A muse at day’s ending toward a new year
I would be considered ‘retired’ by most people, but not in my mind. I finished two Master’s degrees during our Covid lockdowns and I am chomping at the bit ready to put all that I learned out into the “world”. And I was doing just that, then came a blip.
But we can’t let something like a blip detour our whole plan…or life. So I retreated for a while and now I’m ready, all the way into 2025 to begin again, again.
Photo credit: Jeff Suchak of http://mythiclandscape.com
This is what I am pondering as another Spring season creeps closer and closer.
So, I am making art and making plans too. Plans to bring this idea into focus, a focus so sharp that it materializes itself as an offering into the world that I believe so deeply needs the healing it brings.
As I spend time in the Southern Ontario Wren’s Nest Studio here in Leamington once again, I just need to be open to listen and move to this music that is drawing me. In good time, all will come.
And though what needs birthing feels a little distant, like individual trees in a forest, I do see it shimmering, beckoning, smiling … and I know that if I focus on that which I am being called to do and be, all will be well.
And so it is…
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Newness…turning over a new leaf
I hope you’ve noticed that I renamed the blog, Leafology. It’s not an original phrase, but I fell in love with it a long while ago when someone else posted their art of leaves and named the page leafology. They are no longer on the internet (I’ve searched and searched). I’ve named a print from Read more
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A short narrative in a tone poem
Propelled by a process found in a tool called “Sojourn” whereby you draw 3 words to accompany a theme word using word dice. On November 21, 2012 I drew these: SOUL (theme die) doubt / inspire / truth Interestingly enough the friend who gifted me with this tool ceased to be friend just today. “If Read more
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Choosings and Musings
Yesterday on Facebook someone posted part one in a series called, “Can we learn to be happier?”. I thought that that was an unrealistic expectation and might even cause more suffering in this world. I believe that we focus too heavily on “the pursuit of happiness” instead of acceptance of what is. I preferred that Read more
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Letting go …
Over the past week or so I’ve been forced – yes that is the right word though I struggled with the violence inherent in it – to let go of much. Some of what I let go was by my own intention – cleaning out one’s studio space, spring and fall cleaning, moving – all Read more
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It’s raining … raining in my heart
Thanks to Buddy Holly for this… And Jeff Suchak for this … Well, I’ll just get this over with. Yes, it is raining. It is “Hallowe’en” and the kiddos will be soaked before they get to the sidewalk. So that is just so not what I wanted. But does the weather care? No, it is Read more
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Another look at homecoming …
In Ladder to the Moon, Allegra Taylor, speaks these words outlining the expansive view of home: “Home, as journey’s end, as a spiritual destination, as coming to rest in my own heart. The end of exile.” And today these words bite into my heart till it bleeds. For today we are having the Bruce Grey Read more
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Newness…turning over a new leaf
I hope you’ve noticed that I renamed the blog, Leafology. It’s not an original phrase, but I fell in love with it a long while ago when someone else posted their art of leaves and named the page leafology. They are no longer on the internet (I’ve searched and searched). I’ve named a print from Read more
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A short narrative in a tone poem
Propelled by a process found in a tool called “Sojourn” whereby you draw 3 words to accompany a theme word using word dice. On November 21, 2012 I drew these: SOUL (theme die) doubt / inspire / truth Interestingly enough the friend who gifted me with this tool ceased to be friend just today. “If Read more
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Choosings and Musings
Yesterday on Facebook someone posted part one in a series called, “Can we learn to be happier?”. I thought that that was an unrealistic expectation and might even cause more suffering in this world. I believe that we focus too heavily on “the pursuit of happiness” instead of acceptance of what is. I preferred that Read more
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Letting go …
Over the past week or so I’ve been forced – yes that is the right word though I struggled with the violence inherent in it – to let go of much. Some of what I let go was by my own intention – cleaning out one’s studio space, spring and fall cleaning, moving – all Read more
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It’s raining … raining in my heart
Thanks to Buddy Holly for this… And Jeff Suchak for this … Well, I’ll just get this over with. Yes, it is raining. It is “Hallowe’en” and the kiddos will be soaked before they get to the sidewalk. So that is just so not what I wanted. But does the weather care? No, it is Read more
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Another look at homecoming …
In Ladder to the Moon, Allegra Taylor, speaks these words outlining the expansive view of home: “Home, as journey’s end, as a spiritual destination, as coming to rest in my own heart. The end of exile.” And today these words bite into my heart till it bleeds. For today we are having the Bruce Grey Read more
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Newness…turning over a new leaf
I hope you’ve noticed that I renamed the blog, Leafology. It’s not an original phrase, but I fell in love with it a long while ago when someone else posted their art of leaves and named the page leafology. They are no longer on the internet (I’ve searched and searched). I’ve named a print from Read more
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A short narrative in a tone poem
Propelled by a process found in a tool called “Sojourn” whereby you draw 3 words to accompany a theme word using word dice. On November 21, 2012 I drew these: SOUL (theme die) doubt / inspire / truth Interestingly enough the friend who gifted me with this tool ceased to be friend just today. “If Read more
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Choosings and Musings
Yesterday on Facebook someone posted part one in a series called, “Can we learn to be happier?”. I thought that that was an unrealistic expectation and might even cause more suffering in this world. I believe that we focus too heavily on “the pursuit of happiness” instead of acceptance of what is. I preferred that Read more
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Letting go …
Over the past week or so I’ve been forced – yes that is the right word though I struggled with the violence inherent in it – to let go of much. Some of what I let go was by my own intention – cleaning out one’s studio space, spring and fall cleaning, moving – all Read more
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It’s raining … raining in my heart
Thanks to Buddy Holly for this… And Jeff Suchak for this … Well, I’ll just get this over with. Yes, it is raining. It is “Hallowe’en” and the kiddos will be soaked before they get to the sidewalk. So that is just so not what I wanted. But does the weather care? No, it is Read more
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Another look at homecoming …
In Ladder to the Moon, Allegra Taylor, speaks these words outlining the expansive view of home: “Home, as journey’s end, as a spiritual destination, as coming to rest in my own heart. The end of exile.” And today these words bite into my heart till it bleeds. For today we are having the Bruce Grey Read more
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Newness…turning over a new leaf
I hope you’ve noticed that I renamed the blog, Leafology. It’s not an original phrase, but I fell in love with it a long while ago when someone else posted their art of leaves and named the page leafology. They are no longer on the internet (I’ve searched and searched). I’ve named a print from Read more
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A short narrative in a tone poem
Propelled by a process found in a tool called “Sojourn” whereby you draw 3 words to accompany a theme word using word dice. On November 21, 2012 I drew these: SOUL (theme die) doubt / inspire / truth Interestingly enough the friend who gifted me with this tool ceased to be friend just today. “If Read more
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Choosings and Musings
Yesterday on Facebook someone posted part one in a series called, “Can we learn to be happier?”. I thought that that was an unrealistic expectation and might even cause more suffering in this world. I believe that we focus too heavily on “the pursuit of happiness” instead of acceptance of what is. I preferred that Read more
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Letting go …
Over the past week or so I’ve been forced – yes that is the right word though I struggled with the violence inherent in it – to let go of much. Some of what I let go was by my own intention – cleaning out one’s studio space, spring and fall cleaning, moving – all Read more
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It’s raining … raining in my heart
Thanks to Buddy Holly for this… And Jeff Suchak for this … Well, I’ll just get this over with. Yes, it is raining. It is “Hallowe’en” and the kiddos will be soaked before they get to the sidewalk. So that is just so not what I wanted. But does the weather care? No, it is Read more
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Another look at homecoming …
In Ladder to the Moon, Allegra Taylor, speaks these words outlining the expansive view of home: “Home, as journey’s end, as a spiritual destination, as coming to rest in my own heart. The end of exile.” And today these words bite into my heart till it bleeds. For today we are having the Bruce Grey Read more
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Newness…turning over a new leaf
I hope you’ve noticed that I renamed the blog, Leafology. It’s not an original phrase, but I fell in love with it a long while ago when someone else posted their art of leaves and named the page leafology. They are no longer on the internet (I’ve searched and searched). I’ve named a print from Read more
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A short narrative in a tone poem
Propelled by a process found in a tool called “Sojourn” whereby you draw 3 words to accompany a theme word using word dice. On November 21, 2012 I drew these: SOUL (theme die) doubt / inspire / truth Interestingly enough the friend who gifted me with this tool ceased to be friend just today. “If Read more
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Choosings and Musings
Yesterday on Facebook someone posted part one in a series called, “Can we learn to be happier?”. I thought that that was an unrealistic expectation and might even cause more suffering in this world. I believe that we focus too heavily on “the pursuit of happiness” instead of acceptance of what is. I preferred that Read more
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Letting go …
Over the past week or so I’ve been forced – yes that is the right word though I struggled with the violence inherent in it – to let go of much. Some of what I let go was by my own intention – cleaning out one’s studio space, spring and fall cleaning, moving – all Read more
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It’s raining … raining in my heart
Thanks to Buddy Holly for this… And Jeff Suchak for this … Well, I’ll just get this over with. Yes, it is raining. It is “Hallowe’en” and the kiddos will be soaked before they get to the sidewalk. So that is just so not what I wanted. But does the weather care? No, it is Read more
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Another look at homecoming …
In Ladder to the Moon, Allegra Taylor, speaks these words outlining the expansive view of home: “Home, as journey’s end, as a spiritual destination, as coming to rest in my own heart. The end of exile.” And today these words bite into my heart till it bleeds. For today we are having the Bruce Grey Read more
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Newness…turning over a new leaf
I hope you’ve noticed that I renamed the blog, Leafology. It’s not an original phrase, but I fell in love with it a long while ago when someone else posted their art of leaves and named the page leafology. They are no longer on the internet (I’ve searched and searched). I’ve named a print from Read more
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A short narrative in a tone poem
Propelled by a process found in a tool called “Sojourn” whereby you draw 3 words to accompany a theme word using word dice. On November 21, 2012 I drew these: SOUL (theme die) doubt / inspire / truth Interestingly enough the friend who gifted me with this tool ceased to be friend just today. “If Read more
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Choosings and Musings
Yesterday on Facebook someone posted part one in a series called, “Can we learn to be happier?”. I thought that that was an unrealistic expectation and might even cause more suffering in this world. I believe that we focus too heavily on “the pursuit of happiness” instead of acceptance of what is. I preferred that Read more
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Letting go …
Over the past week or so I’ve been forced – yes that is the right word though I struggled with the violence inherent in it – to let go of much. Some of what I let go was by my own intention – cleaning out one’s studio space, spring and fall cleaning, moving – all Read more
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It’s raining … raining in my heart
Thanks to Buddy Holly for this… And Jeff Suchak for this … Well, I’ll just get this over with. Yes, it is raining. It is “Hallowe’en” and the kiddos will be soaked before they get to the sidewalk. So that is just so not what I wanted. But does the weather care? No, it is Read more
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Another look at homecoming …
In Ladder to the Moon, Allegra Taylor, speaks these words outlining the expansive view of home: “Home, as journey’s end, as a spiritual destination, as coming to rest in my own heart. The end of exile.” And today these words bite into my heart till it bleeds. For today we are having the Bruce Grey Read more
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Newness…turning over a new leaf
I hope you’ve noticed that I renamed the blog, Leafology. It’s not an original phrase, but I fell in love with it a long while ago when someone else posted their art of leaves and named the page leafology. They are no longer on the internet (I’ve searched and searched). I’ve named a print from Read more
-
A short narrative in a tone poem
Propelled by a process found in a tool called “Sojourn” whereby you draw 3 words to accompany a theme word using word dice. On November 21, 2012 I drew these: SOUL (theme die) doubt / inspire / truth Interestingly enough the friend who gifted me with this tool ceased to be friend just today. “If Read more
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Choosings and Musings
Yesterday on Facebook someone posted part one in a series called, “Can we learn to be happier?”. I thought that that was an unrealistic expectation and might even cause more suffering in this world. I believe that we focus too heavily on “the pursuit of happiness” instead of acceptance of what is. I preferred that Read more
-
Letting go …
Over the past week or so I’ve been forced – yes that is the right word though I struggled with the violence inherent in it – to let go of much. Some of what I let go was by my own intention – cleaning out one’s studio space, spring and fall cleaning, moving – all Read more
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It’s raining … raining in my heart
Thanks to Buddy Holly for this… And Jeff Suchak for this … Well, I’ll just get this over with. Yes, it is raining. It is “Hallowe’en” and the kiddos will be soaked before they get to the sidewalk. So that is just so not what I wanted. But does the weather care? No, it is Read more
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Another look at homecoming …
In Ladder to the Moon, Allegra Taylor, speaks these words outlining the expansive view of home: “Home, as journey’s end, as a spiritual destination, as coming to rest in my own heart. The end of exile.” And today these words bite into my heart till it bleeds. For today we are having the Bruce Grey Read more
Leafology 