Creating Sanctuary

Sweet Mystery...MotherFather God,

Thank You for this day!

Thank You for the safety and sanctuary

of my home, the place where I can

just 'be.'

Thank You for snow days, rain days,

windy days,

where I can hibernate in the

sanctuary of my home fire.

Thank You for bread baking,

cookie making,

soup creating,

book reading,

movie watching,

ancestor searching,

hours, minutes, seconds,

where 'time' no longer exists

and yet...all of time is wrapped up

in those hours, minutes, seconds,

nanno seconds which cross all

dimensions and brings me to

The Present.

The Eternal Gift of You!

I am grateful and thankful for them all!

A'HO!

Okay...so...I've been missing from posting

anything for pretty much a week here.

I have been avoiding Blogger like the

Black Plague, except to read all of your

lovely blogs and to leave a comment

now and then.  I simply haven't wanted

to be on my computer unless it was

used to research or connect spiritually

with other spirits and souls.

I've been busy though...I learned how to

make French Bread from scratch and have

made a total of five loaves so far, some

of which I've given to family and friends.

I've made Split Pea soup, Nestle' Tollhouse

Cookies...ahem...Thanks Robin Larkspur,

a nice pot of Beef Short Ribs with noodles,

Pasties or meat pies as some call them,

and the experience of making pie dough

which turned out very thick and tough, lol.

My Elder Aunt said it was because I

worked the dough too much and didn't

roll it out thin enough.  'Nuff said!

I believe her...I ate the innards

and threw the crust away.

Lesson learned but I won't let that

stop me from trying again, and I'm

thinking maybe a different recipe

might help too?  We shall see.

I've also been busy with beginning

of the year phone interviews

with caseworkers who help me take

care of housing, etc...and I'm

done filling out paper work, making

copies of this and that and mailing

stuff off. 

And then I had to get the income tax

thingy started and am waiting for

some papers back from my landlord

so I can finish that up to get my

return back.  All busy-ness that

drives one to drinking another

cup of coffee to be able to plod

through it all.  Why is life so

darned regimented?

Enough already!

I wanted to share a tidbit with you...

do you remember hearing about

finding King Richard III's bones

in England?

Well, I'm actually a direct descendant

of his...I'm not sure how I feel about that

except to say I wish they would have

left his remains where they laid.

Nothing is sacred anymore...not even

where we rest within Mother Earth.

I'm Richard's Great Grand Niece.

This photo is from my Ancestry tree on

Ancestry.com and I'm surprised how

much the photo looks like the composite

they did of what King Richard may

have looked like.  They are very similar.

King Richard's parents are my 18th

Great Grandparents.  His mother being

Lady Cecily "The Rose of Raby" Neville

who was born in Raby Castle, Durham, England

in 1415 and died in 1495 in Berkhamsted,

Hertfordshire, England. Cecily was the

The Duchess of York.

His father was Sir Richard Plantegenet,

3rd Duke of York, Knight of the Garter,

3rd Earl of Cambridge, and 1st Earl of March.

Now that's a mouthful, lol.

He was born in 1411 in Conisborough Castle,

Conisborough, Yorkshire, England, and died

in 1460 in Wakefield, West Riding, Yorkshire, England.

There is lots of information on the Plantegenet

Family and lots of controversy as well, which

is why I find myself so intrigued and yet filled

with angst too.  I found tons of info on

Wikipedia on my lineage, as I have royal

blood lines on a few sides, which believe me

means nothing except for interesting reading, and

healing generational traumas.

    

This is Sir Richard and Lady Cecily...photos

from my Ancestry site. 

So...that's what I was up to this past

week...digging up bones, cooking at home,

and oh yeah!  I was able to spend some

time with my Beloved Grandson, FireKeeper

too.  We had a nice long chat, while I fed

him some of my homebaked bread and

dish of goulash - he loves Grandma's goulash :)

His sister, Little Grandmother my beautiful

Grandaughter has been sick with a miserable

sore throat and cold and is going to the

doctor this afternoon.  I hope she is well

soon as her birthday is coming up on the 23rd

of this month.  My son's birthday is on Valentine's

Day...so we have a busy birthday month going on.

I've talked your ears off and am now going

to do something productive, like clean my

kitchen area and go through some papers

on my desk and counter to see if I can

shred any.  I'm off and running!

Here's wishing for you, Sunshine

to warm your bones, lift your spirits,

and bring warmth to your little corner

of the Planet.

I love you!

Akasa