We woke up this morning to the song of a robin.  I hadn’t heard that sound for months.  This bird had perched itself on the branch of the tree outside our window.  It just sang away…top of it’s lungs…not holding back.

As I listened to the song, my mind drifted to all the new flowers that I am dreaming about planting…the new beds that I want to create.  I could clearly see the flowers in full bloom.  I could smell the fragrant earth. I imagined the fresh flowers that I will pick to fill up all the vases that will be placed in all the rooms of our house.

So imagine my shock when I got up and opened the curtains expecting a full blown spring experience…instead of color bursting forth…snow is still on the ground.  Trees still look dormant.  The ground is still quiet on the surface. I had a moment of confusion.  But, then I heard the robin again.  It was hoping around on the ground…singing about something.  (more…)

I am very disappointed to tell you that I am now a statistic.  I mean…I have been all year.  I have been in denial about this particular fact.

I have always prided myself in the story that I have experiences that only a small amount of other people have ever had.  And in my crazy made up inner world…I tell myself that I am one of the few to experience so many of them….and still be standing…sorta straight (I do have a bit of a down turn to my shoulders!).   A wee bit of my ego has been tied into this!

I guess what I am trying to say here is that I have never ever ever been a middle of the roader.  Ever.  Not even as a kid.  I tend to be more of a fringe kind of gal.  And yes, I even had a purple fringe suede jacket some years ago that I wore with my fringe moccasin boots.   (more…)

Sorry folks.

Still am not in the mood to write a jolly holly christmas post.  It just ain’t happenin for me yet~

This morning when I woke up, I was feelin sorta insecure and jumpy.  I snuggled closer to my fella to try and settle down.  As soon as he got up to turn on the heat and make some coffee (he is such a good guy!) that jumpy feeling came back in a nice big I-just-want-to-jump-out-of-my-skin kind of way.

What the hell was this?

Then I remembered.

Last night I got a phone call that stirred up some old memories.  Not particularly good ones!  In fact, really scary ones.  Ones that I thought were taken care of~ (more…)

What is healing? Pretty darned tootin’ big question!

To get some help with this daunting question…I decided to consult with one of my oracles…my magic 8 ball:

Me:  Magic 8 Ball…can I find a definition for healing that works for everyone?

Magic 8 Ball:  “cannot predict now”

Me:  Hmmmm…fine.  Magic 8 Ball…What is healing anyway?

Magic 8 Ball:  “Ask me later”

Me:  Magic 8 Ball…you are really not helping here.  Can you help me with this at all?

Magic 8 Ball:  “No” (more…)

My friend Amy sent this to me this morning~  Thought you all might find this fascinating! (more…)

Hi babe-a-roos’ and dude-a-roos’s!

Hope this post finds you dandydoodle~

I recently received an email that told me that I needed to become enlightened.  Of course, the email had some sort of six-step process to achieve this state of perfection.  Since I am obviously NOT enlightened (everyone knows that…even this guy who sent me this email) I read his email…cuz of course I wanna be enlightened!!!!

Or do I? (more…)