tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83589755597092218872012-01-02T12:51:16.890-08:00This is my blog starting out in the new year of 2012. I am finally settled in a beautiful little house up a little hill overlooking the ocean bay with my two cats in the yard. I am an "empty nester" and adapting quite well. I hope to share the beauty of what I learn and experience in this new stage of my life living alone alone yet surrounded by so much love and beauty ~Redwoodgalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01540723590953657343noreply@blogger.comBlogger951100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358975559709221887.post-30305455907560119322012-01-02T08:51:00.000-08:002012-01-02T08:51:41.616-08:00

Hill Home 2 I found my new home in a wonderful bay very north in the western United States.  My little house sits up on a hill and looks out over the bay and Salish Sea.  I'm back. Back in my ocean wind and pouring rain with real coastal storms and stunning sunrises and sunsets.  The grass is green in the winter and brown in the summer.  I remember the smell of the salty air and the cry

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The word chakra is Sanskrit for wheel. Chakra symbols represent the circular centers of energy, and they correspond to the nerve plexuses and organs in the physical nervous system. By focusing on these energy centers, and understanding the function of each, we are able to balance our energies, augment areas in our lives, and even facilitate healing. By referring to the chakra diagram at

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Rachel's shop in Berkeley ~Sour is the New Sweet - Diablo Magazine - June 2011 - East Bay - California

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Saturday Writing Chap. One ~by Patti Kirkpatrick on Saturday, June 4, 2011 at 11:12amEh hem... I thought I would share my thoughts on the various subjects I post on my FB Wall with you all .. my friends. I am a global person... I've spent my life experiencing life from homelessness as a child to a "Brady Bunch" family style to living in various communes as a young teen to a young adult. I've

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Will Fukushima’s Next Earthquake Start A Global Extinction Event?

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Bellingham, WA May 5th, 2011.   Mt. Baker, Washington Bellingham Farmer's Market ✈Three days of refreshing cool bay and sea air. Hearing the "real" seagulls squawk, seeing people of many colors and lifestyles smiling, using bicycle's, boats, trains, electric cars and good 'ol hiking to get around.  Wonder at the fresh produce in abundance, honey bees that aren't scared away with killer

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..."Now learn from your Mother or you'll spend your days biting your own neck"

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lyrics: I I cant promise you that I wont let you down And I I cant promise you that I will be the only one around When your hope falls down But were young Open flowers in the windy fields of this war-torn world And love This city breathes the plague of loving things more than their creators I ran away I could not take the burden of both me and you It was too fast Casting love on me as if it

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Spare me your judgements and spare me your dreams, Cause recently mine have been tearing my seams, I sit alone in this winter clarity which clouds my mind, Alone in the wind and the rain you left me, It's getting dark darling, too dark to see, And I'm on my knees, and your faith in shreds, it seems. Corrupted by the simple sniff of riches blown, I know you have felt much more love than you've

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http://www.devapremalmiten.com/MOTHER INSIDEi said a prayer for the homeless i pray no life is lived in vaini lit a candle and i stepped out into the pouring rain i went looking for the mother insideworld turning tears of redemption and forgiveness i crossed that river looking for the witness looking for the mother insideand the rain fell down like the tears of the virgintears of joy for all

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I thought this was such a beautiful way of putting lost love or really "lost" anything that involves our emotions, hearts and minds. Thank you Drake for such tender beautifully put words ~Drake’s Journal: On Remembering

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Happy Mo'vember SuperForest! from SuperForest on Vimeo.

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Thank you Jenni for this wonderful interview with Jackson.  I think it gives insight to Zero One in Kaua'i and also the beauty of a morning tea in Paradise ~ Interview with SuperForest Jackson at Zero One Uploaded by jremps. - Explore lifestyle, fashion, and DIY videos.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUPERFOREST #3

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This was Haylie's last year at music camp now that she will be a senior in High School in the Fall.  Haylie has attended Clearwater Arts Camp for 4 years.  Great memories and good friends made; I have to say this was a bittersweet goodbye. They all go to different High Schools in a 40 mile radius and many of her sister musician campers will join Haylie in some High School event visits.  Actually.

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I love this "brief" look into a moment of folks vacationing in Southern France ~ Brief Moment from Marco Aslan on Vimeo.

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“Two Rivers” documents the true story of a Native American Reconciliation group that began in a couple’s home in Northern Washington State. Within five years many more had joined, and together they launched social and political reconciliation initiatives that changed their community, and race relations across the Northwest. This is a beautiful story of the start of reconciliation with our

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The Plastiki Reaches Sydney, originally uploaded by The Plastiki.I am so proud and amazed at my fellow human beings (the age of my older children!) crossing many oceans in a sail boat made of plastic bottles... yes, PLASTIC bottles that we buy everyday in our regular lives and don't even think about the impact of what these plastic bottles are doing to our earth. It's really easy folks...

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Mum & MaxineSummer 2010     L O V E ~

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Being born on the coast of the Pacific ocean and growing up playing in the sand, collecting sea shells, dried up starfish and beautiful sizes of blue and green colors of "ocean" glass; I immediately fell in love with this photo a friend sent me just a few days ago of a "shell offering" made by hands that love the ocean like I do. It was quite natural to come home with a pail full of all of

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Adieu mon coeur, originally uploaded by Haylie Maxine.

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, originally uploaded by Haylie Maxine.

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, originally uploaded by Haylie Maxine.

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, originally uploaded by Haylie Maxine.After picking out clothing from an old trunk in a friend's home, the "Pill Box" hat and lace gloves from a Great-Grand Mother, classic strand of pearls, a neighbors 1970s prom dress and current but reflecting another era's shoes. Maxine took her best friend (and model for many of her photographic excursions) Elliot down to the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, WA

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Found this on "Treehugger" one of the Blogs I follow.  Fantastic use of used scrap pallets and the statics of left over wood pallets is stunning; There are an estimated two billion pallets circulating around the world, most of which are used only once. That's a major untapped source if there ever was one! From simple structures to livable houses, and now beautifying outdoor spaces, what can't the

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The Big Flower, originally uploaded by papalars.My friend Andrew who is a Christian Pastor is also an extraordinary photographer and has not only traveled the world but he and his wife have lived in many parts of the world. This photo of the Buenos Aires, :Floralis Generica sculpture Andy reports is made out of steel and the petals are made out of aluminum. The sculpture opens and closes it's

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In Redwoodgal's Life ~ from Patti Kirkpatrick on Vimeo.

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My favorite Blog superforest.org who has a staff of about a dozen or more bloggers/writers that always amaze me with their writing, the stories they choose and the insight they all have have done it again with a shocking but tender blog posted today.  "Aaron" one of the great Superforester bloggers submitted this writing today on the recent article written in Vanity Fair on Arthur Miller,

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Seraphine Séraphine Louis, known as "Séraphine de Senlis" ("Séraphine of Senlis") (1864–1942), was a French painter in the naïve style. Self-taught, she was inspired by her religious faith and by stained-glass church windows and other religious art. The intensity of her images, both in color and in replicative designs, are sometimes interpreted as a reflection of her own psyche, walking a

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Ever since I watched the movie "Swiss Family Robinson" as a young romantic pre-teen I fell in love with the idea of living in a tree house.  When we went to Disneyland in the southern part of California the first thing I dashed to see was the Swiss Family Tree House.  I climbed the stairs round and round the trunk of a "make-believe" tree until I reached the 1st level. I put my hands on the fence

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http://www.ivaw.org/ http://www.mfso.org/ http://www.vvaw.org/

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The Internet has brought many people to me from all over the world  (you know who you are) in my experience on the "Truth-Box" as a friend calls it.  You may think this a very enticing way to get you to come and read my blog, stroke my hopeful writer's ego, see just how intuitive I really am rather than my quick posts... Well, your right!  I'm not saying Farewell for heavens sake; I am saying "

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I'm a Scorpio.  I do love you all.... Being Scorpio - Mind you a very late October one, but none the less, one with the a stinger that hopefully dissipates quickly after it's pinch leaves only a "love" mark in your memory.   Yes, I believe all of you my dear FB friends have experienced the irresistible  sting of my "extremes in life" and decision making.  Done.  Know that my decision is not in

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Meet the coolest man on earth; Juan Beltran and his family.   ~ This story is so inspiring that it makes me wonder if more folks will live eco-friendly? After going to the Iraq war and becoming quadriplegic while on a mission Juan said the war taught him a valuable lesson;"They lied to us, The USA is addicted to oil". He has built (with help) a sustainable home, organic garden and has goats and

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All four wisdom teeth surgically removed yesterday and the "wisdom" remains.  Sweet, honest, trustworthy and a great photographer and musician; what more could a Mother want?  Senior in the Fall and top staff photographer... maybe a musical too!  I can't wait to see her blossom even more in this next year as she prepares for university ~

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"I would never do that... I will always be by your side my children ~ http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid60844797001?bclid=53701342001&bctid=55093389001

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Richie Havens ~ Woodstock 1969

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I LOVE Keens!!! Link ~ Sunport - KEEN

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"Solitude" Sandra's long-time friend Gee and her new song. Album coming soon. Haylie and I are invited to Cork county, Ireland where this beautiful music is inspired. The lower south lands of the bays and the dolphins that come in to play with the swimmers. Sandra would love to get Haylie Maxine playing the pipes after hearing she is a flutist. The inspiration of this music draws me in and

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My gratitude to Heather at http://www.superforest.org/ for introducing me to this fabulous music video about "WE" who are all connected.  The cosmos holds us and you can call it Goddess or God or my favorite: a combination of the two.  If "WE" make this understanding more of a reality in our "speck" of a beautiful part of this life just maybe "WE" will take care of each other and our planet

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A lovely time with these incredible New York kids and Graham Nash and his eldest son, Jackson Nash who has spent much of his time co-teaching and bringing creative and wonderful ideas to the class.  Graham, wife Susan and other son William are in audience but out of picture.  One of my favorite parts is the harmonizing Jackson does with his Dad on 'Teach Your Children". I really love this family

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I watched this film on PBS about a year ago and it is replaying this weekend.  A most powerful story of young women who are married at ages beyond our American comprehension and are of small stature. Tiny pelvic bones that cannot pass a fetus at birth and if the young woman does not die during the"neglected" labor and births the baby she is then damaged internally with this horrific injury and

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Iraqi Children ~Kathleen (Sunshine) is a teenager who lives in Iraqi and has a Blog called "Days of my Life". SuperForester April wrote the following for her column "Sundae #7" today 6/13/2010. Thank you April for all your wonderful Sundae's... You always bring powerful stories and I appreciate them so much ~(To read April's  Superforest piece on Sunshine click the Link below) The SuperForest

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Inspired by Iceland Video from Inspired By Iceland on Vimeo. I LOVE Iceland ~  I have wanted to go to this inspiring land since I was in my 20s... Just perhaps I will get there.  Enjoy the BLISS of Iceland and don't worry about volcanos; they are natural.   ;^}}

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Thank you my Irish dear friend Sandra for bringing this wisdom to me... There was no famine...by Sinéad O Connor... FAMINE Famine OK, I want to talk about Ireland Specifically I want to talk about the "famine" About the fact that there never really was one There was no "famine" See Irish people were only allowed to eat potatoes All of the other food Meat fish vegetables Were shipped out of

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ArtFest ~ 2010We celebrated "ArtFest" this past weekend here in Spokane, WA. There were many beautiful works of art and artists in booths for blocks and blocks in the beautiful "Brown's Addition" neighborhood.  But, I went especially to meet in person artist Melissa Cole who I met through a mutual friend (Hi Christi) not too long ago.   I really love Melissa's art that reflects the

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The following is a post from one of the "Superforesters" at Superforest.org. I don't usually share their posts here on my blog but having three older children who went through a traumatic divorce in the 1980s made this post deeply special to me. I have learned so much from this side of the "Divorce fence" that I myself could not put into words. I face you the "Calmonster" in my heart's "

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A very sweet friend sent me this photograph recently.  I fell in love with these hands the moment I saw them.  The definition of the lines and folds, the veins realizing the years of work, toil, touching and holding.  I see love, hardship, beauty and strength.  The flower so gently held makes me think of re-birth and the contrast of old wise to a new fresh life.  Thank you hands for showing me

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Maxine attended her first photographic portfolio college workshop last Saturday.  She presented about 8 of her photo's in 9 X12 to a panel of 5 art colleges representing Washington State and also Oregon.  Here I wanted to show one of her favorites, Cornish Art College in Seattle.  It is in the heart of downtown Seattle and has several different campuses offering a core curriculum of humanities

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It's Sunday, and regardless of your faith background, many people find Sundays to be a time of rest and relaxation, or even spiritual thoughts and practices. I share the thoughts of one of two wisdom teachers today, hoping this fable will resonate with your own spirit. Peace ~ Two WolvesOne evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, "My son, The

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This is such a heartwarming reunion between wild animal and human. Damian Aspinall grew up in England where his parents had a gorilla refuge. As a baby he was placed in a Mother gorilla's arms and considers it the "rite-of-passage" that stayed with him all of his life and continues today in his work for conservation. Maybe if we watch this incredible reunion of human and animal both fragile

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I trekked through the beautiful Manito Lilac Gardens toady and made this little music video.  The lilacs are beautiful and have a heavenly fragrance.  It was hard to leave.  Enjoy and always feel free to comment; or I will die...  ;^}}

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Watch the webcam of eagles raising their babies on Hornby Island!  This is WHY let's not "Drill Baby Dill!" http://www.hornbyeagles.com/webcam.htm

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Guerrilla Midwife This is a documentary film by Deja Bernhardt, Skwatta Camp Productions. Ibu Robin Lim is the midwife presented in this documentary who was raised in the Philippines and tells of being given the gift and teaching of midwifery to her by her Grandmother. Her midwifery and other humanitarian work takes place in Indonesia, Bali where war is an ever present threat.  Disasters,

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Colin Mulvany and his family are good friends of mine. Colin is a professional Photo-Video/Journalist for the Spokesman Review in Spokane, WA for over 20 years now. Our families met when our daughters were in elementary school together and became good friends. I consider Colin's wife Kim one of my closest friends. I have had the pleasure of sharing my story about the loss of my brother in

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One man and hie hesitant family on a venture to have 'zero' impact on living in a big city. It looks funny, hard and very extreme to say the least. But what if we can start somewhere to lessen the global carbon footprint we leave in our wake for future generations? Lot's learn here and some good laughs to. I love it when the wife says she's going out to get an espresso drink, no, make that

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night time , originally uploaded by The Plastiki.The storm out in the middle of the Pacific ocean... This goes out to my friend Sandra N. and there is light once the storm passes in it's time, in your time love ~ Thank you to the "Plastiki" for the beautiful photos and the cause ~

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The Plastiki Pacific Voyage, originally uploaded by The Plastiki.This voyage of these brave folks out on the Pacific ocean on top of plastic bottles is to make us aware of what "plastic" is doing to our environment... More to come ~

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The Plastiki Web Site... Click HERE for info on the voyage across the ocean on PLASTIC bottles!

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Oh, what did you see, my blue eyed son?Oh, what did you see, my darling young one? I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on itI saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin'I saw a room full of men with their hammers a bleedin'I saw a white ladder all covered with water I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken I saw guns

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April 2010 ~ Mr. William P. Young writes of his memory of a dear friend named Jennie who was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer a couple of years ago while on a lecture tour.  The following excerpt is the end of his story but very poignant and once again as in  "The Shack", a very thoughtful insight to the beginning of Jennie's experience in a love she had hoped for all of her life... As she "walked

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Increasingly I  am finding more blue moons passing my way in this life I live these days.  "Once in a Blue Moon" goes the song... Once in a lifetime, Once upon a time, Once when I was little, I once had a cat named Blue Moon.  I did.Changes are coming and I am only fearful when I can't even see the light of the moon.  Darkness. but comforting blackness in which I can hide my heart failures and

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Domestic Violence by Proxy versus Parental Alienation SyndromeI found this on Associated Content.  It is a good discussion by Elaine Doxie:Published: Fri December 18th, 2009 By: Elaine Doxie Category: Dating & Relationships From the time that Richard A. Gardner came out with his theory detailing Parental Alienation Syndrome, there has been a great deal of controversy over whether it was real or

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I recently spent a lovely day walking our beautiful Manito park up here on the South Hill as we enter autumn 2009.  This picture I took is of Duncan garden that is put to bed for the winter now and awaits the colorful spring in 2010.  I have spent many walks in this park that comprises ponds, groves, various gardens, trails, play fields, a cafe and conservatory.  I feel so blessed to have this

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What Shall I Say About the Irish? The utterly impractical, never predictable. Sometimes irascible, quite inexplicable, Irish Strange blend of shyness, pride and conceit, And stubborn refusal to bow in defeat. There're spoiling and ready to argue and fight, Yet the smile of a child fills their their souls with delight. Their eyes are the quickest to well up with tears, Yet their strength

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And it's going to look something like this pic. I want it on my upper back centered. I promise if I ever do I will have a pic taken and post it naked ~

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It is time to allow this passing of lives once bonded in a childhood memory go where the heart is kept back. It is time to let the tears drain out of visions that once held joy, passion, devotion and protection go where the heart appears gone. It is time to open the door of blacknessand emerge with the fluid of life to evaporate at it's own pace and allow the heart to travel on ~ By Patti

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Siobhán O'Brien with The Chieftains, originally uploaded by desjodea.Siobhan singing ~

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The Time Travelers Wife., originally uploaded by Haylie Maxine.Amazing "self-portrait" yet aptly named ~

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OZ, originally uploaded by Haylie Maxine.Don't you see it?! OZ! This shot named: "Dorthy Gale and the Wicked Witch of the West". She is so imaginitive ~

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Freckles. , originally uploaded by Haylie Maxine.My most natural girl. Photography is her passion. I love watching her search for her next object, light or dark, shaded or just in the buff. She remains true to what she sees ~

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Me at age 5 in Eureka California ~Almost 50 years later ~

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Arriving 2009Taking Haylie to the Music/Arts camp she goes to every year in summer.  I love her ability and commitment to music.  At this camp (Clear Water Music Camp) way up north in Eastern Washington is directed by her private flute teacher Sara and Sara's husband Ben who is the music director the one other South Hill HS "Ferris" in Spokane.  They are music people and live/breath music.  They

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This picture was taken by my daughter at camp way up north in Eastern Washington.  As I contemplate my future after I am on my own, I am finding myself looking North.  I love the four seasons now and even though I have ocean cravings I think I just can't take crowded populations any more.  I love the clean air, the beasts of the forest, the storms and a warm fire in winter and putting my toes in

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Garden rubbish? No!My indoor plants including the beautiful orchid I bought last year and babied all through winter, now with it's 5 blooms.  Herbs and some 'starter' plants and of course a big "Air" fern on top.  I just cleared this shelf out of a bunch of plants and plan to get new ones going.  Great southwest exposure ~

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"Shame" is tattooed on her right hand ~  Yes, it may be branded on the outside but what is internal is precious.  I believe it is a choice for one to take heed and watch that inner cuff carefully so as not to allow for that foul, visceral and un-earthy ingrained SHAME ~

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My wonderful blueberries (2 verities) and prolific raspberries!  After moving away from this home I up rooted my blueberry plants and took them out to a good friend's home in North Idaho and she planted them next to hers on her 5 acres!  They flourish today ~My one and only artichoke~  These just don't do well in a shorter growing season.  I was "babying" this little guy and couldn't wait to

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"There is in her and in her land no evil unless a man brings it hither himself" (Tolkien a: 465).

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My beautiful lavender is 'heading' in the hot July weather.  I have a bunch of varieties mixed in as a test and the white lavender is struggling a bit.  I may need to do an entire pot of my white lavender.  I have the beautiful 'fuzzy' 'Lavandula angustifolia' (Right pic)  that I bought at a lavender festival last summer (2008).  It is a deep purple with a bigger fragrance and better to dry. It's

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HELL FOR SURE PASS1973 - 1986Yes... passed through all those years of domestic violence by a very angry and out-of-control ?H?usband.  The story sits in the old blog called "Life Dancing"It will stay there so anyone from the past, present or future can understand what happened to my family.  Today, I raise my beautiful youngest daughter now 16, and prepare her for entry into this world.  I am

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I took Haylie to see Ms. Joan Baez in April 2009, this last spring.  We stayed at a wonderful Bed & Breakfast Inn (same one Joan reserved) and we had 2 days of enjoying ourselves in beautiful Sandpoint, Idaho.  Haylie was amazed at a beautiful woman at age 60 playing guitar and singing her heart out.  We met some wonderful people and sat right in front at the Panida Theater which is quite ornate

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My new blog name 'Out Of The Woods' came to me while finishing up the last details on my first blog.  I needed to start fresh... get out of the woods so to speak with my writing and memories.  I had no idea that blogging could be so powerful and life realizing.  Thanks to all of you who followed the 'Dancing Life' blog.  As you now know I have put it to bed with 1 story, a very important story

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