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Happy Earth Day MJ!

admin — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:17:00 +0000

I’d promised I would do a Michael Jackson tribute post, and frankly I needed the two months to get myself in the right mental space to make it happen.

Today is the day that Michael Jackson came to Earth 51 years ago. He chose Joe and Katherine Jackson to be his parents on this Earth. He knew they could help him achieve that which he was on Earth to do. Although Joe Jackson irks me to no end, I do see his huge role in helping Michael fulfill his purpose on this Earth. A parent so narcissistic, egotistical, demanding, focused, and unwavering in his quest to make his children who he wanted them to be, can actually be very instrumental in pushing a child to live out his or her purpose. Even if it is through bitter tears, extreme loneliness, and a poor self-image.

My husband educated me about this image drawn by Mj, who knew?

Michael certainly lived out his purpose. I saw an interview where he said he was on “Earth to make people happy,” and that he feels that most when he’s on stage. He was about 22 years old when he made that statement, however I think he knew his reason for being on Earth much sooner than 22 years old. Michael lived his purpose in many ways not just on stage. He gave his money, his time, his heart and soul to make others happy. He gave so much money to others that he has a Guinness Book World Record for being the most giving pop star. He also has gained a host of other Guinness Book World Records.

A few that I can name are “First Entertainer to be paid 100 million in a year,” “Most Grammys in One Year,” “Most attended concert,” and “Most Successful Music Video.” These are only a few that I can name, but there are more.

MJ’s purpose can be felt every time you here a song of his. In my opinion he wasn’t an R&B singer, he wasn’t a Pop Singer, nor was he a Disco Singer, he was a Soul Singer. He sang from his soul. It didn’t matter the genre of music he sang, it was always from the soul. He danced from his soul too. It was like every time he decided to entertain us, he remembered his purpose on this Earth and tapped into his soul to achieve it.

He has had so many hits, it would be an incredible task to list them all. I’m sure I’d miss many of them I will tell you that my favorite is Leave Me Alone

Let’s remember Michael Today, and thank him for honoring his Earth’s purpose by living out our own purpose from our souls. If you don’t know your purpose, honor Michael by finding out your purpose on Earth and doing it to the best of your ability! At the end of the day that’s what we are here to do, and I have to say that despite anything and everything else, he lived his purpose.

If a Leo were a…

admin — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 21:01:58 +0000

A full year has passed and it’s time to create a new astrology format. This year it will be a description game. The items will always be the same for every sign. The answers will be different according to what I think I know about these sun signs. Here we go:

If a Leo were a fruit it would be a starfruit. Very interesting to look at on the outside, squishy on the inside and sometimes sweet and sometimes tart. It’s the kind of fruit that you at least have to stop and ponder.

If a Leo were a drink it would be a Sex on the Beach. Very very yummy and enjoyable, but it sometimes makes you blush just to think of it.
If a Leo were a toy it would be a Diva Starz. Cute looking, but always running it’s mouth saying the wrong things.

I a Leo were a vegetable it would be a Scotch Bonnet pepper. Really really hot, fiery and something that takes a long time to get out of your taste.

Geminis… It’s Twin Season!

admin — Wed, 23 May 2012 05:49:00 +0000

The Gemini season is beginning and I have to show them love. Geminis are known for being two-faced. I don’t mean this in a the back-stabbing way, although they may look like back-stabbers because of their twin personalities. What I mean by two-faced is that they have two sides of their personalities. They can be sweet, charming, amicable ladies one minute, and crafty sarcastic, unpleasant individuals the next. One thing that is consistent with Geminis is creativity and mental strength. These women are extremely gifted at creating revolutionary ideas. When you see something super creative out in the atmosphere, that has has not been seen or heard around, you’ll usually find a Gemini as the creator.

These women are fun to be around until they aren’t. However, just as quickly as you’ve decided that they aren’t your type of person, they will switch back to their other side and will endear themselves to you.

Here are some famous Geminis.

Josephine baker displayed the creativity that most Geminis do. She danced topless and very gracefully while being very provocative. During her time, that was cutting edge and very creative.

Ms. Jolie shows the two-sided nature of her personality publicily. On the one hand she is a husband-stealing, blood-carrying, brother-kissing, vixen, and then she’s a ambassador to the world who adopts children from all over. She brings creativity to her roles, well at least those that I’ve seen. I stopped watching her many years ago on purpose.

Marilyn Monroe was also very creative. She carved out that role for herself as a dizzy blonde sex symbol. She changed her hair color and orchestrated all her press and those images we see of her today. She was actually a shrewd business woman despite the persona she presented of herself.

Here we have a phone-throwing, face-slapping high-fashion model who always seems to be welcomed again and again to the runway and fashion world. I suspect it’s because she puts on the charm, and those around her forget about her tantrum-like behavior until she pulls another caper.

Nikki Giovanni is also a creative poet and writer. She shows her twin personality by looking like a thug one minute and a scholar the next. Lately she’s been looking more like a thug than a scholar

Coming out of Blogger Hiding

admin — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:39:05 +0000

It’s been about a year since I’ve blogged here. The reason is that I just don’t have the time. I’ve been writing books, editing my other website, staying at home raising my son, designing jewelry, keeping track of my two precious daughters, loving up my husband, studying for a Ph.D., and spending too much time on twitter, facebook and pinterest. Check me out over at those places if you want weekly or daily updates. With all of that, something had to take a backseat, and I decided it had to be blogging here. However, some major things have happened in my life over the year that I stopped blogging here, and I’ve decided to give an update.

I moved from Florida to Austin, Texas. I really loved Florida. However, since moving to Austin I’ve been able to explore the West by simply driving. We’ve been to New Mexico, the Grand Canyon, and other parts of Arizona so far. We are planning a drive to San Diego as soon as we can make it. Since these trips are drives, they are very very affordable. That makes me happy. Other great things about Austin are their thrift shops. I love them. There is a great river here that I go to look at sometimes. I love their Mexican food, and that about completes my top of mind list of things I like about Austin… Here are some West images.
Another major thing that happened in my life over this time period was that my father became ill and eventually transitioned out of this life. He had a stroke in September and after leaving the hospital and rehabilitation center he went to recuperate with my mother. Now, get this, my mother and father haven’t been together since 1975, but they have remained friends. She willingly took him in as a favor to him and me and cared for him 24 hours a day. I traveled back and forth to New Jersey until he passed on from Lung Cancer. We found out he had lung cancer during his stay with my mom. Right now it’s hard for me to look at anyone smoking a cigarette because I was at my father’s bedside during his last days here and it was hard to watch. Very hard to watch. Despite seeing him suffer and the money I had to spend traveling back and forth, I have to say that I feel especially blessed to spend that time with him. I feel blessed that I wasn’t tied down to a job or a project and could take the time to be with my daddy. The moments we shared over my life and over those last 4 months were priceless and they have forever shaped me into who I am.
During the funeral hoopla, which was just 3 weeks ago, my cousin asked me to design her some earrings. I completed them and put them in the mail yesterday. Here they are:

Today is the day after Whitney Houston has transitioned and I will be posting about her. I so loved her. She was a lioness like me. I forever pulled for her success, but I also recognize that she succeeded in what she was to offer this world. She, like MJ, gave us so much and no one can take that away from her. Look for more from me a little later…still processing it all.

Imagination

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:13:00 +0000

Lampwork bead. hand-drawn, Hand-cut plastic dangle

It’s Black, It’s White

admin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:21:41 +0000

Work Work

admin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:16:46 +0000

Ready or Not?

admin — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 04:26:24 +0000

2 inches red enamel stone.

Sparkle

admin — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 04:20:09 +0000

White metal dangle. 2 inches

By-di-ah

admin — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 03:13:47 +0000

2 inches bone earrings.