Julanne's Village Jewels

                                                                                         INSPIRATION One of the biggest pleasures in my life is seeing/watching an EGRET! I absolutely love everything about them, their shape, shade of white, actions, ease, beauty. More and more I appreciate the BEAUTY and BOUNTY of the outdoors, especially around Gin Lake! There is always a scene to behold, like a new family of baby ducks, which are too cute & oh, so fluffy! I love the way I'm INSPIRED, positively thrilled by sights that are sometimes almost hidden . . . except something sweet catches my eye and there I am. . .  smitten ! In a way I feel like I'm "sluffing" off old interests and have to's and picking up some child like ...

                                                                                           CHANGE Have you ever watched the waves crashing against the rocks, or a sun set before your very eyes, or a child grow from birthday to birthday and marveled at the sight of CHANGE happening automatically or without any human help? It truly is phenomenal! A wonder to behold! There are a great deal of CHANGES that happen everywhere without our even being AWARE of any movement whatsoever! Take our body for instance. I'm always in awe of the workings of the human (or animal) bodily functioning.  Even the workings of NATURE, with its moment to moment changes happening constantly! With these CHANGES, LIFE becomes more and more compl...

NEW INSIGHTS  Greetings Friends! It has been awhile since I have written, December 20,2022 to be exact. A plethora ( great deal ) of experiences have come my way since December, one of which was getting Covid and being quite sick and certainly lethargic. I also still can't taste my food fully! I have 'written' many blogs in my mind but that's as far as they went. It has been a very uncomfortable time for me, both physically and mentally and so I realized that I 'just needed to write something ! I receive a writing called The Marginalian two times a week on my phone that offers amazing articles about artists, primarily and writers, usually ones who wrote many decades ago and who are all brilliant, and inspiring. Something moved me to write today, even a small note to express myself and to communicate with you all that I still care and want to connect again.   Since I have not felt myself for some time I'm AWARE more than ever of o...