And to all a good night...

Happy Holidays!!!

Here's to wishing all my friends
out there in cyber space
a wonderful warm celebrated holiday
filled with much joy, laughter
and warm memories...

Not all the time are we joined
by family members
whether close by or far away...
for whatever the reason
keeping them close in heart
and mind
is all we have
when it seems we have nothing
at all...

Family...
what a shame to have lived so long
and have learned nothing
to grow further apart
by less in numbers...
to have pride and less a memory
to have suffered
shared and alone...
to remain apart by choice
taken for granted the privilege...

Family...

Getting out of line

I am here in spirit
of the holiday's to come
to share cheer of your life!
to say thank you for being here...

Though many I do not know,
and many I will never know,
comforts me in knowing
there's always someone
in wait of continuing
to carry on...

For what I can not see now,
For all that I have fought for
For all of those who shared
a tear or two
for our lost ones...

But most certainly
I am here to say thank you...
and will say hello when life passes on.

Coldest at night...

I sometimes wonder
sitting in a room
the comfort, warmth
familiar surroundings
ever changing
keeping us new...

How lucky...
for what we have
noticeably goes unrecognized

Survivors of the coldest nights
a box or two without any glue...
always getting hit
by the door on the way out

Yes, be thankful...
for something new
be grateful
you get to choose
remember sitting by the fire tonight
all snuggled in robe
light burning bright...

There's someone in need
perhaps, not in your sight
that the extra scarf or
blanket might shed a different light.

Gift Ideas to start planning...

This is the baking month!
well at least it is for me...

I bake all kinds of things; soups, breads,
cakes, pies...I even make candy...
I have a long list of requests to fill.

How about any of you out there?
Do you love to bake? I bet you like the eating part better..
I bake for gifts as well at the Holiday time.

Why not try a gift basket this year?
Don't pay someone else for it when you
can create one yourself...it's easy.
They do make great gifts especially for the person
who has everything. Find out what their favorite
cookies are for example. Add some candy,
the usual things not just wine and cheese, crackers.
Make it to fit their likes specifically.
They'll be sure to love it.

Start planning today and you'll be relaxed
and easy going come Holiday time for gift giving.

The Embrace...

At first...
the sensation was
not that of a common hug
as it lingered promoting
"I have you"...
you are safe
within my arms

Releasing surrender
as if melting
into warming wax
being molded into one...

The combinations
of whispering
breaths and fingers
unlike feathers
dancing upon my surface skin

For those moments
my eyes could not see
only the concepts
of hearing...
communicated to me.

Finding Relevance

Through your eyes
of innocence
the possibilities abound

Time has no measure
as forever is eternity

You can do
what no one else
can see...
You can do
what everyone wants
to be...

The Best
The Impossible
The Unattainable
goals set free...

Don't settle
for routine.

Prepare for Halloween

Hi Everyone!

It's October and that means Halloween!!!

For those of you who partake in these festivities,
are you planning your parties and costumes
maybe a few hay rides...

Halloween is an awesome time!
When I was a few years younger,
and we'll leave it at that...
I used to go to Halloween parties
all the time. (Adult parties..)
What a blast...but the best part was
planning your costume....yeah that's right,
it took a lot of planning and putting together the
right articles to complete your vision.

Unlike today, most people solely rely
on store bought costumes. That's okay,
but it's so much more fun creating your own.
The things we use to come up with, would floor you!
You'd be on the ground laughing.

So create your vision! don't dismiss the first ideas
that come to mind...they are not as ridiculous as you think.
If you really put your mind to it,
you can make them become real...and be the life of the party!

Start Planning now....

My Hands Are Tied

I am drawing a blank
I am so worn out...
my mind can not trace
the words all about

I can not feel
a response to write
or motion the words
out into plain sight

I am captive here
against my will
struggling to make things right

I am lost
not finding the peace within
and tortured
against my goal to win.

Everything ends to begin anew...

Have you answered to your
name before...
though when you turned
to say hello
no one's standing there...

Have you sat on a bus
a saw a face
belonging to someone
you could trace...

Have you questioned
your own faith
not as in God
upon several slates
but as in wisdom and aging traits...

Have you seen the life circle
appear closer to date
staring you in the face
reminding you the ride is half over...

Have you ever thought
life is great
and looked upon
what wasn't taught...
at what there is to come.

My path of wonder...

Wishing for the break in day
when time is called my own
Where thoughts of
desired choices calm my inner world...

Where worries
are but a thing of past
and no more control my path

Not living for those distant days
speeding up against my back
faster than I have
slept in tack...

I can sit idle or fill my everyday
and still the stress remain
For it not be my own time
free to be inside my mind

As well as when I was a child
my desires went astray...
Still moving towards the day
As much to my dismay.

Fall Crafts

It's September!
I start thinking about crafts
and projects to start.
They make great gifts, and
are also a source of making money.

Silk!
Have you ever worked with silk?
Dying different colors...
Silk screening is a fun craft to explore.

Buying a silk blouse or sheets can be very expensive.
The price of most kits are well worth it.
They allow you the freedom to explore
your talents for color design.
You can purchase silk from a bargain fabric store,
in bulk, or by the square for practice...

You can find several on the Internet.
With a little practice you would be surprised what
you can create.
And in the long run save lots of money...
Even make it, if you choose to sell your creations.

There are so many to choose from to get started
or for the professional and intermediate
Kits to get started with moderate to lower price range.
You'll be hooked!

Unsettled

Time is changing as the days grow old
not as in hours, minutes
but in form of reality verses images
I once encountered..

Images of the dreams
I once dreamt
goals I once set
one blending into another

As I sleep at night
tormented by the list
I left uncompleted...
and the unconscious fear
that it is chasing me in despair...

I awake undefeated
challenging
all that is rare...

With a rush flowing through me
that time is not here.

When has time run out...

I have looked as far as my eye can see
and in my heart
searched for my partners plea...

But nowhere...
have the words found in me
substance to set me free!

Echos forming memories
of emotions coming through clear to me
are neither gone
nor implanted in me...

I remain true to the day before me
with seasoned lessons
behind me
and falling back into dreams
of yester years still daunting...

I need a vacation from vacation...

Hi everyone!
I was away on vacation for awhile.
Seems like I never left and it's time for another trip.

I should feel relaxed, but everything is still the same.

It's good to be back at my home away from home
with all of you! Visions has changed it's background again
and I have decided to change it frequently.
I think as my own life reaches new goals and I change the furniture
around from time to time, why not here also...

So I hope that you will enjoy change as it appears
and grow with the flow...
a home is not a home if not "lived" in!
So please make yourself at home...

Later gators....

Bessye

Cut loose in Photography!

There are a lot of awesome digital cameras out
there these days.
I need to still have something worth holding onto
in my hands.
Although slim, sleek, and easy to carry are compelling...
I need to feel some control of the camera...

Photography is popping up everywhere we turn.
A few of my blogger friends take such wonderful pictures
and it makes me miss it. I am not as good as some of them,
but I enjoyed it.

As a painter and overall artist, I have the eye for shots
that most people would pass by. I can capture those
details in my paintings, but always wanted to develop
those qualities in photos. Combining the two has always
been inspiring to me.

Canon has some nice sized digital cameras that
are good for the beginner to intermediate.
The weight is just enough to help steady
the hands. It is perfect if your starting out.

Your in the digital world with this camera, but the size
allows you to feel more in control of the camera.
You still have to look through the lens, which I like
about it, as opposed to viewing your shots through the
LCD on back.

So if your still a little bit old school...but embracing the future
at the same time, this camera is probably worth looking
into.

Lets Get This Party Started!

Let's get it started in here...

It's about time!
Where have I been you ask?
Everywhere but here...

But all of that is going to change now!
I'm back, I'm better than ever,
and I and going to Rock this party!

With the help of my friends
I can do anything!
I've already change my view as you can see...
I can't wait to get started!

Come back and look around
I'm not defeated yet!
See ya soon...

I almost lost this...

When I was searching through
my mail...
It came as such a surprise
four entries against one post
I've never heard from you


I thought as I slowly opened
them ajar...
but there they were
sitting for a long time
unopened and thoughtlessly
buried under ad after ad
I never saw coming...

To each of you
I awake from despair
never thinking that I would resume...
since time has taken me else where

But faith you have shown me
remains distant, but near...
you still come and see
what words I have dreamed
and dared put down your approval
of me...

So long I have disappeared
but thank God!
your all still here
It's time to rejoice!
and take my head from the sand

Thank you all my friends
the old and the new
thanks for bringing me back
to my home I once knew....

My absense due to work...

Hi everybody,

I have been so busy with my work,
that I have not been able to maintain my
blog.
I miss all my blogger friends and feel so bad beyond words.
I'm sorry..

You never visit anymore rightfully so..
but I will prevail I promise.
I can not see the forest through the trees right now.

I have not been able to visit you either and I apologize.
This took priority-my work...and I hate that it effects
my blog time.
Please do not give up on me my friends...
Please have some more patience and return soon.
I will return to you as well and visit your sites.

Thank you,

Upon a morning rise...

I am the silence
you hear in the wee morning hours
when your eyes
are barely opened
and your mind
is battling consciousness

I am that inner voice
urging you to get up and move
the one that tells you
there's no time to snooze

I am the weight of a thousand
gold bars...
baring upon you restraint
no matter how much you struggle
and try to release
you are caught between demensions

I am, I am slowly waking up...
fluttering just barely my eyelids appeal
still in debate, I stand on my heels.

Paying your dues...

All it takes is just on trip to fall
and all the promises of protection
seize to render in the understanding

No matter how diligent
you stayed on track...
it does not matter
when you take a trip

Their care is not
in the trip itself
but in how you slipped up...

What are you going to do about it
is the only concern
not that it's temporary
due to you never fall...

The years go by
and you trip just that once...
never to be clarified
just ostracized.

Remembering Easter...

Hello Everyone!

I hope that you had a wonderful Easter!
We certainly had a beautiful day weather wise.
It hasn't been that nice in many years on the
east coast anyway.

I remember as a kid walking to church
with our Sunday Easter Best on...
and having to wear just a light jacket that
so conveniently matched our outfits.
That was all we needed because it was so warm.

Not to mention the egg hunts afterwards!
so it was a pleasant surprise to have that kind
of weather for the Holiday. It brought back nice
memories. I love Easter...

So I hope that everyone enjoyed theirs for
those of you who celebrate it anyway.
I am looking forward to this Spring and Summer
this year.

When time is running out...

If I could live out
but one dream
before I die
my life would have been
worthwhile...

All the trials and tribulations
choices made for me
regrets I had a few...

No matter what the path
in which I aimed
a greater power
steered me
other plans were made...

So now I'm here
with none of my dreams
proclaimed
Some of which
are now in vain...

The worries
never ending...
no time to fantasies
If not on this plane
I shall upon another
beyond what I can see.

You changed...

I listen to the silent sounds
around me gathering
momentum...

Signs portraying
indelible verses
once promised
forbidden of character...

Has the love not gone
though clearly damaged
the reality of no one changing

Believing in the spoken words
my soul has yearned...
and my heart proclaimed

As quiet as a flowing breeze
once upon a dying breed...
I cast my caution
into the wind
only to reel it back in

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Warning Signs

Do you know your inner self?
When your gut is telling you
somethings not right...
the tightness just won't go away

The intuition if you will
that most of us ignore...

Seldom do I judge it wrong
It guides me as a warning strong
sometimes it remains knotted
inside my throat...at other times
my stomach aches..

At times I would prefer
just not to know...
perhaps I'm hungry and nothing more
when access to approaching news
reveals itself slowly due

I apologize....

It's that time again..
we are slowly starting to anticipate Spring
and the shedding of winter armor.
I have to admit here, I have had a
slow start to this year.
It feels as though I've been moving
at the speed of lightening everyday,
but I seem to not be accomplishing much.

Yes, my blog has been suffering for it.
What else is new right...the truth is I
miss my blog. I miss my friends.
I haven't even been able to visit them on
their sites. My content has been sucking...

Okay, there's only so much truth that can
come out at once. (lol)...

You know me, I always bounce back!
I will make up for this lack of 'WOW FACTOR'
that's been missing. In the ole days, I used to just throw
a party and invite all my friends..
Have a beer ready at the door and a meek smile
to greet them in.
Then we were all back on the same page!
How easy it was then...
I know I have my work cut out for me here...

With all this new technology going around, one would
think I'd be able to offer that beer right through
the screen as you logged onto my site...it's probably out there,
I just haven't caught up yet I suppose...
Until then, here's a cold one! sit back relax and I'll be back!

The promise of change...

I believe in change
no matter how scared it may be
the final outcome is usually for the best

And when it feels like it is not
It is usually meant
to be proven with time

When you look back to see
just where you would have been
had change not taken place

I believe that change improves our lives
and without change
we remain stagnant
unaware of the cycle ceasing to turn

When you hit that wall
that brings us down
screaming for change
has already begun...

Tunnel Vision

Sometimes the ticking of the talk
erases clarity throughout
my thoughts...

Confused and dazed
I shuffle about
managing tasks of
mindless aims...

Sometimes the ticking of the talk
reminds me there's a lesson taught
focus on the task at hand
forget about the chattering plans

Sometimes when there is plenty
to say
controlling your steps
are the course you should pave.

Burrrrr.....

I'm sitting here freezing....
thinking of Spring
basking in the heat of
the sunshine
planting my flowers

So close, yet so far away
as I am chilled to the bone
contemplating another heat source
while I type away...

Part of me is glad
that I need time to sort my way...
close out the Old Year
before the New takes it's claim!

There's an Island
calling out my name...
changing residence
might be my new campaign.

When Time Runs Out..

I think of all the times
I knew...
that what you chose
to tell me
wasn't true...

I couldn't face
that my heart was
compromised...
Better to know the Truth
that breaks us apart
than the lies that bond us...

I think of all the times
I knew...
that emptiness
that I'd been screwed...

How hard it was
to watch the smile
that plastered your face
with untold grace

I think of the time
I shut the door
and walked away
I knew this scorn
would resemble
my everyday...

A different point of view....

I can see beyond the squint
of my eyes
thinly focusing
upon the images before me

Preventing my sight
of clarity
skims across a veil of film

I cannot speak
I don't know how...

When I was inbound
I was big with just me...
Now all around me
giants prevail
and their poking at me

When out of the blue
I screamed out loud!
someone has slapped me
from the bottom of my crown...

Congratulations!
you have a son...
and into my mothers arms
they placed me...

Unrecognizable, but certainly undeniable

I have seen
the passing of flowers bloomed
I have seen
recurring seasons change its' tune...
I have seen
my friends of times gone by...
I often wonder where am I...

When I look in the mirror
I see my face
it certainly got misplaced...
it appears to resemble
someone else
I can't remember
I've lost the trace...

I value the time
I live today...
for each is a passing day
at speeds that seem
to accelerate
I record it all along the way...

It seems disruptive
although I'll say...
all this time
I thought I could play...
and now...I can only pray.

I have Become....

I have exceeded
my estimated well laid out plans
without thought of 'added'
activity behind the scenes
of an offshore land...

Waiting and waiting
not by my command
has threatened my threshold
of patience and unmasked
demands...

It's only the beginning
preparing for calamity
breaking down my doors
seems mildly
unconscionable...

For I have
executed
down to the moment
when I take them off guard
how well I perceived
and made bread from their crumbs...

They're Back! I'm Back! hope your Back!

Hi my friends!

Whew! it has been a long journey...
I have been out in search of my 'Little Friends"
the fish left my blog awhile ago for a second time,
and I just had to find them!

Time has flown by already into this
New Year..I didn't realize that I was gone for
so long.
They're not easy to catch these little guys...

But I'm back! and so are my little friends!
Thanks goes out to the people, and you know
who you are that rescued them yet again!

Everyone has become so attached to them.

Well, New Year and the race begins!
So much to do in so little time...
I just 'Do' right now, I can't even 'think straight'
But it will come together my friends..
It's always a challenge, keeps the blood flowing!
The first couple of weeks is always crazy for
everyone.
I'll be back!