Double Time

Silent time, alone with your thoughts is sometimes good; to get your bearings or listen to the voice within; finding your heart, soul or proper placement for the next laid footstep along your true path.

Somehow, my feelings shout, " double is better". Time with some one, intimate moments, secrets, smiles... with the person who knows you best. The person who is a witness to your life. Sharing, being together, it just seems natural.

Come and sit with me...

Things are blooming like wild, and the lovely creatures enjoy the nectar! Our weather is not as cool as we would like it to be, down here in the muggy south. But, for now the days are so clear and sharp one could just sit outside all day! The seasons are changing...

Last days of Glory

The final days before the earth ebbs to slumber and the ground cools from absence of a summer sun...My favorite flowers turn thier faces to the sun and give back a light from within...

I will miss them for awhile.

Shadows in the South

A beautiful view from the shadows of the South, peace in an outdoor church.

My DAD...

I have, in my relatively short life, suffered close personal loss on a few occasions. The type of loss that reels your spirit and knocks you to your knees... At the moment I feel as flimsy as an old bed sheet, just thin and fine, worn from years of use. I think you just may be able to see right through me.

As time go by the losses mount and before you know, it seems that you have as many connections to this world as you do the next. The bridge that spans across death and what will be our "end" here on earth, becomes more real, more concrete. It also becomes brilliantly clear that we will all march across that grate, unguarded, alone with our spiritual beliefs...with not one substantial clue as to what is really on the other side.

The comfort for some of us, lies not only in our religious foundations and beliefs, but in the comfort that if possible, there are people, angels, spirits whom we are intimately familiar with on that horizon of the next plane. I am beginning to use that image to comfort the unsettling thought of leaving this earth.

In all of the changes of my life, I have never been affected so much, as I have with the recent loss of my Father. He was ill, but doing fine for the moment. I was concocting holiday plans and had thought we all had more time with him; in an instant he was gone! I knew it the second that I saw him, he was just "switched off" by God. He never knew, he never suffered, he just left.

Such a gift and blessing to the big, strong man who was facing a serious decline as he fought his toughest battle with cancer. Not one to ask for help, his greatest fear was not being able to care for himself, if the disease was going to emerge champion over the physical being of this life.

I am overwhelmed by just how much I miss him...I am sending you love and prayers, Daddy! Meet me just on the other side of that bridge, when it's time!

Oil Spill Crisis.. One question Mr. President

Our Government is in charge, we are telling the oil company and experts from all over the world what to do...we are making decisions for BP, correct?

The Corp of Engineers? This group is your "go to" bunch and they have final say on what goes/works/end this mess?

THE CORP OF ENGINEERS WHO MANAGE AND BUILT THE LEVEE SYSTEM THAT PROTECTED THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS?

I do not really need to ask another question...Thank you, my dear federal government; "That this nation, Under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - - and that the government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from this earth"

You work for us and fail us daily; by your choices, blindness, poor and clouded decisions, favoritism, and the fact that you really do not understand the nature of your work. You are in service to the American people, not in service for yourself or special interest, big money or specialty groups. GOD BLESS AMERICA!

Where does it go?

Mine is not the first generation to notice that time speeds up as you grow older...
It is hard to believe that my last post was pretty much done during hurricane season, but here I sit, having just been to the fire department Christmas party and my big charity event for the year. Mid-December, where did the time go?
Oh, oh...one big place it went in the last few months is (I am ashamed to admit) is Facebook! Well, it is wonderful seeing faces and names that I have not pulled to my frontal lobe in decades...but as the lists grew with faces and old memories, my spark diminished. I found myself reading things I did not care about, answering stupid questions and surveys and owning 2 farms, an apartment along with a diner. The timers clicked and I burnt cookies and killed crops, my request lists grew and I was not a good friend or neighbor! I think I may be in a lawsuit over the yoville apartment due to not baking enough! Man, I was a goner for about 3 months. I literally had to do an intervention and limit my time on the computer!
I still enjoy checking in and seeing photo's and clever comments from my friends and family, but I have been able to "step away" from the Facebook and use it as a tool for my life, and learned not to make it my life!
So, as fast as the world spins, as much work as we have to do in order to eat and keep a roof over head...it is best to pay attention before you get sucked into a world that overwhelms and encircles you. Don't let life pass you by with your face glued to a computer or a tv...your real life is sitting right beside you just waiting for you to take it out for a spin!

To tie it all up, just understand that if time sped up for the generations before us, what is going to happen to our concepts of time passing when there are so many strong means of distraction! Look at those loved ones around you everyday, make an effort to talk and hug and make sure your time is not being sucked up my meaningless, trival undertakings.

Okay, stepping away now...have a great day!