Well, Jack Frost has blown into Dodge, bringing with him his entourage of Friendly Fairly Frosted Flakes; commencing the official start of Ole Man Winter here in the NorthEast.
I must say it is quite invigorating.

The cold.
The darkness.
The Still Sky of Orion.
The Burning warm Sun on the Horizon.

A Time to reflect on how we spent the Year gone by.
A Time to embrace the Loved Ones we have and have lost.
A Breath of Life...in between,... the constant motion of Living.

And in these moments
I reMember
All the trivial decisions
The temporary problems
The ever fleeting crisis
The "Now whats?"
and have tos....
The worries and anxieties
the hopes and joys
The tools and toys
the Hi's and sighs
The Days gone by....

THe hands of Friends
The faces of Strangers
The Long nights Wondering
The Long Days of Work
and all the Moments tucked in between
The Breath.

IT is days like these I reMember mySelf to Humanity.
A humbling inflection I relish like Mustard.

A Day to reMember
All that makes You feel

Thank You John Lennon
And in Your absence, have made me reMember to keep my helmet on and stay in the Game.



Chahlie

Holy Men of living words
traverse the wooded trail,
meandering in the slanting rays,
travail of days
unwinding.

Slow the sun slides,
sending light in shimmering waves
of days divine, and time
and always time.

Damp and mossy runs the ground to the clearing
where the women gather at the well
in laughing swirls
with scoops and ladles
made of willow wood.

Round and round the table
children bright as butterflies
enact a dream of life
and grace
at eventide.



Maria

wow.
ultra beautiful, Maria.
I love that word...{eventide} Something about it.

Chahlie, annual inductee of Winter's Nostolgic Introspection,
thank you.

I was listening to John's tributes on the radio the other day.


Remember


Remember when you were young
how the hero was never hung
always got away

Remember the man
used to leave you empty handed
Always , always let you down
If you ever change your mind
about leaving it all behind
Remember , Remember Today

Don't you worry
'Bout what you've done
Don't feel sorry
'bout the way it's gone

Remember
When you were small
How people seemed so tall
Always had their way
Remember your ma and pa
Just wishing for movie stardom
Always , Always playing a part
If you ever feel sad
And the whole world is driving you mad
Remember, Remember Today

~John Lennon

Happy Solar Return Chahlie

May all lifes gifts be yours, today to forever....

love,juniperb

Chahldean, Maria, BlueDove
Lovely!
Many Nice memories triggered in me.
Thank you all.

Happy BirthDay, Chahlie

Hope it was special and beautiful --
all the most giving treasures that You deserve.




The only things worth living for
are innocence and magic. Amen.

Juniperb,
Happy Solar Return to you as well, Dear Aqua Lady





Happy Candlemas/Imbolc everyOne


Behold and Await the Spring to Come in Your Hearts.

,Soloc

Thank you Blue Dove

And a thank you Chahlie for the lovely birthday message

Jack Frost has knocked on my window panes and left dazzeling momentos so heavy I can barely see thru the panes!

A very brrrrigorus full moon in Leo glowing on the new fallen 28 inchs of powder. A perfect midwest setting

love,juniperb

Belated Birthday wishes to you, Chahlie and Juniperb!

Hey You One and All
Passing through this Plane Site to see any wayfaring Wandering Stars that may have a comet I can catch a ride on. And voi la,,,hiding in a Thread welcoming Ole Man WInter, I sit beside this Fire of warm wishes and thank the One Song for it's lyrics of good intent.
Thank You fellow Imbolcian, Juniperb, for seeking me out with kind words of inspiration and....
Lisa of course, for reMembering me allways, in Your words and presents.Always making One feel attached to this Spinning Whirled.

Soloc,...a big Halo and well come. I have been aquainting my Self with Your Words here and have learned quite a bit. I hope You enjoy the Site.
It is a treasure.


ANd Thank You Soaring Eagle...for flying by an checking in to wish me a Great Totem for the New Year. Now I am prepared.

Peace Love and Standing Under



Chahlie

Quote:

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Soloc,...a big Halo and well come. I have been aquainting my Self with Your Words here and have learned quite a bit. I hope You enjoy the Site.
It is indeed a real treasure.

---

Thank you kind Sir!

Yes it is a very nice site, a true treasure, and yes, I do enjoy being here.

Juni and Chahlie~~


MESSAGE TO


AQUARIUS


Because the current astrological situation is a bit complicated, you need some cosmic perspective and have to be able to think long term.

With enough faith in your ability to gain and regain objectivity you have been losing lately, you’ll be able to take advantage of the current planetary activity going on in your sign.

Two celestial bodies, Neptune and Chiron, are transiting Aquarius right now. Not just this month but for the past several months and for many months to come. You have to have already noticed that the cool, rational, nothing-ruffles-your-feathers way you used to live your life is now out the window.

Even though you still try not to show it, you’re more emotionally responsive, take things more personally, are more easily hurt and wounded and that you’re not as immune to everything as you were in earlier days. It hurts, sometimes and so some Aquarians do not heed the higher call to diligence and spiritual perfection.

They’re just stoned or dead drunk half the time, just to deaden the pain of living. Don’t be one of them.


When Neptune and Chiron pass through your sign, you do become slightly more fragile, more vulnerable to the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.

Some Aquarians are contemplating their navels and their existence. Others have fallen hopeless in love. Still others have been tapped by a Higher Force and have undertaken a mission with spiritual zeal, self-abnegating dedication and a gusto that belies whatever weakened state they find their physical selves to be in, which a lot of them do right now.
Ironically, no matter how uncertain, confused, dazed, or fragile you may feel at times, other people find you fascinating, mysterious, wise, and even heroic.

Part of you is present, while a whole segment of your attention is absent. It is elsewhere. You periodically go somewhere other people can’t follow. That makes you even more desirable, just because there’s a solitary aspect of your personality that demands you be alone in your cell of meditation or your own room.
That doesn’t mean you want to be cut off from relationships. Far from it. You just can’t be totally controlled or committed now. It’s just that no matter how you would love to merge with another person, you are nursing a wound no one else can heal but yourself. You also believe there is an urgent mission you have to perform that demands your selfless dedication, foolish or not.

http://www.michaellutin.com/fish.html

Happy Birth Month, Chahlie.

You are a love, and as always, I'm so glad to know you.

The sun is shining today in Colorado. But January was a bitch. Here's hoping spring is on the way!

Maria

Happy Birth Month to Juni too!



I hope you'll have a year as grand as you are.

Love,
Maria

Much belated thanks Maria. I am sorry for my delay, I have been down and out with a bout of pneumonia. It has crippled me this time and I am slowly back on my feet missing You flakes. Thank you for the warm birthday wishes.
It was great medicine. I too am very greatFull for having known You as well. Big Kiss.




Chahlie

Chahlie , you`ve been on my mind... hope all is well and you will check in soonest

juniperb

Hey There Juniperb.

Oh the serendipity of it All. As the first snowfall happens here in the NE USA, I sit and think of the simple Gifts that Life give to me and I Marvel at it's perfect syncronicity of TIme and it's revolution....
It has been a year since I posted last hear and laugh at it's passage...thinking of how more things change the MORE they remain the same...
Like this Place and Beautifull Soles like you Self and the Others.
I appreciate the warm words and kind thoughts. It must have conjured me here...and I am thankfull. Without a lengthy diatribe of the calendar Year...I fully anticipate 2008 and the promise of new beginnings.

I am reMembering my Self to Humanity, yet again, tying my SIlver Chords to the Majestic Spiral of Song that we sing here for All to hear.

Again.

My humblest gratitude for a prodigal return.





Chahlie

It warms my heart to see you, Chahlie.

Thank You Maria . It warms my Soul to Be hear again.

I hope All is Well in Cripple Creek and with you and your Family.



Chahlie

BUMP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb2YSAVHmIE


I must Be slipping.
Usually I am adamant about such things....
to reFresh my Memory of what the Season is Truly about hear.
Taking the Time to share
with Others the importance of reMembering.

Ironically, you need a memory to reMember.
Or do you?

I for One
am ever thankfull
to Still Be Hear.
two Years and a week later
to share the ongoing Spirit
that persists in our Hearts and Words.
With All of You
who quest for MORE
than Your daily bread.
Who seek out the reason for the Season.
Who share your
Selves.
Santa's workshop has No Thing on Us!


SO...
in your haste and hurry
while your hustling and bustling
with the long list of things TO DO...
take some Time
for YourSelf.
Allow the Peace of Mind to comfort you
Invite All the Goodness the Universe holds
into Your Life
Spread the Joy you feel in Your thank full Heart
to Others who may not feel such Love.
Offer a hand to a Stranger
Ask not what You can get
but what You can Give.
Be the Person You wish To Be.
If only for Today.

Enthusiasm is contagious....
and It returns It self over and over and over again to
The Source of Your Life,
hOMe.
And we All know that
is where
the Is.

One day,
You will NOT Be here to try.

So get busy Livin' folks....

Happy HolyDay Spirit!





Chahles

Whew. I didn't forget THIS year....

Oh how the Daze fly by!
Has it been 30 years since we lost Lennon???

It can't Be.

That would make me over 40 and NOT to Be trusted.

Am I becoming exactly what I promised I wouldn't?
A replica of all those
who were in NO sense to me
when I was a young, fragile eggshell Mind?

How true a Working Class Hero is needed today....
No One has taken that place.
No One speaks about the issues as they are.
No One cares about our World as he did.
If there is, please bring him to Light.

It is often a painful reMinder
of how lost People can become
surrendering their rights to the might of others.
The slow death of us All
who speak in Silence.

I for One
miss him
very much...
As he taught me
how to feel
Whole.

Living is easy with Eyes closed
Misunderstanding All you see...
Carrying that Weight
on that Long and Winding Road
to The Sun King
in Strawberry Fields


For Ever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njG7p6CSbCU


God Bless You John Lennon




Chahles

Halo All Who Hear and See

Recently at the BeatleFest held here outside Manhattan
I was revived by the Spirit of the Beatles and their adoring fans
who have not skipped a beat since Let It Be....
IT was culture shock for sure and a blessing in disguise
as it brought me to a Time I left a long time ago....

With Wonder abound at the redundundancy of some
I was awed at the spectacle of those who harness
the Energy of what was
and it sparked a new interest in me to revisit my Memory of it all.

Being quite young when I heard Love me do for the first Time
I remember spinning my Sister's 45 over and over and over
on the Stereophonic simulated wood grain radio
she had in her room.....for hours.

It was Magical indeed.

Not quite sure why....
but I sensed something great was entering my Spirit
for years to come.

It has lasted this long.


Wanting my children to know this slice of Golden Slumbers...
I began to do some research into the Beatles again.

I had forgotten about all the stories and fervor they had created.
I also forgot about the myths and legends that surrounded the band.

Until I came across the Rockumentary.....
"The Last Testament of George Harrison" in Netflix.

Hmmmm...I thought.
I miss George as I miss John, as they have always been my two favorites.
Being Water Signs, I always "felt" their Spirit
come through their music....every song, every time.

My sister, of course, was in Love with Paul.
She had posters everywhere.
Fan clubs, letters....you name it.
I believed it was his looks of course but then again I do
like several of his happy songs.

Whilst watching this rockumentary....
I was reminded of the Myth and Legend that
"Paul had died in a car crash" wayyyy back when in the early days
and all the albums had subliminal references to it,
hidden within their contents.

Oh yeah! I forgot about all that...
UNTIL
I saw this Rockumentary.

WOW.

Have you seen it?
Anyone?

Before I proceed I will await a response or two...

Thought provoking stuff here.
And I thought Conspiracy Theories were limited to the NWO.

This film really made me think
how Genius John really was
IF in fact it were True....
Somehow, my reasoning says yes.

You tell me.

Hello Chahles & EveryOne,

A very timely post as I was just thinking of a lot of Beatles songs earlier this week, especially the ones about universal love, as Neptune was entering Pisces. I have not seen the Rockumentary you mention here, but it does sound like it might be very much in line with what Linda wrote in her June 1989 issue of Star Notes (pg. 7 - 11). Have you read it? For anyone who hasn't, it can be found under 'Features'; 'Linda Goodman & Astrology' in the side bar menu over to the left. Happy reading. I'll try to be back ASAP to reply to other posts and read your exciting conclusion to this one.

Halo Venus

Thank goodness I'm not a Thriller Writer
Writing a sequel.

Of All the things I lost...
I miss my Mind the most.

Back to the story.....
The rockumentary "The Last Testament of George Harrison"
is a film about three cassette tapes sent to the producer
in an unmarked postal envelope from England,
Just after George had been attacked and stabbed
in his home.....

The tapes contained a voice that is allegedly George's
stating he had to "come clean" in fears that this was "it" for him
and he wanted to clear his conscious, about The Beatles.

It seems as though
On Nov. 10,1966 after a spat with John
Paul had taken out his Austin Healy for a late night ride
to clear his head...
when after trying to avoid a female pedestrian in the road (later named Rita)
the car hit and collided with a telephone pole and crashed and burned....
leaving Paul " decapitated, burned, with no hair and barely recognizable!"
Called to the scene were officials of the M12 government
and the remaining Beatles.

"Maxwell" the Agent at hand of the M12 stated that this must be covered up
as there would mass hysteria with the young fans, who were already out of control and may, in fact, commit mass suicides from the loss of Paul.
The funeral was small and the Beatles went into hiding....
Soon to have a Beatle look alike contest on a TV show....
where they found an appropriate candidate to fill the spot!

It seems as though this imposter was altered abit with surgery and schooled
In music, groomed to be Paul by the remaining Band.
They stopped touring live....as John said he had enough material
for several albums that he and Paul worked on, and went ito the studio
from there on after, with only a few live shows thereafter.

The new "Paul" or fake Paul or" Faul "as he was called
would then give up his life and true identity....
to " be a Beatle" famous and all....

Yes. I know.
There were strories.
Rumors.
Some say gimmicks on the album, to sell albums.
But if you watch it....the clues are overwhelming to the contrary.

Each album.
Too many songs allude to the death of McCartney....
There were many instances where "Faul" is smoking with his right hand
(Paul was lefty)

The rockumentary also tells of :
"Maxwell" who keeps watch on the Band for years....
telling them what can and can't be on their albums(covers,etc)
How Linda blackmailed Faul into marriage as she was a photographer and knew of the switch based on all her photos.
How after her death "Paul" said he would never marry again....
but was again blackmailed by yet another victim of it all....
A woman who knew this and would try to come clean and tell all but was threatened by the M12 and even survived an attempt on her life.....losing a leg in that crash!

Yes! Heather Mills comes into play as the old Rita, meter maid.

They have lots of footage of this....
Mills stating at the divorce if anything should go wrong or happen to her,
she had " a box of evidence that would blow to uncover the Beatles"

So many strange nuances here to be merely smoke and mirrors.

In 1980, George tells of how John contacted him to say that he was
going to come "clean" and tell the whole story....but alas
that didn't happen thanks to a lone gunman.

George then goes on to say....how he mentioned to Faul how he was going to do the same and was then attacked not too long after that...resulting in him making these tapes, in case, " this was his last chance" to do so.

You have to see it to digest all this.....
Especially growing up with the Beatles and their music
and then seeing it from this perspective.

The interview with "Paul" after Lennon's death is what got me though....
How indifferent he was...emotionless. " What a drag" Ouch!

The thing hear is....

What IF?

Would it change the music.?
Would it change the feelings?
Would my memories change?

No.

But.....
To think all this Time, all these years later....
Things might not seem what they are or were.
People can be Altered. Replaced. Made to Believe. Fooled.

Seeing is believing is it not?

If this is True, how many more important things are not what they seem?

Religion.
Government.
All Media.
War.
Peace.
Truth.
Justice.
And on and on and on and on.....

All the tenets that "govern our Lives" are eskew and fabricated?
Perhaps......Maybe not.

It stretches one's Mind though....and makes one THINK!

YouTube has versions of it but the whole story is on Netflix.

Check it out.










"Once there was a Way....to get back home."

Oh Dear

where`s my rabbit hole?

It was John I loved best.

So, makes me wonder how the "primal screamer Ono" is involved in the story...