Through the eyes of a writer and traveler ๐! Life and some spiritual musings. |
Welcome Y'all ๐ค . I'm into animal rescue and rights. Positive vibes and activism! ๐ป๐ It's been interesting for the past 20 years. Good folks on here and a great ๐ writing community. It's time for rethinking my writing and growing as a person . Sharing how to help others and ourselves ๐ has always been my motivation! Hugs ๐ค to new and old peeps! " The journey of 10,000 miles Begins with one step ๐ช. --Lao Tzu What you don't like Don't do to another. Rabbi Hillel Do unto others as you would have someone Do unto you. Jesus ๐ |
Hi, y'all ๐๐ค ! It's been a crazy week! The thunderstorms have brought a lot of pain to my spine and after we did laundry on Monday, I messed up one of my bad kneecaps putting on the fitted sheet. I hurt it years ago break dancing! Anyway it was messed up for a day or so but still had stuff to do. Right now I'm in a strange headspace! Today I got a Facebook message from someone I haven't seen since 1974. We went to the same Jr high and High school and she knew my brother's. And had been at my brother's funeral in 1982. It was in Brooklyn and I was there from Oregon. We had an interesting conversation. After my brother was killed by a police car there was a case of accidental wrongful death and my other brother robbed me of whatever my share was. He lied and said the case wasn't settled yet but I called the lawyer in New York one day and found out it was settled 9 years before. I called him out for lying about it, more than the money. He stopped talking to me since 1991. I tried to make peace but he never would. I have a niece and nephew I never met and see them on Facebook but wouldn't contact them,it wouldn't be right. Now I hear from someone who is in touch with my brother And some other people from 1974. It's kinda surreal to me. I figured nothing will happen until judgment day! Not in this life. A very good thing did happen, my guitar came!!! I was playing along with YouTube videos. The Who, Neil Young and others! Was nice to know I can still keep a tune and rhythm! It's a blessing and made me very happy and grateful to have it. It's funny because I wanted the Teal green one! I never cared about the color but it looks amazing! It was on sale but went off and a blue one was on sale, so ordered that one. The green one was what came! Yay team ๐๐! We got PJ s at Walmart ( I got Hello Kitty of course!) Still saving to move. Kat our granddaughters BD is coming up and going to send her $ then next month is our Doms birthday ๐. She's going to be 21 and 13 for him! She stays in touch with us and always asks for our advice ๐ and listens! Not like our daughters. One of mine hasn't spoken to me in five years. Since my other grandson took his life at 20. It seems all the good we taught our kids, jumped a generation. The grandkids got it! One made sure the weed fairy came to see us, when nobody else could or wanted to. That's a big help and blessing with the pain and challenges. I've been thinking about our lives and we've been talking about different things we've been through. All these will become stories probably told in viggies as I call em! Vignettes I started taking notes ๐ถ about times in Oregon,south Carolina, Georgia, New Orleans, CA and New York. We always wanted to buy a house and stay somewhere forever. The economy and job market changed over the years and we had to move where it was viable, until it wasn't... We had a lot of strange things happen like UFOs ๐ฝ and I'm not kidding. We had a normal life with the kids and holidays and going places. Then the landlord sold the building or jobs changed. And boom time to plan a move again and it makes it harder to write โ๏ธ that story or whatever until you settle down again. We've been through so much and the past 3 years on our own finally but dealing with our issues. Her vision problems and my everythings! I'm praying ๐ things will come together for us. My ulcers seem to be getting better ๐๐! I had an Amy organic India frozen lunch today! Man I missed eating them with rice, veggies and curry with cheese! I had some apple sauce too! Been eating a lot of granola as cereal and snacks and added wheat germ. Love peanut ๐ฅ butter the creamy type! So it's 9 PM and time to play my games. I'm glad I was able to add my gift cards and get the guitar! In time I'll get a harmonica holder, so I can play both. I've been praying for my friends here that haven't been feeling good either. I miss y'all and hope you have a blessed weekend ๐น โค๏ธ ๐ ๐ป๐ธ๐พ๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ Bye ๐ for now Dd |
Hi y'all ๐ on this Sunday afternoon ๐๐. Thanks to everyone that was awesome and supportive to me this week! Both for the past and present. I've asked some if it's cool ๐ I mention some things they've said that have encouraged me and also showed how human we all are here. We miss lost loved ones and try to encourage each other when things like bad health and other things are for us to deal with. And we keep writing or trying to! I'm going to try and post every day this week! This past week was a doozy! We did laundry on Monday and by Thursday all heck broke loose! I had my alarm set for 6 AM but was woke up at five AM. It was the care car people and the driver wanted to get us at 7 instead of 8 Am. Had appointment at 9 and meds to take. Said 7:30 was the earliest could leave. Long story short, I had conversations with a couple more people and robo calls to confirm each ride in the middle of getting ready! Sis got her second eye injection ( this time in the good eye) a lady who was waiting for the bathroom told us she's been getting the shots for a year and her sight got better! This was a blessing to hear indeed! So I was going to get a keyboard ๐น๐ถ but it turned out that it wasn't a good one. It was cheap! On the flip side I found a good guitar ( acoustic) and it's on sale. Because we sent back Alexa there's credit on Amazon! I was able to take 35 bucks in gift cards from my mist play points and it paid for most of the order! The guitar sounds good, sis had me look it up on YouTube and it's nice quality! Comes with a case,strings picks! Very excited ๐ it's coming on Wed! In the future may make a video! I'm hopefully getting better, even if slowly and optimistic ๐! Thanks for being part of my family here โค๏ธ. I found some folks in my proofing of the Blogging Bliss newsletter today and saved their blogs to follow! I hope you all have a great week! D |
Hi y'all on this Sunday afternoon ๐. Kudos ๐ to y'all that hang in there with me ๐ and let me know your still there โบ๏ธ! Yup it means a lot to have good conversations and connections with folks, when others even family aren't so close! I'm very blessed to have a core of family in touch. Love is thicker than blood many times. You can be closer to some and not even be related! So tomorrow will trade my prescription for a good one! Can't believe Dr forgot to write โ๏ธ four times a day.which in Latin is Q.I.D. ! I took medical terminology to become a Nurse! Besides all that nonsense, today is a day of remembrance for me. My then 18 years old little brother Jeffrey was killed 42 years ago today. I some ways it feels like an eternity ago, but in my photogenic mind it also seems like yesterday. Certain moments are like little videos in my mind, snippets of the spring ๐ฑ of 1982. I had moved up to Oregon the year before to get my babies and myself out of San Francisco and the abusive relationship I wanted out from. My step sister had made the move with her future hubby. It was a big change from city life to the rural mountains life in southern Oregon! I remember my 2 year old daughter falling into the mud and she was wearing light blue shirt and pants. Now covered in brown muck! I was about to get her changed but my sis said " Why? Why put on more clean clothes? She's going to keep playing and they all get dirty anyway! It took me a minute to get her point! I was so used to making sure my kids were clean and looked nice to ride the bus to the store or wherever we were going. As I looked around the kids were all ages and having the time of their life! Yeah wearing mud but laughing and it was warm outside. It was harder for me to adjust to the fact, not everyone had indoor plumbing! They were living in a tiny trailer and when I asked " where's the bathroom?" She handed me a coffee can! I thought she was joking but she pointed her fingers to the outside bushes and I got the point! In time I got a small apartment in the town of Myrtle Creek. We had a backyard and I was starting a garden, which was exciting to think we could grow our own tomatoes and such. That April I got a phone call about my mother. My aunt said " Your mother jumped off the roof again". I said " is she alright? ( I had nursed her around 1972,as a teenager and she did recover for the most part...) My Aunt sounded annoyed ( like I should have known what she was saying) " No she's dead and you have to get her buried" Later my uncle S would explain I needed to take a Greyhound to New York and I was next of kin, to be able and get her a Free Jewish Burial. Besides being in shock I thought it odd, the Free Jewish Burial thing. She taught me more about Jesus and what little she knew about the Catholic Church, from a long-lost friend named Jenny. I never met her but as a child, she took me to a beautiful Catholic Church on Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn. It was always empty when we went. I loved the red glass votive candles and the big Jesus hanging on the cross. She would pray for him to help her and sometimes said " He's my brother" So I did go to NY and it was a mess me going to an Orthodox Jewish burial! I had been to a non religious Jewish funeral for my grandma but nothing prepared me for that. The worst part was having the Rabbi yell at me for trying to say goodbye to my mom. I wasn't supposed to look at her grave but did and he snapped " Are you going to watch as we put dirt on her grave?!" ๐ชฆ Like it was the worst thing I could do. I ran off towards the back to hide and cry. My brother Jeffrey came over and put his arms around me and said" it's ok Diane, you didn't do nothing wrong,he should shut up!" My other brother said " not to worry". Flash forward to when I got back home to Oregon a few days later. I had a dream about Jeffrey. That I was walking through an alley and going to his funeral. Mrs Fox who was a friend from the Seventh Day Adventist Church told me" Not to worry about the dream. It was because I had just lost my mother." My mom passed April 10th . May 18 was a sunny day and a Tuesday ( later I would write โ๏ธ that in a song). We were out in the budding garden and they were playing with Gardner snakes ( little harmless one's) The phone rang and I went inside to answer. A friend from Brooklyn said "Diane please sit down " Her voice was weeping and I knew it was something very bad. "What's wrong Sherry?" I Asked. She told me " D I know how much you love your brother Jeffrey and he loved you. He's dead . It happened last night,he was killed on the Belt Parkway by the Verrazano bridge. I can't believe I lived through all that. I didn't expect to write about it here but,in my mind I always expected to write โ๏ธ about my real life. In the last year I decided not to because someone said no one would care. I also had to deal with my lousy health issues lol ๐. I'm still hopeful to write more. I will see how it goes from this post. I know some will be blown away but I hope people will get something positive out of it. Somehow I always kept my faith. Even if it changed from Jewish to Catholic and back and forth! Or Buddhist prayers ๐๐น๐ฟ! Or good majick for healing and prosperity for us and others. Oops I have to feed the kitty's, don't know how long I've been writing. It helped ๐๐โค๏ธ๐น๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐พ๐ชฆ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ป๐ค |
Well, hi y'all! It's been a busy time here. Sometimes you get so much going on, you need time to process it! When you don't, your doing and moving and then get too tired to share anything ๐๐! You take notes ๐ถ in your book and next thing you know,3 days passed and you want to write โ๏ธ about what happened today not yesterday. I haven't been writing much online except to say hey to folks and thanks! I had a few curve balls come my way ( which took a lot of time that could have been spent on writing my blog or an email to a friend. I had my monthly appointment for pain management and the doctor didn't write down any directions. The pharmacy called me and said I had to bring the prescription back to him and get a another one. I saw him Tuesday and today got it, but can't get to the Dr office until next Monday. I have to give 2 days notice to request a ride. I'm thankful because it would be around $40 bucks to take Uber. A penny saved is a penny earned! I'm looking into getting a 61 keyboard ๐น! It's going to be awhile before I can get a guitar replacement! I'm super happy about having a way to make music ๐ถ again!! I miss a lot of people here and hoping things will even out and will be spending more time here and on writing projects ๐! Hugs ๐ค Speak soon! |
Hi ๐ y'all ๐ค ! The thunder โ๏ธ storms blew in after midnight and as peaceful as falling rain can be,loud thunder โก can be annoying when it keeps waking ya up ๐น! Got to sleep in till 7:30 past 2 days so yay for that! Usually Our " rooster" ๐ kitty Maxy starts meowing very loud ๐ข between 6:22 AM and 7! Feed the kitty's and have coffee โ start the day! We did laundry on Monday and finally got it put away. So was not impressed with Alexa ๐ on Amazon echo dot... I was hoping it would make things easier if it could replace the remote pretty much. Talk ๐ฆ and go! Nope didn't happen and she's in the box waiting for a box and label to get returned. It took time to hook up Amazon, Samsung TV Alexa app ( pretty much useless...) In the end over the past two weeks,it was more a pain in the butt than helpful. It couldn't go from the home screen to Roku most of the time. Could not open-play- TV shows except a couple times. The trouble started one night, trying to get her to "Alexa open Dark Winds on Roku. ( It's also AMC+ through Roku!) Instead Alexa told me about" The Dark Wind is a novel by Tony Hillerman in a set of books by him. I put it in your cart do you want to buy it now?" I yelled NO ALEXA ๐ ! DON'T BUY THE BOOK! She responded "ok" I looked at Cheryl and said " ๐ WTF??? She did WHAT,?. Sure enough I looked at my Amazon cart and the novel was there from Alexa 2 minutes ago. ( Today on a news ticker saw a child had ordered 70,000 lollipops for 4 grand on Amazon...) Back in 2020 I was staying with my dear friend Mabs in Washington State. She had Alexa but used it to turn on the lights,play a song and other helpful things but it didn't try to sell her anything... In the past 2 weeks, when asking for the daily horoscope ( sometimes she says it but most times -) Either she don't remember being asked for Sagittarius or offers to sell us a subscription to a daily horoscope. It got super out of hand, she would play music that we didn't ask for and wanted us to order the album. So I did some digging this morning and found out, after 2014 and later in 2022 she was being programmed to sell us stuff. I even found out that if you don't have Amazon prime, you will pay $19.99 a month for her service. Whoa can you believe that? People had posted those problems and more , trying to figure out how to reprogram her. I tried to teach her new skills but the app was dumb! I couldn't get her to open a show, but could get her to tell me what movies were playing in our area. So it's like she can't remember anything we say, but she remembers to sell us crap! Or play music that sucks, that I never asked for or heard! Instead of helping my sister with low vision, she's not doing much but aggravating us! Who needs that?! So beware of Alexa cause she can be dangerous... I kid you not ๐ซ. I'm doing ok except for the number the weather is causing my spine. From ok to a sledgehammer ๐จ! Does anyone remember that song? On a serious note,has anyone watched The TV show Dark Winds? It's an excellent show and is true to the different Native American cultures. I learned so much from it already. Some unbelievably awful,how Native woman in the 1970s were led to give birth in hospitals, rather than home birthing, because they made a law, giving permission to sterilize woman. Without their knowledge or consent. It's a mystery show with a strong cast and compelling storylines. It's filming it's fourth season after just ending it's third. It took 30 years for it to become a TV show!!! Thanks to George RR Martin and Robert Redford and others who saw the Merit in this huge project. Bless em all! So the Thunder is starting again and almost feed the kitty's dinner ๐ฝ๏ธ! Have a safe blessed week y'all ๐ ๐!โบ๏ธ๐ธ๐ผ๐ฑ |
Hi y'all ๐๐ค , Thanks for all your comments โบ๏ธ๐ and good energy last post! I'm still playing catch-up with getting back to my sweet ๐ง peeps here and in real-time! I'm asking for prayers ๐๐น for our sister here Sunny. She lost her brother and sister-in-law very recently. My heart goes out to her and her family. I can so understand her pain and loss. I lost many of my family members during the spring from the years 1967-2020. One day I will write โ๏ธ about it here. For now I'm thankful to focus on the good things in my life and going forward โฉโค๏ธ. Things are going well with the healing process and I was working on an entry for the Prince contest! At first I wanted to refresh my mind with his music and learn more about him. I'm usually more into facts than fiction (it was about writing a poem or story, using his song titles as inspiration! Very clever and ๐ cool idea by Princess Megan Rose ![]() ![]() It was a great distraction from my health problems and a blessing to think about fun things and music ๐ถ again. I couldn't find my way to go beyond the facts to something creative and almost gave up but she inspired me so much I wrote something off the cuff and entered it after all! The other entries were awesome and didn't expect to win at all, but I had an Honorable Mention and music ๐ต MB from Hooves and bless them both! It so made my day and beyond! I'm ( hopefully!) including it here and hope you enjoy it ๐! My coding is improving! Looking forward to Getting my Merit badges turned into real ones for my MB Awardicon album! I finally got one from our WDC gift shop and will be sharing the ones I have gotten in the mail ๐ and on my bulletin board! It will be nice to give them a worthy home! It's very good quality. In time I'm going to replace my guitar! For now I'm working on my portfolio. And started reviewing again. I'm very proud of our granddaughter Kat and her getting closer to her certification to be a mentor/peer counselor for troubled teens. She's already helping a 16 year old girl. ( I found out she was at the house and cut her finger,my grandson had learned from me what to do and he was able to help her, with his skills set! Very proud ๐ฆ of him too.โค๏ธ๐ Kat will be 21 ( I started my WDC account the year she was born!) She really wanted a pair of Hello Kitty sneakers. So we made sure she did and she's a very happy camper. She's also working on her GED and deserves them! ( I'm a big fan of Hello Kitty myself! My room is part HK!) So I hope everyone is doing good ๐ and I'm sending hugs ๐ค! Enjoy
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This past week I was " Blog-stuffing". Not sure if it's a word but for now it is! I usually go to my blog and just write โ๏ธ๐. Not always sure exactly ๐ค what my topic is or where it will lead but just go with the flow! The past two weeks I've been saving my posts to Doc's or color notes app on my phone. Today I did the proofing for Blogging Bliss newsletter and it's another wonderful issue! As always Wordsmitty brings great insight on Blogging and tips that are useful! Showcasing Blogs on WDC ๐ so come and check it out tomorrow! Sorry,p Last week I didn't feel great, having argued about how much meds I have to take and the whole foods situation. What is safe to make? After having normal dinner for couple weeks, 2 things didn't totally agree with me. Not terrible but I noticed in the middle of the night on the way to the lady's room! A slight irritation in my stomach. Next morning I had to mention it and she got worried that I'm not healing yet and don't want to set me back. So back to smoothies and pancakes for breakfast with blueberries and bacon ๐ฅ. Tomorrow I'm going to try to convince her to let me make breaded pork chops. It didn't bother me last time! Ugh that's why I didn't write much this has taken over my life and I want my life back! On the other side I had a lot of soul-searching and some crisis of faith. I didn't know much about Pope Francis in the past 12 years or all the good he did. That he turned down pomp and splendor for a simple guest house and sharing lunch with everyday people like janitors and store owners and making friends forever... I was helping to raise our grandkids and learn about special needs to help our family be ok. I was also learning about my Jewish roots and things I didn't learn as a kid. I wanted to be a Nun about 7 or 8, after watching the b/w version of Our Lady of Fatima.( On the late-show on TV) My aunt wasn't happy when I told her. She said " Little Jewish girls can't become Nuns!" That was the end of the conversation even when I asked why. Later in life I learned about Edith Stein a Jew who became an atheist but became a good Nun for the rest of her life! I heard about Pope Francis in passing but until he went into the hospital this spring, I didn't pay attention. I read about him and wanted to pray for him. The Vatican had a story about his health and, I subscribed to the newsletter. Easter I watched the news and saw him with the crowds at St Peter's. I knew his Doctor's didn't want him near crowds... But that's who he was. He gave his all to help others and he brought so much joy to others and not all were Catholic. I watched the Funeral Mass and saved links about who he was. A simple man who loved people and didn't judge. He saw people, not how much money or color or all the things that some people see and keep them apart from others. Rest his soul ๐โค๏ธ |
New vision blog format April 2025 Hi y'all ๐ ๐ค ! Today via my โ Update your blogโ email it's been 8 days since I posted in New vision! To me it feels like a month has passed! A lot going on here, working on a format for it and a contest entry to name a couple of things! Hope y'all are doing good this weekend and glad to be getting back in touch with my peeps ๐! WDC Corner: A new feature about Contests and News here! Things of interest to share with folks who may not be aware of them! This time I'm bringing you news about
It ends April 30th so I'm working on my entry now! Thanks Princess Megan Rose ![]() ![]() For this awesome contest and for adding me to your Prince fan club here!๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐ถ Oh and the Rockin Prince Merit Badge. I appreciate and treasure it. As for me and mine things are getting better ๐ ๐น! I'm still taking the meds and being mindful of what I eat! And limiting my cans of Starbucks Mocha! I wrote some blog post's in the middle of going to Dr appointment's and other things going on and saved them to my Color notes app! I'll be sharing some soon ๐! And hopefully be rejoining other people and places here soon too! Started a plan for revamping my Port here and projects for the rest of the year! Thanks for your friendship and prayers ๐ค y'all. Enjoy your weekend! |
HI y'all ๐! It's been a couple of weeks since my last post. It was a pretty rough time and I appreciate the ๐ care emojis and those that showed support ๐๐ฏ๏ธ๐ธ in prayer or just giving me some much-needed space ๐ to weather the storms that passed through. We aren't handed an instruction book when we land on this planet! There are guide books like the Bible, Torah, Koran Buddhist and Pagan teachings. Sometimes you still go through the dark night of the soul. Astrology and the planets play their part as well but it comes down to ourselves to figure out our own life and the issues we face! Like thinking just now I lost everything just written because I touched a link by accident! Nope, here it is! So been thinking about making a format for this blog. I took some notes on it and also wanted to make sure the fonts are big enough for everyone to read and trying to figure that out! I've been writing on my phone and don't see it yet! I'll be writing about our life ( the Cheryl and Diane show plus Maxy and Mojo!) By the way Maxy is 13.4 lbs and Mojo is 9! Our awesome ๐ groomer Jennifer who trims their nails and they love, because of her TLC! They are 3 years old now and happy to vote for Posh Pets as the best Groomers on the Mississippi Coast! We are now FB friends forever! Cheryl had her first eye injection today and was brave as usual! We will be keeping an eye on her progress. I have to check on her soon so I'll finish this up! Here on WDC, there will be an awesome contest about the Beatles and I will be sharing the details and links soon. It will be in June so stand by ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฅ and Beatles Merit badges are up for grabs Yeah yeah yeah oh come on! I will be working on my b-item issues! Hope your having a wonderful day and going to share to Facebook as well! It's been a long road but my health is starting to get better. I've followed the doctor's orders and still struggling but taking the " zillion" meds etc to be well and able! Also will still be giving my 2 cents or more on goings on in the world and our country. Did you know our farmers are paying 3 trillion dollars a year to get fertilizer from places like Russia and Canada? And a few more you might be surprised at. Can you imagine spending $1,700 an acre? We did some digging wanting to understand what's really going on with our farmers. One question led to another... Anyway thanks for dropping in and I'll be back sooner than later lol! Will be back in touch here with you folks and a few other places as I can! ๐ธโบ๏ธ๐ปโ๏ธ Drop me a line about the font's and what's on your mind!๐๐ชป๐ผ๐พ๐บ |