we're off to Connecticut this morning ...

wanted to say, have a peaceful weekend.

The Tree by Alice Walker

I have loved this poem for a very long time, and I hope you will love it, too. Alice Walker is the author of The Color Purple.


photo by LightChaser

The tree
Was so large
I could not see
The top of it
So wide I could not see
The ends
Of it.
It was the world
Tree
& it had
Presented itself
To me.

Jose the shaman
Said:

My people used
To Dream
A tree
All of us
Together. We
Dreamed
The same
Tree.
It reached from
Heaven to earth
Earth to heaven
And it sang.

But now
He said
Our people are
Dying
Many are sick
Many are scattered
The rainforest
Is being
Cut down.

The tree does
Not come
To us
It does not
Sing
To us
Anymore.

But it has
Come
Perhaps
To me
I said
& told him
About the tree.

It was so large
I do not know
How
It managed
To get
Inside my dream.
Though it did not
Sing
Except
In
Awesomeness.

Now I understand
& said this
To
Jose: Though it is the world tree
& larger than the world
It was afraid to sing aloud.
It was looking
For shelter
Even in
My
Small space.

happy thought for the day

This reminds me of a photograph of my mom and me on a family vacation in Texas taken about 16 years ago.

p.s.

I want to live here.

make yourself.

I am very inspired by the hippie type and the things they represent.



Taken in 1960, in Amsterdam.



photo by LalliSig



photos by (my favorite!) Olivia Bee





photo by dbking



A photo of me and my grandpa's dog, Cherry, taken about 2 years ago at the bluff in Port Washington, Wisconsin.
I was quite a flower child.

And a photos of me and my dear friend, Alexis.
That night we had a few drinks & painted our faces.
It was so liberating - I strongly suggest you do it.







Sorry I couldn't find any color photos - they're on our laptop that died.



photo by takeaholladay

What are you inspired by?

la, la, la.

Lately I have been despising my wardrobe.
It's drab & tired and I just need something new.
(A whole-lotta new!)
I have been going positively ga-ga for the simple looks at American Apparel.











And I am really in love with some of the pieces at Alloy.



I know it's not quite cool enough to be wearing coats, but I just can't take my eyes of this olive green beauty.



A structured blazer would be perfect.



And a classic trench, too!



Not to mention - I am in dire need of a pair of Minnetonka moccasins.
I have been wearing those things since forever -
in fact, my mom even dressed me in moccasins as a baby
(she still has the ones I wore!)



Problem is, my wallet is tired (and empty, quite frankly)
so I won't be getting anything new for a while.
But a girl can dream, right?

What are you going ga-ga for?

happy thought for the day

Nothing like a good ol' fashion love to make you smile.





photos by b_lateral

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how do you run from something that follows you
into your dreams and sleep?
it slips silently into your pillow
and haunts you till you wake
how do you let something like that go?
why does it follow me anyway?
i wish
i was so brave and so big and so smart
to kick it to the curb
but even then
it will rise up from the gutter
and follow me
if i could just
let it go
i think i would of a long time ago
but i think it's like a human
to be self-destructive
to follow their fear
when they want to let it go
to wallow
and be sick and scared of what
could happen
gosh, i wish it would go
or maybe i could go
and leave all this behind
and sit next to that river
that makes it all ago
i wish i could hear
that song for the first time
and let it embrace me
and pick me up out of this fear
and take me away
to some happy place
where it could never find me
and i could never find it
again

swedish folk are sweet

Dear Jenny Doveson is one of a kind -
voice sweet and her lyrics like that of a young Dylan.

Listen in and enjoy Jenny Doveson.

My favorite is "I will think of it all".