Mysterious Circumstances

Managing
Your
Sensitive
Trust
Everlasting
Relying
Intuitively
On
Understanding
Situations

Crafting
Intuition
Rather
Circuitously
Under
Myriad
Signs
Then
And
Now
Correcting
External
Stress

Black and white winter scenic landscape view of fresh fallen snow on trees with a background of the Famous Flatirons in Boulder Colorado with low laying clouds.

A resident of the Lesser Antilles, ranging north to the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Image captured while visiting the St. George Village Botanical Garden on St. Croix, USVI.

Image Captured with a Nikon D300 Camera, Nikon 80-400 mm f/4.5-5.6 lens, focal Length 400 mm, ISO 800, 1/2000 sec at f/5.6, hand held. Noise removed using Nik Dfine 2.0.

Sometimes, it is not humans that teach us the words of love.

Sometimes, it is not humans that teach us the way to live.

Sometimes, it is the little birds

That flutter beautifully in the air

Sometimes, it is their heartfelt gestures

That makes you wish to fall in love

Sometimes, it is the way they look

That makes you wish you were a bird!

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I am not an alcoholic.  In fact, I rarely drink and when I do I am such a lightweight it is laughable. A half a glass of wine and I am good.  However, I have done a 12 step program.  I am a recovered Bulimic.  Bulimia is a form of food addiction.  I have not binged/purged in over 20 years.  It was a long and difficult journey and I got some professional help too.  

These days I have a very healthy outlook on food and even at Thanksgiving keep my portions to what is right for my body.  I no longer crave the physical pain of overeating to mask the emotional pain from childhood abuse.  When I feel hurt, I grab a paint brush instead of a cookie. I am healed.

The Serenity Prayer was a big part of my recovery and I still repeat it…

“I work from home.”  Most people really like the sound of that, but after living the “dream” for over 10 years, I can tell you that there is definitely a dark side.  Most people probably picture me drinking wine, smoking dope and cheerfully splattering paint around my studio.  I might be listening to some classic rock while I work and taking frequent naps as desired.  They might assume I only work a few hours here and there and that I can go on vacation anytime I want to and just leave it all behind.  I am an artist, so people are always nice to me too.

The fantasy above could not be farther from the truth.  The fact is that this “working from home” career has been the absolute most challenging and stressful job I have ever had.  There are things about it that I absolutely love and wouldn’t trade…

Loving Wisdom

My artwork today is focused on Wisdom and Forgiveness. In my opinion it is the most brilliant thing to do when you forgive. In my life when I am able to do this I let go completely of any emotional charge attached to an event. This means I forgive myself and anyone else involved. I don’t believe that anyone is ever completely to blame or blameless and therefore I believe that forgiveness is always possible. Peace always follows this for me. I cannot move on until I let go. This is my truth and is reflected here in my work. All of the colors of existence and power are here as are the shades of peace and redemption. In other words this is heaven to me. Nothing can rest here until it has accepted it all in.

According to Wikipedia Wisdom is  “in the Western tradition, been…

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Or maybe two…..Tis the season for apples!  Apple pie.  Apple cider.  Apple and cinnamon candles.  In our home an apple for the teacher too!  Americans have always had a big love for this crisp, sweet and healthy fruit.  Here are 14 health benefits to eating this great food:

1. Get whiter, healthier teeth

An apple won’t replace your toothbrush, but biting and chewing an apple stimulates the production of saliva in your mouth, reducing tooth decay by lowering the levels of bacteria.

2. Avoid Alzheimer’s

A new study performed on mice shows that drinking apple juice could keep Alzheimer’s away and fight the effects of aging on the brain. Mice in the study that were fed an apple-enhanced diet showed higher levels of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine and did better in maze tests than those on a regular diet.

3. Protect against Parkinson’s

Research has shown that people who…

Giant Saguaro Sonoran Desert Portrait. Another image from our Thanksgiving trip to Scottsdale Arizona.

A portrait scenic view into the Sonoran desert of the southwest in North Scottsdale Arizona. A scenic view of a giant saguaro cactus and lush desert.