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 |
Greetings ๐ค and welcome back y'all ๐! After the eclipse/ super moon ๐๐ was hoping people would take advantage of something positive happening. Below is an opinion and below that, ta da ! What is the greater good site?! Making positive changes! Most of the news is awful and besides trying to find something positive ( like someone helping a homeless pet) I've been avoiding it more. I can't wait till the election is done with. My granddaughter called and asked me " what do you think about people eating cats in Ohio? Is it true? I told her" No sweetie it's not true. It's made up and meant to get more people to hate each other. It's just more stupid election stories to get elected. Ever since Politics started it was like that. Your other grandma looked it up and we saw people used to come to debate and fight in the street. Mug slinging! The crowd would have picnics and the kids played, as the politicians hit, and cursed at each other. Not much has changed! So enough about that! My main concern is sharing about the Greater Good site ! Who they are and why it matters! In 1999 people started this site to benefit Animals like fur babies, cat's,dogs, horses and wildlife. (I found them in 2004 and wrote an article for the Flagpole newspaper in Athens GA. It's posted here and will add the link after I post! I've been supporting them since. It's called Help is just a click away. Time for part 2!) Over the years they added Page's so you can click for free to help: Homeless Veterans and their pet kids, provide free books to kids to give literacy tools, provide food for hungry Americans through agencies like Feeding America, help for Cancer patients, Autism and more. This is my passion to help others and they do more than most. I buy shoes from their store and watches! I mostly click for free. They also have a daily list of animals world wide in need of medical care and provide a picture and chance to donate to any. Each has a story and I pray for each as I go along ๐๐น๐. I pray people will look into this and save the page. They have emails to remind us to click and when sales are on for the store! I was able to pick out an awesome pair of kitty's on the moon earrings free for helping with my clicks! They have clothes and kitchen stuff ETC! Anyway this post has a contrast of two different subjects. I choose doing good for others and know I'm not alone in this! Whatever you do get involved with something that helps others! You can make a difference in this world ๐๐๐ The journey of 10,000 miles Begins with one step ๐บ Lao Tzu {Link:The animal rescue site.com} I will check after post to make sure it works! Have a blessed weekend ๐๐ |
Hi, y'all ๐ค ! It's early but I felt pulled into writing this. Yesterday people were giving encouraging feedback and energy to my post about the supermoon ๐ and my take on it. That being said, after I shared it, I started reading a post about 911 and it was heavy. It asked if people were still affected by that day. It shared others articles about their experience about it. One was comparing the time's of When John Kennedy was shot and also when we dealt with Covid 19 back in 2020. This morning I woke up thinking about the collective consciousness and how we are all interrelated and interconnected. Today and tonight we can come together, wherever we are and channel the Moon and the eclipse energy in a positive way. We have 2 bottles of spring water on the window sill to " catch" the energy. We will write down our intentions and what we would like to see for ourselves and others. Whatever works for you ๐๐น don't miss it. We are connected and can make positive changes. In our lives and for the good of the whole. There's time to change and grow ๐ชด๐น๐. I'll be back later. With more links Blessings ๐ |
Hi, y'all ๐๐ช I wanted to share some insights on tomorrow's partial Eclipse and Super Moon ๐. It is a time for people to align with the rare spiritual energy building to be shared with humanity and to improve ourselves. A time to think of our goals and how to bring harmony to others. What do we want for our lives? With so much chaos and division in the world ๐๐, would we prefer more diversity and understanding in the world? Are there things I would like to improve in myself? This is a good time for soul-searching and thinking about what the future could be if others and ourselves consider what is most important. Some are concerned with the lastest car or new iPad. Others are concerned about nature ๐โ๐ซ and the quality of life on this planet. Wanting to do the right things and treat others kindly. Some are wrapped up in the " Ego show" and showing off. We only have one planet that must be shared. There are many ways to look at how that should be done. We may not control much of it but we can control how we live every day. How we relate to each other. How we treat each other ๐. We have an invitation from the universe to meditate,pray and use this rare energy to take stock of ourselves and see beyond the Vail . To imagine what could be and do our best to create that reality. I'm working on another post to share about the Greater Good site ( and get the necessary tags in place LoL!) It will become an article too so people can be a part of this as well! There's been a lag on my part of writing. This has been a time of indecision for me and for others. In part because of the Super moon and it's growing effects. It affects everyone ( whether they know it or not!) People who are interested and keep up on Astrology can see the daily patterns and progressive actions, the planets have on our daily lives. We have had other super Moons and Eclipse and I think it was 1811 that it was first noticed in America. The following year was the War of 1812. The one tomorrow won't happen in our lifetime so don't miss it! Some will find confusion, others will feel intuition. Some won't bother, and others will feel in tune. I hope you will be part of this wonderful thing that is happening tomorrow and use it for good ๐. Blessings ๐๐ป Until next time ( I will post the link in here later and write another post with it also ๐) Please share the good news! |
It's raining here and we may get hit by the tropical storm/Hurricane Francine. We bought extra water and later will make sure phones are charging and medicine is in a "Go bag ๐๏ธ". Back in Oregon where my family is, there's a lot of fires ( some are arson) . Some pictures of fire's of the past (I've taken) are showing up in my Facebook memories. The sky filled with brown smoke and blocking out the sun. Waiting to see if there's an evacuation. Very scary stuff ๐ฑ I can tell you. I'm going through my portfolio and deleting some items. The best will be saved and some will be copied into a document ๐. I'm going to delete old blogs but was reading some and noticed how many views there were. From 26 up to 89! That's when people were enjoying them and people spent more time doing it. I also used to share them. That was before so much drama came to be. Maybe I just didn't notice as much. Others have and were real enough to let me know " it's not just me" thinking it! I get when you have a lot of people in one place, there are different opinions and backgrounds. I see some nice folks just writing and limiting the social part. I'd rather have a small group of nice ( truly nice ๐) people than a big group of questionable folks. Here or anywhere in cyberspace ๐ and in real-time too. LoL I'm going to get a nice bunch of links to share with people here who showed interest in helping animals, people, and the planet ๐บ๐! I have to get my HTML tags and ducks in a row! Too much time is wasted on silly nonsense. Hugs ๐ค to y'all ( you know who you are!) The reason I came here 20 years ago was to become a better writer! And to find people of like mind to make a better world ๐. Be blessed ๐๐น โฎ๏ธ๐๏ธ |
Hi y'all ๐ค . I didn't expect to write another post here, to be honest. A few people knew I was leaving but many didn't. Some dear hearts included me( anyway !) and my nature has always been caring. This year instead of participating in the birthday ๐ ๐ festival ( I pulled out of the BD Bastion and didn't even try to do another contest that sounded really far out. It was about writing a blog about 10 live concerts I've ( we've) been to and memories about being on Writing. Com. Not fluff but real experiences with others during our time here. Things we've learned or connections forged. I wrote an outline couple of weeks ago and that's all. For now, I'm going to keep my focus on the good things here and most of all the real and true folks. Some known for years and others more recent. I'm working on a book ๐ of my poems, Haiku's and maybe song's. I need to streamline my portfolio here and keep the best on it ๐! There's a lot of clutter after 20 years and a name change LoL! I want to use this blog for positive change and to keep connected to a few special folks ๐๐ธ๐ฏ๏ธ๐ชฌ๐ถ๐น๐๐น๐ฅณ. Over the past week have done much praying and rethinking my life. Heading towards the big Seven oh yeah ๐! Last week a Nurse asked me how old I was, and when I replied lol, she was shocked and said " No Way! You look like your in your late 50's! Considering I didn't have my usual makeup ๐ on , that was a real upper to me. Even with the pain and everything else. They adjusted my thyroid medication and should feel better ( with that stuff) in 7 to 10 days! Hurray! I will share a few other blogs and other good stuff from good writers here on WDC! I also had some great links for the Twilight Zone forum. I used to share this on the news feed but for now, I'll let y'all few know via email. Have a blessed week ๐ท ๐ ๐น From my heart to yours. ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ธ |
Hi to the few people who were decent to me and real here. I've given a lot of thought about leaving WDC for the past few months. There was an incident with another member that also played into my decision. I never talked about it to anyone but saw that the person, told me personal things about others. It seems like a pattern of gossip and the friendship ended 2 months ago but I didn't feel comfortable here since things they said in the end to me. There's too much drama going on here and honestly a lot of ego as well. I came here 20 years ago to learn how to write better. For the past 2 years had more time here because I wasn't raising the grandkids anymore. I joined groups to find friends and find support and to encourage others. Most of the groups fell apart. And couldn't find any more to join here. Which was fine. One I left had been awesome yet to be honest, was trying to avoid that person. I don't like conflicts, but try to resolve or at least reason with others but some people don't. If you don't agree with them your sub human. Like some people are about politics or religion. They don't like to be confused with the facts. They don't like you for being honest. A few folks here have been supportive and it mattered how I was. They wanted me to stay. Bless those good souls. Others are just about how many badges they have or how many reviews they gave. That's their thing it's their right. I'm about quality not quantity. I've been on other sites and have written for quite a few. This used to be more like my home page - until it wasn't. It's not the site It's the way people are mistreated if they don't " fit in" or they judge you. That's not a healthy climate for anyone (in my opinion and experience) I never gossiped, instead prayed for people going through it and gave support. I looked at the news feed and gave caring from my heart to those who were in pain or were struggling in life. I commented in blogs and many times never heard back. Few did that for me, when I was going through it. So my time here is almost done. I'm putting most of my port into my Docs. To be recycled in time. There's a saying If you want games Go to Toys R us. Personally I only like games like Mahjong, not head games . Have a blessed life ๐ Interesting thing ๐ค I'm a preferred writer but can't find myself in a search or as a blogger. |
Hi, y'all ๐! Today it would be easier if I didn't write โ๏ธ. If I wait to feel better then who knows when I will again ๐! So that subject will stay on the back burner. Yesterday I did 3 random reviews and I enjoyed doing them. I even heard back from one of the authors who was nice to send me GPS for doing it. It was a short piece but well done ( it had a short word count). Last night our Air conditioner ( central air) went out and have been waiting for maintenance to get here and fix it. It's supposed to be 110 with the heat index, so hanging out under the living room fan! MoJo and Maxy our kitties are napping as is my sister. Redoing my portfolio has been going slow. I was hoping I'd been able to have a primary care person by now and feeling better. At least know what's wrong with me feeling lousy every morning and beyond. I pray ๐ that gets resolved soon. I've been thinking about sharing more of the Greater Good site and finding others that care about animals and might " Click Free everyday" to provide food and medicine for shelter pets. It's been hard to commit to anything, because I feel so drained. I'm hoping my life isn't over and feeling this way won't ever change. It's hard to keep optimistic when my body won't let me forget it. We were going to do laundry today but the AC dying,changed that until tomorrow. Trying to gear up for the BD Bastion and being part of WDC birthday celebration ๐ฅณ. Last year I missed it trying to find pain management for my spine issues. It sucks to get older! It could be worse but why not better God G-d? Well I have to whoopi clean my bathroom. Stay cool ๐ wherever you are ๐ป |
Been up since the sun rose. Had important appointment to help a friend. I'm doing preparation for being in the Blog Week Birthday Bastion. I've never been part of the Birthday celebration for WDC before. Usually, I didn't know or have time but this year will be different! ( I haven't been feeling well for a couple of months and had to wait for a primary care person to be available next week. ) Didn't want to commit unless I thought I could finish. So will be Blogging and have been researching groups on WDC. Making progress. Hi y'all I just copied the above from my weekly goals. I've been pretty drained past few days ( probably more than that!) Been praying every day to thank God G-d for returning my soul to me and to give me the strength to make another day! I posted 6 days ago but no one ( saw it) or said hey. People are busy with summer , other projects and I get it! I'm looking forward to the above Writing dot Com BD bash. Maybe will feel better by then. I'm usually more social but, well many get what I mean ๐. I appreciated the inspiration to write more Haiku and other things from the folks, posted on my wall! I did write a new one to add! Hopefully more soon ๐ค. Have a great week folks ๐. |
Hi y'all and hope you're doing ok with all the hot weather, fires, hurricane season and whatever is going on.๐ We sure live in complicated times and it's important to do " whatever you need to do to take care of yourself" That was the words of Leanne M. a very talented Ballerina/teacher,I studied with in Eugene OR. In that context she meant, drinking water and staying hydrated. While doing dance positions for example, we could choose to stand on our toes (as far as able) or on the balls of our feet. In the context of the book, the lesson is so far ( as I'm still reading it!) that those of us that are 50 years old have worked and put so much effort into the material side of life. Raising families and such. Now the focus on life ( 50 and above!) should be more spiritual and sharing our experiences in life to benefit others. In life, we get to those ages and see our limitations as we get older. It's not hard to feel as if " we aren't needed as much and wonder where our place in life is". Trying to recreate ourselves for this new stage in life. Yes, we are all getting older! In society and media, youth is pushed because it sells! Yet many people are older and it seems like over the past few years, Elders are starting to get more respect and it's about time! Being more spiritual can mean many things to different people. It doesn't necessarily mean more religious. Spirituality can be a moment enjoying a beautiful colorful sunset or being thankful for a majestic tree and the shade it provides. It is a personal reality. Over the years I've experienced many faiths. In each, I've learned how the core beliefs are similar. It is something that could bring people together and to me that's a good thing! In the case of being an elder, it's a good thing. There's so much division in the world today, there always has been. I believe in bringing people together and looking for how alike we are and what we can learn from each other to make a better world. Any thoughts ๐ค ๐ญ? I always appreciate your feedback ๐ค ๐ธ! Until we meet again Stay safe Be well and happy! ๐โฏ๏ธโก๏ธ๐๐นโณโ |
Hi, y'all ๐๐ค ! And hoping the weekend will be great for everyone! I'm doing better and thankful for each one of you who cared enough to be there for me over the past month. It was a tricky time but gave me pause to think about a lot of things. Sometimes our feelings get overwhelmed and it's harder to think clearly about what's really important in life. For one thing doing what makes us happy. Writing is on my list but for a while, I couldn't see it that way. Until this week when some cool folks gave me some valuable reviews and refreshed my vision on a couple of things I wrote years ago. Wind water and the giving heart. A poem in hindsight about my philosophy on life. And The VortexX, my first try writing a story about a place where even the horses and animals avoided long ago in Oregon. Not quite horror but spooky! I thought about trying to finish it ( most of my notes were ruined in a flood years ago) I will check my digital collection, which is old emails I saved parts to. I was doing research from different sites ( few there were back then!) So it's possible! I posted and shared from our Twilight Zone forum. I had a problem but someone jumped in to lend a hand. One of the reasons I love WDC- people care! I'm worried about all the fires in Oregon right now. It's very very bad there. We lived there for most of 30 years. I know so many of the areas... Please pray for the folks in Oregon, who are losing their homes, cattle and more. I've lived through weeks of smoke in the air, where you can hardly see the sun through the brown smoke covering the sky. Thanks for prayers, or good vibes. Next week we are getting a ride to Mobile Al, so my sister can be seen at a low vision clinic. We are hoping they will be able to help her, with reading and doing puzzles again. I talked with my daughter yesterday and explained how I have to read things like temperatures for cooking and so forth. Set the air conditioner, read prices in the store and so on. Glad I'm able to. So it's been nice to have a normal post this week! See you soon ๐! |