Ichabod Crane in a 1960s straight legged suite, A bow to Saturn and Jupiter…

1960s straight legged pant suit. As we approach this year’s Aquarius celebration of Saturn and Jupiter both in 0 degrees Aquarius 2020 December 21st, I think back upon a time of my life when this song from the musical Hair was immensely popular. I have been watching the two planets hang together over the last … Continue reading Ichabod Crane in a 1960s straight legged suite, A bow to Saturn and Jupiter…

Wrinkles

Continuity of Life We sure don’t live in an age-friendly culture—unless, of course, you count the new trend of “ageless” skincare products! Let's be honest, aging has us all a bit on edge. But imagine if we treated our elders likewise wizards instead of just folks with more wrinkles than a shar-pei dog! If we … Continue reading Wrinkles

This one isn’t a lie !!

Madonna con il Bambino della Cappella maggiore dell'Almo Collegio Capranica (la rappresentazione della Madonna col Bambino tra Sant'Agnese e un santo vescovo che presentano i cardinali Domenico e Angelo Capranica è attribuibile alla bottega di Antoniazzo Romano, XVI secolo)************************************************************************************************************************ Professor Happ was a gay Episcopal priest that taught religious study courses at a local university. … Continue reading This one isn’t a lie !!

Improbably Negative.

Now autumn's breeze blows summer's leaves through my lifeTwisted and broken dawn, no days with sunlightThe dying spark, you left your mark on meThe promise of your kiss, but with someone elseFor the bitterest pill is mine to swallow. ~ The Jam. The Plague Hospital, Fransisco de Goya Once I knew only darkness and stillness... … Continue reading Improbably Negative.

American black and white shorthair

“You cannot imagine the kindness I've received at the hands of perfect strangers.” ―W. Somerset Maugham Karma, synchronicity and continuity speak to me, along with the freedom of the heart that is sometimes rascelulion in nature, and this all points to something beyond us. It can be personified in the many words of religion, science … Continue reading American black and white shorthair

555, Something like a Fairy Tale

When you see this sign a life changing thought or event has just occurred. You may not like it, or you may. Whatever the case your Spirit Guides are notifying you that a change in your life path direction has just occurred and it is time for you to change too. Move with it, follow … Continue reading 555, Something like a Fairy Tale

Red: Heaven in Hell’s despair

"Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another gives its ease, and builds a Heaven in Hell's despair." ~ William Blake The colors became dark. The night air and clubs filled with dark colors and darker tattoos. She remembered when bright colors expressed the vibrant nights in contrast … Continue reading Red: Heaven in Hell’s despair

Girly Girl that grey puss

Girly Girl, a thin and unassuming pussy willow, was born to a Black Persian kitty during uncertain times. She provided comfort to her owner and her mother's next litter, often cuddling with her baby siblings when their mother was absent. Not to mention the time that passed moving from my parent’s home to an apartment … Continue reading Girly Girl that grey puss

10 days of the Holy of Holies

To live in the present is not easy. The past moments of my life do come forth. As a young woman life was about everything wanting to touch me or me wanting to touch. Now as a senior citizen the only yearnings to touch or be touched by a person, place or thing is mostly … Continue reading 10 days of the Holy of Holies

Day 7 off the Holy of Holies

Still & Quiet Hummingbird is sitting on a branch Looking around Long thin beak I heard a chirp too Hummingbird quiet on a branch. Today is a new moon Like a vacuum it pulls But like the humming bird I will be still and quiet Looking around… Waiting for the time To spontaneously vibrate my wings … Continue reading Day 7 off the Holy of Holies

Mr. Marley

“Marley was dead, to begin with … This must be distinctly understood, or nothing wonderful can come of the story I am going to relate.” ― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol The Gift...Mr. Po Po crawls into used gift paper. Mr. Marley comes to visit this time of the year; late at night and the … Continue reading Mr. Marley

Mockery Of Them

If I end up with cancer and I only have a few months to live I would do something revolutionary, but now I have the superpower of invisibility. It all happened one night on a walk around the neighborhood... Mystical places do exist. Haven't you caught them from the corner of your eye? A flash … Continue reading Mockery Of Them

The morning was savory

Turkey à la king, cranberry sauce and rice is fucking better with butter.The morning was reeking a son's manipulative sweety-pieness. He had finished his health poster while we were gone the previous evening. Now he was in the kitchen helping mom with cooking. Chopping, seasoning and measuring out the rice and water. Throwing turkey bones … Continue reading The morning was savory

The Third Way. Mind, Heart and Horn…

“…it further asks the student to understand the state "where sleep has not yet come, but wakefulness has vanished." The Mind of man cannot understand the state of being neither asleep nor wakeful. This is not a condition of being half-asleep and half-awake. It is a state where there is neither sleep nor wakefulness. Obviously … Continue reading The Third Way. Mind, Heart and Horn…

The Swing

Making my way outside close to dusk, my friends and I ran down the street. North, we ran towards the Indian trails. Down the trails we fell like the sun, running and sliding down the wild sage trails. Past the large rock over Dumetz we went. Across the street and over up the other hill … Continue reading The Swing

Linda and three Short Stories from the 1960’s

Linda was one of my girlfriends from the neighborhood. She lived over the hill and around the block. She was Catholic and went to the local Catholic school. The rest of us were moved around like cattle by the local public school system. It pissed me off because most of the time she could not play on Saturdays until … Continue reading Linda and three Short Stories from the 1960’s

Mantis

My totem, medicine and shield nature politics the mantis knows how I feel...

Where their loyalties lie

The mind is designed to lie. The heart has a mind of its own and when you put the mind and heart together strange things can happen... but then there is the sex organ mind that has a power pull of its own too. Then there is the conscience mind that an episode of … Continue reading Where their loyalties lie

Crossing the Threshold of the Stairs

Stairs at Mom and Dad's Photo by Gus Hudson A home holds many memories. Mom told me once, "The stairs are part of my exercise routine." I wonder how many times mom cleaned the stairs? Now she is free of that! No more worrying about stains on the stairs or if the kids are going … Continue reading Crossing the Threshold of the Stairs

Mantis’s August rendezvous

Big Ma Ma golden Mantis is my love of nature and she knows me!! Big Ma Ma golden Mantis is my love for nature and she knows me!! August is slow and not one praying mantis has come to visit me; every August I wait for Big Ma Ma golden Mantis to come visit me after laying … Continue reading Mantis’s August rendezvous