No, dear, I am not the Antichrist

So, so sorry to disappoint...LOL. Seriously, some idiot typed my name into goggle asking if I was the Antichrist. At first I wasn't sure whether to worry or laugh but as you can see, laughter won. I really have to wonder how many dumbass people there are in the world. I am a human, just like everyone else. I have my sorrows and my joys, my good times, and my bad...and I definitely am not powerful enough to be the Antichrist nor would I ever want to be. Nor am I a dark soul, just an older and more integrated one than most...I am wise enough to know that without dark there would be no light.

I'm still contemplating on whether my new design is too bright...I do like bright colors, ok...more or less ALL colors.

Today I have written a new poem called Each Star Stares Down It isn't a very cheery poem at all to kick off the New Year and sort of odd at that as I am in a wonderful mood! But what comes out, comes out and that's all there is to it. It started coming in while I was in the shower.

Well, I had the quietest Christmas of my life and enjoyed it very much. It was cold in Virginia, in the New River Valley, but not enough to snow. We did get to see remnants of snow along the river up in the higher elevations. We spent our time playing games, watching movies, watching the amazing sunsets from the front porch of our cottage, taking walks, and going on drives in the peaceful country. We had planned a Civil War daytrip on Sunday (the 28th) to Cloyd's Farm, the Dublin depot, and the site where they destoyed the bridge but my son wasn't feeling well so we had to nix it. Hopefully on our next visit we will be able to stop there. I actually slept very well and felt very at peace and reconnected with my children, my partner, and our Mother Earth in the quiet. I will share a few of my holiday pics here and there are more on the poetry sites front page.





Those pics were taken from the front porch. At night it was so dark, especially as the New Moon was Saturday (Dec 27th)...the sky was lit up with the constellations. It was the loveliest thing I've ever seen.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..............

We are on the road again...FINALLY! Oh, I can't stand being stuck in one place for so long and I am ecstatic to be on the road and traveling. We are currently in South Carolina, heading up to Virginia where we will hideaway for the next several days in peace and NO WORK! Imagine that, me not working. I know, it's crazy isn't it? The sky is falling, LOL

I won't even have an internet connection for days. This is what workaholics have to do to prevent themselves from working. Someone better hide the blackberry too.

Happy Holidays! I will be silent for a while now but I am gleeful and with my little loves.

Ho, Ho, Ho...a right jolly old elf

Yeah, right...LOL. Trying to be jolly, really I am. BUT, as SW says, I am instead BACK IN BLACK. Mourning that is...for what was, what could have been, what isn't, what shouldn't be, what won't be. It's amazing how much we've been through together over the past 4 1/2 years and no matter what happens, how mean we are to one another, how depressed we get (or help make each other when we are both moping) we stick it out or eventually right the ship. We are somehow friends/enemies, brother/sister, mother/father, counsel/patient, and at one point (in early 2006) almost lovers. I used to be offended with his womanizing, now I am just SO glad I did NOT get too deeply involved (as in, commitment or lovers). Funny how feelings morph through circumstance and time. It's like we are permanent thorns in each other's paw. Somehow it must be helping us both, in some way. This, my pretties, is the manifestation of his SATURN on my Moon/Venus/Jupiter. I know, astrology this, astrology that, blah blah blah. LOL It's my lifeline.

O Saturn Claus, O Saturn Claus (sing this to the tune of O, Christmas Tree)...

Oh, right...did you guess that I am TIRED?? I'm always crazy when I'm drained and needing to sleep. I do not need alcohol or drugs to be a fool, I can manage perfectly fine on my own with clogged up brain fluids and gluten, thank you very much. :-/

Tomorrow I have a very interesting consultation...I am actually looking forward to it! Plus this week I did an amazing job for a client and she has already used my advice to make things better in her relationship. I am so happy about that, I have not seen such a lovely relationship in a long time...just one I happened to be involved in recently but we all know what happened to that. If not, just pretend you do, lol...and I am back in black.

New poem from my convoluted mind, The Scent so Bittersweet

Also, a lovely little gem from EE Cummings is posted...though I do not like the lack of capitalization (it seriously does disturb me, I'm afraid), I do like the poem. I just have to make myself ignore the bits that bother me when I'm reading. I may be eccentric but yes, I am STILL a Super Virgo...just happens to be all in the 11th house (Uranus/Aquarius).

Now if only I could lay my finger alongside my nose, rise up the chimney, get in my magical reindeer pulled sleigh and take off, LOL

Ho Ho NO

Come on over next week and taste some goodies as I will be baking away this weekend. Chocolate Chip Oatmeal cookies here we come...my baby brother's favorite. Hope he likes them as that's all he's getting this year! Have to find my secret recipe first. I know it's here somewhere...

Destruction

New Poem up on the website, Destruction

Not very social today, may chat more later :)

Tonight....and the Wild Ride

Today/tonight there is a relatively 'rare' line-up with the Moon, Venus, and Jupiter in conjunction. If you have clear skies, take a peek. This line-up is the same as on the day I was born only this one is taking place in Capricorn rather than Scorpio, even the moon phase is the same - Crescent. Look up and find the Crescent moon, then close by you will see two bright objects - Venus and Jupiter. The occultation could be seen in Eastern Europe, I believe. The Moon has already moved on past (haven't bothered to look to see the exact time when, but it happened when it was daylight in the US) but is still in orb. Just checked and see that Venus has moved on too - Moon is at 27 Capricorn, Venus is at 23 Capricorn, and Jupiter is at 22 degrees...still in orb for those tiny ones being born tonight.

Picked up the new copy of Mountain Astrologer...I could not resist the title: The Wild Ride of 2009. Sounds like they are talking about my life!!! LOL

No new poetry, I have been driven into exhaustion by work and my goats.

Love in the darkness,

Dena