Sunday, November 15, 2009

Fall in Love at The Getty


There are so many ways to find and see creative genius.
With each Season brings a new perspective, another attempt.
We show up with one intent, and discover another.
We stand up searching the walls, and end up laying down and looking up, to an unexpected point of view.


Lucky am I to find my way to an ocean filled with a collective of high I.Q.
Learn as I do, the mind plays, and shares, and stumbles, and rebounds.
The super human real life heroes, travel with simple and humble egos.
Ambition abounds with delight and obsession but, never self right.


I peek around to see if there might be anyone else with eyes popping.
Anyone else with heart thumping?
Anyone else with pulse racing?
Around the corner I spy, something more than cake topping.


Spooning, cuddling and petting, smooching and touching.
Breathing and reaching, yawning and stretching.
Chinese, we say Ching-Ching.
Around here we say kissing.


There are more who are sipping, and tasting, and gulping.
Manners are flung, along with arms over head, and legs over another.
Mindful of nothing but time and space and sense of place.
Cups flowing, plates folded and napkins crumbled, ice slowly melting.


Freedom felt only surrounded by a crowd who is cooing.
Babies are strolling, and sucking, their parents wishing.
Wishing they could stay there longer too, just doing nothing.
Freshman taking photos, tourist listening, and still spirits running.


The Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Verandah, Ojai

I want big color.
I need simple things.


I want an elegant hand bag.
I need a market basket.


I want a new roof.
I need a cozy corner.


I want a new view.
I need a new point of view.



I want to explore peeks and valleys.
I need to bloom where I am planted.


Tell me too, what is true for you? "Want" vs. "Need"


Verandah
Home Decor
305 E Matilija Street, Ojai, CA 93023
In the courtyard at the Arcade Plaza
805-640-7357 Helen MacGregor

Saturday, November 7, 2009

How To Seed and Skin a Pomegranate

This is fast and easy to harvest a fall of pomegranate seeds.
Lukewarm water bath. Place big bowl inside the sink.


Slice Pom in half, under water.


Turn flesh inside out and pop seeds out.


Anything that floats, gets pushed over the edge,
and discarded into the waiting sink below.


Transfer into colander and let drain. Voila!

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

A Novel November

November is National Novel Writing Month.
It is a mean marathon of fifty thousand words in only thirty days.
Sam Van Hellgren, author and creator of this absurd feat speaks volumes when
he cheers, To chaos! To chance! To inspiration! All hail, NaNoWriMo!


My Magical Mukluks

Native American healer and soul coach Denise Linn of
Summerhill Ranch,
shares of the importance of her "Confidence Clothes Concept".
A radiant wardrobe made up more of just a thinking cap and magic wand.
Average, everyday articles super-charged with lightening bolt blessings.
The human psyche responds strongly to silly symbols of designated Super stuff.



Seeds of productivity

Sports psychologist Jim Loehr coaches on the theory of the
"Oscillation Method"in his book
The Power of Full Engagement, as a way to manage energy vs time.
A series of intense energy bursts followed by the very necessary,
gentle energy recovery of physical, emotional, mental and spiritual renewal.
This to him is the ultimate way to find a peak performance in any arena.




Blessings of anointment

San Miguel de Allende
is a colonial town, high up the mountains of Mexico.
It is one of the most magical, and creative places on this earth.
People are drawn to visit in the act of language learning, painting, writing, Yoga, or soul searching Spirituality but, they all inevitably never want to leave.
This is the power of the "Teresa of Avila Method".



Clean Sweep of Dreams

Author Randy Ingermanson is the "Mad Professor of Fiction Writing".
He is also a theoretical physicist and the award-winning author of six novels.
He teaches us "Snowflake Method" as away to manage our creativity.
Starting small, and building up on the basic designs of our ever evolving,
and efficient mind, will bring us to the finish line that much faster.


Bless Me & Bless You: Mystical Healing Portal

A Room of Her Own: Writers Retreat in San Miguel.


Magic Mukluks: Hidden Treasures


Marathon: November is National Novel Writing Month

Monday, October 26, 2009

Are you sure?

Are you hot?
Are you not?
Are you sure?



Are you high?
Are you slow?
Are you sure?




Are you dumb?
Are you numb?
Are you sure?




Are you lame?
Are you game?
Are you sure?



Are you...?

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

"Share Supply"


Pick a pill, any pill.
Pick a card, any card.
Pick a color, any color.
Pick a book, any book.


Play a game, any game.
Play a hand, any hand.
Play a song, any song.
Play a trick, any trick.


Post a note, any note.
Post a bid, any bid.
Post a link, any link.
Post a secret, any secret.


Pitch a fit, any fit.
Pitch a ball, any ball.
Pitch a tent, any tent.
Pitch a script, any script.



So what you got?...and what you gonna do?

Planet Sark:
for free sources

No Plot? No Problem!:
for support

Daily Wisdom Pick:
for a clue

Monday, October 12, 2009

Jump! Jump!


Sit and spin on our own home gym.
Jump! Jump!
Pump! Pump!
Bang a drum to find our rhythm.


Ride that wave in our living room, hang all ten toes.
Left! Left!
Right! Right!
Breath in out the mouth, and in the nose.


Push all the tension our of our bones.
Up! Up!
Down! Down!
Tennis balls stuffed in socks for our muscle tone.


Pull our strength up, begin anew.
Front! Front!
Back! Back!
Aim for the Joggers with in our view.






Indo Balance Board
Excuses Be Gone!
Babe Bitzenburger