mindfulness – Art Star Journal

Ridding the World of Evil

Where DOES evil come from? You can’t look anywhere in our society today and not feel the palpable, boiling, nasty, disgusting, horrendous, obnoxious EVIL that has overtaken it. When did human decency disappear? Why? I spend most of my time ignoring this world-confusion. I see it as an optical illusion, a chimera, not at all…

The God of the Sea

Life may get a little foggy today as Neptune stations and turns retrograde until December. Knowing what to expect is an exciting prospect. Neptune, the God of the Sea, Poseidon ……….. the Ruler of Pisces, the wishy-washy dreamer, building castles in the air, believing everything you hear, horribly intuitive dreams and waking experiences …………… these…

Be Here Now ………….

Believe me when I say, that being here now is the only way. I know how hard it is. Keeping yourself focused on where you are …………….. not where you were ……………………. where you want to be ……………….. where you think you’d be happier ……………… not easy. Like anything else, being here now, in the…

Self-Sufficient and Self-Efficient

Today, I’m hiding. It’s like 400 degrees in the shade up here! I’m inside, which will probably not improve my container garden, but there’s no way I’m leaving the air conditioning. We seldom, if ever, have a heat index over 100 degrees. We’re almost as far north as you can get. Not much farm work…

Mercury Backwards ………….

It’s cold. I know it will warm up again, but not much and not for long. My tomatoes will either get ripe, or not. In case you think you’re losing your mind, you’re not. Mercury went retrograde (this makes no sense but it only LOOKS like it’s going backward and it does this several times…

COVID-19 and the Fear of Death

I want to distill for you what is happening in our world, right now, at this moment, for the last year and a half. The Cosmic Consciousness, God, the Universe – however you want to describe the spirit that is found IN EVERY LAST ONE OF US – wants us to come to terms with…

Creating …………….

I wish I could remember how long ago I bought this fabric. It’s been at least 3 years – I think. Finally, I’m using it. I would show you what I’m using it on, except I can’t get my picture to upload. I’ll work on it. This new iPhone is almost beyond me. I traded…

New Moon – Open to New Ideas

New beginnings, new moon, spring in 6 days – life is good. This is the time to start that project you’ve been thinking about over the last two weeks – since the Full Moon. This is a time when the Universe will support you. Actually, the Universe will support you, whatever you decide to do…

The Man of My Dreams

This man, this lovely, happy man, is my father. The man of my dreams, except that he certainly wasn’t a dream, but real. I can hardly describe my father, today, 20 years and some odd months after his death. I only know that each day that comes, I think of something my dad would say…

Soul Despair

I wrote this post 3.5 years ago. It is even truer now. We have gone from being the hated deplorables to domestic terrorists …………….. although the ones terrorizing us are the ones pointing their fingers. For once in my life, I am not reacting to what I am seeing on the news or the internet….