Notes From a Friendly Firefighter.

Never underestimate the need for good fire fighting equipment. Be prepaid. Get ready cause it is a coming. Man up or down but it is coming. It should take years before it comes, but, soon or later it will be here.

Nourish yourself. No one will take better care of yourself but yourself. So get busy. Organize, learn, dream, and get ready. 

Nourish yourself with good food. Don't nourish your self with sugar, syrup or fat.
Nourish yourself with educational activities that nourish your brain.
Get outside and sit up the trees. 
Go to Nature as much of the day as you can spare.
Nourish your soul. Music nourishes my soul and calms my spirit. 
Nourish yourself with good friend that know when to comfort you.
They know when you are hurting. They care that you are hurting.  

Don't be afraid of the daily demons, that will suck your time out -slowly one step at a time. 
Don't be afraid to ask for help if you need it.
Now is the time to speak up and ask questions. More forward, step, by step but doing it slowly.

Learn from failures. Gain wisdom over time. 

Smile all day long. Never stop smiling. A smile is a beautiful thing. 
Make eye contact with other human beings. Say good morning. 
Connect face to face with people.

Days to Thanksgiving

I woke up this morning looking around for my walking shoes, old walking blues.  Walking Blues by Mr. Robert Johnson is playing on Lead Belly Radio. Nice old, crunchy and true blues. Just people singing about just how hard life is. Woody Gunthrie singing Jesse James. Great music station. I am hidden away in our small office with with two desks, and two chairs. Oh, and one large and noisy paper shredder



Thanksgiving is coming in three days. Trader Joe on Monday was packed to the gills. I spoke to the sweetest 98 year old lady who was following a women around the store. The 98 year old was walking and sitting on her "walker" and her daughter pushed the filled shopping cart. The woman had good posture, beautiful white hair and a very nice laugh. I continued picking up the items on my shopping list. Two aisles away, I ran into these two woman again.  I asked the elder, if she liked hot chocolate. The type of hot chocolate that formed  a putting crust on  top of the hot drink. She said yes, that sounded nice. I asked if she wanted a can of this product and let her know I was willing to walk through the mass of people looking lost as if it were the first time coming to Trader Joes. Yes,  the mob was new to TJ and did not know the edicate.
I dashed back two aisles with my filled cart and ended up in the coffee section and found the product and dashed back to the two ladies. The elder's eyes looked at the time and sound Oh thank you so much, this looks great. Her daughter read the label and said to her mom...that yes, she would enjoy this.
I went back to the elder who had been patiently waiting for me to return. I looked into her soft blue eyes and said " When you have this hot chocolate, think of me and the fun we had today."


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Changing of the Seasons

Changing of the seasons. As we enter the quiet winter season, I had to think back about this summer, my back and my arthritis. This summer I was extremely limited in my activities because I was in pain, I was fearful of being in pain, and I wanted to avoid any pain.
What is wrong with me. Why has pain tried to take over my active life style.  Why am I afraid to venture forward and confront my fears.

I must go into the afternoon light and enjoy the world around me. Walk in the woods once deer hunting season has past. Go into the sun shine and laugh out loud. Smile the marsh, listen to the ocean, watch the birds. Take command of your fears daily. Be strong and be happy.

Open up the artistic side of your brain. Fill it with sunshine. Listen to music. Find joy in small things around you. 

Be silly, be goofy, be original, be the women you have become. Have no fears little sister. You are in good hands.

Positive Thoughts Going into the Colorful Fall Season

Fall Colors are starting in my favorite marsh.

Love fresh products from the wonderful farmer's market. Plus my two home grown Habineros. 

Maudsley State Park Yearly Outdoor Sculpture Event.

Walking through Dog Town, Gloucester. MA

1. Don't be excited when roasting home grown habinero peppers  and clean out seeds with your bare hands and eat a huge chunk. Oiy....burning for days in eyes, nose, mouth etc.

2. Loving a friend who is the ying to my yang is possible at a good long distance.

3. Don't look into a mirror, or even worse...don't take a close up selfie and expect to see a 20 year old woman.

4. Good "diabetic" inserts into old hiking boots are priceless.

5. Laugh each day at yourself, love your partners, and be kind.

Sir Ernest Shackleton got it wrong.

Below, is  the quote of Ernest Shackleton at the time when he reached South,  Antarctica.

     "We had pierced the veneer of outside things...         

  We had reached the naked soul of man."

Sir Ernest Shackleton

   He was wrong, way wrong.

Instead he should have said:

 "We had reached the naked soul of mother nature!"

Just saying....

Mother's Day 2017

Hanging baskets above my kitchen sink.

Today is My 14th, 2017 and it is Mother's Day. I loved my mother, Evelyn. It was because she could feel when I was in mental conflict. She felt my pain and was always there to hug me and let me cry my eyes out.

I have never been a mother myself. I wanted a baby back in my 20s when I was single and all my friends were married and had children. But, instead I became active investigating my heart, soul, and mind. I am still investigating who I am, what I do, and why I do it.

We are having a Nor'Easter rainstorm today. Windy, damp, cold and just plain a bad spring day.
A good day for a long hot oatmeal bath, and time to unwind. Then on to reading a good book.

Home made card made during an art exhibit about Space at the Exeter Phillips Academy.

Late this afternoon, I will make a pot of steaming hot tea using 1/2 Russian caravan tea and /1/2 Oolong tea. A nice smoky flavor to warm me from the inside to the outside.

We will visit my 94 year old mother in law (or as she says MIL) and wish her well. We will bring our home made card and flowers.

Happy Mothers Day

A Quiet Sunday Morning at home

A quiet Sunday morning at home.

I must thank our new President Trump. Once, he came to power in January 2017,  I had pledged to myself that each day after I do my morning exercises, I would finish off with a Meditation Session. I was feeling very sad, confused, and powerless. I was also fearful of the changes that he threatened to make.  So each morning, after I completed my exercise, I lit  a candle and  I meditated. The first session was ten minutes long. I am now up to about 50 minutes. I so enjoy these moments of stillness and quiet.

Sometimes, when I am meditating, my husband is banging a board in the basement, or the cat is playing & yelping with her favorite ball. I hear the noise, but, I tune it out and go back to the meditation.

My kitchen bell wakes me up at the desired time, and I am refreshed. The cob webs of my mind been cleaned up.

So, thank you Mr. Trump. I can safely say that this will be the only time that I will give you any positive recognition of your position. https://www.facebook.com/