Peacock beauty.

Such beauty. Art, beauty, animal, interior design, music . . . food for the soul.

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Bast.

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Food for my soul.

When I lived in Santa Barbara a couple of years ago I realized that I had never fed my soul, never had felt that my soul had ever been nurtured, ever. It was an entirely new concept for me to think of. I began to wonder what exactly would feed my soul, how I could nurture my soul and feed myself soul nurturing, which I realized was critical in enjoying life, which is the only thing your supposed to do, enjoy life. So now, I fill my soul with the enjoyment of nature and animals which I realized was the two top things that I felt filled me.

I sit in a lawn chair on the drive way early in the morning and watch the sun come up over the mountains with the dog sitting in zen position, slightly meditating to my left and my cat laying in the flower bed to my right and both of them together with me watching the day arrive.

I walk along the country road almost at dusk when it is cool enough here in the Arizona summer and smell the pine trees, watch the tiny bats fly over my head and see how the air turns pink as the sun goes down.

I sit in the garden at night under the stars and hear my cat tell me all her stories, showing me that the inter-dimensional space between matter here in Sedona is wider and more open than the crowded spaces in between matter in Covina where the night is so full and magical and where the trees and bushes sing.

I feed the dog and the three cats in the evening and watch how they go about each other calmly and how the cats help each other get enough to eat. I watch their dialog and receive the deep affection of all animals especially after they are fed and can relax and socialize. I hang out with them a little bit each evening in this balmy weather.

I enjoy warmth like you can't even imagine having grown up in the very, very north with ice, dark and snow most of the year, aching for the sun and flowers. Oh, yeah, flowers, do I ever enjoy flowers, flowers in flower beds and flowers in nature. When I need a break what I love to do is to go outside and just sit in the garden and hear the wind through the tree tops and calmly write some poetry about it.

I do enjoy beautiful surroundings, they're even necessary for my well-being and coping with life. I love little stone cottages in the country set on a hill side, over grown with flowers and with views over a valley with lots of trees. I also love huge, old castles that set the imagination on fire of how people might have lived in the way past; how they lived and loved and what thy might have experienced or endured. Our times must be so much easier then the way past. I guess a good life comes and goes.

It fills me up to decorate space, space design. Creating atmospheres, comfort and different feelings through filling a space with beautiful and comfortable things and places to lounge and relax. Love that, and having friends over that will lounge in the space I am creating.

I enjoy walking through art galleries and explore how creativity speaks through other people into manifest beauty for all to enjoy. Art of course is the language of the soul and so allowing my soul to express through art; poetry, photography, painting, dance and gently communicating philosophically with friends. These are things that feed my soul.

Rejuvenating deeply.

What can I say, it is fantastic here, deeply rejuvenating!!! Something I need so deeply after having worked H-A-R-D for these past three years and having lived in LA for 9 years. (I always knew that there is a big, glorious world out there, outside of LA, that I needed to be in rather than LA, even though LA was good for me spiritually.) I feel as if something is being restored to me, something I used to have years ago when I lived in Europe, and perhaps still had when I was living on Hawaii, but that was pushed way down when I came to LA because there was no place for it during that part of the journey. Well, this "thing" is slowly coming back to me, maybe it's a passion to live, excitement, light, spirit or a lighter, more playful side to my healing energy, a lightness of being, or maybe all of it put together and then some, I can't really tell. But I feel lighter, more energized and certainly so much happier.

Being in Sedona feels really right. Everything goes really well, the flow is perfect and all happens in a pleasing way. People are very kind, smiling, friendly and full of light, graciousness and generosity. I am so excited to continue my stay here and see what else may come into the picture. I feel very right here. I am enjoying the nature and the town and surroundings tremendously. How can I be so lucky?!!

The power of rock.

These pictures are from the web site; http://www.experiencesedona.com

A week in Sedona.

So, I have been in Sedona now for a week and am beginning to be able to move around. The first few days I was simply knocked out and physically so tired I could barely walk around the house. The mountains here are very powerful and relentless. I am adjusting very well. Frequencies are way up. And everybody are smiling welcomingly.

It seems like home, but every place I come to feels perfectly like home - L.A., Santa Barbara, New Orleans. I have been looking for a home, a place to settle down, a my kind of community. I don't think I'll be allowed ever to settle down. But I'll be here until I don't need to be here any more. I am beginning to realize all the world is my home, my living room, my very back yard. And of course, all the people my sisters and brothers. I used to think home was one place and a certain group of people. Consciousness has changed and it is now all One and the same. Funny to feel so totally at home in every place.

Sedona is a very unusual place, a watering hole for the new age, like Maui - Hawai'i, Mount Shasta - California, Ashville - North Carolina, Glastonbury - England and other places. What other places are there that feeds the New ??? I have a feeling I really don't want to be in the world outside of these kinds of spiritual oasises. In the desert of the world I die and I think we all do. Way challenging. Have we come to a time where we are allowed to live in the love vibe of our own communities ?? I sure hope so.