Julanne's Village Jewels

                                                                                 PEARL FLOWERS PEARLS At times, when I have been walking and suddenly felt a pebble in my shoe or a pricker from a plant poking me, it's IRRITATING! I'm sure you have had similar experiences. Today for some reason I thought about an oyster doing whatever he does in order to produce a PEARL! It is such a peculiar thing to contemplate, an oyster producing an exquisite PEARL as a result of some irritant that has gotten embedded into their body. I find it fascinating how, in life, there can be irritants  or foreign matter that gets inside or outside any and maybe all, living creatures; beetles inside trees, forest fires, worms inside animals, germs inside of humans, and on and on. These irritants or disturbances, to say the least, can maim, harm or kill whatever its prey is. This is  the process of NATURE; but look  what comes of these beasts that irritate! In the case of the oyster, a small bit of some

                                                                                                COLEUS  BRIMMING  BRIMMING . . . This odd little word just came to me and so I thought I would explore it. Usually, BRIM means the edge of a glass or the edge of a hat, BRIM. I was thinking of it in terms of POSSIBILITIES about to occur, for instance 'I was BRIMMING' with ideas or OVERFLOWING with goodness. It feels like the word BRIMMING is effervescence, enthusiasm, excitement! It definitely exudes UPLIFTMENT to me, kind of like fireworks or bubbling beverages!  What are some thoughts or experiences that make you feel BRIMMING? As LIFE moves onward, we need to have something  that makes us feel BRIMMING. For me, recently it is the interest and enthusiasm for learning about how to take care of myself. I have been NOTICING that as I'm getting older, it could be so easy  to fall into the mind set or rut of slowing down too much, particularly in my mind and becoming bored or down.

                                                                               MORNING GLORY DELIGHT I love  this word, DELIGHT! It is so fresh, so inviting, no matter what it is; like that first bite of a delicious sorbet or the first sip of a fresh cup of coffee or tea, the first bite of a delicious strawberry! The sensation lingers in your mouth, in your nose, in your memory to remind us of the pleasures in life. The same with reading or experiencing anything that DELIGHTS  us. I had this experience this week when I started a book called, "The Natural World of Winnie the Pooh" by Kathryn Aalto. I had just finished a book about the author of Winnie the Pooh, A.A. Milne. It was a complete DELIGHT and made me interested in re-reading Winnie the Pooh! Well . . . I was captivated from the beginning and spent the next precious moments giggling like a little girl. What an imagination he had and what a joy it must have been to write about all the adventures. Each one is based on h

                                                                                                BUTTERFLY ON ROSE MOTHERS It is that lovely time of year to celebrate MOTHERS, our very own MOTHER and grandmothers and that of MOTHER EARTH. I get a warm, loving feeling when I think of MOTHERS Day. I had a very loving and very caring mother. My memories of her are special and precious to me because of her love, guidance and nurturing. I'm aware that not everyone had a loving mother and I'm sorry about that. Who ever and where ever they are I know in my heart they wanted to be a loving mother but for whatever reason, they just couldn't. that is very sad.I hope that there was a person in your life who you felt close to and shared good memories.  It seems as I get older I have met women who have cared for me and guided me very kindly and given me a feeling of being cared for so beautifully. My favorite description of any person, male or female is LIVING KINDNESS. It fills the whol

                                                                                 MOUNTAIN LAKE AWAKENING I have been on a journey the last 9 days that has taken me to a new AWARENESS of myself and the precious MOTHER EARTH. It is called The Food Revolution Summit. I listened to 24 brilliant doctors and scientists talk about the foods that we eat, the sources from where they come and the effects food has on our bodies, our life style AND our planet! It was  a complete REVOLUTION for me. It encompassed the CAUSE and EFFECT of every choice we make to maintain health and well being (or not.)  It was going to a high consciousness class where profound information was forthcoming from every word spoken. I was very happy to learn that I am taking care of myself in a very positive way. I learned by tweaking  a few foods I can be doing positive and great things for my body AND the planet. One of the most disturbing realizations I had during the Summit was the truth being revealed of the cruelty