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About Me...

Updated 7.6.26 to include my Blogspot location. Don't know why I'd forget that one...

I'm a coffee-swigging, wine-sipping, writer of poetry and singer of songs (the latter done privately these days); a spotter of synchronicity and lover of the paranormal; spiritual without pledging allegiance to any formal religion.

While Tumblr remains my favorite platform, below are other cyber-spots where I can be found, with varying levels of activity from almost daily to crickets-chirping:

☀︎ Tumblr (my favorite hangout)

☀︎ LuxiNox at Blogspot (a more traditional blogging site)

☀︎ Mastodon (very quiet area)

☀︎ Bluesky (also quiet)

☀︎ HeartStorm (my digital art)

☀︎ Facebook (against my better judgement)

☀︎ Instagram (I've removed all followers and followings and currently only use this platform to follow my favorite Instagrammers, which I've got bookmarked and don't appear in the 'Following' list)

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New photos of Ville

From Ville Valo News on Instagram:

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Okay. I need to do some singing. If ya don't use it, ya lose it.

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Of course there are times when the magic of synchronicity can also be painful.

Like today, when I was speaking with a co-worker about how someone we no longer work with will be missed, only to realize moments after that conversation that the song "Cups" was playing on the building's sound-system:

"When I'm gone, when I'm gone You’re gonna miss me when I'm gone..."

And I'm like, Seriously?!? It was a challenge not bursting into tears right there on the spot.

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Synchronicity Time

It took me almost a week before the following dawned on me because I can be slow on the uptake at times:

This past Sunday morning, I had posted a photo of Freddie Mercury to this Tumblr blog (also pictured below).

Well, later that same day I had gone to a restaurant with a couple of friends. Upon entering the restaurant, there's this huge TV screen in the sitting-area, and, on that screen, Freddie Mercury was shown singing his heart out, in what appeared to be the exact same concert this photo was taken from.

This is just the tip of the iceberg that is my life, which has increasingly felt like Synchronicity Central. It's even more impactful when such synchs seem to be coming from my muses, as in this case. No backstage passes needed - their Higher Selves are (or at least seem to be) always there and ready to reach out. In this case, it's as though he felt seen by me, and returned the favor. If so, then thank you, F. ⭒˚.⋆⭒🖤⃝🪐⭒˚.⋆⭒

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Ville Valo, 2001 (seemingly waiting to see if I'd remember to also post a photo of him and not just those of Pete and Freddie. No, bro, I'll post a pic of you too, no worries, ha!). 💚

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Freddie Mercury circa 1985 𓆩❤︎𓆪

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Pete Burns, circa 1987 💖

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I love the types of synchronicities where objects that remind you of your muses turn up in the most unlikely places along your path.  I’m always like, “Now who the hell would put that item here?” And then I’m like, “Oh wait, never mind, I get it now”. I then try to move on with my day, my mind once again blown away by the feeling that, on some higher level, those muses are just as aware of me as I am of them - and they're letting me know it.

What a crazy, mysterious, magical world...

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Okay, now this is a thunderstorm. Finally!!!

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Speaking a language you're learning (in this case it was Suomi) while dreaming is interesting. Even in the dreamscape, I was tempted to use words from another language I'm a bit more familiar with (Spanish) as substitutes for the ones I didn't know in the first language. It was something like, "Kuinka moni... uh... ¿cosas?..." Just like in waking life, it's as though my mind figures as long as the word isn't in English, it should be fine. Too funny.

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I don't know why my weather app is telling me to smoke. Seriously, though, yeah, even as far removed from Canada as we are the atmosphere's been a bit hazy lately.

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Runs with scissors in the dark (@tevistickles.bsky.social)

Looks like Squirrel Karma to me. 🐿🐈🐿🐈🐿🐈

From over on Bluesky.

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I know it probably sounds silly, but when he gets to the part of the song - toward the end - where he draws out the final "We belong to another world", it just ... I feel that to the point of tears. It also reminds me of a Rumi quote:

“My soul is from elsewhere, I'm sure of that, and I intend to end up there."

That is all. *grabs another tissue* Carry on.

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It’s amazing how a boss can set the tone for an entire workplace.  Going from a high-pressure micromanager to a more laid-back one is such a relief, though it’ll take me some time to not feel the sense of pressure that always seemed to be there under the former supervisor’s watch.

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It might explain why some go silent.

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Today’s ‘home improvement’ project was putting up thermal room-darkening curtains over my living-room window. For the smaller windows elsewhere, I constructed very basic window coverings using foam-board panels that hang over the windows from push-pin hooks. I wasn’t about to go broke with this by spending money on professional installation. Besides, I love ‘MacGyvering’ things!  But after the most recent outrageous heatwave, I felt I needed to do something to help regulate temperature extremes in this place; perhaps my HVAC system won’t have to work so hard as a result.