Creamy Lemon garlic Pasta...

 

Hello.

Let us start when we are ready, not when a glittery ball tells us to.

It is the middle of January and I feel like I am deep into

wintering.

Yesterday I had a box of chicken tenders, a much needed massage and 

I did not stress about a thing.

It felt decadent and pampering.

It was the beginning and ending point of many things.

And it was unplanned for the most part... just organically happened.

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My days will now be focused upon the simple outline of

this winter, my outdoor chores and care of the flocks while 

beginning to start designing my gown for this year.

My time will be spent with my viking, my grands and 

 darling friends in celebrated moments. 

I have set goals for many things in this new year.

But now, I am in my cocoon ... 

nestled with tea and my sunlamp, my dogs

at my desk where I have been inspired to write again.

Friends, it is so important that you know I have been deeply thinking

about the rise in emotions and actions in the outer world .

My watching friends and people who once were part of my life

be pulled into knots ~ it is disheartening.

 Again, as I have said, I will never know

the pull of a *collective* positioning on most things.

I am and have always been independent in thought, word & deed.

I want no part of that whirring spin of confusion... to be honest.

Instead, I wish to keep my wits about be to better serve my family

and my little community of people who I can actually help.

That does not make me less than others who wish to do other things.

It just is how I operate to do well enough that I can give it my best.

I wish to be known  as a kind person, not someone pressured into

behaving a certain way with a frustration in my actions and a chip on 

my shoulder- which I can be like when pushed too hard or in a direction

that wants me to behave any way other than I wish to be remembered for.

I believe strongly in many things.

I pray tirelessly every day .

 I am humbled to do this seemingly small  and much maligned act.

A silent act that gets no love from the outside world for its powerful

ability to bring about miracles....miracles I have seen with my own eyes.

That is okay.

It is my thing.

The passing of time has mellowed me, allowing me to be 

very careful where my precious energies go.

So I will pray for peace in the hearts of all.

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I can not please any one person all of the time, but I can be still enough to hear God's

direction for myself. That is the only *person* who matters to me anyway.

Here we are, in a new year again with challenges and with blessings.

We can choose to begin to rebuild trust , create healing and begin anew

* raises hand *

Me.

I wish to do that.

I have found my place.

It is a fine place to begin again.

Here.

While we are nesting, I like simple bowls of warm foods.

This feels like sunshine on a cold day.

You can add grilled chicken, steak, garbanzo beans or shrimp too.

I sometimes add frozen peas at the end...they end up with a bit

of a fresh bite to them.

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I was recommended this book and just ordered it.

I mean, why not?

Seasonal joy?

Count me in!

Interesting thing... I have not had coffee in years.

Today I had some..black, and I enjoyed a spring in my step

doing evening chores.

Maybe not something I would do every day....

But who knows?

Enjoy the ebb & flow of this slow season.

Have a sweet Friday!

xoxo

Raven