I have a well of endless optimism, mostly full of this misguided notion that there is a good impulse in every example of humanity ( Read more... )

The pansies I planted, as referred to in my last entry, have shown signs of life!  Viola types are doing best but even the old hybrid seed is sprouting to some extent.  Yesterday I put all of my pepper seeds in: a new bell hybrid, a couple of old ones, paprika, a couple spicy pepper types.  This week, who knows, maybe broccoli and lettuce which, in ( Read more... )

This weekend I planted my first seeds in pots ( Read more... )

Yes, there's a sunset every night....LOL ( Read more... )

There are no books to tell you how to Walk the Walk.  It is a most solitary journey as your path is your own and no one can walk it for you.  A book on such a topic would be short, I suspect, and, if you really stop and think about it, you aren't 'there' if you are still looking in a book.  I will have to ponder this as it is such a unique area of ( Read more... )

I thought of one good thing that has come from our long stretch of being buried in snow: it is bright outside.  The effect of the greater light has been flowers!  My African Violets usually stop blooming for the winter since, of course, there isn't as much sunlight coming in their northern window (they fry in the southern windows).  This year I ( Read more... )

In embracing Simpler things I allow myself to be satisfied with the joys that many probably overlook.  For example, I am utterly ecstatic that it is light when I drive to work in the morning and still light when I am returning home!  I had never quite realized that I hated spending every bright moment of the day trapped in my work environment.  But ( Read more... )

This is an example of how one event leads to thinking about related events leads to memories resurfacing ( Read more... )

Many of the developments in my understanding of tarot have occurred as I read....something just comes to me.  I see an interpretation, a phrase pops into my head, the images align and the memory sticks even if the question fades away.  This happened to me earlier in the week as I drew the seven of pentacles reversed.  I was using my well-loved New ( Read more... )

The moon was out tonight, sailing over a deeply cold, still landscape, bright with the new snow.  She was visible through a soft window trimmed with light clouds, showing her face yet not illuminating all below her.  Yes, I got to see her just before full and, now, just after, but ( Read more... )