OOOOOOOOhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmm.............................

..............I've been quiet this week.  Very quiet.

For Christmas I was gifted a CD of Crystal Bowls Chakra Chants......and have been pretty much playing this sound in my little abode day and night for many days.......and nights...........this level of calm is amazing to experience...........

So what is spinning in my head as the New Year is quickly approaching..........the big Long Awaited 2012!?

Mostly that I have had a really really BIG year here. I mean REALLY big.  Probably the biggest year of my life in terms of changes and experience.......and I have a long list of people to thank.........And I hear I must first Thank MySelf.......for saying YES to accepting a really big year.............for "Buying the Ticket" to quote the 'Griffin'.

And how do you say thank You?  A really really really big Thank You........make it Big Enough...........and yet soft enough to be heard by Angels? and the Souls they're meant for.   How does one do that?

So I would like to try now and thank these two gal pals...........Textile Artist, Teacher and Writer,  India Flint..........and Energy Healer, Teacher and Artist, Elaine Grohman.........for sending the signals and connections that I was fortunate enough to pick up on........signals that set my journey in motion and in purpose down under for over two months.......and to Paula Perleman.....it is under her guidance and friendship I have learned to connect with Spirit...........

And to all of my friends, family and hosts who have have an interest in and support what I do, who I am and where I have gone this past year..........who are not so public........Thank YOU and Kisses and Giant Hugs to all of You!  You know who you are!  And for those of you following this blog who don't know me!  God Bless YOU! A Thunderous THANK YOU! to you too! I am so grateful to be in your energy field!

...........And now I'm off to ponder a bit more about this past year........so I can be done with it and move on to the next ASTONISHING year! ......Which I've been gently reminded will be 2011!

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In Joy.....................

Expectations.........................

On a certain night of the week I meet with a group to practice 'channeling' ...........we call the practice 'meditation' and we are given a theme.....then we set out to writing down words.......that are not ours..........but from a higher 'Source'...........what usually comes in our written words is in the form of guidance, and usually the information we receive is just what we needed to hear that night.

On this particular night, the theme was ~ Observing the frontier between Expectation and Manifestation

Our friend Molly, wrote this .............I thought it appropriate to share given this season of Expectation.
 
Sometimes our expectations can close us up to possibility...when we expect things to be a certain way & let's face it...it's really never the way we want it to be...we have a reaction.  And it's usually a negative one.  But approaching a situation with no expectations and allowing yourself to be filled with magic...that is the place to be.  Expectations often move us into the future and right out of this precious present moment.  So instead of expecting anything to go a particular way just expect magic.  And whatever is happening in this present moment is pure magic....you must trust in that!  Whether today is the most up-lifting day or you have to lift yourself up off the floor...trust that magic is there.  It is in both of those moments. 

(Book: Simple Truths by Kent Nerburn)

Expecting more of less in the future is not trusting in the present moment to take you exactly where you need to go.  Don't doubt, don't worry, don't regret...it's all such a waste of time.  Trust, dear ones.  TRUST.

Letting go of expectations is filling your heart with joy at this present moment.  Don't wait for what is around the corner...create magic now!  If there is no one around to share in the magical moment with...do it anyway!  Do it bigger!  Do it with more gusto!  Create magic that will reach into all of the corners of the world.  Don't expect much dear one...only expect magical wonderful pure perfection.  Let your heart shine.  Then let it shine brighter! 


So Expect Magic Dear Ones!.............Expect Magic! 

...........and see what happens!






Merry Christmas to All...................

Fire Ceremony......................................

Yesterday was the Northern Hemisphere's Winter Solstice................

In the days leading up to this we call in the Sun.............our daylight hours are increasing now......

Last night in reverie I communed with fellow travelers..............in a Fire Ceremony.............

We shook our rattles............in all directions........

South, West, North, East......down to Mother Earth, Up to the Heavens and in the Middle................

Calling Spirits everywhere to guide us in this journey to the New Year.....





The aim was to cleanse us of our worries and troubled energy............and to welcome in our clear 'Intentions' for this coming year..........

My guides tell me this is a very special Solstice time........energy swirling and portals open wide........which began with the Lunar Eclipse yesterday.........and ending with the Solar Eclipse January 4th............lots of spinning going on now!  Wonder Filled Benevolent Energy!

In this time, they say, it is important to Seek JOY.......KINDNESS .......and the ABUNDANCE of Life......... and it is in these wishes we can create a WAVE OF UNCONDITIONAL LOVE...........

and achieve...........

PEACE ON EARTH...........

Dorothy Caldwell - Human Marks.....................

Newsflash!..........I received a forwarded notice from Nancy Crow's Crow Timber Frame Barn Art Retreats ............

Some of you may have heard me talk about the workshop I took many moons ago with Dorothy Caldwell......titled "Human Marks".............and expressed an interest in taking that class with her.......

Well here it is again..............and it is almost full............!

You will not regret spending time with my friend Dorothy! and honoring your marks...........

I am honored to show her work on this page.

Birthday Finale.........................

In the words of a dear friend.............it is finally the end of Birthday Week, plus a few days............

Last night I received this card...........

From two very funny friends......



Along with this little book................

Inscribed..............

"You seem to be well on your way with most of these"












And little did they know................

How right they were..............





Thank You again to all of my Wonderful Friends and Family who sent me Love and Light Filled wishes for a Happy Day, along with gifts of Music, Memory, Champagne, Sweets, Flowers, Candles and Stones...........and of course this Little Book and Cake! and more.......

The Rest of the Story..............

As I pondered the whereabouts of the 'missing' items from my Sea Post box.............It was not lost on me how calm I was about the whole thing..........that some fairly valuable and beautiful items............Indigenous Artwork........two works on paper........

Were missing from the box.

Roz and I, in concert,  had decided to roll them into a mailing tube and put that tube in the box for extra protection.........

And when I opened the box at it's destination, the tube and it's contents were missing from it.

So many things ran through our minds of what could have happened.......... the box could have broken open, the items lost.......it could have been pilfered..........

But what actually did happen, it seems, is that someone in Darwin decided to take the tube out of the box at some point and send it separately.

 Thank GOD I labeled it for mailing................as it arrived the next day.......safe and sound............

without any postage affixed............

Precious Cargo..............




Etchings by Nungalka (Tjaria) Stanley an artist of the Anangu Pitjantijatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands in the remote north-west corner of South Australia.

Two prints titled Milpatjunanyi/Telling Stories in the Sand.......

Sea Post...............

I received the package I sent home, Oh, so long ago from OZ.......it arrived just in time for my birthday.......a gift to mySelf.  Yippee!!!! I thought.............

Until I opened it.............knowing something important was missing.........





another lesson in non-attachment......

But OH the lovely things that WERE inside that box............

Reminding me of where I was two months ago.......so so far away from.........here









And as I gave that box to the "Gods" as it left my hands to the postal worker in Darwin, Australia..........

I am eternally Grateful to 'Them'....................

That they let me keep This...................

















India Flint Landskin...............



I want to Thank all of my Friends for Abundant Birthday wishes, and for Three Angels (and Their Mother ) who also decided be born on this day.........