Julanne's Village Jewels

                                                                             NUN'S   ORCHID CURIOUSITY I'm NOTICING  my thoughts lately about aspects of life that interest me, that of NATURE, PERSONALITIES, THE MIND, to name a few. There's so much  to notice  and understand if we're in a place to open  up to and pursue some answers. I am so grateful I love doing this and I feel my life is fuller and even more mysterious than ever. When I go for a walk, I sometimes forget where I am or what I'm doing because I'm so busy gawking around to PAY ATTENTION to everything. Nature is the most fascinating to me and I certainly understand and appreciate the vastness of even a tree . . .When something is especially beautiful or unusual, I feel like I'm almost falling in love  or close at least . . . Often, I feel my breath being taken away! I do a little RESEARCH about certain things, but I realize when I see something in NATURE that is ephemeral, present & then gon

                                                                            WREN BALANCING Look at this little darling!! The WREN, probably the one that sings outside my bedroom window! She is as CONSISTENT as they come! I imagine she's the very same one that comes every year to serenade me so sweetly. She's like a loyal puppy dog! Oh to be that BALANCED! I am writing this in an attempt to shift my consciousness to something more creative and uplifting than from thoughts and feelings I have had the last few days. There is nothing really  wrong. . . just a slippage in PERSPECTIVE. It is not serious but it does involve CHANGE  that is uncomfortable. I can be the first to cheer for change but when it is acute, it hurts a bit because it means being vulnerable . . . At least this time I know what is going on and I can meet it head on! That is what comes of being DETERMINED not  to give in to the temptation of defeat! I know how to become very still, listen to music, write, breathe,