Reflection for Illustration Friday

Yesterday was a tough day. (Divorce is messy, I’m finding.) It’s amazing what a little sidewalk chalk drawing with a child can do for one’s Spirit. I am incredibly blessed.

My daughter, Alexandra, being her beautiful, crazy self in front Post Alley’s “gum wall” in Seattle, WA. “Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo….

mixed media collage on pressed board Like many things in this world of being a human, I find this much easier to say than to do. I have such a loving and compassionate nature and find forgiveness easy. I truly see all the world as a stage and see us as playing roles, acting them…

Write a poem for peace and send it to mailto:kokua@olympus.net by February 12. The poems will be presented that day. You don’t have to be Yeats or Whitman. Just write from your heart. And remember to hold PEACE in your heart while doing it. If we want peace, we must embody it. BE PEACE my…

Flowers that I got at the Farmer’s Market on Vashon and put in a vase at my B&B.