it is a meeting

Yesterday at the Hard Bean several of my customers who have gone off to college ran into each other while home for Christmas. It was fun to hear them catch up and share stories from the "old days". A customer of mine from great island of England was here hopping from blues club to blues club writing reviews of the great blues artists that come through KC. The returning college-ites all happened to be jazz musicians. A conversation was struck between them, from across our country and across the pond. Have you heard this guy play guitar, what abut this guy on sax, oh you have got to hear this band, I remember when I got to meet so and so and on and on the conversation went for about a hour. It reminded me of a book, or well a series of books, I have read. Amelia Peabody and her intrepid husband embark on several Egyptian expeditions, and seeing as they are the worlds leading Egyptian archeologists so they should. Each adventure always begins at Shepherds Hotel in their cafe where they meet the most interesting people. I take great pride in having a spot where connections can be made, and people can be met, and conversations with a complete stranger can be intelligent and stimulating and on the whole good.

It is Christmas

I love Christmas! It is so wonderful! I wish we had snow out here in KC. The forecast as of yesterday said snow christmas eve so I will keep hoping. Customers have asked me often lately why I love Christmas so much. And what is there to say? I love St Nick and sleigh rides and sleigh bells and snow and blazing hearths and little birds with all their feathers puffed out and all the surprises and all the food and all the children such a great anticipation. And the joy and the merriment. And the wine, and the parties and the overall charity that even Scrooge cannot ignore. And eggnog and eggnog latte. And the smiles and the laughter and the love that is suddenly spread around our little community. And the Christmas trees and the twinkle lights on all the houses, I especially love those. And I love picking out the perfect gift, when their face says "oh my word you thought of that for me, how did you know!"
Well anyways all that is to say, I love Christmas I hope you do too and I hope you take the time to find the joy, make the memories and spread love this holiday season.
B

It it a thought

I am asked surprisingly often why I am single. Almost like it is a crime that I am. Some people have even come to the conclusion I must be a lesibian. This was a shock to me the first time I was asked :-). I have several married friends and several single friends. I have single friends who are happy to wait and I have single friends that are obsessed with finding their mate (male and female I should add). I was watching "that 70's show" the other day (great quality TV I know) the episode where Hyde comes back married to stripper Samantha and like magic they are perfect for eachother their relationship just works. I have single friends who chase after any available man in hopes they will click and spend the rest of their lives together. I knew a guy who "interviewed" potential wives. I have a friend who wants to "wake-up" the guy that she currently likes so that they can enter into matrimonial bliss. I know of girls who are so anxious to wed yet feel they should hear a sign from God that they make up words of God in their head to justify whatever thoughts or actions they are presently entertaining. I've also heard of married couples who only got married because God told them to not nesiscarily because they loved each other at the time. Then of course you have arranged marriges and mail order brides. Does it seem to anyone else that we are maybe too obcessed with this idea of marriage? Maybe that is why we have such a high divorce rate. Maybe we are so caught up in the whole deal that we jump down the ailse with the wrong person. Well I guess it's not the only reason why we can't, as Americans, seem to hold marriages together. But sometimes I think if we were just pateint and waited for the right time the right person who shares the same passions and desires and goals and morals as you then maybe we wouldn't be so disfunctional 20 years later. Still we are often told seek and ye shall find.


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it is vacation

I had such a wonderful time in CO! Kelly and I did all kinds of horsey adventures, and a hiking adventure and a wine tasting. Enjoy the photos of the Emerald Lake Hike. It was BEAUTIFUL! I recommend the hike to anyone going out there. It is at the Bear Lake Trail Head. Would love to go back in the summer to see the lake in a different light. The hike is about 3 miles took us 3+ hours to make it up and back again. Couple of icy spots which added to the fun. It was slick coming down and I'm not terribly graceful so I kindof bumbled back down the mountain. Lots of giggling ensued :-)

Emerald Lake
This little guy was SO cute!
Emerald Lake
Dream Lake





Grey Jay followed us up the trail
OOPS almost fell!!!
Trail buddies

Dolly

QH mare dumped at stable I board at. 6/7 years old 15.2+hh sweet temperment gas not been ridden since April will be going to kingsville auction next week if no local buyer is found. Would make a good trail horse or hunter/jumper lesson prospect moves pretty good. Nice open shoulder for a short girl. Really sweet temperment. Loves hugs :-)
Contact info www.paintedjstables.com


















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It is peace

When my sister first moved in with me she told me her cat likes my house because it is so peaceful. Andyou know what? She is right. It is. Today I was able to finnagle a day off to kick this flu bug in the booty (thank you girls for filling in for me all day). I very rarely, if ever, get to relax at home. Especially during the day. As I lay on my sofa with stuffy nose and clogged head I realized that my whole neighborhood seemed wreathed in peace. A quiet calm that blankets the streets I take during the day. Very few cars pass and those that do are quiet - no race car wannabees ruling the road. No loud music blaring. No over amped bass. No families arguing in the lawn. No punks on the street corners. A lawnmower in the distance adds to the cicadas song. Chirping birds, squeaking squirrels. And an overwhelming feeling of stillness. A feeling that time is not moving in it's normal rat race pace, that eveyone is taking a deep breath of relaxation. I love my little house on its big corner lot in its entirely peaceful neighborhood.




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It is sunshine

On your darkest day in your gloomiest hour a sparkle of sunshine is bound to show when you least expect it. Remeber to look.

It is my attitude

I feel that I am a total queen b* I feel that I am mean and rude and short tempered and I never thought that way about myself. I thought I was nice I thought people liked me that I was easy enough to get along with but now I must not be. My family keeps telling me that I am wrong that I am not an evil dictator that I am a nice person. But I keep doubting them thinking that abused people never notice they are abused until it becomes too much for them to handle so maybe they are so used to my bad attitude that they just don't see it.


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it is or is it

On Facebook today one of my sidebar ads was for Free Love Spells. The ad read as follows, "Many hearts are broken, and many hearts suffer every day. Yours does not have to be one of them. Click here for Free Love Spells." Would you want to be with a person that was only with you because he/she has been enchanted to do so? Would you be so needy and so desperate that you were so afraid to be alone you would cast a love spell on someone?