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Time for a Pause

Sometimes in life things happen that just stop you in your tracks for a while. I think this is life telling you to take a pause. Take a moment or however many moments you need to regain a sense of balance and clarity.

I have reached such a point in my life.

I was so excited to pick up some new readers and I really wanted to provide you with new, inspiring daily content but right now I just can’t…

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Gray's Memorial

Gray’s Memorial

Those of you familiar with my cat story know that I took in 4 abandoned semi-feral kittens last year and have been raising them as my own house cats.

There were 2 other adult females that showed-up in my backyard around the same time – one of them disappeared a few months ago, I suspect she was eaten by raccoons, the other who had obviously been someone’s house cat and I suspect was dumped or…

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A Fox in the Forest

Since I am no longer using the virtual world to build or create – I wanted to do some experiments in it – some things I’ve always wanted to do but never did because I was always so preoccupied with “creating and building things”.

I always wanted to see the world through the eyes and heart of a wild animal – not just be one in…

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The "News"

The “News”

Okay – before I begin – Welcome to my new readers! I am so glad you joined me on this journey of exploration and art. I am glad to have you here.

Now -here’s a story that is very funny for me but not so funny for the world outside my mind.

My housemate, who is a political activist and newshound, came home from work yesterday unhappy with me for not doing my part of the household chores, so she…

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Sunday Recharge

I love Sundays because it is the day I recharge my life batteries, reflect on and have gratitude for the past week’s accomplishments and relationships and look forward to the week to come.

Every Sunday I allow myself to sleep in late and spend copious amounts of time drinking coffee and seeking inspiration from favorite books and beneficial podcasts or videos.

I ran across this gem and am…

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The Book Begins It felt really good to begin again on this project and to feel a real sense of direction and clear intention. It's been a busy day so I'll leave it at that and close for now. Until next time ...

Been There, Done That, Got ALL the T-Shirts I recently started following these 2 on YouTube and I LOVE THEM already. But when I ran across this gem among their videos - I just HAD to share it here.

Google Home or Alexa Echo?

Alexa Echo. No Question. BOOM! The BEST.

1. Better sound quality for music.

2. Better interactive quality overall.

3. Superior human/machine interactions.

4. WAY MORE pleasant female voice.

5. WAY MORE fun things you can do.

6. WAY MORE responsive – you don’t have to yell and scream at it to get it to turn on.

7. Far more intelligent and intuitive. Works seamlessly with my Amazon account.

8. I…

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New Partners in Giving I am pleased to announce that, in addition to One Tree Planted, I will be permanently partnering and donating 10% of all my art sales with these 2 charities: Friends of Animals and The Fund For Animals Until next time ...

Wednesday Wisdom This woman has had such an impact on my life and continues to be one of my favorite voices of inspiration. Until next time ...

Project Planning

Welcome to Monday Morning! Time for coffee and project planning!

I have 2 major projects to tackle – the first is a re-design, printing, lamination & release of the endangered species bookmarks in a smaller format for donations to Libraries and for my own promotional give-ways.

The second, much more complex project is the assembly, editing, and publication of my coffee table art book, Intersect…

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Awakening This evening my partner and I watched an incredibly poorly made documentary about spirituality and the evolution of human consciousness.

Mistaking the Map for the Territory

The “Mistaking the Map for the Territory” fallacy is due to the mistaken belief that a symbol or model is actually the same as the reality that it represents or that one’s measurements are exactly the same as the thing that one measures. The fallacy also applies to misrepresentation or misinterpretation of the words and phrases used to describe something, which leads people to believe incorrect…

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#reality

How to Change the World

The escalating assault on animals, nature and our planet – as well as disenfranchised humans, is brought about by the ignorance, unconsciousness and the ego delusion of those who have not awakened to the realization that all life is connected. We must view these people through the eyes of acceptance and compassion. Why? Because when we give our attention to ignorance, fear, negativity and…

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Establishing Healthy Boundaries

If you are empathic, like me, the world in general can assail and drain you pretty quickly with it’s never-ending barrage of ignorance and negativity. This is NOT the world’s fault – (fault-finding is produced by the illusion of duality – black & white, right & wrong) It is each individual’s responsibility to take care of themselves and set personal boundaries that not only guard and protect…

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Ending Tiresome Activities

The Neverending Dreamer by Cameron Gray

I have gone through so many changes over the last month in my life and work as a creative person. Once I learned how to quiet my mind, remove the “noise” and focus on what is important to the non-egoic me, the ideas I want to express, and the things I want to say through my art I began to awaken to a whole new way of creating.

Now I’m reaching the point…

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Turn Your Light On

Whatever your light happens to be, turn it on. Turn it on so we can all see better and find our way to a brighter future.

Until next time …

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