Adventures with Anda
Welcome to the gateway to my inner thoughts. Writing is how I understand the world, how I make sense of what is happening around me, and how I get myself through it. I try to embrace obstacles and remember my worth. The following articles are of my adventures, challenges, and triumphs. Most of what I write is raw and only lightly edited. This is the place where my words can flow free. Please be kind when it comes to grammar mistakes and long winded sentences, I write in a stream of consciousness style that tends toward storytelling more than literary mastery.
“I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more than living, for it is being conscious of living.”
Writing Fuels My Soul
I haven’t written anything in about two months. I will tell you, it’s not a good look for me. And it has nothing to do with readership or my need for productivity. It has everything to do with writing being my expression of self. Writing fuels my soul.
Mark Twain’s Cabin
Today could have been a bore with a trip to get my oil changed and run to the grocery store. However, the bright sunshine beckoned me for an explore. I knew I wasn’t feeling a hundred percent after my Covid quarantine, but a fifteen minute journey up the road to see Mark Twain’s cabin was too good to pass up. Thinking of the snow that is due tomorrow, I decided to go on a little adventure.
Hello 2024, Goodbye Covid
The story of how 2024 began for me with Covid and reflections of wellness and rest.
Looking Ahead at 2024
This 13-Card spread inspired by The Moon Deck is a great way to set intentions for the new year and set a framework to use as a tool for meditations throughout the year leaving room for whatever life has in store.
A Nature Day of Poetry - December 8, 2023
A Nature Day at the Yosemite Gate and by the River. Life is made for this.
Waning Moon - December 6, 2023
We are entering a waning moon as the wheel of the year turns towards Yule. This is the time to slow down, look inward at your thoughts and goals, and decide where to steer your ship into the new year.
The Power of the Lioness Tattoo
I also got a tattoo recently. This is a symbol of my strength to move forward toward a life with meaning.
Full Moon Meditation - November 25, 2023
Clarity brings joy, which is magic, and offers peace.
A Shift in Energy - November 24, 2023
Shifting energy and acknowledging what is coming up for me right now in my life with the Zen Tarot Deck
Happy Thanksgiving! - November 23, 2023
Happy Thanksgiving. I am thankful for a life I love.
Thoughts - November 17, 2023
Writing is a passion of mine and this is a way that I can keep that passion alive. Rambling is valuable. In these moments we can be closer. I shape my voice and begin to share things that I want to shout from the rooftops. Those will eventually go on the homepage. For now, these quiet thoughts are tucked here in my journal as a reminder to keep going because what I am doing is worth the effort.
Civilization - November 9, 2023
Not everyday is good, but there is good in every day. That is today. It is still a good day.
