Art From the ♥ Is Healing

So here I am & there you are...  At home & too much free time.

I have begun taking a FB class: Sketchbook Revival

I have to say I ♥ the work we're doing.  Classes began March 23rd and will continue until April 3rd, but will be available online until April 26th

Each day there are 2 lessons, and for the most part I found them all engaging: So if you've naught to do; if you're bored; if you've always wanted to create, but haven't had the time. Here's your opportunity

Below is my work from the class (photos are not edited):

Message from the Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers

Message from the Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers:

(This was sent to me in an e-mail)

"As you move through these changing times... be easy on yourself and be easy on one another. You are at the beginning of something new. You are learning a new way of being.

You will find that you are working less in the yang modes that you are used to.  You will stop working so hard at getting from point A to point B the way you have in the past, but instead, will spend more time experiencing yourself in the whole, and your place in it.   

Instead of traveling to a goal out there, you will voyage deeper into yourself. Your mother's grandmother knew how to do this. Your ancestors from long ago knew how to do this. They knew the power of the feminine principle... and because you carry their DNA in your body, this wisdom and this way of being is within you.  

Call on it. Call it up. Invite your ancestors in. 

As the yang based habits and the decaying institutions on our planet begin to crumble, look up. A breeze is stirring. Feel the sun on your wings."

It's Not the End of the World

This Biological Warfare virus being mysteriously coming to life, from, who-knows-is-willing-to-admit-where: Is definitely a Wake-up Call and not for religious reasons.

In the midst of the panic, fear, & unmitigated greed; by order of #45, the EPA has rolled back all environmental protections, thus adding to the possibility/probability of illness & death to those w/ repressed immune systems.

What can we do to ease our stress?

* Focus on Gratitude for what we have.
** Focus on Beauty.
*** Focus on Love.
**** Focus on your Creativity.
***** Focus on Laughter.

Today's offering of Beauty

Remember we are all in this together & Death does not distinguish between us.

Wicosi ni Wioki

Mita Kuya Oyasin

Thanksgiving: Living an Attitude of Gratitude

Many years past, I was fortunate-blessed to have spent several years in the company of two Native American Elders:

Wallace Black Elk (Wanbli Cekela) 

Marcellus (Bear Heart) Williams

I learned quite a bit from those two wicasa wakan, as I did from four strong traditional Dineh Amasani's

L-R: Elsie Shay, Katie Furcap, Mae Shay, & Ruth Benally (behind Mae Shay)

And in the midst of that I time I was able to volunteer at the Healing Tables at Hayride, Sponsored by Louise Hay.

What I learned first & foremost form these wonderful people was:

Every-single-day that I get out of bed, go about my day, and go home to a sound sleep is Thanksgiving.

I wake up, go through my day, & go to sleep saying: "thank-you"

Living a life of Gratitude has also changed my prosperity consciousness.  I have everything I could possibly need and even more to share (give-away).

I learned that he universe abhors a vacuum and I find that what I give returns 2-3 fold, and so I usually more than enough and still more to give.

"Thank-you": 

Two very simple words with so very much power, the power to change your life.

A Few Words About This Blog....

As I tend to be a humanitarian, flaming-liberal, artistic, logical, critical thinker I'll do my best to honestly supply all ya'll with facts, wit, entertainment, snark, & art.

I'll pull no punches: I've been around a bit (65 years) and I've paid attention to what has been going on.

I am a Librarian, I research and I don't mean Fox News or CNN....

I'm not a Demoncrat & certainly not a RepubliKKKan.....  As my mother used to say: "One ass and one face".

Hopefully I'll make you think outside your box and I'll enable you to expand your comfort zone.  If I piss you off: Good, I've made you think.

As for being "offended": So what? Being offended is not a valid argument.... Hurting your feelings is.

As for Balance: I am very much into beauty and creativity, so I'll also be sharing my work and that of others with you.

I am on facebook and I post a "Shot of the Day" on my artist's page: https://www.facebook.com/LA.Photo.KAT/

Relax, sit back, and enjoy (or not) the tulips

Mita Kuya Oyasin

On a Lighter Note

The first wisteria of Spring at Descanso Gardens

So: Here We Go Again...

So: Here We Go Again...

They say the third time is a charm.... 

However I'll accept all blame & responsibility for defaulting on my previous blogs, because as I am older and I changed my e-mail address (twice ?), I am no longer able to access my older blogs.

Do you care?  Maybe not.

Do I care? I think not, at this age of seniority, life is what it is.

What matters is "I'mmmmmm back, with all my wit (or lack thereof), wisdom, common sense, honesty, and critical thinking skills.

So to all ya'll who've missed me & returned: "Welcome Back"

To all ya'll newbies:  Take as seat & hang on for the ride; If at some point in time, I do not offend you; then I am not doing my job.