Morning Thoughts...

Beloved Creator, Sweet MotherFather God,

Thank You for this day!

Thank You for another year to celebrate

my Birthday...another year to celebrate,

and be in vibration with the dreams

and visions of a man that helped to

shape the visions of America...

Martin Luther King, Jr.

and whose Birthday we also recognize

and celebrate nation wide, whom all

peoples should honor, for he helped

teach us the beautiful lesson of

tolerance and diversity as well as peace

among races.  Brother King I salute you!

I thank you Sweet Mystery for another

day to witness the Inauguration of a

President whose core values are my own.

I thank you for being able to live in a nation

where I am able to voice my thoughts

and opinions freely, and live just the same.

Bless this man, our President, Barack Obama

who leads our nation for another four years.

Bless his family as well Dear Lord and Lady.

I thank you for children who spent time

visiting with me on my Birthday...for the laughter

we shared and the love.  Bless them on

their journeys please.

I thank you for Dear Friends who called

and wrote to me...Bless them too!

I thank you for this crisp, cold air that has

arrived...may it kill off some of the bacteria

that carries the flu, and other things

that inhibit our bodies from being their

optimal best.

I thank you for the quiet times of the past

few days as I've rested in the knowledge

I've lived for 60 years now, where I go from here,

for the time I spent making great pots of

love to eat and bread to break, and the

plants and animals who sacrificed their life

so that I might eat.

I Thank You for Life

Sweet Mystery...

all of it.

A'HO!

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It's a very, very cold and brisky morning

here in Southern Wisconsin...I took

the trash out a few minutes ago dressed in

just my nightgown and robe and brrrrrr!

It will be another day of hibernation for me!

It is well below zero and with the wind chill

I'm sure it is deep freeze stuff.  I haven't actually

seen the weather report this morning but

last evening they said we'd be -14 below

over night.  I feel sorry for all the people

who have to work out in this kind of

weather as well as kids going to and from

school...egads!  Oh!  They just said it is -12

with the wind chill, and just -2 degrees,

and tomorrow a high of 10 so there you have it.

I had a very nice birthday...my kids dropped

in at different times to visit and chat

and much laughter was shared.

I received phone calls from long time

friends and even someone singing to me, lol.

I spent the day reading blogs, reading books,

watching movies, fixing a big pot of love soup...

a New England Boiled Dinner, and

homemade Artisan Bread and doing a few

other things too.  It was a nice, easy day.

So now I'm off to visit with all of you,

to do up a few dishes, vacuum, pack another

box up and take a nap.  I can feel

Grandmother Moon working her magic

on me as I've not been able to sleep

well the past two nights.  I was up

at a quarter to 3 early this morning

watching I Love Lucy on Hallmark

channel and giggling at her foibles.

That woman was soooo funny!

Oh!  By the way...I heard this morning

that Google is going to be moving away

from Password protected accounts...

I'm not sure what that means exactly,

but I'm not comfortable with it...

I have to do a bit of research on

just what that will mean.  Have any

of you heard anything?

Hope this finds all of you in good health

and spirit and that life is being kind

to you....

Have a great day and know that you

are loved by me!

Akasa

P.S.  I had to share this video of James Taylor

singing America The Beautiful....

I cried while he sang this song.

I love James Taylor as well as this song...and

have for many years.