Gabriella Cimli - more please

 Did you ever accidentally stumble on to music that just does it for you? 

I have experienced that a few times.

Recently I found Gabriella Cilmi. She's not new but she is new to me. And that is the best way because then you have a backlog to make your way through instead of waiting on pins and needles for something new to drop.

This is my favorite song so far:

Sweet About Me by Gabriella Cimli

ENJOY!!!

Outsidey Person, That's Me

 I recently read an unattributed quote comparing 'outdoorsy' to 'outsidey'.

I am definitely outsidey. 

There were three situations and I resonated with outsidey each time:

I would rather see mountains from a roadside viewpoint than from walking to the top and running into creatures which I love in theory but am not anxious to encounter in the wild.

I love to eat outside - on a restaurant patio - not on a blanket somewhere battling ants and such.

I can enjoy sitting next to a fire in the woods - on my camp / beach chair. When it's time to sleep, though, I want to leave the woods & be comfortable in bed at home or in a hotel.

See - outsidey - that's me.

 Wide Open Spaces by The Chicks

staying in is the new going out - Happy 2024

 

Liz, Cooper & I stayed in. 

We ate popcorn & watched Dr Who.

The last episode we watched was a re-watch of Matt Smith taking Vincent Van Gogh into the future so he could see how loved he became.

I cried as usual. 

Otherwise it was a pleasant send off of 2023 & a good start for 2024!

Peace & fun to you & yours in the coming year!

Happy holidays & forget the Who's in Whoville - there's a new Dr Who

 

Ncuti Gatwa

His name is pronounced shootie got wa. He is a Rwandan Scottish actor and for a brief period I thought we were going to have a Dr in a kilt. Alas no such luck.

Still - Ncuti is a cutie and I am enjoying him as the doctor so far!

So happy holidays y'all!

Lindsey Stirling - Master of Tides - one of my favorite musical things that I found in 2023...

Hot Pockets - and not the good kind

 

In working with my accountability partner I recognized that I have inside myself - hot pockets of resistance - to certain things that are good for me.

One of my personality quirks is - when I label something it starts to reveal itself. 

So I'm expecting hot pockets of resistance to reveal themselves to me in the future.

And my mind will scream & yell when I try to examine them. The questions I am going to ask are - what are they? What purpose are they serving? If they are not serving my growing into the person I want to be - how do I deal with them or get around them?

I'm not going to look for their origin because the origin of most such things is the same and knowing it doesn't change it. It just makes me angry mad woman.

Fuck that. 

Fresh from the framer...

 Here's an instagram link to my painting back from Uncle Larry who framed it for me.

Thanks again to the artist who painted it and gave it to me for my birthday: Tadeusz Deregowski.

Upcoming holidays remind me of this youtube video featuring the Muppets version of Carol of the Bells - enjoy!

Happy Day!!!