Month: January 2025

I wrote some really preachy stuff and somehow lost the best part and decided it was a sign from Beyond that I should not preach. Lucky you, huh? Well, I do hope you’re all doing well after a rocky week in America. My On-This-Day photos were kind of sad: January 20, 2017…

The group that assembled that day wasn’t large, but it was hopeful.

My sign said “We are All One”…. I stand by that.

Here at Sonnystone, I’ve been a little under-the-weather. Seems like January and February bring out the worst in my health, so I’m sure we’ll have a nice go-round with our healthcare system and be ok by Spring… Hope.

To keep myself entertained, I’ve been propagating the my coleus, which had been first propagated last October. I got a pretty good stand of dill from my countertop hydroponic garden, and the chive is almost ready to come out of there; the lonely cilantro needs just a little longer, too.

I’m verry late to the game, but I am listening to a 90s jam-band, Widespread Panic. Their song, “Ain’t Life Grand?” became my theme song about four years ago and since I got down the old stereo, I bought their best CD “Panic in the Streets” and have been listening to it and their CD “Another Joyous Occasion” on a loop. Their keyboardist, John “JoJo” Hermann, is as good as Bill Payne and Roy Bittan, who are the best. Music doth soothe the troubled soul. It can also make you dance…

Just one quick preach…this excerpt from “Desiderata”

Whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the Universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at Peace…

Have a good week, fellow Children of the Universe…

Gazing out of my windows, I watch the birds fighting for a spot at the feeders and queuing up for a drink at the water bowl. The black birds want to hog the food, so we occasionally bang on the windows and clear them out, giving the smaller birds an brief opening to get into the troughs. Tough to get pictures from inside…

Intermittently, the snow will change over to ice or sleet, then revert back to innocent, puffy flakes. It’s all very pretty, a blank slate, ready for a new Dopamine Menu.

After a week of inner whining, this fresh view is just what I needed to regain my peace. We’ve put away the Christmas decorations, and I’ve taken this opportunity to move furniture, rearrange shelves, and re-think where it all goes- or should it be displayed at all? This has extended to our upstairs, where I’ve stashed the heirlooms that my brother recently brought over, and there’s a good deal of work that needs to be done. It probably seems odd to put this task on my Menu for January, but once I get started, I really enjoy organizing and the added nostalgia will trigger heap big emotion.

While we were in NYC, we watched all the current episodes of “Shrinking” and I loved it. I’m looking for something that will grab me like that series did. We don’t have any paid channels, but free stuff like Pluto gives us access to a lot of old shows that we can watch in order — Casey’s working his way through Gunsmoke– but I can’t decide what I’ll stick with. Any suggestions?

Jojo’s Academy of Music will resume classes next week! Samantha and I were at the Mall yesterday, where she got me all caught up with her Christmas fun and we tried on hats…

Since Casey retired, I don’t mind our winters so much, but ask me again in about 6 weeks. I doubt I’ll be calling this snow “pretty” next week, but today it’s gorgeous and the fire is warm.

Hope it’s cozy in your neck of the woods!

Peace