Sunday, November 17, 2013
Trigger Happy TV
I miss this show....it had the funniest skits and the best music...like the next song I'll post.
Enjoy....
Enjoy....
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
I'm aware of you
It's very sad when a guy who has been rejected and who feels jilted, cannot let go
or handle the blow. It's sad when he can't just simply respect the woman's wishes, leave her alone, and walk away like a true gentleman. Perhaps he is the type who needs to manufacture a false reason, to himself and publicly, as an excuse to hang on and to continue harassing and threatening the woman - so he won't look bad to others around him.
It appears this is exactly what he's done...and is doing.
And for the record, that woman is me. I've asked him repeatedly, to leave me alone and to stop the harassment. He will not.
I feel really really sorry for this guy, I will continue to pray for him and I forgive him. It appears that those who know him, and defend him, do not see what he's doing because he is doing it behind the scenes - it is hidden, he hides while doing it - like a true coward. I do hope that at least one person who knows him and loves him, will care about him and be concerned enough to really look at him - be objective and ask him flat out:
"Are you doing this? Are you stalking this woman?" "This is not okay, what can I do to help you?"
I can only hope and pray for that. Enabling that kind of behavior, joining in, and encouraging it in any way, is like handing the keys to a car - to a person who's been drinking heavily - it is dangerous. This is serious - I am being stalked, harassed and threatened daily, nightly, monthly.
This guy spends hours and hours and hours on my websites, with nothing else to do with his time - but to continue monitoring my devices and tracking every move I make on the internet, and then letting me know about it in little taunting ways - (and for reasons I can't post here, I'm allowing it to continue for the time being), but I'm AWARE of it, and I've even had to purchase a second phone in order to have privacy. I will however, for reasons I won't post here, continue to use the other phone...the one he tracks my activity on....via stats and otherwise. (Go ahead and keep it up for now, but I want you to know that, I'm aware of you).
Anyway, on my sites, he continues the bullying and taunting, suggesting such cruel, evil and perverse things, that I cannot even begin to go into them. These are
things he'll have to live with, not me. Publicly, there appears to be a professional "front" he puts on, while privately - and on my websites and devices, he displays
pure hatred for me at increasingly disturbing levels...even suggesting sacrificial acts, we'll leave it at that. It appears that he has nothing better to do with his time than to try to destroy me for not being interested in him.
It's very sad, because this person has potential to shift his attention elsewhere and to help in this world, rather than make fun of the suffering of others. I will never say his name publicly or give little hints to who he is...ever...I will not fall into that trap or that game, as he has indicated he wants me to. But he knows who he is. I won't humiliate him anymore than he's humiliated himself by stooping so low for instance, as to make fun of the rape and murder of my friend's mother, to make fun of me for having been in poverty, or to click on one of my library blog posts - when he's tracked me on my cell phone arriving at a library...letting me know he's "seeing" my activity via cellular.
Trust me - those are only the tips of the iceberg.
He is the one who has to live with what he's doing. I wish him well and I hope one day, he gets the help he so clearly needs (and the help he knows he needs because he's indicated and hinted to me, that he wants it - and during a time when I made the huge error of trying to help him - with a few encouraging words - both poetic and regular, he even thanked me for being "a friend!" - but then reverted to his current behavior).
I made a mistake in trying help him. He misread it as he has my entire blog. For instance, I can't even post a song video on my blog anymore because every time
I do, or have in the past, he thinks every lyric in the song - is from me, directed to him. It is NOT - and it never has been! I post music I love and enjoy. He's read things into my blog, and has come up with entire stories and scenarios that are so far off, that I can't even figure them out anymore. He's wrong...and so way off the mark...that I won't even address it. He's told me this in different ways. Many different ways - but never directly under his own name - as he doesn't even have the courage to show himself....he attacks me only when he's hiding - as I've said, like a coward.
You know who you are and like I said above, I forgive you and will pray for you. It seems to me that you are very desperate and are somehow attempting to possibly reach out for help - I hope you get it. This is the final post I will ever make addressing you and your stalking of me because I've learned that responses, even negative ones, are what you are after - and I will no longer do so. I will return my blog to the way it was before and move on with my writing, my music and my life. I'd like you to know, I'm keeping records of all of this, and "allowing it" for now - for a reason. Do not think because I'm quiet about this, that I'm simply ignoring it and looking the other way - because as you can see from some of my more recent posts, I am not. And if you do ever contact me directly, or hide behind someone else contacting me, I will never ever respond. I want you out of my life permanently and to leave me alone.
**and if I ever did hear from you, in response to this, what a blatant admission of guilt it would be on your part - being I've not said your name**
On a much simpler note. If you do not like my blogs - then why not leave?
-OneStalkedMeditator
or handle the blow. It's sad when he can't just simply respect the woman's wishes, leave her alone, and walk away like a true gentleman. Perhaps he is the type who needs to manufacture a false reason, to himself and publicly, as an excuse to hang on and to continue harassing and threatening the woman - so he won't look bad to others around him.
It appears this is exactly what he's done...and is doing.
And for the record, that woman is me. I've asked him repeatedly, to leave me alone and to stop the harassment. He will not.
I feel really really sorry for this guy, I will continue to pray for him and I forgive him. It appears that those who know him, and defend him, do not see what he's doing because he is doing it behind the scenes - it is hidden, he hides while doing it - like a true coward. I do hope that at least one person who knows him and loves him, will care about him and be concerned enough to really look at him - be objective and ask him flat out:
"Are you doing this? Are you stalking this woman?" "This is not okay, what can I do to help you?"
I can only hope and pray for that. Enabling that kind of behavior, joining in, and encouraging it in any way, is like handing the keys to a car - to a person who's been drinking heavily - it is dangerous. This is serious - I am being stalked, harassed and threatened daily, nightly, monthly.
This guy spends hours and hours and hours on my websites, with nothing else to do with his time - but to continue monitoring my devices and tracking every move I make on the internet, and then letting me know about it in little taunting ways - (and for reasons I can't post here, I'm allowing it to continue for the time being), but I'm AWARE of it, and I've even had to purchase a second phone in order to have privacy. I will however, for reasons I won't post here, continue to use the other phone...the one he tracks my activity on....via stats and otherwise. (Go ahead and keep it up for now, but I want you to know that, I'm aware of you).
Anyway, on my sites, he continues the bullying and taunting, suggesting such cruel, evil and perverse things, that I cannot even begin to go into them. These are
things he'll have to live with, not me. Publicly, there appears to be a professional "front" he puts on, while privately - and on my websites and devices, he displays
pure hatred for me at increasingly disturbing levels...even suggesting sacrificial acts, we'll leave it at that. It appears that he has nothing better to do with his time than to try to destroy me for not being interested in him.
It's very sad, because this person has potential to shift his attention elsewhere and to help in this world, rather than make fun of the suffering of others. I will never say his name publicly or give little hints to who he is...ever...I will not fall into that trap or that game, as he has indicated he wants me to. But he knows who he is. I won't humiliate him anymore than he's humiliated himself by stooping so low for instance, as to make fun of the rape and murder of my friend's mother, to make fun of me for having been in poverty, or to click on one of my library blog posts - when he's tracked me on my cell phone arriving at a library...letting me know he's "seeing" my activity via cellular.
Trust me - those are only the tips of the iceberg.
He is the one who has to live with what he's doing. I wish him well and I hope one day, he gets the help he so clearly needs (and the help he knows he needs because he's indicated and hinted to me, that he wants it - and during a time when I made the huge error of trying to help him - with a few encouraging words - both poetic and regular, he even thanked me for being "a friend!" - but then reverted to his current behavior).
I made a mistake in trying help him. He misread it as he has my entire blog. For instance, I can't even post a song video on my blog anymore because every time
I do, or have in the past, he thinks every lyric in the song - is from me, directed to him. It is NOT - and it never has been! I post music I love and enjoy. He's read things into my blog, and has come up with entire stories and scenarios that are so far off, that I can't even figure them out anymore. He's wrong...and so way off the mark...that I won't even address it. He's told me this in different ways. Many different ways - but never directly under his own name - as he doesn't even have the courage to show himself....he attacks me only when he's hiding - as I've said, like a coward.
You know who you are and like I said above, I forgive you and will pray for you. It seems to me that you are very desperate and are somehow attempting to possibly reach out for help - I hope you get it. This is the final post I will ever make addressing you and your stalking of me because I've learned that responses, even negative ones, are what you are after - and I will no longer do so. I will return my blog to the way it was before and move on with my writing, my music and my life. I'd like you to know, I'm keeping records of all of this, and "allowing it" for now - for a reason. Do not think because I'm quiet about this, that I'm simply ignoring it and looking the other way - because as you can see from some of my more recent posts, I am not. And if you do ever contact me directly, or hide behind someone else contacting me, I will never ever respond. I want you out of my life permanently and to leave me alone.
**and if I ever did hear from you, in response to this, what a blatant admission of guilt it would be on your part - being I've not said your name**
On a much simpler note. If you do not like my blogs - then why not leave?
-OneStalkedMeditator
Monday, November 11, 2013
C2C Honoring & Helping our Veterans.....
Tonight on Coast to Coast A.M.,
http://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2013/11/11
Thanks C2C!
And to further honor more veterans...here is a video series with James Gandolfini, this video - choc full of heroes! To see all parts, continue over on Y/T. God Bless all of our vets - past, present and future. You are all in my heart....
and a salute to my late Grandfather, whom I've never met, WWII Veteran:
http://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2013/11/11
Thanks C2C!
And to further honor more veterans...here is a video series with James Gandolfini, this video - choc full of heroes! To see all parts, continue over on Y/T. God Bless all of our vets - past, present and future. You are all in my heart....
and here with my mother as a little girl, they wouldn't meet for the first time until after he returned from war & hospital...he used to write her letters while he was at war and even though she was a baby, the letters would later mean the world to her:
*Salute*
Veterans Day 2013
Today and always, remember to reach out and shake the hand of a Veteran. It is not about being anti-war or pro-war, it is about being loving, compassionate and caring towards our veterans.....and always listening to what they have to say, especially on those days when they are quiet and not talking at all...
and especially when they say, "Thanks, I'm doing fine."
and especially when they say, "Thanks, I'm doing fine."
Here is a wartime quote I found this morning:
What is a Veteran?
A "Veteran" - whether active or duty,
discharged, retired, or
reserve - is someone who, at one
point in his life, wrote a blank
check made payable to "The
United States of America", for an
amount of "up to, and including
his life."
A "Veteran" - whether active or duty,
discharged, retired, or
reserve - is someone who, at one
point in his life, wrote a blank
check made payable to "The
United States of America", for an
amount of "up to, and including
his life."
The effects of war can reach every area of their lives, for the rest of their lives....and it can in many cases, weaken a veteran's very foundation. And for many of them, it can turn things in life that would normally be dealable and tolerable, into something overwhelming and unbearable. Remember, there is no one reason for something - it is always a process going back many years.
It is important for us to continue to listen to them, even well after they are gone.
It is important for us to continue to listen to them, even well after they are gone.
So please honor, respect and pray for our veterans. God bless.....
"19"
Saturday, November 9, 2013
notice
if anything ever happens to me, i have left the name of the person who is responsible.....in full records i've kept...and i've notified everyone i know....
i want this to be clear. my goal here is to protect myself!
and now i will end this post with the bright side of all of this.....the beautiful doggy who's on the rug just a few feet away from me. he's a rescue from a shelter. welcome CHARLIE!
:)
i want this to be clear. my goal here is to protect myself!
and now i will end this post with the bright side of all of this.....the beautiful doggy who's on the rug just a few feet away from me. he's a rescue from a shelter. welcome CHARLIE!
:)
another important book
and this one has a "forward" by Gavin de Becker (my personal hero - Dear Gavin, I just can't thank you enough!)
It is called, A Girl's Gotta Do What a Girl's Gotta Do, the ultimate guide to living safe & smart
by The Safety Chick (Kathleen Baty).
if you are experiencing what I am, and cannot afford to buy any of these books new, check local libraries, read today. these books and all of the resources and information - can literally, save your life!
stay safe, be aware always, and God bless. i thank those who are supporting me through all of this.....and heck, it even made my roommate get us a dog! He's beautiful and big and his name is Charlie.
-onemeditator
oh yes, and p.s. do not feel humiliated, embarrassed or bullied by any forms of public harassment....no matter what public form it may show up in, just keep a record of it as it can serve your case....should it ever come to that. for instance, i did a search of myself and found a tombstone with my first name on it (and my actual first name is pretty different and I don't even go by it)...and i know who put it there. it was right next to my picture in the results.....with the date of death still open. and more not so veiled threats about axes and more this morning....on and on it continues. just an example.....do not feel intimidated.....be strong....be informed...have faith....keep records.....notify everyone....contact professionals.....
and pray! that always helps too.
It is called, A Girl's Gotta Do What a Girl's Gotta Do, the ultimate guide to living safe & smart
by The Safety Chick (Kathleen Baty).
if you are experiencing what I am, and cannot afford to buy any of these books new, check local libraries, read today. these books and all of the resources and information - can literally, save your life!
stay safe, be aware always, and God bless. i thank those who are supporting me through all of this.....and heck, it even made my roommate get us a dog! He's beautiful and big and his name is Charlie.
-onemeditator
oh yes, and p.s. do not feel humiliated, embarrassed or bullied by any forms of public harassment....no matter what public form it may show up in, just keep a record of it as it can serve your case....should it ever come to that. for instance, i did a search of myself and found a tombstone with my first name on it (and my actual first name is pretty different and I don't even go by it)...and i know who put it there. it was right next to my picture in the results.....with the date of death still open. and more not so veiled threats about axes and more this morning....on and on it continues. just an example.....do not feel intimidated.....be strong....be informed...have faith....keep records.....notify everyone....contact professionals.....
and pray! that always helps too.
a very important book
for anyone, especially women, who are being stalked, harassed, tracked and threatened by someone, i highly recommend this book. it is one of the most important books you will ever read - and it can save your life. it's by Gavin de Becker and it's called, The Gift of Fear. There are also numerous videos online to view by him such as this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fMH5O-SSCk
(cut/copy/paste into your address bar).
he has a full service website that includes full information - including protective shelters for women. if you are like me and are experiencing daily threats and harassment - of any sort, please do not hesitate, as i did, to get all the information you can and to take action on protecting your life! let all of your neighbors and people in your life know what is going on, install security cameras on your property - inside and outside, monitor behavior and threats, no matter how veiled they are, keep detailed handwritten logs of what is going on daily, nightly, and as they happen - logs both written and online, on your phone and any devices, pay attention to people and vehicles in your neighborhood that do not belong, and not only at home but wherever you may go. please do not make the mistake that i did....and think you are alone because you are not, there is help. please make contact with agencies that can assist you.
this is for anyone, especially women.......please....do not wait until it's too late, know the signs, take action, get information....... and protect yourself!
i hope this helps anyone out there who is going through what i am.
take care, God bless....and be safe...
-onemeditator
Friday, November 8, 2013
Green & Gold
For the last two days, there has been a beautiful green humming bird right outside of my window, suckling on the leaves of this mini-tree, and he's so adorable! It's the tiniest baby bird, and he looks so pretty in the golden morning sunlight, the way it shines on his fur. There are moments when the tip of his little beak looks like the needle on a record player arm, placing itself gently in the groove of his favorite song, at the center of a leaf. What a lovely sight to wake up to. And so on that note, since green is the theme, my meditation crystals for the day will be emerald, aventurine & malachite. And I'll throw in a pink rose quartz for love.
Have a beautiful day everyone. Namaste!
-OneMeditator
Sunday, November 3, 2013
Saturday, November 2, 2013
Shooting star
Tonight when I was out in the front yard sipping hot herbal tea, enjoying the cool misty air, and looking at the very first of the neighborhood Christmas lights, I looked up into the sky and saw a shooting star! It would have been so easy to miss, and they go by so quickly, but I just happened to be looking up at the right moment. It was such a sweet surprise. A shooting star, wow, I hadn't seen one of those in a long, long time.
Beautiful.
Oh yes, and my sweet apple pie was a delightful success! And so I shall bake more.
Oh yes, and my sweet apple pie was a delightful success! And so I shall bake more.
-OneMeditator
Time change
If you're a Democrat,
don't forget to set your
clocks back one hour on Sunday.
If you're a Republican,
don't forget to set it
back 200 years.
;)
Whew!
Finally!
I just lost three pounds in about three seconds.
Umm, make of that what you want. (^_^)
-OneCleansedMeditator
I just lost three pounds in about three seconds.
Umm, make of that what you want. (^_^)
-OneCleansedMeditator
Giggles galore!
journal entry
2 November 2013
I totally love our new roommate. She is always on the phone with her sister giggling and often breaking out into these loud and wild, uncontrollable fits of laughter. It cheers me up beyond belief and lifts my spirits. I often end up laughing right along with them! She speaks another language but laughter as we all know, is a universal language. I just had to share...and as I write this, she's laughing right now...and so am I.
(^_^)
It's the first few sentences.....
When I'm at a library or at a bookstore flipping through books, it's always the first few sentences that either pull me in or not. It's magical - sometimes I'll open up a book, read the first few lines, or even the author's intro notes, and I'll be swept away. I love it when that happens. And sometimes within those pages, I'll make new lifelong friends. I think sometimes, God himself reaches down through certain authors, gently places his hand on their hearts, and whether they realize it or not, they are taking dictation. They end up sending major messages through the book.
I love books. In fact, sometimes I think that paradise is; a hot cup of herbal tea, a big comfortable lawn chair out on the cool grass, a shady tree, a big blue sky, and a favorite book. And then you are there!
And on that note, have a wonderful Saturday everyone. Don't forget to stop and smell the flowers, the freshly cut grass, say hi to a neighbor, give a dog a scratch behind his ears, give someone a helping hand...and read.
-OneMeditator
thank you.....
to Congresswoman Jackie Speier,
and always to the late Congressman Leo J. Ryan.
Your courage, your hearts, your caring, love and compassion for others - makes a big difference in this world.
God bless you both!
(and Jackie, Leo is proud of you, looking protectively on...smiling!)
Keep up the great work and thank you, for being a voice for us all.
:)
and always to the late Congressman Leo J. Ryan.
Your courage, your hearts, your caring, love and compassion for others - makes a big difference in this world.
God bless you both!
(and Jackie, Leo is proud of you, looking protectively on...smiling!)
Keep up the great work and thank you, for being a voice for us all.
:)
Providence
the protective care of God or of nature as a spiritual power
the foreseeing care and guidance of God or nature over the creatures of the earth - a manifestation of divine care or direction
and I believe in it!
Taste test!
Yesterday, the neighbor next door stopped by to help my roomie with her car, and he also brought us a big blue bag filled with the most beautiful apples - big red shiny apples, bright green apples and even crab apples. He goes to Farmers Markets - which I've been meaning to do, have to check those dates - and gets his food there. The grapes he brings home are the size of small plums - and whether something is in season or not, the fruits & veggies he brings home are always beautiful.
I love apples just as much as Michael Jackson's last guitar player, Orianthi does. She used to post about apples quite often on an old social page she used to have, and so I sometimes think of her when I see them. So where is my post leading to? I plan on making my very first apple pie later! I've baked before but have never baked a fresh apple pie. My roomies, and the sweet gentleman next door, will be the ones who get to be the taste test judges!
For now though, I sit typing with my herbal tea and a few pieces of warm baked apple with cinnamon sprinkled on top. Have a great day everyone...
-OneApplePieBakinMeditator
:)
Monday, October 21, 2013
journal entry - a lil' bit of everything....
21 October 2013
I ordered a couple of books online and they arrived this morning. As I was signing for them, I couldn't help but miss those big book stores that I used to visit so often. When I had a car, I could go daily and now I have to wait for a bus trip, but at least I can still experience it. Back in the 70s, 80s and a big part of the 1990s, these stores (at least in some version) were everywhere! And that goes for music too. I miss being able to walk into a record store and smell the candle scented air, flip through a few magazines and actually be able to "touch shop" - holding a CD, holding an old style album (licorice pizza!), a 45 mini-record (a mini-pizza), cassettes, videos, DVDs, T-shirts with a favorite rock band logo/photo on it, candle holders, Gothic jewelry - all of it. Bookstores and Record stores, I love them. I appreciate fully, the convenience of everything being made available online - don't get me wrong - but I also love...being there. There are stores still out there, and there have been many come-backs as well, so at least now there is the combination of both past & present, holding hands with each other.
And speaking of music, my roommate has been having a lot of company over at the house lately because she is involved with charity/volunteer work, and their related organizations - I'm getting involved as well. Anyway, one of the guys who comes over always brings his stand up keyboard - a big beautiful Yamaha. You can search pics of these, I want one. Well whenever he visits, he always takes the time to do the entire set up - the stand, the speakers, the pedals, the stool - so that he may play for us and have us sing along. Before any meeting, he will always say, "We shouldn't just talk about helping others, we should sing about it too - so let us start with a song." I love that! And so we all join in. These get-togethers here at the house, have really lifted my spirits. And I always make sure there is a full pot of coffee and herbal tea in the kitchen for everyone. My roommate will whip up a delicious brownie type snack made from all from rice, which she makes in her talking rice maker. This is the same talking rice maker that scared the crap outta me when I was home alone one day - (see my earlier post 'Steamer Scare'). I have since made my peace with the steamer ;).
What else, oh yes, there was a carnival this weekend and it was a lot of fun. The night air was cool and fresh - you could smell the ocean. It was so beautiful there - the big yellow full moon high in the sky above the carnival & ride lights. I sat in a brand new car (it was up for a win during a contest). The guy and I ended up sitting in the car laughing and talking for a while. I told him he was going to have to pry me out of the seat in order to remove me from this gorgeous car. Oh how I miss and love the "new car" smells and sensations! The leather, the freshener, the feel of the wheel in my hands, the sound of the radio. You can make things happen and bring them into your life by "vibrations" and "energy" alone - and so I'm in new car vibe this day. And I even had a dream that I bought this house and ended up owning it for years. So now I'm also in new homeowner mode!
The only thing I stayed away from at the carnival, that the others didn't stay way from, were the hot dogs. I got a big loud crowd-sized laugh when I asked, "Do you serve Tofu or Tofurky dogs?" (Tofurkey is Tofu that tastes like turkey). In return, I got a stare from the young snack cashier that was, as Dean Koontz put it in one of his Odd Thomas books, "a look that you usually reserve for a two-headed man walking a blue dog." It was made clear there were no Tofu or Tofurky hot dogs being served anywhere in that vicinity. In fact, based on all of the red error'd underlines I see as I type this, Blogger spell check doesn't even acknowledge Tofurky dogs! (^_^). Then I arrived home after the not-so-long visit at the carnival, said goodbyes and then later, watched like a ton of dogs seeing ghosts videos. Way cool - cats too - they sense so much we don't. One video is so funny, I'll end my post here with it.
The only disappointment this weekend, is that I realized I can no longer take long relaxing walks in my neighborhood. Why? There is a huge, and I mean huge construction project under way. Big trucks and loud drilling sounds are everywhere. Streets are being torn up and re-tarred and so the smell is awful - the air smokey. Two nearby houses are being completely reconstructed - and so unfortunately, the last walk I took, was the last one in this neighborhood until January. What a drag! And I really mean it. I'm going to miss so much walking through these streets. Why did this have to happen now? Couldn't they have waited until after the holiday season and new year? Oh well...now I'm having to walk in nearby parks and in designated jogger "runs" - which are more like small bike lanes and not at all spiritual. I don't jog, I power walk, and so this morning, I ended up annoying half the jogging population - as a slow moving old car would on a fast moving highway of 90 to 100 mile per hour racing SUVs. One guy uttered, "Aww lady, c'mon....!" I turned around and realized how badly I was "backing up traffic".....in about a dozen very annoyed looking faces (^_^). Lol...what can I do? I don't jog because it hurts the big boobs, and later in life, it can hurt your knees. Enough on that though, onward...
The only other hitch in the weekend, was in a new tea I tried. As delicious as it was, it gave me loose stools for two days. I mean I was "going" on and off the entire day...and night. And this was not a cleansing tea either but apparently, it contained some sort of seed and bean extract and that did it....so there were many sudden and urgent restroom runs, and being toilet bound for a time - 0_0
That concludes my endless journal entry. Here now is a ghost hunting video with a guy who is in the dark with one cat on the bed nearby. He is part of a ghost hunting team and they can see and hear him on radios and cameras. He starts talking to the ghost and another separate cat, slowly pushes open the door (watch top left on video for the two eyes) and takes the guy totally by surprise. I can't stop watching - it's so funny, even the laughter of the other off-camera ghost hunters gets me :) Kudos to this very cool guy for being a good sport and posting the video. It cheered me up big time. Enjoy!
Namaste!
Thursday, October 17, 2013
a perfect circle, a perfect walk
This evening as I set out for my walk, I was greeted by my good friend Mr. Moon. He was full and bright - a perfect circle, glowing like a giant jewel - hanging high above the neighborhood. The sight of him filled me with pure energy and delight, and turned my walk into a near skip. It was a beautiful multi-colored sunset and I always enjoy watching as the sun ends it's shift, turning it over to the moon for the night.
One of the first things I noticed, besides the cool fresh air, was a breathtaking blast of gold sunlight shining in the corner of this one yard, lighting up this big tree like a spotlight. The deep greens of the leaves took on an electric look, and the rich brown color of the bark and the house, gave it a wood-smoked appearance. The house right after that one, had soft brushes of golden pinks, purples & mauves from the setting sunlight. I've written before how the sunset turns the houses into pretty painted, candy colored squares. Some look like giant cakes!
There was one house that was painted a unique shade of yellow. It wasn't deep or pale yellow, it was right in the middle but still bright, with white trim. The shade of yellow was so creamy looking, that it looked like whipped cake frosting that had been carefully spread on in rich thick strokes....so delicious looking, I was tempted to go up and lick the house! For obvious reasons, I refrained from doing so but it looked that yummy, like a freshly baked cake. I had to laugh at the thought of the owners walking out to find some strange girl, licking the side of their house ;)
There were a couple of houses that were painted in rich browns, and in the golden light of the sunset, they resembled big pieces of fudge. Then came a pale light blue house, a couple of pale pink ones, a butterscotch one, a caramel one, a cherry one with burnt orange trim, and then another very unique colored house. This particular house was painted in a deep shade of forest green with shiny black trim....very handsome!
The smells on my walk delighted me too. I could smell the freshly cut grass, sweet flowers, the sprinklers lifting the heat from the sidewalk, dinners cooking inside of the houses, chimneys going, barbecues, shower soaps, fresh laundry being done, and the sweet syrupy cookie-like scents of some of the wooden fences. Some woods smelled like vanilla while others smelled more smokey.
The smells on my walk delighted me too. I could smell the freshly cut grass, sweet flowers, the sprinklers lifting the heat from the sidewalk, dinners cooking inside of the houses, chimneys going, barbecues, shower soaps, fresh laundry being done, and the sweet syrupy cookie-like scents of some of the wooden fences. Some woods smelled like vanilla while others smelled more smokey.
Most of the houses had Halloween lights up both inside and out. I love it when people leave their curtains and doors open, being able to look inside the warmth of their living rooms, bedrooms and kitchens, gives me a homey feeling inside. So do some of the porch lights. One of the porches had two rocking chairs with a cozy table right in the middle...and on the table, was a big pile of books! I was tempted to sit down and start reading...and rocking. I wish we had a big porch like that, but we do have a big lawn. Private too.
Anyway, something strange but rather lovely. At one point during my walk, I smelled and tasted what I can only describe as fresh tears. Like after you've been crying, only I hadn't been at the time. I liked it though and found it oddly comforting. The sensation passed a few minutes later.
Then as I turned the final corner to my street, I came across several crispy dried nuggets of doggy pooh - right there in the center of the sidewalk. Each nugget had what looked like long brown strings coming out of them. Yikes! I did the "D thing" and walked around them and then back onto the sidewalk after.
The "D thing" is something you have to do often during walks. For instance, when oncoming walkers are accompanied by large and rather unfriendly looking dogs, I do a big "D thing" - cross the street and then cross back over where I had been walking. But for most things, a smaller "D thing" will do just fine - such as with the crispy-string-filled pooh nuggets...I just walked off the sidewalk, on the grass until I passed them, and then back on the sidewalk ;).
As I returned home, the sky was a deep and dark grey which made the yellowy glow of the moon even more dazzling - almost appearing as a round opening into another world or dimension.
As I returned home, the sky was a deep and dark grey which made the yellowy glow of the moon even more dazzling - almost appearing as a round opening into another world or dimension.
And now.....a delicious cup of Slippery Elm Bark tea, music and intermittent moon watching out front.
-OneMeditator
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