big knitted toques
a grizzily face chomping down hard on a smoke
a pair of spoons clacked together
a bent toe work boot
one scabby hockey stick alllll taped up
clunking "cups" hung on a spike
maple syrup poured on the snow.....long and steamy smoke
one fiddle..never a violin...never...
Hockey night theme
Mon Oncle Antoine
speaking cereal box french
Trudeaus sass
Stanfield underwear
that quiet grin at a Yankee gaff
Canadian content
eh?
Tim Hortons
Hudson's Bay well........once upon a time at least
our stubby bottles
Lucky Lager I remember
graveyard shift
Canadian Rye
Porridge
cocoa and pancakes and poutine
taking shoes off when you come inside
Loonies and toonies
the rocks and trees and rocks and trees and rock and trees and rocks and trees...and water
Gordon Lightfoot,The Rankins and Stompin' Tom Connors
Annie, Rita, Celine, and Burton and BTO.
These things folded into folded into folded into....
I think this cake tastes of maple.
Just streams of consciousness my friends.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
boundaries once again my old friend
Seeing Salma Hayak's first reaction to a starving child ....giving it the breast...I thought it magnificent. Okay magnificent may be too large a word. I thought it loving...a quiet, instinctual loving to feed a hungry child. I've learnt to see that instinctual acts of love..whether or not they go beyond someone elses comfort boundary...are what they are...acts of love. How can we know everyone's boundary? is this not impossible? My boundaries always stand firm on hurting anyone, whether it be knowingly physically or knowingly mental/spiritually. I watch a person's expressions and try to glean if they are on the same wave length.
I remember one young woman friend of mine not wanting something "shared" with another person. I did'nt understand it. I tried to get my head there and when I asked why..instead of teaching me why , I was told that I was being too argumentative about it. Hmm. Back away Ravynwolfe...allow them time to breathe..to gather themselves. Maybe they can teach you later....hungry hungry one. My way is love and trust usually and I do want to learn your boundaries and why you have what you have and then I will try and remember them all. I am a learning,impatient 47 year old child. I don't wish to hurt. I wish to learn you and learn me more in the aftermath. I think of oak trees....going..always going forward..having something put in their path but then..after a short time...going around it...going under it...but always the energy and push to go onwards and in all of those supposed boundaries in front of her she makes a more curlicue existence and people stand back and say "my what a neat curly tree!" I'm hoping I'm seen that way sometime...more a curly tree than a rampaging river that wears down stone.
Ravynwolfe
I remember one young woman friend of mine not wanting something "shared" with another person. I did'nt understand it. I tried to get my head there and when I asked why..instead of teaching me why , I was told that I was being too argumentative about it. Hmm. Back away Ravynwolfe...allow them time to breathe..to gather themselves. Maybe they can teach you later....hungry hungry one. My way is love and trust usually and I do want to learn your boundaries and why you have what you have and then I will try and remember them all. I am a learning,impatient 47 year old child. I don't wish to hurt. I wish to learn you and learn me more in the aftermath. I think of oak trees....going..always going forward..having something put in their path but then..after a short time...going around it...going under it...but always the energy and push to go onwards and in all of those supposed boundaries in front of her she makes a more curlicue existence and people stand back and say "my what a neat curly tree!" I'm hoping I'm seen that way sometime...more a curly tree than a rampaging river that wears down stone.
Ravynwolfe
You don't look like a Ravynwolfe
A long time ago when I told a man my name, he took one look at me and said "Ravynwolfe?" "you don't look like a Ravynwolfe" . I looked at him and sighed. He didn't get it. He didn't get it.
I remember later on a man name Lion Serpent Sun, was talking to me and showed me his tattoo...it was of a white Raven. "White Raven! ah?" he said as he elbowed me. It was nice to talk to one of "my" people. LOL.
You know, it's okay but do I really have to go the Goth route to have people say, now there's a Ravynwolfe! ? I'm not playing at this folks! :)
I remember later on a man name Lion Serpent Sun, was talking to me and showed me his tattoo...it was of a white Raven. "White Raven! ah?" he said as he elbowed me. It was nice to talk to one of "my" people. LOL.
You know, it's okay but do I really have to go the Goth route to have people say, now there's a Ravynwolfe! ? I'm not playing at this folks! :)
joined my own site?
I've joined my own site on the Google Friend connect. LOL....I don't know why..but still. LOL.
It's Saturday morning and I've just finished the last of the almond butter. I'm going the tree nut way now as it's supposedly better for you...but why is Almond butter so freakin' expensive? It's sooooo good though. Wonder how my cards are doing downtown? may go down there today to check out my sales! Wish me luck!
Ravy
It's Saturday morning and I've just finished the last of the almond butter. I'm going the tree nut way now as it's supposedly better for you...but why is Almond butter so freakin' expensive? It's sooooo good though. Wonder how my cards are doing downtown? may go down there today to check out my sales! Wish me luck!
Ravy
Friday, February 27, 2009
what just happenned?
So I'm trying to understand some gadgets. I added the friend thing so I could follow and connect with others and vice versa but I swear I hopped into this like one jumps into some slightly sinister dance of upside down naked reeling! I was in ...I did a few steps...I got out..and I wonder if I actually did anything? oh yes...I've connected and gotten something up so there's proof that killroy WAS there but still...just what did I do? Does it make it easier for some to find me? I found some neat blogs and will follow them but does this mean they can see mine now? I'm constantly thinking about how much of myself I want to bare to the world. How much is too much? Anyway...I hope something good will come of this. Ravy the "comparatively" almost-Luddite.
Manifestation day!
Today is MANIFESTATION DAY!!! yup..today I make a concentrated effort to manifest some things into my life via pictures on my mirrors, taking time each day to focus on what I want..NAY what I already have but just don't know yet is more like it!
We can all do it. Funny how when you take concepts we witches have known for centuries, strip away the "boogie man words" from it and present it as pseudo or actual science that others approve.....books such as "the Secret" which have not been a secret to witches, come out and make big bucks by promising people much. Thing is that some will think the whole idea is like putting magickal words out there, like the book itself will bring what they want and not understand that it is the actual focus and "knowing" that our minds create everything that brings it to us. We can't just say a few words of positivity and then say "hey it didn't work" and toss the book out. We can't fool ourselves by giving it a 60-40% mix of positivity and negativity and secretly thinking it might not work. There is a process to it. Constant focus...re-arranging of the way we think, and what we say, doing it over and over that will make things manifest. The only thing that could possibly make it all go pear-shaped when we apply those rules is if we have written our own lifeplans to not have these things happen for a greater lesson..however one would think that it would come through somehow in the focus and desire..maybe being a little "off?". Who knows.
Also people have to be wary that they realize the chain of events that such manifestations make. I remember hearing about how a group of people focused on creating a "helper -being" known in many magickal circles as a "Tulpa" (a being created solely from your own thoughts), and how when this thing DID manifest by constantly feeding on the thoughts of others was also feeding on their fears and turned into a very chaotic energy being that caused so much trouble it eventually had to be mentally destroyed which was not easy.
WE ARE made in Gods image and by that meaning..we are a microcosm of that macrocosm that is God...we hold all the constituents of the greater. We ARE co-creators and so many of us don't realize the power of our minds that it is amazing that we didn't destroy ourselves long ago! Then again, if you believe in the stories of old Atlantis we most nearly did! (at least in this dimension). Focus, be aware, see in the long term but try to live in the now and do unto others what you would have them do unto you! There's wisdom in those words! cheers, Ravy.
We can all do it. Funny how when you take concepts we witches have known for centuries, strip away the "boogie man words" from it and present it as pseudo or actual science that others approve.....books such as "the Secret" which have not been a secret to witches, come out and make big bucks by promising people much. Thing is that some will think the whole idea is like putting magickal words out there, like the book itself will bring what they want and not understand that it is the actual focus and "knowing" that our minds create everything that brings it to us. We can't just say a few words of positivity and then say "hey it didn't work" and toss the book out. We can't fool ourselves by giving it a 60-40% mix of positivity and negativity and secretly thinking it might not work. There is a process to it. Constant focus...re-arranging of the way we think, and what we say, doing it over and over that will make things manifest. The only thing that could possibly make it all go pear-shaped when we apply those rules is if we have written our own lifeplans to not have these things happen for a greater lesson..however one would think that it would come through somehow in the focus and desire..maybe being a little "off?". Who knows.
Also people have to be wary that they realize the chain of events that such manifestations make. I remember hearing about how a group of people focused on creating a "helper -being" known in many magickal circles as a "Tulpa" (a being created solely from your own thoughts), and how when this thing DID manifest by constantly feeding on the thoughts of others was also feeding on their fears and turned into a very chaotic energy being that caused so much trouble it eventually had to be mentally destroyed which was not easy.
WE ARE made in Gods image and by that meaning..we are a microcosm of that macrocosm that is God...we hold all the constituents of the greater. We ARE co-creators and so many of us don't realize the power of our minds that it is amazing that we didn't destroy ourselves long ago! Then again, if you believe in the stories of old Atlantis we most nearly did! (at least in this dimension). Focus, be aware, see in the long term but try to live in the now and do unto others what you would have them do unto you! There's wisdom in those words! cheers, Ravy.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
More fun shirt designs at Ravyshirts!
Okay folks..new shirts out at Ravyshirts on Cafepress. I have an anti-smoking one, a celebrate your curves one, a body by vegie one and a budgie head one!!! for those who love budgie heads...hahaha..don't ask. I'm working hard...which is good. I'm feeling better..which is also good. To see my shirts go to http://www.cafepress.com/Ravyshirts and there is a little button that toggles whether you want to see prices in Canadian,American,British etc. Hope you like them. Love Ravy
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Siamese fighting fish
Am I the only one that feels sorry for those fish that you see in the little cups...looking so bored? People say "oh well they don't need much and feel better this way"...says who? I know that many want a place to actually live ..a bit of plants and at least another fish in a tank or bowl beside it so it can look at him/her. People can be very insensitive to an animals wants and needs. A plastic cup is not a natural habitat for a fish of any kind so no..it is not a preferable place. I think I'll get one soon and give it a nice home. My brids will enjoy the new friend.
Gardening this year
I think my garden for this year shall be all in pots instead of in my little patch. The patch is more clay than soil so it makes sense. I have strawberries and sweet woodruff and some things that are perrenial but I do so want some vegies that actually grow fully and are not stunted so I think it will be pots this year for me...with a nice loose and soft soil. I can't wait to get my little paws into some fresh soil and start growing things! C'mon Spring, I'm close to being ready!
Monday, February 23, 2009
On poetry
It's been awhile since I've written poetry. I had a good solid three years where I wrote and wrote and wrote. I kept a binder of 101 poems that I had written and where that binder is today I have no idea. I'm sure I would smile at the musings of an 18 year old.
I found that after each breakup of a relationship I was moved to write poetry and yes I know...roll your eyes if you will ! :) but it did give me rich fertilizer to write.....er.....rich fertilizer!
After reading my friend's Waxing moon blog it inspires me to write more poetry and when my head clears of this head cold-flu I will start in again. People who have inspired me poetically beyond Rachel? Robert Frost, Lucy Maud Montgomery, the man that wrote The Education of Little Tree (sorry I don't have his name at the ready)the writings more than the paintings of Emily Carr (oh Emily I do love you so!), and the four legged and winged people that I love so much. I'm sure there is more but again "head cold" .
Anyway, thanks my friends.
Ravynwolfe
I found that after each breakup of a relationship I was moved to write poetry and yes I know...roll your eyes if you will ! :) but it did give me rich fertilizer to write.....er.....rich fertilizer!
After reading my friend's Waxing moon blog it inspires me to write more poetry and when my head clears of this head cold-flu I will start in again. People who have inspired me poetically beyond Rachel? Robert Frost, Lucy Maud Montgomery, the man that wrote The Education of Little Tree (sorry I don't have his name at the ready)the writings more than the paintings of Emily Carr (oh Emily I do love you so!), and the four legged and winged people that I love so much. I'm sure there is more but again "head cold" .
Anyway, thanks my friends.
Ravynwolfe
Wanting to go with them
I remember a few autumns ago how I longed to fly off with the geese making their way south. It was not so much the want to be a bird, but the desire to be such a part of nature that I was moved by her gentle urgings ...no second thoughts ...acting on instinct only. I felt apart from that oneness and it took me awhile to see that I do indeed have instinctual reactions to mothers urgings in my menses, in my body's reaction to sunlight,warmth,cold etc. I don't know why I looked outside myself for this. I went from being to observing which made "two" and here I am trying to keep my eye single. I remember wanting so much to explain this feeling to a friend, my desire to wing with the geese, I was open and raw and he understood...he understood. I really want to not need external validations of my sanity, my goodness, my value. We are all mirrors upon mirrors upoin mirrors for one another and my want is not to want but to just "be" and know that all are one and that we are God trying to understand ourself. Did God create the mirror upon which she first observed? saw herself as two? I wonder.
Friday, February 20, 2009
About copyrights etc.
Now I'm wondering, when we publish any of our pictures or art up here on Blogspot is there devices to keep anyone from stealing them? My pictures are , after all, my pictures and I want to keep it that way. I've been looking on the FAQ to see if this is addressed but I can't find it yet. Does anyone know? Thanks.
four stores for me!
Okay well I now have four cafepress stores. I really hope I get some action going on them soon as I spend a lot of time on them. It's not easy but I'm hopeful!
One store is called "Ravynwolfe" and it is for mainly but not only pagan things http://www.cafepress.com/Ravynwolfe
another for mainly nature art called "Coventree".http://www.cafepress.com/Coventree
which I think it was one of better stores and really should try and get a photography showing I suppose.
One more is called :Ravyshirts" as it focuses primarily on Shirts http://www.cafepress.com/Ravyshirts
and the very last but not least is called "Twonk" and it well it's a teensy bit
edgier and you can also find video cams there are well as a few tshirts etc. http://www.cafepress.com/Twonk
When I was growing up a Twonk was someone who was an idiot..but I find it a fun word that
doesn't get used very often..heh...maybe this is a good thing! LOL. Twonk is my newest store so has not been fleshed out as much as the others.
I really hope I can get some hits on Google for it etc. I have added my stores to some search engines but it can take some time to get up there.
I really enjoy creating for these stores as well as making art cards/photo cards for other stores in town. I also do a form of healing known as Limpia but since that is a spanish word and I am not I usually just call it shamanic egg cleansing which helps to clean and clear the aura. I was taught this by a Curandera from Mexico and find it a wonderful to help others in a gentle but powerful way.
The other things I do for money have been and are, writing,dog walking,housesitting and petsitting. I also volunteer and have for SPCA,Wild Arc wildlife rehab,Victoria Symphony and the list will probably go on. I believe in Random acts of kindness and beauty and have been doing them even before this phrase came out ....since around 1979! So this is me. Just a little brush up on who the Trickster is.
One store is called "Ravynwolfe" and it is for mainly but not only pagan things http://www.cafepress.com/Ravynwolfe
another for mainly nature art called "Coventree".http://www.cafepress.com/Coventree
which I think it was one of better stores and really should try and get a photography showing I suppose.
One more is called :Ravyshirts" as it focuses primarily on Shirts http://www.cafepress.com/Ravyshirts
and the very last but not least is called "Twonk" and it well it's a teensy bit
edgier and you can also find video cams there are well as a few tshirts etc. http://www.cafepress.com/Twonk
When I was growing up a Twonk was someone who was an idiot..but I find it a fun word that
doesn't get used very often..heh...maybe this is a good thing! LOL. Twonk is my newest store so has not been fleshed out as much as the others.
I really hope I can get some hits on Google for it etc. I have added my stores to some search engines but it can take some time to get up there.
I really enjoy creating for these stores as well as making art cards/photo cards for other stores in town. I also do a form of healing known as Limpia but since that is a spanish word and I am not I usually just call it shamanic egg cleansing which helps to clean and clear the aura. I was taught this by a Curandera from Mexico and find it a wonderful to help others in a gentle but powerful way.
The other things I do for money have been and are, writing,dog walking,housesitting and petsitting. I also volunteer and have for SPCA,Wild Arc wildlife rehab,Victoria Symphony and the list will probably go on. I believe in Random acts of kindness and beauty and have been doing them even before this phrase came out ....since around 1979! So this is me. Just a little brush up on who the Trickster is.
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