Part 1  Part 2: So with that being said, I’ll tell you what the picture, Lost Paradise means to me. I said the picture is a journey. It starts at the mountain in the back ground. That separates us from the rest of the world. The mountain is a barrier between the outside world and the civilization of the universe or the c of u. The mountain is just the beginning of the journey for most of us. It was the...

About three days later, I sat in a booth at the Lady Bug drinking coffee when Meghan breezed in.  She smiled when she saw me and came over.   ”Are you waiting for Paul?”  She sat down across from me. “No, I was just enjoying the atmosphere.” “I am so glad you moved here.  I know it’s only been a few weeks, but I’ve got to tell you this Ember, I have some great plans...

  By the next weekend I was completely packed and ready to move to Blooming Bud.  The moving van arrived at 8:30 Saturday morning and by 12:45 everything had been loaded and we were on our way.  Paul closed his shop early and helped me move my things into my studio and apartment.  Despite the mountain of unopened boxes everywhere, it soon felt like home.  By 7:30 most of the boxes in my living quarters...

As I sat at my desk looking at the picture I had just drawn it suddenly came to me !I suddenly realized what this picture truly meant: Now those of you that I have had the pleasure to meet with either face to face or over the phone or even in the many chat rooms on the great world wide web, know that I can sometimes really get way out there in my thoughts . But this is something I have thought about for a couple...

“Well, it looks like you have made a lot of progress out here.  What are you going to do with all that stuff?” “Take it with me, of course.” “You found a place then.” “Yes, I found a place outside of town.  I think I’ll be happy there.” “Emy, I know this has been hard on you.  But we have nothing in common anymore.” “Nothing in common!  Twenty-three years of marriage, two children...

 I flopped down on my couch.  One phone call from that woman and the merits of my mental health day disappeared.  Tears welled up in my eyes.  I do need to find an apartment in town that will take Simon and my pottery wheel and kiln and the rest of my equipment.  Pottery is my therapy.  The thought of storing my equipment in a place without easy access is unthinkable.  I opened my laptop and looked through...

I sat down at a table in the gallery and read over the contract.  It appeared in order so I signed it.  Meghan made me a copy and then hurried off to the printer.  Meanwhile, Paul showed me around Blooming Bud.  The community hugged the bank of a small stream and the walkway jutted out over the cliff in several places.  Most of the stores were taken by artists of various disciplines.  At the end of the...

    One of the newest human research projects growing and expanding rapidly is the relationship between music and the brain. The international foundation for music research is supposedly the leading research group in this area.     There are hundreds of research projects going on but one that grabbed my attention is a study on music therapy boosting melatonin levels, a chemical produced by the pineal gland...

Submitted Jun 30th Eight local British embassy Staff have been arrested and accused of triggering London’s fury on Sunday and further exacerbating tensions with the west over the post electopn turmoil in the Islamic republic. More than 2,000 people are still in detention and hundreds more are missing across Iran since the government crackdown. “On Sunday police dispersed about 3,000 supporters of...

It was a long difficult day at work.  As usual it wasn’t anything different.  The bosses constantly put pressure for performance, continually insisting one take on more responsibilities.  Just waking up in the morning knowing what one was going to have to endure, just made one want to crawl back in bed and pull the covers over the head.   Thank heavens it was time to go home, which was bitter sweet knowing...