Eat Pray Love

2011 is a very interesting year for me. It began as I sat in front of the lovely fire of the woodstove at the farm, and contemplated the coming year. I made my traditional posters for the year, and as I review my little "treasure maps" I find that I have already accomplished a lot. I am traveling a lot. To California I went in January and February to do some accounting for a friend, and an association. March and April, I roomed at Cindy's and studied my music diligently for our Beatle's concert April 30. Way cool.

May 7, I picked up and went to Oklahoma to help Linda my sister-in-law by helping to care for her Mom. Staying in Oklahoma was a spiritual experience for me. I got to read and research for my websites, and it was powerful. I was so involved in my writing, that I was sort of oblivious to the 108+ degrees for almost 90 days. We laughed and laughed. I begin to accept that all of us are aging, and there's a sort of peace about that.

Linda met me with a huge cake. Something I couldn't pass up, and wouldn't you know it, I have been eating and eating and eating ever since. I can really relate to that scene where Julia Roberts is laying on the floor wrestling to get her jean on.

And we ate out and ate out, and ate out. Oi-veh!

Leaving Oklahoma on August 30, I went to Minneapolis, where I had 12 days of intense gatherings with friends. I had left so abruptly three years ago, that I didn't have good closure, so I just met with people 3-4 people a day, and sometimes more. It was a great time for me. I practiced setting my intention almost every day, and had really heart connecting times, and resolution - at least within myself.

Off to Burlington Vermont, I went to see my son. Darling sons. Darling daughters. It is so wonderful to see each of them happy in their lives, being successful, and liking their lives. I don't think either of them understand the need of a mother to see them, hold them close, and touch them, and say you are so gorgeous, you're OK. Ahhhhh,,,,,.........

And tomorrow I leave to go to Orlando, where I will stay a few days with a favorite aunt and uncle. Next Monday My cousin Wanda picks me up in Leesburg, and we will head out to LaBelle, and then to Naples, where we lived until we were out of school. She talked me into going to Florida for our 45th high school reunion.

So of course I have put on almost 20 pounds in the last four months. Oh, well. And I have almost worn out the clothes I took on this trip-which were mostly casual.

In Feb during my California stay, I read Eat, Pray, Love. It is a fabulous book. One you want to savor. Here is Burlington I am reading her next book called Committed. I figure this year is one in which I am doing an inner and outer journey similar to hers. I am eating a lot, praying a lot, and loving a lot. Only, please God, let's also include a partner into this picture cause I wouldn't mind the sex and companionship.