Gratitude Alphabet Exercise 24 July 2008

Doing my Piscean DailyOm duty, here’s my gratitude list:

A - Art, Amy, Asis & avocados

B - Blackberry, Betsy, Bibi, Bill & Brian

C - Chocolate Crack Cake

D - Dad, the Daigle & daffodils

E - Eric, Elisabeth & everything exactly as it is!

F - Feng Shui, the Frisbee Chicks & finding fun in it all

G - Giving, growing & GP

H - Health, home, handbags & Henning

I - Instant-Attraction

J - Jennifer (today, tomorrow & always), JLM, Jackie, Jim, Joe Simmons & the Jim-bar

K - Kamau, kisses & Killing Me Softly

L - Lara, Leslie, Linda, LWL & my Leica

M - Mom, Mr. Softee, Michele, Melisa, Mark, Maggie, my Michaels, Merle & miracles

N - NYC, nature, Darling Niki & Notes from the Universe

O - Owen Schmoen

P - Perfect moments, the Pixie Pad, poetry & palm trees

Q - Quality everything

R - Reilly Roo & Rochelle

S - Sarah Jane, Oh Sheila, Stevie (Wonder), swimming pools & Six Tits being better than two every time

T - Terry, Tania, the Thomases, TAI, Trinity & tulips

U - Unity of New York

V - Valeocon & VRC

W - Water, Water, Water

X - Xylitol

Y - Yellow handbags, shoes & other assorted accessories

Z - Zippers

That was great! Won’t you give it a whirl as well?

Clarity Rocks! 23 July 2008

On this dark New York day, I wanted to share a small success story with you. I headed off to my Restaurant Week dinner last night sans earrings and was feeling naked. As I rode the R towards the Village, I affirmed the following thought in my head: “I want cool street earrings and I want them for $5.”

I got off at 8th street and headed East towards Lafayette to find Butter. On the way, I spied a small table with assorted African jewelery attended by a smiling gentleman. I grew excited as I sniffed the trail of a good score. He had lots of lovely stuff and helped me locate the perfect pair of gems to go with my green dress. “How much?” I asked. “6 dollars,” he started to say. Then, just like that, “No, you can have them for 5.”

Like Terry and I told each other across the table, “This shit works. It really does.” And take it from me, they don’t come much better than Butter either!

Dear Universe… 22 July 2008

It’s been a while since I’ve posted. I’ve been busy - playing photographer, camper, scrabbler, swimmer, etc. - but it’s high time I came back home. So here I am, a mixture of sad and expectant, melancholy and hopeful. Things come into our lives, move us like mountains and then appear to erode away. Or we ask them to leave. Or they tell us to. I’ve got lessons to learn, some more slowly than others. Crafty little questions keep coming back to hear my most enthusiastic, “No, I still don’t want that.” Or that. And,”Yes, I’m sure, really sure.” What I do know is this: I worked way too hard for my life to spend it doing anything that smacks of settling, sweet as it may seem.

I go to bed tonight feeling blessed for what you have brought me & for the good I know lies ahead. I am ready to believe. I am ready to receive.

Love,

A Very Grateful Pixie

The Divine Secret 16 July 2008

As I embarked on Eric Butterworth’s Discover the Power Within You, I found this Pixie-perfect Prologue:

I’m looking forward to exploring my inner depths. & here’s to Jesus’ message in its most pure form. It’s high time that man got some good PR!

Mony, Baby! 9 July 2008

Your Pixie is pleased to report that I strolled & sold my first Urban Pic, Mony Piece:

And here I am, aglow in its presence:

(Kamau Ware, 2008)

Thanks to the organizers of the Below 220th Exhibit and the Uptown Arts Stroll for making them a smashing success. Full of gratitude, I appreciate the support of my many Earth Angels who showed up when I needed them; I couldn’t have done it without each and every gift I got. As John Randolph Price puts it so very well,

“I know there is nothing that I could truly desire that is not at this very moment standing at the door of my consciousness, ready to appear in my life and affairs. I have only to be conscious of this Truth and every need is met, every problem solved, every question answered. My consciousness with God within is all I will ever need…”

And so it is!

Artistic Debut 28 June 2008

In preparation for Saturday & Sunday’s Uptown Arts Stroll, I sorted out an official artistic statement:

Please head to the Heights this weekend to check out the scene “in this piece” (as Stevie Wonder would say). From the sneak peek I got last night, it’s getting hot up here!

My photo Mony Piece appears:

Saturday, 06/28/08
1:00-6:00pm
“Below 220″ Exhibit & Sale
6:00-8:00pm Reception
Original paintings, photos, prints, jewelry, fabric arts, crafts, all
by people living below 220th Street priced below $220.
The Lounge at Hudson View Gardens, Pinehurst Ave. and W. 183rd St.
Info: 212-923-7800 x1226

& I’ll be showing more stuff on Saturday from 1:00-6:00 p.m. here:

Art in Bennett Park, Bennett Park, Ft. Washington Ave. at W. 183rd St.
Visual and performing arts. Featuring the band Spuyten Duyvil, performing at 3pm: alt folk, roots, traditional and acoustic music. Spuyten Duyvil is Mark Miller (bouzouki/8 string tenor guitar/ vocals); Beth Miller (vocals); Tom Socol (guitar/ dobro); Sarah Banks (fiddle); and Steve Horowitz (bass).

& last but not least, a few Urban Pix to entice you:

Happy Weekend & here’s to art in the heart of us all!

Thanks to Kamau Ware for the cool shot & the advice I got when I needed it most. And to VRC, your engineering saved the day & I couldn’t be doing it without you!

Walking This Way 25 June 2008

As I learn the hard way to walk the small steps, here’s my Divine Covenant that maps where I want to go:

I’ve got to “make it work” in time for my art exhibit on Saturday so am channeling Tim Gunn tonight. Send me good photographic vibes, please, & here’s to getting better all the time.

I Am So Blessed 19 June 2008

Despite some early a.m. dental work, today turned out to be a big winner. Here’s why:

1. Two Pixie-perfect pairs of summer shoes on clearance, Clarence, between the dentist’s office & mine. Oh how I heart NY!
2. The talented, motivated & bright-shining peeps I work away the day with on W. 30th. They don’t make ‘em much better than that!
3. The happy accidents I got when my dinner plans changed: The best chicken Tikka Masala I’ve had in ages & the company to go with it (see #2 above)
4. The magic A train that came the second I reached the platform. You rock my world.
5. The Jersey Boys soundtrack - today, yesterday & tomorrow. It never gets old to me!

So, dear reader, as they say at Fred Meyer, “What’s on your list today?”

My Chopra Center 17 June 2008

Urban Pix 16 June 2008

As part of the Uptown Arts Stroll, I’ll be showing some Pixie pics here. Hope you can make it to the Heights to see me. It’s worth the trip, I assure you. We won Tony Awards after all!

Saturday, 06/28/08
1:00-6:00 p.m.
“Below 220″Exhibit & Sale
6:00-8:00 p.m. Reception
Original paintings, photos, prints, jewelry, fabric arts, crafts, all by people living below 220th Street, priced below $220.
The Lounge at Hudson View Gardens, Pinehurst Ave. and W. 183rd St.
Info: 212-923-7800 x1226.

Lots of love and light to you!