Big Blend Magazine presents Champagne Sundays  

Join us on Champagne Sundays radio on March 29^th at 11am PT as we interview Craign Mullaney, author of ‘The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier’s Education’

Listen Live: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Southwest-Blend/2009/03/29/Family-Gardening-Art

In THE UNFORGIVING MINUTE: A Soldier’s Education Craig offers us a fascinating inside look at a rather singular education.

Craig Mullaney served as Chief of Staff for the President-elect's Pentagon Transition Team. Born in Rhode Island in 1978, Mullaney received his nomination to the U.S. Military Academy from the late Senator John Chafee. He graduated West Point in 2000 and was commissioned in the United States Army. After completing Ranger School, Mullaney continued to the University of Oxford on a Rhodes scholarship. At Oxford, he completed two masters degrees.

In 2003, Mullaney led an infantry rifle platoon along the hostile border between Afghanistan and Pakistan with the10th Mountain Division as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. His platoon operated along the entire spectrum of military operations—from humanitarian assistance with the first Provincial Reconstruction Team established in Afghanistan to combat engagements against Al Qaeda and the Taliban. Following his return to the United States, Craig joined the elite 3rd Infantry Regiment, "The Old Guard," in Arlington, Virginia, responsible for Arlington Ceremonial burials, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and defense of the National Capital Region. He served for three years as the Army Exchange Officer to the history faculty of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland where he focused on American foreign policy and directed the international scholarships program.

Special Psychic & Paranormal Radio Show!
Join Nancy & Lisa (editors of BigBlendMagazine.com) for their special quarterly Psychic & Paranormal show featuring special guest co-host Mark Ireland - son of renowned “Psychic to the Stars,” Dr. Richard Ireland, and author of 'Soul Shift - Finding Where the Dead Go'; plus psychic-medium Jamie Clark - as seen on the TV show America's Psychic Challenge; and JJ Lumsden - author of 'The Hidden Whisper'. Call in for a free reading with Jamie!

Show airs live on Sunday, March 22, from 11am – 1pm PST- see: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Southwest-Blend/2009/03/22/Psychic-Paranormal-Show


MEET OUR SPECIAL GUESTS:
Mark Ireland – Author of ‘Soul Shift - Finding Where the Dead Go’
Mark will be a co-host this special show with regular Champagne Sundays hosts Nancy and Lisa, editors of BigBlendMagazine.com. Presently engaged in “consciousness survival” research experiments, Ireland is collaborating with respected scientists including systems theorist Dr. Don Watson, developer of TES (Theory of Enformed Systems). Ireland contributed an essay to medium Allison Dubois’s best-selling book ‘We Are Their Heaven’. Other projects in the pipeline include an update and reissue of ‘The Phoenix Oracle’ penned by his father, renowned “psychic to the stars” Dr. Richard Ireland, along with the previously unpublished Psychic Development Guide, also authored by his father. Read more at http://www.bigblendmagazine.com/Body-Mind-Spirit/soul_shift.htm

Jamie Clark – Psychic Medium
Born in Sandusky, Ohio, Jamie had signs early in life that he would some day be helping people with his remarkable talents. As a child, he was concerned about being different from others with what was going on in his mind. With the guidance of his mother, Elaine, also a gifted medium, they began to research and explore the depth of Jamie's emerging talents. Through years of studying and a series of profound revelations, Jamie discovered that he had the gift of psychic intuition and could also communicate messages and feelings between people living and those who have left this physical plane of existence. In other words, he can communicate with those we have loved and lost. Now, with thousands of powerful connections made worldwide and years of experience as his guide, Jamie offers this healing phenomenon to those who need it most; people searching for life direction and guidance, as well as those seeking answers and closure from family and friends that have passed. Jamie Clarke was recently a featured psychic on Lifetime Television’s reality show "America's Psychic Challenge”, and is a guest and host on Charmed Angel Talk radio. Read more at http://jamieclark.net/

JJ Lumsden – Author of ‘The Hidden Whisper’
 JJ Lumsden is an experimental parapsychologist, with a doctorate (2003) from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Since graduating ‘James’ has eschewed conventional academia and concentrated on independent research (with iZangoma in Africa) and writing. In Summer 2008, he published the critically acclaimed book “The Hidden Whisper” – a mystery novel that also explains the current state of parapsychology and paranormal research. James maintains The Hidden Whisper’s micro site http://TheHiddenWhisper.com and some of his recent articles and interviews can also be found there.