tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54914331209478149962024-02-20T15:26:07.461-06:00winns angelswinnsangelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456411263561237019noreply@blogger.comBlogger876125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491433120947814996.post-22471590008510295372014-11-28T21:09:00.000-06:002014-11-28T21:09:08.768-06:00find me hereI have moved to this <a href="http://winnsangels.wordpress.com/">location</a>. I look forward to meeting with you there.<br />
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WendyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07056087177866281473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491433120947814996.post-81443456689563289752014-11-12T14:04:00.000-06:002014-11-12T14:04:37.569-06:00my dear friends my dear, dear friends ~ I have missed you<br />
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Are you sleeping, are you sleeping?</span></span></i><br /><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;">
Brother John, Brother John?</span></span></i><br /><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;">
Morning bells are ringing, morning bells are ringing</span></span></i><br /><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;">
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07056087177866281473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491433120947814996.post-8489822853124447622013-10-03T16:38:00.000-06:002013-10-03T16:51:32.698-06:00babies, children, life and love ~ day 3i can hardly believe<br />
already october<br />
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i can hardly believe<br />
tomorrow will be<br />
nineteen weeks<br />
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i can hardly believe<br />
people's actions<br />
choices<br />
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i can hardly believe<br />
my strength<br />
my courage<br />
my hope<br />
my light<br />
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i can hardly believe<br />
my ability to laugh<br />
to love<br />
to cry<br />
to pray<br />
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i can hardly believe<br />
near ten months<br />
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i can hardly believe<br />
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Papa's gonna buy you a diamond ring </i></span>
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And if that diamond ring turns brass, <br />
Papa's gonna buy you a looking glass </i></span>
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And if that looking glass gets broke, <br />
Papa's gonna buy you a billy goat </i></span>
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And if that billy goat won't pull, <br />
Papa's gonna buy you a cart and bull </i></span>
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And if that cart and bull fall down, <br />
You'll still be the sweetest little baby in town."</i></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07056087177866281473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491433120947814996.post-219141077119843692013-09-26T15:13:00.000-06:002013-09-26T15:13:53.796-06:00babies, children, life, and love ~ day 2<span style="font-size: x-large;">the days march on</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">i dance through</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">i plod through</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">i dance through</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: x-large;">anger interrupts</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">i dance through</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">i dance toward the light</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">unconditional love</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">surrounds me </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">i dance within</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">i dance through</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">sadness interferes</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">i allow it</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">the tears bring</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">healing</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">i dance through</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">i dance toward the light</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">love over all</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">i dance within </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">i dance through</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">i dance toward the light</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333;">"Somewhere, over the rainbow, way up high<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333;">Somewhere, over the rainbow, skies are blue<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333;">And wake up where the clouds are far behind me<br />
Where troubles melt like lemon drops<br />
Away above the chimney tops<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333;">Somewhere over the rainbow, bluebirds fly<br />
Birds fly over the rainbow<br />
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Beyond the rainbow<br />
Why, oh why, can't I?"</span></span></span></i></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07056087177866281473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491433120947814996.post-45350246424563533462013-09-03T22:13:00.000-06:002013-09-03T22:13:36.292-06:00babies, children, life and love ~ day 1<span style="font-family: inherit;">this time of year </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">i start to think, </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">typically, </span>of that dance </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">that autumn dance. somehow, this year, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">that dance is so different. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">somehow</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">the dance has become intertwined with,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">with what?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">my new </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">everyday life</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">i suppose.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">where sighs,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">sighs are mandatory.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">frequent sighs.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">reminders</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">to drop shoulders.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">reminders </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">to breathe.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">reminders to dance</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">and sing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">and let myself be.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">reminders, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">to leave all things </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">in God's hands.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">reminders that my God,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">my God, is </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">a great God.</span><br />
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<i>Sweet Dreams my darling, the day is done.<br />The moon is here to say goodnight to the sun.<br /><br />Gather your blankets and climb into bed.<br />Close your eyes and lay down your head.<br /><br />Rest for now with peaceful dreams,<br />Of twinkling stars and shining moon beams.<br /><br />Sweet dreams my darling, sweet dreams my love,<br />Sweet dreams my precious gift from above.</i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /> One day you finally knew <br /> what you had to do, and began, <br /> though the voices around you <br /> kept shouting <br /> their bad advice-<br /> though the whole house <br /> began to tremble <br /> and you felt the old tug <br /> at your ankles. <br /> "Mend my life!" <br /> each voice cried. <br /> But you didn't stop. <br /> You knew what you had to do, <br /> though the wind pried <br /> with its stiff fingers <br /> at the very foundations, though their melancholy <br /> was terrible. <br /> It was already late <br /> enough, and a wild night, <br /> and the road full of fallen branches and stones. <br /> but little by little, <br /> as you left their voices behind, <br /> the stars began to burn <br /> through the sheets of clouds, <br /> and there was a new voice <br /> which you slowly <br /> recognized as your own, <br /> that kept you company <br /> as you strode deeper and deeper <br /> into the world, <br /> determined to do <br /> the only thing you could do-<br /> determined to save <br /> the only life you could save.</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> The <a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="Anchor-Journey-21478"></a>Journey</span></i> by Mary Oliver </span></i></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07056087177866281473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491433120947814996.post-4301536964345947842013-03-18T10:57:00.000-06:002013-03-18T10:57:16.551-06:00Monday mingle<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">I was e</span>xploring on pinterest yesterday and found some fabulous blogs around the area of "stitched". For some of these I have linked specifically to a post. Please take an opportunity to look at current information by clicking on top of the blog or where it says main or home.</span><br />
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hidden heart of it, because in the last analysis all moments are key
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<span style="font-size: large;">the day before Christmas</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">all in a scurry</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">still trying to breathe</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and find quiet moments </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">to take in the glory</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">a celebration is near</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">i will be of good cheer</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">look after myself</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and those who are near me</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">so tired i feel</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">yet grateful each day</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">for the strength from within</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and the faith which keeps me going</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">MERRY CHRISTMAS my friends</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">may your days also be blessed</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">with strength, courage and joy</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">plus the spirit of the season</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">"I salute you. I am your friend, and my love for you goes deep. There is nothing I can give you which you have not. But there is much, very much, that, while I cannot give it, you can take. No heaven can come to us unless our hearts find rest in it today. Take heaven! No peace lies in the future which is not hidden in this present little instant.<br /><br />Take peace! The gloom of the world is but a shadow. Behind it, yet within our reach, is joy. There is radiance and glory in darkness, could we but see. And to see, we have only to look. I beseech you to look!<br /><br />Life is so generous a giver. But we, judging its gifts by their covering, cast them away as ugly or heavy or hard. Remove the covering, and you will find beneath it a living splendor, woven of love by wisdom, with power. Welcome it, grasp it, and you touch the angel's hand that brings it to you.<br /><br />Everything we call a trial, a sorrow or a duty, believe me, that angel's hand is there. The gift is there and the wonder of an overshadowing presence. Your joys, too, be not content with them as joys. They, too, conceal diviner gifts.<br /><br />Life is so full of meaning and purpose, so full of beauty beneath its covering, that you will find earth but cloaks your heaven. Courage then to claim it; that is all! But courage you have, and the knowledge that we are pilgrims together, wending through unknown country home."</span></i><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> Fra Giovanni, 1513<br /> </span><br />
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winnsangelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456411263561237019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491433120947814996.post-83432435166024782022012-12-11T16:35:00.000-06:002012-12-11T16:35:14.142-06:00autumn ramblings 11<span style="color: #351c75;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">this is a post i wrote weeks ago. since then much has changed. there has been very little time to create. someday i will get back to it with a renewed energy. for now i will share this.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> rolling through these days trying to get some sense of Christmas approaching ~ feeling discomfort at times.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">and so I continue to create.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">to this stage in time there was very little creating with this piece. I had acquired the original very dark pastel creation probably from my daughter. I believe she got it many years ago from a visiting pastel artist at her school. I had found it rolled up in the basement in a piece of craft paper. hastily one evening as I was preparing for a visitor I hung it on a wall in one of my basement creative spaces. then I realized how dark the piece was, how very abstract. not really what I wanted hanging on my walls. besides, there were so many possibilities. and so I began. the above pictured is with a number of layers of white chalk added. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">another evening I chose to grab a piece of charcoal and sketch this face. the portrait was created using a reference from <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://mistymawn.typepad.com/open_studio_space/" target="_blank">Misty Mawn's Open Studio</a> </span>class. I find my art being greatly influenced by her teachings even after eleven months. truly I have not had nearly as much time in this past year to be creating as what I had hoped. but the <span style="font-size: large;">l</span>essons will remain with me. and a great dream I have would be to one day participate in Misty's class in Orvieto. a dream ~ but I do believe that dreams can come true.<span style="font-size: large;"> a</span>s a dear friend strongly believes "If you can dream it ~ you can do it." <span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Walt Disney</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">so with pieces of charcoal flying as the piece was hung on the wall ~ the lovely lady appeared. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I gave the piece more depth and feeling with darker lines. now she appears on my wall, yet another piece totally inspired by Misty, but with very much my own twist.</span>winnsangelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456411263561237019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491433120947814996.post-55941692728566619182012-11-18T21:21:00.000-06:002012-11-18T21:21:25.984-06:00autumn ramblings 10 ~ more stages of creativity<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">As you have probably noticed ~ something went totally awry after the fourth picture. By that time I was getting pretty frustrated. I was nearly ready to paint over and start from new. But thankfully I let her rest for a while. I moved on to a couple of other creations. Not certain why I was <strike>panicking</strike> s</span><span style="font-size: large;">tressing. I suppose those nasty life challenges were getting the best of me. Finally I came back to my drawing book inside cover page. Answers came to me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am now calling this page complete. There is probably much more I could do but after all ~ only a journal page.</span><br />
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<br />winnsangelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456411263561237019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491433120947814996.post-54888220452072468452012-11-10T09:08:00.000-06:002012-11-10T09:08:09.359-06:00autumn ramblings 9 <span style="font-size: large;">or "taking a creative interlude" </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As you could realize from my latest ramblings ~ sometimes the rambling is a bit hard to take. As I began the ramblings, I believe I had mentioned that what was flowing through onto these pages was <span style="font-size: large;">very much the way things are within me. Confusing. <span style="font-size: large;">Making no sense. Never ending. I suspect you have been getting numerous indications of that particularly recently. You might pause to wonder how anyone could survive a cont<span style="font-size: large;">inuous<span style="font-size: large;">, ongoing thought process as that. That is at times what boggles my mind - how to get away from it. How to unwind the tightly wou<span style="font-size: large;">n</span>d <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind-up_toy" target="_blank">knob on my back</a> so that the thought process might slow down. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am so grateful for a creative soul. So grateful for an awareness of nature and the need to "be still". So grateful for music. So grateful for tools and imagination and <span style="font-size: large;">eyes that "see beyond".</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Truly I have tried to remain creative. Here is one of my mo<span style="font-size: large;">re</span> recent creations shown in steps from earlier beginnings of a sketch to looking very gaunt, to looking like a sophisticated young lady very worthy of framing. I often begin sketches on whatever happens to be handy<span style="font-size: large;"> as I prepare to talk with my Momma on the telephone. Those beginning sketches are sometimes "way off" but I have been reminded time and time again to practice. That is another part of what keeps me going<span style="font-size: large;"> in this creative journey.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">I know<span style="font-size: large;">. She looks pretty scary above. <span style="font-size: large;">She w</span>ould have been very appropriate for Halloween or some <span style="font-size: large;">very scary movie. Funny. I trusted myself and carried on. I have learned that a very bad<span style="font-size: large;">, nearly</span> </span>frighte<span style="font-size: large;">ning look is typical at some stage <span style="font-size: large;">in<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: large;">most </span>paintings.<span style="font-size: large;"> Trust in oneself. And I realize now that creating brings about trust. Ah, <span style="font-size: large;">I</span> think I learned that a long time ago. It was just a lesson forgotten<span style="font-size: large;">, a lesson which I should allow to be at the forefront m<span style="font-size: large;">uch</span> <span style="font-size: large;">more often<span style="font-size: large;">,</span> in creating, as in life.</span></span></span> </span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<br />winnsangelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456411263561237019noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491433120947814996.post-37497706853625930452012-11-05T14:44:00.000-06:002012-11-05T14:44:36.596-06:00autumn ramblings 8<span style="font-size: large;">a time when ~</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">i have found myself wondering about the numbers assigned to these ramblings. the number 8 appeared next in line as i was planning this ramble. i would not have previously thought of the number having significance but i am pretty certain i would have been eight years of age when i first encountered a very difficult year with my diabetes. maybe i should not say "very difficult". i am totally beyond the point of knowing what is important or an emergency or something to get really excited about. over the past few years with our daughter there have been so many occurrences, incidents, as i said ~ beyond knowing what is something major.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">a "very difficult" year ~ perhaps it was. i do not remember the details. i <i>do</i> recall spending days on end in the hospital only for them to determine if a newer ~ for that time ~ insulin could be less problematic for my injection sites. i was not really ill you understand. but more kind of like a guinea pig. whatever. i was again hospitalized a few months later with a serious stomach flu and again at the end of June following the last day of school and being found during the night with an extremely low blood sugar, i cannot remember, maybe i had actually passed out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">i will try to get to bed earlier.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">i will continue to get outdoors in the mornings even though it is cloudy, always, it seems</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and colder and more dreary.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">i will try.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">i will leave her in God's hands even though it is so scary.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">i will try.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">i will remind myself there is nothing more i can do.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">i will try.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">i will try to be positive and cheery</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and act as though everything is fine.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">i will try.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">i will try. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">nearly a month ago. i gave myself a <strike>huge</strike> largish scare. the glass landed on the floor. having shattered. no, not so much a psychological thing, well perhaps. i was in stocking feet. somehow i was on the balls of my feet. it was not so comfortable. mostly there was fear. there was no one else in the house. i had stepped on a piece of glass years ago. our daughter, quite capably for her age, telephoned her Dad who proceeded to come home from work and help with removing the piece of glass from my foot. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">now you realize, or maybe you are <i>not</i> aware that i have had diabetes for 51 and 1/2 years. my feet - some might think i am paranoid about them. perhaps so. but the doctors tell me that is a good thing because of the diabetes. i am familiar with those who have needed amputation. at a youngish age. in the summer time. or maybe it was spring i was told i definitely have diabetic neuropathy. my past education and career choice of nursing <strike>enabled</strike> allowed me to see the long term effects of diabetes complications. too many young people. too much blindness. too much kidney<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>dialysis. too many deaths. young people. diabetes. yes maybe i am paranoid. i say rightly so. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">concerned about the weather</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">rain, rain go away.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">come again some other day.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">when the temperature is not hovering around zero.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">there is already enough sadness from the weather</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">our own mistakes</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">because of Sandy</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">because of inferiority</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">feelings</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">sadness</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">huge change coming</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">huge chang<span style="font-size: large;">e</span> happening</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">everyday</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">some day</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">every day</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">around us</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">within us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">that star key</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">that number eight</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">a difficult year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">i hope you are still with me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">i am here</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">i am strong.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">i am able to smile.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">i am able to dance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">i am able to laugh.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">i am ok.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">i hope <i>you</i> are ok.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">no,<i> everything</i> is NOT ok</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">but i am ok and i sincerely hope you are ok.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">that day the glass fell, shattered, scared me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Greg was just outside, cleaning the step, sweeping<span style="font-size: large;">.</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">through one thin pane of glass.<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>i called. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">he was there, quickly. i breathed, relief. </span><span style="font-size: large;">i was safe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">paranoid. perhaps.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">so much being reminded, though,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">of <a href="http://www.wendybburton.com/p/orange_30.html" target="_blank">orange</a>. so many reminders, insisting</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">i must achieve better control, my diabetes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">only two. doctors. this time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">but so many from my past. so many still there to haunt me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">only if i allow them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">i will choose not to allow them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">orange.</span></div>
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winnsangelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456411263561237019noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491433120947814996.post-89363432684228119022012-10-22T11:06:00.001-06:002013-03-18T09:34:19.337-06:00Monday mingle<i><span style="font-size: large;">"Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend."</span></i><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Albert Camus</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">From a few of my friends ~</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.emmatree.com/" target="_blank">Debbie </a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://wingedpaths.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Amy</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://mytherapyroom.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Yvonne</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://las-palabras-magicas.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Elena</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzieq/" target="_blank">Sue </a></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>"A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world."</i><br /> Leo Buscaglia<br /> </span>winnsangelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456411263561237019noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491433120947814996.post-65646770887834880362012-10-19T15:09:00.000-06:002012-10-19T15:09:17.803-06:00autumn ramblings 7<span style="font-size: large;">a time when ~</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">i am ever grateful for the choice of spending time outdoors creating, if only for a brief time</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">while our summer weather was magical</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">early autumn </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">also.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">i am happy to have shared my desire with my beloved to sit outside, read</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">while i did some creating.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">so rare for him to do.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">on our spectacular last weekend of september, saturday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">for then the weather changed.</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">the snow capped the roof of the garage viewed through the window.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the pumpkins.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">the one misplaced favourite mitten needed to be found</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">"now" before venturing outdoors.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">consideration given a number of times those evenings to the need for ice grippers</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">to keep safe from falling</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">as happened number of times that year</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">how long ago?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">yet the delphinium stands, two</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and the chives</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">between the garage wall and the cement path stones</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">ever beautifully</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">reminding me of how strong <i>i am</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">how i can stand beautifully too</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">sometimes through the most difficult conditions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> *******</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">seven stars for ramblings seven </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">my mind strays </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">again</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">wondering if what i have to say here merits the wonderful number. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">loving the number seven.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">*******</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #660000;">"indian summer"</span> waltzes in</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">amazing me, others</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">once again everyone outdoors</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">smells of barbecuing meat</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">knowledge it may very quickly go out </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">with the west wind blowing</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">big grin with every breath</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">not caring of our longing for yet another warm day</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">brilliant sunlight bringing autumn richness</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">knowing of our need for change<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>of the seasons</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">yet such angst within as the mood swings </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">with every touch of winter approaching</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">winter approaching.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">i am amazed at the honking of the geese to the east</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">water </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">gathering geese</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">hundreds<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>if not more<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>honking</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">flying in groups silhouetted</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">in the distance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">i wonder as i make the road trip to city<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>alone</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">yet with guides, </span><span style="font-size: large;">many. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">forecast for cloud filled day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">sunlight peeking<span style="font-size: large;">, </span>beaming through for me</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">most of my lone way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">i return home</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">at that golden hour<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>of light perfect.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">again wondering at how the light seems for me alone</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">as the forecast still says cloud prevails.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">i offer words of praise, thanksgiving</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">observing more silhouettes, ducks, yet more ducks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">water sparkling as the wheels take me <span style="font-size: large;">by</span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">*******</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">i mimic the chickadees high above in the trees</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">as <span style="font-size: large;">once</span> again i try to snatch moments outdoors</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">often with warm jacket about me as i waited too long those days </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">to honour myself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">morning walks are about donning cabled gray tights</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">sage green cords, warm sweaters, denimy blue "barn" jacket, also in cord</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">blundstone boots, those favourite stripey mittens, lost one found, though not by me</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and red soft hat. not usually my colour but being brave these days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">besides, it was handy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">as the wind continues</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">so i continue to wonder</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">wishing for more wandering through nature, mindfulness, creating.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">some day some time.</span><br />
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winnsangelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456411263561237019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491433120947814996.post-89948002559301463452012-10-15T11:40:00.000-06:002012-10-15T11:40:45.418-06:00Monday mingle<span style="font-size: large;">Are <span style="color: #741b47;">you </span>a highly sensitive person?</span><br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.hsperson.com/index.html" target="_blank">the highly sensitive person</a></li>
<li><a href="http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2010/03/28/5-gifts-of-being-highly-sensitive/" target="_blank">world of psychology ~ 5 gifts of being highly sensitive</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/02/ten-ways-to-find-out-if-you-are-too-sensitive/" target="_blank">elephant journal</a></li>
<li>Jim Hallowes - <a href="http://www.highlysensitivepeople.com/" target="_blank">highly sensitive people</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/prescriptions-life/201105/top-10-survival-tips-the-highly-sensitive-person-hsp" target="_blank">top ten survival tips for the highly sensitive person </a></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">first one </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">another</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">many more blue birds playing</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">with me, with each other</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">as i departed on that day to visit my Mom.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">thinking first it was my Dad, perhaps</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">then two angels</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">certainly many angels.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">i found her then, to first remind me so much of Dad as she woke</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">then took a moment, moments more</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">to orientate self.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">never quite certain if she recognizes</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">me.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">certainly not caring, i,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">if she does.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">only grateful once again for the time</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">with her, whom i love dearly.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">reminded once again of the extra time with her</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the near losing her <i>that</i> many months ago, six now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">realizing later, how she seemed more alert this recent visit.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">wanting also to pour her own milk from carton into glass.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">doing it splendidly</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">knowing when i ask her if wants to try</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">that the <i>juice</i> will have to be poured</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">quickly.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">doing that splendidly also, more able probably than i with my essential tremor.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">she has it too,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">hereditary,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">but her movements guided by some extra unseen helping hand, also perhaps </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">determination.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">tears seem so at the ready</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">often at the most inopportune of times.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">i know i need to cry and let this grief</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">this sadness</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">go through me.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">yet i am only allowed a moment.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">i long for more time.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">even but a few more moments.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">sometime.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">in the meantime i will remember how grateful i am </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">for the deeply rooted knowledge that art saves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">for the awareness of the meaning of feathers spotted.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the tiny, though sometimes larger, very brief flashes of light, typically blue</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">though sometimes purple</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">or white</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">even red</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in my peripheral vision.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">i say a tiny prayer of thanks</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">as taught.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">for the receiving of <span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="color: #134f5c;"><a href="http://www.superherolife.com/2012/09/the-courage-to-let-go/" target="_blank">stories</a></span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">around feathers</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">bringing joyful tears </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">with the knowledge that others are also aware of these feather angels.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">the tears ~</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">tears for my father</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">who moved to the greatest of all homes in February.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">tears for the struggles and challenges of our daughter</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">as she tries to make her way in a world that often does not want to see</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">how sensory issues</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">how differences</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">can create ~</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">can create what?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">sigh.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">difficulties.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">for the joy of being her parents</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the knowledge of where she might be if we had not been her parents.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">for the beautiful being she is</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">even though. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">tears for my mother</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">though in a place with many people</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">many wonderful care givers</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a place that is safe</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">she will be alone on Thanksgiving.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">tomorrow i will see her.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">i will hug her.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">not just one of our pretend hugs</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">that which we share every time i speak with her on the phone.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">i will reassure</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">that this is where she lives now.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">that she has been here for nearly a year now.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the departing on the elevator is always </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">i suppose a look to what comes next</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">gratitude for the time shared</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">gratitude that she is still with us and as able as she is.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">tears for all the gifts we have been given.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">tears for my family.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">though this Thanksgiving there will be only three</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">i am ever rejoicing for family</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">just as through the past </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">we <i>six</i>, round the dining room table for Thanksgiving,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">mentioned "family" as that being one of the things we were <b><i>most</i></b> grateful for. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">for so many wonderful gifts.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">we have been richly blessed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend." </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>winnsangelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456411263561237019noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491433120947814996.post-32650371101236549152012-10-05T12:45:00.000-06:002012-10-05T12:45:10.992-06:00autumn ramblings 4<span style="font-size: large;">a time when ~</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the full moon went flowing by with the stream pulling behind <span style="color: #0c343d;"><b><i>chill,</i></b> </span><b><span style="color: #0c343d;"><i>chilly</i></span> </b>temperatures</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">grey skies to try ~ pull us down</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">plus winds to nearly knock the breath from even the strongest creatures among </span><span style="font-size: large;">us. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">not to mention many of the leaves from the trees.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">a time when ~</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the robins visit, nearly en masse </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">moving from one tree to another in our yard, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and many others, as i walk in daylight hours.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">sadly the light tricking ~ frequent thuds heard as</span> <span style="font-size: large;">the robins bump, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">one after another, into the windows.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">my heart does a little skip for them. typically they are strong.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">not so the numerous wings and stilled bodies i glimpse on the pavement, probably fallen victim to neighbours cat.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">i sigh, remembering with some sadness </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the way of nature.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">wondering how on african safaris "the chase" seems to draw the attention of many travellers.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">not me.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">i preferred the humungous yawns </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">as they napped. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">we could be still,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">standing in our safari vehicle at a safe distance.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">grateful the others with us, also intrigued by those same yawns.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">a white feather captures my attention</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">so very apparent midst the darkness fallen leaves at curb's edge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">a veil of tiny richness coloured leaves </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">trails </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">from the flatbed trailer at lunch time departure </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">from their spot parked beneath the trees of the park beside.</span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<span style="color: #0c343d;">Besides the autumn poets sing,<br />A few prosaic days<br />A little this side of the snow<br />And that side of the haze."<br /> Emily Dickinson </span></span> </span></i></div>
<br />winnsangelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456411263561237019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491433120947814996.post-82888376199761076792012-09-28T16:24:00.000-06:002012-09-28T16:24:19.871-06:00autumn ramblings 3<span style="font-size: large;">yesterday was about a drive to the city. it was about
more than that, but i have only this much time to ramble today. what an
absolutely gorgeous day for a drive. many years our frost comes early
and the big winds follow, leaving much missed regarding autumn leaves.
not the case this year. the sunlight, the warmth, the more recent gentle
winds, have allowed for a wonderful display of autumn richness. i
sometimes long for that desire to snap, snap, snap photos and still more
photos. sadly the energy is not there. the muse wants to take me just
that close to inspiration and then leave me straggling.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>yet the most important thing is ~ i am not rushing by. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>the most important thing is ~ i am not agonizing </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>about the camera </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>being far from the ready. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>the most important thing is ~ i am ready to rejoice </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>at the beautiful sun kissed leaves, </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>the rich tapestry of trees, with sparkling waters </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>holding just the right amount of glimmer.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>the most important thing is ~ i am able to feel </i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>the excitement of another's joy </i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>as she observes first time </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>the white shining hue of snow geese </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>as they gather and lift, </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>just above the road on which we travel. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>the most important thing is ~ </i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>my eyes and head allow me </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>to glimpse the majesty of the eagle </i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>as he sits on an otherwise bare tree </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>at waters edge.</i></span></div>
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<br />winnsangelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456411263561237019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491433120947814996.post-23454432226186767362012-09-24T16:00:00.000-06:002012-09-24T16:00:20.601-06:00autumn rambling 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">This year, ahhh, this year has been so different. I typically observe the changing of the seasons. I feel changes with some angst. Particularly autumn. If you know me very well you realize I have this love/hate relationship with autumn. I believe the hate part of it is largely due to my Seasonal Affective Disorder, SAD. However there is something more to this. Many people react in a similiar fashion to the arrival of spring as well, something to do with air pressure changes, major changes of any sort. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">But I ramble. I feel the need to apologize for the ramble, take it or leave it. My thoughts have been filled with rambling it seems. And I have chosen not to share. There seem to be trends in art blogs. I do not know if you have noticed. I certainly have. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">When I started blogging, I tried to share much of my anxiety, my fears, my concerns. I believed I might help other people going through similiar situations. I still believe I found some very good life time friends because of that sharing. In the last few years the trend seemed to change to holding all your personal "stuff" inside. Kind of like "don't worry ~ be happy", especially with the face you showed to the world. I went along with it even though I was uncertain about it. I was not as inclined to post. I began to get behind with sharing my photos and art. I was not sure what was all right to say and what not. At the time I was going through some very heavy duty challenges. Probably sharing would have been beneficial. I chose not to share. That was easier than trying to decide what to say, what not to say. Sigh. And then there were the times when I had perhaps said too much. I felt guilt. That was not good.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Ahhh, the rambling.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">This past year has been very tough. This past year I have been very strong. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Remember ~ "I am strong. I am free. I have the right to be me." Those words were a wonderful mantra. I go back to them often. Sometimes I forget though. I must try to remind myself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>ramble, ramble </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Once again a return to sharing experiences, feelings, hardships, challenges, joys. Once again I think <b>I too</b> may feel more comfortable about choosing the right moments, pieces to share.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Angels be with you my friends.</i></b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"<i>Have you ever heard the wonderful silence just before the dawn? Or the quiet and calm just as a storm ends? Or perhaps you know the silence when you haven’t the answer to a question you’ve been asked, or the hush of a country road at night, or the expectant pause of a room full of people when someone is just about to speak, or, most beautiful of all, the moment after the door closes and you’re alone in the whole house? Each one is different, you know, and all very beautiful if you listen carefully." ~ Norton Juster</i></span>winnsangelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456411263561237019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491433120947814996.post-31705655927092883372012-09-23T22:21:00.002-06:002012-09-23T22:21:37.081-06:00autumn ramblings 1<span style="font-size: large;">the second day of autumn. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">usually this time of year is about the autumn dance. alas i find my thoughts, my moods, my actions, to be quite rambling these days, this year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">and so the decision, instead of my autumn dance, to share ramblings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">our summer has been so filled with sunshine<i>. </i>still the sunshine continues. as i love the light, so <b>need</b> the light, i will not complain. i will attempt to spend time outdoors to enjoy. i will attempt to sit in the light and see if i can slow these random thoughts and actions.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> i will attempt to remember to breathe deeply, to let the ongoing stress <span style="color: #741b47;"><b>release</b></span>. some days i am more successful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">today we took advantage of the sunshine, the west wind, the heat. we went to a favourite place, closer by, to do a short afternoon hike. was going to call it a stroll, but quite hilly, quite wild. and i wore my boots. blundstone. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> so much more like a hike. even Billy got tired. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">we are getting older. yet we still love to hike. i also continue to love doing photos of the autumn season.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Finding the following words, compliments of the quotation loving Kitty Ackerman Armstrong, to bring me to a place where I can try to move from the ramble jumble into a more meditative landscape.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">"May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. May your rivers flow without end, meandering through pastoral valleys tinkling with bells, past temples and castles and poets towers into a dark primeval forest where tigers belch and monkeys howl, through mysterious swamps and down into a desert of red rock, blue mesas, domes and pinnacles and grottos of endless stone, and down again into a deep vast ancient unknown chasm where bars of sunlight blaze on profiled cliffs, where deer walk across the white sand beaches, where storms come and go as lightning clangs upon the high crags, where something strange and more beautiful and more full of wonder than your deepest dreams waits for you - beyond that next turning of the canyon walls." </span></i>~<i><span style="font-size: large;"> Edward Abbey</span></i>winnsangelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456411263561237019noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5491433120947814996.post-86718330557817574952012-09-17T07:40:00.000-06:002012-09-17T07:40:04.542-06:00Monday mingle<span style="font-size: large;">week 14</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yes, I am still visiting my computer and trying to share occasionally. One of these days I will surprise you and start more regular posts, maybe. That will not be happening today though, probably not tomorrow either. In the mean time, take a look at these sites which are the online homes of some of my favourite magazines. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.styleathome.com/" target="_blank">Style at Home</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.countryliving.com/" target="_blank">Country Living</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.canadiangardening.com/" target="_blank">Canadian Gardening</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.canadianliving.com/" target="_blank">Canadian Living</a></span></li>
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