These frolicsome frocks make me want my own catwalk. Can you feel the sashay? Would it be wrong to dress up for the chihuahuas and the vacuum cleaner?
Delish! True Dish!
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You never realize just how much stuff you've invited into your life until you have to pack it all up and haul it somewhere. Today I'm packing up life in cardboard boxes, time to move. I marvel at the ways passion and devotion can equal accumulation: books, records, ticket stubs, playbills, love letters, photographs, receipts for purchases both large and small.
I've spent ten years in thi [read more...]]]>
These frolicsome frocks make me want my own catwalk. Can you feel the sashay? Would it be wrong to dress up for the chihuahuas and the vacuum cleaner?
Delish! True Dish!
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I'm rereading one of my favorite books. It's not one of those charming fairy tales I love so much, unless of course you consider your self and your soul as fairytale fodder. (Who doesn't, right?) It's called SOULCRAFT, by Bill Plotkin. And if you're involved at all on a spiritual journey that's included times of intense darkness, this book is essential. Similar to the many offerings by soulful author Thomas Moor [read more...]]]>
Some days (all, really) it's the little things that make the biggest difference. We get sidetracked by big issues, big bills, big talk about little fears. And the clearest way for me out of that impossibly restrictive mindset, is to indulge delight.
Even the littlest, seemingly inconsequential dalliances with delight can shift my mindset, my perspective, which in turn can c [read more...]]]>
I've been promising for some time to feature guest editors and contributors. I like to think of them as guest muses. Happy to report today I'm making good on that promise.
I met one such muse lately, and reading her words was like taking tea with Rumi, while Rilke handed me a plate of scones and Clarissa Pinkola Estes gently placed a cloth napkin in my lap.
Yeah. Like that. A perfectly calm and civilized meeting, but laced with power and beauty, rubies in pearls [read more...]]]>
So today is being absorbed by boring eBay stuff. I say boring, because my brain starts to deflate as soon as I apply myself to analytical, organized, detail-ridden thinking. But in tough times, let it be known that I am grateful for a selling channel like eBay, cuz those of us that love making art also love to eat and bathe. The starving artist thing is so passe. At least for those of us that en [read more...]]]>
Taking a stab at Haiku. I know it's not an offfiical-type Haiku, given that I'm not really juxtaposing two different things, but whatever. This is my fall-fevered attempt!
Autumn's Kiss
Autumn's kiss turns veins
to Christmas chile, red-green
love in Santa Fe
Memory of Wings is inspired by a stone girl I met in an overgrown cemetery in the Czech Republic...
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It's yellow. The whole town breaks out in fits of glorious yellow. Not so great for the sinuses, but for visuals, it's hard to beat. "Oooh! Look at that! *Achoo!* And those flowers! *Achoo!* And that field! *Achoo!*"
Some things are worth suffering through.
Now, it's not the yellow of September or Octob [read more...]]]>
So here's the deal. Many of us have discovered, in one way or another, the Law of Attraction. We've all been living with it for eons, but many of us are just discovering the myriad of ways we can harness it for benefit, while recognizing the vast array of ways we use it (consciously or unconsciously) for deficit. We've studied and learned and are [read more...]]]>
Those of you who follow this blog know that Tink has developed strange lumps on her chest and she goes in today for surgery in hopes that we'll discover and be able to treat her condition. I'm trying not to panic. In doing so I thought I'd bring out this article, written two years ago. It marked a very important anniversary for the two of us, and is the story of how she saved my life.
~ang [read more...]]]>
Those of you who follow this blog know that Tink has developed strange lumps on her chest and she goes in today for surgery in hopes that we'll discover and be able to treat her condition. I'm trying not to panic. In doing so I thought I'd bring out this article, written two years ago. It marked a very important anniversary for the two of us, and is the story of how she saved my life.
~ang [read more...]]]>
I read this on a post-it note some months ago and am still laughing about it. It's just too true. In my life, for example, I have many moments of peace and openness. I revel in the appreciation of both small miracles - like having a good hair day - and humongous disp [...]]]>I read this on a post-it note some months ago and am still laughing about it. It's just too true. In my life, for example, I have many moments of peace and openness. I revel in the appreciation of both small miracles - like having a good hair day - and humongous disp [read more...]]]>I read this on a post-it note some months ago and am still laughing about it. It's just too true. In my life, for example, I have many moments of peace and openness. I revel in the appreciation of both small miracles - like having a good hair day - and humongous disp [read more...]]]>
I'm working on a new project today, much of the palette inspired by India. I'm fascinated by the people, places and customs of this stunning country. If I ever get there, I'm going to celebrate "Holi." See the colored pigment dust in the photo? The people of India go around throwing it on each other all day long in celebration. You can read about Holi here. What a wonder! And an excuse to throw color? And [...]]]>
I'm working on a new project today, much of the palette inspired by India. I'm fascinated by the people, places and customs of this stunning country. If I ever get there, I'm going to celebrate "Holi." See the colored pigment dust in the photo? The people of India go around throwing it on each other all day long in celebration. You can read about Holi here. What a wonder! And an excuse to throw color? And [read more...]]]>
I'm working on a new project today, much of the palette inspired by India. I'm fascinated by the people, places and customs of this stunning country. If I ever get there, I'm going to celebrate "Holi." See the colored pigment dust in the photo? The people of India go around throwing it on each other all day long in celebration. You can read about Holi here. What a wonder! And an excuse to throw color? And [read more...]]]>
Friends, Romans, Artisans, lend me your rears. I mean ears. Rear end I have enough of. All the same, this is a bit of a proclamation. Thought I'd let you in on a little secret of mine: I've started plurking on a new writing project. It's kinda dishy and fun, but the title is all hush hush for now. Let's just call the project "Diamonds in the Rough."
Inspired by the emails, [...]]]>
Friends, Romans, Artisans, lend me your rears. I mean ears. Rear end I have enough of. All the same, this is a bit of a proclamation. Thought I'd let you in on a little secret of mine: I've started plurking on a new writing project. It's kinda dishy and fun, but the title is all hush hush for now. Let's just call the project "Diamonds in the Rough."
Inspired by the emails, [read more...]]]>
Friends, Romans, Artisans, lend me your rears. I mean ears. Rear end I have enough of. All the same, this is a bit of a proclamation. Thought I'd let you in on a little secret of mine: I've started plurking on a new writing project. It's kinda dishy and fun, but the title is all hush hush for now. Let's just call the project "Diamonds in the Rough."
Inspired by the emails, [read more...]]]>
You know how you can talk about a thing and it sounds really good to your own ears? You might even spout off to friends or family about this thing, encouraging (harassing?) them to try it. Maybe you even consider yourself somewhat of an aficionado about this thing. Then BLAM! You actually do the thing you've been talking about and it takes on a life of its own, totally surprising you, and, in the end, t [...]]]>
You know how you can talk about a thing and it sounds really good to your own ears? You might even spout off to friends or family about this thing, encouraging (harassing?) them to try it. Maybe you even consider yourself somewhat of an aficionado about this thing. Then BLAM! You actually do the thing you've been talking about and it takes on a life of its own, totally surprising you, and, in the end, t [read more...]]]>
You know how you can talk about a thing and it sounds really good to your own ears? You might even spout off to friends or family about this thing, encouraging (harassing?) them to try it. Maybe you even consider yourself somewhat of an aficionado about this thing. Then BLAM! You actually do the thing you've been talking about and it takes on a life of its own, totally surprising you, and, in the end, t [read more...]]]>
When I drove up to the Kennesaw house, after traveling cross country for days on end, this is what greeted me. This. Cornucopia. Of a house.
One year ago, w hen I pulled from the driveway headed for ,Taos this is what the house looked like.
When I drove up to the Kennesaw house, after traveling cross country for days on end, this is what greeted me. This. Cornucopia. Of a house.
One year ago, w hen I pulled from the driveway headed for ,Taos this is what the house looked like.
When I drove up to the Kennesaw house, after traveling cross country for days on end, this is what greeted me. This. Cornucopia. Of a house.
One year ago, w hen I pulled from the driveway headed for ,Taos this is what the house looked like.
Have I mentioned that Mernie has been in our small Taos adobe for weeks? You'd think it could feel crowded and tense with three humans and three dogs and a Houdini mouse in such a small space (especially given the relations of all involved) and you'd be right! But now that we've settled into a routine, things are smooth sailing and we're finding creative ways to enjoy ourselves and each o [...]]]>
Have I mentioned that Mernie has been in our small Taos adobe for weeks? You'd think it could feel crowded and tense with three humans and three dogs and a Houdini mouse in such a small space (especially given the relations of all involved) and you'd be right! But now that we've settled into a routine, things are smooth sailing and we're finding creative ways to enjoy ourselves and each o [read more...]]]>