Meri's Musings

All this re-thinking and reorganization in my dwelling place is making me long for a housecleaning in my blogspace, too. So today, you're seeing a new look. And a shift in direction. No more meme-play here. My Sepia Saturdays and Mosaic Mondays are moving to a new home. You'll find them HERE or by clicking the link on my sidebar. It's a little like having your youngest child  go off to college. It's quiet, but wow! You can simplify.  Cook only when you have to.  Eat raspberries and French vanilla yogurt for breakfast and dinner.  Stop nagging about college essays and curfews.  Watch independent films instead of blockbusters. Make some art. Take daily photo safaris.  So you'll find more of me occupying this space. thoughts dreams poems photos (of course) and sometimes just plain silliness And I'll be taking you along in spirit, at least, when I head for Rome and Venice.

Out of a shattered open heart springs a fountain of fiery sacred passion that will never run dry. - Rumi "Shattered" - copyright 2007 Meri Arnett-Kremian. I have learned not to worry about love but to honor its coming with all my heart. - Alice Walker I'm aiming to be juicy with creative energy, to express that fiery sacred passion, to keep my shattered open heart open. Why worry about finding love? Love for another man who makes my heart sing will come or not, as it chooses. Right now I'm in love with infinite possibilities and manifesting magic. p.s. I leave today for the photography workshop with Jan Phillips in the Adirondacks and then head to Egypt for my writing workshop & Egyptian mysteries tour. I've prepared a few posts to run during my absence because I don't know whether I'll be able to post regularly while I'm gone. Please forgive me if I'm not as chatty as I usually am. I know I'll have a lot of material on my return. Blessing...

Once upon a time, the lazy days of August were a time of sharp anticipation for new beginnings. The opening of a new school year was just around the corner and preparations had to be made. Of course you had to make sure to and find the newest, hippest things to wear that fit into your parents' budget for back-to-school fashion (or that could be bought for what you'd managed to save from your summer job). A new school year held promise. It was an opportunity to make a fresh start academically, cultivate new friends, and catch up with old friends who had been away for the summer. It was a season of hope, of getting just the teachers you wanted, of finding a boyfriend or girlfriend, of learning to find your way along the path toward growing up. Once you've made the transition to adulthood, that feeling of anticipation, the certainty of new beginnings just around the corner is a little harder to come by. How can you create a space for new blessings? What new beginning would put...