Wahoo!! It's National Cartwheel Day

Beach cartwheel - March 23, 2014
Cartwheels are my thing. Can you tell? 
Drawing of a cute little girl doing a cartwheel
Eloise's Birthday last year on April 29, 2013 was the first I gave as a birthday gift
Foggy cartwheel, East Beach, Watch Hill, RI
Gauntlet was thrown down by Andy Dreher, and thanks to Facebook, I have the "proof"
Half century cartwheel - July 13, 2011
I found this in an old journal. Be careful about what you put in writing folks...
dreams do come true :)
Julie did cartwheel for me upon arrival at the beach a few weeks ago
  photo by Andie Burke
Ken did a cartwheel for me on my 50th Birthday :- wish I could find that picture too
Library cartwheel
My Mommy took this cartwheel picture for me
National Cartwheel Day!!! wahoooo!
Once did a cartwheel for AAA guy, when he rescued me after Suzanne Britt snagged my keys
Proof of the original Birthday cartwheel challenge: 
Andrew Dreherposted toJackie Law Manning July 13, 2010 Happy birthday Jackie. Do 49 cart-wheels today please!
Stick figure cartwheel
Turning it all over to God
Under contract cartwheel
Videographic evidence :
Wrightsville Beach cartwheel
eXuberant eXcess
Yard cartwheel Aug 2 2010
Zazzle sells these speakers:http://www.zazzle.com/i_love_cartwheels_speakers-166677360372540179
ps. 'bet you didn't think I could find a "Z" ;)

Cartwheeling through my first blogging tour

My blog differs from others in its randomness. As a friend recently commented:
 "I love to see where your head space is." ~ Sue Gager Palmer
I enjoy expressing the emotions of my day, or week, in a way that those closest to me can feel.
I never know quite what will emerge, only that it must be expressed and freed from my thoughts.
What I find interesting is that even when start to veer off, the ABCs keep coming back.

So, I create this blog in order to turn my thoughts, heart and soul inside out and upside down.
As I go about my day I make notes, mostly mental notes, but occasionally I put them to paper, or pull up a working draft of my next blog post - or one I will do at some point in the future.

I asked a number of friends to join me on this virtual blog, and since only 2 were able to commit, I decided to include my new project as my third, which answers the first question last. [I told you I like random.]

You will find all three in my ABCs. Enjoy!

Antoinette Dickson writes: "If I kept a diary, my blog would be an all-access pass into its contents. A Serendipitous Sojourn blends my life experiences and personal observations, producing poetry, prose and random musings that make the truths of my journey available as a resource for others in search of their own truth. I would love to have you join me along the way." Visit with Antoinette at A Serendipitous Sojourn.

Blogging and cartwheeling Because... a cartwheel a day keeps the insanity at Bay. 
"Compassion is the taproot of all flourishing." ~ Julia Cameron God is No Laughing Matter
"Discernment involves acceptance of often difficult realities." ~ Julia Cameron God is No Laughing Matter
"Favorite Fiery Friend, the phoenix" by Jenna Austin
Honored to be included in this blog tour
Joywithneweyes.blogspot.com : a book/blog for my daughter, Elizabeth, who recently celebrated her 18th Birthday. I've kept journals for many years chronicling joys, struggles, lists, pictures and highlights of her childhood. When I discovered she is not able to read my handwriting, and that it was not because of my penmanship, but because the schools stopped teach cursive, I decided to go through those journals and glean from them what I really wanted to share with my daughter and discard the rest.
Krazier and Krazier
Love adding music when the mood suits me
Naturalist, environmental educator, horticulturist, herb crafter, and forest guardian - Mandy Smith
Orchid from my upstairs folks is gorgeous

  “Put your heart, mind, intellect, and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success” ~ Sivananda Saraswati
Quiet Sunday morning
Reading, Relaxing, creating, and soon - off to yoga for some Rejuvenating!
Unfurling - love that word
Virtual blog tour - what a great idea!!
Writejennawrite.blogspot.com is brought to us by The mythological creature named Jenna Austin
Who came into the World clutching a pen in one hand and a paintbrush in the other.
 Equal parts Wit and Whimsy,
she leaves splashes of color wherever she goes.
 She was once described as a citrusy vodka drink.
When she isn't writing or making art she can be found playing fetch with her cat, Mowgli
 end note...a glimpse into my "other blog" :)



Living with gratitude, Sunday, April 27, 2014

Attualmente's Anemone
"Bloom" is here word for 2014
Create, Concoct, and honor the Cycles
Each season of nature, find yourself present again
flora phenomena on etsy
Guides

HALF CENTURY MARK HOTEL

"I photograph, what I bake, create, concoct, etc. I try to honor the cycles." ~ Mandy at attualmente
"Jaw-dropping work" ~ Mandy
"Keen awareness" ~ michellegd
"Little bit of the logical and a little bit of the whimsical." ~ attualmente
Mandy's Magnolia bud
http://atthepresentmoment.blogspot.com/2014/04/springing-along-blog-tour.html
Nourishing herbal skin-care products
"Oh, life!"
Phantastic Photographs
Quince
"Robins and cardinals greeting the bright dawn"
Springing along blog tour
Truly Taking to heart to live each moment.
Unfurling
Virtual blog tour... Vehicle
Wrapped tightly in a bud no more
xo
Yes!
Zen like

Earth Day Everyday

April 22, 2014
Beautiful Earth Day at Meredith College April 2007

"Contemplate the beauty of the Earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.” — Rachel Carson 

"Fret-work of human affairs" p. 149 Julia Cameron's God is No Laughing Matter
http://www.greeningsacredspaces.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3&Itemid=4

Joy to the Earth!
"Kingdom of Heaven is among us"



Now what??


“Touch the earth, love the earth, her plains, her valleys, her hills, and her seas; rest your spirit in her solitary places. ~ Henry Beston
Unfolding
Videos of how I celebrated : click here
World Earth Day 2014
"eXquisite order of the cosmos, resplendent in the stormy skies, the tides and seasons ..." p. 149 Julia Cameron's God is No Laughing Matter

by Mary Engelbreit

Monday, April 21st 2014 - RAIN Meditation

Allowing of presence - let it be -make space for it
Bringing more acceptance
Cultivating a space that is safe and kind
Deepening attention
Friendliness Felt sense
Gentle Grow into our fullness
Heartfulness

Investigate with Intimate attention  - what is going on here - Intention
Just as it is
Kindness
Letting nature unfold itself as it is
Mindfulness helps
Name what's going on with Natural loving awareness of the wholeness of my being.
Open Oceanness holding the waves of self
Peace-filled Pause
Quality of self-compassion
Sky of awareness, RAIN of attention
Tenderness; Thich Nhat Hanh : "Darling, I care about the suffering"
Unapologetically being yourself
Vivid. let it be Vivid. what triggers you?
Wisdom by William Shakespeare :  "Quality of mercy is not strained. / It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven"
eXplore - what is it I am believe about myself
Yes, yes, yes
Zen

Easter Weekend

Dying eggs again after yoga
Ender's Game
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=738823126150981&set=a.283968321636466.87914.138832742816692&type=1&theater

Gunilla Norris ~ "Pacing ourselves is a kind of Prayer." ~ 4/18/2014
Images of Easter
Japanese Steak House for dinner on Friday
Kabuki for dinner with my daughter on Good Friday

New ways of celebrating New beginnings
"Q, Humphrey and mouse" 
Rumi ~ "Love will find a way..."
Start Trek Into Darkness
Winds in the east, mist coming in. / Like somethin' is brewin' and bout to begin. / Can't put me finger on what lies in store, / But I fear what's to happen all happened before.
wXercise
Yoga

Friday, April 18th 2014


Coruscate: (v.) to reflect brilliantly; to sparkle
Deeply
Each of us IS a manifestation of the great mystery
"Function of a ritual is to pitch you back out" ~ Joseph Campbell
"Garden is the place of unity, of nonduality of male and female, good and evil, God and human beings." ~ Joseph Campbell
Kuekenhoff, Holland
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10203737113209357&set=a.4527127017281.188316.1264094982&type=1&theater
Love
Mythology of the plant
Native American phrase "living in one's sacred hoop." found in a journal from July, 2002
Pulse : stillness and movement are together in the temporal experience
Quinn and Rylan at East Beach by Sue Gager Palmer 4/17/14
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10201153369191341&set=ms.10201153370231367.10201153369431347.10201153369391346.10201153369671353.10201153369191341.10201153369951360.bps.a.10201131519605115&type=1&theater
Ritual must be kept alive
Shiva 
"The Auspicious One" regarded as the patron god of yoga and arts.
Unwinding with my girl
VuJaDe' - when things seem familiar, but in a backwards sort of way :)
"We are part of the earth and it is part of us."
"You and that other are one" A Metaphysical Realization by Schopenhauer as told by Joseph Campbell