https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Raye094185/Thoughts (random, salty or teary and I hope not too out of synch or of a broken link) that make it to shore..:) hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Raye094185/708832use our wisdom to listen.. I have known this for most of my life - since childhood I've been enamored of creating -painting, drawing, writing, free form photography. Not with the intent of material gain or fame; they are balms intertwined which sooth, enlighten and carry the burdens of the world...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Raye094185/707976Not so long ago, I came to an acceptance of death - and what I can only describe as almost an embrace..don't mean I feel suicidal or anything, I love life and cherish my family but there are times when it becomes pretty miserable, breathing wise, but usually not like the last few days. I caught a...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Raye094185/707108When every door closes with soft and resolute clicks or the damning slam, 'tis the hour to wend my way Homehttps://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Raye094185/706271Seems there is more to these protests than just young, aimless seekers of a fight with authority. The police are the instigators of violence in many of these clashes. "Portland pepper spray incident generates iconic Occupy photo" The dramatic photo of a young woman getting a blast of pepper spray...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Raye094185/706023Closing eyes against reality does not make it go away, only blinds when sight is imperative and binds chaos to shock.https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Raye094185/705907The sky this afternoon was a moment set in disorder and perfection I gazed away from my troubles to where rain masses, a greening slate drifted slow and low a blessing to some, a curse upon others in between, tufts of cumulus appeared as tiny footprints, flutters ringing a portal for summery blue...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Raye094185/705488I have the spirit and mind of an impish youngster but the lungs of a 100 plus year old..so my emotions and thoughts race much faster than my body can ever hope to catch, lol..I am keeping or trying to keep everything in the best possible shape - eating right, taking my treatments as prescribed...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Raye094185/705355Where does the difference between love and hate live? Can you fathom turning away the sick, hungry and homeless those who cannot work or cannot earn enough to live? Why can't I? The whisper within speaks of the rightness in caring - am I deaf? or ignorant? I wonder when I hear and see the...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Raye094185/704989Details Of Georgia Militiamen's Ricin Terror Plot Being Uncovered Atlanta, GA -- Four Atlanta-area men are accused of plotting to bomb federal buildings. The suspected militia members have been arrested for planning to use ricin and explosives for terror attacks in Atlanta and Washington....https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Raye094185/704638I will never understand the whys of today I am the same not less, mayhap more because a gift of knowledge is carried by illness and strife... flesh, bones, blood and lungs betray yet live and die on travels far away from the flame of star, the form candlelit -who we really are inextinguishable...