Looking through a different pair of eyes.........

I just finished the BEST chicken salad I have ever personally made.........smile. A perfect capper to a rather perfect day...........at least a perfect for ME.

I am more than 1/2 way through the manuscript. For those of you who have been following along with my idle daily ramblings, I have promised MYSELF that I will submit a 25,000 word manuscript to this publishing house by June 1st. It is actually getting easier now that I know how it will all end. Of course, you will have to simply wait for it to arrive. Oh, and by the way, it is not the usual "inspirational" type of fare that you may be used to. Hmmmmm, now that I think about it, it is still inspirational but inspirational in a different kind of way.......grin.

Anyway, I'll share it with those of you who are really interested in reading a bit of erotic literature...........YIKES...........yes erotic literature. Classy but definitely "moving" if you know what I mean. I must admit that it does add a little extra zing to my days. And it is different in that it doesn't exactly just flow. I have to get an idea first and then allow it to roll which is different than opening to Spirit and channelling whatever Source has in mind. But then again, perhaps MY source is channelling THIS through me too. COOL......

Got to spend the day with two young married folks.........well they are not exactly YOUNG but they certainly act like it. They are coming up to their 53'rd wedding anniversary......I KID YOU NOT and they still giggle and hold hands. They are a couple in love with the other. Sigh.......

I asked if they had ever had a period in their life when they had contemplated leaving the relationship. Joe said not until last week when HER stupid son did another STUPID thing. WE all laughed. We were laying on our favourite beach and she had her head in his lap as he stroked her face. I mean these two are 75 and 76 respectively. What a day for me.......it was great. Knowing that it is possible to keep the love alive through it all.

Tomorrow night I am having dinner with another incredible couple who are 70 and 80 respectiviely. She - the 80 year old - danced on the stage with Mickael Barishnikov - in PARIS no less - back in the day and still teaches modern dance at her old University and founded the Kauai Modern Dance Academy here on our little island. Amazing. He is a wonderful gentle Soul who could pass for a Shamanic Pipe Carrier with all this thick wavy gray hair almost down to his waist. I love them all dearly.

This island is a very special place and today I actually considered the possibility of being here a few months every year. Hadn't really seriously entertained the idea before but I would have a number of different housing options and the work is received quite well AND writing in the morning and then being rewarded with the afternoon at the beach is very enticing.

As I sit here writing, I realize that I am once again ready to go back to Vancouver....HEY, I just wrote Vancouver for the first time in ages without mistyping it. Must be time to go home. When I lived here, I kept thinking that I had to get back but time and time again, it didn't happen. This 3 weeks and a bit were the perfect time for me and I thank Spirit for prodding me along to actually walk into that travel agency and say to them all.....

I NEED A VACATION
GOTTA GET AWAY............You all know that tune.

Someone asked me today how my vacation had gone and I said that it didn't actually feel like a vacation. It felt more like I had taken my life and moved it somewhere else for a while......to get a new perspective on life, love and the pursuit of happiness and, when I look at it that way, the vacation has gone really well.

Blessings and Aloha

still here but feeling THERE

Have found myself connecting with Vancouver very strongly this morning. Getting things organized for next weeks classes and circles and talking to many with whom I have not communicated with for quite some time. But still feel like I am very much HERE while also being THERE. Interesting........

This morning started out with blazing sun but it is looking a little sketchy out there right now with a lot of cloud cover rolling across the sky BUT I will not allow myself to think about it as with the trades blowing constantly, the sky is constantly shifting as am I.

Yes, shifting. Constantly it would appear but, today it just feels right.

Keeping this short as other writings are calling to me and if time permits I will check back in with you all later.

Blessings and Aloha