reminders to myself ::

I love blue

I love cinnamon and sunshine

I don't care about fancy shoes

I am not a fashionista

I love porch swings in the country

I am a loner

I need to create things

I miss my dear friend

I miss my family

I long for deep connection and understanding

I'd be lost without my mama

I love cozy and warm

I love with my whole heart

I've been through hard things

I've been through incredibly delicious things

I know who I am - and am reminding myself again today

Dreaming

1. Front Porch, Stop By For A Beer, 2. from the back porch..., 3. Lonely Porch, 4. Gothic Oak Bluffs Porches, 5. porch., 6. autumn on the porch, 7. beckwith ranch porch, 8. Porch Steps, 9. Classic Summertime Porch

dreams. come. true.

kin⋅dred/ˈkɪndrɪd/ [kin-drid]
–noun
1. a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk; kin.
2. a group of persons related to another; family, tribe, or race.
3. relationship by birth or descent, or sometimes by marriage; kinship.
4.natural relationship; affinity.

Pinch me...

...I must be dreaming.

How did this beautiful light find me?

I was hoping he would...and it's better than I could have ever imagined. As much as I love words and quotes, I'm speechless to describe his effect on me. All I can accurately formulate in my mind that's echoing in my heart is thank you...

Thank you for this delicious soul that appears to recognize mine...that sends me notebooks to write down beautiful words and music that is sacred to my soul. That has a voice like a sunny afternoon. I'm in the middle of a dream come true. And I think the longer one waits for something to manifest...the less likely that they'll ever take it for granted....at least that's my deep hope....

thank you, thank you, thank you

Ring, ring, ring...

Am delighting in his daily phone calls. I mean - seriously - they're a little bit of heaven. right. here. on. earth.

Beautiful work...

Was that you that painted your favorite indigo blue

Take a peak at the work of Mary Anne Radmacher. Her words and illustrations thrill me! The above piece is one of my favorites. I discovered her work when I lived in Salem, Oregon at a delightful shop called "word garden".

Am reading a book of hers called Lean Forward Into Your Life: begin each day as if it's on purpose.

It's a great book - to read and re-read. Find out more about Mary Anne here.

Birthday eve...

Oregon Coastline, 2007

Where did my twenties go?!

On this, my last day to be 29, I say "Bravo" to myself - and the last delightful decade...

for risking

for growing

for loving

for moving

for working

for striving

for laughing

for enjoying

for traveling

for longing

for believing

for dreaming

for experiencing

for connecting

for celebrating

for sharing

for experimenting

for living from my heart

for being brave

for hoping

For Living.

You done good, girl!

One word...

an⋅tic⋅i⋅pa⋅tion   /ænˌtɪsəˈpeɪʃən/ [an-tis-uh-pey-shuhn]
–noun
1. the act of anticipating or the state of being anticipated.
2. realization in advance; foretaste.
3. expectation or hope.
4. previous notion; slight previous impression.
5. intuition, foreknowledge, or prescience.

Enough said...

Daring

I've often heard people use the phrase "daring to dream". Today, I know what they mean. It can take courage to dream. To open your heart and let it say, "Wouldn't it be great if..." Full of juicy specifics...and bold requests. It takes some gumption to open yourself to the beautiful possibilities...knowing they may not come when you want, in the way you want. You may still be left waiting.

But today, I take the pleasure of imagining - of wondering -could it be time? Could it possibly be time?

I hope so. I sit on my couch and love the sunshine and wonder.

Following...

I just want to say -

to write out -

that I

follow my heart.

I listen to my heart.

I wait for the whispers and

shouts and songs from

my pure and alive and

holy heart.

I quiet all else that would

be too loud - that

could in any way keep me

from hearing and knowing

my heart - - hush - shhhh -

I wait for the beautiful

words - the manna for my being.

Whispering wind...

Just thinking about possibility tonight.

About the percolating bits coming together.

Bits of a dream - coming true - 'before my eyes'.

Could it be?

I'm wondering tonight.

Listening to the whisperings of my heart.

Answering back in loud calls of "YES"!

Imagining the avenue or lane where

the light will come and greet me.

Where the divine yes will come and embrace me.

After waiting so many seconds....

No real answers.

Just very aware of my heart rising

to the occasion.

And daring to believe.

Daring to dream - yet again.

"There's something in the wind."

Beautiful word...

"Wait....."

1Wait
Pronunciation: \ˈwāt\ ; Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French waiter, guaiter to watch over, await, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German wahta watch, Old English wæccan to watch — more at wake
Date: 14th century
transitive verb1: to stay in place in expectation of : await
2 a: to look forward expectantly b: to hold back expectantly
3: to serve at meals —usually used in such phrases as wait on tables or wait on table
4 a: to be ready and available b: to remain temporarily neglected or unrealized

I'm hearing the walls of my heart reverberate this simple four-lettered word: wait. An almost pleading and excited "waaaaaait!" Hold on, my love, for your heart's desire is coming. Just "waaaait!" It's o.k. - better than o.k. to hold an empty space in my heart - in anticipation. Almost like preparing a nursery for a new baby....there's an empty crib for a little while and an unused changing table...just waiting for the little babe.
Such is the state of my heart tonight.

And it feels deliciously good.

Waiting - at least it's something.

And that's good enough for me tonight.

Happy Day....

Well, it is for me anyway.

It's the day that I apply for my first Passport!

Where shall we go, little blue book?
Canada, in June. yes.

Eurpoe this fall. perhaps.

Scotland someday. definitely.

I feel adventurous...just simply by going to apply for a passport!

It's the little things, baby....the little things that delight my life.

Blue

I've been puttering around my cottage this weekend, savoring the delights of living alone...

There is comfort and coziness and freedom in this season of my life. It's utterly delicious!

Happy March to you all....

"There are no rules when following one's heart..."

True Blue

courtesy of http://karenswhimsy.com/

oh what a happy day!

i honor true.
i honor passion.
i honor union.
i honor anticipation.
i honor amazingly good things.
i honor connection.
i honor being alive.

i send you love today...
give yourself a big hug...
celebrate your life.

Serendipity

photo courtesy of http://www.bug-central.com/

At work and have discovered a new friend.

His name is Marcus...and he's a wasp living near my window.
We're becoming fast friends. In fact, he's planning a spring break
to NYC - and we're imagining all the places he'll go.

Oh, the serendipity to make a friend named Marcus.

Hmmmm.....

Today.

I am feeling happy

and hopeful.

Sunshine streams in my little home

and I am blessed

with knowing that

All Is Well.

Wondering and Imagining,

Experiencing and Connecting,

Reaching and Stretching,

Receiving and Remembering.

Thank You for Today...

Wild Geese

Fall in Arlington, VA

An excerpt from a dear piece of poetry:

"You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal
of your body love what it loves."
~Mary Oliver

I agree today - and let myself breathe.

I let the soft animal of my body
just love what it loves...

Thank you...for breath in my body
hope in my heart
for stirring my dreams
for drawing me into my life...
the unfolding of this beautiful
life...

Thank you.

24 Days in January

24 days.
6-30

brief chapter.

dancing.

smiles.

love.

hopes.

sharing.

light.

comfort.

true.

honest.

vulnerable.

amazed.

sudden.

surprising.

journey.

alive.

stopped.

alone.

stings.

sad.

but.

hope

persists.

exercised

following

my

heart.

know

he

is

coming.

true

blue

kindred

man.

is

coming.

thank

you

for

life.

thank

you

for

love.

24

days

in

January.

Book of Love

This video is so soulful and touching to me...

Enjoy.

Yes!

When the wind blows
and brings with it
goodness from the
far places of the world

when the fragrance of
roses and lilies
fill the air
and intoxicate

when beautiful people
arrive in your life
just because
God said they should

when your heart is stirred
until its on fire
and your skin burns
with the beauty

Say, YES.

Say Yes, my loves
to the goodness
sprouting from your
very own heart

Say Yes
to the Spirit that
so beautifully causes
heaven and earth to collide

Say Yes
to firecrackers
and the calm
knowing that goodness is Yours.

Say Yes
Say Yes
Say YES!

What was said to the Rose...

What was said to the rose that made it open
was said to me here in my chest.
What was told the cypress that made it strong and straight,
what was whispered the jasmine so it is what it is,

Whatever made sugarcane sweet,
whatever was said to the inhabitants of
the town of Chigil in Turkestan that makes them so handsome,
whatever lets the pomegranate flower blush like a human face,

That is being said to me now.

I blush.

Whatever put eloquence in language, that's happening here.
The great warehouse doors open,

I fill with gratitude,
chewing a piece of sugarcane,

in love with the one to whom every *that* belongs!

-Rumi

By the Boab Tree

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Today...

National Arboretum, Washington, DC

...was a day of weirdness and surprises that weren't pleasant.
So I'm in my little cottage, soothing the edges and
waiting for the storm to blow over.

All is well - all will be well.

Blessing from the Beautiful Celts...

May the blessing of light
be on you -
Light without
and
Light within.

May the blessed sunlight
Shine on you -
and warm your heart
til it grows like a great peat FIRE.

Here we go again!

Nubble Light House, Maine

Wishing you all a very happy and astounding 2009!