Julanne's Village Jewels

BLUE SKY VINE VULNERABILITY I’m discovering that there are a great many moods I have everyday. Sometimes I’m very peaceful, full of positive energy, open, imaginative and resourceful. I am excited about different aspects of my life and grounded. There are other times my moods I may feel lethargic, anxious, uncertain, ungrounded, lazy, VULNERABLE and panicky. Sometimes I feel more than one mood each day. Now here is a word that can make us feel, well VULNERABLE, meaning, self conscious, embarrassed, a ‘target’, hurt, criticized, fearful, anxious, confused, etc. I came across this word a week or so ago and can’t stop thinking about it’s meaning and ramifications. Ever since October, when I cut my leg on my garden bed, then fell in my apartment in February, I have felt VULNERABLE. I’m very careful (even more than before) of where and how I walk, actually do everything ! It is an unsettling feeling but I feel I have no choice any more. I INTEND to stay healthy an

CYCLES I’m sure we are all AWARE of CYCLES. The most familiar one probably is the CYCLES of the moon. As young women, our ‘monthly’ CYCLES. Have you ever NOTICED that we have and are in CYCLES everyday? I feel different i n the morning than the afternoon. I can feel a shift happening from one day to the next . . .from one year to the next. It is part of the ‘Universal Happening’ everywhere. I recently watched a documentary called the Planet Earth showing 4 major areas in the world and how they all are so different from one another. However, they are the same in regards to each living creature needing to eat in order to survive. It was fascinating to see the myriad of creatures, colors, environments and landscapes. The CYCLES of LIFE move and change with each day, really. Notice how the sun shines on something and the next day or two, it shines at a slightly different ‘slant’. I love to watch the shadow in my bedroom showing a silhouette of a fern plant on the wall. I

NUN'S ORCHID PERSEVERENCE This powerful word PERSEVERENCE, reminds me of what each one of us does in one form or another, every day. AH, we are RELENTLESS in some areas of our life and LET GO of other less IMPORTANT activities and endeavors, hard as that may be.  It truly is the pattern of life. I have become TENACIOUS with my stretching and exercising every day. I have no other way of living my life if I want to proceed onward with activities. After my fall 5 weeks ago I started this regime daily and actually became discouraged at times. It seemed that I could feel no difference in the areas of strength and flexibility. In the last week I have NOTICED some change and my physical therapist said I had improved considerably. So! That is good news! It does pay off to PERSEVER in any endeavor , otherwise ‘it’ all goes downhill from here! Anything that we are PERSEVERING about is not easy. Maybe that is what makes it so valuable. After all, easy activities are

WREN'S EGGS SOMETHING SOMETHING is such a wonderful vague word. It could mean a thousand different things (another vague word) depending on the context. . . . SOMETHING is, SOMETHING was, SOMETHING will be. . .   Whoever knows? It reminds me of a mystery word that sets us buzzing. I hadn’t thought much about that word SOMETHING until I saw a most uplifting movie called “Christopher Robin”. Yes, of the Winnie the Pooh gang. It was sheer delight! Christopher Robin has grown up, with a wife and daughter, working for a sinking luggage company. Through misadventures he connects again with the ‘friends’ of old in the hundred acre wood. The ‘friends’ are most adorable, like stuffed animals that move and talk.   A real treasure! Winnie the Pooh has many wonderful sayings, one of which is : Doing NOTHING often leads to The very best of SOMETHING. Now isn’t that just like him? So simple, so clever, so TRUE! I love this little guy and all his friends who are

WHITE DOGWOOD CONVENIENCES You might know (or not) that I fell 3 weeks ago in my living room. I wasn’t injured, just a bit shaken up. I spent 2 days in the hospital that was a ‘trip’ in itself. I am managing taking care of myself quite well and very gratefully so. I was also told that the vertigo or ? could happen again. I was informed of ways to keep my health steady and strong, such as drink more WATER, EAT, GET PLENTY OF SLEEP. All of these we should do anyway! However there are a few things, I have taken for granted that are beginning to creep up on me. It is amazing to me the small, seeming uncomplicated activities I’ve enjoyed and so taken for granted. I now walk with a walker, which is a stable vehicle for me. I also am about to purchase a shower chair so I won’t slip. I choose special events that appeal to me very selectively. I’m so aware of others that have more situations in their life that makes life even more of a challenge. My biggest challenge at the m