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12/08/2024

It’s difficult for most of us to slow down at this time of year. I used to pride myself on my ability & knowledge in grounding myself, knowing when and how to create my calm. But owning a business, living between homes, spending hours and hours a week in my car, trying to keep house and business and relationships thriving … It takes its toll. As Bilbo said … starting to “feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread”.
I might not be able to slow the pace right now, but I will try to calm my energy 🙏🏼💫

As we approach the Winter solstice
the days are at their shortest and the
light is sparse.
Allow this period of quietude
to enter..
Make gentle adjustments
to your daily life.
Hibernating instincts are strong
right now, and we need to
act upon them.
Winter is a time for recuperating.
We need to follow the example
of nature,
she is quietly resting and
restoring her energies for the spring.
As the light diminishes,
we are reminded
to slow down and do less.
Too often we ignore
the invitation to stillness.
Winter is a time for waiting ..
The light will return,
as will the flora and the fauna.
In the meantime,
take a deep breath
And relax into the season
of deep rest ...

Serendipity Corner 🍂CC

Artist Credit: Taryn Knight

10/31/2024

They say witch like it’s a bad thing 🙏🏼🤍

I THINK IT WAS JUST WOMEN

It must have been a terrifying sight to behold,
a group of witches gathered by firelight,
chanting, conjuring spirits, creating spells…

No wonder some were afraid.

But I think it was just women.

Being women.

Coming together, as they very much must,
to support one another,
to share their battles and pull each other
through the flames
they faced daily.

Sharing remedies, medicines
and ways to heal.

And believing they were so much more than told,
than allowed.

It is little wonder that the power of this union would appear like magic, to the unknowing eye.

But I think it was just women.

Doing what we do,

every day.

Donna Ashworth
From Wild Hope
UK: https://amzn.eu/d/2j0Nquu
US: https://a.co/d/h6FEaTv

Art by Angela Ferreira - Magic Paintings. Angela Ferreira Art

09/17/2024

I am old and I just realized I still have so many unanswered questions! I never found out who let the Dogs Out...where’s the beef...how to get to Sesame Street... why Dora doesn’t just use Google Maps...why eggs are packaged in a flimsy paper carton, but batteries are secured in plastic that’s tough as nails...why women can’t put on mascara with their mouth closed... why “abbreviated” is such a long word... why lemon juice is made with artificial flavor yet dish-washing liquid is made with real lemons... why they sterilize the needle for lethal injections... and, why do you have to “put your two cents in” but it’s only a “penny for your thoughts” where’s that extra penny going to... why do “The Alphabet Song” and “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” have the same tune... why did you just try to sing those two previous songs... and just what is Victoria’s secret? ...and do you really think I am this witty? ... I actually got this from a friend, who stole it from her brother’s girlfriend’s, uncle’s cousin’s, baby’s momma’s doctor who lived next door to my old class mate’s mail man...🤣🤪

09/04/2024

People are getting CLONED NOT HACKED on FB. Changing your password does NOTHING.
Almost every account is being cloned.
One of your pictures and your name are used to create a "new" Facebook Account. (They don't need your password in order to do this).
They want your friends to add them to their accounts. From that point on they can write what they want under your name.

PLEASE DO NOT ACCEPT A NEW ‘FRIEND REQUEST’ FROM ME.

08/19/2024

As I get older, I find myself being more aware of:
noticing how the people around me make me feel, of no longer taking up space in places I don't feel wanted, of embracing the attractiveness of simplicity, of having an understanding that most people are projecting, listening more to the way my nervous system responds, that the little things in life are in fact the big things (hugs that last a bit longer, a check-in text), that how my life feels will always win over how my life looks, that what I thought I once wanted no longer aligns, oh & that there is always room for kindness.
- Helen Marie

🎨Sally Ryan

08/19/2024

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Temporary. Everything, all of it, even the best of it, especially the best of it. We only have so many years to know human love, and do human things.
Love them, all of them, even the painstaking ones.
They, too, will not last. They are human.

They are the experience. The insecurity? The experience.
The heartache? The experience. The confusion? The experience. The joy? The experience. The risk? The experience.
There is nothing lost if we learn something from it.

Your willingness to fail is proportionate to your potential to gain and to grow.

The timer never stops running. All you will regret is not reaching harder for the things you actually wanted, while they were still in front of you.
- Brianna Wiest

🎨Claudia Barbu

08/15/2024

🙏🏼🤍🪴