Julanne's Village Jewels

SUNSET ENDINGS GREETINGS EVERYONE! It feels like an age since I wrote my blog, two weeks, to be exact! I could not get on the internet, finally woke up and called ATT & got new password, who knew? I did write a blog last week. It was PRESENTS. When we give PRESENTS, give our PRESENCE too. I have been in a quiet mood during the holidays, thinking about this year, many other things. NOTICING how everything CHANGES new experiences, LETTING GO of old DESIRES, ATTITUDES, HABITS and THINGS. My, but it does feel good. I’m very AWARE how different my life is here at the VILLAGE. Life is much easier without the responsibilities I had before ( and I wasn’t even working)! So many services here to make all our lives easier and more pleasant.   I have let go of are my herb garden. After hurting my leg last October, I just lost the interest, besides the dreadful heat. It was easy, actually, to LET IT GO. I was surprised. It shows me that when something is over it is over!

MUSICAL NOTES MEANING In the midst of all the holiday kerfuffle, it is a wise attitude to be AWARE of what we do, where we go, how we spend money, doing what we want and how we feel about everything, These should be foremost in our minds. One of the sweetest experiences I’ve had was a ballet recital of young girls, ages 8 to 16, from a ballet school in Gainesville. There were 4 or 5 different groups, depending on their size and ability, dressed in adorable holiday costumes, floating across the ‘stage’ in a most delightful way. Everybody raved and everybody had fun, especially the girls and their families and the audience. In the afternoon, I played bingo! These are the type of entertainment I love. They have real MEANING for me. Some love large gatherings, cruises, shopping sprees and the like. It is good there is such a variety. There is another kind of MEANING, I feel I must mention. This time of year especially, there are people who are preyed upon, scamme

CLOUDS LOOKING One of my favorite early morning activities is to sit in my rocking chair in my living and watch the movement of the clouds.   It doesn’t matter if they are gray and not moving or if they are whips floating across the sky. One morning I saw 2 planes leaving a trail of ‘white’ while flying so fast it was like a pin point pulling the stream.   Quite remarkable, really. Today I watched low gray clouds moving rapidly with blue sky and silver lined clouds above. They were radiant and an instant reminder of the TRUTH about what is real, or at least what to LOOK for. LOOKING, really LOOKING is the most profound, deepening activity one can do. I’m learning to LOOK much more closely at everything . . . especially whatever I see in NATURE. EVERY place I LOOK, whether it is at the lake here at the VILLAGE, passing a tree, shrubs, flowers, soil, is a WONDER to behold. I could go on and on about the wonders of NATURE and all its magnificence and beauty, whether it be