quote de jour

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.
Oscar Wilde

celebrate connections today

i am so happy today!

go hug someone today- it just feels good.

oh YEAH!

i need these toys~

and apparently there is a 360 xbox game? i have not a system nor an understanding of the gaming world...but this i might be tempted to play...especially when cat woman yields her lego whip..LOL

http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/lego-batman/lego-batman-video-premiere/1204025

it snowed on the weekend

and from inside my little home on wheels- it just didnt matter. toasty warm furnace on, fridge full and the window views of green. woke up to the sound of birds.walked the beach when the sky stopped raining. lovin the freedom of a road trip.

randomness

pic- compliments of flickr.com, langley WA, go there.


wow, my weekend was so full!
i left the city alone, wee RV in tow- thought i would have a quiet and uneventful space.

got to deception pass state park late friday PM, the snow started in the wee hours!
saturday while walking to the refuse place a very nice camper started to talk to me in broken words...he signed that he was deaf..well lil know fact, many years ago i achieved my level one sign certificate..so my brain quickly goes to find what lil reference and ability it can find , and we start to converse..i learn alot about my temp neighbours- four on board, from bc and seattle, new RV, they are fun and friendly and laugh as i stumble through my bad signing..as i work hard at a visual connection room filled without sound...i do ok, my long time friend and the woman who taught me to sign would be proud that i even tried...my new camper friends are so kind and so sweet- wayne is a chatty cathy and seeks me out sunday morning to tell stories and say goodbye.


then on sunday, my new friend ls takes me on a tour of whidbey island- known as the "rock" like our own island. she drove me through the seaside landscape, told me stories of history and impact. we ended up in langley WA at a great lil bistro called "primo". lunch was grand complete with oysters on the half shell and she tells me that the mussels from penn cove are world renown! it was so nice to meet someone who has the same sense of adventure that i do- it was so good to hang with her- she is an accomplished song writer and has produced a cd. for a wanna-be musician, i am an awe of such talent. she is charming and comfortable to be around. i am so thankful for her time.

random people, random meeting,random connections. fuk- i had a weekend that was full beyond what i could ever expect.

life is good and i am blessed.

416 children and 350 lawyers -Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

pic to follow~ blogger tech challenges

A huge moral dilemma!

Under Texas law, if sexual abuse is occurring in a home and a parent does not stop it, then the parent can lose custodial rights. A major issue will be how a home is defined — whether by the individual house each child lived in or by the larger ranch.

If the judge gives the state permanent custody, it will have an enormous challenge in finding homes for the children. The agency has relied on volunteers to help feed the children, launder linens and provide crafts and games for them in a dorm-style setting for the past two weeks. But the agency will have to find stable homes and try to decipher sibling relationships that should be preserved if it gets permanent custody.

Even identifying groups of siblings has been challenging so far.

"There's quite a lot of difficulty in identifying how many of these children are biologically related to one another. There's a large number who are half-siblings," Gonzales said.

The sect came to West Texas in 2003. The judge also must decide whether it's in the best interest of children who have lived insulated lives to be suddenly placed into mainstream society, Hays said.




yahoo news.

evil, well we wanted to be...

PP and i hatched a great plan...



the "c" s are in disneyland...we were going to go to their house and move their bedroom to the dinning room and versa visa. oh yeah, so they would arrive home later tonight and have to sleep in the dinning room! friggin funny right?
well, brother "m" was staying there to look after the dogs- he kiboshed us! said he would have to take the flack, never mind spend the next two days in the dinning room!some people have zero sense of ha-ha!

so we did another sorta evil thing..we went into their closet and tried on all of their clothes! great pics, too funny, especially pp in a "bea arthur" outfit and me as "anne murray" christ the fun we had...and the one above..uniform abuse :) always wondered how i would look in navy blue - might have been different if it had fit!

rubics cube solved- blind folded

ok, so the world championships to solve the rubics cube just happened. yeah, so, impressive times, 1.00 min or just under...but nothing compares to the true ability of this girl...

i thought i was a visual learner...hummm.. but this girl does not need to see things to make them happen..how the heck...me, i frigging can't find my way to the bathroom in the dark never mind solve a puzzle!

menza... is that a new pizza place?

a matter of NATIONAL SECURITY

pic: flickr.com, i think it may have looked like this.
recently my friend e when to Chicago, i asked her to bring me back the tackiest thing for under five bucks she could find...

she had purchased a snow globe, but it never made in on the plane! the security idiots took it away...i cant figure that one out- cause it was over 100ml of snow and water or do the really think it could be an explosive snow globe?
...kinda a funny thought of it going off in the plane and watching all the faces of 300 passengers as they are coated with fake snow and sparkles!!

crazy..but now i really want it...

emilie welcomes spring

we are standing in giant fields of tulips. flat and in motion , each shift of the eyes creates a personal kaleidoscope of brilliant colors. we are captured still in this pallet of natures artwork.
looking into the distance, melted images held fast by the definitions of pedals, leaves and stems seem to flow beyond the confines of the floral boundaries. at times, you are not sure if they are actually flowers or a deeply woven rug.

scents abound but none we are use to. it smells of green, of growth and renewal. pleasant aromas tingle our noses and we take a mutual strong breath. this act is invigorating and we close our eyes to appreciate the pureness of the bouquet.

as we open our eyes we are connected and intimate in our exchange. our gaze is frozen and we smile at the simple peace within the moment.

we walk on slowing not wanting the end of the rug to be underfoot . we feel the wind change and it is now at our backs, the floral waves around us ebb and flow.unpredcitable and beautiful.

magnificent is the outlook, grandly magnificent.

danny michel- coalmine

jayhawks - save it for a rainy day

another gooder from them = all the right reasons

truth or stare

today was one of those awkward moment kinda days...you know, when a friend asks you to be honest, and well, in a split second you have make a decision that could affect anothers spirit?

ah crap, your inner voice whispers, shut the "F" up your real brain says and ultimately you give away your answer because you get caught in "truth or stare"

4 more indentified at ground zero - 911

crazy to hear that they are still working to indentify the remains from 9/11. so many familes without true closure. i feel for them all.

"More than 400 human bone pieces have been recovered from beneath the road, which has become known as "Haul Road" because of the hauling of debris.

The search at Haul Road began in October 2006 when utility workers found over 80 bones in a manhole in the service road. Since then, other manholes, a highway and nearby rooftops have been searched. The city identified the first victim from remains found in the road last July.

More than 1,800 of the 21,000 body parts recovered from ground zero have been found in the past two years in and around the trade center site. The remains of more than 40 percent of the 2,749 people killed at the site have yet to be identified." cnn.com

angelique kidjo

some world music...and a woman with a vision and gives via pure selflessness...

ron pope

another great find- thanks princess pineapple! always a great connection for music.

guns

photo from flickr.com

current events:
Mich. toddler shoots herself in the head
A 3-year-old girl shot herself in the head yesterday afternoon while playing with a loaded gun inside her family's Detroit home, local news organizations report.

"The girl found the handgun, reportedly owned by one of her parents, and shot herself in the right side of the head," The Detroit Free Press. "At least one of her parents was home at the time of the shooting."



i ask outloud...why would someone own an item whos only function is to take life?

rolley lake

off to camp at rolley lake this weekend!!yippee, got four familes showing up so should be a ton of fun...

rain: tarps
cold: big ass fire
more rain: cards inside
more cold: turn up the furnance

and of course: drink more wine

will post some pics next week.

"the box"

today i stopped by am's house to pick up a set of chairs that she gave to me. recently we had a falling out as i drew my line in the sand in terms of expecations in our friendship- seems we have two different value systems. so i gave her the option of just placing the chairs in her garage where i could swing by and retrieve them without confrontation.

included with the chairs was an envelope of random items...

talking with my fiend e,

" yeah so i grabbed the chairs and there was an envelope of stuff, ya know things..."
e= " oh you mean the box"
t= "huh"
e= " the random collection of things that friends feel they need to return to you when a dissolve occurs"
t= "i am unsure of the rules of engagement here, i didnt have a box to leave- should i be returning stuff too?"
e="no, just their way of saying i need to remove this part of you from me"

i sit now, confused and unsure of the messages in "my box" today.random items representing shared moments, connected moments and all sealed up with a card of regret and apology.
pondering...how does one decide what goes in that "box", what stays behind , and why. i have never left such a "box" on someones emotional doorstep before. i am not sure if i should be hurt or insulted.

..you can give all the physical items back, return things to stores (like i am doing tomorrow with her b-day gift that i am unable to give to her now) but you can't discard or return the memories and feelings. this emotional "box" is a permanent file within your heart and head.

maybe one day i'll have the opportunity to ask why ... for now, i place the items well within my sight. i am saddened with the disappointment i have experienced in the friendship so the items are an important memory to me...they remind me of things that were good about our friendship.

friendship

friendship, to me, is a garden that needs cultivation.

to grow and bloom in brilliant colours you need to feed it and care for it...

some soil contents should include mutual respect, truth and transparency

some additional fertilizer....
never take them for granted, never move around them as if their thoughts and feelings are not important

don't ever be too big to say you are sorry when you mess up, or forgive when you have been hurt

"being there" means just that

know that nothing given, said or done outweighs the words " i love you"

~ ouch, goes the red lump within my chest as i recover from the hurt of a friend today~