OK, Women Let's Do This!

 

Marble figure of Artemis of Ephesus, probably 100-200 AD Roman Imperial Period 36 cm high

For all the women who were focused outwardly at pleasing others for so much of their lives...may they find their strength to be themselves, to stand for what they think and love, and especially to just relax and BE.

And a big salute to the men and other women in our lives who stand with us and support our strength and our emotions when we need them.

And of course, sayings to quote from the internet...duh!!

On July 3 someone else had a U-Haul truck where they were putting something.

Soon, grasshopper, soon...I shall also be doing a similar act. Now to decide whether to keep the little spirit house that is on my porch in the foreground. The cactus, no. But what to do with the little house...

Ah, I gave the smaller Haniwa one to my next door neighbor, and I'll keep the Spirit House. Here's a shot with both of them in a gentle rain yesterday.

I was trying to capture the mountain echoing thunder. Not sure it came through however.

Which reminds me to smudge with white sage to cleanse the apartment of any lingering vibes from my life here for 11 happy and sometimes sick years.

The place I am going is 166 miles from here! Monument Valley, Utah. 

Where I'm coming from...taken along the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina.

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PS, men are welcome to also "Do This!" Whatever they learn from powerful women creates a good balance...nobody is responsible for anyone but themselves!

But please, patriarchy has accustomed all of us to look to men to be the decision makers, protectors, educators, and above all else, leaders. Take it easy guys, these qualities may also be fulfilled quite adequately by women. Look for sharing. Look for speaking of feelings and intuition...yep, you've got it too! Equalitarianism is quite possible. So men can relax and enjoy following the community of women. Seriously! It won't be abusive, because a matriarchal structure is not power-over, but power-with each other!

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Tuesday musings

First thing you thought about when you woke up this morning?

For me there's the joy of all that is possible for another day, so I usually think of what's planned.  Today I think I began by thinking of some friends, and their lives.  Then I put my feet on the floor, and thought of the weather.  Pretty mundane.  That's why I'm grateful when the coffee and computer are ready for my next awakening to have a community to visit here in the web.

And there are some inspiring posts on my blog collection.  Thank you everyone who shares thoughts and experiences and quotes of inspiration.  I like the photos...oh so many and diverse, and they show that we humans are walking about this blue planet collecting beauty to share.  It's like a little clubhouse where we each empty our pockets to show what we've brought to each other.

I like having someone else's ideas to bring me a new direction - a pause to consider, perhaps even meditate upon.  So this one resonates with me this morning.

Human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but... life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves.

GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ There are housekeeping hints that don't ever go away...like this font, this margin setting, and that I just don't feel like changing it.  Argh.  It's a bit annoying, but somedays you choose your battles, and this just isn't one of them.