize that I had the capability now to do them online and post them.

Our show has been going now since March of this year and is getting quite a following. If you haven't listened yet, you should hop over there. There is a button just to the right of this article that can take you there. All you need to do is scroll through the list and pick a show that interests you then click on the play button under the show description. It is easy to do! Try it now.

If you like the show, please right click on the download link and save the file to your computer and then feel free to use it on your website to add interesting content or burn it to a CD and give it to a friend. If you open the file on a PC, you can open it with Windows Media Player and it can burn it directly to a CD that can be played in any player. Click here for printable instructions on how to do that.