Pretty In Pink... Perfect In Paisley!

 To quiet the mind! How is it all working for you? As I position myself, keyboard in lap, coffee at my right, dogs in crates behind me, and a pot of boiling water on the stove, right now life is quiet and at a standstill! these early mornings at 4:30 am are getting on my last sympathetic nerve but the world is still. I watch the sunrise and sit and think until the dogs stir and need to be fed. (I have roughly 35 mins and then I will get the glare) This is my last Sunday off for a while! It is what it is until some sort of normal resumes my life. My gig last night was canceled lack of attendance. Again it is what it is! You can't turn a pig's ear into a silk purse. Especially when the purse is empty. Sunday night working is all a crap shoot! Those last-minute guests, trying to make the most out of the weekend and stretching in on more dinner out before the rooster crows Monday morning at 4:30 am. {I do believe that is the new normal as we age} I have spent most days off cleaning...

 Friday, let the madness of the week and world fade away! It is a perfect fall day! I am home today and the next 2 until it begins again with yet 2 more shifts added to the mayhem! Although I enjoy the "purpose" and the reason for "doing" too. Promoting looks very different from the experiences I have yielded in the past! The dance is different! I have been given the green light to utilize space on a grander scale for my art and communications classes! It has been more than a hot Arkansas minute since I had to preplan and prepare for marketing, prepping and teaching. With the world mostly on economic hold and customers, clients and students watching pocketbooks, my razzle and dazzle needs to be stepped up. Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat! That hole is deep, the hat is tall and that frisky rascal wabbit is down there somewhere but in the meantime let's pull the cat out of the bag! Mon-Thurs daytime combined with Sunday evening, I lend my hand, knowledge, and...

It would seem, I have a stream of new readers, or I stick with my original thought, Someone is combing through 11+ years of writing. What are you trying to understand? The biggest question I get is: How did I get to this point? and Why did I choose this art, communications, and writing path? As much as I would like to answer the path chose me, I will say, if It was not for the ability to use social media as my medium, my minute college classes and or life coaching studies would have never taken flight or given me any type of recognition in regards to my art and communication work. I still have a long way to go and more to achieve. The road to success is paved with hard work, failure and perseverance! Combined with willingness and stubbornness and tenacity meshed with the ability to understand it all comes with hard knocks. I don't give up! I pause, reflect, redirect, take long breaks and then pick up the pieces to assemble in a very baroque way! Frances, my rescue and I are adaptin...

 I spent a complete day yesterday cleaning and rearranging furniture. Cocooning differently this season, I have four dogs, a few cats, and a path clearly designed for these rooms. Feng Shui says to leave all doorway paths open so energy can flow through the house, bringing free opportunity to glide its way in! And it also gives me a pre-birds eye on where the Christmas tree is going this year! After all, it is almost the end of October! C'mon!!!!  The truck is back from the shop for the second time, and thank God my son-in-law is a gem! I still am panhandling a loan from someone who sees's not everyone needs to be in credit card debt to prove the ability of creditworthiness. It's insane!!!! "while we see you have an income with a pretty decent credit score, I am sorry but you're not in debt enough for us to really understand your paying back quality" Do what? SMH I do have a mortgage! "Um that's not enough" WTF! I have a job! I have a steady inco...

 As an artist and a writer, I use various "character" terms and visuals to depict scenarios. It is easier for the reader to decipher the meaning because they understand what the term means and they can visualize what is meant behind what I am trying to say. It isn't meant to be cruel although oftentimes it's truthful. On repeat, how anyone interprets what is being written or said depends on how they resonate with what I describe or story tell. That is the beauty of being a writer; I get to write how I have learned of situations or what I have studied or even how something has played out in my life and I get to spin it as I see fit. Aging has its ups and downs. How one has taken care of their personal health and the habits they have committed to plays out at the end of life. Also depending on who you have coupled up with and tolerated their habits and routines, it affects you, regardless of how well you have taken care of your physical being. If abuse has occurred thro...

 My crayon box is full, and they are SHARP (say sharp with a Boston accent. It's more impressive). It has been another week from hell, and today is my only day off. What exciting things can I accomplish today? How far can I push myself in 12 hours? I've been up since 5ish! Got the dogs on hold for breakfast... need to pound a few keys out first! The written words of wisdom! {keep minding my business!} Besides the usual, WTH is wrong with people, let me tell you about this lady, I had the not-so-lovely experience with. Ya know the one that thinks if she complains it should be free! Or the one that winks, if I can slide an extra something onto her plate, she will be forever indebted to me... ya know the one that got charged a 2.00 difference because she couldn't get the soup and salad with fried chicken as the lunch special? Yeah, that one that ran me back and forth 4+ times because she didn't like the beer cheese soup! {it had chunky vegetables and she couldn't under...

 During the week, as I am driving from place to place, I do this dialogue thing in my head about topics I want to write about or speak on. I have not done many videos in the last several months. My throat chakra is clogged. LOL or as my youngest used to say when he was little, "There's a chicken in my throat" aka cat has my tongue. It emotionally hurts right now to speak to the masses. Too many people are suffering and while I have always tried to be informative and inspirational, it is not enough to help anyone. Writing has been my voice and it gets all the thoughts out in a cohesive manner. There is devastation all around and people are clinging on to things they do not even know they are clinging onto! #jellyrollbarelyhangingon Closure, someone out there is looking for closure. Someone is thinking, "Why can't they let this go" "Why can't they move on" "Why does this matter, subject, time frame etc.... keep being brought up?"  As a ...