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Sunday, December 20, 2009

Journal December 20 2009

Gratitude And Ponderings
1- [notes from my LIFE ORGANIZER]
Intention: to practice
Joyous Delight
2- Let go of: the idea
that my old teacher stuff
has to be cleared out
by the coming new year
3- Have to: walk my talk
live in joyous delight
4- Could do: something frivilous
and spontaneously giving
5- What gift do I give to the world
each day, whether I want to or not?
being joyful
having faith in the powers that be
being positive Pollyanna
6- what could I do to acknowledge
my gift?
what if I were the good fairy
or one of God's/good's angels
or a divine Source
of the Powers That Be
and all I ever did was serve by doing good
whenever, wherever and however I can
and I could go to sleep each nite
knowing i was "good enough"
7- What is my story about the value
of this gift?
Does this story make it easier
or harder for me to offer my gift?
i am willing open and able
to do the tasks @ hand
(for the most part with joyous delight)
and if i feel i can't
i can usually get into a space
with Source
and feel grace and gratitude
uplift me to Higher Ground
8- What do I wish to remember
about this gift as I go forward?
we only grow as fast as
we can grow
surely everything is unfolding
the way it's spozed to be
(messages from Stephen Gaskin
of THE FARM in Tennessee)
9- How do I wish to share this gift
in the near future?
practicing joyous delight
with steve's mother
when we go to Victoria, TX
for Christmas
10- I wholeheartedly praise myself for:
being me
a gypsy who follows her path with heart
dressing up in bright splashes
of color to brighten others' lives
and uplift their spirits
traipsing around empowering others
(/helping others to find their empowerment)
to live in hope
with passion
connected spiritually with the Divine
i am someone who continues to live
in awe and wonder
@ the natural beauty of the world
11- okay so it's near the year's end
and i'm gathering up a bucket
/basket of new and old things
to do in my morning meditation
during the new year 2010
so far i've collected
12- Danaan Parry's
THE ESSENE BOOK OF DAYS
13- Jennifer Louden's
THE LIFE ORGANIZER
A WOMAN'S GUIDE TO A MINDFUL YEAR
Tips, Stories & Prompts to Focus

Your Needs & Navigate Your Dreams
14- Cheryl Thiele's
THE SACRED JOURNEY
DAILY JOURNAL FOR YOUR SOUL 2010

15- oops! i just realized
i don't have the cards
that go with the book
and i may have some difficulty
obtaining them
(not to worry- i counted up
pennies, nickels and dimes
from our loose change savings
and came up with the needed $25.49)
16- Judy Reeves'
A WRITER'S BOOK OF DAYS
A SPIRITUAL COMPANION & LIVELY MUSE
FOR THE WRITING LIFE
17- Barbara R. Call's
THE CRAFTER'S DEVOTIONAL
365 DAYS OF TIPS, TRICKS
AND TECHNIQUES
FOR UNLOCKING YOUR
CREATIVE SPIRIT

18- d. price's
HOW TO MAKE A JOURNAL
OF YOUR LIFE
19- Tristine Rainer's
THE NEW DIARY
HOW TO USE A JOURNAL
FOR SELF-GUIDANCE
AND EXPANDED CREATIVITY

(an update of one of my oldtime faves)
20- Deena Metzger's
WRITING FOR YOUR LIFE
A GUIDE AND COMPANION
TO THE INNER WORLDS
21- Joyce Chapman's
JOURNALING FOR JOY
WRITING YOUR WAY TO
PERSONAL GROWTH AND FREEDOM

22- Patti Digh's
life is a verb
37 DAYS TO WAKE UP,
BE MINDFUL, AND
LIVE INTENTIONALLY
23- Seena B. Frost's
SOUL COLLAGE
AN INTUITIVE COLLAGE PROCESS
FOR INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS
24- Kelly Rae Roberts'
TAKING FLIGHT
INSPIRATION & TECHNIQUES
TO GIVE YOUR CREATIVE SPIRIT
WINGS
25- Linda Woods & Karen Dinino's
VISUAL CHRONICLES
THE NO-FEAR GUIDE TO CREATING
ART JOURNALS, CREATIVE MANIFESTOS

AND ALTERED BOOKS
26- Barbara Ganim and Susan Fox's
VISUAL JOURNALING
GOING DEEPER THAN WORDS

27- Can you see how
I've set my intention
to free and feed my creative spirit
in 2010?
28- You know how every year
I choose to add a spiritual focus
for the new year
(instead of vowing to take away
a bad habit)?
well this coming year 2010
I'm being led by spirit
to focus on:
*****************************
*I am using
my creative spirit
to celebrate
my indwelling living light
and
*I am radiant
with all of the good ju-ju
stuff I believe
*****************************
29- [from ESSENE BOOK OF DAYS]
I drew the Ace of Koshes (Staves)
from Buckland's ROMANI TAROT
its message for me:
I am strong
I am more than capable
of making a decision
that may make major changes
to my future life
Both traditional (nesting @ home)
and carefree (gypsy traveling)
lifestyles
are available
to me
30- I wrote all of the creative spirit
titles I've collected
to play with
in my morning meditations
during 2010
in my Gratitude and Ponderings Journal
and I feel juiced
for the coming year
31- today I will bring
the spirit of Aloneness
to my: day's doings
and being
32- feelings: [DAILY WORD]
When I experience joy
I fully understand
my reason for being
I am one with the Creator
It is a great gift
to witness a sunset
hold the hand of a frail loved one
behold the innocent face of
a newborn child
and then express
my heartfelt gratitude
for that moment
that person
that inspiration
33- I am called to find joy
to be joy
to wake up to joy
in every moment
34- Psalm 16:11
You show me the path of life
In your presence
there is fulness of joy
35- NOTE: When I live in gratitude
for the gifts of life
I live in grace
36- This evening we are trekking
over to Pensacola
to hear Michael DeMaria
play Siyotanka
@ Unity




Journal December 19 2009 Saturday

Gratitude And Ponderings
1- woke up and wrote Claudia
a letter on spare
scrapbook pages from
our cruise
2- read some more
in Paula D'Arcy's
SACRED THRESHOLD
3- [in ESSENE BOOK OF DAYS
from Unity's
SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR THE SOUL]
today I will bring the spirit of
Focused Awareness to my:
sense of wonder, beauty
and magnificence within myself
4- feelings: I relax into joy
and peace. I often enter
my sanctuary of bon secour.
I touch my inner fountain of
calmness there and bring it
into everything I do.
[DAILY WORD]
I am on
a divine journey
of peace and joy
5- well I finally waded my way
thru all of October's e-mail
messages. Just have
November's messages
and half of December's
to weed thru. It took
me all day with time out
to watch a Hallmark
Christmas movie: THE 3 GIFTS
with Steve


Journal December 18 2009 Friday

Gratitude And Ponderings
1- i wake up
and feel my life
dripping like honey
oozing over the edges
of my cup
2- make stacks of Christmas
cards that have come in
some to take to mama
some to keep for us
envelopes with addresses
so i can send Christmas cards
some for mama
some for us
3- i'm off to gather
pralines from Clara Punta Kitchen
for Mamacita and Grandad
Nall's book of days
we had autographed
@ Page and Palette
4- go to knitting
5- eat lunch @ Andrees
6- come back to get Steve
run errands
visit mama
eat @ The Pillars
7- stumbled on to
Paula D'Arcy
autographing books @ P and P
got 2:
SACRED THRESHOLD
CROSSING THE INNER BARRIER
TO A DEEPER LOVE
and another one
8- worked til after 2 a.m.
on weeding thru
the e-mails that are unread
in my inbox in astronomical #

Journal December 17 2009 Thursday

Gratitude And Ponderings
1- [from ESSENE BOOK OF DAYS]
today I will bring
the spirit of Purificaqtion
to my day's dance
2- [from DAILY WORD]
feelings: i am blessed
beyond measure
Christmas lights
stars in the night sky
the day's light from the sun
family friends and food
nourishment for my body and soul
the comfort and joy of home
bon secour/safe harbor
tasks @ hand to do for others
3- went to yoga @ the Y
4- went visiting
Linda and baby Ashton
Tyler Alex and Matthew
Wanda Kim and baby Kailee
Anne to take her LIFE ORGANIZER
dropped LIFE ORGANIZER
for Anna LENZ
off @ Foley Library
5- home to eat Gloria's delicious
spaghetti
and watched NCIS
The Mentalist
and The Good Wife

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Journal December 16 2009 Wednesday

Gratitude And Ponderings
1- finally wrote my intentions
for this week
in my LIFE ORGANIZER
2- had a fantabulous Mastermind
with Dennis
3- did my regular morning
meditation process
this afternoon
(something I didn't find
time to do @ all
during cruise)
4- drew 7 of koros (cups)
card from Romani Tarot Deck
5- [wrote in my
ESSENE BOOK OF DAYS]
today: I will bring the spirit
of Inner Glow to my:
day's journey of catching up
6- feelings: [from Daily Word]
within every challenge
there is an opportunity
and within every difficulty
there is a gift
Guided by the glow of
my own divine nature
I know that all is well
7- [from Upper Room]
God the creator
of all that is good
is gracing me with the
beauty of nature
8- the sun is shining
and even tho i am
spending the day in my pajamas
it feels good to have sunlight
streaming in the windows
9- maybe i can get caught up
on blogging
10- and wade thru
some more of
the almost 2000
e-mail messages
(some that date
back to October 17)

Journal December 15 2990 Tuesday

Gratitude And Ponderings
1- breezed off the ship
with nary a wait in line
2- visited Mama
took her diapers
read to her
from Carolyn Haines'
Bones book
3- got home
drove in driveway
just as Sylvia arrived
Rachel already here
4- went to Pensacola
with Rachel, Sylvia and Gloria
for intuitive reading
from Will
visited Mystic Cottage and Evermans
ate @ Melting Pot
watched Wayne Dyer's movie
THE SHIFT til 3 a.m.

Journal December 14 2009 Monday

Gratitude And Ponderings
1- fog wouldn't let us in
to the dock
so we got an extra day
and nite
aboard the cruise ship
Carnival Fantasy
2- watched 2 movies
JULIE AND JULIA
THE PROPOSAL

Journal December 13 2009 Sunday

Gratitude And Ponderings
1- I sat in the sun
on Lido deck this morning
and dunked myself into
the ocean saltwater of the pool
2- Tribute to the Beatles show

Journal December 12 2009 Saturday



Gratitude And Ponderings
1- sun
went on 4 wheelers
to visit Mayan ruins
2- had wild and crazy time
@ Carlos and Charley's with
Pam and JT
Debbie & Ronnie
Evelyn
& Dennis
3- holiday show


Journal December 11 2009 Friday

Gratitude And Ponderings
1- cruising our way to Cozemel
2- variety show

Journal December 10 2009 Thursday

Gratitude And Ponderings
1- up @ 8 a.m. to meditate
pack the suitcases
into the jeep
and go eat breakfast
@ the Grand Hotel
2- boarded the cruise ship
Carnival Fantasy
and the adventures began
3- saw a welcome show
with the dancers

Journal December 9 2009 Wednesday

Gratitude And Ponderings
1- i awoke @ 9:30
2- called Renee about Cayce Cards
3- left message for Thelma
because I missed seeing her
@ knitting
4- left message for Maxine
because she so kindly
called me
about missing knitting class
5- called Ann (the bead lady)
and talked about cruises
health and new year's resolutions
6- left message for Bonnie
because we seemed to keep
in touch better when I was
on the road
she called me back
and we got to touch base
7- went to the post office
to mail new year's gifts
(some of Jennifer Louden's
LIFE ORGANIZERS)
8- dropped off a lot of teaching
stuff to be given away @
Teacher's Gear
9- went to visit Mama
took her bread pudding
from Hotel Magnolia
read to her from Bones book
10- came home & fretfully packed
11- went on pewter intending
to weed thru a couple of
October Days' worth of e-mails
and got off into YOFA meditations
and into www.revolutioniz.com
couldn't get to sleep til after 4 a.m.

Journal December 8 2009 Tuesday

Gratitude And Ponderings
1- started drawing one card
a day from Raymond Buckland's
ROMANI TAROT
this morning
2- met Mike & Rose
@ the YMCA
for my very 1st ever
Yoga class
and I absolutely
positively love it
the music
the moves
ah! bliss
3- went to bank
and Winn Dixie
to send Josh $700
thru Western Union
all the way out to Colorado
where the truck had a flat tire
and he needs more money
to make first and last month's rent
4- picked my jeep up
@ David's
where they repaired
2 oil leaks
now my soon-to-be
son-in-law
won't hafta be frustrated
by the messy oil leaks
on his driveway
when we visit
5- went to treat myself
to lunch @ Hotel Magnolia
imagine my delight
when Steve surprised me
and came to join me
6- we went Christmas shopping
and I got 2 new pairs of shoes
and a shiny silver sweater set
to wear with my black skirt
on our cruise
Steve bought a purple shirt
to match tea length purple dress
I'm taking on cruise
We got presents for my sister Debbie
and our 2 sisters-in-law
Debbie and Gloria
7- home in time to watch NCIS

Journal December 7 2009 Monday

Gratitude And Ponderings
1- i awake and explore
in the book Body Talk friend
Jessica McCue suggested:
THE KUNDALINI
YOGA EXPERIENCE
2- blogged thru yesterday
3- went to visit Mama
4- went with Gloria and Steve
to walk labyrinth
@ church
5- made prayer beads
and offered to help
Sandra Guy (another
former kindergarten teacher)
do bead table @ next labyrinth occasion
6- flipped thru
a Vanity Fair
magazine
and was disappointed
not only because
the print was so faint
and small
i had to use
a magnifying glass
but the content
seemed pale
from ones i remember
looking @ before
i wonder
if they've changed
editors
like Victoria
magazine did?
7- while going thru e-mails
(I'm up to October 15 now)
I spot checked
newer messages
and found a message
from Celestine Steve
and went off exploring
the life and music
of Willie DeVille
who died @ 58
this past summer
of pancreatic cancer
he rode a hard road
thru 20 years of heroin
to do his music
and some of it was
definitely touched
by angels

Monday, December 7, 2009

Journal December 6 2009 Sunday

Gratitude And Ponderings
1- met Mike and Rose
for contemporary church service
and had communion
2- funny how i really enjoyed
the new minister's sermon
and steve didn't
3- explored the new menu
@ O'Charleys
with Steve, Rose and Mike
4- came home and took a nap
5- went to hear the children
sing a Kountry Christmas
@ church
6- took shoe box full of
wish list stuff
for a 11-13 year old boy
9- wrote letter to go with
the 23 Jennifer Louden
LIFE ORGANIZERs I'm giving to
Jan
Claudia
Renee
Rachel
Rose
Sarah-Star
Valeria
Joanne
Gloria
Anne
Carol
Sylvia
Anna (Foley)
Anna (Finland)
Sandy (France)
Janie
Leslie
Kathy
Elgia
Monica
Susan
Ann
Bonnie
and addressed envelopes for the ones
to be mailed
8- am so graced in gratitude
to have so many wonderful, delightful
friends
9- wrote preliminary mastermind
plan to share with Dennis
10- have vowed to have fun
for the entire month of December
11- am looking forward
to using my creative spirit
to celebrate my indwelling
living light now and in
the coming new year

Journal December 5 2009 Saturday

Gratitude And Ponderings
1- I have a pile of
Jennifer Louden's
LIFE ORGANIZERS
on my bed
and a list
of women to give them to
(need 4 more to make
my book giving complete)
2- gave Welcome Aboard mat
to Rick and Susie
for their boat
3- left a LIFE ORGANIZER
and bag of seagems
on Renee's front porch
4- Gloria and I cleaned our way
through the blue bedroom
5- I was rewarded
by discovering treasures
we bought on our trip
to Italy and France
6- Steve and I watched
Debbie Macomber's
MRS. MIRACLE
made into movie
7- I made my way
thru e-mail messages
for October 12th

Journal December 4 2009 Friday

Gratitude And Ponderings
1- am up @ 8:30
2- going to see my friend Renee
who beads my hair
to give her 14 small oval canvases
so she can try her hand
at painting water/Ancient Mystery
suit with seaglass for my CAYCE CARDS:
GYPSY-SPUN DIVINATION
3- then on to knitting
4- and hopefully Andre's
for lunch
5- going to visit Mama
to hang Christmas wreath
on her door
and read her some more
from Carolyn Haines
Bones book
6- Steve and I went to see play:
ALL THROUGH THE HOUSE
@ the Community Theatre
in Gulf Shores
this evening
7- [from ESSENE BOOK OF DAYS]
today I will bring
the spirit of Charity
to my: day's Adventures
feelings: I face the rising sun
with a cheerful spirit
much needed this day
because it's wintry cold
Regardless of the tasks @ hand
I am at one with the peaceful
all-providing presence within
the Spirit that is ever nurturing
nourishing
and guiding me
along my way
I am blessed
with the power to choose
how I show up daily
in my life

Journal December 3 2009 Thursday

Gratitude And Ponderings
1- Steve and I
met Mike and Rose
for yummy lunch
at Lillian Cafe
and went over to their house
for more talk
it felt sooooo good
to talk with them
after being away
and separated from them
for so long
2- Steve and I watched
a sappy Hallmark movie
about a Diva who found
the spirit of Christmas
and an episode of the Mentalist
neither of us had ever seen before

Journal December 2 2009 Wednesday

Gratitude And Ponderings
1- woke up this morning
and started cleaning
out the blue bedroom
I will get teacher stuff
cleaned outta this house
2- went to visit Mama
took her State Farm teddy bear
gift from Sarah-Star and Al
decorated her room with
Christmas bears
read to her from another
Bones book by Carolyn Haines
3- only Harm and Sylvia showed up
for group tonite
Sylvia and I stayed up til
midnite:30 just talking

Journal December 1 2009 Tuesday

Gratitude And Ponerings
1- steve remembered
and we said: Rabbits!
to each other
1st thing this morning
It's a native american
belief
Now something good
will happen to us
this month
2- I finished reading
Kathleen McGown's
THE EXPECTED ONE
3- researched art mentioned
in the book
stations of the cross
where i found a connection
to Myrna's Sister Faustina
the Cathers
Royal Bloodlines
the Treasure of Rennes-le-Chateau
4- watched TV with Steve
Oprah's show on HALF THE SKY
news (which is something
I very rarely do)
President Obama's speech
about sending 30,000
to Afganastan
NCIS rerun
Victoria Secrets runway show
5- did NOT clean one little bit
to get teacher stuff cleared out

Journal November 30 2009 Monday

Gratitude And Ponderings
1- just goofed off today
2- stayed in my PJs
til 5:30
when i had to get ready
to go to Janie's
3- watched a Hallmark movie
with Steve
4- wandered thru
some of the 1,800+
e-mail messages
on my home computer
5- got bean nachos
with cheese, jalapenas
sour cream and guacamole
@ El Rancho
6- saw Moni
Elgia
Kathy
Leslie
and Janie
for Love and Light Ladies
7- it was sooooo good
to see them

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Journal November 29 2009 Sunday



Gratitude And Ponderings
1- we drove miles
in the wrong direction- north
before figuring out
we were going the wrong way
2- drove the back roads
all the way to Montgomery
3- stopped to see Noccalula Falls
in Gadsden
and ate lunch @ a cafe
with homestyle cooked food
4- finished listening
to Nora Roberts'
2nd bride book
BED OF ROSES
5- ate appetizers
@ Ruby Tuesday in Bay Minette
and got home
6- It's been so long since
and so little that
we've been home
lately
that I feel like a stranger
in a strange land
7- i intend to take
the day off tomorrow
and seriously
start cleaning
school stuff
outta this house
on Tuesday

Journal November 28 2009 Saturday

Gratitude And Ponderings
1- Pat and Brandon
up and out early
2- Steve and I left more leisurely
around 9
3- Kathy stayed
Al didn't hafta work
Kathy bought them
an Oreck vacuum cleaner
for Christmas
4- Steve and I went to Helen GA
where we saw Anne's sister Chris
ate lunch
overlooking the river
flowing over the rocks
@ The Troll Under The Bridge
and wandered around
a bit
5- trekked our way over
to Hampton Inn
in Fort Payne
6- where steve went to bed early
not feeling well
and I went out to eat dinner
@ Santa Fe Cattle Co.

Journal November 27 2009 Friday

Gratitude And Ponderings
1- Kathy took Addison and Brandon
out for some grandma
spoiling- tinted windows
for their vehicles
things to make their music boom
even louder
and clothes
2- Sarah-Star took Steve and I
to the fairyflairboutique.com
in Mooresville, NC
where we bought Arianna's
birthday fairy skirt
top
cloak
and sparkly headwreath
3- we got a birthday balloon and crown
and singing card for Patricia's birthday today
4- I picked up
KUNDALILNI YOGA EXPERIENCE
book I ordered
@ Barnes and Noble
5- we went home
to eat yummy leftovers

Journal November 26 2009 Thursday


Gratitude And Ponderings
1- Sarah-Star prepared
the most magnificent
Thanksgiving dinner
2- where'd she get it?
her magical cooking abilities?
it sure wasn't from me
3- or maybe her cooking
is a reaction
to my not cooking

Journal November 25 2009 Wednesday

Gratitude And Ponderings
1- Kathy took Patricia to
have her hair layered
and colored
2- Sarah-Star and i
met them
the 4 of us circled
round the room
to have manicures
and pedicures
3- patricia is completely transformed
her hair softer
almost glowing
with divine radiance
as it frames her face
her nails done
toes and hands
for the very 1st time
giggles
laughs
and exclamations
of surprise
and delight
burst forth from Pat
as she bounced
up and down
back and forth
in her massaging chair
4- met Al and Steve for
gyros
(hee-ros)
5- we all went shopping
@ Steinmart
where I found an orange gypsy
skirt for $6
6- Kathy, Pat & I shopped
Goodwill
7- we ordered pizza in
8- i knitted some
9- read some in
Kathleen McGowan's
THE EXPECTED ONE

Journal November 24 2009 Tuesday

Gratitude And Ponderings
1- Kathy and Sarah-Star
made Cosco run
2- then we 3 went
and accidently discovered
THE dress
at Lily Rose
sparkly
empire waist
grabbed on a whim
by Sarah-Star
unlike the vision
she had of sophisticated
and greek goddess
the one she chose
looks vintage
and sweet
all sparly in a subtle
sorta way
the dress makes one cry
3- ate chinese lunch
with the girls

Journal November 23 2009 Monday

Gratitude And Ponderings
1- we ate breakfast @ Toast
Steve, Sarah-Star and I
2- Kathy, Sarah-Star and I went
shopping for a wedding dress
3- we got with Steve and Al
to go eat hamburgers
@ Red Robin
4- and go shopping @ a mall
where we found a children's
book about Little Hoot
we bought Al 2 owls today
a colored Christmas ornament
one and a snowy white one
for both Al and Steve
5- Steve and I bought
a bright yellow timer
6- and sweet smellum for Steve
and 2 sweet smellums for me
tea rose and one with a fairy
7- i searched the web
for mother of the bride dress
www.audreysmotherofthebride.com
and Steve Madden
Ruden purple ballet flats
www.amazon.com
8- even tho we're visiting
i'm finding time to read
today I started: Caroline
Myss: ENTERING THE CASTLE
and yesterday Kathleen Mc Gowans:
THE EXPECTED ONE

Journal November 22 2009 Sunday

Gratitude And Ponderings
1- awoke and had the Sunday
New York Times soon after
awaking
2- went out to see movie
BLINDSIDE
with Al, his mom, Sarah-Star and Steve
3- ate yummy, delicious sushi
afterwards
4- watched 2 more episodes of
The Colony
5- read some more of the
Sunday New York Times
6- some more in KNIT TWO
7- and started Kathleen McGowans'
THE EXPECTED ONE

Journal November 21 2009 Saturday

Gratitude And Ponderings
1- mackeral sky
from the deck
in sarah-star and al's backyard
2- i love to hear the sound
of my duaghter's voice
as she talks @ the breakfast table
with steve and al
3- i don't even hafta hear
her words
just the tone of her voice
its lilts and harmony
make me feel connected
to bone of my bone
4- the blood that courses
thru her veins
came partly from mine
5- i did not imagine
how huge and wandering
enormous big and diversified
The North Carolina Renaissance
Festival would possibly be
the paths went on and on
meandering through visual
delights aromatic sensations
a day full to the brim and
overflowing with a wide variety
of textures to feel
6- the sensation of watching
a giant pendulum
bigger than all of us
swaying back and forth, hypnotizing us
transporting us
back in time
7- the costumes
what joy and delight
there is to step out of the box
to create a look
a style
a fashion
that let's you dance, prance
/stomp, tromp
/trapse around
in a different frame
of mind
pretending to be
a different character
in a different time and place
sometimes the pictures
we frame in our mind
are old timey
and remind us
there are threads of truth
that we are weaving with now
that connect us
with silver, golden or patchwork
threads
to days of long ago
9- came home and ate
salmon dinner
we sat with kathy, al
and sarah-star @ the kitchen table
10- watched 2 episodes of The Colony
11- and the movie THE UGLY TRUTH
12- read a bit in Kate Jacobs'
KNIT TWO

Friday, December 4, 2009

Journal November 20 2009

Taccoa Falls
Gratitude And Ponderings
1- i live in joyful delight
because i live with a husband
who is apt to swerve off
the highway
to go in search of a waterfall
on the biways
2- we ended listening
to Nora Roberts'
VISION IN WHITE
where photographer McKenzie
got married to teacher Carter
and began listening'to her
BED OF ROSES
where Emma will find
her true love
3- we arrived at the big house
in the posh neighborhood
where sarah-star lives with al
4- we went out to eat
@ Red Rock
and wandered the shoppin
village
5- drinking starbucks
coffee for the others
hot chocolate for me
6- ordering THE KUNDALINI
YOGA EXPERIENCE
(Jes' suggestion
@ Body Talk)
7- came home to watch
TWILIGHT movie
8- i read in HOW MANY PEOPLE
DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE
A DIFFERENCE? 1 ONE
The purpose of life
is to discover your gift.
The meaning of life
is to give your gift away.
-David Viscott

Journal November 19 2009 Thursday

Gratitude And Ponderings
1- we listened to more of
Nora Roberts' VISION IN WHITE
2- on the road again
it is so pleasurable
to ride along with steve
by my side
companions
traipsing out into the world
for yet another Grand Adventure
3- ham and cheese croissants
in Bay Minette
4- ice cream @ Priester's Pecans
5- tho most of the trees are bare
prepared for their winter nap
a few of them
are ablaze with the brilliant
oranges, reds and yellows
doing thier sassy fall dance
before falling into slumber
6- we made it thru Atlanta
to Lawrenceville
7- ate @ California Dreaming
8- came back steve slept
til The Mentalist
9- I'm reading Kate Jacobs'
KNIT TWO

Journal November 18 2009 Wednesday

Gratitude And Ponderings
1- home for just one day
but ah! it feels good to the bones
to be home @ our Fish River
dwelling place
2- [notes from Guy Finley's
FEARLESS LIVING:
LET GO AND GROW BEYOND
THE LIMITATION OF ILLUSIONS]

Key Lesson: The true depth
and breadth of the heart
is measured not only by
what it can hold,
but also by how willing
it is to let go.
(who new
whole new)
3- our True Self
the presence of a timeless
Light within us
whose power makes
all things possible
whose presence makes
things right
a source of courage
@ the very center of us
our fearless nature
4- recover our native fearlessness. . .
soon comes a whole new way to
live
laugh
and love
5- this indwelling Light
/still small voice within us
that is incapable of
compromising itself
and that would rather perish
than cause unnecessary pain
to another
6- this celestial part of
our consciousness
lives in everyone
> our conscience is one
7- By the Light we are empowered
to see things as they are
to understand
and to become the very things
we have sought for
and fought for
all of our lives:
compassion
wisdom
kindness
courage
and love
8- our spiritual task,
assuming we are stirred
to seek
is to awaken ourselves
to this indwelling Living Light
and become what is
right
and bright
Our True Self
9- revelation: No fearful sense
of limitation/ inadequacy
belongs to our True Self
10- we already have
everything we need
to succeed
11- we are consciously grateful
for our life's ceaseless unfolding
12- our soul task
is to release ourselves
from an unconscious relationship
with a false self
13 [ESSENE BOOK OF DAYS]
today: I will bring the spirit of
Inner Glow to my: radiating of
the light within my spirit
14- feelings: i wish everyone
the whole world over
could begin their day
with a song in their heart
that uplifts their spirits
and fills their cup to the brim
and overflowing
with good ju-ju stuff
so that it sloshes over
onto all they meet
on the trails they walk
each day
15- stayed HOME
in my PJs all day
16- Renee came
and braided and beaded my hair
I Body Talked with her
17- unpacking
and packing
18- listened to the last session
of Clarissa Pinkola Estes'
stories of MOTHER NIGHT
MINING THE MOTHERLODE
HOW TO BRING DIAMONDS
FROM THE DARKNESS
WORKING ARTISTS AND PEOPLE
WHO WANT TO CREATE

19- trudging thru e-mails
still over 1,000 to weed thru
will hafta do those
when we get back from NC
20- 12:30 am to bed
so we can hit the rowdy road
in the morning



Journal November 17 2009 Tuesday

Gratitude And Ponderings
1- when the
morning stars
sang together
what was god's intention
for me being here?
let my song this day
be in tune with that
2- stopped by to visit Mama
drop off more diapers
read chapter 1 in yet another
Carolyn Haines book
3- home
cats seem skinny
4- did Body Talk on Gloria
5- and Josh's girlfriend Amber
6- got last of braids
outta my hair
so Renee can
rebead me tomorrow
7- blogged into computer
up thru this past Sunday
8- only have 3,000+
e-mail messages
on home computer
to wade thru

Journal November 16 2009 Monday

Gratitude And Ponderings
1- this morning i took a little
side trip into the wheel of life
from Stella Bennett's perspective
in THE STAR THAT NEVER WALKS AROUND
2- East
Spring dawn
baby/toddler stage
eagle
water
3- South
Summer noon
adolescence
coyote
air
4- West
Autumn dusk
adult
grizzly bear
fire
5- North
Winter night
elder/ old age
white buffalo
earth
6- we finished listening to
BOOK OF LOVE
and started listening
to Nora Roberts'
VISION IN WHITE
Part 1 of Bride series
7- we made it to Baton Rouge
with me driving from Houston
8- we love our room
here at the Hampton Inn
9- we set out to eat
@ a Macaroni Grill
but discovered
a Melting Pot
and ate there
10- i read in
THE GUERNSEY LITERARY
AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY
until i fell asleep