tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6821498948353487822024-03-07T03:33:38.138+00:00Another Deep Day 'There is this atmosphere of sacredness about your blog. Like entering a monastery from a busy sun-lit street' ~ Altijd-LenteClairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11236906641354002595noreply@blogger.comBlogger264125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682149894835348782.post-58988685375472235692015-01-20T08:02:00.001+00:002015-01-20T08:04:09.293+00:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11236906641354002595noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682149894835348782.post-44267902144284932352015-01-01T15:06:00.004+00:002015-01-01T15:10:22.721+00:00<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To distract myself from my throbbing sinuses, I've created a new blog...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11236906641354002595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682149894835348782.post-61123977407407371882014-12-31T07:55:00.002+00:002014-12-31T07:55:45.707+00:00<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sadly, we're still sick...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We finally celebrated Christmas, as best we could, on the 28th, and E had a fun 17th birthday on the 29th - she's the only healthy one!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I won't be posting here anytime soon... but I just wanted to wish you all a very Happy New Year and may 2015 be all you want it to be :-)</span><br />
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<br />Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11236906641354002595noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682149894835348782.post-57854390029609822752014-12-06T06:58:00.003+00:002014-12-22T07:21:54.020+00:00Focus on Life Week 49: Chaos!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">December's theme is no surprise - <b>'Tis the Season</b>...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I like this week's theme, as so often December is rather chaotic (which is why I needed a wee blog break to prepare!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So here's my chaotic desk - before I create some order and make this month's Full Moon Dreamboard...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">... and here's the serene Elder Moon at 5 am this morning, before she sank behind the trees at the back of the house.</span><br />
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Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11236906641354002595noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682149894835348782.post-58825237471762614152014-11-19T09:10:00.003+00:002014-11-28T21:40:18.100+00:00Taking a wee break...<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">... from Blogland, as I retreat for the next couple of weeks with <a href="http://www.susannahconway.com/e-courses/the-sacred-alone/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Susannah Conway</span></a>...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Decided to share with Focus on Life as I am hope-full - this week's theme :-)</span><br />
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Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11236906641354002595noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682149894835348782.post-42120772896553901532014-11-14T21:33:00.000+00:002014-11-21T17:09:14.804+00:00Focus on Life Week 46: Faith(ful)<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One thing I have faith in is Family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's ours from a family holiday in Yorkshire 12 year ago!! My dad's taking the picture ;-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes, A LOT has changed in 12 years, but the deep bonds between us haven't...</span></div>
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Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11236906641354002595noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682149894835348782.post-12950152260877180892014-11-12T07:05:00.000+00:002014-11-12T07:05:18.836+00:00Wordless Wednesday: Ancient faerie magic...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Twisted hawthorn tree at <a href="http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/enjoying/countryside/countryparks/rufford/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Rufford Abbey</span></a></span></div>
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Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11236906641354002595noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682149894835348782.post-7030057374255121622014-11-10T08:11:00.000+00:002014-11-10T08:11:51.294+00:00Word for the Week<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last week was a tad manic, so I didn't draw a Word for the Week - I needed to stay with Peace...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hoping this week is calmer, I draw this from my <a href="http://www.rediscoveryprocess.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Rediscovery Pack</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ahhh, this is a watchword for me! This is what to I strive to be in everything I do - from writing on this blog, to what I read, listen to, how I interact with people...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hate anything fake - from people to handbags - but I love raw, authentic honesty. Hence I buy most gifts from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Etsy </span></a>rather than Ebay, listen to folk like <a href="http://www.damienrice.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Damien Rice</span></a> rather than some manufactured pop boy band. It's why I seek out a local independent coffee shop, rather than Costa of Starbucks, why I read magazines like <a href="http://www.flowmagazine.com/"><span style="color: #990000;">Flow </span></a>and <a href="http://uppercasemagazine.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Uppercase</span></a>, instead of Hello!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The rich, deep pink background has appeared a number of times on other Words for the Week - Love, Hope, Opportunity, Support - which seems fitting. There is a definite connection between all these powerful words!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll leave you with some great quotes about Authenticity, and my heartfelt wishes for a wonderful week :-)</span><br />
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<br />Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11236906641354002595noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682149894835348782.post-48249507985186698992014-11-07T20:51:00.000+00:002014-11-13T10:43:07.875+00:00Focus on Life Week 45: Grateful<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">November's prompts from <a href="http://www.sallyrussick.blogspot.co.uk/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Sally </span></a>are words ending in '...ful'</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have soooo many things I am grateful for (I write down at least 5 every day...), so I figured I needed to make a collage...</span><br />
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Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11236906641354002595noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682149894835348782.post-44545245863730450292014-11-06T21:08:00.004+00:002014-11-07T10:30:01.983+00:00November Full Moon Dreamboard<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Making this Dreamboard felt a tad different, as I made a <a href="http://anotherdeepday.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/new-moon-dreamboard-new-practice.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">New Moon Dreamboard</span></a> for the first time a couple of weeks ago, so the themes of the Reed Moon were very present - harmony, clarity and purpose - when I sat down to start it...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But as I look at the completed Dreamboard, I realize Samhain was probably more on my subconscious than I realized...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i>I come to this place</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Then I curl up</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wow, what a poem!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">all that we are</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">is just one motion of breath and divinity</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Let me stir in your body, this mystical cauldron,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">where matter and spirit meet for a moment -</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">the one long moment - of your life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And a lovely image of the practice of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarti"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Arati </span></a>by Margaret Forbes 1996</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are two gorgeous images by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/beth.wildwood?fref=ts"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Beth Wildwood</span></a> - the wee owl tag I've attached the spine, and a gorgeous owl goddess, with the words 'sense of serenity' which a clipped from a magazine advert.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The dead language shall rise - womanspeak the canary of seasons,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Top left is a piece about <b>Setting a Cup for Shadow</b> 'For times of heart and mind meetings, conflict transformations, mediations, visioning and accountability processes and so forth' by rain crowe 2012, but it's too long to write out here. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Top right: I've included the whole page from this month's <i>We'moon</i> diary as it's just too perfect. The stunning image is called 'Forest Madonna' by Barb Levine 2008.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bottom right: Mother-Child Song by Amy L. Alley 2009, which I thought was ideal as th</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ey are blowing through reeds!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Other images: 'Keeping Vigil' by Anny Eastwood 2005, <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/NicolaTaylorPhoto"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Nicola Taylor</span></a>'s business card, and a wee penny farthing sticker :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Phew! I think this is THE longest post I've ever written! Thank you if you persevered to the end - you are a star *grin*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As always, I'd love to know what you see/feel when you see the Dreamboard, and do let me know if you've made one too!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11236906641354002595noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682149894835348782.post-33329874763990746702014-10-31T21:59:00.000+00:002014-11-06T07:36:26.172+00:00Focus on Life Week 44: An ordinary photo...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">... of the extraordinary everyday...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11236906641354002595noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682149894835348782.post-14611251477001069262014-10-31T04:46:00.000+00:002014-10-31T08:57:22.150+00:00Paint Party Friday - Beginning the journey...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">... of <a href="http://angelsullivan.com/play-together/a-year-and-a-day/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">A Year and a Day</span></a>... A wonderful course created by Angel Sullivan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We began last Thursday (23 Oct), on the New Moon, but I've been dithering and battling with my inner critic all week - not daring to start my journal, in case I ruin it!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I bought two of these beautiful books, handmade in Italy, to take me through the next 366 days. I decided to start in the brown-coloured one as it seems to represent Autumn/Winter, and the green one I'll start next year in Spring/Summer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have dedicated the journal to my mother's mother, whom I never knew. She died aged 32 from breast cancer when my mother was 10 years old. Her name was Florence Esther, which I didn't know until recently yet we called our own daughter Esther Florence(!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are 14 of us in the group, and I have written My Sisters' names so I can remember them each day as I journal...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's the card I pulled from my <a href="http://www.rediscoveryprocess.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Rediscovery Pack</span></a> today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ahhh, peace, perfect peace...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm first struck that it's the same colour background as last week's Word, <a href="http://anotherdeepday.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/word-for-week_20.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Communication</span></a>...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I wonder, how much of our communication is peaceful? And I remember Rumi's wise words</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So many of our interactions are all about being heard, who can shout the loudest, and are not about <b>really </b>communicating with each other, and so often not in a peaceful way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then, I turn to the <a href="http://taraleaver.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">painting </span></a>on the wall beside me, which has been my mantra for the past 6 months...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">... and I am reminded of the famous Rudyard Kipling <a href="http://www.davidpbrown.co.uk/poetry/rudyard-kipling.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">poem</span></a>... The word 'Peace' isn't mentioned <i>per se</i>, but I think Kipling <b>is </b>describing Inner Peace! The kind of Peace that isn't disturbed by anything that's going on around... that still centre of the vortex, the peace-filled calm amid the whirlwind of the world...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What do you think/feel when you see this Word? What does it mean to you?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's a new scrapbook and this time it's A3, so a double spread is pretty darn BIG!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The extra impetus to start this new practice is the beginning of <b>A Year and a Day</b> - a wonderful course hosted by <a href="http://angelsullivan.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Angel Sullivan</span></a>. Who knows what the next 366 days will hold, but I'm ready and I'm drawing on the New Reed Moon energies of harmony, clarity, and a deep sense of purpose and intention for the coming month.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Top left: </span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Vaclav Havel (Czech playwright)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Top right: </span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">You see things and you say Why? But I dream things that never were, and say Why not? </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">George Bernard Shaw</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Again, if you enlarge the image, you can read most things, but the wee heart sticker in the centre reads' 'Unlock your heart, unleash your potential'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">What life can compare to this? Sitting quietly by the window, I watch the leaves fall and the flowers bloom, as the seasons come and go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And bottom left is a page from an old We'Moon diary, which really spoke to me...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was especially the last phrase which summed up why I wanted to make this New Moon Dreamboard... I have always connected with the Full Moon, but I am only just beginning to recognize all Mama Luna's phases, and tap into the hidden potential of the New Moon...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As always, I'd be thrilled to read any responses/insights you have when you see my Dreamboard, so do share x</span></div>
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<b>PS Wow, I've just realized this is my 250th post!!</b></div>
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<b>Another reason to celebrate the wonder of the New Moon ;-)</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today I pulled this Word from my <a href="http://www.rediscoveryprocess.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Rediscovery Pack</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Such a good Word! It's what we humans seek to do - and arguably, it's what has driven most of our evolution and invention!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This beautiful sky-blue colour sits perfectly with the <a href="http://www.solara.org.uk/meditation.aspx?element=430"><span style="color: #cc0000;">throat chakra</span></a>, and yes, we communicate a lot with our voices - grunting, speaking, singing...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But also, we communicate with our hands - signing, writing, making art...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And not forgetting all the body language communication that goes on - whether we're aware of it or not!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The long months after the stroke when I couldn't talk were dark days... and even now I often struggle to form the words I want, especially when I'm tired...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We communicate to connect, and when we can't for whatever reason, we become lonely and isolated. Hence the internet can be life-saver for some (it was for me!), and why I think wi-fi access and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">basic </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">computer know-how are vital in today's world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Forms of communication are changing and developing all the time, but the essentials stay the same - to meet and greet a fellow human being...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have a night-time option on my camera (a wee Lumix digital), but it did something weird with the colours... But I rather like it - my ordinary bush looks rather alien :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Exercising my <span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="http://anotherdeepday.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/word-for-week_13.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Blossoming Power</span></a>...</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">... and learning to embrace my lopsided-ness</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PS I need to remember the wisdom of <a href="http://anotherdeepday.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/wordless-wednesday-creative-journalling.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">yesterday's </span></a>post!</span></div>
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Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11236906641354002595noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682149894835348782.post-91843365233165000422014-10-13T09:08:00.002+01:002014-10-13T18:38:53.723+01:00Word for the Week<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, here's a thing - <i>two </i>Words came out of the <a href="http://www.rediscoveryprocess.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Rediscovery Pack</span></a> bag stuck together, back to back, like two sides of the same coin...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I have to say, even on this wet, grey Autumn day, I do sense within me a 'Blossoming Power'...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 10 days' time, I begin this year-long journey with the very lovely <a href="http://angelsullivan.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Angel Sullivan</span></a> and an online group of Soul Sisters (we've been getting to know each each on Facebook for the past few weeks).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's a BIG commitment - in both time and money - but when I signed up back in July, I just <b>knew </b>it was what I needed to do. I have had a growing sense that I've been building up to this for the last couple of years - certainly since I became able to write/journal more competently with my left hand.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Daily journalling is how I've always worked through the STUFF whirling constantly around my head - it's what I was doing when the stroke hit 7 years ago (the pen falling from my hand mid-word is how I knew something was up!) And in the first years after the stroke, when I couldn't even read, let alone write, I was completely lost, I simply didn't know who/what I was...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, though, I sense within me this <span style="color: magenta;"><b>Blossoming </b></span><span style="color: #351c75;"><b>Power</b> </span>of who I am, and who I am becoming... And it's incredibly exciting, and more than a tad scary...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But I just love that this potentially scary Power is actually Blossoming - unfolding like a flower, naturally, and in its own time. It's not exploding out - which I would find scary in the extreme! - but opening up gently, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">unfurling</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> little by little...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And wow, that's the kind of Power I like, and what I actually want a piece of :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As always, I'd really appreciate hearing what you feel/see/respond to in these two amazing Words...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I tried to get a photo of the strong moon-shadow on the dining room floor, but sadly didn't manage it. But the brightness of the Full Ivy Moon was extraordinary!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I just love that when I go to bed, I see the moon from the front of the house, but by the time I awake the next morning, she's journeyed around and is shining over the garden at the back of the house.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Her celestial movement in the night is deeply reassuring, and as I gazed on her this morning I remembered sitting in the back of the car as a child, totally fascinated as she followed us home...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I never envisioned a man in the moon, or that it was made of cheese, but I did see the Moon as a benign, slightly shy figure, who sometimes hid in the big, black sky, but at other times shone brightly with a big open face silently announcing her radiant presence.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11236906641354002595noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682149894835348782.post-50066418744623425572014-10-08T11:56:00.001+01:002014-10-08T11:56:45.436+01:00October Full Moon Dreamboard<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ah, the Full Ivy Moon... it's all about releasing and letting go... something very close to my heart as our son left for university a couple of weeks ago!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Top left - I recently found some Halloween-themed backing papers in my stash, and this one of the full moon behind branches was just perfect!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To the right of that is a postcard of a <a href="http://www.natasha-newton.co.uk/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Natasha Newton</span></a> painting of a tree shedding its leaves, on which I've stuck</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 'Let Go'. I love her earthy palette and naive style, but can only afford postcards and stickers of her work...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Under the moon image is a postcard of a painting by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/CastleOnTheHill"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Jess Purser</span></a>. I don't know why this image leaped out at me, maybe I secretly want a crystal ball to see not only my future, but that of my kids, as they forge out on their life path...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm sure that was in my mind when I chose this 'Carve your own Path' image from my quote-a-day calender... And the typewriter wooden cut-out and the words 'Important' and 'Take Note' say it all... I am journalling each day through this 'letting go' process in preparation for this amazing <a href="http://angelsullivan.com/play-together/a-year-and-a-day/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">e-course</span></a> which starts on the New Moon on 23 October, the timing of which couldn't be better!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Top left is a black and white photo from an old <a href="https://www.toa.st/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Toast </span></a>catalogue, on which I'm written the Anais Nin quote: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was printed on the back of the <a href="http://www.spalenka.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Greg Spalenka</span></a> Warrior postcard (top right). I love the androgynous figure, as I see it presenting both me and our son...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Below these two images are works by <a href="http://www.gillianleesmithartist.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Gillian Lee Smith</span></a>, whose work I just adore. The little doll figure was on an old business card of hers, and the painting is from her current exhibition 'We all Cast Shadows' at the <a href="http://heartgallery.co.uk/whats-on/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Heart Gallery</span></a>. I have stuck on the quote 'Love will find a way' - no prizes for guessing why!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally, on the bottom left is a postcard of a tree collage by <a href="http://annamackellar.co.uk/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Anna Mackellar</span></a>, on which I've stuck a wee image of the Leaf Goddess by Nadine C. Butterfield 2003 from an old <a href="http://www.wemoon.ws/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">We'Moon</span></a> diary. And finally is a lovely pine-cone illustration from my stash (no idea where it came from).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So there it is, my 'Letting Go' Ivy Full Moon Dreamboard. I have found it especially therapeutic this month, and I now feel ready to prepare for the New Moon and my own A Year and a Day adventures...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know I'll revisit it whenever I miss Sam, but I'm so thrilled he's begun his new life as a student, that any sense of loss is balanced by a real sense of excitement for him. The Ivy Full Moon is all about holding on and letting go - and knowing when is the right time for each...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'd love to know what you think when you see my Dreamboard - do share in the comments :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">WOW! What can one say about this Word that hasn't already been said??</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All I think of when I see this Word are these beautiful people...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(l to r: Sam, Esther, my dad, Jon, my brother)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">... and the one taking the photo, my hubby Nick...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These are my family, my Loved Ones :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But what of all the other people I love? My friends, near and far, ones I've known all my life, ones I've only met recently online?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What of beloved Molly-cat, and all the pets I've loved in my 50 years on this planet? What of the subjects I love - the books, the artists, the artworks? The foods, the places, the seasons...?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is SO much that I love, how could I possibly list them all???</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I see the rich, deep pink background, I'm reminded of the other Words I've encountered with the same colour - <a href="http://anotherdeepday.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/word-for-week.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Support</span></a>, <a href="http://anotherdeepday.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/word-for-week-150th-post-oh-my.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Hope</span></a>, <a href="http://anotherdeepday.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/word-for-week_11.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Opportunity </span></a>- what a triumvirate on with the stand this week's Word!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Truly, Love supports and gives us hope, and surely every day gives us the opportunity to experience Love - whether we're the giver or the receiver...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For me, to love and to be loved are THE richest, deepest Truths of Life. I would love(!) to know what you think/feel/experience when you see this BIG Word...</span></div>
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