04/03/2025

Methinks each of us should

know intimately our own

beliefs, our own code of

ethics. Think making lists

might help . . .

+Love, like, admire, enjoy,

adore . . .

 . . . friendship, reading,

eating, drinking, resting,

conversing

-Hate, deplore, despise, 

detest, abhor, loathe, dislike,

spit on . . .

 . . . vast wealth vs. poverty,

a sense of I'm better than you,

trash island in the ocean, 

littering

Quite the list, but it doesn't

please me. Sounds more like

a tantrum. I truly sense my

Pantheistic nature leads me

to this . . .

   -Mother Nature is sacred

   -reverence for all life

   -the divine within

I want to think about this.

Perhaps I should look at it

each morn upon awaking!

04/02/2025

"Women are taught to 

be too many things that

contradict each other, so

I've decided to just be

strange and powerful."

~Shatara Liora

Alas, methinks 'tis meant

to be humorous . . . but, in 

my mind it makes so much 

sense.

Perhaps, something to do

with so many trips around

the sun . . . 'bout 75 by now.

When I was a young lass,

the girls did inside work

and the boys, outside jobs.

Dads worked and moms

stayed home with babes

and housework.

I am ever so grateful that

my mom was proactive.

Went to college, worked

for the AEC, Atomic 

Energy Commission for

30 years, divvied up the

housework and still read

every night.

What an example! I get

that a great deal of who I

am today is down to her.

Dear God, please tell her

I am ever so grateful!

04/01/2025

"Life is so ironic . . .

it takes sadness to know 

what happiness is, noise 

to appreciate silence and

absence to value presence.

~A little bit witchy

~A little bit hippie

Alas, 'tis the truth.

Can't even begin to imagine;

we pay so little attention to

the positive 'til the negative

comes home to stay.

Perhaps, it's as easy as a look

around, seeing all that we've

to be grateful for. Maybe,

even making a gratitude list.

Family, friends, hearth and

home, apparel, transportation.

Does it get any better than

that?!

Frankly, I'm embarrassed to

see I don't give thanks more

often.

Truly, I am ever so grateful . . .

03/31/2025

"Never change to be accepted 

by others. Stay Weird." 

Mermaid Musings

Sooooo love this!

Thing is, I've come to see

I was simply born this way!

Add being reared by in an 

eccentric dad, leaving home

at 15, living 20 years in Old

Mexico, teaching for 40 and

now living in a 145 year old

tiny, tiny cabin . . . and you

have moi!

I wouldn't have it any other

way. Still, my heart goes out

to those young children who

are different and suffer at the

hands of cookie cutter class

mates.

As a teacher, I have ever and 

always encouraged parents

to celebrate the different in

their children. They need to

know it's even better than ok

to be unique . . .

03/30/2025

"Maturity is understanding

that letting go is not a one

time event. If you really 

want to overcome your past,

you will need to let go many

times so that you can be in-

tentional instead of reactive."

~Yung Pueblo

Wow! Just W O W !!!

I firmly believe in  the concept

of letting go; make no mistake.

I've just not been any good at

it.

I think I've let something go

and then I remember some

aspect and I'm angry all over

again.

This may be why Yung Pueblo's

quote makes so much sense to

me. You have to let go over and

over again.

Maybe, each time I'm reminded

of something that makes me

angry, 'tis an opportunity to let

go once again.

I swear I'm going to make the

ultimate effort to remember . . .

Letting go is a process!

03/29/2025

"We are very good at preparing

to live, but not very good at

living. We know how to sacrifice

ten years for a diploma, and we

are willing to work very hard to

get a job, a car, a house. But, we 

have difficulty remembering that

we are alive in the present moment,

the only moment there is for us to

be alive." ~Thich Nhat Hanh

I so admire this Buddhist monk!

Although not a Buddhist myself,

I've found his work enlightening

and helpful at every turn. Today,

I simply wish to honor him, read

some of his work and remember

him.

"Thich Nhat Hanh was a Vietnamese

Buddhist monk, peace activist, prolific 

author, poet and teacher, who founded 

the Plum Village Tradition, historically 

recognized as the main inspiration for 

engaged Buddhism. Known as the father 

of mindfulness, Nhat Hanh was a major 

influence on Western Buddhism practices."

1926 -2022 Wikipedia

03/28/2025

"Getting old is like looking

both ways before you cross

the street, and then being hit

by an airplane." Zen to Zany

So love this! If you can't

laugh 'bout all this aging

business, you don't have

a leg to stand on!

I find myself forgetting 

and if I do remember, I

have to wonder if it's real 

or if I made it up?!

You come to the door and

I'm thinking, "You're not

expected until tomorrow!"

Yikes!

Looking in the fridge, I 

see two gals of milk, one 

curdling and another fresh.

I think to myself, "Didn't

I mean to put that out for

the trash yesterday?"

You'll have to bear with 

me. I ain't going anywhere.

I might just get lost . .  .

Ain't life grand?! 

03/27/2025

"There was never a night

or a problem that could

defeat sunrise or hope."

~Bernard Williams

Praise and thankfulness . . .

I awoke feeling somewhat

back to my old self. Think

today is going to be warm

and sunny; I could cry in

pure gratitude!

Methinks, I must recall all

those sunny days both aft

and afore . . . surely this

could help with SAD.

Here's looking at a brand

new positive attitude!

Just pray it holds . . .

03/26/2025

"I have danced with your

memory a thousand times."

~Zen to Zany

Winter SAD is ever so

difficult for me. There 

are days I swear I'm not 

going to make it.

And then my wondrous 

dad comes to mind. I do

miss him ever so much.

More often than not, I

find myself speaking to

him in my meditations.

I've asked God to forgive

me if this is speaking out

of turn. I simply find it 

consoling.

I've enjoyed these last

spring days. Hope we

get to have a few more

of them. 

Sooooo done with winter;

make no mistake!

03/25/2025

"Deep in your wounds 

are seeds, waiting to 

grow beautiful flowers."

~Niti Majethia

I just love it when I run

into a reminder of what's

important.

Been hurting of late, so

perhaps forgetting this.

Sometimes I blame my

forgetting on brain over

load. I've collected a lot

of material up there in

75 years.

There are times when I

just want to say . . .

"f--- it, I'm out of here!" 

And others when I think . . .

"No, I still have things to 

do here." 

There is something in me

that ever hopes the latter

prevails!

Sooooo, here's to healing.

May it come soon . . .

03/24/2025

"I must not fear. Fear is the

mind-killer. I will face my 

fear. When it has gone past,

I will turn the inner eye to

see its path. Where the fear

has gone, there will be 

nothing. Only I will remain."

~Frank Herbert

Alas, I find as I grow older,

fear raises its ugly head. 

Not really certain as to why, 

it simply is.

I make the ultimate effort;

make no mistake! I stand

tall, face the music and act

as if naught could startle me.

Inside, I tremble. I actually

feel the fear. Can't locate 

the source. As I have never

been a fearful person, can't

help but wonder if it isn't

the meds I take all winter

for SAD.

So wish I could be given 

a gift . . . a gift of a fear 

free time in these my elder 

years.

Maybe somewhere 'midst

meditation and margs, I'll

find an answer . . .

03/23/2025

"Magic is not about leaving

the physical world; it's about

deepening your presence in it."

~Victoria Erickson

What a lovely sentiment . . .

I've always been attracted to

magic as well as magick. So,

what's the difference 'twixt

and 'tween the two?

Magic is the term we know

and love for anything from

a kid's magic show to a term

we use for the unusual.

Magick with a k, is a term

used for the etherial and will

often be found in paganism.

Bottom line, sooooo love me

both of them and want plenty

of both in my life!

Here's wishing you that bit 

that will make your day . . .

03/22/2025

"Today, soak in what's real

and what's real is unhurried.

The ground. The air. The

exhale. The planted seed. 

The shift. The season." 

~Victoria Erickson

Sooooo needed to hear this

today . . .

I've been so down. Well, 

in truth I'm always down in 

winter. But, reading Victoria's

words, methinks she has an

answer.

Were one wise enough, brave

enough, committed enough to

follow her suggestion, I believe

there would be some healing.

Why is it that we're ever and

always in such a hurry?! I'm

reminded of Garfunkel and 

Simon's song . . .

"Slow down, you move too

fast. You got to make the

morning last."

Anyway, I intend to make a 

stab at it. Here's hoping . . .