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"A failure a day is success on the way!"
- Lin Neiswender

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Mary sent me a luscious link about mandalas, which have fascinated me from my earliest days. Not only do they speak to me spiritually, they are beautiful works of art as well. Here's the link: http://sacred-circle-mandalas.blogspot.com/ and there is a related link from the page here about which I'll speak later. And Barb created a lovely mandala for Becca to take with her to the hospital. I've written about mandala… Continue

Salvage a little of that deluge of junk mail that comes in through the mail slot or into the old mailbox six days a week and use it for your art! Just get a bit creative and think outside the box. I save the animal pictures and text off Sierra Club, Wilderness Society and Humane Society mailings… Continue

My Shetland Sheepdog dog-child Lacey had a biopsy Monday, and the vet called this evening with some inconclusive results. There were spindle cells in the tissue sample (not good) so the tumor is either a fibroma (benign) or a fibrosarcoma (aggressive c… Continue

My dear friend Becca could use some of our fantastic CCS support. She learned today she will be facing heart surgery in the very near future, to replace her aortic valve. She will be seeing doctors tomorrow for more details. Please lift her up in prayer and send healing energies her way. Thank you.

The Big Dump “Hi Ima.” Dear God in heaven, are you kidding me? Don’t tell me, let me guess? I get to listen to you complain about this for the umpteenth time. “Yeah I heard from Dave.” And Sarah. And Paul, Melissa, and Carmen. Probably from the check-out lady at the grocery store too. Hell, it’s probably on the five o’clock news by now. “Sorry about that.” Not really though. You did this to yourself by taking the jerk back after he tap-danced on your emotional well-being the first time… Continue

Just ran across a stunning image, Domain Field Antony Gormley, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, England, 2003:

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I caught about 45 minutes of a television program today that absolutely fascinated me called "In Your Wildest Dreams" on Discovery Health today, Saturday, 2 PM eastern. In it, three people whose recurring or frightening dreams were impacting their lives received… Continue

Some major kewl info on creativity found on the website of a fellow (or fellowette) CCS member Charlotte Rains Dixon called "This is Your Brain When it is Creative",… Continue

Once upon a time there was a woman who was not very wise. Before she went to sleep one crisp autumn night, she asked her spirit helpers to send her a totem in her dreams, since she had heard about totems and that they were useful to people, so she wanted one for her very own self. She fell in the deepest of sleeps and awoke in the light of dawn with a start, sitting up in the bed, saying "A tortoise? My totem is a tortoise? I don't believe it!"

The silly woman had been expecting somethi… Continue

My teeth pierce the shiny red skin and sink into the crisp white flesh, droplets of sweetness escaping the corners of my mouth but soon rescued by the tip of my tongue. I relish the sound of the crunch for it means perfect ripeness and freshness. The aroma is delectable, that apple-scent that conjures up more scents like cinnamon and even more exotic spices like nutmeg and allspice. My wrist rotates the fruit to keep it in contact with my nibbling teeth, and all too soon nothing is left but a sa… Continue