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Happy New Year

Happy New year to everyone..

May this year illuminate your journey to divinity and spiritual enlightenment. May you and your loved one enjoy much happiness and good health.

Always work to heighten your “inner sensitivity” Your life will take on greater dimensions when you are able to perceive your surroundings with more sensitivity. Let’s continue to learn and add to our knowledge and experience, and cultivate a fresh sense of beauty. PL2015.29

Life is to enjoy, strive for happiness … love with all your heart, and believe in NOW. Makoto (Sincerity in all we do and say,) is the key.

PL Precept #16 All things progress and develop.

Music is Universal.

Why Honky Tonk, cuz it makes me want to get up and dance !!!

pronounced Gong hay fat choy!

por favor

It is not fun to be stuck in one place. Instead of being captured by what’s in front of you, strive to broaden your horizons. (PL2022.28)

I spent time with a small fierce falcon yesterday. He/she and I had a staring contest, he could have been as curious as I was. My cell phone capture the bird enough so a friend could identify it. I am using a picture found on the internet.

The Merlin is a small species of falcon from the Northern Hemisphere . Bird of Prey it is fast and goes after song birds and shorebirds. Falco columbarius

Countdown. New Year is knocking. “Shinnen omedetou gozaimasu” (新年おめでとうございます) —– Gong Xi Fa Cai May wealth and prosperity flow into your life this year!

remember

Listening to music, while the rest of the world went about its business, you could enjoy quiet time with your favourite furry… be lazy… and simply drift into a musical reverie. Last night I realized that it is something I don’t do enough of. Somewhere along the way, I allowed my activities to overtake my ME time. It happens. On Friday there was an Etta James night at one of the clubs I sometimes go to, it was a blues night, she ( friend who Djs at the club) was playing a lot of “old” blues. A lot of the music brought back memories of another time. Put me in a reflective mood.

Last night I was enjoying a plate of big freshly steamed shrimps (butter garlic sauce) dipped in a spicy Eda dip, with a side plate of cold ginger pork dumplings, and a topping of sliced roasted chicken c/w tasty skin. (Eda-yummy is a spicy kale edamame dip) when I realized that I don’t indulge as often as I used to.

The new year (lunar) is fast approaching, the custom has always been to begin in the months of the outgoing year, to sweep away old cobwebs and prepare for new beginnings. This year I think I would like to rejig my thought process and start reintegrating more quality Me time. I don’t mean spending more time alone, I can do that anytime, I mean revisit activities and “hobbies” that give me pleasure and add to a rather routine existence.

For those who began the new year Jan.1.2025.. how has your year been so far, notice much difference?

I have long known it is not the quantity of times you do something, it is the quality of the interactions and time you spend in your day/night. In the last many years I have been working along side someone who is a musician and plays a lot of instrumentals, (no words). I have learned to “hear” and enjoy music in a different way because the music itself allows MY thoughts/words to be part of the experience. Not a song with words painting the “storyline” for me. Make sense? any comments/input?

Think a moment, do you listen to music as a habit, is it inspiring, what role does music play in your life. if anything?

Have a great start to the week everyone!

PL2015.27

samedi

The best timing to take action is when you notice it

When you take note of something, it is a signal from the Universe, that you should take care of it right away.

This is the “cold” season, have you tried brown rice roasted tea? If you are already a fan, try making it with fresh ginger…. (for the brave, crushed garlic (fresh) helps with coughing.) I am going to make a carrot, spinach smoothing heavy on the ginger, garlic and celery. (I’m adding beets)

Stay warm.

Oyashikiri

to day

I lived a lifetime


Pictures tell stories, yesterday, I took pictures.. the captions told of the energy around me. I named the file,

One with Nature..

The energy of the water cascading down over the rocks and cliffs

The quiet joy of being part of the world around me

No matter where I go, where I am, you are there with me.

Always you fill me with the balm of a love so pure and energizing, I know no other, but ONE.

Life is Art – Live in Perfect Lilberty

Owl pix .Louis L.

virtual landscapes in Second Life

Wednesday

Sometimes… we just want to ignore the world around us. Why not? Were you told when you were younger that sleeping all the time wasn’t good for you.. “the early bird, catches the worm” or to stop being so lazy!

Rediscover your “inner calm” your “quiet”. Quincy is very good at showing me “how” to reclaim my inner quiet. We forget, we plan, schedule, make arrangements to do this, that, and something else, sleep is something that our “body” needs. Our minds travel at speeds unknown to man… there is a constant chatter and bombardment of “sound(s)” .

Turn it off. All of it! Can you do it?

There was an owl sighting recently, a quiet country road became a parking lot. The poor creature was stalked, hawked at, and surrounded by the chatter and movement of humans all clamoring for a look.

Imagine your tired after a long day, you’ve had to soar the skies looking for your next meal. finally come the end of your day, you find a quiet place to rest your weary wings….. and what happens, you find you have a camera in your face, not one, dozens, flash bulbs going off, excited chatter .. car sounds, human sounds, they just won’t leave you alone, you fly off to another tree hoping for some quiet… awwww. your head falls, your eyes close, there is a gentle wind… AND … oh no.. they have found you again, is there no peace and quiet, what have you done to deserve this.

The owls plight is yours. your mind is kept so busy all the time, when suddenly your body and inner self want to rest…. the onlookers the curious, the unwanted intrusions keep happening. Time to evaluate just how much of the “outside” you let in. Time to put your SELF first. Has your creativity become repetitive, do you need a “break”. You are the master/mistress of your destiny…. There are ways to reconnect with YOU.

First you have to decide, enough is enough, and YOU and only YOU can make the changes needed to find your way back to “home”… Home=contentment… home is not a physical structure, home is where your “heart” is.

Follow Quincy’s lead… slow down, be gentle with yourself and others, and take a lot of mini naps, (quiet moments)

sabado

Dancing the night away, is a nice way to stay out of the cold, we are being told to expect an “artic” freeze in the next couple of days, it is said that it is going to spread itself across the country stretching almost to the Atlantic. Brrr. glad I got my down coat last fall, it has been serving me well these past weeks. Altho’ the weather has been very cold at times, we have had a couple of days in between where it has been very comfortable.

That’s it isn’t it. If we know there is a possibility of cold weather, we plan for it.. when it does arrive/happen, we are prepared and we can go about our day/night in comfort. I can remember when it didn’t matter what it was doing outside, we went out*, we wanted to be with our friends.. We would leave the house and WALK for blocks in the cold, harsh winter winds whipping around us, it didn’t matter, we were going to meet up with friends at a soda bar. We’d hang out in a restaurant, put coins in the juke box and dance.

Some restaurants were big enough that a small area was allotted for the guys to set up drums and play their guitars. (Usually week-ends) Am I dating myself. I’m sure I’m not alone in “memories” of another time/era… We (kids from different schools and communities) we shared the dance floor, we exchanged banter and basically had a great time getting to know each other. Especially if there was a sporting event about to take place where the school basketball, baseball, football or hockey teams were competing.

Do everything willingly and joyfully

Your upbeat attitude will make things more cheerful and enjoyable

Stay warm. bundle up!

dancers -DJ Speelo and Bernice dancing at the Warehouse Speakeasy in SL(Second life) (fall of 2024)

  • my Mother would insist I wear proper boots ( but I wanted to dance, and you can’t dance in winter boots, I’d sneak out in shoes!!!)

Silent Wednesday

PL Precept #1 Life is Art

PL2015.15

Monday

Needle Felting anyone. When I saw this puzzle I wanted to run to my stash and reproduce it. Felting is such a relaxing and rewarding “hobby”. Then I thought it would be fun to stitch, my sister told me about a “new” pastime called “slow stitching” I think that is what she called it? Do you know? Does it inspire you?Is it the colours or the softness, it has dimension! depth! What do you see?

Open up opportunities by being proactive.

Opportunities don’t just come knocking on the door. Use your enthusiasm and energy to bring good fortune your way.

Let’s pray for World Peace. We are all one big family. Let’s start by praying for the happiness of those around us. Live with a prayerful mind.

Have a great day everyone!

PL 2015.13.2022.11

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