Meri's Musings

I know a lot of you believe that the Universe sends us little messages through ordinary things. And who knows, maybe that's true. The other day, I stopped at a bistro to grab a quick bowl of soup because I was starving but wanted to make a film that started in only half an hour so anything else was out of the question.. The host, hearing my time crunch issue, said to sit anywhere and he'd grab me a bowl of the soup of the day personally. So I headed to the back, where they display local artists' work and there's a great view of Commencement Bay. And he brought me a bowl of delicious mushroom soup and some strawberry lemonade. As soon as I dipped my spoon, I noticed "the sign. " It was a perfect little heart, a mushroom heart. All the other bits of mushrooms were ovals or just bits and pieces. So I thought, "Well, obviously, given my posts lately, this has to be a sign from the universe." The question is, is the Universe telling me "Take heart....

Sometimes  when we're smack dab in the middle of life, caught up  in the busyness  of living, we lose sight of  the significance of what we're doing  and how it affects the multi-hued tapestry  of our lives. "Reflections" - photograph copyright 2009 Meri Arnett-Kremian Only upon thoughtful reflection does the overall pattern become clear, the disparate pieces come together. Sometimes story lines are parallel, sometimes things intersect in surprising ways, all colorful, all part of the whole, the   Bayeux tapestry of our lives.