03-NOV-2007
Never let the hand you hold, hold you down
Every American deserves to live in freedom, to have his or her privacy respected and a chance to go as far as their ability and effort will take them - regardless of race, gender, ethnicity or economic circumstances.
~Christopher Dodd
The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says, "It's a girl."
~Shirley Chisholm
Be who you are... live your life as you feel internally... do not hurt anyone intentionally... give without expecting anything in return... and do the best you can every day... and as a parent.. love unconditionally...
~eljayrae
03-NOV-2007
“Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.”
For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it.
For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it.
For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.”
"Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee,
the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain,
and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential,
and fight for your dreams.”
~Ashley Smith
Just a little glance and so much beauty outside and inside... get to know her...
learn what she stands for... be her friend... listen to her laugh... such humor...
each day she learns more of what life is about... sometimes through hardships...
but isn't that how we all learn...
~eljayrae
October 2007
Wastin' away again in Margaritaville...
looking for my lost shakere of salt...
Nibblin' on sponge cake Watchin' the sun bake
All of those tourists covered with oil
Strummin' my six-string On my front porch swing
Smell those shrimp they're beginnin' to boil
I know the reason I stayed here all season
Nothin' to show but this brand new tattoo
But it's a real beauty A Mexican cutie
How it got here I haven't a clue
Wastin' away again in Margaritaville
Searchin' for my lost shaker of salt
Some people claim that there's a woman to blame
Now I think
Hell, it could be my fault
I blew out my flip-flop... Stepped on a pop-top
Cut my heel had to cruise on back home
But there's booze in the blender
And soon it will render
That frozen concoction that helps me hang on
Wastin' away again in Margaritaville
Searching for my lost shaker of salt
Some people claim that there's a woman to blame
But I know it's my own damn fault
Yes and some people claim that there's a woman to blame
And I know it's my own damn fault
October 2007
Follow effective action with quiet reflection.
“If we are too busy, if we are carried away every day by our projects, our uncertainty, our craving, how can we have the time to stop and look deeply into the situation-our own situation, the situation of our beloved one, the situation of our family and of our community, and the situation of our nation and of the other nations?”
It could be "Anytown, USA"..... another quaint town along another long road.... stop a while... see what we are about... as it calls out to you... come in... and enjoy our history...
~eljayrae
17-SEP-2007
Always something new...
Well... it's never a dull moment with my daughter...(in a good way, that is). The other night..she's out with friends and gives me a call. I met these really cool hippies and you need to come take a photo of them. Being from the "hippie" generation, I had to check this out. A couple with 2 dogs and backpacks and dreads... really nice kids. She has been to all but 4 states, hitching, hopping on trains and panhandling..to survive. Not the life I would like, or would like for my daughter... but if make them happy... so be it.
"While we try to teach our children all about life,
our children teach us what life is all about."
september 2006
F * R * I * E * N * D * S
MY FRIENDS remind me, by their very steadfastness, that truth, beauty and goodness exist in the world, and that, no matter what, there are and always will be people loving people through THICK AND THIN.
** See you all in October.....
18-AUG-2007
clouds..
“A cloud does not know why it moves in just such a direction and at such a speed...It feels an impulsion...this is the place to go now. But the sky knows the reasons and the patterns behind all clouds, and you will know, too, when you lift yourself high enough to see beyond horizons.”
Richard Bach quotes (American Writer, author of 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull', b.1936)
august
an amazing heart is formed...
Of course, a flower does not have a soul. But every year when the hydrangeas bloom… in all their beautiful blues, lavenders and pinks… let us not forget the white and the green. It makes one think for sure… they at least must have a heart.
~eljayrae
august
clouds...
Bows and flows of angel hair and ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons everywhere, i've looked at cloud that way.
But now they only block the sun, they rain and snow on everyone.
So many things i would have done but clouds got in my way.
I've looked at clouds from both sides now, from up and down, and still somehow
It's cloud illusions i recall. I really don't know clouds at all. ~ joni mitchell
I see as far as the mind can see and more. UP to the solar systems - down into my heart. Across the world - right next to me. The reflection is sharp and clear. I can see through the earth to China.
~eljayrae
july
lost and found...again...
One of my favorite finds at an antique show is the big wooden boxes of vintage silverware. As I search through the tarnished spoons and forks… I am in my element. At one time there were dozens of the same spoons and forks and knives…. but now they are a one-of-a-kind. I wonder who owned each pieces… if only they could speak. Were they handed down generation after generation… given as a wedding gift or purchased with hard earned saved pennies?
~eljayrae
june 2007
for me...
Second time around, but he insisted… “please wear white for me. In my heart – you are my first… last and only…”.
~eljayrae
september 2006
wedding day....
It’s my day… my wedding day. As a woman I am self-assured, settled and centered - but as my bare feet touch the grass… I am 10 feet off the ground.
~eljayrae
“My feet shall run because of you, My feet, dance because of you, My heart shall beat because of you, My eyes, see because of you, My mind, thinks because of you, And I shall love because of you”