Bonus material and outtakes.

The Christmas Star

Kelly's art, Kelly's bread, Pam's squash blossoms, and Robin happy at the beach

Robin putting in some hospital time as a youth.

Leg display. Sept. 24, 2020

It's not a contest or anything. But, Kelly wins.

'Shrooms, anyone?

August 20 call features Simon

Emily's energy and industry is now at home....here Georgia.

Kelly's lake house sketch; Pam's sisters' house sketch.

A good poem

Famous

The river is famous to the fish.

The loud voice is famous to silence,   
which knew it would inherit the earth   
before anybody said so.   

The cat sleeping on the fence is famous to the birds   
watching him from the birdhouse.   

The tear is famous, briefly, to the cheek.   

The idea you carry close to your bosom   
is famous to your bosom.   

The boot is famous to the earth,   
more famous than the dress shoe,   
which is famous only to floors.

The bent photograph is famous to the one who carries it   
and not at all famous to the one who is pictured.   

I want to be famous to shuffling men   
who smile while crossing streets,   
sticky children in grocery lines,   
famous as the one who smiled back.

I want to be famous in the way a pulley is famous,   
or a buttonhole, not because it did anything spectacular,   
but because it never forgot what it could do.

Credit

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From Words Under the Words: Selected Poems by Naomi Shihab Nye. Copyright © 1995. Reprinted with permission of Far Corner Books, Portland, OR.

Robin builds a snowman that looks a little bit like a bride, wearing boots that look a little bit like flippers.

Robin enjoys a beach day in her teeny flower bikini. 

We take a minute to decide next week's challenge........Make A Mask!

Robin shouts 'hurray' wearing a cute green crop top.

We always feel better after our calls, am-I-right?

Extra picture from PKZ, who couldn't limit herself to five.

Sprinkles in St. Rose, near Montreal, summer of 2017.

Robin wears another tiny tee.

Close up of the dried-brown-leaf version of Bonnie.

Weekly calls needed spicing up......what if we shared Self-Portraits?

The week of April 26, 2020

Spirit Animal

The week of May 3, we shared our spirit animals. 




Kelly: 

The Bear

The symbolism of the Bear

• The primary meaning of the bear spirit animal is strength and confidence
• Standing against adversity; taking action and leadership
• The spirit of the bear indicates it’s time for healing or using healing abilities to help self or others
• The bear medicine emphasizes the importance of solitude, quiet time, rest
• The spirit of the bear provides strong grounding forces

The Bear’s Characteristics

The spirit of the bear is a strong source of support in times of difficulty. It provides courage and a stable foundation to face challenges. When the bear shows up as a spirit guide in your life, it’s perhaps time to stand for your beliefs or your truth. This power animal will provide for support and strength. The bear is also a guide to take leadership in your life or in other people’s lives. This animal is feared and admired for its strength. Its presence inspires respect. Its strength and powerful stature will inspire you to step into a leadership role in your life and take action without fear.

When you invoke the power of the bear totem, reflect on the qualities of inner strength, fearlessness, and confidence in yourself and how you can project them in your world.

Since the bear is often associated with shamans in many traditions, this spirit animal can symbolize healing abilities and step into the role of the healer. If the bear shows up in your life, it may also be time to take care of your own needs for healing, whether it’s at the physical, emotional or spiritual level. Be sensitive to where you are and reflect on where you would most need healing. You can call on the bear spirit guidance to direct your energy in a more conservative or focused way.

The bear is an animal that lives a solitary life. Having a bear as a spirit animal can mean that you find balance and comfort in solitude. The presence of this power animal could point to the need to “regroup” and set up boundaries, so you feel comfortable in your own space. It may be a call to find time away from the crowd or busyness and favor quiet time and rest. The bear spirit can also be a great helper to dedicate time and energy to more introspective practices, such as self-inquiry or meditation. Call on the spirit of the bear to help you find your center and ground yourself in a strong foundation that will support you in more busy and noisy times.

Emily: 

Wolf


Wolf power or spirit animals point to an appetite for freedom and living life powerfully, guided by instincts. When a wolf manifests its presence as a guide in your life, it could be a call to live your life more freely, to bring the intensity of passion in your everyday endeavors.

Wolves are wild animals that are not easily domesticated and when they appear as spirit guides, they could be an invitation to look at what supports your authentic self and the true expression of yourself. The wolf totem is a reminder to keep your spirit alive and trust your instincts to find the way that will best suit you.


Robin: Whale

https://trustedpsychicmediums.com/spirit-animals/whale-spirit-animal/

Pam's: Eagle

On Sunday, after we had a few different FaceTime calls with family during which the virus was, of course, discussed, I turned to Fred and said: "Did you ever thing we.....you and me....would live through a pandemic in our lifetime?" 

It was one of those times when I paused and thought of the 30,000 ft. high view of what is happening.

That's when I decided my spirit animal should be a high-flying eagle.

Click the video link in the story below to watch the two-minute video below and you'll understand how this eagle sees the world and it should give you a smile too.

https://qz.com/362856/watch-an-eagle-in-dubai-makes-a-world-record-for-highest-flight-captures-it-all-on-camera/

Talk to you later. I may head out biking today when it warms up this afternoon. Will still try to be available......unless anyone wants to postpone the call to tomorrow when it should be rainy. 

A good song

The week of May 17, 2020, we shared a good song.


Kelly:

Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World Medley

Lyrics

Somewhere over the rainbow way up high
And the dreams that you dream of once in a lullaby
Somewhere over the rainbow blue birds fly
And the dreams that you dream of, dreams really do come true
Someday i'll wish upon a star, wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
High above the chimney tops is where you'll find me
Somewhere over the rainbow bluebirds fly
And the dreams that you dare to, oh why, oh why can't i?
Well i see trees of green and red roses too,
I'll watch then bloom for me and you
And i think to myself, what a wonderful world
Well i see skies of blue and i see clouds of white and the brightness of day
I like the dark and i think to myself, what a wonderful world
The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people passing by
I see friends shaking hands saying, how do you do?
They're really saying, i, i love you
I hear babies cry and i watch them grow,
They'll learn much more than we'll know
And i think to myself, what a wonderful world
Someday i'll wish upon a star, wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
High above the chimney tops is where you'll find me
Somewhere over the rainbow way up high
And the dreams that you dare to, oh why, oh why can't i?

Robin:

Take a listen!



"For The Love Of It All"

In the beginning, as life became form,
The oceans heaved, the mountains were cleaved,
The firmament stormed.
At the center of being, immensely small
Was the master of now, don't ask me how
The Love of it all

And the seasons were many.
Creation was new.
And there on a tree (deceptively free)
A forbidden fruit
Upon leaving the garden, after the fall,
One thing was clear; we chose not to hear
The Love of it all

But for the Love of it all
I would go anywhere.
To the ends of the earth,
What is it worth if Love would be there?
Walking the thin line between fear and the call
One learns to bend and finally depend
On the Love of it all

"Irresistible targets"
I heard someone say.
They were speaking of angels
Who are so courageous day after day
Gunned down on a highway (as we often recall)
I hear a scream; I have a dream
The Love of it all

Still the world is in labor,
She groans in travail.
She cries with the eagle, the dolphin,
She sighs in the song of the whale.
While the heart of her people
Prays at the wall.
A spirit inside is preparing a bride
For the Love of it all

For the Love of it all,
Like the stars and the sun,
We are hearts on the rise,
Separate eyes with the vision of one.
No valley too deep, no mountain too tall,
We can turn back the night with merely the light
From the Love of it all.

And so we are marching to 'to give peace a chance'
Brother and sister as one in this mystery dance.
Long ago on a hilltop where now the curious crawl
A man on a cross paid the ultimate cost
For the Love of it all

For the Love of it all
We are gathered by grace
We have followed our hearts
To take up our parts
In this time and place.
Hands for the harvest,
Hear the centuries call:
It is still not too late to come celebrate
The Love of it all

"Eli, eli, lemana shabakthani"
The Love of it all

Pam

Pam singing "If You Want to Sing Out"

If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out

Cat Stevens

Well, if you want to sing out, sing out
And if you want to be free, be free
'Cause there's a million things to be
You know that there are

And if you want to live high, live high
And if you want to live low, live low
'Cause there's a million ways to go
You know that there are

You can do what you want
The opportunity's on
And if you find a new way
You can do it today
You can make it all true
And you can make it undo
You see, ah ah ah
It's easy, ah ah ah
You only need to know

Well, if you want to say yes, say yes
And if you want to say no, say no
'Cause there's a million ways to go
You know that there are

And if you want to be me, be me
And if you want to be you, be you
'Cause there's a million things to do
You know that there are

You can do what you want
The opportunity's on
And if you find a new way
You can do it today
You can make it all true
And you can make it undo
You see, ah ah ah
It's easy, ah ah ah
You only need to know

Emily:

Paradise

https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/johnprine/paradise.html

Paradise

John Prine

When I was a child my family would travel
Down to Western Kentucky where my parents were born
And there's a backwards old town that's often remembered
So many times that my memories are worn

And daddy, won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry, my son, but you're too late in asking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away

Well, sometimes we'd travel right down the Green River
To the abandoned old prison down by Airdrie Hill
Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd shoot with our pistols
But empty pop bottles was all we would kill

And daddy, won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry, my son, but you're too late in asking
Mister…

What if we shared our poetry?

The week of May 10 we wrote and read our poetry.

Emily

Coming Home

Kentucky 
Bumbee
Pretty trail
Getting the house ready for sale

Fixing 
Waiting 
Show
Calls to see, begin to grow 

Contract 
Signing 
Exciting day
Two weeks to move away!

Rona
Shut down 
Quarantine 
Bump in the road is unforeseen 

Boxing 
Cleaning 
Looking
Mountain house temporary booking

Big dogs
Jack
Small space 
Motivated to find a place 

Finding 
Loosing 
Nervous 
House looking has made me anxious 

Agent
Old
Mother in law
Being opinionated is a flaw

Travel 
Georgia 
Spouse
Going from house to house 


Robin

MOTHER AND DAUGHTER Haiku

Help one another

By standing six feet apart

Tears fall from our eyes. 

Soft and strong support

Offered by my daughter’s arms

Warm my longing heart.

Two hearts beating close

Remember when they were one.

As if not parted.

Mother and daughter

Though bodies stand separate

Know each other still.

With bags on our heads

Reaching to find the other

Embracing at last.

Pam's

Better Angels, a Shakespearean Sonnet

I sit in the morning with quiet thoughts unseen

Thinking of angels, recalling the phrase

“Better” angels. What does that even mean?

Are there grades of angels to guide our days?

Do these angels come from heaven’s best streets?

If I act like one, do I become a snob?

Or maybe I’d be nicer, less prone to defeat.

Be a great Pam Zendt, do a stellar job.

How would a better angel day go?

I’d bake for strangers, give money away

Look on the bright side, never once sink low.

Be kind, be wise, know the right thing to say?

Fancy angel dreams are fine, but I must add one bit,

Me, guided by my better angel, you won’t always get.


Kelly's