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5 years of spreading KiefAir
Kiefair.com is 5 years old today
in its present incarnation, 7 years old if you count the time it was breedheenorilleykeefer.com
Each step along our individual paths changes us. Some experiences grow body, mind, and soul. Other experiences cause those same parts of us to shrink and ache endlessly. The trick is to let each step teach you even if it pains you. When you dedicate yourself to a task with little hope of recognition or monetary gain, many steps on the path are painful. No matter how much you give or how many you touch, there are still more in need. We live in a harsh world. My hat/cancer bandana off to anyone on the path to healing themselves and/or helping a loved one get relief in the most natural way possible. It takes a lot of courage and resolve to reach the end of the modern medicine road and only be left with options you may be logically against (such as chemo). It’s just as difficult to dutifully stand by and genuinely unconditionally love someone whose body is in decline.
As difficult as those decisions are, being public about them makes those choices even harder, but the stories we tell and leave behind in this time when cannabis legality is in its infancy of revival are a testament to the plant, it healing and transformative powers, and the lives of those left searching for comfort when modern medicine can’t offer it. Each of us who has chosen to tell our tale in the public forum of our day (the internet, or public eye in general) is living history. My endless gratitude to all those out there playing nurse to a loved one so limited in physical ability. Watching the cannabis world work to change from prohibition to test markets for medical use to states defying the federal government to decriminalize for adult use has been a heart twisting journey every step of the road. Please don’t forget the chronically ill folks and their caregivers for each recreational bowl you enjoy or sell legally. We still have a long way to go to honor the people who put their entire lives and health on the line in order to create change. Let’s begin by more and more programs to help the low income patients among us.
After many years of dedication to the cause of cannabis education and healing, This is the greatest need I see in the movement today: Just too many folks with too little resources and too much pain while the price of cannabis remains a burden to their largely ssi/ssd funded existences while pounds of useable cannabis are grown in the name of someone suffering and sold elsewhere by their “caregiver” for a profit. We must do better by the low income legal cannabis patient if we ever hope to legalize cannabis for medicinal or recreational use across the board. But as an individual, I can only offer individual mercy. Lately I’ve been giving free oil to individuals legal in Colorado and to cannabis charities such as Greenfaith Ministries. We need to see more of this kind of mercy.
The Greenfaith community supports a wide range of outreach programs, including:
- low income oil program* #fuckcancer #cannabiskillscancer
- cannabis sacrament for church members and the financially challenged*
- food donations to shelters, families, and the homeless*
- cannabis awareness events and presentations
*At this time, these programs are available only to members in Colorado
Feel free to wander around Kiefair.com, wish the site a happy anniversary, comment on and share your favorite articles from years past. Also feel free to comment on this post for any improvements or changes you would like to see to the site. Moving forward, I have a project to preserve samples of products I make and products available in the market for future research. I imagine a time when we are looking back at this period in our shared history as the dawn of cannabis legalization. I imagine scientists wanting to know exactly what we were using. To preserve this history, the best, the good, the bad, and the ugly, I have procured slides and lab vials to make samples to carry on after us.
My next article covers making your own massage oils. As a preview for those eagerly awaiting the write up on that article, Let us have a look at the history of extracting healing compounds or scent compounds from various plants. This history is essential to understanding the next article from kiefair.com
History of Essential oil extraction and perfumery
I invite you to come and visit the site through a sampling of the most read articles. Scroll below the photo for the top read articles according to my site’s stats, 2014 reading statistics. Let’s take a look at what people are reading.
Now, some Honorable mentions.
Green Living in a Red State and Talking to Your Doctor, Support from Social Media, and Living Green in a Red State Part by Verde LoneOwl
DIY Cannabis Cure oil healing: The tale of Wren by Wren SmilingDeer, lady of the wood
The tale of one of many who has taken information they learned on kiefair.com and had the courage to use that knowledge to treat their own illnesses with it.
Hipgnotist’s High Crimes and Hi-jinks
Tolkien was a stoner… Was Lembas Bread made of Hemp Seed?
This post is not to debate with others about if J.R.R. Tolkien was a stoner or not. This post is for people who have already determined for themselves that he did like to suck on a weed pipe every now and again and who wonder about what is really in Lembas Bread.
Duke the Cancer fighting Dog and RIP Duke
A dog who teaches us that not every case is a clear success, but not every gift is wasted… we lost duke but ended up helping his owner.
Naphtha is not good for you!
Certainly one of our most controversial posts. Just check out the associated youtube commentary.
Phoenix Tears Healing a Diabetic Ulcer (the healing begins)
And Phoenix Tears Healing a Diabetic Ulcer (updated Journey)
Fat Freddy has had a sore on his back for about 3 years and it would not heal! We started putting Rick Simpson Oil on it on November 23, 2011 then the next day we checked it and then checked it every 3 days afterwards, changing the oil and bandage every 3 days as well! I documented the process as long as I was the live in maid/nurse for the patient. (WARNING THIS IS GRAPHIC!)
Familial Mediterranean Fever ~ a Rare genetic disease
I do not look like I have a single drop of Mediterranean blood in me, so why do i care about this rare genetic disorder? Because the color of skin is only skin deep. Because despite the pale appearance of my exterior, I have the genetic ancestor from that part of the world who handed me this recessive trait. Because I have this disease and have to live with it…
Now, The Top 10 Most Read Posts
10. Hannah Hurnard’s “Hind’s Feet on High Places” audiobook video series
I was rather surprised this one made the countdown because the video series is as yet unfinished.
playlist on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwc43UiVjiudD0DhoUELBfeHOamG_Hvtj
A set of videos in Tribute to the writing of Hannah Hurnard, “Hind’s Feet on High Places” to Art of Breezy Kiefair i just put music and art to a book that has been a favorite since childhood… my mother used to read me that book…. call it a tribute to her and an introduction of the book to an audience that may otherwise remain unaware of it. I recommend it for anyone with anxiety or PTSD
9. Remembering Westley Thorin Keaton Roberts, a child murdered… his murderer acquitted
This is the tale of how I lost my only child and had to watch the individual who logically was guilty walk free. I was rather surprised it made the most read articles list. May Westley’s love and story live on. My maternal heart will never stop longing for what should have been.
8. Dixie Elixirs, Dixie Script, Dixie Dewdrops and The Clinic Colorado Review
7. Cannabis Oil Advocate Ronnie Smith Suddenly Dies from Leukemia
Please also read: Cannabis Activist Roland a Duby’s Censored Wikipedia Article
Ronnie Lee Smith, aka Roland A Duby made much of Kiefair.com possible. In April 2014, he lost his battle with Leukemia after being falsely imprisoned by Yavapai county in Arizona. We got Ronnie out of jail, but only in time for him to die with a pipe in his hands. While Ronnie was alive, he tasked me to keep his oil making method alive. I have done my best to ensure I keep this task entrusted to me by making his method freely available to anyone willing to learn.
6. A few words on the properties of Isopropyl alcohol
5. Cannabis products and Colorado Dispensary Reviews
*****Note, I have not updated the review page in quite some time. Some of the dispensaries I have reviewed may no longer be in business. The quality at the locations I have reviewed may have changed due to a change in ownership, grower or extraction agreements. Nearly all of my reviews are of MEDICAL locations, so please check to see if they have a retail location before using any of these reviews for a vacation guide.
4. How to make Cannabis Cure Oil without alerting the neighbors
3. Hemp Seed and Hemp Seed Oil ~ a superfood, but not a cancer cure
2. How to Extract Cannabis Cure Oil with alcohol (Phoenix Tears)
1. FAQ’s about Phoenix Tears Therapy for the Beginner
Here’s to another Great Year!
Grateful Dead Throwing Stones
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Do you use Kiefair.com? Do you support me giving out info on cannabis oil creation for free? Do you support my free oil program with the colorado cannabis charity known as Greenfaith Ministry? Well, you may be unaware that one little lady pays for all costs associated with KiefAir.com. The way the site stays afloat with its mini library of cannabis related reference information is through sales of art and books. Each year, I must make $300 in PROFITS from the art at my etsy store and my poetry book sales on amazon.com.
Have a look at some samples from my portfolio, all of these images may be purchased to support kiefair.com
Please remember I only make pennies per art print I sell, so I need to sell a lot of pieces each year. I was very worried about keeping the site open for 2015. The holiday season left me with not one sale. But People pulled together, and We are all set to keep the site open through February 2016!
This is the tale of how I kept the site open this time… previous years, the money had come from my medication budget. This year was different… this happened because a long time patron gifted me $100 to bring the hosting fee bar a little lower, but he was a special case, my first patron ever who seems to still want to pay more for some ceramic figures I did when I was about 14. He always sends me some cash during the winter holidays and on my birthday. In truth this anonymous donor has been more of a father to me than my own. One of the few positive male role models i have had in mu life. The rule is to spend it on something for myself. I misbehaved this year and give the gift to you. This year I’m put it towards continuing to give the gift of information via kiefair.com . Pebbles Trippet, a prominent writer for Skunk Magazine bought a clutch of 4×6 limited edition Maya Angelou memorial prints. Other patrons got posters or 8×10 prints and we made our goal to keep the site open! My thanks to all Patrons!
Each year, I allow you, the reader/viewer to decide if kiefair.com stays alive. If I get sales, all profit (save my usual tithe if 10% of all profits) will go to saving KiefAir.com. I hope we can do better on those sales and keep the site alive. Remember the power is yours to make it live or let the library die. Any image from my please bogart my art page is for sale except the maya portrait.
This shop accepts Etsy Gift Cards.
2. Complete your transaction here and let the artist know what image you desire. Ms. Breezy will ship you a print in the size you desire right away!
- Canna Fairy Print
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$11.00USD
- Joshua’s Wish
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$11.00USD
- Puurrrfectly High Print
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$11.00USD
- Good morning! Seen through Green shades
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Of Pain, Poetry and Pot [Kindle Edition]
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5.0 out of 5 stars Rare and Lovely, October 2, 2013
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This review is from: Of Pain, Poetry and Pot (Kindle Edition)
Would You Like To Pick Breezy’s Brain? This wonderful book is a chance to witness the creative process at work; author Breezy Kiefair (aka Breedheen O’Rilley) is the real deal, a gifted poet/journalist/activist on the forefront of the battle for medical marijuana patients’ rights and for truth in media. And speaking of truth, emotional truth is exactly what you’ll get here. Breezy isn’t afraid to take an open-eyed, unsparing look at society, at herself, at her illnesses, at the lies we tell ourselves and each other — and at the scintillating, breathtaking beauty which is more real and more powerful than all else. Highly recommended.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful., January 14, 2014
This review is from: Of Pain, Poetry and Pot (Kindle Edition)
Written by someone very intimate with pain on many different levels. Beautiful and honest. I can’t wait to find out more about this amazing young woman. I originally borrowed this book. I have now read it twice and I have to own it. It must become a part of my permanent collection, along with anything else I can find which flows from this beautiful author.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Passion and creativity fills these pages, December 27, 2013
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The poems and rhythm that comes from the author’s feelings show you that she uses her medical cannabis passion and even frustrations to put her concerns into words we can understand. You can feel her pain – you can feel her pride. The transposed songs were a great touch.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Talented, insightful artist and writer,November 25, 2013
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This multi-talented artist and writer amazed me with her insightful and sometimes heartbreaking poetry. Her artwork is not only beautiful, but different from any I have seen. I have actually ordered several individual prints off her website to give as gifts this Christmas. I highly recommend this book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous, February 8, 2014
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As an activist,a woman and a HUMAN BEING,, I could feel the pain in Ms. O’Rilley’s poetry. Yet I could also feel the triumph. A must for all “pot’ lovers, I got it for 2.99 for my Kindle and it was MORE than worth it. I’ve read these poems over and over, you will too.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Of Pain, Poetry and Pot, March 13, 2014
This review is from: Of Pain, Poetry and Pot (Kindle Edition)
This is an excellent book written by a very gifted, unique woman Breezy Keifair. I loved the whole book and have read it a couple of times so far. She is an artist that does her work under the influence of pot for the pain she is in and you can feel that pain with her words. I could really relate to that and a lot of other things in the book. I highly recommend this book. She is also a very gifted artist besides being a good poet and writer.
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Franktown, Colorado 80116
Tokin Female: Pot Pioneer, Toni Fox with Pebbles Trippet (SKUNK MAGAZINE VOLUME 9 ISSUE 8 June/July 1014)
Tokin Female: Pot Pioneer, Toni Fox with Pebbles Trippet (SKUNK MAG VOLUME 9 ISSUE 8 June/July 1014)
Reprinted with unprecedented special permission from the SKUNK MAGAZINE STAFF,
Words By: Pebbles Trippett
first, a gift in art to Toni Fox from kiefair.com
CLICK on the below images to enlarge so you may read the article more easily….. you may order a print copy of this magazine by clicking here
located at
4305 Brighton Blvd
Denver, CO 80216
That’s just off of I-70 on Brighton Blvd. We are on the southside of the Coliseum.
Our telephone number is (303) 297-1657 Email Toni@3dmmc.com
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— with Please Bogart My Art, Pebbles Trippet, Reefer Gurl and Toni Fox at 3D Cannabis Center.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k4zQdCjXuU
Related Articles:
RIP MAYA ANGELOU Honoring her Cannabis Connections (check out some art included in next month’s skunk magazine issue!)
Setting up the Lamay Cannabis History Museum (a look back and forward in cannabis and its laws. check the bottom of the article to see how you can help make laws better!)
Broken Back Blues (a tale of hope)
How to make Cannabis Cure oil without alerting the neighbors (DO IT YOURSELF GUIDE!)
More Articles on Toni Fox and 3 D Dispensary coming soon!
I have not done a dispensary review in nearly a year, and I have never reviewed a recreational dispensary before. Now, I could have called ahead and had them prepare me a hand picked review sample, but to me, that’s just not a fair way to review. I’d rather walk in unannounced on a holiday weekend. If there are any problems with herb or with staff, they will be apparent under the higher stresss and potentially higher customer volume of the weekend. The point being, I want to make sure I’m pretty much treated exactly like everyone else. I also like to review when I know the boss is likely away doing other things as this can also be a factor in bud and budtend quality. I must say I was impressed with the professionalism of the staff at 3D Cannabis Center . I’ve been happy with the buds thus far too. be sure to pick up a copy of SKUNK Magazine to read Pebbles Trippet“s awesome interview with Toni Fox
http://www.skunkonlinestore.com/SKUNK-Vol-9-Issue-8_p_185.html
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Bréedhéen O’Rilley Keefer
P.O. Box 849
Franktown, Colorado 80116
Vapor Brothers Donate Vape to save WONPR president’s life
I begin with the letter I was circulating around to different vapor companies. Cher wanted a volcano, but it was Vapor Brothers who stepped up and made the donation. Thanks GUYS!
I’m so glad someone gave me a link to this video:
Breedheen O’Rilley Keefer
AKA Breezy Kiefair
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Aurora, Co
USA
http://breedheenorilleykeefer.com/
April 4, 2012
To whom it may Concern:
I am writing to you on behalf of a medicinal cannabis activist named Cher Ford-Mccullough. Mrs. Ford-Mccullough has been listed as one of the top activists by skunk magazine on more than one occasion. http://www.celebstoner.com/201108027923/news/marijuana-news/skunk-top-pot-activists.html
She has published art and poems in Treating yourself magazine. Here is a video in which Tonya Davis of Treating Yourself Magazine speaks about Cher and her activism. She begins speaking about Tonya at around 1:56
Cher has also done two journey for Justice marches. Her bio on the featured speaker page for the Journey for justice march (retrieved from) http://www.journeyforjustice.org/march/speakers.html reads as thus:
Cher Ford-McCullough is the Founder and President of the Women’s Organization for National Prohibition Reform, Kentucky State Director of the American Alliance for Medical Cannabis and President of Compassionate Moms. She is a member of the ACLU and The Southern Poverty Law Center. Her name is listed on the Wall of Tolerance in Montgomery, Ala.
Cher participated in both the Florida and Texas Journey for Justice Marches in 2000 in the capacity of patient support. Cher has worked in drug policy and prison reform since the first Two Million Too Many protests in 1999. Prior to becoming a full time activist, she worked as a professional singer and a retail store owner in western Kentucky. Cher is married, has two daughters and four grandchildren.
Recently, Cher became very ill and was placed in the ICU for a collapsed lung (and a cannabis deficiency) Cher Ford-Mccullough really needs a volcano vaporizer to help her lungs recover from whatever put her in ICU. I am writing you to see if we can get one donated to her. Please also offer positive energy in whatever your tradition. if that’s a prayer, good vibes, a hope, a wish, a dream, a meditation, a candle lit or whatever you personally believe would enrich her on a spiritual level, please do it. We are all made of energy and vibrate… lets vibrate this wonderful artist who uses her skills as an activism tool to enrich so many out of that ICU and back home to her easel and muse. Her husband, Brian McCullough stands vigil with his lady. As I write this, is not out of the woods yet… she is still in ICU. those wishing to send her electronic greetings for free may do so at the following link.
http://www.stlukescr.org/resources-for-you/online-tools/ ICU in room # 207
If you can help Cher get a vaporizer, please contact her bitchcrafts420@yahoo.com or her husband Brian
To anyone who Doesn’t think Volcano Vaporizer is the best vape around? well she needs a VAPORIZER, it doesn’t really matter what brand… write to your favorite vaporizer manufacturer on her behalf…
Better still, do you have a vape lying about that you never use (maybe you got a better one?) well, consider donating it to cher and her hubby Brian McCullough
UPDATE 4/11/2012
Today, I got the following message from Vapor Brothers http://www.vaporbrothers.com/
Hello Breezy,
We have tried to contact Cher about a free Vaporizer in Dec and Jan. Thank you so much for your email.
We have contacted Brian and we are waiting for a respond so we can send her out a Vaporbrothers Vaporizer.
We look forward to hearing back from him so we can get her one out to her right away.
Thank you for your support!!
VB Support, Stephanie
(877) 98-VAPOR
my response:
I just found out that brian’s email that I provided you is inactive. please give him a call.
Hello Breezy,
Thank you for the info, sure you can post our message on your blog. I actually just contacted Brian and was able to speak to Cher, and I let her know that we will be shipping her out a Vaporbrothers Vaporizer today. We wish her well and we hope the Vaporizer helps her out. We appreciate all of her support in bringing policy reform forward.
If you happen to need a Vaporbrothers Vaporizer Care package for any raffles or Shows in the future please feel free to contact us. We would love to help you raise money for the cause.
Thank you again for your support!! We look forward to hearing back from you.
VB Support, Stephanie
(877) 98-VAPOR
UPDATE 5/5/2012
Cher is loving her new vaporizer!
“They sent it out the same day they called about it.
I’ve tried to just smoke,but i really can’t, so…
it’s good i got it when i did.”
thanks again vapor brothers!
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