Cartwheeling through Life

September Adventuring

photo taken @ Yale Peabody Museum

"Best part about writing in a journal is what you learn about yourself... I know that when the light comes to your heart like this, it's a compass you ned to follow. And no one can dim it unless you let them." p.351 Secret of Honeycake by Kimberly Newton Fusco

Cardinal flower outside Yale Peabody Museum, New Haven

Diorams were incredible

East Beach, Watch Hill swim! Yay!! 19 September 25

"Flood Tide" chapter 118 "...It's the rising, the surging, the soaring- When the Might Atlantic finally stands up and shows what it's been hiding all along... It's worn a mask all this time, but now, surprise! It pulls it off, and shows its true colors, which are very bright..." p. 337 Secret of Honeycake by Kimberly Newton Fusco

Grasshopper on tulsi

14 September 25

"Halfway Point" Perhaps, ma'am, a bit of comfort is more Helpful than a drizzel?" p.79 "...Cranberries that grow at the seashore make Honey the rosy color of the sun setting on the ocean. No ordinary honey will do..." p. 348 The Secret of Honeycake

"I'll cross that bridge one step at a time." p. 285 The Secret of Honeycake

"Just like the colors of the ocean, there are many shades of me." p. 272

Kerry & Bob invited me to dinner at

L'Orico New Haven. "Omnia vincit amor. Love conquers all." p. 349

"Mother-love. It's a powerful thing." p. 339 Secret of Honeycake by Kimberly Newton Fusco

New Haven adventures 2x in 1 week!

Oscotillo

Perserverantia vincit. Perserverance conquers. p. 347 Perserverantia vincit. "Itmeans maybe we'll try again tomorrow." p.352 The Secret of Honeycake

Quartz Sandstone concretion

Rafflesia

a genus of parasitic flowering plants in Southeast Asia, famous for producing the world's largest individual flowers

"Slack Tide" : "It's the waiting tide, the in-between tide... Hold your breath! The seagulls do... scooching down waiting for the sea to change direction. But the real secret of slack tide is it's not just a waiting. It's a BECOMING-the moment between one thing and the next." p. 175

Torosaurus

Peabody Museum

Umbrella Factory in Charleston, RI 27 September 25

"Verba volant,scripta manent." Spoken words fly away, written words remain. p. 331 The Secret of Honeycake

"We're two pieces of a puzzle that fot together because we're different." pp. 350-1 The Secret of Honeycake

Weekapaug Look Out 28 Sept 25

Xiaojie gold copper deposit, Sichuan, China: Aragonite variety floss ferri

ale Peabody Museum 27 Sept 25

Zen moments at 9 Summit Street, Stonington

As I continue "Cartwheeling Through Life"

September 14 - September 22, 2025

14 Sept 25

tagline:

"Change your fate"

"Doctor my eyes...tell me what is wrong..." Facebook "Playing for Change"

Jackson Browne and others

Emulsify the human spirit into a stream of coherent harmony devoid of negativity is a miraculous gift of the soul. We are enabled to levitate our being above the conscious angst of our differences and to become one, dwelling for a time in a state of un-contaminated peace." ~ Ronnie Sirisky comment on this Facebook post source

"Feeling Stronger Every Day" by Chicago 09.18.25 Toni Pierce's Birthday :)

Gaskill, Elizabeth: "But the cloud never comes in that quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it." SacredBee 16 Sept 25

"He wags his tail softly, trying to figure it out. Then he whimpers softly, like he's list at sea." p.29 The Secret of Honeycake by Kimberly Newton Fusco

"I press my face against his, try and let my heart explain what my voice can't, hold him tight against my bones." p. 29 The Secret of Honeycake by Kimberly Newton Fusco

"Just when you need things to be swe et for a while, well, sometimes they are." p. 137 The Secret of Honeycake

Mr. Keats :)

"Last Song" by Edward Bear Listen here

"May this song offer clarity. Comfort. And the courage to keep going. Help us heal the world: https://playingforchange.com/join Facebook post source

Natalie Cole "I Live for You Love" listen here

Ocean of healing:

19 Sept 25 Watch Hill, RI

"...Puzzled about things." p. 28 The Secret of Honeycake by Kimberly Newton Fusco

"Returning to Myself" by Brandi Carlile great song - listen here

"...There's always room in your heart for a cat who needs you." p. 118 The Secret of Honeycake

"Universal power music to emulsify the human spirit into a stream of coherent harmony....

deVoid of negativity is a miraculous gift of the soul. We are enabled to levitate our being above the conscious angst of our differences and to become one, dwelling for a time in a state of uncontaminated peace." ~ Ronnie Sirisky

"My Words of Encouragement Journal is all Worried about how things are going." p.47 "...Wrapping myself around her like a strawberry vine." p. 31 The Secret of Honeycake

"eXceptional!" p.129 The Secret of Honeycake

"You can trust me... I'm a good bet." p. 119 The Secret of Honeycake

Pamela Zagarenski's art on Facebook 14 Sept 25