04/06/2025

"I hope that real love and truth

are stronger in the end than any

evil or misfortune in the world."

~Charles Dickens

Alas, I fear we use the word

love so loosely it is almost

meaningless.

   -Love your dress

   -Just love that actor

   -Love winter

   -Love nighttime

   -Love you

Do you love me as much as

that delish hamburger? Do

you love your children as

much as you love this meal?

Do you love your mate as

much as you love your car?

I'm making an effort to like

things and love people. It's

easy to forget as the love 

lingo has been with us for

years.

If, "I like your meal" isn't

strong enough, you could say,

"Your meal was excellent,

very enjoyable" or words to

that effect.

I'm watching myself; I want 

my love to mean something. 

When I tell you I love you,

'tis exactly what I mean!

04/05/2025

"Your soul already knows

the answer. You just have 

to be quiet enough to hear it

and brave enough to listen."

~Stacie Martin

Alas, methinks I'm guilty of

not listening. I keep my mind

busy . . . ever and always!

Can't help but wonder if that

might be because I'm afraid

of what I might hear!

   -Slow down and listen

   -Quiet your mind

   -Stop thinking

   -Listen to your heart beat

   -Let the wisdom in

God only knows what I might

learn if I just shut up, listened

and actually heard!

Get a grip and listen up, ld!!!

04/04/2025

"Turn off the news. Go

outside. Breathe. We were

not meant to carry the 

burden of the entire world."

Goddess Love

Methinks, I've not often

heard better advice . . .

I can live without the news;

make no mistake. I get that

it's important to know what's

going on. Still, it's rather what

makes us feel so burdened.

I'm not suggesting we live in

ignorance. We need to know

what's going on. What we

need is balance . . .

A bit of the know, a lot of the

fam and friends, a tad of our

great outdoors, and of course

minding our health.

By making certain that we've

a full plate with a serving of

everything, a balanced diet

occurs.

Word of advice from the most

unbalanced Libra I know . . .

Seek those bits and pieces that

make your life whole. Don't

just get bogged down in the

news!

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 . . .