TROKER

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Feeling Green

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Small Town Painted Gowns

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Green Day Patrick’s

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Breathe

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INDUSTRIOUS

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BEST FRIENDS

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Abandoned Streets

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Another night my walk alone
YetI I am not lonely
Looking a dead end
Straight in the eyes
Darkness converts
Lost to peace
Nothing to hide
I am not afraid of the dead end
I can not see the end for the darkness Has hidden it from me
In hopes to persuade
Touch feel  smell hear taste
My cunning deception
My heart doth not lie
Fear cannot abide
Exposed by spectrums light
I no longer have to fight
Peacefully I walk

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Moonlight

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Palm Beyond The Bush

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WALKING IN NIGHT CLOUDS

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Big Sky

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Night Scene

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SATURDAY WALK

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If we’re not giving
We’re taking away…

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ANOTHER DAY IS OVER

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My days are filled with warmth and perfect landscapes
My journey is peaceful regardless
Life is simple
The breeze softly caresses my cheek
My laughter is great
I love everything and everyone
My journey is light
Another day is over
I smile and say goodnight

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THE KISS OF TRUTH

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CRANE

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Reach High

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GET OFF MY CLOUD

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BOARDER PATROL

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Waiting in line
Guess I gotta do my time
Wave ya on through
If no suspicions arise
If your hiding something
Be careful not to look
The man in the eyes
Nothing to hide
We just ride on by
No papers insisted
This time

AESTHETIC STRUCTURES

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Wooden Perennial

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House

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I sat in front of this old house
I felt his pain
We both cried
We prayed for an answer
We purged
Relieved
He saw my insides
I saw his
So much beauty
Before me
We won

EMPTY

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Naps

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Lost Shoe

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Eden: a sex slave’s story

WAKE UP AMERICA!

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Wearing just their underwear, the girls line up with their backs to the wall, arms by their side, heads down, frozen to the spot. They dare not move.

Their captors walk up and down the line – picking them seemingly at random and tapping them on the shoulder – ‘You, you, you and you… come with me’.

In the back of a warehouse truck, they are driven for miles across the scorching Nevada desert until they reach a hotel. There, they are forced to have sex with up to 25 men one after the other.

This was life for Korean-born American Chong Kim who, at 19 years old, was sold as a domestic sex slave in 1994 to Russian gangsters and held captive for more than two years.

“The clients never came to the warehouse,” she recalled “That was just where we slept. There was nothing there but bed mats…

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TRAINS*A*COMING

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You Are Loved Always

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RAPTURE

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BLT CONCRETE

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Day After The Rain

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Western Garniture

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ADMIRER LE PANORAMA

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Desert Life

Cactus just saying…”hi”

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VENERATION

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The highway is my home

I’m traveling the west for the winter

I have wildflowers in my endless lovely garden

Their presence is one of veneration

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RV SPACES-INCLUDES WIFI

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I was out for a drive this evening
when I spotted a tiny run down RV park.
It had a giant dish-wifi-cell tower in front which made me laugh. My first thought was;
“This could the leading cause for,  creativity loss, damaged brain cells, and lethargy °•○●☆°~laughs°•○●☆°•~

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Californian Has Dates!

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                Californian has Dates
But you have to climb high to get one

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Entropy

A unique perspective on entropy°•○●☆

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LOOKING FOR THE GOOD

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We took a road trip this afternoon when we decided to pull off the highway to snap some shots of the lovely desert landscape. While gazing upon the beauty I noticed some broken pieces of glass. My first thought was. “I can’t believe that anyone would break bottles in this beautiful place.”
Then I looked a little closer. I noticed that someone had taken careful time to
build a rock circle placing the broken glass inside the ring of rocks.
All of a sudden my perspective changed persuading me to see a beautiful art exhibit instead of the eyesore of broken glass.
Another lesson on staying positive.
Look for good and you’ll find it.
Look for the bad you’ll find that also.

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Gratitude

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THE OTHER-SIDE OF THE TRACKS

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Love always and forever
From the other side of the tracks

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My Best Friend’s

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A DESERT STROLL YOU AND ME

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My morning strolls keep me greatful
All these lovely desert plants entice me to be better
Today is the first day of the rest of my life
I will make it count
I will do the next right thing
I will focus on the good
And it will get better
If I choose to focus on the bad
It will get worse
I won’t
I will choose to have a nice day
Unless I make other plans
I won’t
I love me
And I love you
Love is what we came here for
The truth is always simple
Take time to smell the flowers
Deserts warm breeze
The forest
And the trees
The moisture in Japan
The mountains and the sea
The spirit of truth and peace
Our worldwide lovely bloggers
On WordPress
That we have been so blessed to read
Just smile one world you and me
Live free

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CHEVY HHR GAS MILEAGE

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I get an average of about 500 miles per tank. I love the gas mileage!

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Telephone Booth Really?

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I had no idea that phone booths were still used…funny! Went for a walk and much to my surprise, I found this old hotel that had a phone booth. I thought how nostalgic and funny!

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MORNING WALK Desert Plants

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I absolutely adore desert plants…

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{IT’S OKAY TO BE DIFFERENT}

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I really hate to pop your bubble pilgrim
You are more different to me than I am to you.
Your wardrobe is a little bit much pilgrim.
If you want to go hunting with me you’re just gonna have to loose those ruffles.
In these parts you’ll be a target for billy goats.
One more thing pilgrim, your gonna have do something with those curls!
Oh never mind
It’s okay to be different

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I’m Free

Lovely walk then startled when
I came to the end of the block
Religion no longer seizes my soul
Freedom to be as I see
spiritualbeing having a human experience
I’m free

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Condem me not for we all sin we  replace the cross with a ying yang
I’m free!

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Trees Resuscitate Me

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These trees how the set me free
Release my sin
Darkness creeps
Take my breath
My trees resuscitates my life
I’m free
I’m free

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GOODNIGHT TREES

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Trees in the night
Must sleep now
Goodnight my friends
I do love you so

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LIEBSTER AWARD!!!

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I am so honored to receive the *LIEBSTER AWARD.* Lita Doolan nominated me. Lita was able to see in me what I could not see in myself.
She must have xray vision.
Lita was able to see inside my heart and knows how bad i want to be good.
Thank you my dear lady for the nomination. I’m glowingly greatful.

The Rules:

(1) Thank the person who nominated you and link to their blog

(2) You must answer the 10 questions given to you by the nominee before you.

(3) Nominate 10 of your favorite blogs with fewer than 200 followers and notify them of their nomination.

(4) Come up with 10 questions for your nominees to answer.

The 10 Questions I was asked:

(1) What is your favourite building to look at?
(A. 1 of 10)
My favorite buildings to look at are condemned houses and old weathered barns, just couldn’t leave out the barns. That may cause jealousy..~smiles~

(2) Is there a city that has changed you in some way (if so which one)?

(A.2 of 10)
Yes,  and that would be Yokosuka, located in Japan. I had never experienced a metropolitan area where there are more people than land.
In America we have an invisible standard that insists strangers stay at arm’s length. Also when walking no automobiles are allowed share your pedestrian rights.
I was definantly shocked at first. At first I felt disrespected by someone rubbing up against me or reaching in front of me grabbing something I was considering buying. But after a while I noticed how everyone was respectful using graceful manners. I began to love the Japanese people for I realized they were more civilized than Americans. American’s culture as opposed to the Japanese culture is like day and night. Not all Americans, but a large number of them would be offended by what they perceive to be an invasion on their, “personal bubble.”
I learned how to be humble by following their customs and seeing the good in these beautifully gracious people. That has definitely changed my life and my perspective. Traveling is the best way to educate oneself. We are the world we are the love we are one energy.

(3) On a day off what museum or gallery would you visit

(A.3 of 10)
I want to visit the Yuma Prison this week its just 10 miles away. Yuma was home away from home to female stagecoach bandits, Mormon polygamist, and some of the fastest guns in the west.
My favorite gallery would be Gem World located in Quartzsite Airzona…I’m absolutely addicted to gems!

(4) If you were putting a raft together to survive the floods what would be your secret building material (it can be crazy or practical)?

(A.4 of 10)
Considering I know absolutely nothing about building a raft. ~°•○●brainstorming●○•°~I got it. I would take my artsy collection of driftwood, hemp macramé, some of my scarfs and weave the driftwood, together, not forgetting my gems that would be placed creatively on the  front of the raft for the serene chakra affect.

(5) If food had no calories what would you fill your table and with?

(A. 5 of 10)
White chocolate, Nutella, more chocolate, & Nutella

(6) What is your favorite method of transport?

(A.6 of 10)
Bicycle, I love biking!

(7) Do you remember the first time you smiled and around what age were you?

(A.7 of 10)
The first time I remember smiling from my heart was on my 4th birthday. My mother baked me a big chocolate cake, with candles glistening she sang the traditional happy birthday song, but it was different. Her melody was angelic. She then gave me the most beautiful red velveteen dress with an embroidered poodle on the front. To this day I believe that was the happiest smile in my life, for my heart smiled too.

(8) What (who or where) inspires your writing?

(A.8 of 10)
What inspires me is positive energy. I love to read creative blogs that are uplifting. I love to believe in myself and others. And last and most importantly; I love my children to be truely happy and safe. That’s what imspires me.

(9) What is your favourite body of water (ocean, pool, spa…)?

(A.9 of 10)
My favorite body of water is the ocean. I can pick up a seashell and hear the ocean breeze, my memories of sand sparkling through my toes, brings me to my knees, the sound of a foghorn mystifies with tease. The crashing sound of the waves, provokes my taste buds of salty seas.
The ocean is and will always be
A  curious fascination of mystery to me.

(10) What advice would you give to your younger self (fun, fictional or factual)?

(A.10 of 10)
What advice would I give myself at my younger self.
(a.) Be true to thine ownself
(b.) Live by the golden rule
(c.) Follow your heart and hold on tight to your dreams.

I hope you enjoy these questions! Hearty thanks for the brilliant contributions you make.

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These highly enjoyable blogs I nominate are in no particular order:

(1.) baxbell.WordPress.com

(2.) abozdar.WordPress.com

(3.) sfoxwriting.WordPress.com

(4.) wuji.WordPress.com

(5.) gbebensse.WordPress.com

(6.) scendry.WordPress.com

(7.) iithinks.WordPress.com

(8.) Projectlighttolife.WordPress.com

(9.) artgland.WordPress.com

(10.) doodlesinvgorate.WordPress.com

The questions I have for you are:

(1.) If you could change anything in the      world, what would it be?

(2.) What would you change,  if you were given the opportunity to go back in time and change one thing?

(3.) If you were stranded on an island for life, and could bring one person with you, who would it be and why?

(4.) What is your favorite animal and why do you love them?

(5.) If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?

(6.) Do you like looking in the mirror or not, reasons?

(7.) If you were banned from writing for the rest of your life but could have anything you wanted to create art what what would you use?

(8.) Describe the feeling you had when you learned to ride your first bicycle?

(9.) Who was your first best friend and what did you do for play?

(10.) How do your feel when you finish a blog and *****hit post!?

http://baxbell.WordPress.comhttp:/

abozdar.WordPress.com

http://iithinks.WordPress.com

http://wuji.WordPress.com

http://gbebensse.WordPress.com

http://scendry.WordPress.com

http://Projectlighttolife.WordPress.com

http://sfoxwriting.WordPress.com

http://artgland.WordPress.com

http://doodlesinvgorate.WordPress.com

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~HAPPY VALENTINES~

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YOU ARE ALL LOVELY AND ANGELICA’S MAY LOVE FILL YOU DAY!

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MY ANGELICA’S MY BENI

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Why do you not reveal truths
Is your conscince clouded by lies
Would revealing increase your pain
Leaving blood stains upon your hands
Reflections pique obligation
Naught yours to own
Set yourselves free
Hell is not your Hearthstone
Your pureness crys out
Two angel’s bound by lies
So marvelously created
Open your eyes
Screams of terror fade with illusion
Cease running return to love
Where snow crystals dwell

Another beautiful day to be grateful for

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Today I’m happy because I say I am

Today I’m smiling because my reflection reveals that

Today is beautiful because I coose to focus on beauty

Today I’m living because I choose to live

Today is lovely because I see lovely people

Today I am one with you, the world and the universe because I want to be

Today I want to tell you all that you are beautiful and loved beyond measure

Today I want to say that I love all of you too…

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Just believe…..you’ll see….

FROM SUSAN

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I read this story many years ago. It is the story of a little 8 year old girl living in an orphanage. She was extremely shy and very unattractive.
The other children wouldn’t play with her, and she was all alone all the time.
She was a problem to the teachers and the management of the institution sought to get rid of her. She had already been transferred twice.
In that particular home there was an ironclad rule that any outside communication had to be censored  by the director or his associate.
Late one afternoon this little girl climbed a tree whose branches hung over the main wall. She placed an envelope on a limb as far out as she could reach. She had been watched by the director and when the girl had returned to her room; the director, in a most undignified fashion, climbed the tree and retrieved the mysterious message. After she had read it, without a word she passed it on to her accociate. The letter read,

From Susan, to anybody who reads this…I love you…

(Author unknown)

A SEA OF LOVE

I found one of my old paintings and I just wanted to have a little fun with it so here are some examples of a creative spirit, and a tired mind at the end of a long night.
Good night my beautiful friends..
May you all find peace this night…

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This is the original painting…
[by Dawna Bowles (C) 2012]

Take all you want

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Go ahead take want you need to take
All you ever needed I gave with out regret
Now you…

Take my love and fabricate as hate
Clench all you can steal
Do not dare to visualize justify
In your mirrors

Reflections cast no prejudice
their judgment cannot lie
Slander blocks reality leaving alibis

My heart was banished
Hidden timelines as your pawn to hide behind your lies…
To all of you
I can finally say goodbye

I am Commencing upon truth you see
beauty Refuses to hide
Renaissance  in my heart abides
Absent from all I loved
Betrayed from within
Tenacious chains broken link

Trogen horse they cheer in victory
My bitter cup is sin they rage
With no regard for facticity
Falsitys expire

Go ahead heist your pound of flesh
Reflections be your only place
Where you will run but not hide
You will be doomed to spend a life
On the other side

Everywhere you go there you will be
In a house of mirrors
Where only truth abides
Take until all that exists is black
Goodbye

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NO MORE LIES GOODBYE

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IT’S OKAY TO BE DIFFERENT

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LONG ROAD HOME

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SHADOWS IN BLOSSOM

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CANDY IS SWEET

Something that is pleasurable Appealing in a light or frivolous way
Sweet and soothing for all that may
A tease for our taste buds
On a lovely sugary day
A kiss of sweetness
You do know its love
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SKIES DONT LIE

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Another beauteous sunset…85° with a soft cool wind. The desert lives inside of me……skies have no bounds…

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TREES BREATH

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Anchored truth
Refused to lie
Soiled in a bed of rocks
Loyal roots a forbearance to be
Pure from blemish
Insures we breathe
Antidotes hidden in breeze
Tranquillity cries for all to dwell
A curiousitys tree
Can you see the forest in me
Faithful roots
Assures a breath
Before you die
A million seeds
Cannot lie
Manifests all eyes that see
A tree smiles love
Nature…she is very wise

FORETOLD

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Gathered up some of my bottles today
Some new some old
Creative energies
Will be foretold
My art
My world

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My Journey

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Lovely Heaven

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Peaceful Journey

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Beautifully peaceful

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NEW GEMS

I just purchased some more new gems to add to my arsenal of beads. It takes hours to organize in preparation to be strung by the Artist’s hands. This week I’ll be taking some time out from blogging to design some unique creations.   I’m so excited. Everytime I buy new beads I feel like a kid  in a candy shop. It’s such a wonderful feeling and it takes me away from the world and all its negative attachments.

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CLOUD MUSEUM – BARD CALIFORNIA

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VERDANT DESERT

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OLD BOTTLES AND FISHING NETS

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I love old bottles but I have so many I’ve collected over the years that I had virtually no place left on my shelves to put them. I decided to get my macramé string out and tie some fishing knots to create nets around them and hang them all over the house. It’s colorful and nautical.  I just love it.

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Macraméd Bottles

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*I Love Macrame*

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I have a love for macramé. I have been a  macramé artist since 1970. The old nostalgic hippie days of my youth.  This is what I do with my collection of antique bottles. 

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Desert Flowers Today

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The desert flowers bring a smile to my heart….

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Just another desert stroll, so warm in winter’s day…

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Airzona Twilight

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The mighty oak …

The mighty oak was once a little nut that stood his ground.

It’s important to stand your ground. I think more often than not, people allow others to manipulate them for lack of understanding or confidence in what they truly believe.

They are confused about how to respond when someone insists their opinion is right and that theirs is wrong. Many people believe or are persuaded to believe that they must agree to avoid an argument. This is either because they don’t want to hurt the person’s feelings or maybe they just want to avoid an uncomfortable situation.

The fact is that we are not responsible for the feelings of others; moreover, disagreeing with someone only proves that we believe in our convictions and values enough to stand up for the truth regardless of the consequences.

Does this mean we are to be aggressive? Absolutely not! Assertiveness is the key. You see, there is a difference between aggressiveness and assertiveness. Aggressiveness is when you ruthlessly give your opinion. Voicing your option of the matter hatefully and maliciously causing fear in another person.

To be assertive, is to tell the persistent person the truth about how you feel or what your opinion is without being hateful, or worrying about their response. In other words, standing up for the truth regardless of the outcome; however, we must keep in mind that kindness is the key.

An example of this would be if my best friend said she was going on a date and that she couldn’t find a baby sitter and pleaded with me to fill in for the babysitter. I’m studying for my final exam, which is tomorrow.

My response would be to tell her the truth. I would say something like this…”I would love to help you out but I’m studying for my final exam.” That’s being assertive. You don’t have to say anything but the truth and leave it at that. If my best friend is truly my best friend, she would accept it and realize that my exam takes priority. If, on the other hand she gets angry insisting I babysit, well this proves she’s not really a best friend and I allow her to be angry realizing that I’m not responsible for her feelings. This so called “best friend,” is trying to manipulate me, because she is selfish and is not a true friend. I would ignore her and continue with my studies.

Another response using the aggressive tones…

What are you freaking nuts? You’re so selfish! I have an exam for college tomorrow and I need to study. Poor planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine….sorry charlie!

You get the drift?

We are not responsible to make other people’s lives work they are.

We are not responsible for other people’s feelings.

We are responsible for our lives only.

We must be like the little nut and stand our ground then we can grow into a mighty oak tree…and remember, “You have to stand for something or you may fall for anything.”

And last but not least, “My absolute favorite quote,” It’s by GHANDI. …”BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD. ”

Peace, from *Dawnasong*

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Arizona Rocks!

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Just another beautiful day to be grateful for. 
We cannot control the wind but we can adjust our sails!
Love Rocks!

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MY RISING SUN

I can only write what’s in my heart
That’s been my goal from the very start
I feel the love in the air
As I open my eyes it’s everywhere
Can you feel and sing with me
The melody is sweet without a care
Perfected notes resonates my soul
Resounding love of long ago
Walk with me
Just take my hand
With no regrets we’ll walk this land
Spreading music we all admire
Willing to break the world’s desire
We will harmonize the universe as one
Peace and love has now begun
Let us hold the truth and live as one
Positive energy our rising sun

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Arizona’s Amber Winter Skies

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ONE WORLD ONE LOVE

I want to tell the world how I feel
I want them to know the truth is real
I want them to open their eyes and see
I want them to be as one with me
I want them to know how love can heal
I want them to know it’s time to be real
United in peace forever as one
One World
One Love
One time to forgive
Let’s love one another no matter what color
We are rainbows of the spectrums light
Each one is important to shine in the night
We are brothers and sister’s
We can no longer fight
Please be my family
Today we’ll unite
One World
One God
One family of light
Forever and always
We will shine as the sun
Je t’aime my family we can no longer run

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Gratitude

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Another beautiful day! I have so much gratitude! I love positive energy!
{Love is what we came here for…}

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THE GREATEST YEARS OF MY LIFE

Write about your strongest memory of heart-pounding belly-twisting Imagenervousness: what caused the adrenaline? Was it justified? How did you respond?

      It was February 7th 1996 my life was empty cold and dark. I had hit bottom. My drinking was out of control. I wanted to feel again, love again, live again. I had nothing but emptiness in my weary soul. I asked a friend if she could help me for if I had to go on living in this misery,  I would prefer death.

She took my hand and told me if I wanted to live that I should attend an Alcoholic Anonymous meeting. 

I choose to live that day. I remember driving alone to the meeting so afraid that my entire body was shaking, for my adrenaline was pounding so hard I could barely walk up the five steps to the door.

I made it ( by the grace of God/Positive – Energy) I opened the door and there must have been 1000 eyes intently looking through my soul.

I cried all the way through the meeting for everyone was telling my story. They were different stories but the same feelings of hopelessness, shame, regret then hope. 

They all spoke of how they had overcome this disease of addiction,  they all had a bright light in their new eyes that they were given as a result of working the twelve steps of the program. 

These people were so wonderful.  The took me under their wings and loved me until I could love myself.

I was amazed before I was half way through. I was 6 months sober when a job offer took my family and I to Japan. I celebrated my first year of sobriety in Yokoskua Japan.

That was the absolute best year of my entire life! God/Positive Energy had done for me what I could not do for myself.  I have been rocketed into a fourth dimension of existence I had never dreamed possible.

There is hope for anyone that wants to live, love and dream again. 

~I~

Came too

Came to listen

Came to believe :~}

 

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Sometimes we miss great things, when we’re busy looking for greater things….
~”Laughing”~

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BEAUTEOUS MORNING

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Unusual Heavenly Skies

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I just took my dog for a walk.
While walking I couldn’t help noticing the beautiful sky; however, within fifteen minutes of my walk the sky changed dramatically, as if it was posing for me to adore. 
It’s a peaceful sweet day, another reason to be grateful!

Today is the only day that counts. I give up all hope of having a better past. I will be positive and look for the good in all things, for when I focus on the good, it gets better, but when I focus on the bad it gets worse. Laws of physics cannot lie. Energy gravitates through thought as well as the universe. I can choose my destiny to be good or bad, life or death. Today is beautiful because I say it is.
Life is worth living because believe.
I will have a nice day unless I make other plans…(I will not) ÷]

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~ARIZONA TWILIGHT~

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Another beautiful Airzona evening…

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CRIMSON LOVE

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Super Bowl XLVIII: A Trafficker’s Playground

This needs national attention!

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woman hostageIn just a few short days hundreds of thousands of visitors will flood to the MetLife stadium in New Jersey for Super Bowl XLVIII. Many visitors will be coming to show their pride and cheer on their favorite team, but tragically, thousands more will be coming for something entirely different. What most people don’t know is that the single biggest game of the year has also been called the single largest human trafficking event on the planet.

Just beyond the stadium lights, hidden within the shadows will be thousands of victims, women, children and even men, caught in the inhumane web of sex trafficking. For them this day will bring something much different than football, loud cheers, hot dog stands and painted beer bellies. For them it will bring pain, abuse, repeated rapes and even fear of death. The exact numbers of trafficking cases in a given year or…

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Varying Perceptions

    The other day while hiking on the  heated desert landscape,  I spotted a black hole. The curious photographer in me, suggested I peek in. Thinking to capture something creepy, and creative; and maybe gain a new perspective on life.
Well, not sure what I found, but
I think it was certainly aware of my glaring presence.
I saw absolutely nothing in the hole but blackness. I took a few shots, then before moving away, I shot one more close up and left.
As I returned home, I began editing and enhancing my photos as usual, when I noticed this creature. It seemed to be glaring intently at me. This sudden awareness sent shivers down my spine!  For I realized,  that only an hour earlier I had been starring down this hole, two inches or less from a creepy and somewhat awesome creature!
Now that brings me to wonder, what was he was thinking about when he looked up from his dinner,  *to his horror* stocked! “Who is this creepy human paparazzi*  that has imposed on my privacy!”
Perception is in the eye of the beholder.

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JUST PAINT~

Just Paint~

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BEAUTEOUS TERRE ARIDE~

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♡VERITE♡

Today is the first day of the rest of your life

If tomorrow was the last day of your life

What dream would you dream

What life would you touch

What face would you love to see smile

What heart would you like to see changed

What person would you reach out to

What truth would your image reflect in your mirror

Would you be willing to be true
to thine own self and fly

or in spite of yourself
Rebuke your sky

~VERITE~
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LADYBUG

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Ladybug, fly…fly….just fly….
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You’re so beautiful, can you see…

ALL WRITINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHY COPYRIGHTED BY DAWNA D. BOWLES (C)2014

Ll y a Trois Arbres Dans Notre Jardin De Derrière.

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ALL WRITINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHY COPYRIGHTED BY DAWNA D. BOWLES (C)2014

Shangri-La Mon Amour

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Vermilion Armature

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