An entirely different take on "Aimlessness" and more

Bone Broth plus onions, plus kitchari - yum!

Candles from Christina Ltd., 1 Canal Street Westerly

Eponymous: (of a person) giving their name to something.

"First you get the book, then you get the key." ~ House With A Clock in its Walls

"Go forth with praise, knowing you’re surrounded by the King of Kings. May you be aware that the battle is not against people. May you pray for your “enemies” not because you think you “should” but because you recognize they’re not your enemy. May you put on the full armor of God: 

"...His truth, His righteousness, His peace, His Spirit, Salvation through Him, faith in Him. Then give Him the glory for the breakthrough when it comes."

Amy Kay Nickerson's post on Instagram

 Katie B. - Senior Portfolio

Jack Black and Cate Blanchette movie this afternoon:  ~ House With a Clock in its Walls

"Kiss the Earth poem" by Thich Nhat Hanh

 Listening to "Lost Connections" Johann Hari

Magic from within - missed the exact quote in the movie, but you get the idea. ~ House With a Clock in its Walls

"No chairs or topiary griffins were harmed in the making of this motion picture." ~ House With a Clock in its Walls

"Our walking is not a means to an end. We walk for the sake of walking" p. 6 The Long Road Turns to Joy: A Guide to Walking Meditation

 source

"Quiver-free breath, stress-free mind, inhibition-free intellect, obsession-free memory, ego that includes all, and soul which is free from sorrow is the birthright of every human being.” - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

"Rose Rita, Right?" ~ House With a Clock in its Walls

Solutions: prioritizing connections with nature and face to face with others listen here

Thinking in a much deeper, honest, move loving and complex way about our [collective] distress

Uniqueness makes us complete (Deepak), but community it the key to real connection (podcasts I've been listening to this weekend on addiction, health, and so much more)

"Vision and Darkness" from My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers

We began our friendship with a gift... he gave me another. An incredible gift. A glimpse of the world through God's eye.  ~ Out of Africa

eXtrinsic values are [junk food] for the soul 

"Yes, I see. This is the way it was intended." ~ Out of Africa

Zach Bush : "Food Independence and Planetary Evolution" on Rich Roll podcast

Mary Oliver Jan 2019

'A Thousand Mornings' With Poet Mary Oliver - listen here

"...Concern I have for the natural world is really a very sorrowful business." ~ Mary Oliver

Discipline : make it part of a writing discipline to go out into the world and make some observations every day. I think it began with discipline because I did understand that any artistic venture requires a lot of discipline but it's no longer a discipline...

Embodied her own advice: "Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it." "Flowers bend their bright bodies, and tip their fragrance to the air, and rise, their red stems holding all that dampness and recklessness gladly and lightly, and there it is again - beauty the brave, the exemplary, blazing open." ~ Mary Oliver

He was positively drenched in enthusiasm I don't know why and yet why not..." ~ Mary Oliver

 "...I want to be improbable, beautiful and afraid of nothing as though I had wings" ~ Mary Oliver

"...Just happens have you always done that..." ~ Mary Oliver

"Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable."~ Mary Oliver

 thank you, Maura

 Homebound Publications FB page

Notebook

Open 

 thank you Meghan

Quotes Rumi and others

Rumi says in that wonderful line there are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.

"...Sunflowers blaze maybe that's their way / maybe the cats are sound asleep maybe not ..." ~ Mary Oliver

"...That rising of the light moves me very much and I'm used to thinking and feeling in words..."

"Take your busy heart ... to the forest. The song you heard singing in the leaf when you were a child is singing still." ~ Mary Oliver

 Very close close close attention to things and seeing new details I love words I love the mechanics of poetry I often speak of the choreography of the poem on the page."

Zagarenski original artwork at Sacred Bee

2019 post #2

As we head into a new week, remember this—

"Centering thought: I fully embrace the flow of life"

Deepak: Day 13 of Energizing Your Life: Non-struggle and Flow

Each one of the roses at church looked like they had a different story to tell

 Fiddleheads on Friday for a morning boost before work, and for soup at lunch time

Garden Planning... a must this month

Happy Birthday to two nieces and thank you, Charly Bennett

"I take joy in growing and expanding my awareness." ~ Day 14, Deepak

Kendall and Angie, a rare shot, now both have passed on ...

Meditate More - Midday? Evening? Where? How? Now!

“Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.” — Diderot

"Promise me you'll always remember: you're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think" -Christopher Robin to Pooh

"Read Psalm 139" Jan 9th My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers AND Jan 13th Donnie Williams

Santa kneeling (off to the side) at the manger where Jesus lay

This was at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Stonington, probably since November

Unnoticed by me until Sunday, January 13th. Interesting

Very interesting....

 thank you, Lynette

The call of God is an eXpression of His nature. Oswald Chambers

Yes! I was going to crop the above photo a bit, but now I see how helpful that darkness at the bottom really is.

2019 post #1

A childlike state will enable us to regain our capacity to give and receive unconditional love." ~ Friends in Recovery Bible  p. 155

Being congruent and in charge/charged with responsibility for my own life and! Be poised to Be a storyteller! to BE a storyteller - get clear!

Create the magic by putting Creativity in my agenda each and every day. be Consistent

Deciding to have extraordinary relationship with Depth and vibrancy. Drive for...

Excellence. Enrich the moment with Spirit and each day with 

Feeling cookies too

Growing aspirations needs Goals

 by Cullen Cornett Libby

Joy in contribution

Know your guiding principles: Faith + Hope + Love = Peace

Learning, Loving, growing

Meditate on crystal clarity: what am I giving?

Negativity ages us, and those around us

"Oops" :) love this :)

Philosophy 101 and Plato/Playdough

"Queen of the couch" - January 2, 2018

Resting after a long holiday "break"

Seeing the heart/core/foundation of my vision

Transformation Week with Brendon Bouchard

Unification of all things through what is Ultimately true.

Vision Circle from Brendon Bouchard's Transformation Week Video

"Wisdom is what enables you to deal honorably with the tragedy of life." Jordan Peterson

shared with me by Lynette with this article:

"Woman Turned 110-Year-Old Dead Tree Into A Free Little Library For The Neighborhood And It Looks Magical"

eXpression is priceless photo by John Kincheloe who wrote:

"You just have to love this expression. His response to another two inches of snow this morning."

Zoom - something else I'll be learning ASAP, apparently