I'm in the Mood For Peace
I'm finally there! I'm getting ready for the longest night and the big celebration. I've got walnuts, raisins, and jellied cranberry sauce in the cupboard. There's even some aluminum foil behind the waxed paper. The oven is working despite a faulty lower heating element, just in case I need to bake something.
I don't care about any war talk, I'm inviting everyone to enjoy a meditation on harmony, peace, and well being. And maybe a walnut honey pie. The season has come. Let joy prevail wherever it can.
37 Comments:
Happy holidays JM!!! Hope they bring you new strength and all that you wish for.
Donnie!!!!
You are so good at holiday greetings. New strength would be a dream come true. Love, appreciaion, and admiration are what I'm giving you and hope that many others do too.
Here's to you, Donnie! Happy Holidays! And if you want to see a pair of beautiful, wild eyes, drop over to my blog & look for tseka's comment under my latest post.
BTW, don't forget it's tseka's birth day tomorrow!!! Fitting I do believe . . . :-)
When i look into these eyes i see trust, curiosity, and find in myself a spark, a hope, that a new cycle, is unfolding.
May these still nights hold the peace you are in the mood for...
God Vintersolstånafton
good winter solstice eve
-the mother night-
God Vintersolståndet
good winter solstice.
birth of the new cycle
Yes!! Those eyes!! :-)
(((jm))) Oh, I'd love some honey walnut pie. Yum, yum, yum.
Once again, your gifted me with a happy, surprised smile as I clicked on your site!
Smooch!!
Astrid
tseka, thankyou! Happy Birthday to you! Much love and comfort to you in your new year.
Astrid
Hey gals!
Tseka, it's another moment of synchronicity as you shall soon see. Thanks for the eyes.
New cycles can unfold anytime. It's up to us. And I'm packed and ready.
Astrid! You WOULD be amused with your eye and tangential outlook. I was almost resigned to humoring myself alone. What a joy for me to share my walnut pie with you!
I love you all so much. You're making it easy to see the good.
Hey! We're starting early. I'm saving my birthday greeting for tomorrow. An extended celebration..:-)
Strrrrreeeeeeeeeettttched out for the long night.
I can't believe it!!! I didn't preview my comment and got my stretch egggggsactly in the margin. I always was good at geometry!
Things are looking up!
Yes indeedy, happy birthday Tseka. :o)
I forgot that it's Mother Night, one of the many minor, half-forgotten, somewhat mysterious festivals that take place this time of year...
I have very little to contribute tonight, my mind is tired from a very full day.......but, jm, I love this little kitchen image. That cabinet and that stove.....! Wonderful! I want to sit at the table I know is just out of view and enjoy a lovely slice of honey walnut pie, and a hot cup of something.
I don't know where you find these wonderful images, but they are so powerful, i think I must dream of some of them.
Happy Solstice jm, and may this new moon bring you everything you need to be recognized in the way you want in the art world. May you have the prosperity you deserve, and a very happy heart.
Namaste, Astrid
Astrid, where did you come from? This is my dream. I am more amazed than ever at your skill in penetrating to the heart of the matter. You really see it and know how to put it into words. You are exceptional.
I remember from the beginning of my life, chasing visions and bringing them home. It's a lifetime process and I always feel like I haven't even started yet.
Recognition in the art world, staying pure and true to myself, had been my lifetime dream and every time you say something like this to me, I feel closer to my goal. With Donnie's gift of new strength, I am ready to meet the world.
I just got lucky.
One more thing....hugs to you jm. Thank you for all these images and your way with words. They make my heart happy. You always bring smiles.
Astrid
(((((astrid)))))).
You just brought into my life the encouragement I was longing for. I know this will make all the difference in the world. Speaking of happiness.
Cross post with you jm.
Keep putting it out there jm. Just keep putting it out there. You'll see.
Astrid
When I wake in the morning I am always given a song. It tells me what the day will bring. I've always loved that gift. I sat quietly and listened after reading your post, and the song that presented itself was "Life is just a bowl of cherries". Does that mean anything to you?
Astrid
Well, it's late here and my mind really is tired. I wish you sweet dreams and a gentle path.
Love and light to all of us!
OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!
My heart is racing!!!!!! ASTRID!!!!!!!
I have that exact post ready to go. A bowl of cherries with the song. Almost posted it the other day.
OH MY GOD. It's even deeper than that.
OMG Again. The exact time posting together. Are you real, Astrid? You must be an apparition in this long night.
Keep putting it out there jm. Just keep putting it out there. You'll see.
Again you've done it. This is what I repeat to myself over and over. The "you'll see" is what I love the most.
Ok, I checked back to make sure I didn't miss something important, and I see your post on the cherries.
It's clear to me jm, it is you that sends these lovely messages. Keep putting them out there. Just keep putting them out there. You are succeeding, probably in was that haven't made themselve clear to you yet. You will do well. Just continue.
Astrid
I will tell you this. My partner for 25 years was a genius artist and our communication was on a level I never would have thought of asking from life. It was art itself.
He was very musical and sang to me constantly all those years. He knew every Tin Pan Alley song in the book.
Our signature song was, "Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries". He sang it to me all the time and rolled the r's in the funniest, most adorable way imaginable with a tremelo in his voice that tickled me to infinity.
You are in the know. So deep in the know.
What a Moon. What a night. Thank you astrid. Thank you so much.
When I say to you that you are going to be not just fine, but great, you know that it's good. Trust in yourself jm. The days are good, and you are going to shine, as you always have.
Hugs to you. Sweet dreams. I'll look forward to the new day of the Solstice, as I know you will.
Astrid
Thank you jm, for being such a light in the world.
Hugs.
Astrid
{{{Tseka}}} A B-Day for you! I just have to do something realy nice for you. I will let you know when I have it ready.
JM and Neith, Happy Holidays to you too. I feel something very special coming around. And those eyes!! BEAUTIFUL!!!!
I trust you donnie. If you say it's coming, it's coming.
JM and Neith, Happy Holidays to you too. I feel something very special coming around.
Good! We're ready for something special . . .
aaaannnd Donnie . . . time of birth?! nag, nag, nag . . :-)
Nag Nag Nag! HAHAHA! Sorry, but I have not made it to visit my mom yet. I will work on it. I had some tech problems and just got back online. It has been storming here non stop! It got so bad last night at work that the wind actually blew my calf long slicker suit and rolled it up like a woman's skirt.
It then began to beat the crap out of me as I tried to pull it back down to see where I was going to make a mad dash for shelter. I must have looked like something out of an old Jerry Lewis movie. The funny part is that the bottom did not drop out till I was at the back end of the complex. What started as a walk in the light rain, turned into a mad 15 acre dash with the slicker suit beating me to death the whole way.
OMG!!!
It got so bad last night at work that the wind actually blew my calf long slicker suit and rolled it up like a woman's skirt.
That bad?????
With neith and pat's wind, ny snow, and your wind, we're *&^%ed!
That bad?????
Yes it is!! It's not like there was anyone else for me to laugh at. I was on my own. ;) The streets were flooded when I got off this morn. WE GOT SOME RAIN!!!!!!
Let the heavens fall on us all!!!!!!!
Wash away our sins?
Or at least get a laugh.
Ginny posted about CO and how even the mail is not getting delivered. Now that is some snow!
Yeah. I haven't been out in two days. Town's shut down. But tomorrow things should be running.
Last blizzard broke the frame on my old Ford van so this time maybe it'll stay put!
I'm begining to think that Mother Nature is mad right now. Everyone is getting hit by something.
Donnie, someone is always getting it somewhere.
Mother N is who she always is. She understands us. It's pressure. Pockets build up and need to move. All to get balanced. Wars too. And within the body.
This blizzard was nothing much. All the previous big ones were much worse.
The reason it seems like everyone is getting hit is because of the Internet where we are reporting from around the world all the time. That's the difference. Closer connection to everyone.
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