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 o...

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, whet...

BLOOD LEAF REEVALUATION Now that Thanksgiving is over, there is a feeling in the air for some of us to hustle and bustle preparing ourselves for the Christmas season. It does somehow lop over each other, particularly when we see Christmas decorations, sales, etc, bombarding our every move, at least in the stores. I am learning to waltz right past them and proceed on with my task at hand. I feel blessed that I have recognized the VALUE of Christmas within my self and for my family in recent years. I have not, however, come to terms with the nonsense out there that others buy for their loved ones. I know it is none of my business and very judgmental of me to even notice others purchases, so I am doing my best to turn the other way and bless them for their ideas and choices. There is an acceleration and a panic, if you will, in some of us that we want to please our friends and family and possibly impress them with our generosity. It seems to me that this is an old pat...

SPIRAL I find it astounding that Thanksgiving is upon us! It has been a year since I moved into the Village and I have experience so many changes since I have arrived that I can scarcely believe I am the same person since a year ago.   I’ve experienced everything in a positive way as far as living here, with so much support, communication, interests and accomplishments. Other ‘happenings’ have happened that I was not prepared for but that is the way of LIFE. I am learning how to deal with them, but not without the help of many different people. I first heard this term in a movie called 'The Spiral Road' with Burl Ives and I have never forgotten it. I is a lesson that has urged me on many times. SPIRAL ROAD Each ‘happening’ is not the same, or at least not in the same place. When LIFE comes around again, such as holidays, we are not in the same place as last time. We each travel around ‘the sun’ so to speak, at a higher level, we actually SPIRAL upward a...

DANCING GINGER ANNIVERSARIES There are many, many different occasions in which we celebrate ANNIVERSARIES. The most frequent and regular occasions are birthdays, weddings, graduations, moving from place to place or even job to jobs. There can even be occasions when baby losing her first tooth, my guinea pig died, I got my first puppy . . . who knows how many ways of celebrating festive moments. It is a time for each of us to remember some significant, meaningful event that brings back memories of ACCOMPLISHMENT. I will celebrate my move to the Village on November 5 (2017). It hardly seems possible that it is a year ago that my family, friends and I gathered my belongings and moved into my apartment. I was so excited and satisfied with the new abode in every way and I still am. ANNIVERSARIES are milestones that should be celebrated because of all the work and effort that we put forth to make something significant happen. It is not to be taken lightly. Many events, goo...

Chlordendrum IMAGINATION Definition: The act or power of forming mental images of what is not present. The act or power of creating new ideas by combining previous experiences. The ability to understand the Imaginative creativity of others. Resourcefulness. When I was a little girl, I used my IMAGINATION to be a mother, a school teacher, a cow girl and probably many more fascinating characters I realize now, that my IMAGINATION is what inspired me in so many ways without my even knowing it. I definitely remember looking at clouds and IMAGINING ever so many shapes of animals, flowers, and who knows what else. When I wanted something I would IMAGINE it and many times it would appear, whether it was a new doll, a new dress, skates, doll furniture, whatever. When I moved from California to Gainesville, I IMAGINED my house being a certain, size, filled with all the things I wanted to live with. I IMAGINED my garden being filled with my favorite plants and it turn...