Apache Tears...

What a beautiful way to end the day here in

South Carolina. This sunset just took my breath away.

I think it was Spirits way of compensating for a day that started

out not so good. I planned a trip to Charlotte to pick up an

 Apache Tears stone and stopped to fill my gas tank on the

way. A guy in an old beat up Ford F150 backed into my

Tacoma....the end of his bumper hit right behind the passenger

 door on the drivers side. I'm sure you can guess who's vehicle 

was damaged. When I saw him start to back up I blew the horn

and if he had stopped then he wouldn't have hit me...but...

he didn't! Sure wish I'd already picked up that stone.

"Apache Tears are strong stones for spiritual grounding and they are

 also powerful for psychic protection. They will raise your ability

 to recognize the approach of menacing situations, where you may be at risk.

 Like other types of Black Obsidian... they will absorb negative energy.

 This makes Apache Tears powerful tools to cleanse your auric field of negativity."

I hope his insurance (it looked "iffy") will pay to fix my truck...but if not...

I can live with it....sure doesn't look nice...but it runs just fine...

Thank you Spirit for protecting my loved one and myself.

Miller Goodman toys.......

Miller Goodman toys............

forget the kids....I WANT THEM.....

true time........

“I know this much: that there is objective time,

 but also subjective time, the kind you wear on the inside of your wrist,

 next to where the pulse lies. And this personal time, 

which is the true time, is measured in your relationship to memory.” 

~ Julian Barnes

 

 

on this cold... rainy... winters day i am remembering a

gentle soul who listened to my dreams and held

me through the night.... 

 

art by jeanie tomanek

the promise of renewal....

winter has its own kind of beauty...

it's a time for showing ones bones.

i am much comforted by these silent sentries

around this place i call home. 

the skeletal trees with their adornment of nests...

the butterfly bush under the bird feeder that 

gives my little ones a sense of security...

the rattle of the dried leaves from the flowers 

that some would have pulled by now

but i like to have them share my winters with me.

 

this desiccated queen annes lace reminds me of the

moon...with a galaxy of stars arcing outward. But

most importantly...it reminds me of renewal...

new life from the precious seeds clinging to its

heart....

 

a heart should always carry within itself

the promise of renewal...

 

Earth Prayers..

Mother Earth has provided everything in your life; the food you eat, the air you breathe, the clothes you wear, the home you live in. She is the Divine Mother manifest in her most majestic form. We can never say thank you to her enough.

Today your intention is to offer your prayers to Mother Earth throughout your day. Using your breath, and an offering from nature, your prayers will begin to restore your alignment with Nature and all things of the Universe. This readjustment of righting your relationship to yourself and your place in the world is known by shamans as ayni. Ayni resides in your heart. There is a deep ease of being at home, at one with everything. Offering your prayers in this way begins to bring you into ayni, the longing of your heart to return home.

In different traditions tobacco, flowers or cocoa leaves are used to hold prayers. Today you will find something in your own kitchen or native surroundings that will work for you. Grains like rice or dried beans, fresh or dried herbs, flower petals, small leaves, organic sugar, seeds, nuts or raisins are some of the things you could use as prayer offerings.

Every good prayer starts with a thank you. As you offer your prayers hold a sense of gratitude, love and appreciation for Pachamama. Let your prayer be one of thanks for the glory of the day, for the beauty Pachamama offers so abundantly, thanks for the warmth of the sun on your face, the blessings in your life. Allow your prayer to be an authentic of the calling of your heart. Release your prayer offerings back to the Earth.

an excerpt from A Structure For Spirit

wise words from Karen Chrappa on this crisp monday morning....

Whisperings.......

yesterdays sunset...

i felt its beauty in my bones.

the ancients whispering...

all is right with your world.

Willie Drews.......

willie drews home...

one of the places i go to

soothe my soul....

Hello 2013.......

Wishing each of you a happy, safe and artful 2013!