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i am at a time in my life, like none before that i have ever experienced.
as a child, i had to mind, time to eat, time to sleep, had to mind your momma.
as a teenager, time for school, time for friends, dates, concerts, be on time.
as a wife and mother, time for work, time for food, time for play, time for sleep
watching that clock, appointments, meal time, now it’s time to rise and shine!
but now, i guess this is what they mean by Indian time…my clock unplugged
i eat when i’m hungry, i sleep when i’m tired…daytime comes and goes
i see much more of the heavens at night, the stars are absolutely beautiful
i catch myself doing my knee exercises in the middle of the night, in moonlight
and fixing my breakfast sometimes at 3am…no one can keep up with my hours
as i do not keep up with them either, i am finally letting my internal clock run
you’ll find me tending to plants at midnight and sleeping in the afternoon
i must say, i really am enjoying “no time”…it’s perfect…i’m always “on time” SMILE
Read Moreoctober days
i love rainy days…with my windows open, i get to listen to the birds every morning…i love they serenade me to wake up! this morning when i woke up, seemed like daylight would never arrive…a cloudy cool day…raining off and on all day long…not storms, just soft, steady rain…the wind was hardly blowing this morning and the rain sometimes looked like fine snow…but it way too warm for that, just wishful thinking…now hours later, the winds have picked up, blowing from the west and my backyard is a mirage of falling, colorful leaves…ok, ok, i’ve been ms sneezy this morning! maybe i should put something on my feet now and then, don’t wanna be all stopped up! hahaha the birds are loving the feeder out front…my cardinals visit me often, finches, sparrows…wonder what the robins will do this year? they always ate the berries on the tree out front…they all show up at once, i bet 50 robins, eating and flying and enjoying…and usually the next day, we’d get a snowstorm…SMILE…i’ll have to watch for the same trees across the street…so far, they are still standing…yes, yes, i miss my tree…enjoy these cool days, the Smoky Mtn Park is back open for fall leaf viewing, take a ride out thru the countryside………SMILE
Read Moredon’t you just love fall???
oh it’s so wonderful…windows open, cool breeze blowing thru my home. the first leaves are turning and gently falling, the black walnuts lead the way! time for people and animals to start tending to things for the winter to come. filling our freezers with goodness from the garden, excess that will taste wonderful later, as the snow flies! woodpiles to replenish, stocking up on this and that. looks like friends will be getting their first snowfall these next few days! WOW…i understand though, when we lived in missouri, sometimes you’d go from the air conditioner to the warmth of the woodstove…but for now, i’m happy with bluejeans and bare feet inside, slip on my little black slippers to tend to the plants and birds on the porch…last night i went outside barefoot and pulled the slice of tree over in front of my chair…she made a wonderful, warm footstool…
enjoy life, the days seem long sometimes, but the months fly by…have kindness to all, share the love that is in your heart…SMILE let music soothe your soul and when you get a chance: dance, baby dance!
Read Moreonline etiquette
i must say, i’m about tired of it all…i’ve been writing/blogging most of my adult life. online since the 80’s…i have journal after journal after journal of the stories of our lives…my thoughts, babies, living life…and then we started making web pages, darlin’ would create the pages, i’d tend to the guestbook. it was a wonderful way to meet folks from all over the world…to this day, i still treasure many virtual friendships. but in the 30 years (lordy!) i’ve been computing, manners have taken a serious downhill slide. now the bots submit, causing crap while their owners sleep…how can you sleep, spamming everyone?
i just deleted 275 comments from this page alone…not a one; a greeting, a friendly message, something real…what a shame, that our online world has become so cold…here i remember the excitement of that first contact…
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love, oh love
have you ever met someone, either in person or virtually that you hit it off with immediately? a year down the road, now, you see them daily… someone that makes you laugh, makes you think about things you haven’t thought about in years, someone that loves to dance in the moonlight…how wonderful…how glorious it makes you feel…music, romance, poetry, feasting, walks along the water, a soft caress…long, deep kisses that you melt and just float away, both into one…mmmmmm is it “love, oh love”?? my heart says yes…how easy it would be…if it could be…as it should be…so who knows?? some day it may be…SMILE
Read Morethe end of summer 2013
wow, it’s been 6 months since i have written here…i’ve written tons of things, they have been scattered out across the world…well, i did it…i had a knee replacement…i’ve done therapy, i’ve worked with it every day and i have to say…every day is like it’s still brand new…”you get out of it, what you put into it”. these are not the words i assumed i’d be talking this far down the road. months on a walker and tore a muscle in my right shoulder…i’m hell on my right side… my momma always told me if you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all…so pretty much for these 6 months, i’ve said nothing at all…BUT, the weather has been beautiful, we’ve had more rain than i’ve ever seen here in east TN…gardens have done spectacular this year. flowers, my impatients have been extra special and many colors and i’ve enjoyed a wonderful smelling gardenia too…i hope you and yours have been blessed, i sure have…my sweet family and friends that i love have kept me afloat, kept me alive, kept my heart full of love and my body virtually dancing…daughter robin has been truly wonderful…and i’m so happy to say that my mars hill momma is now a TN woman, too! yippee! i look forward to healing and spending time with my momma…gonna have to make her a french coconut pie…after all, it’s her recipe! be good to each other, love each other and peace out……..smile
Read MoreThe Joint Academy
by clicking on the link above, you will be directed to my facebook page that i am blogging on for my total replacement knee…it’s all new to me, so we can learn together! hope you come visit me while i’m in the hospital, no not in person, but online! love and good thoughts…SMILE
Read Morethe dancing knee
3 days and counting…then i will go to morristown, tn…get my knee drawn on and then off to la la land…Creator be with me…wake up and get busy…
a total knee replacement…gotta keep it moving so i don’t turn into the tin man…sounds like i’m gonna have a good team working on me…
everyone i met had good colors…experience, compassion and knew their stuff…i liked ’em all…took a few pictures…will take many more…
gonna blog my new knee…asked for the 2013 dancing model, please…and thank you…i put this off longer than i should have…
pain has brought me here…UNCLE…i’m calling UNCLE…you win…but all will be well…modern technology is a wonderful thing…
so much love and prayers and good wishes and good energy from all over the world my way, how can it not?? i love all of you…
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ice age 01-25-13
the weatherman in morristown is getting pretty good…they called it last week, they called it this week…but so did the robins i had in my front yard yesterday, eating fruits like crazy from my ornamental pear tree. they fortold the last storm, right along with the weatherman, wonder if they know each other?? smile
woke up to a gray world…the ground covered with a think glaze…my toyota covered with many icicles… as the day wore on, the fog would come and go, my trees behind my house would disappear in the brightness…when i sat for supper, watching the pear tree branches get thicker and the sway of the majestic pines, branches low to the ground. you could see the mist falling with the dark green pine needles behind it…was magical, quiet, cold, wonderful, enchanting…
the ice/fog/mist adding up as the day wore on…only 1 vehicle out and about all day long…that i heard or saw…was out on the front porch shooting pictures and heard a truck coming ’round the bend down below…salt truck…turned beside the office…that road is a county road…mine is not…reckon the property management doesn’t pay, as we get no salt…roads or sidewalks…i shot a picture of the truck…but then again, ice is not something you can do a lot for. the weather is warming up to 60 by monday, mother nature will tend to it…naturally…smile
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the changes i want in life
was just reading my horoscope for today and it was talking of the changes i want in life…i want to dance! i want to walk without a cane…i want to chase my grandbabies up the hill…fly a kite…dance in the sacred circle…yes, right now, that would be truly wonderful…what changes do you want to make in life?? a change in location? a change in job? a change in your heart for someone you love?
and how in the world can cupid shoot folks…turning friendship into love…exciting adventures to hope and dream for…how wonderful this old world is…how blessed we are to be able to enjoy our feelings and thoughts with so many! all over the world!! i hope you have what you need, i hope you get a taste of what you want, i hope your heart is always full of love…SMILE
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