Honesty
I prefer a direct approach, which is actually quite new to me. It is surprising how people sometimes subtly cringe when I ask them something important without disguising. It is as if they have suddenly become exposed to the sun, after dwelling too long in darkness – and yet, they then eagerly rise to greet the opportunity of sharing truth.
Ever Ending
What does one believe in when Maslow’s – the societal invention for “normalcy” – is repeatedly stripped of its relevancy?
Separation Of Issues
It was his choice to leave that first made us homeless.
Now, it is our choice again to hold out for a better arrangement.
“Embers”

Tormented
Why have those dreams?
Why have sent her those messages?
It had all turned into another great illusion in which she could gain no traction!
No, Thank You
I do not want to have to keep processing that which I keep having to process.
I am just tired of continually having my face pressed into it.
“LOOK AT IT!”
Pfft…
“Embracing”

Discombobulation
What can I do in any direction which will yield the results that I desire?
I have been so busy jumping between work and daily survival requirements that I just last night finally got our mailing address forwarded!
Entangled
Trying to have supplies in the room so that we can function properly has made an overstim obstacle course to where we cannot function properly.
I Was Proud
I felt good about myself – until my investments in others did not pan out.
Being an isolationist has become a necessity, rather than a preference.
Retraction
Pulling into the self, seeking where no longer entangled by attachment to the unobtainable.
Separation
There is no going back, only forward.
Family Unit
The feel again of having their father drive and help coordinate briefly allowed me to reexperience the support that comes from a family having two parents – rather than just one forging a new path for its remnants.
(Love Theme – Vangelis – Movie Blade Runner)
Prime Directive
Revealed inclinations
Harken to the laws
Nature intended.
The Demons Within
She began to think that the issue was not that we have internal “demons,” but rather that we make sure to do our internal housekeeping so that they do not have anything to use against us.
They, like any other energetic parasite, require resources to feed upon. Therefore, if she gave them a barren table and no longer gave them attention, maybe they would just go away.
(Just Remember I Love You – Firefall)
Beaver Moon
On this full moon, the family task is complete and closure on that chapter is underway.
Our efforts were greeted by mild rain instead of thunderstorms after it had snowed, yet crackling cold permeated coat layers.
We all collaborated well and now have retired for rest and warmth to our own respective corners.
In An “Ordinary” World
People just didn’t seem to be making the kinds of decisions she made, preferring instead to be mainstream predictable.
It wasn’t so much that she was “special” – but why didn’t people realize their opportunities were greater than what they acknowledged?
Ageism
I look around at common place where
People are valued with wrinkled face
And think to myself how I can trust
That a man I love will stay with me.
Hidden
If she didn’t know her strengths, they couldn’t break them.
Growing Older
Advancement in age is not something to crumple inward over – but rather the next challenge to face, and rise above.
Pushing Back
At men with their limited mindsets, at circumstances that forced contortions – but mostly, at pain that would not abate.
Convicted
Her crime had been to love him.
(Baby Come Back – Player)
Paradise
She was supposed to have waited for him in the meadow between forests. The animals had told her by whispers that some day, he would come.
But she was forced to decide between their safety and her own, so she sealed off the door to protect them before her own life had begun.
Tech Noir By Gunship Lyrics
Feel the breeze
I feel alive
Will you come
Away with me?
You’ll be my focus
Could this be, could this be the highway?
Before you save me
Just wait your turn
Look at me now
Steady as we burn
It was all for love
Just move yourself
Drop it back down
Push it out in front
Keep your heart
Out on the road
Will you come
To Tech Noir with me?
You’ll be my focus
Could this be, could this be the highway?
Before you save me
Just wait your turn
Look at me now
Steady as we burn
It was all for love
Just move yourself
Drop it back down
Push it out in front
Guided by voices
It’s you and me
Before you save me
Just wait your turn
Look at me now
Steady as we burn
It was all for love
Just move yourself
Drop it back down
Push it out in front
Assessing
Having been dragged through compromising scenarios in housing, it almost seems better to keep paying exorbitant fees until we can find a place that better suits us.
Movie Pick: The Immortals, 2011
I have yet to watch this, but it seems fitting for the time when my younglings and I faced those days’ challenges – and challenged them right back!
“He does not fear danger. He fears only the failure to defend his freedom.”
We would have loved seeing this in the theatre back then!
It released 11/11/11, right when we found a new home in time for Thanksgiving.
(Only The Lonely – The Motels)
I got to see her perform at SLO Brew (San Luis Obispo Brewery) on May 1, 2011. The timing was epic. She was fantastic!
“The Ancients”

“Tranquility”

“Playtime”

“Outcropping”

“The Sitting Stone”

“Welcome”

Wealth
While generating income is important, home’s hearth and kinship are given greater priority.
Crucible
The first flush of crossing over the threshhold has been completed in reconnection with select present and past family members to address this final project. Before us now awaits careful navigation through possible snow, rain, and thunderstorms.
Overture
This last evening as I left the Trader Joe’s, I went back and gave $20 from a tip I had received to a homeless man huddlng on the walkway against the building in sleeping bags.
It was fecking COLD outside with snow on the ground, and I called to see how late the men’s shelter was open, asking him to please go there so he could be warm.
But, they had closed their doors for the night – although they would have gifted him with an emergency blanket. Also, he told me that the last time he went to one, he got lice in his hair.
I finally said goodnight to him as he had the basics and seemed to have chosen the lifestyle of his care, but it was difficult to relinquish him to his rut’s advantage.
Pendulum
A friend and I “played” with one, and when I held it, the magnetism from my hand seemed to bind it to stillness to prevent clear response.
I guess whatever “power” that I hold, I do not like messing with the Fates nor indulging in “interference.”
(A Horse With No Name – America)
The Way Home
One must push beyond their limits
To create their own new paradigm.
“Drops Of Snow”

“Our First Snow!”
Athena Stairs, November 6, 2022
Associations
I suddenly began crying while driving, due to the memories coming up with prospective reexposure.
Whether merely coincidence timing, or the angels listening, the rain turned into soft down snowing.
Friends
He took her hands and said, “It’s better this way.”
She replied by saying only, “Thank you for all that you have done for me.”
Altruism
“Don’t change the world…
Don’t change a thing, for me.”
(INXS lyrics reference)
Starseed
Reverting back to her isolated nature, she abdicated expectations and settled into the journey unknown.
“United”

See the diagonals leading to the planet?
It is on the upper right side of the moon.
