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Just a quick reminder:  tomorrow is the Autumn Goddess Retreat in King of Prussia.  It is an all-day event.  There will be free workshops given by local practitioners and healers, as well as crafts and artists’ wares.  The weather will be cool but nice, so if you can, please stop by and share in the fun.  I will have a table set up to sell my cards and would love to see you there!  Below are the images available for sale.  Details of the event can be found at http://www.autumngoddessretreat.com.

The weather today is exactly like it was that fateful day in 2001: beautiful, warm, sunny. Clear blue sky and puffy white clouds. Everything is so peaceful and tranquil here in Pennsylvania, but back-to-back hurricanes have wreaked havoc in Texas and Florida, and 9/11 remains a vivid memory.  It is a somber day.

I spent much of the day trying to figure out how to get set up with PayPal in preparation for my first sale opportunity at the Goddess Festival in King of Prussia on September 30th.  The event should be lots of fun, with many pampering activities, and proceeds from the event will support women battling breast cancer.  Here is the link to the event, if you are interested: http://www.autumngoddessretreat.com/

After fumbling a bit with the login procedure, and playing around with the features on my phone, I found PayPal isn’t all that difficult.  It took me awhile to “get it.”  I’m not the most technically savvy person.  But, a test run with my own credit card seemed to go through, so fingers crossed!

My goal is to have a “shop” page on this web site up and running in October, so please come back and visit.

Haikus are a fun way to write a poem, because they have a simple format (5/7/5). This one came to me a long time ago, but seems particularly appropriate today:

Breathe in, Breathe out, Breathe
Waken to the brand new day
Breathe out, Breathe in, Breathe

Blessings to all …..

Thursday, August 31, 2017

I just created a new page called “Piano Music” and uploaded three pieces I composed in late 2016 and early 2017.  Please keep in mind, I recorded these on my electric piano using a hand-held digital recorder.  Not exactly a professional job!  You may even notice a bauble or two, but overall, the recordings are “listenable,” I think (hope).

Heartsong was a piece I wrote when I was still working and yearning for the time and freedom to express my creative nature.  I originally composed it using the “strings” feature of my piano, because the strings really captured the essence of what I was feeling.  However, I used the “grand piano” sound for this recording.  Maybe I will re-record it with the strings sound in the future to have both versions available for comparison.

Election 2016 was a piece that literally came to me in a flash, when I was feeling great despair and anxiety at the outcome of the presidential election.  I just didn’t know how to process what I was feeling, and I remembered when I was a kid I’d go to the piano to work out feelings.  So, at the height of my despair I leapt to the piano, put my hands on the keys, and this piece came out virtually complete at the first run-through.  It was uncanny.  All I can think is that it was floating in the ether of the zeitgeist, and I just happened to catch the wave.  

Joy came shortly thereafter as an antidote to Election 2016!  I wanted to evolve into hope. To affirm that life IS joy, IS love, IS coherent and harmonious and beautiful, regardless of the ugliness that seemed to have been unleashed.  This piece helped me express more optimistic feelings.

I hope you enjoy!