"The whole purpose of the universe is unerringly aimed at one thing - you."
Walt Whitman
Concsious Living foundation quotes
and...Whitman is a star!
November 22, 2005
Cats!
Oh My Gosh!
Have any of you ever lost your cat in the house and begun looking in the washer ( full of dark wet cold clothes) for him?
Well I am new to this cat business, and today, I admit, I did that!
I had gone to the garage to put clothes in the washer.
I went back inside the house,. And he was nowhere to be found. I went to the garage, and called him, looked everywhere, no cat, so I thought, OH My Gosh, could he be in the washer with the clothes?
Panic, me digging through all those cold clothes hoping my cat wasn't in there.
Of course, he wasn't. He had gone under the house through a hole in the garage that leads there.
Wow was I glad my kitty wasn't being washed!
Have any of you ever lost your cat in the house and begun looking in the washer ( full of dark wet cold clothes) for him?
Well I am new to this cat business, and today, I admit, I did that!
I had gone to the garage to put clothes in the washer.
I went back inside the house,. And he was nowhere to be found. I went to the garage, and called him, looked everywhere, no cat, so I thought, OH My Gosh, could he be in the washer with the clothes?
Panic, me digging through all those cold clothes hoping my cat wasn't in there.
Of course, he wasn't. He had gone under the house through a hole in the garage that leads there.
Wow was I glad my kitty wasn't being washed!
November 21, 2005
It Begins...the season....Crissmisssss...
Interesting that my mood today is expectant, yesterday morning I awoke dreaming that there was an 85 year old woman giving birth, I was trying to help her birth safely, looking for a hospital. It was one of those dreams that you don't forget. However, I wasn't thinking of it when I set my i mood for today ( next to weather pixie in side bar).
Spiritually, I know nothing is holding me back any longer, I am expectant, and waiting for the time. Going through the moods today I realized I very much sensed a connection with Expectant, then I rememberd the dream.
Christmas is also associated with expectancy, is it not? Yes, a Mother to bear a child, Santa at the least.
Life is but a dream!
Real Red Rose Tree with baby's breathe and hydrangeas, birds and ornaments, ribbon garland
Old fashioned tree with many glass ornaments.
Flocked tree with paper parasols, and other paper ornaments..
All trees are about 3.5 ft tall. These were my trees from last year. I had so much fun doing 3 trees. These trees were just shoved in small decorative pots 6" in size. If you do this, make sure they are really steady, use styrofoam or somethng that hold them tight. I lost almost all these precious glass ornaments on the one tree last year when it fell over. ( Some were Grandma's)
Definition: expectant
Expectant \Ex*pect"ant\, a. [L. expectans, exspectans, p. pr. of
expectare, exspectare: cf. F. expectant.]
Waiting in expectation; looking for; (Med.) waiting for the
efforts of nature, with little active treatment.
Expectant \Ex*pect"ant\, n.
One who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by hope
of receiving some good.
An expectant of future glory. --South.
Those who had employments, or were expectants. --Swift.
expectant
adj 1: marked by eager anticipation; "an expectant hush" [syn: {anticipant},
{anticipative}]
2: in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child";
"was great with child" [syn: {big(p)}, {enceinte}, {gravid},
{great(p)}, {large(p)}, {heavy(p)}, {with child(p)}]
Spiritually, I know nothing is holding me back any longer, I am expectant, and waiting for the time. Going through the moods today I realized I very much sensed a connection with Expectant, then I rememberd the dream.
Christmas is also associated with expectancy, is it not? Yes, a Mother to bear a child, Santa at the least.
Life is but a dream!
Real Red Rose Tree with baby's breathe and hydrangeas, birds and ornaments, ribbon garland
Old fashioned tree with many glass ornaments.
Flocked tree with paper parasols, and other paper ornaments..
All trees are about 3.5 ft tall. These were my trees from last year. I had so much fun doing 3 trees. These trees were just shoved in small decorative pots 6" in size. If you do this, make sure they are really steady, use styrofoam or somethng that hold them tight. I lost almost all these precious glass ornaments on the one tree last year when it fell over. ( Some were Grandma's)
Definition: expectant
Expectant \Ex*pect"ant\, a. [L. expectans, exspectans, p. pr. of
expectare, exspectare: cf. F. expectant.]
Waiting in expectation; looking for; (Med.) waiting for the
efforts of nature, with little active treatment.
Expectant \Ex*pect"ant\, n.
One who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by hope
of receiving some good.
An expectant of future glory. --South.
Those who had employments, or were expectants. --Swift.
expectant
adj 1: marked by eager anticipation; "an expectant hush" [syn: {anticipant},
{anticipative}]
2: in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child";
"was great with child" [syn: {big(p)}, {enceinte}, {gravid},
{great(p)}, {large(p)}, {heavy(p)}, {with child(p)}]
November 19, 2005
Foggy day.. And 1 year of blogging
Come in and sit and we'll chat and have tea!
Today marks one year of blogging. A friend mentioned it to me, and I took a look and recognized in it something I used to do in chat rooms years ago, which was to find an empty one and just go in and begin writing.
Sometimes people came and went just watching, like a fly on the wall, others became collaborators and we would write together. This was back in the 80's.
I thought someone had a good idea here to journal this way, and even though I didn't know a thing about how to post photos, I learned quickly enough.
As time went on, I began learning about some html.
I tend to be a rather intense person, although childlike in many respects, and given to spiritual introspection, which is really in it's finest form, light and airy. Some choice was made to blog on the light side. I have many other blogs I work on to a small degree, photo blogs that allow others a peek at the place I live.
I have some short stories of mine on mmy blog here and a few recipes that are really good ones that I know others enjoy.
My chocolate pie recipe is traced through many search engines. It maybe my largest contribution to the world! My blogs; nimbostratusland, and nimbostratusdwellerer are names I created to describe where I live, and any search of these words will yield only me.
I like including photos for people to enjoy, reading can be time consuming. I find other outlets for writing.
It amazes me the blog content out there, the quality of writing, quality of life, the art work people make, the things they do, places they visit, and share.
I like having a variety of links on my blog to take others who visit to entertaining sites, useful sites and a few blogs that I have found to be really open, honest, genuine, and therefore whole..
Sometimes I don't care to blog much, and I use audioblogger or just take a break Altogether. I think blogging is making the world even smaller, and tho I visit a tiny portion of it, I enjoy what I see.
I am a woman who has learned that a rushed life is a life escaping self, and I spend many hours in solitude and being alone, yet I love people wholeheartedly, and enjoy their companionship as well. I like very much helping people find whatever they need, be it a job, or a home, a new way to accomplish something, or making something they don't kow how to make. It feels very natural for me, it just happens and I am always happy to be of help to anyone, It is a gift that love uses me to accomplish!
My life has held much trauma, as most lives probably have, and in this I see we are certainly all connected.
I thank all my friends and acquaintances for the contribution they have made to my life, because each and everyone has, and does. I have no regrets. I am aware that I am a spiritual being, and this awareness has given me knowledge I could never have found on my own. I am glad we are not temporal beings, and that indeed, we are ONE.
November 18, 2005
"Dionysion splendor." And just when you think there is nothing new...
You get your first cat, and fall into the world of love of soft fur and warm body, a love who is; fragile, yet agile and strong, disposition that is regal yet vulnerable, individualistic, yet cozy.
My mind begins to see what I missed as a child never being around kitties because it wasn't allowed. I wasn't permitted to touch a cat.
Now I revel in this world of fur and warmth, and coziness.
I wonder what it must be like to observe a mother cat with her kittens, them nursing, and kneading her (no pun). The closeness for these lovely creatures as they are entwined in mother, her cleaning them, and loving them so tenderly and closely, so unlike human experiences where we were put on bottles to feed, sometimes the bottle left perched on a blanket instead of in Mothers arms, close to her body, her smell, and warmth.
My kitty came to me this morning and curled up real close, and as I rubbed his neck, he turned on his back for me to rub his tummy, and I felt like a mother cat must feel, and could see my cat as a kitten close to Mother in a world of Dionysion splendor; warm and safe, fed and nurtured.
I love my kitty. Here I am, in my 50's, and I just discovered something all new.
...And check out my mood under the weather pixie, it's Cuddly!What's next I wonder?
This is good enough for now!
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November 17, 2005
Lost, Kitty Cat, answers to......?
All day long I looked out both doors for my kitty to return. By 3:00 PM he had been gone 12 hours. I was concerned. I have only had him about 3 weeks. I assume that he has some territorial business to take care of around here, but I expected to see him.
By 6:00 I was really concerned, he didn't eat before he went out in a hurry at 3:00 AM.
I checked the doors every 20 minutes, calling," hereeee... Kitty, kitty, meow, meow!" My neighbors never call their cats. Is mine misbehaving? Am I over protective? Maybe he needs a name!
7, 8, 9:00 passed, still no kitty. I visualized us together again. I brought light into myself, and then using Adam's techniques I just learned, expanded my aura to include my kitty, we sat together on the coach in my visualization. Then, I came in to make a poster to put on telephone poles.
When I finished, I went to the door again, and here he came running inside, all I saw at first in the dark night were his white spats. I was soo happy to see him! I missed his soft coat so much, and watching him play with his toy, lazing around the windows where I had made comfy spots for him to enjoy, and to sleep, watch TV. He is quite the Coach potato.
He ran straight to his dish, and attacked his food for 5 minutes, walked around a bit and attacked his food again. He was all churned up, and hungry. Even after eating, he was still riled, and imagined enemies around the room. He lie on the coach awhile and watched TV, then came to sit with me, just as in my visualization, and I massaged his furry black head, and chin. Still his body jerked, and tail and ears twitched.
He had some adventurous day. Later he played with his toy mouse throwing it up in the air and chasing it in the kitchen, then living room, and finally vanished into a dark bedroom for the night. He finally put in a full day I guess, in the great outdoors. He is, cautious, but wanting to conquer his world. Maybe his name is Atilla!
Claudecf, crow photo
Found this photo of a crow I really like
Many other enjoyable photos here. Many of Paris! Check it out. By Claudecf
My cat would love this crow!
My cat is breaking my heart,
You might notice my mood in my sidebar is set to "abandoned."
My cat is breaking my heart!
He likes Mike better than me!
This is my first cat (see 3 year old child now dragging cat around house on a pillow, brushing him, feeding him, showing him birds through window, carrying him around rubbing his ears constantly)
Mike says cats are like that, they play games, that I need to ignore him. I feel like this is a new relationship I have to work on!
( Hope you can see the humor in this) It is really pretty darn funny. when I pet him, he bites me when he wants me to stop.
I am going to have to play hard to get! He bites the hand that feeds him, and rescued him. he prefers to sleep with Mike.
Mike kind of ignores him, so he follows Mike around.......
A good lesson for me, eh?
laughing...
Well, he has been out since 3AM, hmm, should I go search for him? Or should I wait until he comes to the door meowing for an hour before I let him in?
He got in a scrap last night, so I washed him, brushed him, and you know what?
He just wanted back outside for more!
He could be with me curled up here on this special cushion I have on a wicker chair next to my computer, that I fixed up just for him! He can see the birds from the perch cushion ( I placed just for him) on my window over looking the Sound.
Eagles fly here too.
Noooo!
He prefers being an ole tom cat, (that's been neutered) out carousing all night and day.)
Next rainy day, I think I will just put him put him outside for the day! lol!
You know what they say, " you always get the relationships you need!" Hmm!
November 16, 2005
Many Random Memories, part 2
31. Almost buying a colbalt blue toilet! (But they were fresh out)
32. Buying my Mum (Mummy) hydrangeas every Easter from the time I was 11 until she died at age 47 in 1978. Me and Mum when I was about 18.
33. Having my portrait done for $1.00 at Wallace Studios when I was 13, 14, and 15.
34. Going to the local beauty college and watching them cut hair, and doing my Mums friends hair when I was 11 for money.
35. Babysitting from age 11 to 16, (50 cents an hour) saving my money, buying my clothes. Another Sherry and I, bought matching dresses in 7th grade that looked like daffodils! Having a new little brother when I was 11. Here we are together. He died when he was 17.
I miss him a lot.
36. Rodney bringing a watermelon to my house on the bus so I would say I would go steady with him, but, I didn't!
37. Going horseback riding with all my neighborhood friends in the hot summer sun of Texas when I was a teen ager, and younger. Sweaty, laughter, and lots of dust.
38. Spending my summers at the pool from age 8 until age 14 with transistor radios, eating peanut butter sandwiches for lunch and getting a coke from a drop down cup drink machine... for a nickel.
39. K i s s i n g for the first time! Bobby, and he promised to give all his funny books, ( collection) but never did. He walked me home from school in 5th grade.
40. Being embaressed when I was 11 because the boys noticed hair growing under my arms while we were playing Army, I shaved that very day for the first time, but I had never thought of it myself. I remember wearing a yellow sleeveless blouse. They snickered and pointed. I must have turned 10 shades of red.
32. Buying my Mum (Mummy) hydrangeas every Easter from the time I was 11 until she died at age 47 in 1978. Me and Mum when I was about 18.
33. Having my portrait done for $1.00 at Wallace Studios when I was 13, 14, and 15.
34. Going to the local beauty college and watching them cut hair, and doing my Mums friends hair when I was 11 for money.
35. Babysitting from age 11 to 16, (50 cents an hour) saving my money, buying my clothes. Another Sherry and I, bought matching dresses in 7th grade that looked like daffodils! Having a new little brother when I was 11. Here we are together. He died when he was 17.
I miss him a lot.36. Rodney bringing a watermelon to my house on the bus so I would say I would go steady with him, but, I didn't!
37. Going horseback riding with all my neighborhood friends in the hot summer sun of Texas when I was a teen ager, and younger. Sweaty, laughter, and lots of dust.
38. Spending my summers at the pool from age 8 until age 14 with transistor radios, eating peanut butter sandwiches for lunch and getting a coke from a drop down cup drink machine... for a nickel.
39. K i s s i n g for the first time! Bobby, and he promised to give all his funny books, ( collection) but never did. He walked me home from school in 5th grade.
40. Being embaressed when I was 11 because the boys noticed hair growing under my arms while we were playing Army, I shaved that very day for the first time, but I had never thought of it myself. I remember wearing a yellow sleeveless blouse. They snickered and pointed. I must have turned 10 shades of red.
November 15, 2005
Many random memories, Part 1
1.My first memory, being in Mexico the first time when I was 4 years old, thirsty and tired, and a maid standing before me with a platter with a carnival glass pitcher of water with beads of perspiration all over the outside of it. A drink so welcome to a small child in a new land. 
2. Driving to take my kids to camp in the hill country in my 69 VW bus with kathy. It was soo hot, as we drove back home, we were miserable, and I drove up to the first water hole and without saying a word, we both bailed out of the van and jumped into the water fully dressed. Ahh!
3. Arriving in Northern Honshu on an early morning train in the fall , the air was cool, crisp, after deboarding, the first place I went was to 7 - 11.
4. The luxury of the Japanese bath, the sensuality of Japan.
5. Being handed my college diploma, and wearing a bathing suit under my cap and gown.
6. Wishing my husband well at court the day we divorced.
7. Taking my heart broken friend, Kim, by the hand to meet my neighbor who told me he would train her as a graphic artist. Watching her career unfold, and finding her expression.
8. Taking Jeremy on a train ride to Arkansas last year.
9. Taking Daphne to see Orphan Annie when she was a little girl.
10. Hearing Daisy say, "Thank you Mom, this is the best time I ever had!" While we were in the lift in the dark going skiing the first time in Washington together, the snow falling all over us. I still melt when I remember her words.
12. Decorating easter eggs with Kim and Diane, Daphne and Daisy in Arlington at Easter.
13. The complete thrill of sending Kim a styrofoam head wearing an old antique red rubber bathing cap with divers all over it when she moved to San Francisco to cheer her up. Anything, to make her laugh!
14. Buying John his Marshall stack this summer when he was here and it was his birthday, after taking he and karen to Alaska on the Alaska ferry.
15. My first trip to Mexico ( Matzatlan) with Michael, the fun watching him discover Mexico for the first time.
16. Daisy and all her girlfriends at the farm who would clean her room every Saturday morning so she could go play!.
17. Buying maternity clothes with my husband in Charleston when I was pregnant with Daphne.
18. Taking Sally to the Charleston zoo to see the 3 legged bear when she was little. And her learning to eat an ice cream cone.
19. Daphne learning to crawl in the bathtub in Charleston. Crawling after the yellow sponge.
20. Holding hands and walking with a man I loved. (Love the one you're with)
21. The red notebook.
22. Daisy and I driving all over the country after the divorce, running logs on Whidbey Island together.
23. Any dinner Diane cooked, but I remember one here especially when she visited and brought quail from Texas. Yum!
24. Hiking Mt Baker the first time with a new friend, a very pleasant surprise ending to a day.
25. My early love of flowers, especially peonies in PA where I was born.
26. Running naked in the grass at a golf course sprinklers in the 70's.
27. Remembering Doris greeting me every time saying, " Oh Sherry," with a big smile, and so appreciative.
28. Ceramics & Sculpting class in college, making friends, and art. Kim, Jennifer, Marylou, Martha...
29. The New Art Gallery!
30. The day I awakened. The year was 1974.
2. Driving to take my kids to camp in the hill country in my 69 VW bus with kathy. It was soo hot, as we drove back home, we were miserable, and I drove up to the first water hole and without saying a word, we both bailed out of the van and jumped into the water fully dressed. Ahh!
3. Arriving in Northern Honshu on an early morning train in the fall , the air was cool, crisp, after deboarding, the first place I went was to 7 - 11.
4. The luxury of the Japanese bath, the sensuality of Japan.
5. Being handed my college diploma, and wearing a bathing suit under my cap and gown.
6. Wishing my husband well at court the day we divorced.
7. Taking my heart broken friend, Kim, by the hand to meet my neighbor who told me he would train her as a graphic artist. Watching her career unfold, and finding her expression.
8. Taking Jeremy on a train ride to Arkansas last year.
9. Taking Daphne to see Orphan Annie when she was a little girl.
10. Hearing Daisy say, "Thank you Mom, this is the best time I ever had!" While we were in the lift in the dark going skiing the first time in Washington together, the snow falling all over us. I still melt when I remember her words.
12. Decorating easter eggs with Kim and Diane, Daphne and Daisy in Arlington at Easter.
13. The complete thrill of sending Kim a styrofoam head wearing an old antique red rubber bathing cap with divers all over it when she moved to San Francisco to cheer her up. Anything, to make her laugh!
14. Buying John his Marshall stack this summer when he was here and it was his birthday, after taking he and karen to Alaska on the Alaska ferry.
15. My first trip to Mexico ( Matzatlan) with Michael, the fun watching him discover Mexico for the first time.
16. Daisy and all her girlfriends at the farm who would clean her room every Saturday morning so she could go play!.
17. Buying maternity clothes with my husband in Charleston when I was pregnant with Daphne.
18. Taking Sally to the Charleston zoo to see the 3 legged bear when she was little. And her learning to eat an ice cream cone.
19. Daphne learning to crawl in the bathtub in Charleston. Crawling after the yellow sponge.
20. Holding hands and walking with a man I loved. (Love the one you're with)
21. The red notebook.
22. Daisy and I driving all over the country after the divorce, running logs on Whidbey Island together.
23. Any dinner Diane cooked, but I remember one here especially when she visited and brought quail from Texas. Yum!
24. Hiking Mt Baker the first time with a new friend, a very pleasant surprise ending to a day.
25. My early love of flowers, especially peonies in PA where I was born.
26. Running naked in the grass at a golf course sprinklers in the 70's.
27. Remembering Doris greeting me every time saying, " Oh Sherry," with a big smile, and so appreciative.
28. Ceramics & Sculpting class in college, making friends, and art. Kim, Jennifer, Marylou, Martha...
29. The New Art Gallery!
30. The day I awakened. The year was 1974.
Hi Monkey makes Yahoo's favorites
November 14, 2005
I say ... and you think ... ?
Play if you want to...
Adam, The Dream Healer, workshop in Vancouver this weekend..
My Kittn Katn AKA Stretch, & Magnificat.Adam, the young Healer is now about 19 is a very interesting young man. Adam seems very much like just a jock type, altho he has a high GPA, and is in college, he is just a kid. A healer. His family, a loving, but very ordinary family, not new age, or especially spiritual at all gets this healer son. Adam's Great grandfather was a Penobscot Indian Healer. ( Tribe from Maine)
He showed photos of a bird he went to see that was in a dream he had ( age). It told him to go to this island. He had been wondering is he was crazy because so many weird things had been happening to him energetically.
His family made plans to got there, even tho it was only a dream.
It was quite a trip to get there, and they could only stay 2 hours because a freighter took them and left in 2 hours. No accommodations on the island. I didn't hear the name well, it is off Vancouver Island.
He immediately knew all of the island and went directly to where the bird was. A huge young bird, 4 ft. tall on a hill, sitting in the ground.
After seeing the bird, he began receiving all kinds of information about the universe, etc.
They ask a native Indian about what kind of large black eagle looking bird was on the island,
He responded that there were none unless he saw a Thunderbird, ( a mythical bird) and only healers see them.
However his parent and Grandparents also saw the bird, and I saw photos.
He told this, not to make a show of it all, but to tell people that visions are to be trusted.
Anyway, ornithologists seeing the photos say there is no such bird. Interesting, huh?
He chose a few people from the audience to look at their auras, then he drew marks with a pen where they were having problems, and he didn't say, you have cancer, etc, he would say, this is the liver, it is very dense, there is something going on here, etc.
he was always right, as people would then say, " I have cancer of the liver, etc.
There were 2 group healings, 500 people.
We learned visualization techniques, and we connected our auras into one for the healings.
His site is dreamhealer.com and there is a place for feedback from people that I am interested in watching.
I hope I notice some differences. He said that we must continue the visualizations, We can heal ourselves. He does not heal, he helps our bodies to begin the healing process.
November 11, 2005
November 10, 2005
Cuppa Tea? This entry marks one year blogging
Come in and sit and we'll chat and have tea!
Today marks one year of blogging. A friend mentioned it to me back a year ago, and I took a look. I thought someone had a good idea here to journal this way, and even though I didn’t know a thing about how to do anything I began writing and soon learned to use flickr to upload photos.
As time went on, I began learning about some html. It happened in conjunction with doing some work on Ebay buying, then selling.
I love having new things to learn, and thrive on challenge.
I tend to be a rather serious person, ( Picses in my chart, I guess) though childlike. Some choice was made to blog the light side. I have many other blogs I work on to a small degree, photo blogs that allow others a peek at the place I live.
I have some short stories of mine on my blog here and a few recipes that are really good ones that I know others enjoy. My chocolate pie recipe is traced through many search engines. It maybe my largest contribution to the world! My blogs; nimbostratusland, and nimbostratusdweller are words I created to describe where I live, and any search of these words will yield only me.
I like including photos for people to enjoy, reading can be time consuming. I find other outlets for writing.
It amazes me the blog content out there, the quality of writing, quality of life, the art work people make, the things they do, places they visit, and share.
I like having a variety of links on my blog to take others who visit to entertaining sites, useful sites and a few blogs that I have found to be really open, honest, genuine, and therefore whole..
Sometimes I don’t care to blog much, and I use audioblogger or just take a break. Altogehter I think blogging is making the world even smaller, and tho I visit a tiny portion of it, I enjoy what I see.
I am just a woman who has learned that a rushed life is a life escaping self, and I spend many hours in solitude and being alone, yet I love people wholeheartedly, and enjoy their companionship as well.
My new cat and I agree that life should not be all about time and rushing.
I like very much helping people find whatever they need, be it a job, or a home, a new way to accomplish something, or making somehtng they don't know how to make. It feels very natural for me, it just happens and I am always happy to be of help to anyone, It is a gift that love uses me to accomplish!
My life has held much trauma, as most lives probably have, and in this I see we are certainly all connected.
I thank all my friends and acquaintances for the contribution they have made to my life, because each and everyone has, and does. I have no regrets. I am , aware that I am a spiritual being, and this awareness has given me knowledge I could never have found on my own. I am glad we are not temporal beings, and that indeed, we are ONE.
Oops! Life on a Train, about life, is beautiful, but I can't get it posted. Sorry
A friend sent a lovely attachment to me called life on a train, I couldn't post it on OM, and I thougth I could here, but I couldn't . If interested e-mail me. Love,
November 06, 2005
Sunday's news of family, friends, cat and apointments...
Still unnamed, watching him play with some small object in the kitchen that was so very very tiny, and all his enthusiasm as a hunter made me thinnk maybe Atilla would be a good name for him. Here he is drinking at his favorite fountain.
I have spent time with friends this weekend, Linda came over Friday night and we watched Pieces of April, and she cried, it reminded her of her family. Then Saturday I went to the farm and we made a blackberry pie from my blackberries picked this past summer in Laconner, and Steve, and Linda, Randa and Scott and I watched two movies and ate spaghetti and pie. Well I had my pie before my spaghetti, as Mother taught me to do... It was fun and there was a lot of laughter. I am so grateful for friends!
Of course my cat and I are very snuggly, and that is precious.
I talked with Daphne and Daisy this weekend , too, my kids, and that is always great! I will see them Thanksgiving, and I am really looking forward to that. And I have had an invitation to go to France to visit my cousin that lives there in Vien and he is my long lost cousin who lived many years in Morrocco as well. He and his wife are missionaries. I plan to go, I really need to see some family.
The appointment of Alito will probably go through, Bush planned this undoubtedly, and no one is as ready to fight again. I am sure it was a well thought out strategy. I feel bad for our nation that this is happening, and I urge everyone not to give up, but to send letters to editors and representatives.
Today looks lazy so far!
November 05, 2005
Play
I say ... and you think ... ?
Deeper and deeper:: The deep blue sea
Can’t help :: Thinkin about you
Devil’s advocate:: Makes one think
Superpower:: Khan was
Threatening:: gesture
Played:: hookey
War:: Story
Violate:: Harm
Invest:: Savings
Choke:: hold
Unconscious Mutterings
Deeper and deeper:: The deep blue sea
Can’t help :: Thinkin about you
Devil’s advocate:: Makes one think
Superpower:: Khan was
Threatening:: gesture
Played:: hookey
War:: Story
Violate:: Harm
Invest:: Savings
Choke:: hold
Unconscious Mutterings
November 04, 2005
We have Snow!!!!!!
In the Mountains. This is Heather lake under snow. A nice hike in the North Cascades.
Helpful Hints Meme
PLease take mine and add your own to it, and send your addition back so I can add it in.
Mine is:
1. Use those little pogs of wax that are left in the holders to start your fires in the fireplace. Save all your wax pieces for this type of use, it makes starting a fire soo easy and fast.
Tagging Kim
Tamar
Storm Tangents
Mine is:
1. Use those little pogs of wax that are left in the holders to start your fires in the fireplace. Save all your wax pieces for this type of use, it makes starting a fire soo easy and fast.
Tagging Kim
Tamar
Storm Tangents
From my sister Debbie, pretty funny
Try this! Cool Illusion
The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again asked readers to take
any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing
of one letter, and supply a new definition.
Here are this year's (2005) winners:
1. Cashtration (n.):
The act of buying a house, which renders the subject
financially impotent for an indefinite period.
2. Ignoranus:
A person who's both stupid and an asshole.
3. Intaxication:
Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you
realize it was your money to start with.
4. Reintarnation:
Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
5. Bozone (n.):
The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright
ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign
of breaking down in the near future.
6. Foreploy:
Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of
getting laid.
7. Giraffiti:
Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
8. Sarchasm:
The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person
who doesn't get it.
9. Inoculatte:
To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
10. Hipatitis:
Terminal coolness.
11. Osteopornosis:
A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
12. Karmageddon:
It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really
bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's
like, a serious bummer.
13. Decafalon (n.):
The grueling event of getting through the day consuming
only things that are good for you.
14. Glibido:
All talk and no action.
15 Dopeler effect:
The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they
come at you rapidly.
16. Arachnoleptic fit (n.):
The frantic dance performed just after you've
accidentally walked through a spider web.
17. Beelzebug (n.):
Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your
bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
18. Caterpallor (n.):
The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.
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November 03, 2005
Memes, her secret life of....
From:
The secret life (In and Out of confidence)
Copy and paste topics:
If I have time by myself:
You wouldn’t know it but I’m very good at:
You may not know it but I am very bad at:
A book (s) that changed me:
Movie heaven:
Comfort eating:
My biggest regret:
I wish I’d never worn:
When I was a child I wanted to be:
All my money goes on:
My favorite building(s):
My favorite work of art:
Soundtrack to my life:
The best inventions ever:
My favorite quote is:
My credo
If you won the lottery, where would you buy a home?
You...Add another topic
My answers:
If I have time by myself:
I blog, or pot, or plant, plod, walk,read, tidy up, lift a weight.
I scrape moss off the sidewalk, hug my cat.
You wouldn’t know it but I’m very good at:
Doing nothing. (today, this is an accomplishment)
I like to clean. My daughter, Daphne, used to say I polished the brass dorrknobs after anyone touched them, well now, we didn't have brass doorknobs, did we? Anyway, that was then, this is now, and I am much more comfy with messes.
I am a good seamstress.
You may not know it but I am very bad at:
Shopping.. I like having everything delivered, not that I do, however I used to have 2 food trucks deliver food to my home when I was married. I was teased by neighbors and relatives who said I was having an affair with the Schwan Man because he'd come calling late at night to catch me. A few times when out of town staying at a motel a Schwan truck showed up, and my relatives exclaimed that they had followed me out of town.
I lived in a town for a long time that had no good stores, so I mail ordered all my clothes, but only from companies that would pay return shipping. It was wonderful! I got nice boxes of nice clothes, tried them on at home, sent them back, ordered more... no extra cost.
A book (s) that changed me:
Cloud Hidden, Wherabouts Unknown.
Leaves Of Grass.
Writings of Emerson
The Art of Love by eric Fromm
Movie heaven:
Foreign..mostly.. The Scent of Green papayas ( Vietnamese) A quietly beautiful movie.
Comfort eating:
Mashed potatoes and gravy
Chocolate pie (my recipe in sidebar is the best chocolate pie in the world)
Cherry pies made with good sour cherries.
Banana Cream Pie,
Filled noodles (a family recipe)
My biggest regret:
Not sure I have one!
I wish I’d never worn:
I have no such wish…well, there was that awful embroidered dress my Mother and Step Father picked out for me.!
When I was a child I wanted to be:
A Ballerina, but I was forced to take 2 years of tap, and was told I had to take more tap before I could take ballet. So I quit dance. In my 30's I took 20 hours a week of ballet!
All my money goes on:
Necessities, ( includes sending my kids stuff, that to me is a nesessity).... and lattes.
My favorite building(s):
One I design myself of clay and can imagine going into.
Places in my dreams that are very Dionynesian.
Primitive dwellings
My favorite work (s) of art:
Michelangelo’s David
The Nike of Samothrace
Edward Hopper, Rooms by the Sea
Egon Schiele, portrait of self and wife.
Soundtrack to my life:
The Artist; Cat Stevens
The best inventions ever:
Skates, sleds, bikes, skiis
The Internet
Macintosh computer
Aspirin
My favorite quote is:
There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
My credo
Have the courage of a child. But never expect as much of them as you do of yourself.
My addition:
If you won the lottery, where would you buy a home? What else would you do?
I would buy a place in Branson Mo cause my kids live there, it would be on Lake Taney Como near town.
Maybe one here where Ilive now, or close to it.
I would build a community for homeless people where they could have a community kitchen, garden, etc, and their own living quarters. A place to collaborate....and live.
I would also build hostels in places where there are none, and start food banks everywhere they don't have them.
Tagging:
Kim Carney
The secret life (In and Out of confidence)
Copy and paste topics:
If I have time by myself:
You wouldn’t know it but I’m very good at:
You may not know it but I am very bad at:
A book (s) that changed me:
Movie heaven:
Comfort eating:
My biggest regret:
I wish I’d never worn:
When I was a child I wanted to be:
All my money goes on:
My favorite building(s):
My favorite work of art:
Soundtrack to my life:
The best inventions ever:
My favorite quote is:
My credo
If you won the lottery, where would you buy a home?
You...Add another topic
My answers:
If I have time by myself:
I blog, or pot, or plant, plod, walk,read, tidy up, lift a weight.
I scrape moss off the sidewalk, hug my cat.
You wouldn’t know it but I’m very good at:
Doing nothing. (today, this is an accomplishment)
I like to clean. My daughter, Daphne, used to say I polished the brass dorrknobs after anyone touched them, well now, we didn't have brass doorknobs, did we? Anyway, that was then, this is now, and I am much more comfy with messes.
I am a good seamstress.
You may not know it but I am very bad at:
Shopping.. I like having everything delivered, not that I do, however I used to have 2 food trucks deliver food to my home when I was married. I was teased by neighbors and relatives who said I was having an affair with the Schwan Man because he'd come calling late at night to catch me. A few times when out of town staying at a motel a Schwan truck showed up, and my relatives exclaimed that they had followed me out of town.
I lived in a town for a long time that had no good stores, so I mail ordered all my clothes, but only from companies that would pay return shipping. It was wonderful! I got nice boxes of nice clothes, tried them on at home, sent them back, ordered more... no extra cost.
A book (s) that changed me:
Cloud Hidden, Wherabouts Unknown.
Leaves Of Grass.
Writings of Emerson
The Art of Love by eric Fromm
Movie heaven:
Foreign..mostly.. The Scent of Green papayas ( Vietnamese) A quietly beautiful movie.
Comfort eating:
Mashed potatoes and gravy
Chocolate pie (my recipe in sidebar is the best chocolate pie in the world)
Cherry pies made with good sour cherries.
Banana Cream Pie,
Filled noodles (a family recipe)
My biggest regret:
Not sure I have one!
I wish I’d never worn:
I have no such wish…well, there was that awful embroidered dress my Mother and Step Father picked out for me.!
When I was a child I wanted to be:
A Ballerina, but I was forced to take 2 years of tap, and was told I had to take more tap before I could take ballet. So I quit dance. In my 30's I took 20 hours a week of ballet!
All my money goes on:
Necessities, ( includes sending my kids stuff, that to me is a nesessity).... and lattes.
My favorite building(s):
One I design myself of clay and can imagine going into.
Places in my dreams that are very Dionynesian.
Primitive dwellings
My favorite work (s) of art:
Michelangelo’s David
The Nike of Samothrace
Edward Hopper, Rooms by the Sea
Egon Schiele, portrait of self and wife.
Soundtrack to my life:
The Artist; Cat Stevens
The best inventions ever:
Skates, sleds, bikes, skiis
The Internet
Macintosh computer
Aspirin
My favorite quote is:
There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
My credo
Have the courage of a child. But never expect as much of them as you do of yourself.
My addition:
If you won the lottery, where would you buy a home? What else would you do?
I would buy a place in Branson Mo cause my kids live there, it would be on Lake Taney Como near town.
Maybe one here where Ilive now, or close to it.
I would build a community for homeless people where they could have a community kitchen, garden, etc, and their own living quarters. A place to collaborate....and live.
I would also build hostels in places where there are none, and start food banks everywhere they don't have them.
Tagging:
Kim Carney
Awful Souls Blog!
Awful souls Blog is great, I admite I borrowed a few of her entertainment links and added them to my sidebar under entertainment.... (and listed below). She has more..go see! Nice writing too!
New entertainment
Death
Tremble still with hearts secret,
A whisper mostly within, remembering.
Sweet hearts hushed. Death.
Tonight, whose mystery knows time, weightless.
Black scents, so delicate, which seldom kiss.
Strain tight memory; life, love, gift.
Seems touch that measured love soft.
Bird winging his frail rhyming song may be that sound,
Her golden feeling pleasure.
Eyes shut and tender written lines,
I share writing our bold truth.
Mine was every delight,
Ours, the sonnet bright.
Poem created using Shadow Poetry Magnetic Word Tiles
November 02, 2005
Tagged
Kim tagged me for thisSo I will try to play along, and I am not sure if I should tag anyone else, but feel free if you are interested in playing to notify me and I will blog yours! Well, ok, I tag :
Stormtangents Tagged
The cooks Blog Diane Tagged
And Bebbie, I tag you too, So send me your answers....
20 random things about me:
1. I decorate my Christmas tree with a different theme every year.
2. Twice I have gone to the Alaska ferry on Friday when it leaves Bellingham, with no reservations, and got on, with my car, to go to Alaska.
3. I have gone on a trip to Mexico for over 2 weeks on a days notice.
4. I went to Japan to look for a job and got my passport within a day to do so.
5. When I leave home to go on a trip, I decide which direction I am going when I get to the first intersection.
6. I am often prepared for any adventure with my trunk full of various types of seasonal gear.
7. My collections are random; I collect things, and let kids play with them, like my umbrella collection (which along with others is non existent now)
8. I have had collections of; bathing caps, cotton gloves, wooden toy boats, baseball gloves, mitts, and balls…they are all gone.
9. I have a button collection.
10. I began wearing vintage clothes when I was 11.
11. I streaked my duck tail with old ladies purple (platinum rinse) when I was 11. Way before that was popular!
12. I had a babysitting business when I was 11.
13. I ran a snow cone stand when I was 13.
14. I started my first business when I was 24.
15. I lost my family of origin by the time I was 32.
16. I have moved from East to West, lived in 7 states, am from PA, and live in WA now.
17. I have spent some time in Japan in Northern Honshu with a fiancée I broke up with who was a millionaire.
18. I hike and backpack and snowshoe and ski as often as possible. I love crawling out of a tent.
19. I don’t know what I want to be when I grow up.
20. I am a flakey Aquarian.
7 Things to do before I die?
1. Go to Italy and France, Thailand and, Japan( again).
2. Get in shape again….!
3. Fall in love again…?
4. Figure out what I am here for.
5. Heal the sick.
6. Have faith my prayers for others will be answered..
7. Be close to my family.
7 Things I cannot do:
1. Visit my Mother
2. Visit my Grandma and Grandpap
3. Visit my brothers
4. Ask anyone about my life as a child.
5. Imagine life without nature, and me in it.
6. Know what I want to know about life.
7. Live without miracles.
7 Things that attract me to the opposite sex
I am not sure I am attracted at all anymore, if I were:
1. Spirituality
2. Sincerity
3. Nice eyes, smile, and persona.
4. Intelligence
5. Wonderful Humor
6. Congeniality
7. Appreciativeness
7 things I say most often
1. Wonderful!
2. Goodness!
3. I want a latte.
4. I love you.
5. Where are we going this weekend?
6. What will we do if we win the lottery?
7. Imagine That!
7 Celebrity crushes?
Hmm that would not be me!
But I was in love with Cat Stevens when I was younger.
November 01, 2005
The ritual of the lights
This time of year when the time changes always brings on feelings that are dark and foreboding. Here where I live it gets dark now at 4 :45 or close to it.
My ritual of candle lighting begun winter when I first moved here with Daisy, if not already in full swing, begins suddenly to be most important.
I have all my Catholic candles in the hallway together much like they are in the churches, and I consider them votives to stand watch over my concerns when I am unable to do so because I am preoccupied with other duties. I have about 20 of them there in the hallway, and they are bright and warm, taking the chill of the air.
In the front window of the foyer I have 3 candles glowing and they shine out onto the dark world through architectural glass bricks.
In the living room there are a host of other candles, and the dining room has at least one, and three oil lamps are also lit.
We usually go round nights together lighting them, and instantly feel the chill go out of the air.
When it comes time to go to bed, I lean over each candle in complete privacy, and say a prayer for whomever comes to my mind; children, victims of disasters, prisoners, the poor, the hungry, the destitute, the misunderstood, the lonely, the hungry, those who have it all, those who are lost, friends, family, acquaintances.
YouÂ…are probably being prayed for, the love goes out, and surely it reaches you!
Hardly worth mentioning...But
This, "was, " my wedding anniversary date. I was married, well, way too many years to mention here, and when I add up how long I would have been married had I stayed married, well, that is .....
Life is certainly strange, I cannot separate myself from those years, and those people I was related to at that time, even though they have not been in my life since I left, really. Such a part of who I am, and yet it seems so empty, and hollow, a place inside me where there is no access to those folks anymore, just as there is no access to my own family of origin that have passed on anymore.
Both leave a different kind of hollow feeling inside.
I wonder how many other people have these feelings stirring inside?
Life is certainly strange, I cannot separate myself from those years, and those people I was related to at that time, even though they have not been in my life since I left, really. Such a part of who I am, and yet it seems so empty, and hollow, a place inside me where there is no access to those folks anymore, just as there is no access to my own family of origin that have passed on anymore.
Both leave a different kind of hollow feeling inside.
I wonder how many other people have these feelings stirring inside?
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