I get rebooted in yesterday’s  lightning flash

Yesterday I arrived home just as it began to pour rain and I was happy for a garage to drive into.  As I looked into the back yard, a sudden flash of lightning and thunder startled me.  The lightning was so bright that it whited out the entire backyard. That let me know it hit close.  I found my internet, cable and land line phone lines were down. Brighthouse arrived 36 hours later and he first wanted to find the amplifier that sent a signal to his equipment, which should be, he said, a cable connection that is plugged into an electrical outlet. We looked at every outlet in the house and couldn’t find one. Then at the cable box outside he found a splitter looking thing  that he says is typically attached to an amplifier, and that it had gone bad.  It looked, he said, as though a technician prior to him didn’t have the correct device on his truck when he came out and replaced it using this one, then the tech didn’t alert the office that it needed to be swapped out.  It was coincidence that it went bad right after the lightning strike and that was the cause of my internet, cable and phone going down.  Continue reading →

This is how I kill my own buzz: I feel all creative and reach for my sketch pad. Then I reason that I should sketch on canvas or watercolor paper instead, just in case it turns out well. Then I have to use the canvas vertically in case I end up wanting to use the art for a mag cover, which means leaving room at the top to overlay the masthead. All I wanted to do was doodle! Note to self: Don’t let the sound of your own wheels make you crazy.

A new advertiser once wrote: “I want a refund, I never got 1 call, I will file a claim if u don’t refund, this is outright blackmail, I want my money back, never got any customers. Pls refund.”   The ad she paid for was in the magazine that had been on the street 4 days. She got confused with the timeline since we spoke 30 days previous. Clearly she thought her ad had been out a month or more, instead of just 4 days.  I wasn’t upset at her note since everyone responds according to their past experience.  I wrote, “I can see you’re upset. You’re just confused about the timeline. I can tell by your words that you’ve been taken advantage of before.  Our emails in chronological order are below, explaining what you were paying for.   If you read our emails, you will see that it is just a misunderstanding. In 22 years I’ve never had a complaint lodged. I promise you I do business ethically.  I do not take your words personally because clearly you have had bad experience in the past.”

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Here’s the acrylic underpainting I’ve begun for a series I have of out of body, astral flight sketches. It will be fun revisiting the imagery as I paint the scene. I find paintings are like pancakes: you have to throw out the first thousand, so to get back in the swing, I’m painting from a bunch of old sketches and whatever comes to mind.  The thing about painting is not what ends up appearing on the canvas, but what comes to mind as I view and work on the imagery. Each sketch represents an image I can bring to mind and relive. In the re-living of it, inner guidance prompts me with additional insights about the situation. Sketching and painting inspire me in my meditation/contemplation practice. I seldom have music on, as I welcome what arises out of my own consciousness.  I did the series of out of body sketches in 2007 after I’d been doing the Monroe Institute work.  I wrote about it here –> The Haunted Chair, De-Activating Thoughtforms, Journeys Out Of The Body, The Monroe Institute Gateway Voyage.  This shows the moon with an owl to the left and the astral form to the right, rising out of the bedroom, through the roof while the physical form continues to sleep.  I look at the image here and laugh, since I know you see something very different than I see.  I used to think I was unique in that, as ego wants to be unique and different! In truth, we all see things just a little bit differently and, in that, we’re all more alike than not. I’ll keep you posted.

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Evolution of Pele

A friend has gotten themselves in a pickle. They’ve been diagnosed with an STD (sexually transmitted disease) and don’t know how to tell their mate. I do readings for the mate and two other people they have sex with. I also do readings for the mate’s new lover. No one knows I know the others — that I know of. My work is confidential, so it’s not my place to interfere or tell anyone.  Karmically, do I let disease go unreported? A friend wrote, “One choice causes sickness that can be sent out to a huge web. The other causes a feeling of betrayal. Feelings pass and life is not lived without them.” I know if I’m supposed to do something, if its my place to do anything, Spirit will give me the compelling urge and the means to do it. Having done readings for 40 years, my observation is it is the rare individual who is not having sex with their friends, employers, employees, co-workers, pastor, parishioners, utility servicemen. Not kidding.   I asked the friend to call me by end of today Sunday for an update.  In the meantime, all involved (including me!) are on the prayer bench, to know what to do at the proper time.  I make no judgment on lifestyle choices, but keep it safe, please.