Y6 -Day 11 – Puzzling

Posted on March 21, 2023 by Cecilia Steger

For Christmas recently, my friend P sent me a puzzle of baby Yoda in a Santa suit. That got me on a tear and I have since put together many puzzles of 100-750 pieces and been gifted a felt puzzle wooden table that you set up on a slant with 4 drawers to parse out however you want to organize your pieces. I prefer making the frame first and then assign pieces to each drawer according to color.

I have since that day also gifted puzzles and we are sharing them once solved for the next person. One thousand piece puzzles await in a drawer for that day when I feel I have some experience and success behind me.

Meanwhile, so far after around eight completed puzzles, have lost one piece in just two. They are like socks. No one knows what happens to them. They just disappeared.

Y6 – Day 10 – Goddess Book Club 2023

Posted on March 20, 2023 by Cecilia Steger

Book club has changed and grown. We started before Covid and then went on zoom and now we just stay online since we have some out of the area participants. It’s just easier. We try to read women writers about women’s issues usually. Therefore many of the books we read shine a light on how marginalized, difficult and unfair our female ancestor’s lives have been.

Our first book of the year was “The Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek”, by Kim Michele Richardson. A lovely written book about the hardships endured by the Appalachian mountain folk of Kentucky and the existence of blue people therein. I don’t want to give anything away but if you like books and have never heard of the blue folk of Kentucky then this is one well researched historical novel on your list.

Our February title was “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan” by our own CA author Lisa See who joined our discussion on zoom and added much rich background info to how she researched the book, visited its historical location and even interviewed villagers with a translator to get precise memories and data so she could spin her tale around the true events. This was an extremely well written and prose like account of a secret language Chinese women once used many centuries ago. Her explanations were invaluable and we were all unanimous we want to read another one of her books next year.

We are so lucky to have writers who investigate little known facts, ferret out detailed experiences and circumstances so traditions we could have lost forever are made real to us the reader via skillfully creating stories around them so we can examine, digest and discuss amongst other trusted women; our thoughts, feelings and even our dedication to making it better in some small or large way just by our having our Goddess Circle Book Club.

Y6 – Day 7 – Green Day

Posted on March 17, 2023 by Cecilia Steger

I am blessed to be surrounded by the garden of the soul. As I linger under the glow of the spring sun, I give thanks for all that breathes and lives on this earth. I sing the song of the whale and the chirp of the swallow. I bow to her creatures. I gaze in awe at her landscapes. Blessed be the day as I revel in the elation of being alive.

My little doggie makes me happy and is our sunshine. Thank you.

Y6 – Day 5 – Back in 2018 at the cabin – A big bear flying squirrel encounter I will call Rocky

Posted on March 15, 2023 by Cecilia Steger

I’m sipping hot chocolate enjoying the fresh air on a May early evening up on our treehouse balcony. I am delighted it’s neither warm nor cool, it’s just Goldilocks right. There’s no kids or noise across the street. There’s no cars driving by our busy road. There’s no neighbors on either side.

I recognize the white bright light of Venus in the sky. It’s low between the sugar pine branches to the southeast of where I am lounging.

And just like that, in a snap of a second, in an instant and flash of time, something flies from behind the east side of the house and whizzes past me and smacks into the bird feeding tree trunk. It’s another flying squirrel and this time I see it glide in full flight and I think to myself this one has to be the male because this guy slams, thank you ma’am, scrabbles up and down and causes havoc.

The other beady eyed glider is still, steady, methodical in her bird feeder attack approach and technique and watches the male with I swear, a roll of her beady eyes. So I just assume inside my own judgmental brain, she’s the female.

Y6-Day two – you matter

Posted on March 12, 2023 by Cecilia Steger

“Don’t forget that maybe you are the lighthouse in someone’s storm” – unknown

I am everything to Cindi, our dog. We’ve had her now for 9 years and she was probably 5 or 6 when we rescued and adopted her. She has taught me the true meaning of unconditional love. She is greyer, older, a bit larger and more needy than ever and never mind all that, I am so in love with her!

She has been one of the many catalysts in cementing my perspective that superficiality is just that – superficial and that LOVE is everything. Connection, relationship and being of service is the journey, at least for me.

Year 6 – Day one – AND…. I am back

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Cecilia Steger

Somewhere in April of 2019 I hit the wall. I must have needed the break and a year later we had it. Covid locked us all down. Three years have elapsed. Almost to the day. And, I realize I don’t need an MFA to write and to be fair, writing has changed. So has the operation of this website, so please bear with me.

Much occurred and many changes became the norm. You and I operate differently now.

In the air, grief, remains. Our lives and perspectives irrevocably morphed into distance learning and socializing. That has to leave a scar. I most empathize with whomever suffered, those mourning and the students who had their entire little lives shackeled.

There was division and fear and terror. It still lingers. It’s in the back of our heads and we have seen the traitorous in ourselves. The mirror doesn’t lie if you look with the lens of truth. And everyone seems to have their own true facts according to whom they listen to.

On the upside, some folks have found our time in a global pandemic an opportunity to delve into the spiritual, transform into their authentic selves and become more discerning. Those are my peeps.

Y5 – Day 235 – 7 Suggestions for Unwinding

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Cecilia Steger

Meditate and Listen – your inner self knows all the answers.
Do one random act of kindness anonymously and feel the glow of giving without an agenda.
Watch and Listen to Earth’s patterns and changes carefully – clues abound.
Pace yourself. Play, rest and pause for reflection.
Express one of your passions/hobbies with great enthusiasm.
Call a friend, a long lost one or a newly minted one.
Shop therapy in your own closet. Create two complete outfits with accessories and display them openly till you wear them.

Y5 – Day 233 – Honesty is not an Excuse

Posted on April 6, 2019 by Cecilia Steger

“Truth without love is brutality, and love without truth is hypocrisy.” ― Warren Wiersbe

Truth-telling is misused constantly, especially lately. The truth without compassion is an act of violence, it’s abusive but with understanding and tenderness, it is an act of love.

Similarly, love without trust, truth, respect, and loyalty is a lie. Yet unconditional love with honesty is freedom.

Y5 – Day 231 – A Purposeful Life

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Cecilia Steger

What makes for a purposeful life?

If you can answer what makes you tick and have a passion for, you know.

It’s certainly not the fame and fortune unless you use it to help others in some way, like Oprah or Bill Gates. Otherwise, it’s shallow.

Same with your talents and gifts. What makes you happy is giving it to the world, expression of self. From birth to sending it forth, generosity is a powerful intention.

Viewing Love, forgiveness, generosity and gratitude as a power greater than greed, hate, anger, resentment, arrogance and envy as your goal, is a positive response.

Y5 – Day 230 – Attitude Adjustment

Posted on April 3, 2019 by Cecilia Steger

Your attitude determines your mood. Physically upturn your mouth and place a smile on your face. Immediately, your thoughts lift.

Your mood determines your responses and choices on any given day. You are allowed to change your mind.

Your responses determine the quality of your relationships and your choices determine the quality of your life.

Therefore, my happiness quotient determines your fulfillment, contribution and purpose in life.

The heartbeat and rhythm of your life harkens back to your attitude.

LOVE and GRATITUDE moves you toward the right attitude.

Cecilia B. Steger

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