As we approach a new cycle around the sun

 

Queen of the Winter by Marjorie Miller 1933

Puttin' on the Ritz!

Alice showing me how to "chill." That was the favorite activity of the inhabitants of my son's home! I certainly engaged in it happily.

Ceramic sculpture by Aram Hunanyan.

Photo: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/290482244731897593/

We do not become healers.

We came as healers. We are.

Some of us are still catching up to what we are.

We do not become storytellers.

We came as carriers of the stories that we and our ancestors actually lived. We are.

Some of us are still catching up to what we are.

We do not become artists. We came as artists. We are.

Some of us are still catching up to what we are.

We do not become writers.. dancers.. musicians.. helpers.. peacemakers. We came as such. We are.

Some of us are still catching up to what we are.

We do not learn to love in this sense. We came as Love.

We are Love.

Some of us are still catching up to who we truly are.

~Clarissa Pinkola Estes~

Today's quote:

A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It is a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity. -Jimmy Carter, 39th US President, Nobel laureate (b. 1924)

Next to last day of the year...

 

Sunrise in Georgia on my way (last week) to visit family.

Gingerbread model of Frank Lloyd Wrights' Falling Waters.

By Helena Nelson Reed

By Beatrix Potter

And two new critters came home with me from FL. First is Fuzzy Wuzzy Bear from my grandson Michael. He's a "warmie" with lavender which is enhanced when he's heated in a microwave...then he's cuddly warm! (I have to go buy a new microwave since mine died before my trip south.)

Second new critter is this hedgehog from my son, with good advice inside his rim. I think I'll call him Tiny.

"Enjoy the Little Things."

Today's quote: