PROCRASTINATION

You know, I am amused by this word....why does this particular word, whose meaning is not very positive, begin with the word PRO?!!!! It is not PRO to PROcrastinate!!! Anyway, all that to say that I MUST get to work on my art!!!! I have no excuses now but the ones I make up in my head....I have a specified room ready....I have it organized...I have TIME if I choose to....BUT,(and that is a big word here)...for some reason I have been putting it off. The LINK to the right of this blog titled by this same WORD, helped me today tremendously!!! So....I pass it on to you out there, whoever you may be,in blog land....perhaps it will help you in whatever area you are prone to this vile dis ease.....(yes, I meant to separate that word). I seem to be able to come up with so many excuses, reasons and virtual whinings but am realizing that it is just a matter of doing...of priority...of discipline.....all of which seem so elusive at times....BUT (there is that massive word again!) it CAN be done.....even I HAVE done it on several occasions!!! YES, it is a mind set...a habit...something to be lived and not disscused....to be grasped and not grovelled in...something to protect and not shoved back into the recesses of my life....SO, why am I even blogging about this? So that I can read it myself...remind myself...reprimand myself...reiterated to myself...regain FOR myself, the lost days and hours and minutes of sloughing off my LIFE!!! My LOVE!! My ABILITY!! To make myself accountable TO myself because in the end, that is who we are indeed accoutnable to......cheers my friends!

SO MUCH FOR THAT!!!

You know....Facebook has its good stuff, myspace too, and all the things you can "do" on each of them....but somehow, still, no one is talking!!! No one shares their heart, thoughts, moods, questions, answers, problems, laughter.....it is just a quick fix to the rapidly dying art of writing....of journaling....of having to actually take more than the few seconds (FB) to communicate the depths of your soul.....it takes TIME....EFFORT....THOUGHT....all of which are in short supply these fast paced days....SO....
I am back.....back from the land of the LOST art of speak. I enjoy this, even if no one in this entire busy world reads it! I am back for my own sanity, for my own enjoyment, for my own knowledge and growth, for a look into more than the 2 sentence space on FB and MS. Oh, they have their niche, each one of them...it just so happens that the deeper niche is here....where you must take all the above and incorporate them in your own life in order to appreciate what is said from others hearts and souls to yours...that is ...IF you are willing to listen....

The Dead

No...not the grateful dead (though I see the irony in those 2 words side by side), no peeps....looks like Ricky is right....blogs are dead it seems....my how things fly into and out of radar these days....too bad....it goes the way of the newspaper....the way of the diary or the handwritten journal....the handwritten letter that you looked forward to from your grandma or friend....yes, some deaths are slow and lengthy, but apparently not the blog....it was like a massive heart attack....taken over by the twitbookningplurk social networking thingy....and yet IS it?!! IS it really SOCIAL? Hmmm..... lets see...SOCIAL - "marked by friendly companionship with others; "a social cup of coffee"...."living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups; "...."Inclined to seek out or enjoy the company of others; sociable."... these are only a few of the online (yes, online!) definitions....so.....see for yourself if you think these "social networks" seem indeed "social". I think they, like blogs, just make it easier NOT to be "social"....yes, they get you in contact with people you would not otherwise be in contact with, but do you truly socialize? Do you know about these friends of yours in a deeper way? Do you understand their hearts any clearer? Hard to do unless it is a slower time of face to face contact or at the least a decent phone conversation......conversation, facial expressions, body language, tears, anger, unbelief, not listening, the heart felt touch of another.....all this and more, lack in today's way of socializing....too bad.....we all miss out by going this direction.... and yet, to do or be otherwise, is not to be "up to date" with the times.....and for what.....so that we can be connected to people we don't really know or have time to really care about? So that we are connected with some tweet from someone or some entity that we get "news" from? And the thing is, is that it is "news" that we just belly ache about getting ANYWAY!!! The world is full of this madness.....so? So, step outside the tech box and into your neighbors yard.....into your friends or familes hearts....into the grocery store and the clerks day....bring some real sunshine to real people in this ever changing but real life that we supposedly "live".....me? I will keep writing here and there and everywhere....why? because I enjoy the art of it. Me? I will walk next door to talk to the old man taking care of his 93 year old mom and try to brighten his day or offer help. Me? I will cook for the friend who can't because she is sick. Me? I will look into the eyes of the people I come in contact with today and let them know there is light out here in this sometimes dark and care LESS world that seems to be so wrapped up in its own technology. Nothing wrong with it....I am using it NOW!!! But watch out.....it can take the place of truly knowing someone....of truly speaking your heart to a breathing living person....it can replace what is true and right and down your own road everyday in the EYES of the people you pass by or look away from as you send your IM/TWEET/FACEBOOKING important texts.....as I point the finger at the world at large, 4 other fingers MUST point back at myself.....yes, I see that hand...er finger.....nope, I won't stop blogging, as a matter of fact, I have 2! One for the ones who want to KNOW me and those who want to know ABOUT me. Whether they are read or not, or taken interest in or not, whether anyone freakin cares or not, is NOT the point....the point....to speak my heart....to listen to others replies, to spark thought and conversations with those I DO care about.....Take the good and leave the rest.....
"Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest."
Mark Twain (1835-1910)

COME ON!!!

Okay...how many more pictures of mountains can you post!!! Lots is the answer. This is but a smattering, trust me....so far I think I have taken around 800? Don't worry, I won't force you to look at them. But just want to post the last day for your enjoyment...and mine....Can't believe it has already been a week....we celebrated our 1st vow anniversary at a fondue place here in Banff....lovely. We went over to the Kootenay National Park today....again...spectacular. This has been the best vacation and the best of times with eachother....I would never have dreamed or even feigned to hope that I would be at this place in my life....both physically in the Canadian Rockies, or emotionally with my husband. Both have been breathtaking. Both have exceeded even MY expectations....I am happy, whatever that is ....for you.....for me, it is having my husband be my best friend, my love, my life and have that returned many times over....it has been a short time and a long time both at the SAME time...how does that happen? Anyway....so we live another day...paying attention to our own lives and the lives of eachother. It works. Ciao!

Huh?

Woke up late this morning...ahhh....the joys of vacation....it was snowing outside, the stillness here is almost deafening....I have forgotten what quiet in nature sounds like...it is peace. As I sat out on the back porch overlooking the pines and pinnacles of the Canadian Rockies, a HUGE native raven flew on to the porch to share the stillness awhile with me before taking off to find his breakfast I am sure....just hope it is not going to be my little morning friend the ground squirrel....he comes out daily for me to see his beauty and work ethics. The day held everything in it. The snow, the rain, the clouds, the light reflecting off the seasons last snow....the air is cool and dry and crisp....not like home where you can literally smother to death just getting to your car some days....it it refreshing with every breath and with every site my sore eyes see....here, again is just a smattering of pictures for you to drool over...and for me to cherish when I get back to the Oklahoma heat! Enjoy as I have....again, check my flicker on the slideshow to enjoy more...