Aho! An outing to the movie theatre over the weekend provided both entertainment and realization. The movie I wanted to see had only the deluxe seats available, the ones that provide a menu and service to your seat. I elected to take my own water bottle from home and purchase a medium popcorn. I carried…
IS MINDFUL LIVING A MATTER OF CONVENIENCE?
JjJJjjjJ… DOODLING THE LETTER J... J IS SHAPED LIKE A HOOK. CONVENIENCE IS SHAPED LIKE A HOOK TOO! THE CONVENIENCE OF HAVING A PLASTIC STOPPER FOR A TAKEAWAY COFFEE SO IT DOESN'T SPILL ON MYSELF OR MY CAR. HMMM. WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PLASTIC STOPPER WHEN WE ARE FINISHED WITH IT? DO WE REUSE IT?…
Earth
Bloody earth Saturated with killings, death, destruction What are we doing to ourselves? Speciesism is the old world We are creating the new world Now At our centre we are a teeming ocean full of life A regenerative forest floor But outside of our golden hearts We are a raging torrent of grief How do…
THE WILD WILD WITCH
Crafty kitten Lifts the veil of lies Uncovering the treasure I am Always was Always will be ||||| The mind needs Silence Stillness I am still here Amidst the noise And careening city I am still Here ||||| A taste of the wild It is me I am wild Where I am Does not matter…
A little pick-me-up
Sometimes guilt and shame can be so blanketed and hidden that we aren't even aware it is there. During my healing process, (which began in 2016 in earnest), I was drawn to solitude. I craved quiet and fed myself a quiet holistic lifestyle; learning the healing tools I needed along the way. I wasn’t volunteering…
Rooted we RISE!
Digging right in… Everywhere I go, I am asked to sign in, sanitize, stick a needle in my arm, regardless of knowing if the contents of this said needle may or may not fu k myself up, the human population and the future children of humanity. Everyone seems to believe in the words from government,…
“THE WALRUS & THE CARPENTER; an age-old story of encroachment and entitlement”
Yesterday, while sitting in sanctuary following cross-border travel, I experienced a Netflix documentary.This morning upon awakening, all I could envision were walruses (I had never before witnessed their tremendous weight and girth), attempting to slide down rocky cliffs into the ocean water haven below.The walruses are adapting to the changes in their environment wrought by…
The Germ of Awakening
“So if you have a bump of any kind, know that you are being regulated, and you’ll come out of it much improved. The person who resists and resents will have to be regulated many times!” - Florence Scovel Shinn Thinking of the current times we are in, the coronavirus "bump" that is affecting humanity, and…
A Letter to Beautiful Mother Earth
Dear Mama, I’m not sorry. I’m not sorry that the entire world is affected by a virus that originated with cruelty to animals. I’m not sorry. I have compassion and empathy for those who suffer ill health and perhaps death from the virus, and their loved ones, but I am not sorry. What about you…
The Pinkerton Pages 