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Through the eyes of a writer and traveler 😁! Life and some spiritual musings. |
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Welcome Y'all 🤠. I'm into animal rescue and rights. Positive vibes and activism! 😻🙏 It's been interesting for the past 20 years. Good folks on here and a great 😃 writing community. It's time for rethinking my writing and growing as a person . Sharing how to help others and ourselves 😉 has always been my motivation! Hugs 🤗 to new and old peeps! " The journey of 10,000 miles Begins with one step 🪜. --Lao Tzu What you don't like Don't do to another. Rabbi Hillel Do unto others as you would have someone Do unto you. Jesus 🙏 |
| Thanks to all the wonderful folks who have been so supportive here throughout the 20 years, since I first joined with the pen name dddreamcat! A lot of what I've been writing about is what I have to, mainly living these past 3 years. It's as if everything before was a mirage. The traveling across the country the planning for it, the adventure, and the stress along the way. The plans for writing about it and my life since birth have become stuck in limbo. The plans for the future and the decisions behind it now maybe just poof and gone. Our hope for the future is bleak today. Her sight has gotten worse and it's always been left to us to figure it out. Since we met as teenagers in an apartment in Brooklyn decades ago. Over the years we learned skills like chopping wood 🪓 🪵, growing a garden. She fought fire for the US Forrest Service and practically ran a whole supermarket for 14 years ( being able to help in every department) I almost became a nurse but did my best as a CNA. When times called for it we worked odd jobs in retail, health care, social media ambassador for a Ballet studio. And other positions. We tried for years to own a house with a yard but always falling through the cracks ( not enough income or credit when we were younger or long enough work experience.) programs like Habitat for Humanity or Saint Vincent de Paul didn't pan out. Instead we made each rental house our home and took care of it and made improvements like adding roses and other flowers and added to the soil. Built stairs and other things to make sure it was up to code, during the times we were raising our grandkids with special needs and brought them everywhere to improve their lives. Tons of pictures remind me of all the times we brought good and made things happen. For us and for others like a homeless family we saw one day. They had been burned out from the Paradise fire in California. ( When we lived in Oregon.) We gave the mom of four information for First Place Family Shelter and other resources in Eugene. I gave her $20.00 and said " You'll all be alright we're praying for you 🙏" We always helped when we could... Now we are in Mississippi and it's not looking good for us. There are no resources here and that's why we were going to move to Florida. For a bus line and the hope of making our last time on earth better than being stuck in an apartment,day after day. No parks and the ride to the beach is too long now. Because I've been spending so much time trying for health care and so on, we've been stuck inside a dark Apt with not much light. We had to hang extra light bulbs in the kitchen so she can see. The TV looks mostly black and white and she can't make out a lot of what she sees. I do the narratives . For the last year we were working hard on something that could have changed our life. In the end it was another dead end sadly. So today I will thank the nice souls for the MB' s and I did finish my entry for the Vagrant Vignettes contest! It may be my last writing of something new, after so long. I don't know right now. I do know that if I didn't have here to be and belong, it would be terrible for me. I keep things inside because who wants to know the truth sometimes. Very few but there are those who get it. Because they have been there themselves. And have lived it or have a deeper empathy for others, through faith or reality 🙏 🕯️ 🌹. I didn't plan to write ✍️ any of this once again but a voice in my head said " you should get it out. " It also said " What if you wrote an ebook about all of this and your life?" I think " what does it matter anymore? What would it do? Who would care anyway? Even if they do, no one can help because it's just too big of problems. Even God G-d can't or won't help. The ship is sinking and taking on water 🌊 💦 it's like the Tarot card The Tower , which means the collapse of the building or of everything in your life." So it's how it's meant to be. We played Mega Bucks yesterday ( it was over a Billion) We thought about helping dogs and taking in animals if we had a place like that. We always think the same dreams, because that's all they are. Nothing changes except to get worse. So what's the moral to that? How can I keep hope alive when there's not much to hope for anymore, because it's out of our reach and realm? It's not a pity party but stone 🪨 cold reality. I wanted this to be a better year and it hasn't even started. Funny thing that my Jewish birthday is Jan 1st ! That's how it falls on the Jewish calendar. Ironic it's Christmas and Hanukkah and New Year's. Maybe something magical will happen but I don't know what could anymore. It feels like all hell is breaking loose --not fair devil... Thanks for turning in and I wish I had a happier one today. Blessings 🪻 ☯️ for the new year y'all. |
| For everything there is a season - indeed my dear friends, both here on WDC, Facebook and elsewhere in between. This week was both hard yet uplifting. A lot going on in my own microcosmic world and beyond. Besides that we are celebrating Christmas and Hanukkah 🎄🕎 or Yule etc. there was sad news here of hearing of the sickness and then the passing of our dear writer friend Angelo Bikerider. He was a good soul and good writer here. Early this year I was blessed to meet him,in the class Jim Hall invited members here to. It was a great class that taught the difference between Showing the emotions of your character, rather than Telling. During the middle of it, I was super sick and missed a lot. Reluctantly I came back towards the end and Jim,Viv, Amethyst Angel and Bikerider all encouraged me to finish with them and not give up! That was huge and why I love this community 💖. I hope to be able to include Angelo's final lesson in a future post. It was a super piece of writing and showed clearly the emotions of his character's in the Story 😊. For me coming back to it this week,was difficult but worth getting to know more about this soul. I saw his photo and it was perfect for who he was in the outside world. Friendly and kind. A man who loved his wife and family deeply. During a conversation,he shared those words and that it helped him with his writing. I could see it then and now so much more. I'd like to review it soon. In my own realm, I've been adjusting to the reality of my age! Hitting 70 is a big deal 🤝! Attitude is so important. Commitment is another. In some ways I'll never get better! It sucks but what IS still working is what I need to focus on. The what CAN I DO, rather than NOT! So tomorrow I start my five minutes of ballet 🩰🎉! To keep my muscles strong, so they can help the crappy bones 🦴! I started writing a vignette a month ago but dropped it, dealing with health management. I picked it up this week and hope to have it finished this week, before the end of the contest 😀. My sis talked me out of dropping out it . It seems so much of my energy has been geared towards " getting better". And stomach issues these past few months. Like having " morning sickness" almost every day, makes starting the day lousy, but making it out of bed and not giving up is my choice. And a blessing for which I give thanks to God G-d ( almost) every day 🙏. And for the people in my life ❤️. It's hard enough getting older, but to be forgotten is the worst. So I celebrate 💐 this day and Angelo's life. Whatever you celebrate 🎉 make it a meaningful day. Blessing's y'all! 😻🎆🥰😉🦋🐞🕯️🌹🎄🕎✍️🥳🧁🎶🎂💜👸🎈 |
| Tag your it 😁❄️! Ha in case you didn't get hit by a C-note snow 🌨️ ball. No one gets left behind! I've been busy this week with the usual 😳 suspects! Laundry 🧺 and food shopping. We didn't go to Walmart. Instead hit Aldi's for some super deals. Cereal these days is a trip. The price is going up to $7 for the same box-not. Instead sis got raisin bran and I picked honey puffs. Each was $1.99 yah! By the way they taste great and have no chemicals in them, I looked at the ingredients. The Fruit loop knock off,had paprika instead of red dye #3. Some of their products are from Germany, where the store started. We spent $30.00 instead of probably 80. Full cart. Meat, raisin bread, fancy cookies for Xmas and more. After went to Win Dixie and did good there too. Today I leaned on my heating pad and listened to some music 🎵🎸 then I put Magical mystery tour on YouTube and felt my muse again. Grabbed my drumsticks and sang and played along. I felt good and forgot about my body issues for a while . Nice for a change 😃😺. Have to do litter box, wrap more presents and whatever else today. This is about where my writing is for now and popping over to tag and such. Working on pacing myself in this body. Finding a balance ⚖️ and will be writing down appointments for January. Endoscopy and Physical therapy so far. Later will see what I have for the vignettes contest. Not sure right now but time will tell. Have a happy Saturday y'all! |
| Thanks y'all and Lilli for your awesome comment on last post 😺📯. I got out from the appointment 2 cigarettes 🚬 ago or so. After filling out a tablet and pages of what's going on. The bottom line is my spine can't be fixed 😞😭 period. I will go to physical therapy. Get back to my house 🏠 Ballet 🩰 To strengthen my muscles. As freaked out as I am about getting 💉 needles in my spine. It's a chance at some relief as my bones have little cushion anymore. I saw and took a picture of my x-ray 🩻. It's gotten worse since 3 years ago. I'm not quitting smoking but will work on cutting ✂️ down. I'm only human! I cried after the nurse left but have to be strong. Thanks for being there for me. 🙏💟🤕🙀🕯️🕎⛪⛄ Almost home. |
| Good morning 🌄 and hi y'all. It's been 6 days ( daze) since I shared here. Thanks for keeping my notification 🔔 bell ringing ☺️. I really mean it. It kept me grounded and connected to y'all and this community. So update, last Wed I saw the orthopedic person at the clinic. They took about 8 x rays and put them on a disk 💿. I'm seeing a spine surgeon specialist in a few. The transport van just dropped me off. I will be back later to fill you in. I'm nervous, hopeful and feel yuk. Hugs 🤗 |
| If I'm not funny then what am I? If no one viewed what I wrote does it then still exist 🤔😭🥺? If it's mind over matter does it matter if I'm not sure if the world lost it's focus and mind? When the pains so great when the pharmacy can't keep your medicine in stock and your wondering what really is going on . Dealing with the mind ghettos of other people. Finding out many are on the same page as well 😁. And what's up with these prices 👿😭? Things used to be a few cents more not $ 3.00 more, Later that week. The 🥚🍳 eggs went up to 5.42 to $8.00 on the Walmart shelf. 12 or 18. I have to figure out how to fill in a PDF form. Oh yeah I did Then load it to my new flashdrive to be printed. Very important project and it has to be letter perfect. I feel like dogdoo today but life goes on. I missed being here but sis is not well. She's been a grumpy snake 🐍 and gripe. Yeah I get it why it is. To be or not to be. Life goes on. I'm tired but need to open the flash drive ! Journey 🚂 of one step 🪜 To my desk or on my lap. I gotta rest for a few. In less than an hour the kitties must eat! They will come look for me. They will meow 😻 and rub my ankle with their head. Come, they will say! You must feed us Check out water bowl and fill it with bottled springs water 💦. Don't ask me what this was I seem to do better with titles and subjects! Have a good day 😊 |
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