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GRIT happens
7 years ago today I moved into a house in Dixfield on a journey to the unknown. I had no clue what my future held. I just kept taking the...
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Aug 23, 20231 min read


Gamelan in garden at Village Green
Farm memories... oh how these make my heart sing❤️💕💙🩷 GAMELAN music under the kids climbing tree. If you're unfamiliar with Gamelan- I...
verajohnson9
Aug 18, 20231 min read


Wilton, Maine
Sunsets on Wilson lake
verajohnson9
Apr 24, 20231 min read


Wings
A visit to my client (some become friends) for more upcoming work. I remember driving past her house before I met her and seeing a rock...
verajohnson9
Apr 22, 20231 min read


Self portrait
At one time my medium was watercolor. This is a self portrait using only black paint. I love high contrast. Extremes, opposites. I'm...
verajohnson9
Apr 14, 20231 min read


Seekers
Once the soul awakens, the search begins and you can never go back. From then on, you are inflamed with a special longing that will never...
verajohnson9
Mar 27, 20231 min read


Synchronicity
Every Synchronicity creates the energy and belief that there could be more. When reality starts organizing itself to reflect your energy...
verajohnson9
Mar 25, 20231 min read


Slaying the 108th dragon
Homeward today. Grateful for this time with myself and the love and guidance of the universe/unnamed source. Allowing opportunities and...
verajohnson9
Mar 11, 20231 min read


Tending
Stops me in my tracks to listen for...nothingness. Perhaps a brook trickling under the snowy bridge or the leaves rustling. Nourishment...
verajohnson9
Mar 8, 20231 min read


And I wept
As I watched the ghostly remains of leaves on the Beech trees hanging on to the last moment of existence. Soon they will be pushed off...
verajohnson9
Mar 2, 20231 min read


From darkness comes life
Someone sent me this today. And a woman spoke saying “ Tell us of pain “ And he said : Your pain is the breaking of the shell that...
verajohnson9
Feb 28, 20231 min read


Truth seeking journey
Losing balance for love, is part of living a balanced life ❤ The physics of the quest: A force in nature, governed by laws as real as the...
verajohnson9
Feb 25, 20231 min read


Rice fields in Arkansas
Funny story. Tonight I was sitting outside the "old liars bench" cottage on the docks at my dad's place in Florida and a couple of the...
verajohnson9
Feb 23, 20235 min read


Golden handcuffs
This tree was once a seed. Goals. Dreams. If you've had a dream that you've been derailed from for varying reasons, what's stopping you...
verajohnson9
Feb 8, 20232 min read


Swimming with gators and petting wild boar
It's 84 degrees in south Florida and it's only February 1st. That's HOT for this season. 'Why not go for a swim in the canal' they said? ...
verajohnson9
Feb 1, 20232 min read


I see you
I recently found a piece I wrote, about an incident that happened many many years ago. I'm glad I wrote it down because my body reacted...
verajohnson9
Jan 21, 20231 min read


Wild horses
Wild ponies of Chincoteague... I drove through hail, sleet and whiteout snow to arrive, narrowly escaping the raging stallion of a Storm....
verajohnson9
Jan 17, 20231 min read


Be who you are, not who they say you are
I once rode in a car with a man who had recently been released from spending 25 years in prison falsely accused of murder. At the age of...
verajohnson9
Jan 16, 20231 min read


Becoming
The work is the process, The process is the pathway. It's really that simple Letting go Surrendering to the unenforceable Trusting the...
verajohnson9
Jan 15, 20231 min read


Now...
It is that time...2023 Reflect Envision Decide Implement Focus Soften Allow Define Embrace Burn away Build again Burn away Build again...
verajohnson9
Dec 31, 20221 min read
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