delicious whole grain pancakes

mix whole grain pancake mix with water, use a mix to water ratio that produces a consistency that pleases you. add one - two over riped mashed bananas.

heat up in a skillet/pan, a Tsp. of coconut oil.

add quarter a handful of frozen blue berries and cranberries, and some pumpkin seeds. heat 'em up in the skillet on med-high.

add 1/2 cup batter, sprinkle with pumpkin seeds and a Tsp of brown sugar. cover with lid. wait i guess 3-5 minutes. to cook through.

flip pancake.
add anotha tsp of brown sugar
cova.

wait. 3 min or so.

serve up.
eat.



smells devine. tastes devine. the seeds taste great when they're covered a bit in the brown sugar and have been cooked up a little in the coconut oil. for those of us who aren't into coconut, i think grapeseed or flax oil could work well.

it's easy to get stuck
find myself in a rut.

so i ask myself
what's the point?

what am i after
today?

what's going on
and what can i do
today?

moments of reflection
sparks of brilliance
and then deciding
and moving forward with the preparations necessary
to ensure i'm having a real good time.





yeah.




am i going to do it
or am i going to try?


either way
failure's impossible
when you're clear on the what when how where and why.

:p




either way
failure's impossible
when you're clear

:)






words of the day:
effort, effortless





may the day come
(this day, today and happily ever aft)
when my work is effortless
and i flourish
and thrive
within set ups that rock yo'.



"true love is hard to find"
on the jukebox

nah. don't embrace that point of view. how would that serve me?
lol.
:]

it don't
so i won't.

meaningful dialogue yo'.


shrugs.



perspectives
and forgiveness.
adjust and go your way
what's it going to be today?
and yesterday?
how about tomorrow?
let's focus on today.


"send me on my way" rusted root on the jukebox.




it's not just about creating art. it's about creating a life. that rocks. a life of my own that i can say hey this is great instead of man that hurts. days and nights where 'm like, oh wow. this is frickin' beautiful or wow that's amazin'. and why not? we're all creators with immense powers of our own. to do whatever it is we please.

art is life. life is art.
and i
well i
i chose a life without strife.




thank you very much.




we live in the most frickin' amazin' ... um
someone already said that.
painting.

vibrant dynamic beautiful
albeit at times
frickin' dull or painful.


walk away.....

i'm workin' on that yo'.





what's important?
meaningful exchange.
value
satisfaction at high ... the highest levels... yo. and why not? who's to say no? it's your life. you're the creator.


it's my life.
i'm a creator!


:)


"send me on my way" on the jukebox.




we're all creators.



experiences are more meaningful to me ... than almost anything. top of mind yo'.



and when they're delicious, amazin' and so on. well, how can i not help but want to find a way to continue? again and again and again.




do what you love
decide
set the parameters
and give it time.


huh.



give it time?




takes a bit of effort you know.


how about effortlessly?


as in learning seeing hearing
what we do inherently
that's of value
of merit
gifts
talents
abilities
that we maybe take for granted.




what am i seeking?
today?


um.



the intention sets the direction
that your energy travels
that you travel
your mind
your eyes
your destinations
your flights.




let your imagination go
see where it flows.



after 6 years, i'm finally free of the fear
and enjoy where my imagination takes me.

so long as the set up at home rocks yo'


it's all good
just like the way it could and should
with a bit of effort and adjustments

maybe even great.
yeah.


takes strength
a bit of courage

um but not a tremendous amount
just a little
and some helping hands
to get you to where you've decided to go.

lot's of love

& some important decisions yo'




oh man lol why do i flow so?


cause my mom told me
flow child flow
and my mentor too
go with the flow child go


shrugs :)




full ownership here yo'



advice taken and in the taken makin'
a life of my own




hey o


lol



"send me on my way"
rusted root on the jukebox. (itunes yo')


"i would like to reach out my hand .."

i love this song.









images off my site.




we move so quickly
we don't see it
we don't get it
we don't even know it
let alone understand it.







but it's there
and it's amazin'


and i'm
in a good place yo'.






and it's getting better every day.




it's the decisions yo'... they're a killer.


yeah.

how do i know if i'm standing on solid ground?
how do i know whether to sit stand still or fun
i mean, run.

ah yup.


left right
who knows
either way
one thing i know is
i'm not here to fight.


nor am i intersted in stirring up trouble
nor causing any fright


just here to be
see
what it means to be me free
from ties that bind and demons that haunt

lol

i've been workin' at this for a frickin' long time.
close to 10 now.
since i said those words to my mum
and then asked myself
"what the hell are you talkin about?"

don't know.
never do.
just flow yo'.

lol.
that's changing



so now
i'm gonna go out and get me some.

huh?

lol.


hey pay no attention to he
he's just talkin crazy.


lol.



shrugs :)



life yo'.

experiences that amaze. delight. inspire! uplift!

a life set up that rocks and that i can trust to nourish me
so that i can move beyond survival and thrive and flourish


yo'.



the brilliance
the genius
so right there
and
then it slips away


so frickin' quickly

cause i keep forgettin
i have no idea who i am


lol.


who am i
where am i
how am i
what am i
why am i



dimensions
perspectives
yo




i'm human
a product of society civilization and something else....
i'm um
something natural.




enigmatic
eccentric

an artist who's seeking to support herself through her art.
not so hard to do, i've been told
just get so frickin distracted. lol.


right.
it's no laughin' matter
:/


i've been working at it.

best way i know how to do it
is to have fun and play

takes
getting used to
you know?


not something i learned in school


in school it was all about paying attention
and striving for the As


what for?
was what i silently decided long ago.





it's a question
that evolved into a depression
without my even knowing
until one day
i realized
and thought
and sighed.

and then one day
i thought hey, the question could be construed as um,
a glimmer of hope
no need for a rope today
lol
:\
right.
it's not a joking matter.
don't even know what i'm after.
half the time.

just a set up that rocks
life yo'
mf life.



and then one day i thought
what's the point
could be a guiding light
something that would help me get away from the sighs
from the strife


today?
what's the point for me means
opportunity
expansion growth
simplification
exploration


and life gets better all the time
increasingly as i get clearer of what i'm afta and what i hold dear

the play
fully satisfied today
and tomorrow
it's all i ask
forever.


with a big frickin' smile on my face.
and pleasure in my heart.



flow yo'


so many topics to explore.


but what is it i adore?

give me a sec
and i'll tell you .....




the wind
the sky
smiles
laughter too

experiences that bond you to joy.

health and prosperity too
without being the property of someone or thing.


freedom yo'
and the ability to live it exceedingly and exceptionally, consistently and constantly, enjoyably too for sure,
well.

circa 2004.


i stopped painting acrylics after deciding slaving away for hours on end was no fun. in life, you don't get that option. there's no, um, "getting off this frickin' merry go round."

so you go, you flow and sometimes you just do what you're told. and then one day you realize, you can jump off. takes a while for the spinning to stop.


it's worth a scrapped knee or a slightly twisted ankle. by the way.

gauge the speed and distance, with lots of care and a little daring ... and i think you should be fine jumping off. but don't take my word for it.


what am i talking about?

nothing at all.



today.

the albina press on albina, ne portland.

"she's got everything she needs, she's an artist she don't look back"

lol


"she can take the dark out of the nighttime, and paint the daytime black."

not!


"you will start out standing, proud to steal her anything she needs"

no stealin' necessary, pulease

"but you'll end up peeking through a key hold down on your knees"

aw.

um, i don't think i get that.


"she never stumbles, she's got no place to fall."

yeah.



lol.




i've been entertaining myself for far too long for this not to start being lots of fun


"she wears an egyptian that sparkles before she speaks"

cool.


"bow down to her on sunday, salut her when her birthday comes"

aw, come on
:D
lol.

(it's oct 3rd btw)


She Don't Look Back, by Bob Dylan
on the jukebox