over the rainbow: Yosemite

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Monday, May 27, 2013

Yosemite.......respite continues

"Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul alike."

~John Muir, The Yosemite (1912)

and if Point Reyes were not enough of a blast of Nature

after 4 days there

we headed inland

Yosemite National Park

This is the third time I've visited the park in less than two years

and the first time in the spring.

California is in a drought like many of the western states

and there was not the normal abundance of snow that feeds these magnificent waterfalls

however, if there is a time to see them flow, it's in the Spring

and last week we were blessed with an abundant show of water cascading off the ridges of cliffs

Bridal Veil

Yosemite Falls

All spilling into the Merced River

(a wash of water so refreshing to see as I sit here now in central New Mexico's

90 degree heat imagining a rain dance)

But I think the highlight for me was walking and meditating among the ancient

Giant Sequoia

and experiencing the ephemeral blooms of the Pacific Dogwood

after 6 days in the park we sat for the last sunset of our journey......

rested, healed and energized

"Keep close to Nature's heart...and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean."

~Muir quoted by Samuel Hall Young in Alaska Days with John Muir

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Letting go.....

I've given it my all, this year..........

and have come to the conclusion

it's time to let it go........

Wishing you a Spirited Holiday Season

and a

Magical

New Year......

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Goldilocks........

I've been looking...

High

and

Low

for a new place to be.

To fill you in, I recently gave myself a 'gap' year.

That is normally the significant year after ending one school before entering another......and although mine did not correlate with formal 'schooling'.....but a significant change in life circumstance....

a 'timeout' seemed appropriate.

A friend or two suggested mine could be as long as I wanted.....gap 'YEARS'.....they suggested might be in order.

And that may be true, as this time in the high desert punctuated with many trips,

is growing into a gap 'Year and a Half' come December.....

actually more if you start from the beginning of this blog story...

In July of 2011 I took the leap.......put all my 'stuff' in storage in Michigan.......and drove to a dusty little town in the middle of New Mexico........to rest........and drink in sunshine and heat.......and the deep sense of history and Spirit that permeates this landscape.

The biggest struggle I have encountered is this concept of 'where' do I belong? I've been spending a lot of time between the little town and the bigger one more than an hour's + drive away. I have not put roots down in the little town as I had expected.

So with the winds of winter.......I'm expecting to be blown in another direction.

When one is not laden with their 'stuff' (OK, belongings)......

I suppose one can more easily move around.

(although my bags are getting heavier, as I'm prone to collecting things along the way)

One of the biggest challenges I've encountered is with the way I work. I am process oriented ....and unlike some of my friends who seem to be able to work on the 'go'.......I need a place to sit.....a table and lots of supplies and tools to busy my hands. And although I have been able to find a place to sit in my little casita.......and the shared 'shed' I call my studio......I feel like Goldilocks.......the place has been too hot, or too cold.......or too small.......and I have not found anything yet that is

"JUST RIGHT"........

But now I am looking...........and for the months of November and December........I have decided to land here.......it is a bit far from my little town........but I am working out the logistics......

and for now.....