New Moon Solar Eclipse May 9

Time for this girl to turn the page!

 

This is an excerpt from 

www.mysticmamma.com/new-moon-solar-eclipse-in-taurus-may-9th-10th-2013/ 

After an intense two weeks of deep awareness and letting go of old patterns since the last Full Moon/ Lunar Eclipse in Scorpio,  we arrive at this Solar Eclipse and powerful New Moon in Taurus, ready to shed it off and begin again!  We have gathered deep insight and now strengthened from our experience, we can ground  down and take time to seed our intentions and let out our soul call!  Here are the Astral Insights for this cosmic window opening for us…

First from the wonderful Cathy Pagano and her Wisdom of Astrology:

“Eclipses mark times of cosmic redirection and energy shifts…Something we’ve imagined and dreamed about begins to manifest at a solar eclipse.”

“This Taurus solar eclipse on May 9-10^th marks a new beginning, an especially fertile new beginning as it takes place in the astrological sign of manifestation.  Taurus is the most earthy of earth signs, marking a season of fertility and growth, of beauty and sensuality.   It is the energy of building and making, of new possibilities and passions. “

“Solar eclipses mark the end of a 19-year cycle relating to the activities relevant to each astrological sign.  A Taurus solar eclipse brings up issues of self-worth and values.  Since this eclipse is near the South Node of the Moon, we might have to examine old value systems that no longer serve our lives.  Do you honor the talents you have? Do you know what values stand at the center of your life?  Take time to dig deep in the soils of Taurus and weed out any old negative behavior patterns entrenched there.  Prepare the soil for new growth.”

“When we know our own worth, we can also access to the archetypal realm of Beauty, Desire and Fertility which is ruled by Venus/Aphrodite.   Know what you value in this precious life we have, because why build something you don’t value?  …Plant the seed of that new desire during this potent New Moon.”

“Venus/Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love, Beauty, Wisdom, Sexuality and Wholeness rules Taurus.  Just hours before the solar eclipse, Venus leaves her home in Taurus and moves into Gemini, the sign of the Mind….”

“What beliefs about your feminine Self need to die so that a new vision of Feminine Spirit can arise and live through you?”

“…It can be a time of healing, when you realize that your loneliness and isolation was an incubation, a time of preparation.  Be willing to ‘lose your familiar self for the promise of a greater, more encompassing reality’ where you can use your feminine gifts to change the world.”

“Transmutation occurs from the inside out.  Let the light of your inner feminine Being shine into the world in conscious and conscientious ways.  ’Transmutation forces us to serve who we are becoming, beyond who we’ve been: ‘trans (beyond) mutate (change)’. Become intimate with yourself, so that you can be intimate with others.”

“This Venus-ruled solar eclipse asks us to look to the future: ‘personal power results from mastering the illusion of our fear through open-heartedness.’  When we open to our original blessings, we discover that the feminine values of Love, Wisdom and Beauty can help us through the darkest times.  Stop doing for a while and let your being shine through.”

The wind in my back

That's how I play

I'm going to New York City!

Happy Birthday to me. 

It's just an hour or two by airplane

saw this performed live.

sweeeet





This town surrounds another town we live beside
The highway exit change at random and the road divides
If you lose your way just ask a stranger they'll let you know
There's no way back to that house you knew so long ago

It has to go right this time.
It has to go right this time.
It has to go right this time.
It's got to go right .

A voice mail I received once

I've felt the coldness of my winter
I never thought it would ever go. I cursed the gloom that set upon us...
But I know that I love you so

A man from Birmingham

"I love all of you, each and every one of ya, to my death, but I swear you've all gone fucking mad!"
-Ozzy Osbourne

(he wanted to be a Beatle. Yeah, and I love him.)

Never again is a mighty long time

So beautiful. If you watch anything at all today. Watch this.

Artists Marina Abramovic and Ulay started an intense love story in the 70s. When they felt the relationship was ending, they walked the Great Wall of China, each from one end, meeting for one last big hug in the middle and then parting to not not see each other again.

At her 2010 Museum of Modern Art show, Marina shares a minute of silence with each stranger who sits in front of her. 

Ulay arrived without her knowing and this is what happened.

Watch: http://zengarage.com.au/2013/03/marina-abramovic-and-ulay/

Will you still be around?

Baby says she's dyin to meet you

...a howl of romance I'll get 

I have to post this cuz I dig the tune and I'm diggin the lyrics

Pedal to the Metal

I'm gettin' out of dodge. I'm heading for the border -- yeah, I'm headed out, far away from Assclown City limits. I'm going to keep on driving.

What will I find on my road trip? 

Readers: Send me your thoughts.

Will it ever happen again?

The Kiss

The following is a poem I wrote when I was in college at the tender age of 19. I have recently revised it as the romantic in me felt like giving it a refresher.

It was written to be read out loud

The Kiss

It stays with me,

the night we escaped
crowds and noise
that wouldn't leave

us

finally alone after
years of glances,

you felt it too
a perceptive yen

we

pretended we didn't
and knowing we shouldn't
you said you dreamt it

on a night like this

me

riding in your car,

you smiled without
meeting my eyes,
deeply aware of

me with you,

stealing away

high above the city

to a hidden place

a dream catcher find

us

in rooftop tryst

the night’s embrace

like a quiet blanket

only the foghorn knew

our presence

for only this occasion,

one pivotal point
a chance to be
and so you kissed

me

decades beyond it

fateful and true

the foghorn reminds

of rooftops and

you

 

Mourning, thoughts, and prayers

No words can describe the gravity of my emotions in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary school tragedy.

Once upon a time, revisited

Once upon a time

I could feel at the time
There was no way of knowing
Fallen leaves in the night
Who can say where they're blowing
As free as the wind
And hopefully learning
Why the sea on the tide
Has no way of turning
More than this - there is nothing
More than this - tell me one thing
More than this - there is nothing
It was fun for a while
There was no way of knowing
Like a dream in the night
Who can say where we're going
No care in the world
Maybe I'm learning
Why the sea on the tide
Has no way of turning
More than this - there is nothing
More than this - tell me one thing
More than this - there is nothing

Roxy Music circa 1982

Bavarian Fruit Bread - Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions

Some days are better than others.
Some days I wonder why I even arose
It's a misty morning, and I am without compass or trustworthy friend.

But at the end of the day
I find my way home
And you wrap your love around me 

I am in your circle of light
And all that matters is you.
A bad day is forgotten.



Besos,

my Little Lovely Girl

Pema Chödrön, my new spiritual teacher

“There is a story of a woman running away from tigers. She runs and runs and the tigers are getting closer and closer. When she comes to the edge of a cliff, she sees some vines there, so she climbs down and holds on to the vines. Looking down, she sees that there are tigers below her as well. She then notices that a mouse is gnawing away at the vine to which she is clinging. She also sees a beautiful little bunch of strawberries close to her, growing out of a clump of grass. She looks up and she looks down. She looks at the mouse. Then she just takes a strawberry, puts it in her mouth, and enjoys it thoroughly. Tigers above, tigers below. This is actually the predicament that we are always in, in terms of our birth and death. Each moment is just what it is. It might be the only moment of our life; it might be the only strawberry we’ll ever eat. We could get depressed about it, or we could finally appreciate it and delight in the preciousness of every single moment of our life.” ― Pema Chödrön

The connection is real with someone new

This wild rose blooms elsewhere

Some things don't change even when you wish real hard. 

The forsaken

I think of you when I hear this in my car, you who is so far away. And so this is to you.

Something I saw today that was kinda cool... When you replace "i" with "we", then illness becomes wellness.

Images come back flashing like a broken light

And everything has gotten a little blurred

Grateful

Every now and then, I write a gratitude list. It reminds me of what is important to me in my life. I don't know that they are in any specific order, just written as the ideas come to me.

I'm grateful for my:

• Children, who provide unconditional love, joy, laughter, truth, humor, pride and a reason for me to work at being my best self
• Good health
• Children's good health
• Extended family who taught me values, to be generous and kind
• Friends who provide a sense of community that says I'm not completely alone in this single life
• Sweet kitty who is very loving, a great cuddle partner and sometimes needy
• Bright spirit of air and light, a realist who is ALSO optimistic who loves large and feels deeply 
• Job, providing the sustenance I need to live a comfortable life and giving me opportunity to grow and learn
• Creative spirit, the never ending sense of, and urge to, share something beautiful or compelling that can help shape or change the world, if even ever so slightly
• Home. It meets my needs, is safe and cozy and comfortable
• Car, comfortable and safe, letting me travel and enjoy the scenery
• Love of music and film
• Foodie self, with a deep love of culinary delights and the many flavors this world provides 
• Sense of humor
• Love of words
• Hunger for fairness and truth
• Ability to know when I am being wronged but still taking the high road to be kind, understanding and forgiving

That's all I got for now

Namaste

I love to do my yoga to this music -- so peaceful and contemplative

wishing for you, all the lights to change from red to green






Climbing on the stair
I turn around to see you smiling there
In front of me

She's imagination through the light projected

Finding a piece of Paris

in this life that we live, we only make do

On this Halloween Night

 Sabbath seemed fitting and great blues riff in this one




P.s. If it's true that the band recorded this album in just 2 days, well that's utterly astounding.

Stood upon the roof top on a night so clear

Wish I could have seen their show in Milwaukee last week

Sun and frozen lake

Honey and the Moon

Dedicated to a friend

Greenfield Park

Taking the camera on a date

Milwaukee Lagoon

A rainy Saturday afternoon

Southshore Park