“The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.” ~ Clement Clarke Moore This post has been brewing since early this week, so please bear with the pre-xmas tools- read story. 🙂 A Yule without Rules – Pre-Xmas Tools I bet most of you are done putting up your Christmas trees. We finally managed to decorate our home early this week, thanks to my adorable nephew who now lives…
It’s a Sixer Natasha Musing turned 6 today, on the 6th Day of December, 2022. (I’m not counting the time I set up my blogspot account- 17 years ago; as I’d like to believe that WP gave wings to my personal writing in a different form.) It’s been a quiet celebration this year. Quiet is nice. Sometimes. Though I miss the buzz around my anniversary from the last five years. To make up for it I almost ordered a…
“If the Earth were a single state, Istanbul would be its capital.” Napoleon Bonaparte
Yearn to Be Yearn to be, Like the butterflies Fluttering in the autumn sky. Cherish each moment; as it passes by. Yearn to be, Like the compassionate humans, Who sprinkle kindness; like confetti in the sky. Yearn to be; Like the farmers, Toiling in the scorching sun. Holding their ground; For a harvest whose benefits; we reap all year round. Yearn to be; True to Yourself. Acknowledge. Appreciate. Align; with who you are. And wrap yourself…
“I think the most important quality in a birdwatcher is a willingness to stand quietly and see what comes. Our everyday lives obscure a truth about existence – that at the heart of everything there lies a stillness and a light.” ― Lynn Thomson, Birding with Yeats: A Mother’s Memoir
Be at Ease Today’s gentle breeze, Is a reminder to be at ease. With life’s follies and demands.
Anticipate It is full moon tomorrow, September 10, 2022 and the planet mercury just went retrograde starting today, till 2 October, 2022. I wonder what this full moon and mercury retrograde will bring!
“My life is better with every year of living it.” ~ Rachel Maddo “Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest.” ~ Larry Lorenzoni
“Weekends don’t count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless.” Bill Watterson
“It doesn’t interest me what planets are squaring your moon… I want to know if you have touched the centre of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life’s betrayals, or have become shrivelled and closed from fear of further pain. I want to know if you can sit with pain mine or your own without moving to hide it or fade it or fix it.” – Oriah Mountain Dreamer , The Invitation