sweet tamara
i first met this woman at the morristown powwow last april…she reminded me of my dear friend martha…she was sitting by her tipi that her and her husband take all over the country. i stepped inside and was in awe…the beauty, the strength, the sky thru the smoke hole…i was in love! we visited that day, i felt so comfortable around her and enjoyed her conversations so very much…i was blessed each day to have the time to pray inside their tipi with no interruptions, no noise, just me and Creator…i was truly honored for this opportunity. then the next day, i got to watch her dance…her regalia was stunning! what poise, what native pride…it was an honor to shoot many pictures of all the dancers, it was so wonderful to get to know folks a little more…each powwow brings new friends and new adventures with ones you know! facebook has brought so many folks closer to me, that i look forward to seeing down the trail come spring…between the ETOCD meetings and festivals they attend and the powwow’s in east TN this year, my heart is thrilled to make wonderful friendships…and then i was invited to drum practice at the rose center on wednesday nights…tamara and her husband, tim teach young and old, drumming, songs, the art of making regalia…it’s all new to me, but the beat of the drum draws me near…this sweet woman has gifted me a shawl…i am thrilled…it is a wonderful turquoise blue, i took off the white fringe and got some chocolate brown from crazy crow…tamara is a very patient woman as i am not the least bit crafty and get aggravated really quick when working with my hands…but she is teaching me…the fringe is coming together on my shawl and the colors are beautiful…this week i got 4 small southwestern hawk appliques to add to the shawl to make it part of me…hawks have watched over me all my life…how sacred they are to me…how PROUD i will be to dance in the circle this spring with a shawl full of love on my arm…thank you Creator for such wonderful friends and thank you tamara with all my heart, for your wonderful gift, your patience and your sweet friendship! big SMILE
Read Morepoetry
a friend of a friend, never met either in person, but surely enjoy their friendship. both are writers, words flow thru their fingertips like a river rushing by. they inspire me greatly! i’ve been writing like a crazy woman…here, there and everywhere…i can’t write fast enough, the words are pouring thru me. trying to learn to write in rhyme…i had gotten lazy in my words…keeping the online dictionary HOT, i love to learn…smile…the world is full of wonderful folks that love to write down their inner most feelings…some you agree with, some you don’t. but you have to admire their skill, their style…when you are touched by their words, you have to tell them, don’t you? life is full of adventures, adventures are full of words, words can capture your heart, words can bring a tear to your eye. i reckon it all depends on the telling…i sure enjoy the reading…it makes me a happy woman…big SMILE
Read Moresweet ramjet
oh i am a happy, happy woman…first i got to watch beautiful snowflakes fall and shoot some pictures, too…then i had warm homemade chicken noodle soup…came in here to download the pictures and a DJ friend of mine asked me to do a little beta testing for him…how wonderful to hear him back on the airwaves and the music was AWESOME…had my own private DJ for awhile…pick a song, any song…i’m so PROUD of this man, RAMJET is his name…you may know him from the Church of Metal…i sure do…it’s good to have him back…he, in his own right is a talented musician…and his taste in music and his knowledge of music is a work of art…yeah, he’s a dear friend…i’ll share links to him soon, i’m hoping…peace, love and rock n roll…BIG SMILE
Read Moreis it day or night
my internal clock has gone haywire…was it the full moon, or the ice tea, or the late night coffee…could be, could be…i am fortunate to be able to do things without living by a clock every day… just some days i need to keep up with time…smile…i have enjoyed watching it turn first light many a morning…i feel very close to Creator in the early morning light…my home wakes up to the wonderful smell of sage…SIS sent me some tobacco incense to offer also…each and every morning, i am thankful for another day of living…i have been waking up to music playing in my head all this week…different songs…what a wonderful way to wake up…so many folks in my thoughts and prayers…miracles do happen everyday…i have been fortunate to see a few lately…i am humbled by the goodness in others…my heart is happy to have so many folks in it to love…some near, some afar…but always in my thoughts and close to my heart…i do my best photo work early in the day, i do my best writing in the wee hours and i clean house at midnight…yes, my clock is not like many others…i know a few like me…big SMILE…many blessings to you and yours…be good to each other…LOVE is all we really have to give and to receive…
Read Moresweet smoky mountains of east tn
it was a wonderful trip over the hills and thru the mountains we went…it rained off and on, just enough to make these beautiful smoky mountains “do their thang”…Creator was giving us a good show today…headed down I-40 and now off the highway, headed towards cosby and carver’s apple orchard…the view is lovely, the orchard is so pretty with bare limbs…it just feels really good here…what a wonderful farm..when you walk into the apple barn, it smells so sweet and delicious! always displays of different things in season, many jellies and jams and hot sauces…it’s heaven in here! row after row after row of bushel baskets full of sweet smelling apples…asked for the same order as last time, seems to be the ones i like best of all…half a bushel of pink ladies, half a bushel of carousels…got some red and green tomatoes and squash…grabbed a couple of pink ladies to eat on the way home…we nibbled until it was down to seeds! so sweet and delicious! home to prepare supper, more company arrived…got to trade a gallon bag of cookies for jewelry work…the wonderful cosby bookstore turquoise necklace feels so very good around my neck…the cookies went over well…good to visit…we enjoyed our supper…a lovely end to a lovely day! thanks, kent…big SMILE
feasting with family
this little piggie went to market, this little piggie stayed home…this little piggie got a pedicure and lordy, it was wonderful…my tiny splurge now and then…a new color and new flowers…makes me a happy woman…YIPPEE YAHOO! i get to feed jesse, alexander and phoenix joe mailyn this evening! mmmmm cut up chicken breasts, peeled potatoes for smashing, broccoli in a bag for nukin’ and cornbread in the oven. tea made and glasses chilled for milk…alexander got the computer chair! had 4 around my little table…it was wonderful to visit and laugh and play and eat and visit and gab some more…phoenix finally got to make a necklace or two…braided some ribbons, looked really pretty…thanks, kent! smile…we had GREAT fun, it was a wonderful visit…phoenix and alexander are growing like weeds! they change so much each time i see them…phoenix has 2 big teeth now in front and alexander has his first loose one! smile…the wonders of life…thank you, Creator for blessing me with 4 wonderful children and 5 sweet grandbabies…i am forever thankful…
Read Morea beautiful day, let’s ride
ok, got a bag full of boxes of love, got all my thank you cards done, off i go to dandridge…stopped and filled up with gasoline at food city, looking at the mountains, i got a wild hair…off to the post office and just kept right on going down the road…left a text for ronnie as tonight is drumming…it’s a wonderful day for a ride…i’m running away…when i got things on my mind, riding down the road helps me sort them out…have collective soul crankin’, thoughts a flying and down 25-70 i go…thru newport, past the wonderful biker bar and the french broad river is sparkling like diamonds today, but i didn’t even bring my camera…now that’s a shocker! and i just realized i have on my old man moccasins, too…haha oh well, take me as i am…2 hours later i’m pulling up at madison manor in mars hill nc…Momma was surprised to see me…not the best of days but wonderful to hug her neck and just spend some time with her…we had supper together…i buy a tray and we get to visit for awhile…not many words from her today…more childlike than momma-like, but so thankful to be able to look in her eyes and tell her all about her grandchildren and her sweet great grandbabies…she asked about that indian man…boo will be pleased…i told her about family and friends and she remembered peachy being with me last visit…her dreamcatcher shines above the head of her bed…photo’s adorn almost every inch of her walls…she is surrounded by love…ALWAYS…getting dark, getting colder out as the sun sets in these glorious mountains of north carolina…santana sang me home…when you have troubles on your mind, if you can, it’s always nice to run back to momma, no matter how old you are…her hugs just seem to make everything alright…thanks, Momma…i dooooooooo soooooooooo love you madly! rest easy…i’m home safe now…big SMILE
Read Moresnow…wonderful snow
our first snow of the winter…had to get out and about…i love driving when the snowflakes are a coming down! star trek…the next generation! hahaha actually it was collective soul crankin’ in the toyota! hahahaha mighty cold out, low 20’s going down to the low teens…Creator be with the homeless…let them stay warm and dry…i am so thankful to be where i am, to have family and friends that love me…to be warm inside, typing away on this computer…i have so many folks in my heart…hope you are enjoying the snow, too! it’s sticking like crazy to the cars, to the ground, it’s steady coming down and getting thicker! YIPPEE…a winter wonderland in east TN tonight…ENJOY IT…be safe, be warm…know that i love ya’ll madly, i do! big SMILE
Read Morethe trees are dancin’
the sunshine was out early this morning, but i noticed the heat kept kicking on…i keep it at 65…when i came in here to the computer, can’t help but watch the bare trees, their long branches are dancin’ thru my window…the wind is coming from the south this morning…my sunshine and pretty blue skies are quickly being replaced by big fat gray clouds…moving in fast…peachy says she’s blowing them here from GA…35 degrees is the warmest i’ve seen here today…it’s afternoon now and the hummingbird feeder is swinging on the shepherds hook, ringing like a bell…it’s not glass or i wouldn’t let it swing…the birds are all puffed up as they sit on the vines and branches…the wind has changed…my windsock is flying now with a steady wind from the west and my windchimes in the tree and even the ones on the front porch are singing loudly…you know it’s gusty when the ones on the porch make music…the weatherman is calling for snow! our first! how wonderful…been working on cards and paying bills online and have to deliver one down the hill…the only one i write a check for…haha…i have groceries, things i would need…couple of jars of water…i’m ready…bring it on…let it SNOW, let it SNOW, let it SNOW…big SMILE
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