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Good morning star shine! The coffee Gods are smiling on me today as I woke up to find this rainbow light shining next to the coffeemaker. It is coming from a prism hanging in the kitchen window, of course, but I have never been greeted by it before. The “Frida Kahlo” nightlight is always on and I expect to see that as I turn the corner and make my way into the kitchen for my morning Joe. I keep my home dark and lit with salt rock lamps and nightlights to avoid vision problems and seizures, but this happy rainbow greeting was just what I needed to start this day. This day that I swore off answering the phone and getting dressed. This day that I swore off leaving the boundaries of my sacred space.This day that I swore off greeting the day. Well, not surprisingly, the day decided to greet ME, regardless of the oaths I took! So, hello coffee, hello spring morning, hello rainbow light!

“coffee break”

“double shot”

“triple shot”

I ran across one of my many piles of pen and ink drawings that I saved from years ago. Pen and ink have always been my first love. I was reminded that I need to do more of them. I get completely lost in a dream world while drawing. It is the greatest high. I LOVE that! ~ So, of course, I gathered up my pen and ink supplies and started diving into that world again. I have discovered that it must be incorporated into my daily, creative routine.

I am working on a monthly art newsletter that will include the pen and ink with inspirations, positive affirmations, quotes, etc. I am calling it the ‘Magical Muse News’ ~ it is an exciting project. Besides incorporating them into my own art journey, I will offer them to Phoenix Body, Mind and Soul magazine.

In the meantime, I’m just drawing, painting, thinking, and making it all happen. There are so many things that I want to indulge in and there really are not enough hours in this lifetime to cover everything! ~ “One step at a time. Focus on the here and now. Pay attention to what is front of me.” ~ These are the things that I tell myself in an effort to stay grounded. If I think too far ahead of the moment, I tend to get scattered and cannot accomplish anything! Then I need a long nap!  Which leads to more dreaming, which leads to more art, which leads to more napping! A vicious creative process that is best to avoid.

Oh, Yah, I need to boil some water and get out the french press…..a HUGE cup of coffee should do the trick! The obvious really does often escape me.

So, now the coffee is steeping and I am on my way to another creatively full day. ~ That is, if I don’t start daydreaming my way into some grandiose scene and wear myself out! HA!

A PERFECT VALENTINE’S DAY BREAKFAST. Fortune cookies and a big cup of coffee (or two). Never mind that it was afternoon and not quite what most people would call “morning”. It was morning for me, and my fortune was good, by the way. I knew it would be because I slept past noon! ~ Life is moving slow today ~  Just the way I like it. No amount of coffee is waking me up, so I am going to glide through this Saturday, effortlessly and quietly. I even blew off the Richie Havens concert tonight so I could extend my “chill time”. There are times when I have to “JUST SAY NO” to the world turning. You know, “Tune In, Turn On and Drop Out”, in the words of Dr. Tim Leary (I learned  a lot from him). In my stillness I am rejuvenated, recharged and inspired. It seems like the further I go in life, the more down time I require. Age is a BEAUTIFUL thing. I’m entering the autumn of my life, which happens to be my favorite season. I am truly fortunate to have coffee and fortune cookies for breakfast in the afternoon, in the autumn of my life.

~” To atrract GOOD FORTUNE, spend a new penny on an old friend, share an old pleasure with a new friend and lift the heart of a true friend up by writing his name on the wings of a dragon.” ~ Proverb quote ~